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Sean
@dharmamonkey.bsky.social
Sandlapper in the San Juans (803 ⇢ 202 ⇢ 360). Husband/dog dad. Buddhist/ནང་པ་. Nonprofit chief. Former journo. Armchair anthropologist (tones+thrones). He/him. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #བོད
Beautiful day in the PNW!

Mt. Baker from the Lopez Island ferry terminal.
April 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I don't have a photo credit to share, but this is a recent aerial image from my home state showing McLeod Farms in McBee, SC (that's "MAC-bee").

You are seeing the blooms on McLeod's peach trees!
April 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Good spring morning, Orcas!
April 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The forceast last night said we'd have showers most of the day today, but it was wrong. We took advantage of the sunny skies to hike up to Orcas Knob, where we had a clear view of both the Olympics and the Cascades.

#PNWspring is here!
March 31, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The sun came out yesterday, and despite the cold, I bolted out the door to take advantage...only to have clouds immediately roll back in. Still, a beautiful PNW Spring of Deception afternoon. Photo at Emmanuel Episcopal on Fishing Bay in Eastsound Village.
March 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Walked the dog down to Fishing Bay and caught the last 10 minutes of light. That’s Indian Island in the foreground, part of the San Juan Islands National Monument (Thanks, Obama!), as the tide creeps back into the sound.
March 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Today was a great day on Orcas!

NB: Several knowledgeable local sources have said we’re actually in Spring of Deception, as Fool’s Spring was what happened when it stopped raining for that last two weeks in January. Either way, I’ll take more of today! #wastateparks
March 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
This is my first time wintering/springing in the #PNW, so I'm not sure how much of this meme is truth versus jest.

But so far, it checks out!
February 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Have just started watching #thetraitors, and am absolutely living for the crackling fashion plate Alan Cumming.

Photo credit: Peacock
February 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
@shawnsteffy.bsky.social came out to see us for the long holiday weekend. We hiked Mountain Lake and up to Twin Lakes, which still had snow and slush from the storm at the start of the month. 42°F and 100% humidity made for excellent hiking conditions in the old-growth forest in Moran State Park.
February 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
One month into my #PNW adventure and taking stock of the many ways life has changed.

Here’s a fun one: I’ve stopped using my Kindle and instead…

#librarypeople
February 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Honestly, don’t we *all* need to see some more dog content at this point? I ❤️ this black mouth cur
February 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I really like the part of Bluesky where people post photos of their dogs.

Thank you, Dog People. And Good Boy! and Good Girl!
February 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Flying snow monkey
Bounding through white drifts—
Tracks tell of her joy.

飛ぶ雪猿、
白波駆ける、
足跡の詩。
February 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
🙏🏻
January 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
#Gamechanger: a *fleece-lined* toboggan!
January 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
That you, Mt. Baker?
January 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Scenes from a winter afternoon's walk on a rural island. The mountain peaks of the #PNW continue to tease. L-R, the Olympics, the sun over East Sound, the Garibaldi Range*, and #sunset from my porch.

*My compass says these snow-capped peaks are northeast of Vancouver.
January 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.

“We shall overcome because [historian and essayist] Carlyle is right: ‘No lie can live forever.’
January 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Wow. Wasn’t expecting to see this today!

I’ve been wondering why they call it Mt. Baker Road, even though the mountain is 45 miles away.
January 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
But it’s also green, and very much alive. And it can be so, so still.

I’m up pretty early for work. Wednesday, I stepped outside around 6:30 to collect myself and breathe in that stillness before logging on. This was my view.
January 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I did not see this coming, 2025.

I am a composting newbie!
January 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm a temporary transplant in the rural Pacific Northwest. It's only been a week, and I've already stopped referring to that specific time in the morning as "sunrise." Now, it's when the light comes and when the light goes.

But today...oh, today...there was sun, and it was glorious!
January 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM