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howieschomer.bsky.social
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Bronx/Queens/stuff in between/Summerville SC, former submariner, seasonal early voting official, Climate, Science, Nature! Blue 🏔️in a flat state. 💙
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I’ve been seeing on my feed all day #birdoftheday #birdonawire and a photo of a bird on a wire. Not sure how these get started but here’s my shot of a Red Shouldered Hawk looking pretty smug on a wire behind the shopping center near my house. #birds
Red shouldered hawk with brown and white feathers gazing to the left from a perch on top of a thick wire with blue sky behind.
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Late to the party as usual but I was just thinking about this film this morning. For whatever reason it left an impression on me. www.google.com/url?sa=i&url...
Poster for the 1998 movie Last Night. A woman walks up a dark city street carrying bags with a wrecked bus/streetcar behind her to the left. in the background are dark buildings. Text in red on the right says "It's not the end of the world. there's still six hours left and across the bottom are the words "Last Night" in white.
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Book twelve of my Vonnegut infusion-reunion. The front page is a quote by Anne Frank that I hadn’t heard before. “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart “, which I find pretty heartbreaking. #booksky
The book Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut on a gray tray. The book’s cover is light blue with the author’s name in red on top and the title in black on the bottom. In between is a picture of a red coiled snake with its head vertical from the coil. Behind the book is an infusion pump and a view down the infusion clinic.
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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One of the problems with starting reading again after 40 years is finding new authors of interest. I don’t remember who recommended Dark Matter, but I enjoyed that book, so I picked up this one up also. Maybe not quite as good but still enjoyable. #booksky
The cover of the book Recursion by Blake Crouch. The title is above the author’s name, both in yellow over a figure eight pattern in black and warped picture of an art deco skyscraper on both sides. The one on the left upside down. All over a gray background. In the bottom, the words “A novel by the author of” in white and “Dark Matter” in black in a yellow box. On top in white the words “New York Times Bestseller”.
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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My profile says former submariner (don't know if that counts). Anyway, I'm in the middle of the photo having a bad "air" day on the mess decks of the USS Henry L Stimson SSBN 655 probably around 1980.
Mess deck of a nuclear powered ballistic submarine. Three booths on the left and two on the right. The booth in the foreground right has napkins, utensils and glasses on the table along with the bag for an emergency air-breathing device (EAB). Sitting at the front booth on the right is an off-duty cook wearing an EAB and in the booth behind him is me leaning forward wearing an EAB.
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Book eleven of my Vonnegut Infusion-reunion. Because I’m running a fever I’m not getting chemo today but they decided to infuse some fluids into me, so it will be a short read. Another book that he wrote after I stopped reading, so new to me.
Kurt Vonnegut’s book Hocus Pocus on a gray tray in front of an infusion pump. The book is blue with the author’s name in silver and yellow on top and the title in orange on the bottom. In between, obscured by glare from the window behind it, is a picture of a snow globe with what looks like a campus quad with grass, paths and trees.
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Album cover of Audioslave's debut album showing a gray rocky moon-like surface with a large gold metallic Flame statue on the right. A small person in red is looking at the statue and a light blue sky above
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Looks like the doors's open, go in and get some candy... -Banner Elk, NC
Weather-worn building with rotting wood slats on the outside and an orange-brown roof with a tree leaning on it. White screen door on the left and a faded orange sign with yellow lettering that says McCulloch Chain Saws and Shomaker's Garage. on a green lawn.
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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So many great Vonnegut quotes! I'm currently rereading all his novels. Just read Man Without A Country (not a novel) where he has a chapter about being a humanist. Apparently Isaac Asimov was honorary president before him. Great minds!
Page out of Kurt Vonnegut's Man Without A Country where he talks about being a humanist.
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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The kids are so excited about Halloween tomorrow. -Summerville, South Carolina.
Large spider and two small spiders on a web in a parking lot. The spider has long black and orange legs, a brown body and a whitish head? In the background is a white car.
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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A few years ago, Main St Summerville, South Carolina.
Silver trailer pulled by a black Truck with other vehicles around it. The only thing on the trailer is a small red kids bicycle with training wheels.
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Green jacket worn by Melania Trump getting into a black SUV.
October 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Book ten of my Vonnegut Infusion-reunion. I read most of his books originally as a teen and later in the Navy, but I pretty much stopped reading when I started college in the early 80’s. This was published in 1982 so it’s one I’m reading for the first time. We’ll see how it goes. #booksky
The book Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut with an orange cover, the author’s name in silver on top, the title in black in the middle right and a picture of an upside down gun in gray on the bottom left sitting on a gray tray. Next to the tray is in infusion pump with various buttons on it and tubes hanging from it.
October 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Not my usual kind of read, but this was a pretty compelling account of Americans colluding with Nazi Germany to disseminate fascist and anti-semitic propaganda and stockpile weapons to topple our government during Hitler's rise to power in the 30's, and the unsung heroes that tracked them. #booksky
Cover of Rachel Maddow's book Prequel. The cover is red with the black outline of an eagle with wings spread. On top the word "Prequel" in large white letters, in the middle in white the words "An American Fight Against Fascism" and the author's name in white on the bottom, along with the text "Author of Blowout. A white circle on the bottom right says "#1 New York Times Bestseller" in red letters.
October 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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My IPhone says this is a Bearded Iris. Not my area of expertise so I’ll defer. It says they bloom in mid to late spring, which it did, but I guess once wasn’t enough, so here it is again. Don’t know how it got in to my yard but it’s a beautiful flower.
White Bearded Iris with yellow and orange on the inner part of its petals with green stalk and long green leaves in front of a red brick wall.
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Cool little guy hanging out on the door to Planet Fitness, I guess thinking the sign said "As low as $15 a moth"...
Moth/butterfly on a glass door with its reflection in the glass. Brown wings with black stripes and white squares and a greenish body. iPhone identified it as a Long-tailed Skipper which I guess is technically a butterfly.
October 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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A few photos from No Kings Summerville, South Carolina. Managed three hours but I guess I'm passed the standing in the heat phase of my chemo - had to leave a little early. The response from the very busy Main St traffic was overwhelmingly positive, which makes me wonder how red this area really is.
Crowd of protesters carrying signs facing Main St. Summerville for No Kings rally. Person in black SUV holding a giant taco out the window with tree in background. Person in black and white dragon costume holding a red flag with white lettering with protesters on both sides in front of a large tree. Woman in yellow shirt holding a sign that says in red "No Kings" with a picture of a red x through a yellow crown. behind her are people in costumes of a Dalmatian a unicorn and two unidentified costumes. In the foreground is a man with back to camera in a yellow shirt.
October 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Great and Snowy Egrets hanging out at the shopping center near my house. #birds
Great Egret facing left, white feathers, yellow bill, standing on a tree near a black metallic pole. Snowy egret in shallow pond facing right. White feathers, black bill with orange near the eyes. Grassy bank in the background and reflected in the pond.
October 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Quote by Kurt Vonnegut about memorizing the date 1492 as a child. Black letters on white background with a thin light blue bar on top and bottom. The quote - 1492. AS CHILDREN WE WERE TAUGHT TO MEMORIZE THIS YEAR WITH PRIDE AND JOY AS THE YEAR PEOPLE BEGAN LIVING FULL AND IMAGINATIVE LIVES ON THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA. ACTUALLY, PEOPLE HAD BEEN LIVING FULL AND IMAGINATIVE LIVES ON THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE THAT. 1492 WAS SIMPLY THE YEAR SEA PIRATES BEGAN TO ROB, CHEAT, AND KILL THEM. - KURT VONNEGUT -
October 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Just finished Player Piano and starting Termination Shock. I don't remember where I got the recommendation for it so we'll see.
photo of two books on a table. On the left is Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano with purple cover and at the author's name in red on top and the title at the bottom in black. in between is a drawing of a clock in black and white with the hands at about five after nine. On the right is the book Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson with the author's name in yellow above the title in orange and red with over a background of blue nd white water. On the very top in white are the words "New York Time Bestseller". On the bottom, under the words "A Novel" in white is the quote Termination Shock manages to pull off a rare trick, at once wildly imaginative and grounded", also in white.
October 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Some mural artwork from the mountains of North Carolina. Wilkesboro, West Jefferson (with Pam representing the Lowcountry in the foreground), Bryson City, and Asheville.
Mural on a building in Wilkesboro, NC showing a man playing a purple guitar with the words "where the mountains begin" and Wilkesboro, NC" written on it. The background is colorful with what seems to depict mountains , a river and some sort of stone monument. Mural in West Jefferson, NC showing a tree and people dancing and playing music in the background. Surrounding the picture are the words "undidad", "Tolerancia", "Diversidad" and "Aromonia". My wife Pam is crossing the street on the left wearing a red Holy City Brewing t-shirt. Mural in Bryson City, NC showing a diesel locomotive engine in red with yellow stripes on the left and a blue/gray steam engine on the right. Over the trains are the words Welcome to the Great Smoky Mtns. R. R. Cars in front in a parking lot. View of the entrance to the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. Over the door are the words Orange Peel in red cursive, over a sign of upcoming acts. the building is brown with white and orange trimming and a portrait of an artist under the words Asheville on the right.
October 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Jaws was listed already but I love this one too. www.google.com/url?sa=i&url...
poster of the movie It Happened One Night with The stars, Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert's name in white on top and a photo of them in the woods at night, him eating a carrot and she looking at it.
October 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Book nine of my Vonnegut infusion-reunion. Finally got to his first novel from way back in 1952. So far good but a different feel than l’m used to from his books. We’ll see how it turns out. #booksky
The book Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut on a gray tray by an infusion pump. The book is light purple with the author’s name in red on top and the title in black on the bottom. In between is a drawing of a white clock face with black hands showing 9:05. The infusion pump is gray with buttons and a large screen in the middle.
October 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Picked this up Goodwill a while ago. Though almost 30 y/o it was beautifully written, full of humor and history. Definitely recommend it. A Goodwill drawback though, I was extremely allergic to the book, and couldn’t wipe off whatever was getting to me. Previous owner must have been a cat. #booksky
Cover of the book A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. The title in white surrounded by a yellow box over a photo of a bear’s head starting out from a lush forest. The Authors name in black across a white field on the bottom.
October 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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I had to opt out of my early voting gig that I've been doing since 2018 right after retiring from the state. The cumulative effects of chemo did me in. I'm going to miss the North Charleston team and everyone at CCBVRE.

Team photo from 2023 - I'm on the lower right. On to next year's midterms.
Group photo of North Charleston Early Voting team at Charleston County Board of Voter Registration and Election headquarters in North Charleston, SC. 19 election workers in 3 rows in front of windows on a gray carpet.
October 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM