Torrey Wenger
@ecologyordie.bsky.social
ecologist, teacher, multipurpose nerd
I put this together for my husband. (We met in the book group he was hosting, in the bookstore he co-owned.)
It was fun, no tools required - Everything snaps together or is stickers. Mostly wood, too.
But it's only been since this summer & some of the stickers are getting loose.
It was fun, no tools required - Everything snaps together or is stickers. Mostly wood, too.
But it's only been since this summer & some of the stickers are getting loose.
December 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I put this together for my husband. (We met in the book group he was hosting, in the bookstore he co-owned.)
It was fun, no tools required - Everything snaps together or is stickers. Mostly wood, too.
But it's only been since this summer & some of the stickers are getting loose.
It was fun, no tools required - Everything snaps together or is stickers. Mostly wood, too.
But it's only been since this summer & some of the stickers are getting loose.
We had a snow day so I finished up a long-incomplete book, Mindset by Carol Dweck. It feels like it's a foundational book in education. Rather than relying on other people's interpretations, I read it myself.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We had a snow day so I finished up a long-incomplete book, Mindset by Carol Dweck. It feels like it's a foundational book in education. Rather than relying on other people's interpretations, I read it myself.
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#EduSky
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I don't know how to link my previous thread here (I could probably figure it out, if I was on a computer instead of my phone) so you'll just have to go find my previous book report.
Or just break down & get the book. 😉
Or just break down & get the book. 😉
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I don't know how to link my previous thread here (I could probably figure it out, if I was on a computer instead of my phone) so you'll just have to go find my previous book report.
Or just break down & get the book. 😉
Or just break down & get the book. 😉
Finished up my next "30 minutes each week, if I'm lucky" book.
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah is fantastic. It's a book about growing up during apartheid - so it's terrible - but it's written by Trevor Noah - so it's hilarious.
& it's full of good life lessons. & his mom is a force of nature.
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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah is fantastic. It's a book about growing up during apartheid - so it's terrible - but it's written by Trevor Noah - so it's hilarious.
& it's full of good life lessons. & his mom is a force of nature.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Finished up my next "30 minutes each week, if I'm lucky" book.
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah is fantastic. It's a book about growing up during apartheid - so it's terrible - but it's written by Trevor Noah - so it's hilarious.
& it's full of good life lessons. & his mom is a force of nature.
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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah is fantastic. It's a book about growing up during apartheid - so it's terrible - but it's written by Trevor Noah - so it's hilarious.
& it's full of good life lessons. & his mom is a force of nature.
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Flip the book over like an old Ace Double & you've got the 2nd story, which brackets & extends on Lobo's story. Why does Red go to the diner? What's up with Granny? Hey, was that Papa Bear? POV: Red.
October 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Flip the book over like an old Ace Double & you've got the 2nd story, which brackets & extends on Lobo's story. Why does Red go to the diner? What's up with Granny? Hey, was that Papa Bear? POV: Red.
In the first story, Lobo sees Red come into a diner & is lovestruck. He follows her out of town, to Granny's house even, & things happen. POV: Lobo.
October 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In the first story, Lobo sees Red come into a diner & is lovestruck. He follows her out of town, to Granny's house even, & things happen. POV: Lobo.
Here's my 3rd errand today. They had homemade soups!
October 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Here's my 3rd errand today. They had homemade soups!
Well, fuck.
Granted, it's "annoying cold"-level covid - but there's too many pop-up side effects & after effects. You can't trust this virus to stay innocuous.
& so many kids at school are sick, & I bet they're not testing, & I bet their families don't know about sequelae.
Granted, it's "annoying cold"-level covid - but there's too many pop-up side effects & after effects. You can't trust this virus to stay innocuous.
& so many kids at school are sick, & I bet they're not testing, & I bet their families don't know about sequelae.
September 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Well, fuck.
Granted, it's "annoying cold"-level covid - but there's too many pop-up side effects & after effects. You can't trust this virus to stay innocuous.
& so many kids at school are sick, & I bet they're not testing, & I bet their families don't know about sequelae.
Granted, it's "annoying cold"-level covid - but there's too many pop-up side effects & after effects. You can't trust this virus to stay innocuous.
& so many kids at school are sick, & I bet they're not testing, & I bet their families don't know about sequelae.
Just finished the book group book: Rose/ House by Arkady Martine.
It's good & creepy! & it's creepy in the right kind of ways that I'm also counting it as the Gothic novel for my library's fall reading challenge.
The main character is arguably Rose House itself.
It's good & creepy! & it's creepy in the right kind of ways that I'm also counting it as the Gothic novel for my library's fall reading challenge.
The main character is arguably Rose House itself.
September 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Just finished the book group book: Rose/ House by Arkady Martine.
It's good & creepy! & it's creepy in the right kind of ways that I'm also counting it as the Gothic novel for my library's fall reading challenge.
The main character is arguably Rose House itself.
It's good & creepy! & it's creepy in the right kind of ways that I'm also counting it as the Gothic novel for my library's fall reading challenge.
The main character is arguably Rose House itself.
Gah! I forgot the cover!
September 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Gah! I forgot the cover!
Another anatomically incorrect skeleton joins my collection. (There was also a cockroach but the fly won, because of its wings.)
August 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Another anatomically incorrect skeleton joins my collection. (There was also a cockroach but the fly won, because of its wings.)
I went out to school earlier this week, in part to weed & water the new portion of my wildlife garden. (The contractors who are fixing the bricks & the roof aren't respecting the edges. 🫤)
I found a friend in the exuberant Rattlesnake Master!
I found a friend in the exuberant Rattlesnake Master!
August 8, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I went out to school earlier this week, in part to weed & water the new portion of my wildlife garden. (The contractors who are fixing the bricks & the roof aren't respecting the edges. 🫤)
I found a friend in the exuberant Rattlesnake Master!
I found a friend in the exuberant Rattlesnake Master!
I did, however, take a picture of this informational sign because I loved Battle of the Planets when I was a kid & I can never remember the name...
August 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I did, however, take a picture of this informational sign because I loved Battle of the Planets when I was a kid & I can never remember the name...
They get donations from actors (like the Tick costume - altho the cartoon is still my favorite) & they're on shows now. Plus, based on their small merch collection, they go to Comic-Con.
August 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
They get donations from actors (like the Tick costume - altho the cartoon is still my favorite) & they're on shows now. Plus, based on their small merch collection, they go to Comic-Con.
Did you know there's a superhero museum in Elkhart, Indiana? It started as some guy's private collection, that he put into a pole barn (with a Justice League facade 🥰) in his backyard. Now it's in a strip mall area. I'm betting it will move & up its game again.
August 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Did you know there's a superhero museum in Elkhart, Indiana? It started as some guy's private collection, that he put into a pole barn (with a Justice League facade 🥰) in his backyard. Now it's in a strip mall area. I'm betting it will move & up its game again.
I de-acclimated to the heat & humidity so I've been taking it very easy. Yesterday I read a kid's book, both before I put it on my shelf & for the "robot, cyborg, or AI" prompt in the library summer reading challenge.
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown is the story of an island castaway.
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown is the story of an island castaway.
July 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I de-acclimated to the heat & humidity so I've been taking it very easy. Yesterday I read a kid's book, both before I put it on my shelf & for the "robot, cyborg, or AI" prompt in the library summer reading challenge.
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown is the story of an island castaway.
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown is the story of an island castaway.
I visited my college roomie last week. She carted me around & it was great. We looked for banana slugs (too late, too dry) & we found Steller's Jays. Tide pools are time sensitive but it was fun anyways. Plus we saw a play & music in the park.
July 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I visited my college roomie last week. She carted me around & it was great. We looked for banana slugs (too late, too dry) & we found Steller's Jays. Tide pools are time sensitive but it was fun anyways. Plus we saw a play & music in the park.
Here's my goober, Squirtle. He was a very sweet dog but even on his best day, "calm" was not his thing. "Intense", yes. (We thought we were adopting a German shepherd mix, not a border collie mix.)
July 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Here's my goober, Squirtle. He was a very sweet dog but even on his best day, "calm" was not his thing. "Intense", yes. (We thought we were adopting a German shepherd mix, not a border collie mix.)
Today I finished up Stanislaw Lem's The Futurological Congress (& then watched The Congress, the movie with Robin Wright).
Ijon Tichy, hapless astronaut, gets caught up in political upheaval - & its pharmacological repression - while attending the futurological congress.
Ijon Tichy, hapless astronaut, gets caught up in political upheaval - & its pharmacological repression - while attending the futurological congress.
July 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Today I finished up Stanislaw Lem's The Futurological Congress (& then watched The Congress, the movie with Robin Wright).
Ijon Tichy, hapless astronaut, gets caught up in political upheaval - & its pharmacological repression - while attending the futurological congress.
Ijon Tichy, hapless astronaut, gets caught up in political upheaval - & its pharmacological repression - while attending the futurological congress.
Spent yesterday reading & finished Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch. In this Rivers of London book, the team goes on vacation to Aberdeen, Scotland. Dr Walid's old friend has evidence of a mysterious big cat roaming the countryside - & of course it gets more complicated.
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July 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Spent yesterday reading & finished Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch. In this Rivers of London book, the team goes on vacation to Aberdeen, Scotland. Dr Walid's old friend has evidence of a mysterious big cat roaming the countryside - & of course it gets more complicated.
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As a treat for finishing the hard part of my summer (& because it counted in the library's summer reading challenge), I read a fun book: Hemlock & Silver by T Kingfisher. It's an advanced reading copy - Expect it in stores next month.
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@tkingfisher.com
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July 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
As a treat for finishing the hard part of my summer (& because it counted in the library's summer reading challenge), I read a fun book: Hemlock & Silver by T Kingfisher. It's an advanced reading copy - Expect it in stores next month.
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@tkingfisher.com
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@tkingfisher.com
My next book was a short story collection, for the summer reading program.
I read "the lost stories" collection, A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett. These were all under pen names, in newspapers, & often serialized.
There's a foreword by Neil Gaiman & an introduction by Colin Smythe.
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I read "the lost stories" collection, A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett. These were all under pen names, in newspapers, & often serialized.
There's a foreword by Neil Gaiman & an introduction by Colin Smythe.
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June 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My next book was a short story collection, for the summer reading program.
I read "the lost stories" collection, A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett. These were all under pen names, in newspapers, & often serialized.
There's a foreword by Neil Gaiman & an introduction by Colin Smythe.
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I read "the lost stories" collection, A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett. These were all under pen names, in newspapers, & often serialized.
There's a foreword by Neil Gaiman & an introduction by Colin Smythe.
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Just finished up Kitemaster by Jim C Hines. The author came to a book launch event at my local bookstore a couple weeks ago.
In a world of constant wind, some people have the dragons' gift to control the air. But people being people, this gift can be used for war too.
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@jimchines.com
In a world of constant wind, some people have the dragons' gift to control the air. But people being people, this gift can be used for war too.
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@jimchines.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Just finished up Kitemaster by Jim C Hines. The author came to a book launch event at my local bookstore a couple weeks ago.
In a world of constant wind, some people have the dragons' gift to control the air. But people being people, this gift can be used for war too.
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@jimchines.com
In a world of constant wind, some people have the dragons' gift to control the air. But people being people, this gift can be used for war too.
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@jimchines.com
A novella for the library's summer reading challenge: Living a Boy's Adventure Tale by Caitlín R Kiernan. It's a time travel tale, told non-sequentially, from various points of view. It's kind of a modern day version of Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder", with the Internet & all.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A novella for the library's summer reading challenge: Living a Boy's Adventure Tale by Caitlín R Kiernan. It's a time travel tale, told non-sequentially, from various points of view. It's kind of a modern day version of Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder", with the Internet & all.
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My book group is reading The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Roe by Kij Johnson this month. According to the author note at the end, it's a response to Lovecraft's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kaddath (which I haven't read).
A college student has run off with a Dreamer & disaster looms.
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A college student has run off with a Dreamer & disaster looms.
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June 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
My book group is reading The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Roe by Kij Johnson this month. According to the author note at the end, it's a response to Lovecraft's The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kaddath (which I haven't read).
A college student has run off with a Dreamer & disaster looms.
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A college student has run off with a Dreamer & disaster looms.
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