Kathleen Rowan 🌱
@rowanauthor.bsky.social
🔸️writing fantasy & sci-fantasy🔸️living real life adventures🔸️marveling at the mundane & the majestic🔸️breathing courage into your embers
🔸️GentlyRowan on AO3 & Tumblr (HZD)
🔸️photography by me & my husband
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📷 me by an icicle wall gazing at sun-touched hills
🔸️GentlyRowan on AO3 & Tumblr (HZD)
🔸️photography by me & my husband
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📷 me by an icicle wall gazing at sun-touched hills
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Kathleen Rowan 🌱
@rowanauthor.bsky.social
· Apr 10
#PublicLands
A quote from the #NPS Visitor Center at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming (just S of Yellowstone):
"You must search for the loveliness in America; it is not obvious; it is scattered; but when you find it, it touches you and binds you to it like a great secret oath taken in silence."
A quote from the #NPS Visitor Center at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming (just S of Yellowstone):
"You must search for the loveliness in America; it is not obvious; it is scattered; but when you find it, it touches you and binds you to it like a great secret oath taken in silence."
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
Please sign my petition to start an Autumn Olympics where all events empty into a pile of delightful leaves and whatnot.
February 7, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Please sign my petition to start an Autumn Olympics where all events empty into a pile of delightful leaves and whatnot.
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
I like when I’m standing in a gray, shadowy place and a sunbeam illuminates distant trees and clouds with a warm orange glow. Feels like a sign.
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Beacon
8”x6” Oil on cradled wood panel
Available on my website
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Beacon
8”x6” Oil on cradled wood panel
Available on my website
February 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I like when I’m standing in a gray, shadowy place and a sunbeam illuminates distant trees and clouds with a warm orange glow. Feels like a sign.
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Beacon
8”x6” Oil on cradled wood panel
Available on my website
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Beacon
8”x6” Oil on cradled wood panel
Available on my website
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
I've never seen the moon
gaze at you as I do—
while always watching
she looks on everyone
I've never known rain
to fall just for you,
though it often pours
it's to the rivers it flows
Yet I
have lit the night
just to find your eyes
And I have cried rivers
longing for your arms.
#FromOneLine 393
gaze at you as I do—
while always watching
she looks on everyone
I've never known rain
to fall just for you,
though it often pours
it's to the rivers it flows
Yet I
have lit the night
just to find your eyes
And I have cried rivers
longing for your arms.
#FromOneLine 393
February 13, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I've never seen the moon
gaze at you as I do—
while always watching
she looks on everyone
I've never known rain
to fall just for you,
though it often pours
it's to the rivers it flows
Yet I
have lit the night
just to find your eyes
And I have cried rivers
longing for your arms.
#FromOneLine 393
gaze at you as I do—
while always watching
she looks on everyone
I've never known rain
to fall just for you,
though it often pours
it's to the rivers it flows
Yet I
have lit the night
just to find your eyes
And I have cried rivers
longing for your arms.
#FromOneLine 393
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
February 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
ALL THE MEDALS.
Lara Naki Gutmann skates to the theme from JAWS 🦈 🎶 #olympics
February 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
ALL THE MEDALS.
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
The last in my American birds series (not the last ever, just currently) is this dark-eyed junco. It's surrounded by a blossom of Autumnal leaves. I'm going to be starting a female cardinal today to add to the collection.
#watercolours #birdart 🪶
#watercolours #birdart 🪶
February 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
The last in my American birds series (not the last ever, just currently) is this dark-eyed junco. It's surrounded by a blossom of Autumnal leaves. I'm going to be starting a female cardinal today to add to the collection.
#watercolours #birdart 🪶
#watercolours #birdart 🪶
Help, I'm too tired to get up and go to bed
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Help, I'm too tired to get up and go to bed
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It's THAT THING
it says it wants to EAT MY TOES
it says it wants to EAT MY TOES
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
It's THAT THING
it says it wants to EAT MY TOES
it says it wants to EAT MY TOES
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This is the first time my seasonal depression had my tapped out. The world became a little too much and I had to take a me day. Ate some cake, talked to friends, and breathed deeply.
I'll be ok. Don't be afraid to say you need to press pause and rebalance.
I'll be ok. Don't be afraid to say you need to press pause and rebalance.
February 13, 2026 at 5:51 AM
This is the first time my seasonal depression had my tapped out. The world became a little too much and I had to take a me day. Ate some cake, talked to friends, and breathed deeply.
I'll be ok. Don't be afraid to say you need to press pause and rebalance.
I'll be ok. Don't be afraid to say you need to press pause and rebalance.
Eating again, just a bit, before bed.
Must be time to watch a person stand on another person while both of them have ice skates on.
#Olympics #IceDancing
Must be time to watch a person stand on another person while both of them have ice skates on.
#Olympics #IceDancing
Don't have time to properly watch the Olympics this time, so I'm sneaking in some figure skating during dinner!
February 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Eating again, just a bit, before bed.
Must be time to watch a person stand on another person while both of them have ice skates on.
#Olympics #IceDancing
Must be time to watch a person stand on another person while both of them have ice skates on.
#Olympics #IceDancing
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Pleurocybella porrigens aka Angel Wings Fungus. Newfoundland, Canada. Photo from a couple of years ago, in autumn.
#fungi #fungifriends
#fungi #fungifriends
February 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Pleurocybella porrigens aka Angel Wings Fungus. Newfoundland, Canada. Photo from a couple of years ago, in autumn.
#fungi #fungifriends
#fungi #fungifriends
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
Days since being accused of being a time-traveling Victorian: 0
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Days since being accused of being a time-traveling Victorian: 0
For #HorizonForbiddenWest fans:
1) Mono Lake is Salt Bite
2) in more or less the Mammoth Lakes region you can find, fittingly, some Tremortusks!
1) Mono Lake is Salt Bite
2) in more or less the Mammoth Lakes region you can find, fittingly, some Tremortusks!
5th July 2009: U.S. Route 395 5
U.S. Route 395, which runs through the Mono Lake and Mammoth Lakes region, is often described as a “scenic corridor” that cuts through the grand landscapes of the Eastern Sierra.
dararindarling.blogspot.com/2009/07/5th-...
Nikon D40x / AF-S DX 18-70mm F3.5-4.5G ED
U.S. Route 395, which runs through the Mono Lake and Mammoth Lakes region, is often described as a “scenic corridor” that cuts through the grand landscapes of the Eastern Sierra.
dararindarling.blogspot.com/2009/07/5th-...
Nikon D40x / AF-S DX 18-70mm F3.5-4.5G ED
February 13, 2026 at 3:38 AM
For #HorizonForbiddenWest fans:
1) Mono Lake is Salt Bite
2) in more or less the Mammoth Lakes region you can find, fittingly, some Tremortusks!
1) Mono Lake is Salt Bite
2) in more or less the Mammoth Lakes region you can find, fittingly, some Tremortusks!
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
Crane On Frozen Waterway
Watercolor, ink, quick sketch.
#crane #waterways #winter #willow #snow, #traditionalart #watercolor #ink #quicksketch #tidalwaters #birds
Watercolor, ink, quick sketch.
#crane #waterways #winter #willow #snow, #traditionalart #watercolor #ink #quicksketch #tidalwaters #birds
February 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Crane On Frozen Waterway
Watercolor, ink, quick sketch.
#crane #waterways #winter #willow #snow, #traditionalart #watercolor #ink #quicksketch #tidalwaters #birds
Watercolor, ink, quick sketch.
#crane #waterways #winter #willow #snow, #traditionalart #watercolor #ink #quicksketch #tidalwaters #birds
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
Just some pencil doodles that turned into coloured pencils, then markers, then pastel, then chaos. 🤷🏼♀️
#arcanefanart #caitvi #vi #caitvifanart
#arcanefanart #caitvi #vi #caitvifanart
February 13, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Just some pencil doodles that turned into coloured pencils, then markers, then pastel, then chaos. 🤷🏼♀️
#arcanefanart #caitvi #vi #caitvifanart
#arcanefanart #caitvi #vi #caitvifanart
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We live on a small sphere of rock orbiting an ongoing fusion reaction, the whole thing floating along in...nothing at all. It's kinda weird, yes? No one talks about this.
what’s the most obvious on-the-ground truth that your profession knows, but people don’t live like it’s true?
what other jfc-inducing truths are sitting in plain sight for people who know how to see what’s happening?
February 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
We live on a small sphere of rock orbiting an ongoing fusion reaction, the whole thing floating along in...nothing at all. It's kinda weird, yes? No one talks about this.
Don't have time to properly watch the Olympics this time, so I'm sneaking in some figure skating during dinner!
February 13, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Don't have time to properly watch the Olympics this time, so I'm sneaking in some figure skating during dinner!
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
Quote with your horn art! ✨
(Horns you say? Cruel to make me choose just one!)
#art
#tiefling
#digitalart
(Horns you say? Cruel to make me choose just one!)
#art
#tiefling
#digitalart
January 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Quote with your horn art! ✨
(Horns you say? Cruel to make me choose just one!)
#art
#tiefling
#digitalart
(Horns you say? Cruel to make me choose just one!)
#art
#tiefling
#digitalart
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
January 27, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
GENTLECREATURES!
Please consider supporting my friend 🌱
Every little bit helps, truly.
As a bonus, it also comforts her friends who are worried about her (that's me!), so please give what you can for her safety (and my peace of mind).
I appreciate your kindness more than I can say.
Please consider supporting my friend 🌱
Every little bit helps, truly.
As a bonus, it also comforts her friends who are worried about her (that's me!), so please give what you can for her safety (and my peace of mind).
I appreciate your kindness more than I can say.
Help Annie Get Passports For Herself (& Her Mamá) + Leave Her Abusive Home ASAP
Hiii, I’m Annie (she/her). I’m indigenous Mexican-American (3rd gen) and I’m raising funds so I can get passports for myself and my Mamá (2nd gen) and finish paying for my training program studies ! I...
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February 12, 2026 at 5:51 AM
GENTLECREATURES!
Please consider supporting my friend 🌱
Every little bit helps, truly.
As a bonus, it also comforts her friends who are worried about her (that's me!), so please give what you can for her safety (and my peace of mind).
I appreciate your kindness more than I can say.
Please consider supporting my friend 🌱
Every little bit helps, truly.
As a bonus, it also comforts her friends who are worried about her (that's me!), so please give what you can for her safety (and my peace of mind).
I appreciate your kindness more than I can say.
Reposted by Kathleen Rowan 🌱
happy black history month 🩷
February 1, 2026 at 4:08 PM
happy black history month 🩷
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Let me tell you, A.I. may scrap my work but A.I. could never out write me. I bring not only my awesome writing style but my depth of my lived experiences to the table.
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Let me tell you, A.I. may scrap my work but A.I. could never out write me. I bring not only my awesome writing style but my depth of my lived experiences to the table.
Am I sharing this photo of LA because it is beautiful photography, or because it reminds me of Horizon: Burning Shores?
Regulars around here will know the answer is very much, "Yes."
Regulars around here will know the answer is very much, "Yes."
One of my favorite pictures I’ve taken, just wish I had had my real camera for it instead of my iPhone 😅
February 11, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Am I sharing this photo of LA because it is beautiful photography, or because it reminds me of Horizon: Burning Shores?
Regulars around here will know the answer is very much, "Yes."
Regulars around here will know the answer is very much, "Yes."