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Need to write about my experiences on Substack:

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He defended a woman who was being assaulted by ICE

Eight agents attacked him, beating and forcing him to the ground. As he lay there, prostrate and defenseless, they shot him

Ten times

Don’t believe the lies from Kristi Noem and Kash Patel

Alex Pretti was murdered by DHS

Never forget

Never

An albino kitten displaying his ridgeback at a percieved threat.

An albino kitten displaying his ridgeback at a percieved threat.

DARN! Missed #Caturday again.

Here's one of our recent rescue kittens becoming alarmed at Sterling, one of our grown juveniles, outside the Kittenenclosure.

His ridgeback is impressive.

Two albino kittens on a white fleece blanket. Two grey striped kittens sitting on the arm of the chair above them.

blanket. Two grey striped kittens sitting on the arm of the chair above them.

No, you're not seeing double.

4 of the new rescues:
Snow Drift & his twin sister on a fleece blanket.

Junior [looks just like his mom] & [no name yet] on the arm of the Adirondack chair.

Still working on getting their eyes cleaned, being stuck shut from bad colds - but they're all getting better.

3 kittens all on top of each other. One grey spotted stripe, one dark grey and white nose blaze, one albino.

3 kittens all on top of each other. One grey spotted stripe, one dark grey and white nose blaze, one albino.

3 kittens all on top of each other. One grey spotted stripe, one dark grey and white nose blaze, one albino.

Perfect...

#cats

3 of 12 of our new rescues snoozing on dad's lap in the Kittenclosure.

What better way to start a Sunday than being so trusted by new arrivals that they fall asleep on you?

Light grey stripe on grey kitten resting on my lap.

A spotted stripe kitten snuggling with one of the albinos on my lap.

The calm mom rests on the window still. Her albino in a tight ball in the bed on the he floor in front of her.

One kitten drinking, one kitten eating, one kitten playing. Dad still has two kittens on his lap in the Adirondack chair.

It's #Caturday !

We saved 12 🐈 lives this week.
2 feral moms, 10 kittens between them. 2 are albinos.

Built a separate enclosure.
Got them all washed. No fleas! All kittens have colds with stuck shut eyes and plugged noses, requiring repeat cleaning.

Video feed if we can figure out RTSP.

For every cat, there are a thousand stories. Here are but a few. Feline Rescues Care, Shelter & Sanctuary

Visit our BlueSky Rescues account: @bengalmania.org

Stray, abandoned, orphaned, injured, desperate, hungry, scared - we take them in. Give them a home, medical care, love and gain their trust. They give back more than we can ever say, and we are ever thankful.

bengalmania.org
501(c)(3) non-profit

A striped tabby cat curled up on a fluffy blanket draped over the back of a chair.

Closeup of the cat and forepaws. A striped tabby cat curled up on a fluffy blanket draped over the back of a chair.

It's #Caturday !

Amber, one of our smallest rescues 🐱, nestled into mommy's fluffy chair blanket.

She's so sweet. She greets me at the bottom of the stairs every morning, stands up as tall as she can and implores me to join her for breakfast. 🍵

🐈 Can't pass that up.

Get 'em While They're HOT!

Get 'em while they're HOT.

Butters is relaxing with his right paw on a computer mouse, his head resting on his wrist.

Here, you can see his bob tail.

A closeup of his bump.

It's #Caturday !

Butters caught a Mouse!

He's s Kurilian Bobtail. The breed originated in Russia. Rare within the US.

He's my guardian. First thing in the morning when I open the window to the cat flap, he goes out into the kittenclosure to make sure it's all safe for everyone to go out.

As do we.

The crucible furnace holding molten glass.

Gathering glass on the blowpipe.

Shaping the glass sculpture.

Finalising the shape before cracking off in the annealer to slowly cool to prevent breaking.

Our long-standing Allegany Artisans Studio Tour, on the 18th and 19th, now end up coinciding with No Kings #2. As such, we'll have to be in the glass studio hotshop, as opposed to showing our support.

Rest assured, we do and we'd be there if we could.

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A temporary embossed metal container for her ashes, a paw print in plaster and a snippet of her fur in a small clear box.

The embossing on the sides of the ash container. Really nice design.

One of our kittyface funary urns in blown glass created by ourselves in our hotshop @glasssculpture.org

It's #caturday !
Our Winky returned home. Her sister Zot misses her, searching through the house.

Later, as our grief subsides some, we'll go out to our hotshop and blow a glass kittyface urn for her ashes.

Right now, I know we'd not be able to get very far before our vision would be obscured.

A One-Sided Coin Always Comes Up Heads

Substack #2: A One-Sided Coin
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René Volpi (@renegvolpi) Meanwhile, in India…

Meanwhile in India…
Guess you could call it #MonkiesMonday

Executive Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff? And A Slight Amendment...

My First Substack:
Executive Order to Fly Flags at Half-Staff?
With A Slight Amendment...

Watson, a huge Maine Coon, enjoying the early morning sunbeam.

Happy #TunaTuesday
from Watson, who's decidedly had his share of Tuna!

After grabbing this I tried for a really great shot that captured his full shadow stretching across the floor toward me, but was beseged by many other #cats "helping" by sequentially getting in the frame and ruining it. #catsky

Moonlight, our Tuxedo Siberian, crashed on the kitchen floor in front of the refrigerator, wheels in the air as always.

Our HUGO Award creations delivered to WorldCon this week. The signature Hugo Rocket touched down on a carved poplar base of Mount Rainier, surrounded by a blown glass "mountain" - the colors of which echo the greens and whites of the carved mountain contained within. AND IT LIGHTS UP! A HUGO FIRST Full story and design model animation @ https://glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/ This is our third #HUGO design.

It's #Caturday - Moonlight 🐈 Stressing Out Again

Turned from doing the dishes and met with this. What a hoot.

Takes the stress out of one's day. (He isn't, so why should we be?)

We're dealing with Covid-19 here, picked up at #WorldCon during our #HUGOs delivery.

Gotta take the bad with the good.

On-stage next to the podium during presentations. Glowing glass mountain readily visible in the spotlight.

Naomi Kritzer holding her HUGO; with the glass mountain glow shining on her arm and clothing.

Neil Clarke, Editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, provided this shot of his HUGO on his Instagram channel. The award rests on carpet in front of a black panel - the mountain glow reflected in it.

✨A HUGO First! ✨

💡 IT LIGHTS UP!!! 💡

1: Presentation On-Stage
2: Naomi Kritzer holding her #hugo with glow visible
3: Neil Clarke’s #HugoAward

#naomikritzer #clarkesworld #GlassSculpture #award #WorldCon #Seattle #glassblowing

Full story of all of our #HUGOs on glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/

~20 recipients in attendance on-stage following the presentations.

Star Trek: Lower Decks won 2! First franchise wins since TNG.

Diana M. Pho with Ashley

Diana M. Pho

A few recipients of our #HUGO #Award @ #WorldCon #Seattle

Enlargements and animations of the #HugoAward @ glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/

#GlassSculpture #glass #sculpture #startrek

Rebecca Roanhorse

Naomi Kritzer

Jordan S. Carroll “Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right”

Ryan North of Team Lower Decks

More recipient photos @ the #HUGOs

Ryan North (they did win two)

Abigail Nussbaum Best Fan Writer

Jason Grinblat and Brian Bucklew’s son accepting for Best Game: Caves of Qud

Our award on stage in the limelight.

Even More Photos @ the #HUGOs

Lynne M. Thomas: Best Semiprozine: Uncanny

The First Hugo alongside Ours on display together.

Close-up of our HUGO Award from above.

Front-left view of our HUGO Award creation.

May find more #HUGO Presentations
#HugoAward #glassSculpture #glass #WorldCon #Seattle

The High Fidelity 3D Design Model prior to construction. Mount Rainier is carved into the poplar wood base. Dappled green and white for the trees and snow cap. Blown glass mountain sits atop the wood base; it's colors echoing the carved wood mountain within. The HUGO Rocket protrudes through the center. Rotating animations of all three HUGOs, so you may see all sides @ https://glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/

The completed sculpture. 2 5/8" x 6" diameter. Mount Rainier is carved into the poplar wood base. Dappled green and white for the trees and snow cap. Blown glass mountain sits atop the wood base; it's colors echoing the carved wood mountain within. The HUGO Rocket protrudes through the center. Rotating animations of all three HUGOs, so you may see all sides @ https://glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/

The 2025 #HUGO Award Revealed at #WorldCon Seattle

Carved wood depicting Mount Rainier. Blown glass mountain rests atop the carving, surrounding the HUGO Rocket fins. The glass colors echo the carving within.
Full story & #animations @ glasssculpture.org/awards/hugo/
#glass #sculpture #glassblowing