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The Stick: Tea and Books
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An analyst who reads books of all kinds, plays D&D, loves puns, and enjoys a good cup of tea. 🫖🍵☕️ 📚💙 🧙‍♂️ 🎧📚 🪐📚 🌶📚 🩸📚 🐈

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Day 15 is September Whiskey a fruity black tea blend that smells like peach cobbler. I added whiskey honey and it was too sweet and fruity. I'm still listening to The Violet Raven, its a slow meandering novel, but relaxing despite its violence with the full cast narration. #booksky #teasky 🫖☕️🍵 🎧📚
A mobile device playing an audiobook, a mug of tea, and a green packet of tea on a table.
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Day 14 is more GD hibiscus in a blend called It's Only Magic. It tastes like hot coolaid. I'm 7 hours into Violet Raven and I think I have it's measure, although I'm still waiting for something else to happen. #booksky #teasky 🍵☕️🫖 💙📚 🎧📚 🌶📚 🪐📚
A small plate with a croissant, a green packet of tea, a mug of tea, and an audiobook playing on a mobile device on a table.
December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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On the 13th of December I lost Whamageddon.
December 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Day 13 is Chemical Workers Tea. The lapsang isn't overpowering in this cuppa with a deoth of earthy flavors. I'm listening to The Violet Raven by E.E. Star. I am 2 hours into this 23h 26m audiobook and I'm still waiting for the plot emerge. Cool Irish world. #booksky #teasky 🍵☕️🫖 💙📚 🎧📚 🪐📚 🌶📚
A cup, a green packet of tea and a mobile device playing an audiobook on a table.
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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boxd.it/c1HqHr #letterboxd #ellamckay 🎥📽🎞🎬 #filmsky ##moviesky
A ★★★★ review of Ella McCay (2025)
It was good, but not as good as I wanted it to be.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Today's tea is The Green Dragon's Flourish, the 2025 DragonCon tea. I'm finishing Crooks, its a time capsule and a history of an unusual family told through a detached and distant narration that keeps the tone of the story light despite some harrowing moments.
A mobile device playing an audiobook, a mug of tea and a green packet of tea on a table.
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Day 11 is Sprite's Laughter. Another hibiscus blend, but this one also has watermelon flavors. Iced it is and its good. I'm listening to Crooks by Lou Berney. The tone of the story is unusual, pulled back. #booksky #teasky 🫖🍵☕️ 💙📚 🎧📚
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December 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Day 10 is We Are Shangri-la, green tea heavily scented of roses with a hint of cherry. It's tasty with the vanilla honey. I'm listening to A Land So Wide by Erin A Craig. A creepy atmospheric fantasy complete with monsters and an inescapable small town. #booksky #teasky ☕️🍵🫖 💙📚 🪐📚 🎧📚 #faramir #cat 🐈
An orange cat sits on a table with a pot of honey, a pink mug of tea, a green package of tea, and a mobile device playing an audiobook.
December 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Day 9 is Wildflower Whimsy. I don't love hot hibiscus so I made the decision to make it iced. I chose not to sweeten and I am happy with that choice. There's an almost grapefruit flavor to this lemony concoction. I'm listening to Love Under Contract by Nina High. #booksky #teasky ☕️🍵🫖 💙📚 🎧📚 🌶📚
A green package of tea, a mobile device playing an audiobook and a large jug with a straw in it on a desk.
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Day 8 is a small pot of Vanilla Honey. I've paired it with Sneak Attack by Decus Workshop thinking the cherry and whiskey flavors would pair well with vanilla. I'm listening to Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin and wish I had not waited so long. #booksky #teasky ☕️🍵🫖 💙📚 🎧📚 #Teacember
A mobile device playing an audiobook, next to a mug of tea that says "Keep Calm and Drink Tea", a small pot of honey, a brown package that says "Teacember Day 8" , and a Firebird Hearth business card on a table.
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with an image. (No one else watches this film and I couldn't find a gif)

Hard mode: no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney animated, or Pixar. #filmsky #moviesky 🎥📽🎞🎬
A picture from Diggstown with Louis Gosett Jr and James Woods
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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This came to me in a dream
30 Rock meme but with Counting Crows
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Day 7 is Pixie. When I saw Spearmint on the package, I had serious doubts, but it's a tasty green tea blend. I'm listening to Wild Side by Elsie Silver, I wasn't expecting such a heavy romance but I'm in it now. #booksky #teasky 🫖🍵☕️ 💙📚 🎧📚 🌶📚 #teacember #dryadtea
A mug with a trex on it, a green tea package and a mobile device playing an audiobook on a table.
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Day 6 is Summer Goblin Market, a Roobios based tisane with cinamon and orange notes. I'm recovering from a second shingles shot today and I need to read a mass market paperback for my OUABC reading challenge and I found this @delilahsdawson.bsky.social romance Wicked As They Come. #booksky #teasky
A book, a green packet of tea, and a purple mug with a dragonfly on it on a white blanket.
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Day 5 is Hatters tea. Cinnamon forward black tea with cranberries and Anise. I could smell the strawberries when I opened the package but otherwise it smells like Christmas. Cream balanced it out to a tasty cup. The Strength of the Few continues being my soundtrack. #booksky #teasky ☕️🫖🍵 💙📚 🎧📚 🪐📚
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December 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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boxd.it/bW7Y71

It left me in a place #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky #fivenightsatfreddys2 #fnaf #fnaf2
A ★★★ review of Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)
It wasn't great. The dialogue was probably better in the game.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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I haven't laughed that hard reading a blog in a long time.
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Day three is finally a blend, its herbal, citrus and flowers with lemongrass that completely takes over. 212° for 7 min. I covered it while steeping to protect the chamomile steam. Its decent, better with honey. Still listening to The Strength of the Few. #booksky #teasky ☕️🫖🍵 💙📚 🎧💙 🪐📚
A small notebook, a pen, a cup with peaches on it, a green packet of tea and a mobile device playing an audiobook on a table. The cup is covered by a black umbrella.
December 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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We came home from a long road trip to find that my brother put up Christmas decorations in our yard. Wishing you a joyful and meaningful Leon 🙏🏻✨
a house in the snow with lit up letters spelling out LEON in the front yard
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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As you can see I listen to audiobooks a lot more than music, but this year I switched from Amazon music to Spotify (the lesser of two evils) so I have one of these wrapped things. #spotifywrapped 🎼🎶 #musicsky
December 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Way too much reality tv for my taste, but this century has been lousy with it. #tvSky 📺
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Check out your 2025 Bluesky Harvest from @anisota.net! anisota.net/harvest/
A graphic of most used emojis on Bluesky. Red and blue hearts, books, teapots, and tea cups are prominent. A grouping of most used words on Bluesky. Booksky, Today's, listening, teasky and book are the most prominent.
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Today's blend is Winter Knight, all flowers and black tea, sweetened with local honey, it smells as good as it tastes. Day 3 is a book to rate and review teas. I'm listening to The Strength of the Few. It's a long book, three separate stories interwoven, still only counts as 1. 💙📚 #teasky 🎧📚 🪐📚 🫖🍵☕️
A mobile device playing an audiobook, a mug of tea, a brown package marked "Teacember Day 3", and a pocket size book on a table.
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Someone has finally noticed my haircut. :-)
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Today's blend is peppermint, cocoa nibs, black tea, and cinnamon. Its missing vanilla. Day 2 was a tea bag and as Day 1 was a letter, I feel a bit underwhelmed. I'm listening to The Strength of the Few by James Islington, also underwhelming, but I did LOVE book 1. #booksky #teasky 🫖🍵☕️ 💙📚 🎧📚 🪐📚
Four black cannisters of tea ingredients,a giant mug with a trex attempting to add a star to the top of a Christmas tree, a small vanilla envelope marked as "Day Two", a small teabag, and a mobile device playing the audiobook The Strength of the Few by James Islington on a table.
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM