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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato

@kristadb1.bsky.social

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Krista D. Ball is an award winning Canadian author who hasn't met a potato she didn't like. Krista's motto: don't let the randos steal your joy. She posts on reddit: she's been called worse by better than you. kristadball.com for books, contact, etc.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · Nov 19

"Men made me very angry." - Goodreads

Read my historical fantasy - an exploration of grief, guilt, and one woman's search for internal peace. Also ghosts.

Complete series.

AMI books2read.com/u/bwqara
AGR books2read.com/u/mZKZzB
SoW books2read.com/u/38V7Ma
ALC books2read.com/u/mKXvDV

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 7h

okay i need to log off this app, I'm just looking up old fights and laughing at people, and that is not how I want to spend these last remaining decades on this planet.

...but it's kinda funny tho

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 7h

Forgot the photo of "this idiot"

angry looking orange cat sitting on a vet weight scale

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 7h

This idiot has been diagnosed with stress b/c my stepsons moved into their own apartment and we started renovated their old rooms.

Vet recommendation: a liquor box in front of a sunny window.

(it worked lol)

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 5d

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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Marie Bilodeau @mariebilodeau.bsky.social · 8h

We are getting close to @canconsffh.bsky.social and I am taking a moment to say that I have the best crew anyone could ever ask for. Ever. Lemme go on for a bit. You need to know how amazing they are, and they deserve it to be seen.

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 9h

Thread (read all the posts) and quite true. Just ASK animal-related groups that are local: "I'm struggling, do you know of any pet food banks/options around?" because they usually have contacts and might run one themselves.

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 9h

Gentle reminder: I am seeing more "I cannot afford pet food" posts & if you might face this in the near future/now, I recommend checking your local area's subreddit and posting if anyone knows of local programs for pet food. Many areas have small under-the-radar charities that give out pet food.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 9h

And I know folks will be "helpful" and immediately suggest the food bank, but *I know* food banks have a lot of city-to-city rules, and what one place does another does not.

So... seriously. Local subreddit. If you have a vet office, ask them, too. You might be surprised.

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 9h

"Google it" often doesn't work because these are so often small groups, running off facebook donations. That's why I always recommend your local subreddit - they know everyone.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 9h

For example, there is a charity out of Nova Scotia that is helping seniors access free pet food *across Canada* (My Grandfather's Cat). Locally to me, there's a couple tiny charities that are helping folks with bags of pet food when in tight places, etc.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 9h

OH YES

Promise you will tag me on *so many* photos okay?

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 9h

Taking the train across Canada in one of the luxury booths is like a dream of mine. To the point that I have considered trying to figure out how to justify it on my taxes...

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 11h

Heavy sobbing trying to put back together a half played campaign game that has "destroy" protocols (we just used stickers it even still omg)

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 11h

Ok. It's time to open the Gloomhaven box.

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Brian D. "Heel Turn" Clarke @bdclarke.bsky.social · 11h

Here emergency rabbit

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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 11h

And @kristadb1.bsky.social Trouble Wore Red joins @skyladawn.ca 's Waverly Jones series in giving me a powerful need for veg based pub food.

@sjgochenour.bsky.social inspires much cheese consumption, famously, but there's also a rustic bread undercurrent.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 11h

The old light fixture just fell from the ceiling so anyway excuse me while I wait for my heart rate to return to normal

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Lazy Vampire Enthusiast (Keffy) @keffy.bsky.social · 12h

It's always a little fun/odd when someone is melting down about how they don't have the privilege they're used to having, and they're claiming this is a symptom of the world being against them specifically, and like, their state of being "oppressed" is still so wildly privileged that it boggles.

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Whistling Wombat Games @whistlingwombat.bsky.social · 15h

This industrial zone is straight out of a Hallmark movie.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 13h

Looking for a way to support my dogs and my shitposting? I have a patreon!

I'm still working on organizing this "table of contents" for new patrons, but even in its current state, this should get you well on the way.

www.patreon.com/posts/get-st...

Get Started Guide for New (and returning) Patrons | Krista D. Ball

Get more from Krista D. Ball on Patreon

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 12h

ok putting "We're all thieves of somebody's future" in my purse for when I'm waiting somewhere, going to pull out the London book (it's a small font, so I'll need to use a ruler + heavy lights to read it), and I'll go through my Kobo for a fiction book I own to read next too.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 12h

Fiction tho? Lol nope. How dare you expect me to do anything but read words 🤣🤣

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 12h

It's honestly my favourite way to read non fiction lol

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 12h

I'll take forever to read it bc I'll be taking copious research notes 🤣

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 13h

My only hesitation with that one is that it's absolutely going to be "homework" which is fine, but that is a different kind of reading. But then again, maybe it'll be nice to do a different kind of reading 🤔