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Kenneth Bykerk
@kennethbykerk.bsky.social
Single dad to autistic teenage daughter (as in semi-verbal DISABLED), live in a ghost town, am a live organ donor (best experience ever!), and write Weird Westerns and Pulp Horror to stay sane.
Every day I come home to this.
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The northern sky from Prescott AZ
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Beautiful day in Prescott today. Daughter and I strolling...
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A small raft of turkeys, a mere fraction of the usual gang, greets me as I step outside. They know who refill the bird feeder... and is sloppy about it.
#turkeys
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
November 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Still waiting to hear from the world's only "Neuronormal" individual... especially since everyone is having so much fun declaring themselves "Neurodivergent" because... well, everyone has their heads up their own asses.
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I honestly cannot express how happy I am right now. Sweetie likes me... really likes me!

Cat person here. Dogs ignore me. Never had a dog actually cuddle (she got and stayed closer)

Why so happy?

Can you imagine how horrible it would be if HER dog didn't like me?

I'm in heaven!

#love #doggies
October 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Here is a short story in 4 frames.

She Who Is brought her doggie last night.
When doggie.(Sweetie) first met me, it was with a growled and that concerned cat-person me.
This is how things are going...
October 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Tale will be titled "The Relics of Caleb Walsh". It follows a Tale previously published titled "The Journal of Caleb Walsh".

I have been experimenting with constrained writing. This will leave me 55 words and 2 phrases locked in specific locations I must write around.

It's pretty fun!
#writing
October 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Editing my 2nd novel... again.

Goodness, between these 100,000 words and one of the short stories that is associated, I honestly lost count of how many horses die.
September 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I hope tomorrow's rapture kicks ass!
September 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Figured out a fix... simply block or mute all accounts posting about whatever #bb27 is.

I take it that's some stupid reality show. Good riddance.
September 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
People seem concerned that rates of autism are on the rise.

I'm going to say they are not.

What I'll say is that 100 years ago we had a 23%mortality rate for kids under 5. Now we have a .7%.

100 years ago, children like my daughter didn't survive. Now they do. Now we see them.

#autism
September 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hell of a way to distract from the Epstein files...
September 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The book has arrived... one day late but here.

Now for time...
September 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Cats ❤️ me.
There are 2 semi-feral cats who hang out nearby. Both let me pet them.

This chap I saw today while working in the orchard. I tried meowing, mewing, psspssspsssing and even some blert-blerts but apparently I am not the Pussy Whisperer I thought I was.
#wildcat #Arizona #cats
September 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.
September 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Since my highly autistic daughter moved in a decade ago, my reading went from 50 books a year to 5 in 10 years. She is a very high maintenance sound machine.

I have a vacation coming up and will be reading Rosewater by @tadethompson.bsky.social.

Just ordered. I miss reading so much.
September 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Dangers encountered on an evening stroll through the front yard.
September 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Here is my fear!
This is project 2025. More people should have believed it‼️ #KamalaToldUs
August 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Sunset over Lynx Lake, Arizona, where we don’t need filters for our skies.

#Arizona #photography #sunsets
August 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Today starts an experiment. Into my morning smoothie (blue/black/raspberries, banana, protein yogurt, muscle milk) went .3 grams of powdered Hell Hound.

This shall be ongoing.

As Dr. Hook suggested, I'm keeping it natural.
August 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Took my daughter to Lynx Lake yesterday and this buck crossed our path.
#deer
August 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I heard turkeys clucking outside so went to see a gaggle and this kitty having a chat. There are a host of wild kitties in this valley and sometimes one will stop and say hello. They are feral, but understand people still.

So nice to make a new friend.
August 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM