not yet!

stellar jay silhouette with flash of blue on side on mossy branch

Stellar Jay seen by me and @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social in the moss-covered branches of a tree at Silver Falls. A rare contemplative mood for this hyperbolic beast.

gold finch eating seeds with rain drops falling around

American kestrel atop pine tree

savannah sparrow atop a post.

a ton o' bun hopping by side of the path

Birding in the rain yesterday at Powell Butte, with @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social. Considering you can see the rain in the first photo, these are pretty good shots!

I run everything I do past coyotes, for sure.

My most noir novel.

"I first saw the apple fritter there in the 70s as a beat cop, while I was high. We talked a little, asked if it wanted me to drive outta the rain. But I'll never forget what it said. 'It'll pass, Dave. It'll always pass. And we'll still be right here.' Still think about that, every day of my life."

sure!

great photo!!

Due to pressure from environmental groups, this dipshitical plan has been abandoned.

blood red dish scrubber sponge in shape of smiling face

now even my dish sponge looks demonic

Grey water, grey sky and clouds, and a bridge in the distance.

Sure. I just don't think of fiction that way so can't be more helpful.

oh thanks! i find your book very useful in thinking about future fiction.

Loving it so far! So smart!

How do you write the life of someone who avoided the spotlight? Miriam Horn on her biography of George Schaller Some biographies are built around revelation. Others proceed by accumulation, assembling a life from fragments that resist easy interpretation. Miriam Horn’s Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of ...

Good interview here with Miriam Horn about the book, including some excellent photos: news.mongabay.com/2026/04/how-...

Cover of Homesick for an Unknown World. Title in large beige letters against a black background. Subtitle: The Life of George B. Schaller over a photograph of Schaller atop a mountain with a giant yellow backpack, looking across a wide expanse of blue valley, mountains, and sky. Byline Miriam Horn below.

I've been looking forward to this book for years now, ever since first learning that Miriam Horn was working on a biography of my dear friend Eric's dad. A quick perusal shows it was worth the wait.

We hear a lot about how the nonhuman world is fragile. With so many species on the brink, I understand that. But, in fact, the nonhuman world is incredibly resilient. It is just under an onslaught by humans unlike anything in the history of the planet. Trillions of organisms obliterated every year.

Beef season 2 was a hot mess and not nearly as good as the first season. But entertaining. Once the blocking became erratic, it became clear it was more thrown together, more mechanical.

blood red dish scrubber sponge in shape of smiling face

now even my dish sponge looks demonic

Wanna collab, @afsulli.bsky.social ?

Infiltration and subversion are sapping and impurifying all of our precious bodily fluids. A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual.

When I looked back after booking it I saw that it was a kid of 10 who was laughing his ass off and holding the flashlight that had accentuated the effect. Oh, Portland. 2/2

yellow butter light window in dark black blue wall, reflecting the sky with lamp

Last night while taking my evening constitutional, I had just passed the bene jesuit school when I looked toward the house to my left only to see a face giving me a wide demonic smile that jolted me to my core. A frozen rictus with just a head and neck perescoping above window frame. 1/2

i don't think fiction works that way but many of these are not Road dire.

50 Books for Earth Day: Literary and Climate Fiction Celebrate Earth Day with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations. Use code Earth26 at checkout to receive 20% off these select titles.

Fifty books for Earth Day, including my Annihilation. I've blurbed or rec'd 11 of these. bookshop.org/lists/50-boo...

this sounds like something out of a bulgakov novel

50 Books for Earth Day: Literary and Climate Fiction Celebrate Earth Day with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations. Use code Earth26 at checkout to receive 20% off these select titles.

Fifty books for Earth Day, including my Annihilation. I've blurbed or rec'd 11 of these. bookshop.org/lists/50-boo...

bene jesuit school has amazing old trees, lovely canopy, huge trunk

tin can with metal tentacles lit neon green

black bear mosaic

white caution squirrel crossing sign with rat driving pizza wedge on back of sign someone scrawled ishmael sez hi to pretty spoon

Portland evening walk

spoonish downward draping light bright green leaves of a very relaxed downward sighing tree

red ragged leaves of a bush

shocking white flower clusters like explosions on a tree with enthusiastically green leaves

dude the duck just wanna get jiggy with the gardening porch duck in overalls holding a trowel and pot with flowers... don't tell duck he aint real

Today's local texture.

A 10 second retreat, inspired by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Monoshone Creek in Rittenhouse Town.