Bruce Kelley - aka LithoCat
@brucejkelley.bsky.social
---- Renaissance Guy ----
Literary Award Wrangler at Copper Canyon Press
PNW Friends of Mineralogy
Horn player: Port Angeles Symphony
---- Older Stuff ----
Seattle Astronomical Society
NW Mahler Festival
Microsoft
Saba Technologies
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Literary Award Wrangler at Copper Canyon Press
PNW Friends of Mineralogy
Horn player: Port Angeles Symphony
---- Older Stuff ----
Seattle Astronomical Society
NW Mahler Festival
Microsoft
Saba Technologies
Control-C SW
One of our most celebrated and approachable poets, Arthur Sze, is featured on this week's PBS News Hour:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A delightful interview!
@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A delightful interview!
@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
Acclaimed poet Arthur Sze on bridging Western and Chinese traditions
Arthur Sze, one of the most acclaimed poets of our time, is celebrated for exploring the natural world, the human condition and connections between cultures. A second-generation Chinese American based...
www.pbs.org
June 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
One of our most celebrated and approachable poets, Arthur Sze, is featured on this week's PBS News Hour:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A delightful interview!
@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A delightful interview!
@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
Reposted by Bruce Kelley - aka LithoCat
Alexearlite - Hg₃(MoO₄)S₂ - tiny yellow crystals
Corderoite - Hg₃S₂Cl₂- orange-red crystals
Tiemannite - HgSe - glassy black matrix
Lucky Boy Mine, Mount Baldy-Ohio Dist., Piute Co., Utah
FOV: 0.24 mm
Corderoite - Hg₃S₂Cl₂- orange-red crystals
Tiemannite - HgSe - glassy black matrix
Lucky Boy Mine, Mount Baldy-Ohio Dist., Piute Co., Utah
FOV: 0.24 mm
June 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Alexearlite - Hg₃(MoO₄)S₂ - tiny yellow crystals
Corderoite - Hg₃S₂Cl₂- orange-red crystals
Tiemannite - HgSe - glassy black matrix
Lucky Boy Mine, Mount Baldy-Ohio Dist., Piute Co., Utah
FOV: 0.24 mm
Corderoite - Hg₃S₂Cl₂- orange-red crystals
Tiemannite - HgSe - glassy black matrix
Lucky Boy Mine, Mount Baldy-Ohio Dist., Piute Co., Utah
FOV: 0.24 mm
At Town Hall Seattle to hear Ocean Vuong read. @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
At Town Hall Seattle to hear Ocean Vuong read. @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
Way to monetize your e-waste, Bethesda!
(Thanks, but no thanks. I've got PLENTY of useless old server RAM sticks sitting around.) If anyone's interested, I'll sell mine at half the Bethesda price... Steep quantity discounts available. Free if you take them all! :-D
(Thanks, but no thanks. I've got PLENTY of useless old server RAM sticks sitting around.) If anyone's interested, I'll sell mine at half the Bethesda price... Steep quantity discounts available. Free if you take them all! :-D
May 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Way to monetize your e-waste, Bethesda!
(Thanks, but no thanks. I've got PLENTY of useless old server RAM sticks sitting around.) If anyone's interested, I'll sell mine at half the Bethesda price... Steep quantity discounts available. Free if you take them all! :-D
(Thanks, but no thanks. I've got PLENTY of useless old server RAM sticks sitting around.) If anyone's interested, I'll sell mine at half the Bethesda price... Steep quantity discounts available. Free if you take them all! :-D
Reposted by Bruce Kelley - aka LithoCat
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This May, take a peek behind the publishing curtain. Come and meet the people behind the poetry; see how you directly impact the work we do.
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May 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Great news: JENNIFER CHANG is a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in poetry! "Reflective poems that fuse ancient philosophy with contemporary language and an immigrant perspective in a quest to find truth in the western world.” Congrats also to MARIE HOWE, winner! And to all the finalists!
May 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Great news: JENNIFER CHANG is a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in poetry! "Reflective poems that fuse ancient philosophy with contemporary language and an immigrant perspective in a quest to find truth in the western world.” Congrats also to MARIE HOWE, winner! And to all the finalists!
Bucket list performance tonight!
Shostakovich 10 at Port Angeles Symphony.
Shostakovich 10 at Port Angeles Symphony.
May 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Bucket list performance tonight!
Shostakovich 10 at Port Angeles Symphony.
Shostakovich 10 at Port Angeles Symphony.
Canary yellow Natrozippeite - Na₅(UO₂)₈(SO₄)₄O₅(OH)₃ · 12H₂O
Yellow Uranopilite - (UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆ · 14H₂O
on Uraninite - [UO₂] - bearing sandstone.
from Widowmaker Mine, White Canyon Dist., San Juan Co., UT
FOV: 1.9 mm
Yellow Uranopilite - (UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆ · 14H₂O
on Uraninite - [UO₂] - bearing sandstone.
from Widowmaker Mine, White Canyon Dist., San Juan Co., UT
FOV: 1.9 mm
April 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Canary yellow Natrozippeite - Na₅(UO₂)₈(SO₄)₄O₅(OH)₃ · 12H₂O
Yellow Uranopilite - (UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆ · 14H₂O
on Uraninite - [UO₂] - bearing sandstone.
from Widowmaker Mine, White Canyon Dist., San Juan Co., UT
FOV: 1.9 mm
Yellow Uranopilite - (UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆ · 14H₂O
on Uraninite - [UO₂] - bearing sandstone.
from Widowmaker Mine, White Canyon Dist., San Juan Co., UT
FOV: 1.9 mm
I only pour the Lagavulin when I feel like I've earned it.
April 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I only pour the Lagavulin when I feel like I've earned it.
Linarite and unknown blue sprays from Leadville Mining Dist., Lake Co., Colorado
FOV: 3.4 mm
Anyone have ideas on this one?
It was donated to the PNW Friends of Mineralogy auctions last year and I had to buy it. :-)
FOV: 3.4 mm
Anyone have ideas on this one?
It was donated to the PNW Friends of Mineralogy auctions last year and I had to buy it. :-)
April 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Linarite and unknown blue sprays from Leadville Mining Dist., Lake Co., Colorado
FOV: 3.4 mm
Anyone have ideas on this one?
It was donated to the PNW Friends of Mineralogy auctions last year and I had to buy it. :-)
FOV: 3.4 mm
Anyone have ideas on this one?
It was donated to the PNW Friends of Mineralogy auctions last year and I had to buy it. :-)
Here's a better crop of this one:
Dioptase, Wulfenite, Mimetite from Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth Dist., Pinal Co., AZ
FOV: 4.6 mm
Copyright © 2025, Bruce J Kelley
Dioptase, Wulfenite, Mimetite from Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth Dist., Pinal Co., AZ
FOV: 4.6 mm
Copyright © 2025, Bruce J Kelley
March 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Here's a better crop of this one:
Dioptase, Wulfenite, Mimetite from Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth Dist., Pinal Co., AZ
FOV: 4.6 mm
Copyright © 2025, Bruce J Kelley
Dioptase, Wulfenite, Mimetite from Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth Dist., Pinal Co., AZ
FOV: 4.6 mm
Copyright © 2025, Bruce J Kelley
Dioptase (green), Wulfenite (red-orange), Mimetite (yellow-orange)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth Dist., Pinal Co., AZ
FOV: 8.9 mm
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth Dist., Pinal Co., AZ
FOV: 8.9 mm
March 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Dioptase (green), Wulfenite (red-orange), Mimetite (yellow-orange)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth Dist., Pinal Co., AZ
FOV: 8.9 mm
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth Dist., Pinal Co., AZ
FOV: 8.9 mm
Why is my little business called "LithoCat?"
March 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Why is my little business called "LithoCat?"
Backstage at tonight's Port Angeles Symphony concert
March 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Backstage at tonight's Port Angeles Symphony concert
Tyuyamunite - Ca(UO₂)₂[VO₄]₂ · 5-8(H₂O)
Titan Mine, Big Horn Co, Wyoming
FOV: 0.76 mm
Titan Mine, Big Horn Co, Wyoming
FOV: 0.76 mm
March 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Tyuyamunite - Ca(UO₂)₂[VO₄]₂ · 5-8(H₂O)
Titan Mine, Big Horn Co, Wyoming
FOV: 0.76 mm
Titan Mine, Big Horn Co, Wyoming
FOV: 0.76 mm
MAHLER 5 coming up!
Port Angeles Symphony
Port Angeles Symphony
February 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
MAHLER 5 coming up!
Port Angeles Symphony
Port Angeles Symphony
Serpierite - Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆ · 3(H₂O)
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Greece
FOV: 1.6 mm
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Greece
FOV: 1.6 mm
January 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Serpierite - Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆ · 3(H₂O)
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Greece
FOV: 1.6 mm
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion, Greece
FOV: 1.6 mm
Azurite and Malachite on Cuprite
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise Co., AZ
FOV: 2.7 mm
Ex. Charlie Hall collection
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise Co., AZ
FOV: 2.7 mm
Ex. Charlie Hall collection
January 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Azurite and Malachite on Cuprite
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise Co., AZ
FOV: 2.7 mm
Ex. Charlie Hall collection
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise Co., AZ
FOV: 2.7 mm
Ex. Charlie Hall collection
Tonight in Port Angeles...
December 15, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Tonight in Port Angeles...
Zemannite (brown needles) with Eurekadumpite (greenish ball) from North Star Mine, Tintic District, Juab Co., UT.
FOV: 0.90 mm
FOV: 0.90 mm
December 11, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Zemannite (brown needles) with Eurekadumpite (greenish ball) from North Star Mine, Tintic District, Juab Co., UT.
FOV: 0.90 mm
FOV: 0.90 mm