Sam
@spinachwrap.bsky.social
Same spinachwrap as everywhere else.
Plants, birds, lizards, crochet, sewing, baking, etc.
I will infodump about native plant gardening at any opportunity.
She/her but largely irrelevant to me.
Plants, birds, lizards, crochet, sewing, baking, etc.
I will infodump about native plant gardening at any opportunity.
She/her but largely irrelevant to me.
Yes! This (often) works well for badly written exams in general.
Certification exams for my job are HORRIBLY designed, awful, we all despise them. So far I've been able to pass them all 1st try with this approach, honed over decades.
Certification exams for my job are HORRIBLY designed, awful, we all despise them. So far I've been able to pass them all 1st try with this approach, honed over decades.
God, yes. The SAT prep book they gave us in the prep class in high school (it was that kind of school district) was the first to ever explicitly say to me "you are not supposed to choose the correct answer, you are supposed to choose the answer the test maker thinks is correct". Mind: blown!
December 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Yes! This (often) works well for badly written exams in general.
Certification exams for my job are HORRIBLY designed, awful, we all despise them. So far I've been able to pass them all 1st try with this approach, honed over decades.
Certification exams for my job are HORRIBLY designed, awful, we all despise them. So far I've been able to pass them all 1st try with this approach, honed over decades.
Reposted by Sam
"Morning Light on a Carolina Wren" 5" x 7" Oil on panel
I just think they're neat
I just think they're neat
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Morning Light on a Carolina Wren" 5" x 7" Oil on panel
I just think they're neat
I just think they're neat
Reposted by Sam
“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.
December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.
Reposted by Sam
I read this book at least quarterly.
Into the Drowning Deep by @seananmcguire.bsky.social is on sale for $2.99 digitally. It's one of my favorite books. It makes Mermaids horrifyingly fascinating!
Into the Drowning Deep
Amazon.com: Into the Drowning Deep eBook : Grant, Mira: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I read this book at least quarterly.
Reposted by Sam
Black Friday reminder - that product with a great price being sold by a company with a name that's just a bunch of random letters may end up on our website someday because it explodes.
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Black Friday reminder - that product with a great price being sold by a company with a name that's just a bunch of random letters may end up on our website someday because it explodes.
Reposted by Sam
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
Reposted by Sam
If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you ever wonder why people say "slippery as an eel" I can confirm that one time we had to hold an eel for a vet to do a blood draw and that eel ended up on the floor 47 times out of 48 attempts
🐺, apparently
Whereas the top wolves are basically just acting like parents and making sure everybody’s got food and letting the cubs crawl all over them.
Honestly, the most wolf-like people around are mom friends and the dads who check your oil and sneak jumper cables into your trunk.
Honestly, the most wolf-like people around are mom friends and the dads who check your oil and sneak jumper cables into your trunk.
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🐺, apparently
Reposted by Sam
Reposted by Sam
Don't do any of this.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Don't do any of this.
Reposted by Sam
The best therapist I ever had used cognitive behavioral therapy and the basis of his approach was
1) you cannot control feelings
2) you can control your behavior, including your conscious thoughts
3) you can learn to consciously identify cognitive distortions of your feelings *and not act on them*
1) you cannot control feelings
2) you can control your behavior, including your conscious thoughts
3) you can learn to consciously identify cognitive distortions of your feelings *and not act on them*
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The best therapist I ever had used cognitive behavioral therapy and the basis of his approach was
1) you cannot control feelings
2) you can control your behavior, including your conscious thoughts
3) you can learn to consciously identify cognitive distortions of your feelings *and not act on them*
1) you cannot control feelings
2) you can control your behavior, including your conscious thoughts
3) you can learn to consciously identify cognitive distortions of your feelings *and not act on them*
Reposted by Sam
Spooky bird stories. Last year's Halloween comic.
October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Spooky bird stories. Last year's Halloween comic.
yess shirt for me
Amber is the color of my energy topatoco.com/collections/...
October 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
yess shirt for me
Good morning it's chickens
October 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Good morning it's chickens
I accidentally drowned my first fuyu persimmon tree by over watering in heavy clay. I'm hoping my 2nd attempt will go better with lessons learned 1st time around.
(Do a better job actually amending the soil this time)
Anyway, it'll cost less than buying all the persimmons I'd want to eat (KILOS).
(Do a better job actually amending the soil this time)
Anyway, it'll cost less than buying all the persimmons I'd want to eat (KILOS).
not the point but fuyu persimmons for $3.99/ea is a great price for the growers, hot damn
My Very Dear Ones,
I write to you from near the front lines of war ravaged Portland.
I write to you from near the front lines of war ravaged Portland.
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I accidentally drowned my first fuyu persimmon tree by over watering in heavy clay. I'm hoping my 2nd attempt will go better with lessons learned 1st time around.
(Do a better job actually amending the soil this time)
Anyway, it'll cost less than buying all the persimmons I'd want to eat (KILOS).
(Do a better job actually amending the soil this time)
Anyway, it'll cost less than buying all the persimmons I'd want to eat (KILOS).
Behold the pretty beans
I keep going back and looking at this picture. It seems, no matter what topic I'm working with, I really like bright, saturated colors.
October 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Behold the pretty beans
It's a good book, I liked it. (Creepy!)
Also we have a property tax bill due in November so uh
Go ahead and press go on that one, if you'd be so kind
bit.ly/greyhowler
Go ahead and press go on that one, if you'd be so kind
bit.ly/greyhowler
September 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
It's a good book, I liked it. (Creepy!)
Reposted by Sam
I do a comic about ornithological vocabulary for every issue of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Living Bird magazine. Here's the latest one, featuring the American Bittern.
September 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I do a comic about ornithological vocabulary for every issue of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Living Bird magazine. Here's the latest one, featuring the American Bittern.
Reposted by Sam
@ksonney.redwombat.social.ap.brid.gy Hi!
Somehow I thought that the "rent a chick" 2 week visit would be temporary and here we are, 2 days later, researching coops. IF you have time, can you recommend a decent starter chicken coop? We're in SC, so heat is more of a concern than killing winters.
Somehow I thought that the "rent a chick" 2 week visit would be temporary and here we are, 2 days later, researching coops. IF you have time, can you recommend a decent starter chicken coop? We're in SC, so heat is more of a concern than killing winters.
September 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
@ksonney.redwombat.social.ap.brid.gy Hi!
Somehow I thought that the "rent a chick" 2 week visit would be temporary and here we are, 2 days later, researching coops. IF you have time, can you recommend a decent starter chicken coop? We're in SC, so heat is more of a concern than killing winters.
Somehow I thought that the "rent a chick" 2 week visit would be temporary and here we are, 2 days later, researching coops. IF you have time, can you recommend a decent starter chicken coop? We're in SC, so heat is more of a concern than killing winters.
Reposted by Sam
Good morning look at these birds
July 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Good morning look at these birds
Reposted by Sam
To a firework, your body is sentient gelatin. Nothing more. Nothing less. Remember that and use fireworks safely this July 4th.
June 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
To a firework, your body is sentient gelatin. Nothing more. Nothing less. Remember that and use fireworks safely this July 4th.