Michael S
@michaelsloane20.bsky.social
Semi-retired engineer in Idaho
💕🥾🌄 I LOVE to hike before sunrise
📷 Photos are mine
🧬 Science is fun
🪐Space is cool
🏞️ Nature is awesome
My hope: To spread love/joy/peace/patience/kindness/goodness/faithfulness/gentleness/self-control ABAIC.
Jude v2
🚫MAGA
💕🥾🌄 I LOVE to hike before sunrise
📷 Photos are mine
🧬 Science is fun
🪐Space is cool
🏞️ Nature is awesome
My hope: To spread love/joy/peace/patience/kindness/goodness/faithfulness/gentleness/self-control ABAIC.
Jude v2
🚫MAGA
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Michael S
@michaelsloane20.bsky.social
· Jan 18
Keep my anger from becoming meanness.
Keep my sorrow from collapsing into self-pity.
Keep my heart soft enough to keep breaking.
Keep my frustrations turned towards justice, not cruelty.
Remind me that all of this, every bit of this life, is for love.
And please, keep me fiercely kind.
🙏
Keep my sorrow from collapsing into self-pity.
Keep my heart soft enough to keep breaking.
Keep my frustrations turned towards justice, not cruelty.
Remind me that all of this, every bit of this life, is for love.
And please, keep me fiercely kind.
🙏
Sunrise at Lake Louise, Alberta. What a stunning morning.
October 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sunrise at Lake Louise, Alberta. What a stunning morning.
Thank you Canada, for letting me glimpse a bit of the tremendous beauty here in your Rocky Mountains. Thank you to all the friendly Canadians I met on this short journey. The days passed quickly and I know I only scratched the surface, but perhaps I might return again soon, to explore a bit deeper.
October 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Thank you Canada, for letting me glimpse a bit of the tremendous beauty here in your Rocky Mountains. Thank you to all the friendly Canadians I met on this short journey. The days passed quickly and I know I only scratched the surface, but perhaps I might return again soon, to explore a bit deeper.
Waterton Lakes National Park has such incredible beauty. I’m falling in love with the sights I’m seeing in Canada.
#watertonlakes
#alberta
#canadianrockies
#watertonlakes
#alberta
#canadianrockies
October 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Waterton Lakes National Park has such incredible beauty. I’m falling in love with the sights I’m seeing in Canada.
#watertonlakes
#alberta
#canadianrockies
#watertonlakes
#alberta
#canadianrockies
Stopped by Glacier National Park on the way to the Canadian Rockies. Just passed through, but still got to see a few beautiful sights.
October 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Stopped by Glacier National Park on the way to the Canadian Rockies. Just passed through, but still got to see a few beautiful sights.
Returned again to Rainbow Basin in the Trinity Lakes area of the Boise National Forest this week. It simply could not have been a more beautiful day.
#idahohiking
#rainbowbasin
#trinitylakes
#trinitymountain
#rainbowlakes
#idahohiking
#rainbowbasin
#trinitylakes
#trinitymountain
#rainbowlakes
September 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Returned again to Rainbow Basin in the Trinity Lakes area of the Boise National Forest this week. It simply could not have been a more beautiful day.
#idahohiking
#rainbowbasin
#trinitylakes
#trinitymountain
#rainbowlakes
#idahohiking
#rainbowbasin
#trinitylakes
#trinitymountain
#rainbowlakes
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I can understand the anguish from losing someone you looked up to politically.
What sits wrong with me now is that we see none of that from some of the same people whenever children are murdered in school. Maybe we all agree it should all end
What sits wrong with me now is that we see none of that from some of the same people whenever children are murdered in school. Maybe we all agree it should all end
September 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I can understand the anguish from losing someone you looked up to politically.
What sits wrong with me now is that we see none of that from some of the same people whenever children are murdered in school. Maybe we all agree it should all end
What sits wrong with me now is that we see none of that from some of the same people whenever children are murdered in school. Maybe we all agree it should all end
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Openness leads to sensitivity. Listening is the major component of communication.
September 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Openness leads to sensitivity. Listening is the major component of communication.
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Again, political violence has no place in this country.
I probably don’t agree with Charlie Kirk on a damn thing, but that doesn’t matter - he’s a husband and a father.
This is despicable and can’t become our new normal.
I probably don’t agree with Charlie Kirk on a damn thing, but that doesn’t matter - he’s a husband and a father.
This is despicable and can’t become our new normal.
September 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Again, political violence has no place in this country.
I probably don’t agree with Charlie Kirk on a damn thing, but that doesn’t matter - he’s a husband and a father.
This is despicable and can’t become our new normal.
I probably don’t agree with Charlie Kirk on a damn thing, but that doesn’t matter - he’s a husband and a father.
This is despicable and can’t become our new normal.
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For all the chaos out there, we cannot lose sight of the need to stay strong and stay focused on our democracy. Empathy will help. We wil get through this.
