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Sandy Hilton
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Physical Therapist for the resolution of pain and restoring pelvic health
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The guardians at the gate
Two cats. They sit precisely at the top edge of a cabinet with direct eye contact and judgement in their eyes. On the left a fluffy black cat cocks his head and wonders about the wisdom of your choices. On the right, with white paws delicately over the edge, a black tuxedo cat stares deep into your soul and weighs your existence.
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Cats.

Do you suppose she thinks her name is “Why?!”

Waiting for my turn in the shower, it’s a bit busy right now.
A black and white tuxedo cat just hanging out on a slightly shredded gray shower curtain.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Thank you!
Short break as things cook/proof aided by cat gravity.
A black cat curled up and purring on my lap as a mandatory rest break.
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I am happy to have a place to retreat from the world and the all too brief ability to do so.

Projects and cleaning and laundry and baking and making soups today and it’s glorious.

Part 1:
Fresh out of the oven sourdough loaf. Cooling on a wire rack.
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Most days I push through with the promise “this will make things easier for future me”

All out of push today. Thanks past me, this day is well earned. Plus a snuggly cat & my favorite anime playing again for mindless joy.

Sporting my favorite @effinbirds.com sweatshirt and my softest sweats.
Storm the black and white tuxedo kitty being all snuggly and purring on my belly as I slouch sideways in a too big chair in my @effinbirds sweatshirt and sweats.
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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This weekend was glorious.

Squeaked out baking in an oven that was sort of heating consistently.

May every weekend through the end of the year be this refreshing.

Not pictured:
Sorted closets
Greenery going up for the end of the year festivities
Laundry done
Clean floors & rugs
Cat snuggles
2 large and 3 small sourdough loaves. The flat loaf in the front on the left was when the oven was dropping temperature this morning. It got itself together for the other bakes. Will get it checked out this week, but the baking for the week is done! A mostly asleep black and white tuxedo cat on a cat tower overlooking the patio and trees. Evening shot leaving the Portland Japanese Gardens tonight after an interesting Sake presentation and tasting. The second pizza of The Great Pizza Dough Taste Test. Yesterday was the family recipe I grew up with, and today was a sourdough crust that we are trying for the first time.
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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A day well spent

And yet the weekend chore list remains substantial.

I’m grateful for another day off and we have interesting things planned for tomorrow.

These two beauties have us laughing all day:
Two black cats sitting side by side facing the fridge and a cabinet for no apparent reason.
November 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Because life can also be yummy amid the chaos.
An 8-plait loaf of Challah (left) and an adapted Babka recipe using Challah dough (right) It’s lighter than the traditional babka and now about are a home staple.
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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At least I have a good encourager and erstwhile editor here at home 🐈‍⬛❤️
A black and white tuxedo cat is snuggled on the table between me and my laptop, looking intently at the screen and purring.
October 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Thanks for the recipe @unlawfulentries.bsky.social 🤓

It’s yummy with Challah and in a mini sourdough bowl
A “mini” sourdough bowl with a lovely butternut squash soup. Warm and just the right spice! A chunk of challah and a bowl of butternut squash soup.
October 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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There were people everywhere wandering around before the march and after the march too.

Portland
Looking south where both bridges were full of people along the route and more on the waterfront
October 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Off to the clinic soon.

Loading the backpack & grabbing the lunch I made for today.

Surreal doing normal life things amid the rapid shifts of The Deconstruction.

When the morning planning is both:
How do I help keep people safe & best prepared?

And

What should I wear to work?

Cats help.
A large woven oval basket circa 2000 from Poland when we were stationed in Germany has become the latest cat snuggle place. 2 cats are in the basket, one large black fluffy cat is curled up over just half on the right, his back is against the right end and his feet and head are past the woven handle. A dainty black and white tuxedo cat is sitting on her 1/3 on a red soft blanket staring off into the distance with intention, white whiskers shining in the light from the window.
October 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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I am apparently done with any laptop time for the night.

Typing one handed on my phone with it laying on the table.
A conked out black & white cat with white paws and white whiskers. She has my left arm and sweatshirt pinned.
October 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Ordered these two books from clever people I’ve been following online.

