Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: 1. Petting an animal. Cats mostly, but there are some very good doggos. 2. The first bite of a really good apple. 3. The breeze on a crisp, sunny fall day 4. Wearing a favorite piece of jewelry 5. A nap with a cat curled on top of you.

Trust me, if I thought this snake oil would stop my middle-of-the-night leg cramps, I'd bathe in it.

I see your Auburn loyalties at play, Tim Cook. #iphone17 (coughRollTidecough)

Artists considering tabling at Santa Fe Comic Con, beware they are not only pro-AI but are being horrible and combative in the comments toward anyone that challenges them.

Me at 15, going through puberty: I am so tired of being a hormonal mess. Me at 45, going through perimenopause: I am so tired of being a hormonal mess.

Maru, first famous internet cat who pulled me through so many late nights in college, has passed :( He lived to a ripe old age of 18 but I was hoping he'd crack the secrets of immortality and live forever :((( sisinmaru.com/2025/09/06/%...

Behold. My household Miku.

The stages of my cat forgiving me after being gone for 9 days: 1. Staaaaare 2. Ignore 3. Shove her butt into the webcam while on a work call 4. Yell at me 5. Acceptance

I made it home safely from Dragon Con. I have a cuddly spouse, a cuddly orange boy who wants me to feed him, and a tortie who wants nothing to do with me until I earn my way back into her good graces.

We found the owner and I’m mailing the package back to them later this week!

Hey #dragoncon folks! Some wonderful person bought all of this merch from the Crow Time table and then accidentally left it at a booth near us. It was turned into Lost and Found then over to me. If you are missing your swag and can verify the purchase, please DM me so I can mail it back to you!

Huh! This is pretty interesting... www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

I have obtained a household Miku.

Third day of Dragon Con! Come visit the Atlanta outpost of Kevin’s Gud Roks at booth 500 in Artist Alley and adopt him or one of his brethren from me and @mishacak3s.bsky.social! We also have more @secondlina.com illustration plates as well.

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#dragoncon day 2!!! Please visit us at table 500 in the artist alley!!

how you email finds me (at dragoncon artist alley table 500)

Have You Seen My Cats? (2025) is a comic chronicling my cats weird little habits. Available on my patreon right now, but slowly releasing to the public every week. Here's the cover. 🌻 www.patreon.com/c/Berntkat/p... (1/18)

Day 2 of Dragon Con! @mishacak3s.bsky.social and I are at table 500 in Artist Alley, and we have more illustrated bookplates from @secondlina.com! Please stop and see us and adopt a crow!

#dragoncon artist alley starts TOMORROW!! Please visit my cowriter @savvyliterate.com and buddy @mishacak3s.bsky.social at table 500. I'm staying in Canada this year 😭

Day 1 of Dragon Con! @mishacak3s.bsky.social and I are at table 500 with limited edition bookplates from @secondlina.com!

IT’S DRAGON CON WEEK!!!! COME SEE ME AND @savvyliterate.com AT TABLE 500!!!! Books! Plushies! Stickers! More!! OH MY!!!

Made it to Georgia safely! Seeing my dad for a few days before Dragon Con.

The Fairylogue store is going on break for the rest of August so that we can prepare for Dragoncon ✨️ Sadly, I won't be at the table this year with @savvyliterate.com and @mishacak3s.bsky.social. Please visit out our table and pet the plush crows for me in my absence.

Yesss!! Come say hello to @savvyliterate.com and I at table 500!!

I decided to keep the 105mm lens. The cost, way below even used sites, could not be beat. I will eventually get the 85mm. I wandered through Messiah University, testing it out. I didn't venture far because ... bees. Lots of bees. Too many bees, as you can see when you zoom in on the first picture.

He’s normally not a lap cat. But tonight, he crawled on top of me and began purring like crazy. I live on this couch now.

So it's time to get a skin check. Had one in 2023, so I wrote in asking for the first available. Got an email back letting me know when my appointment is. It's August 20 ... 2026. As in exactly 54 weeks from today. Sigh.

I’m testing an 85mm and a 105mm lens and I am still stuck. The 85 is such a beautiful portrait lens. The 105 does decent portraits but the macros are just outstanding. First photo is Whisper at 85mm then at 105mm. Same settings applied.

I can't wait to table with Misha again!!

I feel like I caught him being orange.

Everyone to me: You're gonna LOVE today's Wordle! Reader ... I failed it.

I stopped by the bathroom in Costco. A mom and her toddler were also in there. Toddler: Where's the boys' potty? Mom: It's next door. Toddler: NO, IT'S NOT. Then she tried to break out of the stall.

No cheating! Post your lock screen.

I normally am pretty ambivalent about iOS changes. But wow, I HATE Liquid Glass. I loaded the public beta on my phone this morning and it’s the first time I’m combing through my phone to undo thing.

Whisper has accepted the new recliner. I was concerned last night when he was very upset that it existed to begin with. Our orange boy doesn’t like change.

Adding to both my yarn collection and my silent film/Golden era of Hollywood collection thanks to a new shop in Hershey that sells both yarn and books. That top book is on the Orson Welles “War of the Worlds” fake news scandal. I am so excited to read it.

I really need to just stop using Facebook and Reddit other than for work. Facebook feels like it's 80% AI-generated, and I love getting told on Reddit I know nothing about marching bands when I was in Alabama's Million Dollar Band for 4 years and my family was involved in drum corps for a decade.

Selina keeps getting in the way, so of course I keep making her the subject of my videos.

Crow Alert! The second half of our shipment from @savvyliterate.com is here and we not only have a restock of the original Crow Time comics but also the new Lantern and Business Crow zines! Also So Many Stickers and pins! We now have a Crow Zone!

A pretty shelf of plants I saw at the tea farm in Maryland last month. I really need to do this with mugs I’m not using.

She sees when you're sleeping. She knows when you're awake ...

Desperately seeking the brain cell.

All of the above.

We've decided that I'm the person in the newsroom most likely to have her house filled with random tech.

I stopped after work for an ice cream yesterday at one of the best hidden gems in this area.

Today marks 15 years since I started at @pennlive.com. I am still a social media producer, still a data reporter, and now a podcast producer as well. I love my job. I love where I live and work. Thank you all for believing in me. Now, more than ever, please support local journalism.

I'm taking today to make little bookplates for Dragoncon, as I won't be there with @savvyliterate.com and @mishacak3s.bsky.social this year.

Released my Summer Sketchbook for 2025! :) Outlaw King+ tiers, it's mostly Aldric's Letter Brigade concepts/sketches with some misc fanart and studies in the back! 🍊 www.patreon.com/ruxu ☕ ko-fi.com/ruemxu