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
For all the chaos out there, we cannot lose sight of the need to stay strong and stay focused on our democracy. Empathy will help. We wil get through this.
Retraced my steps of the first backpacking trip I made in Idaho more than 30 years ago. The Rainbow Basin trail is still splendid. The destination on this day was Fiddle Lake.
#Idahohiking
#fiddlelake
#trinitymountain
#Idahohiking
#fiddlelake
#trinitymountain
September 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Retraced my steps of the first backpacking trip I made in Idaho more than 30 years ago. The Rainbow Basin trail is still splendid. The destination on this day was Fiddle Lake.
#Idahohiking
#fiddlelake
#trinitymountain
#Idahohiking
#fiddlelake
#trinitymountain
The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life. — Paraphrased Samurai proverb
June 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life. — Paraphrased Samurai proverb
As the temperatures warm up, I take my hiking out of the valley foothills and up a bit higher, and I find a bit more solitude. In the mountain ridges outside of Crouch, Idaho today, I found an even broader variety of wildflowers out singing to the sky.
June 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
As the temperatures warm up, I take my hiking out of the valley foothills and up a bit higher, and I find a bit more solitude. In the mountain ridges outside of Crouch, Idaho today, I found an even broader variety of wildflowers out singing to the sky.
Spring in the mountains and foothills of Idaho brings lots of wildflowers. The touches of color always make me smile.
May 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Spring in the mountains and foothills of Idaho brings lots of wildflowers. The touches of color always make me smile.
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“I was hungry” and you cut SNAP.
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
May 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“I was hungry” and you cut SNAP.
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was thirsty” and you cut funding to ensure clean water.
“I was sick” and you cut medicaid.
“I was a stranger” and you deported me.
“I was in prison” and you just left me there to rot.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
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When I was a kid, bedtime was 9pm.
And l couldn’t wait to be a grown- up so I could go to bed anytime I wanted.
Turns out that is 9 pm.
And l couldn’t wait to be a grown- up so I could go to bed anytime I wanted.
Turns out that is 9 pm.
April 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
When I was a kid, bedtime was 9pm.
And l couldn’t wait to be a grown- up so I could go to bed anytime I wanted.
Turns out that is 9 pm.
And l couldn’t wait to be a grown- up so I could go to bed anytime I wanted.
Turns out that is 9 pm.
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Historian here:
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
March 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Historian here:
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
Scene from my hike yesterday that kind of captures my mood lately.
April 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Scene from my hike yesterday that kind of captures my mood lately.
I was not prepared for the breathtaking beauty and awe that I experienced at the Grand Canyon. I have seen natural wonders all over North America, but had not personally visited the GC until last month. /1
#grandcanyon
#grandcanyonnationalpark
#blewmeaway
#grandcanyon
#grandcanyonnationalpark
#blewmeaway
April 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I was not prepared for the breathtaking beauty and awe that I experienced at the Grand Canyon. I have seen natural wonders all over North America, but had not personally visited the GC until last month. /1
#grandcanyon
#grandcanyonnationalpark
#blewmeaway
#grandcanyon
#grandcanyonnationalpark
#blewmeaway
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My favorite sign from the Boise protest today.
April 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
My favorite sign from the Boise protest today.
Antelope Canyon is an amazing natural wonder. The colors, shapes, and textures are all so picturesque. The tour was a great experience.
#anyelopecanyon
#navajotribalpark
#sandstone
#southwestroadtrip
#anyelopecanyon
#navajotribalpark
#sandstone
#southwestroadtrip
April 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Antelope Canyon is an amazing natural wonder. The colors, shapes, and textures are all so picturesque. The tour was a great experience.
#anyelopecanyon
#navajotribalpark
#sandstone
#southwestroadtrip
#anyelopecanyon
#navajotribalpark
#sandstone
#southwestroadtrip
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The populations of the Heard and McDonald Islands have come up with their rebellion flag.
April 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The populations of the Heard and McDonald Islands have come up with their rebellion flag.
Monument Valley lived up to it’s iconic place in Southwestern imagery.
#monumentvalley
#monumentvalleynavajotribalpark
#dust
#southwesternusa
#southsweternusaroadtrip
#monumentvalley
#monumentvalleynavajotribalpark
#dust
#southwesternusa
#southsweternusaroadtrip
April 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Monument Valley lived up to it’s iconic place in Southwestern imagery.
#monumentvalley
#monumentvalleynavajotribalpark
#dust
#southwesternusa
#southsweternusaroadtrip
#monumentvalley
#monumentvalleynavajotribalpark
#dust
#southwesternusa
#southsweternusaroadtrip
Traveling through Utah through New Mexico and into Arizona provided several picturesque moments.
March 31, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Traveling through Utah through New Mexico and into Arizona provided several picturesque moments.