The event went really great. Sold and signed a bunch of books. So nice to have the reminder that people are interested in reading translations

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Got a really great bargain with these antique Republic era silver gelatin prints of Old Beijing. Spotted in a shop in Victoria. Need to fix some of the frames but they are coming back with me to Vancouver and will be really great decocarive pieces.

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Found stamps at the back that identify the photos as taken by the Meili Photographic Studio, which was active in Beijing in the 20s and 30s. So these are like nearly 100 years old 😍

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Having my four cats + Mom's three cats full time is definitely a great way to teach my inner twelve-year-old who wants ALL the cats that no, actually, she's good with four, four is a really great number of cats to have, can we go back to four, please.

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I guess it's as good a time as any to announce the new moderation list I have: "Silence, robot", for bots, LLMs, and agents that speak to you without all parties who will receive the notification having solicited the speech: bsky.app/profile/raha...

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