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@ramblingandpie

Probably human; queer, disabled; super into health, disability, admin, and employment law; attorney (not your attorney); pen name Nova Mason; current MPH student. Personal non-work account. She/her.

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L-M@ramblingandpie· 25d

How I was greeted when I got home from my bike ride.

A large beagle-type dog (but bigger) is laying in the grass with a very dopey expression, showing his belly, desperate for belly rubs.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Jul 13

My TBR pile: what the hell, man?

A 3-cubby bookshelf absolutely stuffed to the brim, with several books piled on top.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Jul 12

#ReaderCon haul! I also e-mailed my local indie bookstore to order @kenschneyer.bsky.social 's The Law & The Heart. This should keep me busy for a bit!

A bunch of books laid out. A Sorceress Comes to Call and The Halcyon Fairy by T Kingfisher. Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora, edited by Kristy Park Kulski. The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold. Unseaminh and Aftermath of an Industrial Accident by Mike Allen. Clarkesworld 124.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Jul 11

At a panel about literary cannibalism at #ReaderCon and this is running through my head:

Tumblr post by Lycaniums-room, pi thre of a cat with its mouth open and fangs out, captioned like an ad, reading "Deep down we all want to bite someone as hard as possible. 100% real jaw power. 5-8 seconds. Just once."

L-M@ramblingandpie· Jul 11

#ReaderCon day two! Come see us at the Duck Prints Press booth! @duckprintspress.com (I'll be attending a few panels today and Claire is on two of them so, uh, actually finding us here is not guaranteed.)

Selfie of two white women wearing glasses and masks.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Jul 11

@tomdoyle.bsky.social @kenschneyer.bsky.social @ce-singer.bsky.social At the Oops All Lawyers table during #Readercon 's Meet the Prose event!

L-M@ramblingandpie· Jul 4

This is James. James loves kids. James also loves teenagers and young adults. The number of times that I've been on a walk and had to say to a gaggle of 20-something dudes "hey so uh my dog is refusing to go further because he wants to say hi, that cool?" So many. So, so many.

A dog with a brown beagle-head, white body, and black cow-spotted nost is being crutches behind the ears. He has a very goofy expression.

L-M@ramblingandpie· May 23

For once I'm ahead of the trend!

A yogurt parfait. The yogurt has chia seeds, flax seeds, and honey mixed in. It is topped with sliced banana and some raisin bran cereal.

L-M@ramblingandpie· May 15

Ah, to be a dog whose greatest woe is "Momma is eating ham and not sharing any."

A dog with a beagle-type face and cow-pottrd snoot is looking so pitiful, concerned, and bereaved.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Apr 30

OK WAIT I FOUND IT

A teenage girl in a wrestling singlet, in a wrestling stance, looking very serious.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Apr 30

post a picture of yourself from the past that puts you in a light people on here wouldn't expect Idk if people wouldn't expect me to have been pretty darn goth as a teenager but uh that was a thing. I was also a wrestler but didn't find my wrestling pics on FB so goth it is!

A teenage girl who is incredibly pale, wearing a short black dress, black tights, and knee-high black boots, with WAY too much black eyeshadow.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Apr 4

Omggggg @duckprintspress.com was out and about today and found these and got them for me and I am so excited for next time we host Oops All Appetizers night because I'm definitely serving my guests from these.

A large shallow bowl with a sleeping pikachu and a tray with a sleeping eevee

Two small bowls, one with a sleeping eevee, and one with a sleeping pikachu.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Apr 2

I might be biased on this one because of the number of "not today, not in this grocery store" moments I have with my own daughter.

Tweet from @buddingkunoici reading: "1day I'll be thankful my daughter is an independent iron willed human w/ an unrelenting strong voice, but not today, not in this grocery store."

L-M@ramblingandpie· Mar 14

Happy pi day!!!

L-M@ramblingandpie· Mar 2

Well, that's not ideal.

A counter with in-progress baking. Notably, the 1 cup measure's handle has snapped off.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Mar 2

Made Alfredo sauce for the first time. It's... really easy. This is dangerous information for me to have.

A plate with linguine, baked chicken, steamed broccoli, and roasted asparagus. All of it is smothered in Alfredo sauce.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Feb 23

No cheating: your last saved pick of a celebrity is your therapist. I literally just took this screencap of a Tumblr post.

Actress Katy O'Brien, incredibly buff, with her hair braided, wearing a Xena-type outfit and posing with a sword. The light has some high contrast on her muscles that really emphasize them.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Feb 4

The good news is that the Bread Spheres came out good despite the Proofing Puffery! Yes we do call these Bread Spheres in my house. It's from a recipe for bread bowls for soup but we often eat on the couch so actual bread bowls are Too Much. So I make the spheres half-size for ripping and dipping.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Feb 4

Me: The last few times I made this recipe, the dough didn't proof as quickly as I thought. It's cold today. I'll start the dough earlier so it has plenty of time. The dough, halfway through my anticipated proofing time: Bet?

A bowl that is almost overflowing with bread dough.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Jan 12

These are Ginger the Guinea Pig and James the Dog!

A light reddish-brown guinea pig is eating a treat.

A dog that looks a lot like a beagle, except about three times too big, has made a cozy nest on a bed. He is laying so flat that the nest surrounds him and covers his nose.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Jan 6

Tarot card "page of wands," upside-down.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Jan 1

What was the last movie or TV show you watched in 2025?

Screenshot from Star Trek The Next Generation. Geordi and Data are looking at a model of an old-timey sailing ship. Geordi is saying "See, it's human nature to love what we don't have."

L-M@ramblingandpie· Dec 25

James really wanted to help with the deviled eggs tonight.

A dog that looks kind of like a beagle but way too big is staring intently up at a coutertop which has various deviled egg prep stuff on it.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Dec 16

I took my daughter to the library and this is how she went in:

A small child skipping into the library well ahead of the photo-taker, carrying an empty tote bag the size of her entire torso.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Dec 16

If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

Stephan from SNL's Weekend Update looking like he's about to tell you about the new hottest club but a caption has been added that says "let me tell you about colonoscopies"

L-M@ramblingandpie· Dec 14

I was going to make chicken-and-broccoli with some sides but then I realized I didn't have a serving bowl that was both (a) large enough and (b) would keep the chicken-and-broccoli warm so they were separate. Still delicious.

A bowl of rice topped with stir-fried chicken, broccoli, mushrooms, baby corn, and snow peas.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Dec 9

You will be visited by 3 spirits.

Parker, Eliot, and Hardison from Leverage, all looking very serious. The background has been edited to be a gradient of the bisexual flag.

L-M@ramblingandpie· Dec 3

We call James our Biggle. Because. Well. 3x to big to be a beagle.

A person is sitting on a couch, reading on their phone. A dog that looks kind of like a beagle but about 3x too big is sprawled upside-down across their lap, clearly in the way

L-M@ramblingandpie· Dec 2

Youngest voted for Brinner for our Monday night hosting and, uh, yeah I'm down. Breakfast casserole, yogurt bar, hashbrowns, bagels, and two pounds of bacon. OM NOM.