Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

It’s so important to know your bollard history.
#WorldBollardAssociaton

A multicolored Ford Ranchero in a parking space.

This lovely old Ford Ranchero was parked outside my office last week.

It’s a city book A friend who has been part of the Ribbons of Green brain trust for the last six years reminded me over a taco truck library bench lunch today about the expectations I confront as the book emerges i…

As our new book emerges into the world, I'm engaged in the exercise of peering through the complexity of what we're trying to say in search of the simplicity: www.inkstain.net/2026/04/its-...

I spent a really productive hour this morning looking at kinda complex relationships between USGS stream gages - questions I understood, data I understood, but I lacked the coding skills to work through the details.

dad put this in the family gc and i explained the tradition of labeling all animals dogs in elden ring

Chain link fence with “Beware of the dog” sign, a field beyond full of sandhill cranes.

I’m not an animal expert, but I’m pretty sure these aren’t dogs.

Gettin' realer! www.inkstain.net/2025/12/ribb...

one of my family members is a former professional cook who worked on british canal boats so she made us "Elizabethan casserole" and it slapped

Hard to beat slick rock and ocotillo

the space looking hearts sit on a paper towel but there's a lot missing that I need to recast. they look nice though

i think these are fine

Importance of Underground Trails Residing in the far South Valley hinterlands beyond Rio Bravo Blvd, we locals go "to town" quite a bit, as the far South Valley doesn't have much in the way of "town." Myself a cycling local, the photo above shows an extremely important bit of active transportation routing that I take two or three, sometimes four times a week. No, I'm not referring to eastbound Rio Bravo Blvd., empty of vehicles in the photo above but usually chock-full of drivers treating the Boulevard as a highway or raceway.

Importance of Underground Trails

Residing in the far South Valley hinterlands beyond Rio Bravo Blvd, we locals go "to town" quite a bit, as the far South Valley doesn't have much in the way of "town." Myself a cycling local, the photo above shows an extremely important bit of active transportation…

7: Is Water for Fighting Over? - Water Matters! Guest: John FleckA decade ago, the Utton Center's Writer in Residence John Fleck published his book Water is For Fighting Over and Other Myths About Water in the West, an exploration of water governan...

Ten years on, taking a look back at my book Water is For Fighting Over. What did I get right? Wrong? With my excellent colleague Rin Tara: www.buzzsprout.com/2465964/epis...

Equity in the Colorado River Basin Bonnie Colby and Zoey Reed-Spitzer: Access to water, a concern around the globe, is constrained in many areas of the Colorado River Basin (CRB) by water scarcity, pollution and lack of delivery and…

Equity in the Colorado River Basin (lots of good stuff in new CRRG report, this stands out): www.inkstain.net/2025/12/equi...

pink and black glass ring with a white ribbon

green glass wreath with orange murrine butterflies

green glass wreath with many magenta ornaments

glass ring with layered colorful dichroic glass against black glass

hello everyone i have a jewelry shop where i make stuff out of glass. sometimes it is "wreaths" which are glass jewelry for your walls and/or christmas tree

it's at nora.jewelry

the wreaths are at nora.jewelry/collections/...

here are a few that are currently available

The Rio Grande’s Institutional Hydrograph: December 2025 After a dry summer, the Rio Grande is up through Albuquerque – ~900cfs as I write this, above the median flow for early December. We are heading into “institutional hydrograph” season, as wat…

The Rio Grande, rising. For weird reasons. Managing a river is a forever commitment: www.inkstain.net/2025/12/the-...

Bumpy Wreath with White Flowers (Small) Handmade in my kiln by me! These work nicely as Christmas tree ornaments but also look good hanging on a wall or in a window. They come with a loop of ribbon for hanging. NOTE: This is a handmade fused...

Bumpy Wreath with White Flowers (Small) nora.jewelry/products/bum...

The Game’s Afoot The dog came out of nowhere. The best ones always do. I was bicycling the McCoy Dam service road in Albuquerque’s far South Valley, off the Gun Club Lateral irrigation ditch, past an ambiguous Albu…

The dog came out of nowhere. The best ones always do. www.inkstain.net/2025/11/the-...

"Sending Agricultural Water to The Salton Sea to Improve Public Health? An Integrated Agri-Hydro-Health Economic Analysis" by Benjamin A. Jones, Jingjing Wang, and John Fleck ( @jfleck.bsky.social ).
Read it here: buff.ly/7n55v2F
📈📉 #Econsky

Salmon reach headwaters for first time in a century after California dam removal Klamath River salmon have crossed a major threshold after dams were removed along the California-Oregon border, with the fish reaching the river’s headwaters for the first time in more than a...

Salmon reach headwaters for first time in a century after California dam removal www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

I wonder if the wigeons will somehow lead the mallards back. Where did the mallards go?

Wigeons! bsky.app/profile/anyf...

Tracking the slow return of ducks to the University of New Mexico duck pond after more than a year of remodeling. It’s been two months since completion. Spotted three ducks on Sunday. It’s soon time for the winter wigeons’ return. Will they find their way back? #urbanecosystems

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5: Acequias in New Mexico - Water Matters! Acequias are a traditional irrigation practice with roots across the world. The inhabitants of New Mexico have used ditch irrigation since time immemorial, though the acequias used today took their pr...

On the podcast, Enrique Romero talks with RIn and I about acequias and querencia: www.buzzsprout.com/2465964/epis...

Echoes of @nora.zone glass?

Fun with water policy, autocorrect version: “irrigable” != “irritable”.

Nora Reed Designs / nora.jewelry ad featuring bolo ties, sterling silver earrings, two kinds of pendants, cufflinks and game tokens

Hi all! I have a jewelry store at nora.jewelry and I'd love to sell you something nice!

The game tokens are a great way to liven up your TTRPG battles. What if that horde of zombies or pack of wolves were sparkly DICHROIC GLASS???

A swirling black blue and silver cushion shaped piece of fused glass encased in warped silver to make a pendant.

Worked with more of @nora.zone's beautiful glass this morning.