Chris Pratt
@cpratt.bsky.social
Bear, flâneur, hiker, repairman.
He/him/Dad.
He/him/Dad.
My first CD: CD1 by Throbbing Gristle. Just like Bruce, I got a copy of this before actually getting a CD player; in 1986, they were exotic, but it was easy enough to borrow one from a high school classmate to listen to it.
November 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My first CD: CD1 by Throbbing Gristle. Just like Bruce, I got a copy of this before actually getting a CD player; in 1986, they were exotic, but it was easy enough to borrow one from a high school classmate to listen to it.
Ironically, the first thing that comes to mind when I think about "coming out" is rejection - at 17, I joined the undergraduate gay men's support group at Cal, which was frustrating because none of the other men in that group were comfortable with my physical appearance and were kinda vocal about it
October 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ironically, the first thing that comes to mind when I think about "coming out" is rejection - at 17, I joined the undergraduate gay men's support group at Cal, which was frustrating because none of the other men in that group were comfortable with my physical appearance and were kinda vocal about it
let's see those face cards, babes 🥺
August 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
let's see those face cards, babes 🥺
Almost forgot the obligatory Folsom Berlin mirror elevator selfie!
August 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Almost forgot the obligatory Folsom Berlin mirror elevator selfie!
I’ve just arrived at Rocamadour. That’s 30 days hiking and 680 km from Cluny. Given the weather - just over 100 degrees - this is where my Camino ends. I’ve seen enough, as they say - time to take some time off, especially if there’s air conditioning!
August 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I’ve just arrived at Rocamadour. That’s 30 days hiking and 680 km from Cluny. Given the weather - just over 100 degrees - this is where my Camino ends. I’ve seen enough, as they say - time to take some time off, especially if there’s air conditioning!
Just found the perfect outfit for Folsom Europe... and of course the only shop that sells firefighters' apparel in France is on vacation for the next two weeks !
August 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Just found the perfect outfit for Folsom Europe... and of course the only shop that sells firefighters' apparel in France is on vacation for the next two weeks !
Why yes, I do prefer the bottom bunk
August 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Why yes, I do prefer the bottom bunk
It’s Sunday morning. I woke up in a convent. I hit the 500 km walked mark on the Camino yesterday; I don’t have the (visa) time (or frankly the inclination!) to walk all the way to Santiago de Compostela, but I feel like I’ve proved the point already, as it were.
August 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
It’s Sunday morning. I woke up in a convent. I hit the 500 km walked mark on the Camino yesterday; I don’t have the (visa) time (or frankly the inclination!) to walk all the way to Santiago de Compostela, but I feel like I’ve proved the point already, as it were.
Maybe… but can you imagine me showing up at New Action looking like this?
July 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Maybe… but can you imagine me showing up at New Action looking like this?
I suddenly realized that I’m kinda doing the same thing right this minute - enjoying an off-the-beaten-path part of France (that’s only if you aren’t French) 😬
July 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I suddenly realized that I’m kinda doing the same thing right this minute - enjoying an off-the-beaten-path part of France (that’s only if you aren’t French) 😬
I completed the GR765 yesterday - 340 km from Cluny to Le Puy-en-Velay. A moderately challenging walk, almost completely deserted (no other walkers most days, just 2 sisters who were walking 5 days of it), with some wonderful things to see.
July 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I completed the GR765 yesterday - 340 km from Cluny to Le Puy-en-Velay. A moderately challenging walk, almost completely deserted (no other walkers most days, just 2 sisters who were walking 5 days of it), with some wonderful things to see.
If you thought CVS was bad… (as seen in a French supermarket today)
July 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If you thought CVS was bad… (as seen in a French supermarket today)
Just realized what the new Cat City Eagle logo reminds me of
July 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Just realized what the new Cat City Eagle logo reminds me of
Dear France: I love you, but this is hardly an appropriate number of calories for a “hiker’s dinner” after walking 20 km in the heat. Cute, but c’mon! Two bites of a Blooming Onion probably has more calories than this “inverted Parmesan tarte”.
July 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Dear France: I love you, but this is hardly an appropriate number of calories for a “hiker’s dinner” after walking 20 km in the heat. Cute, but c’mon! Two bites of a Blooming Onion probably has more calories than this “inverted Parmesan tarte”.
Is the French post office always this bad? Ordered an umbrella a week ago with 2-day delivery and all that’s happened is daily updates from La Poste that it’s delayed, that it couldn’t be delivered, and that maybe they’ll try again soon :/
July 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Is the French post office always this bad? Ordered an umbrella a week ago with 2-day delivery and all that’s happened is daily updates from La Poste that it’s delayed, that it couldn’t be delivered, and that maybe they’ll try again soon :/
Having arrived in Lyon, I am now eating a ripe Brie so gloriously stinky that I can’t beleive it’s legal. God bless France.
July 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Having arrived in Lyon, I am now eating a ripe Brie so gloriously stinky that I can’t beleive it’s legal. God bless France.
Just checked in for my flight to Lyon and oh man, not happy about the weather - I start walking Friday and it's warmer there than here in the Colorado Desert. Climate change? Not a fan!
July 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Just checked in for my flight to Lyon and oh man, not happy about the weather - I start walking Friday and it's warmer there than here in the Colorado Desert. Climate change? Not a fan!
if y’all have any questions about Stockton, happy to answer them 😂
July 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
if y’all have any questions about Stockton, happy to answer them 😂
This is the closest I'll ever get to being on the same bill as Pavement, LOL
[Morada-Davis 4-H Achievement Night program, presumably from 1982]
[Morada-Davis 4-H Achievement Night program, presumably from 1982]
July 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is the closest I'll ever get to being on the same bill as Pavement, LOL
[Morada-Davis 4-H Achievement Night program, presumably from 1982]
[Morada-Davis 4-H Achievement Night program, presumably from 1982]
I grew up in Stockton, California; I went to the same elementary school as Spiral Stairs. Our Moms knew each other from the P.T.A. board, but I don't recall ever meeting Scott - he's a few years older.
I watched PAVEMENTS on the flight home from PDX last night & cannot recommend it highly enough.
I watched PAVEMENTS on the flight home from PDX last night & cannot recommend it highly enough.
July 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I grew up in Stockton, California; I went to the same elementary school as Spiral Stairs. Our Moms knew each other from the P.T.A. board, but I don't recall ever meeting Scott - he's a few years older.
I watched PAVEMENTS on the flight home from PDX last night & cannot recommend it highly enough.
I watched PAVEMENTS on the flight home from PDX last night & cannot recommend it highly enough.
Came across this picture of me and the hubs at the Stedelijk Museum some time ago - no idea when, guessing the early 2000s?
June 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Came across this picture of me and the hubs at the Stedelijk Museum some time ago - no idea when, guessing the early 2000s?
10 years ago today, I hiked from E. C. Manning Park to the USA-Canada border, which is sadly closed in both directions these days :/
www.pcta.org/2025/travel-...
Also sad: not only did that Tilley hat fall apart in Japan last April, they no longer sew them in Canada. That'll be my last one, sniff.
www.pcta.org/2025/travel-...
Also sad: not only did that Tilley hat fall apart in Japan last April, they no longer sew them in Canada. That'll be my last one, sniff.
June 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
10 years ago today, I hiked from E. C. Manning Park to the USA-Canada border, which is sadly closed in both directions these days :/
www.pcta.org/2025/travel-...
Also sad: not only did that Tilley hat fall apart in Japan last April, they no longer sew them in Canada. That'll be my last one, sniff.
www.pcta.org/2025/travel-...
Also sad: not only did that Tilley hat fall apart in Japan last April, they no longer sew them in Canada. That'll be my last one, sniff.
Merci ! Had to take the longer/easier trail as the shorter/steeper one was ‘dangerous’ according to the Henro museum staff after that rain, but oh man : perfect weather today. Butterflies everywhere. Amazing.
June 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Merci ! Had to take the longer/easier trail as the shorter/steeper one was ‘dangerous’ according to the Henro museum staff after that rain, but oh man : perfect weather today. Butterflies everywhere. Amazing.