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Earthling
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Writer, Poet, Designer • Fan of #PlanetEarth, #gardens, #democracy, #science, the #arts, & the #OxfordComma. Honored to have #books published by Beacon Press and Graywolf Press. Photos are mine/© ~ unless reposts or credited. • Happy to be here!
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#HappyThanksgiving
A #pecan #pie ready for #baking. This year, I used pie diva Melissa Clark's #recipe, which calls for browned butter, maple syrup, honey, light brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, sea salt, and a wee dram of bourbon. Clark describes the recipe + process in this #video: bit.ly/MC-howto
photo of a just made pecan pie on a kitchen counter, ready for baking, with some of the ingredients in jars nearby
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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#HappyThanksgiving! ~ "Your randomly nice #word of the day is: GLISK, from Scots, meaning: 'Sunlight glimpsed through a break in the clouds; a fleeting glance at a glittering sight; a brief glow of warmth from a fire that's burned low; a sudden flash of #hope in the heart.'" — via Robert MacFarland
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Forest Bathing ~ 24 November 2025
"The first works related to sylvotherapy go back to antiquity. According to Pliny the Elder, 'the smell of the forest where pitch and resin are collected [therefore coniferous forests] is extremely salutary.'"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinrin...
A path through a beautiful forest ~ with dappled light
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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At the Pond Today | Late Fall Grasses
#photography #naturephotography #landscape #fallcolors #grasses #ourbeautifulplanet #dailywalk #nativeplants
fall grasses at a local pond; amber and honey colors of fall with touches of blue. photo: ©EHiestand
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Is #AI coming for our #jobs? Maybe. See which industries are most/least at risk. MIT economist Daron Acemoglu says, "Society has two paths forward." Only one of them will benefit people and job creation. Story: www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
#TechEthics #FutureOfWork #AIeconomy #Inequality
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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The Annual Thanksgiving Pie Deliberation is underway!
I bake two different pies for a friends & family gathering ~ and the candidates to date are, L-to-R: Apple, Caramel Pecan, Cherry, and Chocolate Mousse.
#Pie #PieBaking #Thanksgiving #ThanksgivingMenu #DecisionsDecisions #BakingQuestion
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Lovely piece about 19 plants that flower during the winter holidays ~ among them camellias, viburnum, winter heather, Christmas cactus, amaryllis, and clematis "Jingle Bells." bit.ly/Blooms4Holid...
#WinterBlooms #Holidays #Flowers #Plants #WinterGarden #Bloomscrolling #Gardens #QuietJoys #Nature
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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In the Garden | 11 November
The last few plants blooming this week as the temperature is falling: Autumn clematis, veronica, purple sage, and a couple of pansies — along with Satsumas from the market.
#gardens #gardening #fallblooms #fall #quietjoys #planetearth #bloomscrolling
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Fellow #wordnerds, you might enjoy this brilliant, warm, witty Q&A publication by Barbara Wallraff, noted author of the national best-selling book, "Word Court."

The Wordshop: wallraff.substack.com
~ answering your questions on #English usage
#language #words #grammar #langsky #Englishlanguage
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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In The Garden Today | 2 Nov
Our Amalanchier is in full #fall glory this week. This small tree has many local names: Serviceberry, Juneberry, Saskatoon & Shadbush – the last because its froth of white spring blooms open just when shad swim upriver to spawn. #Trees #QuietJoys #NativePlants #FallColor
A small shrub-like tree, the Amalanchier, whose leaves turn a rich, coral-red color in fall
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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In the Garden Today | 31 Oct
The red pommes on our Redbud Crabapple are at their peak now, looking very festive! As the fruits soften, they become irresistible to birds, at which point, the entire crop can disappear in a week!
#NaturePhotography #Trees #Gardens #Photography #Berries #Birds #Joys
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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In A Neighborhood Garden Today | 30 October
A treat! A bright stand of Grape Leaf anemones and purple Tatarian asters in a south-facing garden on our street.
www.thespruce.com/growing-anem...
#Bloomsky #FallFlowers #Gardens #Peace #QuietJoys #NaturePhotography #Photography #Neighborhood
A stand of white windflowers and purple asters in growing next to a white picket fence on our neighborhood street
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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In the Garden Today | 29 Oct
The Swamp #Milkweed seeds are launching on the wind this week! We'll welcome all the plants these seeds will make for our stand of Asclepius Incarnata, beloved of Monarchs, bees, and other #pollinators.
#Photography #Nature #Gardens #QuietJoys #NaturePhotography #Seeds
Milkweed seeds launching on the wind. The seed itself is a ruddy brown and at the tip each has a fan-shaped spray of silky white filaments that enable the seed to be carried away on the wind and dispersed. Ingenious!
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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In The Garden Today | 28 October
A stand of Royal Ferns now turned from summer green to luminous shades of yellow and bronze. This 5' fern is happiest in acidic, moist soil and dappled shade.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmunda...
#Gardens #NaturePhotography #Ferns #Gardening #Photography #Nature
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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A mature White Ash, Fraxinus americana. Because the wood of the native American ash is hard, resilient & absorbs shock, it has been used for baseball bats, snowshoes, oars, keels of small boats, and garden tool handles. (Photo: Spablab, Flickr) #ILoveTrees #Trees #PlanetEarth #NaturePhotography
A large, mature American Ash tree next to a wooden bench in a grassy meadow; the image shows the lower part of seven huge branches spreading out gracefully from the trunk.
October 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Sunset at the Pond | early evening, 24 October
via my husband, from his daily walk! (all rights reserved)
#NaturePhotography #Nature #Photography #Sunset #Clouds #OurBeautifulPlanet #PeacefulMoments #PondLife #decenzaquotidiana
clouds reflecting reds and yellow color tones from the setting sun near a pond surrounded by trees
October 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Leaf Season Today | 24 October
A large, century-old tree in New England with leaves turning shades of red, yellow, and orange
#trees #fallcolor #ourbeautifulplanet #fallseason #nature #naturephotography #photography #newengland #landscape
A large, century-old tree in New England with leaves turning shades of red, orange, and yellow
October 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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In the Kitchen~1st Pâte Gratin of the fall!
This is my husband's 4-cheese #Mac&Cheese, which includes Gouda, Tillamook Cheddar, a cave-aged Gruyère, and Brebis Pardou. A serving can be topped w/ a touch of #caramelized onion. #Heartwarming on a cool eve!
#ComfortFood #HomeCooking #foodsky #Cooksky
A pan of Mac&Cheese just out of the oven, with a golden brown top
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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In the Garden Today | 20 October
Crabapple pommes nearing ripeness. Soon, many happy birds will descend on this tree for annual feast!

"To Autumn" by John Keats:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44484/...

#Garden #Photography #QuietJoys #MomentsOfPeace #Poetry #OurBeautifulPlanet #Autumn
October 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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A memory from late summer, while reading on a veranda overlooking Ipswich Bay. In difficult times like this, moments of peace and joy, even from small things, do wonders for our well-being and resilience! What keeps your heart strong?
#Peaceful #Places #JoyInTheStruggle #Photography #NaturePhotos
October 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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In Another Garden Today | 16 October
#Gardens #GardenIdeas #GardenPhotos #DreamGarden
Linden trees trained over a rustic arch, shading a long path on the grounds at Kensington Palace.
October 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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In the Garden Today | 7 Oct
This is Dahlia "Bristol Stripe," a 6 ft. plant decked out in fuchsia, white, and chartreuse! (Not shy, this one.) The photo shows the gorgeous stem attachment to the blossom.
#Garden #Gardening #Dahlias #Peace #Bloomscrolling #FallBlooms #Flowers #Photography #Nature
October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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In the Garden Today | 5 October
In this season, the blossoms of Limelight Hydrangea turn from white to pink and dusty green. IMHO, it's their most beautiful phase!
#gardens #gardening #plants #hydrangeas #quietjoy #momentsofpeace #plantkingdom #Bloomscrolling #Bloomsky
Blooms of a Limelight Hydrangea, which are in progress at this time of year turning from white to pink and a dusty green.
October 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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In the #Garden Today | 1 Oct
This is the last of our Swamp #Milkweed plants to produce its seedpods this year. (They resemble okra #seedpods!) And here's a nice #howto for #growing Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), which is beloved of #Monarchs. bit.ly/milkweed-guide
#Pollinators #NaturePhotos #Fall
A group of slender, light-green, upward-pointing seedpods on a Swamp Milkweed plant near the end of the growing season.
October 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Evening in the Garden | 30 September

#Gardens #GardenPhotography #Evening #PeacefulMoments #Solar #SolarLanterns
Solar lanterns on a stone wall in the garden at dusk
September 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM