Nick Milburn
@precursive.bsky.social
Rural Vermonter, artist & philosopoet, enterprise architect, husband & father | Exploring justice, healing, & creativity | Rematriate, reparate, repair & rewild the world | I seek dominion over no one & allow no one dominion over me | He/Him | Views my own
Happy winter birdfeeder season to those who celebrate.
Goldfinches, nuthatches, and chickadees aplenty today.
Chickadeedeedeedee
Goldfinches, nuthatches, and chickadees aplenty today.
Chickadeedeedeedee
January 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Happy winter birdfeeder season to those who celebrate.
Goldfinches, nuthatches, and chickadees aplenty today.
Chickadeedeedeedee
Goldfinches, nuthatches, and chickadees aplenty today.
Chickadeedeedeedee
Our woods are made of glass
January 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Our woods are made of glass
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Finished my last painting of 2025! Acrylic on 9x12 canvas. Chimney Rock in Kentucky. Happy New Year!
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #artist #artists #art #painting #originalart #traditionalart #landscape #Maine #newyear #fineart #mountain #kentucky #acrylicart #sunset
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #artist #artists #art #painting #originalart #traditionalart #landscape #Maine #newyear #fineart #mountain #kentucky #acrylicart #sunset
December 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Finished my last painting of 2025! Acrylic on 9x12 canvas. Chimney Rock in Kentucky. Happy New Year!
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #artist #artists #art #painting #originalart #traditionalart #landscape #Maine #newyear #fineart #mountain #kentucky #acrylicart #sunset
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #artist #artists #art #painting #originalart #traditionalart #landscape #Maine #newyear #fineart #mountain #kentucky #acrylicart #sunset
A photogrqph of the steamboat Ticonderoga by the great contemporary New England photographer Adam Silverman.
Mr. Silverman's full description in the alt text.
Check out his other work at www.adamsilvermanphoto.com
Mr. Silverman's full description in the alt text.
Check out his other work at www.adamsilvermanphoto.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A photogrqph of the steamboat Ticonderoga by the great contemporary New England photographer Adam Silverman.
Mr. Silverman's full description in the alt text.
Check out his other work at www.adamsilvermanphoto.com
Mr. Silverman's full description in the alt text.
Check out his other work at www.adamsilvermanphoto.com
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“…the NAACP affirms the term "Woke" and its historical connection to Black history, Black liberation movements, and social justice.”
Please be sure you know what you are saying.
naacp.org/resources/re...
Please be sure you know what you are saying.
naacp.org/resources/re...
Reclaiming the Word “Woke” as Part of African American Culture
The NAACP condemns cultural appropriation, misuse of Black idioms, and specific efforts by anti-Black racists to distort and redefine the specific term “Woke.”
naacp.org
December 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“…the NAACP affirms the term "Woke" and its historical connection to Black history, Black liberation movements, and social justice.”
Please be sure you know what you are saying.
naacp.org/resources/re...
Please be sure you know what you are saying.
naacp.org/resources/re...
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#morningstroll #muddypath #redhat #motheranddaughter #acrylicpainting #pleinairpainting #artinsouthyorkshire #paintingoutside #directobservation #landscapepainting #southyorkshire #biltonart #opencountry #trees #clouds #allaprima #clarifiedimpressionism #expressiverealism #pleinair
December 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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painting titled "Kindred Spirits" by artist Anna Clark
December 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
painting titled "Kindred Spirits" by artist Anna Clark
Every instinct in my body tells me to hunker down for winter & take care of family, & negative thoughts tell me nothing I was doing, other than mutual aid efforts, mattered, anyway. Yet, every impulse in my soul tells me there is no time to wait, & my guides & ancestors, like Jay, tell me "Go, now!"
I’m ashamed of “woke” white people.
And I’m 1/2-white. Keep that in mind.
Y’all could be doing SO much.
You could end this! There are enough of you to end this! Plenty!
Just actually do it. Go now! Seriously.
And I’m 1/2-white. Keep that in mind.
Y’all could be doing SO much.
You could end this! There are enough of you to end this! Plenty!
Just actually do it. Go now! Seriously.
December 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Every instinct in my body tells me to hunker down for winter & take care of family, & negative thoughts tell me nothing I was doing, other than mutual aid efforts, mattered, anyway. Yet, every impulse in my soul tells me there is no time to wait, & my guides & ancestors, like Jay, tell me "Go, now!"
Frozen pond in the frozen woods. Hard to explain how cold the winter has been. More than halfway through our firewood; have had to routinely service tractor fuel lines from freezing; hand from where I smushed it is vibrating in numb pain; hardly want to go outside 🥶 but, it's beautilly magical 💙
December 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Frozen pond in the frozen woods. Hard to explain how cold the winter has been. More than halfway through our firewood; have had to routinely service tractor fuel lines from freezing; hand from where I smushed it is vibrating in numb pain; hardly want to go outside 🥶 but, it's beautilly magical 💙
Night plowing in our enchanted ice forest.
December 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Night plowing in our enchanted ice forest.
Went out to take some photos of the ice storm's beauty, and quickly retreated back under a roof. Branches and trees coming down all around. Hope everyone is in a safe, warm, dry place 🙏
December 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Went out to take some photos of the ice storm's beauty, and quickly retreated back under a roof. Branches and trees coming down all around. Hope everyone is in a safe, warm, dry place 🙏
There are aspects of homesteading that push the sympathetic soul to the brink of the irreconcilable, like when the mind tries to hold the paradoxical ideas of compassion for all living beings, and "we are all food," simultaneously. There are days I wish to run away.
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
There are aspects of homesteading that push the sympathetic soul to the brink of the irreconcilable, like when the mind tries to hold the paradoxical ideas of compassion for all living beings, and "we are all food," simultaneously. There are days I wish to run away.
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Anthony Theakston Sculpts a Spirited Flock of Bronze and Ceramic #Birds #art #sculpture
Link for more #photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/anth...
Link for more #photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/anth...
December 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Anthony Theakston Sculpts a Spirited Flock of Bronze and Ceramic #Birds #art #sculpture
Link for more #photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/anth...
Link for more #photos and information: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/anth...
Ceiling and subfloor removal day selfie 🤪
December 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ceiling and subfloor removal day selfie 🤪
Getting down towards the end of my "I need to figure out what to do with these" pile. They are just consuming space, gathering dust, some getting moldy 😔 Nowhere to hang them or store them. They meant so much to me in creating them & have meant so much to me over the years. Hard to feed to the 🔥
December 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Getting down towards the end of my "I need to figure out what to do with these" pile. They are just consuming space, gathering dust, some getting moldy 😔 Nowhere to hang them or store them. They meant so much to me in creating them & have meant so much to me over the years. Hard to feed to the 🔥
I think about this a lot. I worry about this a lot.
The internet has supercharged the radicalization process; what used to take years, now takes months.
And Republicans know exactly how to capitalize on this relatively new algorithm-based era. Democrats do not.
And Republicans know exactly how to capitalize on this relatively new algorithm-based era. Democrats do not.
December 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I think about this a lot. I worry about this a lot.
I hope you all find yourselves in a warm, dry, safe place with good food and companionship 🙏 Good night 🙏
December 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I hope you all find yourselves in a warm, dry, safe place with good food and companionship 🙏 Good night 🙏
"Sooooo............."
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Sooooo............."
I wanted to be a tree farmer 🤪
December 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I wanted to be a tree farmer 🤪
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Just discovered a painting that really hit me, especially here in the Christmas season. For those not Christian, after Christ was born, Mary and Joseph had to flee to Egypt to protect their baby from political persecution.
December 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just discovered a painting that really hit me, especially here in the Christmas season. For those not Christian, after Christ was born, Mary and Joseph had to flee to Egypt to protect their baby from political persecution.
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I will never stop combating racism.
It’s not something I act out on occasion.
It’s all day, everyday. It’s part of my life.
I’m 1/2-white and receive tons of unearned benefits b/c of racism and colorism.
I have a moral and practical duty to combat the force that bestows these racist benefits.
It’s not something I act out on occasion.
It’s all day, everyday. It’s part of my life.
I’m 1/2-white and receive tons of unearned benefits b/c of racism and colorism.
I have a moral and practical duty to combat the force that bestows these racist benefits.
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I will never stop combating racism.
It’s not something I act out on occasion.
It’s all day, everyday. It’s part of my life.
I’m 1/2-white and receive tons of unearned benefits b/c of racism and colorism.
I have a moral and practical duty to combat the force that bestows these racist benefits.
It’s not something I act out on occasion.
It’s all day, everyday. It’s part of my life.
I’m 1/2-white and receive tons of unearned benefits b/c of racism and colorism.
I have a moral and practical duty to combat the force that bestows these racist benefits.
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Blocking protects individuals.
Speaking up is how patterns get named & communities get protected.
Speaking up is how patterns get named & communities get protected.
December 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Blocking protects individuals.
Speaking up is how patterns get named & communities get protected.
Speaking up is how patterns get named & communities get protected.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM