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ioflow
@ioflow.wavelight.ws
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rain artist. makes music, reads books, writes words, talks with birds.

site/blog: https://wavelight.ws
music: https://ioflow.bandcamp.com
video: https://youtube.com/c/ioflow
mastodon: https://sea.wavelight.ws/@ioflow
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ioflow.wavelight.ws
after recent rains, deep green mosses started appearing along our neighborhood sidewalks, and revitalizing bare stretches of earth. soft new life growing from old surfaces, and collecting in crevices between shaded pathways.

mosses are a small seasonal joy on our daily stroll.

#nature #moss
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
cloudfire // lastlight

while we haven't been able to see the aurora, we were awed by yesterday's sunset. perhaps it was a prelude, or accompaniment, to further celestial glories. vivid firebands stretching across the dark stormclouds.

#nature #sunset
a vivid sunset of dark stormclouds: a thick band of reds, pinks, and a touch of orange stretches across the sky, with smaller streamers above and below.
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
cloudmoon // fullness.

i looked up as i was returning from yesternight’s walk, and saw the overcast darkness open up for just a few wispy moments. and tonight, the moon was even more piercingly luminous; a silvershine disc ascending the eastern horizon.

#nature #moon #supermoon
looking up at a bright full moon visible through a hazy gap in the cloud-covered night sky.
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
tonight, we listened to pairs of great horned owls call to each other, duetting in the darkness. hidden hoots from the silhouetted tops of towering eucalypts.

#nature #birds #owls
November 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
suddenly, at the end of twilight, a huge flock of turkey vultures streamed silently overhead, intermittently eclipsing the crescent moon. the black cloud spiraled upward in the darkness of dusk, then settled into the trees silhouetted against the hills.

#birds #nature
looking up as a flock of turkey vultures, black shapes against a dark sunset sky, stream toward the silhouettes of trees and hills in the distance. beyond their blurred wings is the rising crescent moon.
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
quiet, ephemeral autumn moments. sunset and evening walks beneath fields of silver diamonds that became rain in the darkness.

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#nature #clouds #rain #autumn #fall
silver diamonds
sunset and evening walks beneath fields of silver diamonds that became rain in the darkness.
wavelight.ws
October 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
poignant words on a last enfolding of nature. a loss that my own heart knows each time that it happens here. and in this moment, this presence, is the remembrance of life: growing upward, spreading outward. the providence, blessing, and grace that have flowed into so many.
fractalkitty.com Sophia (she/her) @fractalkitty.com · Oct 6
Not sure if I'll get all my mathober done today. I took a moment to write and process:

toground.link/flow-into-an...

#trees #nature #indieweb #redoak #pnw #salemOregon
October 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
on tonight’s walk, as the last rusted gold faded from the horizon-swift cloudbelt, and the skies shaded to indigo: a barn owl flew overhead, screeched twice, and disappeared into the darkness.

autumn has arrived.

#nature #bird #barnowl #fall
October 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
a small companion piece in addition to my contribution to this month's indieweb carnival theme, second person birds, hosted by @fractalkitty.com. a perspective: gatherings at the end of a day.

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#secondpersonbirds #nature #birds #crow #indieweb #indiewebcarnival
midnightcircle
a perspective: gatherings at the end of a day of mysteries and joys.
wavelight.ws
September 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
a small companion piece in addition to my contribution to this month's indieweb carnival theme, second person birds, hosted by @fractalkitty.com. a perspective: sable, sapphire, chorus.

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#secondpersonbirds #nature #birds #redwingedblackbird #indieweb #indiewebcarnival
sablesounds
a perspective: a sable coat, a sapphire morning, a montane chorus.
wavelight.ws
September 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
drifting through an afternoon of iridescent colors and ever-shifting radiance. my contribution to this month's indieweb carnival, hosted by @fractalkitty.com: second person birds.

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#secondpersonbirds #nature #birds #hummingbird #indieweb #indiewebcarnival
jewellight
a perspective: arrayed in iridescent tones, drifting through an afternoon of glittering colors, familiar voices, and nature's ever-shifting radiance.
wavelight.ws
September 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
to be a bird in the last moments of twilight, when painted sunset skies are flecked with star droplets, and feathers gradually blend with quiet darkness.
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
impressions from walking through a season of colors; gorgeous hues at the end of the day. my contribution to this month's indieweb carnival: colors.

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#nature #birds #colors #indieweb #indiewebcarnival
colors
impressions from walking through a season of colors; nature's manifold gorgeous hues at the end of the day.
wavelight.ws
August 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
i wrote a guide to installing, configuring, and running a single-user mastodon server. highlights: local disk, subdomain redirect, improved config files, security and performance, privacy and safety considerations. ⁂

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#mastodon #fediverse #mastoadmin #indieweb #smallweb
mastodon server
a guide to installing, configuring, and running a small single-user mastodon server.
wavelight.ws
August 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
nature walk through summer mountain forests, each trail revealing new joys and wonders.

#nature #birds #mountains #forest #summer

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summer mountain
photo series and moments from a nature walk through warm mountains in the summer.
wavelight.ws
August 1, 2025 at 6:53 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
my review of "almost an island" by kenneth james gibson, @marineeyes.bsky.social, and @jamesbernard.bandcamp.com on @pastinside.bsky.social . serene ambient textures in a quiet mountain wilderness.

#ambient #ambientmusic #pastoral #nature #soundscape #almostanisland

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almost an island - almost an island
review: almost an island's gentle, pastoral ambient self-titled debut.
wavelight.ws
July 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
marvelous longform nature poetry. an essay on embodying terrestrial glory, a cloudscape all the more wondrous for its impermanence.
July 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
recent nature reads:

braiding sweetgrass - robin wall kimmerer
wild soundscapes - bernie krause
ocean - david attenborough & colin butfield
the wild places - robert macfarlane
gathering moss - robin wall kimmerer

#nature
July 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
my review of "hrafnamynd" by @patriciawolf.bsky.social on balmat. a wondrous sonic journey into icelandic wildlands, raven imagery, and scenic memories.

#ambient #ambientmusic #nature #soundscape #soundtrack #iceland #ravens #patriciawolf #balmat

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patricia wolf - hrafnamynd
review: patricia wolf's dreamy, gentle soundtrack to a film exploring scenic memories of iceland's wondrous landscapes, centering on ravens.
wavelight.ws
July 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
the process of reworking my site's underlying code, focusing on semantic html, embedded media, styles, accessibility, and security.

#web #smallweb #html #css #hugo #staticsite #digitalgarden

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semantics and security
the process of comprehensively reworking and improving my site's underlying code in certain key areas.
wavelight.ws
July 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
🌿🎶 genres:

🪴 microhouseplant
🌺 four to the flora
🌱 seedcore
🥀 black petal
🫜 roots rockgarden
🌻 flower metal
🪷 botanica
June 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
midpoints: a poem for solstice and seasons.

#poetry #poem

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midpoints
a poem for solstice and seasons.
wavelight.ws
June 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
thoughts on a website as a place for growing good things. a tiny bouquet of phlox blossoms in a vast montane meadow is still a beautiful thing, and it can make all the difference.

#nature #web #smallweb #digitalgarden

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growing good
reflections on a website as a place to make and share good things.
wavelight.ws
June 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
vivid nature writing by @fractalkitty.com . journeys into primeval forests; time and distance marked by changes in birdsong and shadow. slowly unfolding renewal.

#nature #birds

toground.link
to ground
Welcome. This personal blog has just begun. I plan to grow it into a space where I write and share nature, gardening, projects, books, and more. I only ha...
toground.link
June 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
ioflow.wavelight.ws
nature walk through fragrant chaparral hills, descending into a scrub oak forest, alongside a meandering hidden creek. refreshing, quiet, slow. a peaceful, wondrous late spring.

#nature #birds

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hidden creek
photo series and impressions from a nature walk alongside a hidden creek in a scrub oak forest.
www.wavelight.ws
June 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM