The Confessions of Ira Short
@irashort.bsky.social
Humble scribe of the thoughts flowing by.
Virtue ethicist, syncretist, humanist, living the examined life, as it happens. #Vānaprastha
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All photos and text are the creative product of the poster, unless otherwise noted.
Virtue ethicist, syncretist, humanist, living the examined life, as it happens. #Vānaprastha
I vet before I follow back.
All photos and text are the creative product of the poster, unless otherwise noted.
December 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"Rather unusual weather we're having"
- Scarecrow, "Wizard of Oz"
Not smoke ... FOG. Not the norm in the California high desert.
A touch of the PNW in the PSW, complete with the other rarity here - rain.
Should be a good wildflower season next spring.
(photo: Me. Somewhere near Joshua Tree NP)
- Scarecrow, "Wizard of Oz"
Not smoke ... FOG. Not the norm in the California high desert.
A touch of the PNW in the PSW, complete with the other rarity here - rain.
Should be a good wildflower season next spring.
(photo: Me. Somewhere near Joshua Tree NP)
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Rather unusual weather we're having"
- Scarecrow, "Wizard of Oz"
Not smoke ... FOG. Not the norm in the California high desert.
A touch of the PNW in the PSW, complete with the other rarity here - rain.
Should be a good wildflower season next spring.
(photo: Me. Somewhere near Joshua Tree NP)
- Scarecrow, "Wizard of Oz"
Not smoke ... FOG. Not the norm in the California high desert.
A touch of the PNW in the PSW, complete with the other rarity here - rain.
Should be a good wildflower season next spring.
(photo: Me. Somewhere near Joshua Tree NP)
A weathered gazebo, and a moment in time.
Somewhere in the PNW.
(text/photo by me)
Somewhere in the PNW.
(text/photo by me)
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A weathered gazebo, and a moment in time.
Somewhere in the PNW.
(text/photo by me)
Somewhere in the PNW.
(text/photo by me)
October 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My worst writing occurs when I see how I want the piece to end, and I start writing to make that ending happen. It never works. My usual process is to keep writing until I'm done. And that's the end.
In writing, as in life.
In writing, as in life.
October 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
My worst writing occurs when I see how I want the piece to end, and I start writing to make that ending happen. It never works. My usual process is to keep writing until I'm done. And that's the end.
In writing, as in life.
In writing, as in life.
September 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The last words I said
hang out in space.
Not for lack of hearing
but of listening.
You turned me off
as you would a lamp.
Left in darkness.
hang out in space.
Not for lack of hearing
but of listening.
You turned me off
as you would a lamp.
Left in darkness.
September 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The last words I said
hang out in space.
Not for lack of hearing
but of listening.
You turned me off
as you would a lamp.
Left in darkness.
hang out in space.
Not for lack of hearing
but of listening.
You turned me off
as you would a lamp.
Left in darkness.
September 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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July 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The greatest impediment to marital happiness is the social construct of marriage itself.
July 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The greatest impediment to marital happiness is the social construct of marriage itself.
Love our prints! 😎💗
The images are beautiful, the paper is a good weight.
They arrive rolled up, it took a little patience to get them flat for framing. We elected to frame them ourselves, frames are on order.
The sheet size is 12 in x 16 in; note that the image size varies if you want to mat them.
The images are beautiful, the paper is a good weight.
They arrive rolled up, it took a little patience to get them flat for framing. We elected to frame them ourselves, frames are on order.
The sheet size is 12 in x 16 in; note that the image size varies if you want to mat them.
July 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Love our prints! 😎💗
The images are beautiful, the paper is a good weight.
They arrive rolled up, it took a little patience to get them flat for framing. We elected to frame them ourselves, frames are on order.
The sheet size is 12 in x 16 in; note that the image size varies if you want to mat them.
The images are beautiful, the paper is a good weight.
They arrive rolled up, it took a little patience to get them flat for framing. We elected to frame them ourselves, frames are on order.
The sheet size is 12 in x 16 in; note that the image size varies if you want to mat them.
At some point in your life, if you are able, you really owe it to yourself to live with a dog that can hold a tennis ball in its cheek.
#dogs #dogsofbluesky #labrador
#dogs #dogsofbluesky #labrador
July 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
At some point in your life, if you are able, you really owe it to yourself to live with a dog that can hold a tennis ball in its cheek.
#dogs #dogsofbluesky #labrador
#dogs #dogsofbluesky #labrador
I write daily.
Most of it is bits and pieces, like this. Notepad is always open.
Maybe a quarter of it gets saved. A quarter of that gets re-opened, re-read. A quarter of those get re-worked, re-saved. A quarter of these may see the light of day.
Drawn & quartered.
#writers #writing #mojavedesert
Most of it is bits and pieces, like this. Notepad is always open.
Maybe a quarter of it gets saved. A quarter of that gets re-opened, re-read. A quarter of those get re-worked, re-saved. A quarter of these may see the light of day.
Drawn & quartered.
#writers #writing #mojavedesert
June 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I write daily.
Most of it is bits and pieces, like this. Notepad is always open.
Maybe a quarter of it gets saved. A quarter of that gets re-opened, re-read. A quarter of those get re-worked, re-saved. A quarter of these may see the light of day.
Drawn & quartered.
#writers #writing #mojavedesert
Most of it is bits and pieces, like this. Notepad is always open.
Maybe a quarter of it gets saved. A quarter of that gets re-opened, re-read. A quarter of those get re-worked, re-saved. A quarter of these may see the light of day.
Drawn & quartered.
#writers #writing #mojavedesert
June 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Lyric poetry continues to be a favored medium for me, with or without music accompaniment. I could hear the song in here as I wrote.
June 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Lyric poetry continues to be a favored medium for me, with or without music accompaniment. I could hear the song in here as I wrote.
Bits and pieces of my life,
putting words to feelings and emotions
a sense of satisfaction, of completion as I acknowledge them.
Largely unheard,
unseen
to all but me.
But it is enough.
Welcome ...
putting words to feelings and emotions
a sense of satisfaction, of completion as I acknowledge them.
Largely unheard,
unseen
to all but me.
But it is enough.
Welcome ...
June 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Bits and pieces of my life,
putting words to feelings and emotions
a sense of satisfaction, of completion as I acknowledge them.
Largely unheard,
unseen
to all but me.
But it is enough.
Welcome ...
putting words to feelings and emotions
a sense of satisfaction, of completion as I acknowledge them.
Largely unheard,
unseen
to all but me.
But it is enough.
Welcome ...