late march sleepy

mildew is a beautiful name

woodpeckers! turkeys! robins! and the sad remains of worms scattered here and there on the sidewalks

I know it is but false spring but oh how it has restored my will to live

First Yellow Shit the incalculable distance between generations of mothers

read my latest little old story

Lithographs of Hawkins's sketches of Ichthyosaur anatomy, with handwritten attotations.

A very special #FossilFriday. Thanks to @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social, one of the c19th's greatest works of palaeontological literature is now properly digitised: Thomas Hawkins's beautiful, epic, semi-unhinged Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri (nhm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44...)

a peculiarly ferocious shark

Doing art badly is good and sacred

Clapping my flippers together and honking like a harbor seal when a Super Bowl ad for a condiment or gambling app featuring two celebrities unexpectedly reveals a third celebrity as its punchline. Bouncing a ball around on my snout. My wife has to throw me a herring to get me to calm down.

favorite shark folklore? and/or fav shark book?

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago

really fucking enjoyed The Empusium. wish it was way way longer i wasn't ready for it to be over

cooly accepting strange ceramic sounds in the early morning dark

i want to be in the woods

somebody better shut that chipmunk up (squeaking endlessly in the backyard)

Observe The House From The Jordan Vault: WAIT FOR A BETTER SIGN

an old story finally seeing the light of day

Incredible Din From the Jordan Vault

glimmer train liked this one way back in 2016 xo

A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.

Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.

A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).

dancing in my mirror like i'm 17

a full moon shines brightly in the night sky ALT: a full moon shines brightly in the night sky

moon energy at 9:58 AM

WOMAN KILLED BY CAR – DRAGGED From The Jordan Vault

"jesus christ! i'm going to vomit" read my latest short story here <3

Deadland From the Jordan Vault

hiding hiding hiding between the aisles of the video store #personalessay #creativenonfiction #write #substack #horrorfilm

Always Been So Where is your wife? Where is she?

where did your neighbor's wife go? where is she?

A dahlia in the rain

We still have this.

Silence From the Jordan Vault

black cat black cat what happened to the black cat

the lingering migraine: a tale of vomit and despair

i can't be trusted to water plants, to manage a garden. it's something that makes me sad!