Elessa
@elessa.bsky.social
History lover, armchair archaeologist, bibliophile, amateur photographer. Here to lurk.
Books always come first for me.
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Books always come first for me.
Shadows, patterns, and reflections exist all around us.
September 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Shadows, patterns, and reflections exist all around us.
My middle and Eastern European genes have been satisfied. Cabbage rolls are a process to make. Therefore I am willing to pay for them. Divine!
September 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My middle and Eastern European genes have been satisfied. Cabbage rolls are a process to make. Therefore I am willing to pay for them. Divine!
Me to apartment mgt after walking across the complex to mail, “there is a dead goldfinch on the sidewalk. I don’t have means to dispose of it, please ask maintenance to pick up before kids or pets get to it.” Reply, “A what?”
Rather sad they didn’t understand. Showed photo of the deceased.
Rather sad they didn’t understand. Showed photo of the deceased.
August 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Me to apartment mgt after walking across the complex to mail, “there is a dead goldfinch on the sidewalk. I don’t have means to dispose of it, please ask maintenance to pick up before kids or pets get to it.” Reply, “A what?”
Rather sad they didn’t understand. Showed photo of the deceased.
Rather sad they didn’t understand. Showed photo of the deceased.
Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus, 1883.
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
June 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus, 1883.
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Encountered a bush of really stunning peach colored roses whilst walking a neighborhood. The scent was nice and strong. Really dislike flowers without scent.
June 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Encountered a bush of really stunning peach colored roses whilst walking a neighborhood. The scent was nice and strong. Really dislike flowers without scent.
Looking at iTunes idly while clicking links. A wee bit of denial as I note the albums of decades past knowing I was buying them on vinyl at time of release. Where has time gone?
June 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Looking at iTunes idly while clicking links. A wee bit of denial as I note the albums of decades past knowing I was buying them on vinyl at time of release. Where has time gone?
Snow-in-Summer. Methinks this is a misnomer as it is still very much Spring. Flowers with this name should bloom in mid-June or later.
May 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Snow-in-Summer. Methinks this is a misnomer as it is still very much Spring. Flowers with this name should bloom in mid-June or later.
I nearly snorted my morning coffee out my nose when I saw this.
May 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I nearly snorted my morning coffee out my nose when I saw this.
A little bit of Nature’s beauty as a reminder that long after turbulent times, flowers will continue to bloom with or without humans existing.
April 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A little bit of Nature’s beauty as a reminder that long after turbulent times, flowers will continue to bloom with or without humans existing.
A prescient dialogue written by the dearly missed Terry Pratchett describing current affairs in “Going Postal”
April 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
A prescient dialogue written by the dearly missed Terry Pratchett describing current affairs in “Going Postal”
Was on hold on a phone call. Staring aimlessly I realized there was a beautiful blue sky above me.
March 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Was on hold on a phone call. Staring aimlessly I realized there was a beautiful blue sky above me.
Saw this distress signal while on a walk.
March 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Saw this distress signal while on a walk.
Witnessing history rhyming with the past. For millennia humans have exercised damnatio memoriae in attempt to erase people or events. Doesn’t work.
Here is another example.
abcnews.go.com/US/transgend...
Here is another example.
abcnews.go.com/US/transgend...
February 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Witnessing history rhyming with the past. For millennia humans have exercised damnatio memoriae in attempt to erase people or events. Doesn’t work.
Here is another example.
abcnews.go.com/US/transgend...
Here is another example.
abcnews.go.com/US/transgend...
Snow fell through the night. Looks about four inches deep. Sadly will have melted away by this evening due to significantly higher temperatures arriving.
February 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Snow fell through the night. Looks about four inches deep. Sadly will have melted away by this evening due to significantly higher temperatures arriving.
Color me surprised… not.
February 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Color me surprised… not.
I found a list of Canadian products and brands. Though isn’t Timmie’s Brazilian owned now?
February 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I found a list of Canadian products and brands. Though isn’t Timmie’s Brazilian owned now?
Here is a list to start of items from both Canada and Mexico. Also need to include lumber, oil products, automotive related vehicles and parts, etc.
February 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Here is a list to start of items from both Canada and Mexico. Also need to include lumber, oil products, automotive related vehicles and parts, etc.
This is concerning as the OPM is allegedly being gutted.
January 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is concerning as the OPM is allegedly being gutted.
One of those times it would be nice to be able to transfer the snow from the PNW to an area of wildfire.
January 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
One of those times it would be nice to be able to transfer the snow from the PNW to an area of wildfire.