elvestinkle
@elvestinkle.bsky.social
Dad, teacher, writer, dreamer. Probably a hobbit. Posting images of the natural world, thoughts about food & gaming, reflections on parenthood, and the ravings of the seedship colony stranded on an alien world in my mind to relieve the stress.
Also, never let it be said that US citizens agree with our president about the situation in #Ukraine. I never thought I'd live to see the day we became the lapdog of another country. Trump is nothing short of a coward, and bordering on traitorous, in serving another country's interests.
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Also, never let it be said that US citizens agree with our president about the situation in #Ukraine. I never thought I'd live to see the day we became the lapdog of another country. Trump is nothing short of a coward, and bordering on traitorous, in serving another country's interests.
There is very little that a week off followed by a day-long visit to a Korean spa that cannot heal within the soul. #jjimjilbang
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
There is very little that a week off followed by a day-long visit to a Korean spa that cannot heal within the soul. #jjimjilbang
I labored under protest today, and yet somehow ineffectually all the same.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I labored under protest today, and yet somehow ineffectually all the same.
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As always, there's no time like the present to disappear into a mysterious fog and become a reason the old forest north of town is considered haunted.
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As always, there's no time like the present to disappear into a mysterious fog and become a reason the old forest north of town is considered haunted.
I got closer to goals today, but the weight of not completing any one thing on my first of 5 days off is still dangling over me. My time off should be exactly that, but instead it's capital for more adulting.
No rest for the weary.
No rest for the weary.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I got closer to goals today, but the weight of not completing any one thing on my first of 5 days off is still dangling over me. My time off should be exactly that, but instead it's capital for more adulting.
No rest for the weary.
No rest for the weary.
Had the quarterly 10 minute call with my mom, who is not up to driving here anymore. She's 75, so that makes sense. She also refuses to learn video chatting or not being an insufferable grievance-airer. I am only a little regretful that I don't make more effort. She's an incurable Trumper.
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Had the quarterly 10 minute call with my mom, who is not up to driving here anymore. She's 75, so that makes sense. She also refuses to learn video chatting or not being an insufferable grievance-airer. I am only a little regretful that I don't make more effort. She's an incurable Trumper.
I will eschew shame and move forward.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I will eschew shame and move forward.
Two productive things done. Why did it take me 6 months to do a 10 minute thing
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Two productive things done. Why did it take me 6 months to do a 10 minute thing
I'm not going to lie, I have only done one productive thing today so far. Of course that's discounting the child care for my son but still, I'm taking my staycation seriously
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I'm not going to lie, I have only done one productive thing today so far. Of course that's discounting the child care for my son but still, I'm taking my staycation seriously
Day one of a 5-day staycation. This has been almost a year in the making. It's drinking time ... In Pepperland
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Day one of a 5-day staycation. This has been almost a year in the making. It's drinking time ... In Pepperland
I slept on a queen air mattress cot under open canopy, no tent. The weather cooperated and it was a crisp 50°!
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I slept on a queen air mattress cot under open canopy, no tent. The weather cooperated and it was a crisp 50°!
Home from camping at the Cliffs of the Neuse state park. The bathroom situation can only adequately be described as palatial. I've been there at least five times and every time I'm shaking my head that more people don't know about it. It's my favorite open secret in the state park system!
November 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Home from camping at the Cliffs of the Neuse state park. The bathroom situation can only adequately be described as palatial. I've been there at least five times and every time I'm shaking my head that more people don't know about it. It's my favorite open secret in the state park system!
No way out, y'all. Just one step forward, come what may, be it hell or high water.
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
No way out, y'all. Just one step forward, come what may, be it hell or high water.
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Remember your identity today. Not the "identity" they want you to take on, rooted in who you were or who they want you to be-- the identity YOU choose, that affirms YOUR values & interests & deeply felt sense of who you are.
Make time to remember & inhabit YOUR True Self today.
Make time to remember & inhabit YOUR True Self today.
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Remember your identity today. Not the "identity" they want you to take on, rooted in who you were or who they want you to be-- the identity YOU choose, that affirms YOUR values & interests & deeply felt sense of who you are.
Make time to remember & inhabit YOUR True Self today.
Make time to remember & inhabit YOUR True Self today.
Distractions are over, back to drowning in the molasses
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Distractions are over, back to drowning in the molasses
The shiny haul is pretty low for this event for me, but high quality. Three out of four new shiny dex entries! #WildArea #pokemongo
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The shiny haul is pretty low for this event for me, but high quality. Three out of four new shiny dex entries! #WildArea #pokemongo
Wild Area is best event since, gosh, maybe even go fest last year. Even F2P! It's 🔥🔥🔥 #pokemongo
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Wild Area is best event since, gosh, maybe even go fest last year. Even F2P! It's 🔥🔥🔥 #pokemongo
It has been a Laphroaig kind of a day. Cheers y'all
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It has been a Laphroaig kind of a day. Cheers y'all
The sheer fragility of my 10yo son is paralyzing as a parent. I want to stop the world to nurture him but I also want to teach him resilience in the moment. Today it was stumbling onto the concrete just in front of the school. If it had been anywhere farther away he would have balked at going.
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The sheer fragility of my 10yo son is paralyzing as a parent. I want to stop the world to nurture him but I also want to teach him resilience in the moment. Today it was stumbling onto the concrete just in front of the school. If it had been anywhere farther away he would have balked at going.
::inhales:: I DON'T WANT TO GO TO WOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRK
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
::inhales:: I DON'T WANT TO GO TO WOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRK
Today was another tooth pulling day getting out the door to school. But they are getting less frequent which is not nothing
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today was another tooth pulling day getting out the door to school. But they are getting less frequent which is not nothing
Remembering my dad (every day), and remembering those who lie in Flanders Fields around the world. Dad came back. But so many didn't, for the carelessness and evil of people who don't value life. #lestweforget
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Remembering my dad (every day), and remembering those who lie in Flanders Fields around the world. Dad came back. But so many didn't, for the carelessness and evil of people who don't value life. #lestweforget
I am finding it really hard to function normally. And that's just from home life, not the horror all around us. I don't know how not to succumbbto paralysis.
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I am finding it really hard to function normally. And that's just from home life, not the horror all around us. I don't know how not to succumbbto paralysis.
Today I discovered bluesky is monitoring posts for Rudeness. You can change what settings they have, and what the moderation displays about monitor posts, in settings -> moderation -> advanced moderation. I set rude to ignore. You do you.
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Today I discovered bluesky is monitoring posts for Rudeness. You can change what settings they have, and what the moderation displays about monitor posts, in settings -> moderation -> advanced moderation. I set rude to ignore. You do you.
Today I played hooky and recorded some tracks for a friend to sample. I even uploaded them, imperfect though they were.
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Today I played hooky and recorded some tracks for a friend to sample. I even uploaded them, imperfect though they were.