It’s not as creepy as it sounds 🫣

@itsafronomics.bsky.social
@anthonymkreis.bsky.social

I’m looking forward to the rainy season here in Oregon to get going on my winter reading list.
On the left: “The Double Tax: how women of color are overcharged and underpaid” by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman On the right: “Rot & Revival: the history of constitutional law in American political development” by Anthony Michael Kreis My first two on the winter reading list
October 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Waking to a gorgoeous morning and heading out to wander today around what is not at all a “war ravaged” city.

Yesterday from at the Japanese Gardens for a presentation and inspiration to help a friend with their shrubbery + a bonus shot of the trees on the way down the hill:
A carefully tended Japanese Maple with good space to see through the branches to what is behind it. A Japanese Holly shaped and maintained. We were looking at the balance and proportion of trunk to greenery. Big trees reaching up to a clear blue sky with sun filtering through the leaves.
September 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Profiles in cat

She is apparently glad I’m home from traveling & stayed on my legs for the last 2 hours.

As I started to post about how long she was under the comforter she left for the cat table by the window because of course she did.

I’m free! (I loved every second)
There is a cat under this comforter, draped across and around my ankles. A black cat with white paws showing turns to the camera showing her white chin, throat, and whiskers after crawling out from under my comforter. This expression… I don’t know. I’m just glad I got such a long snuggle!
September 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Oh no, I have to make chili to go with all the bread I made.

Darn…

Woe is me…

❤️🤓
2 fresh round loaves of bread and one fresh 1/2 loaf (my nephew got the other half) In the background are beans and Hefeweizen for the chili.
September 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Caturday continues

I woke up too early but 🤷🏻‍♀️ it’s clearly nap time.
She flopped down by my legs right as I turned over to get up. Oh well. A black heart with ears. The all black parts of a black and white tuxedo cat curled up on a white duvet and sort of heart shaped.
September 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Cats. I am here for the cats.

And books
And science geekery
And recipes
And good hiking photos and ideas
And the lawyers who explain things

And how I can follow global news without being yelled at by opinion-having people on the radio or cable who don’t properly cite their work.
A sleek black and white tuxedo cat is laying on her left side Galway out of a cat tower, staring intently into the camera, white whiskers flared and black ears in the “ready to launch” position.
September 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Phew.

Survived a day wandering downtown Portland among all the “chaos” and “scariness”.

Also, Some Like it Hot is amazing.
A truly terrifying view in Portland of beautiful fountains, healthy trees, and a blue sky with small white clouds. (This is of course sarcastic)
September 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Taking the weekend offline.

Here’s a cat.
He took 5 days to decide to use this shelf and now mostly lives there.
A fuzzy black cat with yellow eyes stares at the person holding the camera. The cat is dropped over a black corner shelf over a door, the railing on the shelf is between his head and the fluffy tail hanging off the other side.
September 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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First of 3 loafs for the weekend.

Having another human living with me necessitates more loafs if the clinic and my sister are still going to get any!

Thank goodness the ridiculous heat is gone (for now).
A loaf of sourdough/rye bread fresh out of the oven. There are visible white lines from shaping it in an unlined banneton.
August 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Rest up.

We have a lot to do to take care of our patients, our communities, and ourselves during the chaos.
Oh to be a cat sleeping with such comfort and security… even when on a perch. A fuzzy black cat sound asleep at the end of a high cat shelf, one paw holding the edge, half his face off the end.
August 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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They make their own art. Does that count?
A sleek black cat with white whiskers and neck is looking intently at her fuzzy ‘brown in the sun’ black brother. He is laying on his side gazing off camera and she is in loaf mode on his back legs and belly.
August 27, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Today in PT heal thyself:

A cool face rest for between patients to chill out the soreness from a dental thing yesterday.

Dentist: 3 days of rest.

Life: bwahahahahahahaha ha
A hedgehog stuffed animal sitting on a desk with an ice pack in a pillow case draped across the back of the hedgehog. He’s just chilling.
August 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM