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JKO

@jackieogburn

Children's book writer, bibliophile, crazy cat lady, cranky Democrat, resident of Durham, NC

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JKO@jackieogburn· May 19

JKO@jackieogburn· May 10

The cat is still in the bag.

An orange cat is curled up in a large shopping bag in a chair.

JKO@jackieogburn· May 1

Seen on a street in Richmond, Va.

A drawing on a sign post of a woman with a baseball bat about to smash a cybertruck, with the caption " Rage against the machine."

JKO@jackieogburn· Apr 25

Mirror kitties

Two cats, one orange, one black, curled up on a couch in poses that mirror each other.

JKO@jackieogburn· Apr 12

My backyard is full of these tiny, pale blue flowers. See the cliver in the lower left for scale. My friend said the plant is called Speedwell.

A swath of lawn with grass, clover and stalks with tiny pale blue flowers.

JKO@jackieogburn· Apr 4

Happy Caturday

An orange cat lounges in a white laundry basket.

JKO@jackieogburn· Mar 28

Durham, NC

JKO@jackieogburn· Mar 28

At the No Kings rally in downtown Durham, NC. I am protesting everything -- the Doge debacle, the corrupt Supreme Court, the destruction of the East Wing, ICE, censorship, the Esptein class, the destruction of the Pax Americana, and this stupid, stupid war.

Woman roaring and holding a sign that says,"Regime change begins at home," with a big red X over a picture of Donald Trump face.

JKO@jackieogburn· Mar 28

#nokings in the Durham. #bullcity

No Kings marchers fill the streets in downtown in Durham.

Three blocks of protesters in Durham NC, with more around the corners.

JKO@jackieogburn· Mar 21

Well, that's surprising.

A cyberpunk has unexpected bumper stickers: Veterans Against Trump, a Star Trek emblem, and Anti Elon Tesla club.

JKO@jackieogburn· Mar 14

A perfect silhouette of a cat on a warm spring night.

A cat is perfectly silhouetted by rose gold light in a second floor window of a large Craftman style house. On the first floor, the front door is surrounded by glass side windows, spilling golden light onto the front porch. It is a warm spring night.

JKO@jackieogburn· Jan 31

Happy Caturday from our chonky kitty boys.

A glossy tuxedo cat and striped ginger cat curled up in a chair on top of clean clothes.

JKO@jackieogburn· Jan 24

A cozy kitty for Caturday.

A small white cat with little orange and black marking dozes on her human's lap on a cold day, eyes almost closed.

JKO@jackieogburn· Jan 1

Tiny Jumi surveys her domain from atop the cat tree.

A pretty little white cat with a black tail and some orange and black soprs betwwen her ears, sitting up primly atop a cat tree in front of a window.

JKO@jackieogburn· Nov 27

Pecan pies done. The one on the left has chocolate chips, the one on the right is the classic Grandma version.

Two pecan pies on a cookie sheet, cooling on a stove top.

JKO@jackieogburn· Nov 23

We saw hundreds of windmills in Texas, driving on I-40 from Albuquerque to Amarillo.

Dozens of windmills seen from the highway in west Texas.

JKO@jackieogburn· Nov 1

I gave out Glo-sticks along with candy last night, which were surprisingly popular. Jasper was intrigued.

Candy and Glo-stick in a bowl are being inspected by an orange cat named Jasper.

JKO@jackieogburn· Oct 6

It's Banned Book Week. Read, buy, or donate a banned book.

A mosaic of the covers of 24 banned books.

JKO@jackieogburn· Sep 27

Jasper dreaming of being an otter.

Jasper, an orange cat, dreaming of being an otter. He is sleeping on his side, and his front legs are curled up and look like an otter's legs.

JKO@jackieogburn· Sep 22

My sweet tuxedo cat likes to sleep facedown sometimes.

JKO@jackieogburn· Aug 16

If you need a little inspiration for defending our history and culture from the Trump administration.

Image of the cover of the book "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu" by Joshua Hammer.

JKO@jackieogburn· Aug 6

It's a cool, rainy day, perfect catnip weather.

A pretty little sleeping calico cat, mostly white with an orange and back tail curled around her body.

JKO@jackieogburn· Jul 20

JKO@jackieogburn· Jul 17

Cheery tomatoes from our garden.

Cherry tomatoes from our garden.

JKO@jackieogburn· Jul 8

The lavender bush in my front yard is full of bumblebees.

A bumblebee enjoys lavender flowers.

JKO@jackieogburn· Jun 23

It was 98 degrees in the shade on my front porch at 4:20 pm.

JKO@jackieogburn· Jun 14

Durham,NC, turned out for No Kings Day. The biggest protest yet, easily several thousand people.

No Kings crowd in Durham, NC, fills the street for over 5 blocks, with more coming.

At the No Kings protest in Durham NC, 8 women in long red dresses and white bonnets from the Handmaid's Tale. Two of them hold signs with Melania Trump in the same dress, that say Oftaco.

The Durham, NC, No Kings protest. In front of a Hugh American flags, a woman holds a sign that says,"Rejecting Kings since 1776." A man in a rainbow shirt smiles in the foreground.

JKO@jackieogburn· Jun 11

Here's my sign.

JKO@jackieogburn· May 31

My husband thought he was planting milkweed seeds and got this.

A red poppy flower in front of a white picket fence.

JKO@jackieogburn· May 29

TACO, if you're nasty.

Donald Trump wearing a suit made of tacos. Wall St. Boys called his trade policy TACO for Trump Always Chickens Out.