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Magic Doesn't Come
From An Assembly Line!

We’re Artist-Engineers
• We Build Cool Stuff! •

Blown Glass:
@glasssculpture.org
3D Modeling & Animation:
@cineforge.com
Space Art of Artronaut B.E.Johnson:
@imperialearth.com
BlueSky Rescues:
@bengalmania.org
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Both she and Morty crossed the Rainbow Bridge alone, with no one there to share and comfort them.
That’s what we’re HERE FOR.
In three days we lost TWO of our rescues. I’ll obviously miss both and I’m not able to process any of this right now. Just want to sleep and hope they visit me in my dreams.😓
September 7, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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And in closing on this tragic occurrence, I'll say that CapStar lives up to it's name: it capped the lives of the fleas AND it capped MY CAT!

Nothing in the documentation indicated that this was even possible. In fact, multiple doses were recommended.
September 7, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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ONE dose did my little girl in, and she was well within the guidelines of weight and age. Butters, our other patient with issues similar, is holding on. Will keep a close eye on his progress, but I am sad beyond belief to have lost so many friends.
September 7, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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The Vet recommended Capstar chewable tabs to kill the fleas on the body in combination with the topical.
Those nuggets are draining him dry. Ok, drive an hour to get them. Administered to Watson, Butters, Valentine, ButtrrnutSquash & Lola. Later, this was observed:
September 7, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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Well, it’s been an “interesting” few days, and by “interesting” I mean “notable” and not in good way. I’ll start from Wednesday’s attempt to get Watson’s temp under control.

His ears were hot. At the Vet, he was diagnosed as anemic brought on by the current fleademic we’re are fighting.
September 7, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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Both lethargic & unresponsive to food. The correlation was concerning, to say the least. Unusual placement for both.

Later, went to the Studio and check on Mortimer. Found him dead in his room.
He was FELV-positive, so we knew he wouldn’t have a long life, but this was still sudden. A good boy!😿
September 7, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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My first of hopefully many...
I've Got A Gold Record on the Wall!
One never knows what awaits just around the corner.
open.substack.com
March 8, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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“Impressed” is insufficient to describe this.
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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Did we somehow fall into an alternate timeline?
February 1, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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Starter Pack Boost 💙🌊

If you stand with Minnesota, Despise Trump, and want to grow with us…I’d like to help

Just Share and say Hi 🤷🏽

I’ll Vet and add you ASAP
@democracyhere.bsky.social
@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social
@ltwlauren.bsky.social
@dougieg633.bsky.social
UNITY!! 🫂👊🏽
go.bsky.app/9PwW9XZ
January 31, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Need to write about my experiences on Substack:

substack.com/@johnsonized...
January 28, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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DARN! Missed #Caturday again.

Here's one of our recent rescue kittens becoming alarmed at Sterling, one of our grown juveniles, outside the Kittenenclosure.

His ridgeback is impressive.
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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No, you're not seeing double.

4 of the new rescues:
Snow Drift & his twin sister on a fleece blanket.

Junior [looks just like his mom] & [no name yet] on the arm of the Adirondack chair.

Still working on getting their eyes cleaned, being stuck shut from bad colds - but they're all getting better.
January 20, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Perfect...

#cats

3 of 12 of our new rescues snoozing on dad's lap in the Kittenclosure.

What better way to start a Sunday than being so trusted by new arrivals that they fall asleep on you?
January 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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It's #Caturday !

We saved 12 🐈 lives this week.
2 feral moms, 10 kittens between them. 2 are albinos.

Built a separate enclosure.
Got them all washed. No fleas! All kittens have colds with stuck shut eyes and plugged noses, requiring repeat cleaning.

Video feed if we can figure out RTSP.
January 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Visit our BlueSky Rescues account: @bengalmania.org

Stray, abandoned, orphaned, injured, desperate, hungry, scared - we take them in. Give them a home, medical care, love and gain their trust. They give back more than we can ever say, and we are ever thankful.

bengalmania.org
501(c)(3) non-profit
For every cat, there are a thousand stories. Here are but a few.
Feline Rescues Care, Shelter & Sanctuary
bengalmania.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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It's #Caturday !

Amber, one of our smallest rescues 🐱, nestled into mommy's fluffy chair blanket.

She's so sweet. She greets me at the bottom of the stairs every morning, stands up as tall as she can and implores me to join her for breakfast. 🍵

🐈 Can't pass that up.
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Get 'em While They're HOT!
Full Impulse!
NEW in the HotShop!

Always wanted a pointy-nosed, 3 fin Rocket for the Buck Rogers in all of us? Now you can.

A Rocketship Christmas Tree Ornament in hand blown glass that you can display all year long.

A Universe of colors available.
6" - 7" long.
glasssculpture.org
December 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Get 'em while they're HOT!

glasssculpture.org

It's not on the website yet, but you can request directly and we'll get one made just for you.
NEW in the HotShop!

We're working on a new planet ornament: Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter. It is larger than Mercury, has a thin oxygen atmosphere and her internal ocean potentially contains more water than all of Earth's oceans combined.

We wonder what creatures swim there.
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Get 'em while they're HOT.
In production in the hotshop:
Heirloom Blown Glass Solar System Ornaments.

Get the Whole Solar System as a set or build yours up one planet at a time for a yearly tradition.

Also: Moon, Milkyway, Black Hole, Kuiper Belt mini set, Planet 9, Europa & Titan.

glasssculpture.org/artglass/hol...
December 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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It's #Caturday !

Butters caught a Mouse!

He's s Kurilian Bobtail. The breed originated in Russia. Rare within the US.

He's my guardian. First thing in the morning when I open the window to the cat flap, he goes out into the kittenclosure to make sure it's all safe for everyone to go out.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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As do we.
I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Our long-standing Allegany Artisans Studio Tour, on the 18th and 19th, now end up coinciding with No Kings #2. As such, we'll have to be in the glass studio hotshop, as opposed to showing our support.

Rest assured, we do and we'd be there if we could.

bsky.app/profile/glas...

glasssculpture.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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It's #caturday !
Our Winky returned home. Her sister Zot misses her, searching through the house.

Later, as our grief subsides some, we'll go out to our hotshop and blow a glass kittyface urn for her ashes.

Right now, I know we'd not be able to get very far before our vision would be obscured.
October 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM