Melancholy Hammer
@melancholyhammer.bsky.social
Novelist, poet, permaculturist, humanist, opsimath, forager, muse, recluse, cat lady, philosopher, elder Goth, good neighbor. Autistic. RPGamer. Lived many places, never drove. "Good old bee" in the rainbow flag. The picture is a younger me.
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PPMI: The Study that's Changing Everything
The Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) is our landmark study. It gathers information over time to learn more about how brain disease starts and changes and how to stop it. Now it needs ...
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Everything seems hopeless and overwhelming, but I know one thing you can do that will help. Go look at this webpage and sign up for a study that will aid Parkinson's research. It's free, it's safe, it's even kind of fun (I did a smell test). There's still good in the world. michaeljfox.org/ppmi
I'm thinking tonight of my friend Rico Africa, gone many years now. He loved to share the awe inspiring last performance of Klaus Nomi, unique in the world, as he sang while dying of AIDS. m.youtube.com/watch?v=TnkV...
Klaus Nomi - The Cold Song (Good Quality)
YouTube video by Vall
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December 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I'm thinking tonight of my friend Rico Africa, gone many years now. He loved to share the awe inspiring last performance of Klaus Nomi, unique in the world, as he sang while dying of AIDS. m.youtube.com/watch?v=TnkV...
December is my lowest point mentally and one of my highest productivity months because distracting myself with projects becomes imperative to make it through. Blue, one of my elderly Siamese adoptees, likes the view.
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
December is my lowest point mentally and one of my highest productivity months because distracting myself with projects becomes imperative to make it through. Blue, one of my elderly Siamese adoptees, likes the view.
The romas are starting to wrinkle, the heirlooms look a bit dull, but I'm really happy in general with how well the tomatoes are keeping in the cold cellar. Sungold is the hardiest keeper so far. All these were green when I brought them in.
December 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The romas are starting to wrinkle, the heirlooms look a bit dull, but I'm really happy in general with how well the tomatoes are keeping in the cold cellar. Sungold is the hardiest keeper so far. All these were green when I brought them in.
You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
I just thought of this yesterday and thank you serendipity here's exactly the guide I wanted!
The latest episode of City Cast Pittsburgh has me chatting about my gift guide (yes, this is the most media requests I’ve gotten since I started the guide 16 years ago) and giving tips on how to avoid AI-generated art as you shop.
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Gifts To Buy a Pittsburgher Right Now - City Cast Pittsburgh
We are inching closer and closer to the holidays, and if you've been putting off your shopping, we want to help you find the perfect Pittsburgh gif...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I just thought of this yesterday and thank you serendipity here's exactly the guide I wanted!
I'm not religious, but I do love a good ritual and I enjoy ones like this best: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuPh...
THE NORTHERN NIGHT RITUAL That Softens the Years
YouTube video by Freyia North In Norway
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December 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I'm not religious, but I do love a good ritual and I enjoy ones like this best: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuPh...
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What looks like a xenomorph egg, has jelly like texture, is covered in slime? This thing... uh, whatever it is?
Some people pull Excalibur from the lake. To others is given the Blob of Destiny.
Let's talk about the CURSED GUMMI BEAR, bryozoans.
Some people pull Excalibur from the lake. To others is given the Blob of Destiny.
Let's talk about the CURSED GUMMI BEAR, bryozoans.
December 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What looks like a xenomorph egg, has jelly like texture, is covered in slime? This thing... uh, whatever it is?
Some people pull Excalibur from the lake. To others is given the Blob of Destiny.
Let's talk about the CURSED GUMMI BEAR, bryozoans.
Some people pull Excalibur from the lake. To others is given the Blob of Destiny.
Let's talk about the CURSED GUMMI BEAR, bryozoans.
Maybe you just need to be reminded of childhood hockey games tonight, like me. m.youtube.com/watch?v=590h...
Hockey
YouTube video by Jane Siberry - Topic
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December 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Maybe you just need to be reminded of childhood hockey games tonight, like me. m.youtube.com/watch?v=590h...
You can take the woman away from the coast, but she will forever long for it
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You can take the woman away from the coast, but she will forever long for it
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Least weasel
Elephant seal
Fisher
Porcupine
Moose
Least weasel
Elephant seal
Fisher
Porcupine
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Black bear
American crow
Praying mantis
Red-tailed hawk
White-tailed deer
Black bear
American crow
Praying mantis
Red-tailed hawk
White-tailed deer
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Mountain Lion
Coyote
Elephant Seal
Mule Deer
Otter
Mountain Lion
Coyote
Elephant Seal
Mule Deer
Otter
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Least weasel
Elephant seal
Fisher
Porcupine
Moose
Least weasel
Elephant seal
Fisher
Porcupine
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November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My friend made this beautiful southwestern themed veggie side and nobody wanted to cut into it
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
My friend made this beautiful southwestern themed veggie side and nobody wanted to cut into it
This cheeky friend has accepted my offering of a gourd for its nest but really hates my front door camera, which I reinstalled this morning before I had my coffee
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This cheeky friend has accepted my offering of a gourd for its nest but really hates my front door camera, which I reinstalled this morning before I had my coffee
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This is good! This is really good! Read this. Thanks, @dennycarter.bsky.social
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They Banned Woke And Suzy Still Can’t Read
Far-right school board officials are finding out the hard way that the political pendulum has swung
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November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is good! This is really good! Read this. Thanks, @dennycarter.bsky.social
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I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
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The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
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I wrote about Johnny Cash.
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The Empty Stage
Johnny Cash, loss, and redemption
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November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I wrote about Johnny Cash.
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This week has really been something, and Pope Leo is doing his part
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This week has really been something, and Pope Leo is doing his part
It's upsetting to me to have to give bad feedback. I'm the person who asks to speak to the manager so I can tell them how great their employee is, or how good my overall experience was. But when a product is defective I don't want anyone else to feel my disappointment.
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It's upsetting to me to have to give bad feedback. I'm the person who asks to speak to the manager so I can tell them how great their employee is, or how good my overall experience was. But when a product is defective I don't want anyone else to feel my disappointment.
Look who I found on Bluesky - one of my real inspirations as a writer ❤️ if you love surreal and symbolic (and often really funny) works give him a follow.
I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Look who I found on Bluesky - one of my real inspirations as a writer ❤️ if you love surreal and symbolic (and often really funny) works give him a follow.
In 1978 Trump and Epstein were in their early 30s and likely watched Brooke Shields carried on a platter in Pretty Baby.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
In 1978 Trump and Epstein were in their early 30s and likely watched Brooke Shields carried on a platter in Pretty Baby.
I read a few of the emails and the deja vu hit me hard; GenX girls, Laura Palmer, Sarah Kendzior sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...
The Confluence
I’ve been right so long, I’ve been done wrong.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I read a few of the emails and the deja vu hit me hard; GenX girls, Laura Palmer, Sarah Kendzior sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...
There's really not much better than my sweetheart reading to me, and all the cats agree
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
There's really not much better than my sweetheart reading to me, and all the cats agree
I know one business owner who says "those people can barely afford the cheapest groceries, they aren't going to go to my (high end accessories) shop except to rob it." His argument with me if I point out I don't drive and I'm low income is that "I just don't get it." I get it, I assure you, bigot.
What if, and this is a truly out of the box thought, the new residents of this housing development become customers of those businesses? Customers who can...walk to shop from their nearby homes.
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I know one business owner who says "those people can barely afford the cheapest groceries, they aren't going to go to my (high end accessories) shop except to rob it." His argument with me if I point out I don't drive and I'm low income is that "I just don't get it." I get it, I assure you, bigot.
Lost my prescription for HRT when I got bumped from Medicaid, so back to hot flashes - the cats love it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Lost my prescription for HRT when I got bumped from Medicaid, so back to hot flashes - the cats love it
It's small, but it's significant - like my vote today
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's small, but it's significant - like my vote today