jackie ess
@essj.bsky.social
writer in a quiet phase. mostly music here
good news to wake up to
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
good news to wake up to
Bad Gays episode on Little Richard, thank you @benwritesthings.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Bad Gays episode on Little Richard, thank you @benwritesthings.bsky.social
jazz practice session, diminished symmetry
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
jazz practice session, diminished symmetry
panel from Masereel's "The Idea" [Idee: sa naissance, sa vie, sa mort]
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
panel from Masereel's "The Idea" [Idee: sa naissance, sa vie, sa mort]
My hand is healing. Love to new friends and old.
November 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My hand is healing. Love to new friends and old.
Memory repair: Seattle in the long nineties.
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Memory repair: Seattle in the long nineties.
experimenting with two and three finger basslines and movable shapes due to left hand injury. photo taken december 2022.
October 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
experimenting with two and three finger basslines and movable shapes due to left hand injury. photo taken december 2022.
cut my finger horribly so it's this kind of music for a while
October 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
cut my finger horribly so it's this kind of music for a while
imagine two hundred bucks and this...
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
imagine two hundred bucks and this...
improvised lullaby, photo taken in october 2022
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
improvised lullaby, photo taken in october 2022
Playing with the synth.
October 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Playing with the synth.
what are the earliest literary attestations of the specific markings of the hooded crow (C. c. cornix)? I thought of these just as "Berlin ravens" until yesterday, when I encountered one so large that it made me wonder for a moment if the bird had taken steroids. Or if I had gotten smaller.
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
what are the earliest literary attestations of the specific markings of the hooded crow (C. c. cornix)? I thought of these just as "Berlin ravens" until yesterday, when I encountered one so large that it made me wonder for a moment if the bird had taken steroids. Or if I had gotten smaller.
Playing out ahead of my chops here but nonetheless stringing a few thoughts together.
October 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Playing out ahead of my chops here but nonetheless stringing a few thoughts together.
I have a slightly complex argument to venture on a more than slightly contentious political matter. Should I go for it? Right here on social media?
September 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I have a slightly complex argument to venture on a more than slightly contentious political matter. Should I go for it? Right here on social media?
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
September 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
Remember when OJ had the tight glove?
September 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Remember when OJ had the tight glove?
