Jenny Woodman
@jennywoodman.bsky.social
Resident of an ocean world — knitter and writer. #scicomm manager for Schmidt Ocean Institute.
@wyden.senate.gov a wonderful celebration of democracy and resistance in Portland! 🐸
October 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
@wyden.senate.gov a wonderful celebration of democracy and resistance in Portland! 🐸
Sat, 9/27 in “war-ravaged” Portland. I’m stacking firewood & where the husband works today, @oregonsymphony.bsky.social performing Tchaikovsky & Strauss at the Schnitz & Lion King is going full swing at the Keller. Most of #pdx focused on yardwork & last sun before grey & rain. Knitting likely.
September 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Sat, 9/27 in “war-ravaged” Portland. I’m stacking firewood & where the husband works today, @oregonsymphony.bsky.social performing Tchaikovsky & Strauss at the Schnitz & Lion King is going full swing at the Keller. Most of #pdx focused on yardwork & last sun before grey & rain. Knitting likely.
Rough-skin newts are pretty cute, but they come equipped with a neurological poison that packs a punch — a handy protective trait for snack-shaped animals. in #mthoodnationalforest
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September 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Rough-skin newts are pretty cute, but they come equipped with a neurological poison that packs a punch — a handy protective trait for snack-shaped animals. in #mthoodnationalforest
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Winston runs a tight ship.
August 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Winston runs a tight ship.
I was sent into the Lum Farm store to buy eggs, and I came out with yarn. This happens.
Now, my Orcas Island blanket is well underway! I’m a sucker for natural, sheep-colored fiber, and it’s a treat to get it directly from the source.
#orcasisland #lumfarm #knitting
Now, my Orcas Island blanket is well underway! I’m a sucker for natural, sheep-colored fiber, and it’s a treat to get it directly from the source.
#orcasisland #lumfarm #knitting
July 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I was sent into the Lum Farm store to buy eggs, and I came out with yarn. This happens.
Now, my Orcas Island blanket is well underway! I’m a sucker for natural, sheep-colored fiber, and it’s a treat to get it directly from the source.
#orcasisland #lumfarm #knitting
Now, my Orcas Island blanket is well underway! I’m a sucker for natural, sheep-colored fiber, and it’s a treat to get it directly from the source.
#orcasisland #lumfarm #knitting
Read and reading while gardening, supervised by Winston.
July 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Read and reading while gardening, supervised by Winston.
So both numbers are right! 🌊#OceanChat
June 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
So both numbers are right! 🌊#OceanChat
Watching footage of trawlers in Antarctica, scooping up the “foundation of an entire ecosystem” really gives one the sense that humans are incredibly dumb and mucking about with total avarice. #oceanchat
June 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Watching footage of trawlers in Antarctica, scooping up the “foundation of an entire ecosystem” really gives one the sense that humans are incredibly dumb and mucking about with total avarice. #oceanchat
I’m a super fan for sea otters and the role they play in kelp ecosystems. In Oregon, @elakhaalliance.bsky.social is working to restore otters and our kelp forests. #OceanChat
June 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I’m a super fan for sea otters and the role they play in kelp ecosystems. In Oregon, @elakhaalliance.bsky.social is working to restore otters and our kelp forests. #OceanChat
Making friends while writing about nature with like-minded souls, what a week! 💚
June 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Making friends while writing about nature with like-minded souls, what a week! 💚
Fan girl moment! Lili Taylor visited the Orion Environmental Writers’ workshop yesterday for a discussion w/lit legend Fiona McCrae (28 years leading Greywolf Publishing). It was a trifecta of perfection — writing craft, nature, and favorite actress. 💚
#orionmagazine #writinglife
#orionmagazine #writinglife
June 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Fan girl moment! Lili Taylor visited the Orion Environmental Writers’ workshop yesterday for a discussion w/lit legend Fiona McCrae (28 years leading Greywolf Publishing). It was a trifecta of perfection — writing craft, nature, and favorite actress. 💚
#orionmagazine #writinglife
#orionmagazine #writinglife
Today’s homework assignments included finding shapes in nature — feathers, stars, spirals, and to write about the behavior of water. Also found: chirping frog and a coral mushrooms which sparked a little extra joy for this ocean girl!
June 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Today’s homework assignments included finding shapes in nature — feathers, stars, spirals, and to write about the behavior of water. Also found: chirping frog and a coral mushrooms which sparked a little extra joy for this ocean girl!
Feeling grateful to be participating in Orion Magazine’s environmental writers’ workshop in NY. Everyone is wonderfully nerdy — comparing our plant and animal apps, gushing over favorite reads, and grieving for the natural world we write about. Indeed, we have our work cut out for us.
June 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Feeling grateful to be participating in Orion Magazine’s environmental writers’ workshop in NY. Everyone is wonderfully nerdy — comparing our plant and animal apps, gushing over favorite reads, and grieving for the natural world we write about. Indeed, we have our work cut out for us.
1. Oregon checkerbloom + possible orange-belted bumblebee (Bombus ternarius)
2. Oregon checkerbloom (Sidalcea organa)
3. Broadleaf stonecrop
4. Snail shell, for rent
5. Almost peony
6. Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus var. acuminatus)
7. Western blue-eyed grass (distinction bellum)
8. Our practice pond
2. Oregon checkerbloom (Sidalcea organa)
3. Broadleaf stonecrop
4. Snail shell, for rent
5. Almost peony
6. Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus var. acuminatus)
7. Western blue-eyed grass (distinction bellum)
8. Our practice pond
May 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
1. Oregon checkerbloom + possible orange-belted bumblebee (Bombus ternarius)
2. Oregon checkerbloom (Sidalcea organa)
3. Broadleaf stonecrop
4. Snail shell, for rent
5. Almost peony
6. Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus var. acuminatus)
7. Western blue-eyed grass (distinction bellum)
8. Our practice pond
2. Oregon checkerbloom (Sidalcea organa)
3. Broadleaf stonecrop
4. Snail shell, for rent
5. Almost peony
6. Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus var. acuminatus)
7. Western blue-eyed grass (distinction bellum)
8. Our practice pond
I planted one 1-gallon Nootka rose two years ago, and I now have a 14ft high thorny wall blocking the view of my neighbors who left their RFK signs up far too long, IMHO. I mostly plant for aesthetic reasons, but spite works too.
May 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I planted one 1-gallon Nootka rose two years ago, and I now have a 14ft high thorny wall blocking the view of my neighbors who left their RFK signs up far too long, IMHO. I mostly plant for aesthetic reasons, but spite works too.
Viburnum edule’s first spring, planted last fall with Murphy’s ashes. Our sweet shoe-eater has been gone for many years, but couldn’t bury ashes until we bought our first home in 2022 — he would like our garden very much.
May 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Viburnum edule’s first spring, planted last fall with Murphy’s ashes. Our sweet shoe-eater has been gone for many years, but couldn’t bury ashes until we bought our first home in 2022 — he would like our garden very much.
A Japanese digging knife (favorite tool!!!) comes with the added bonus that I completely forget what a lunatic I must look, in my front yard, staring at some future version of my garden wielding a murderous looking tool. Maybe perimenopausal gardeners make the best home defense.
April 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A Japanese digging knife (favorite tool!!!) comes with the added bonus that I completely forget what a lunatic I must look, in my front yard, staring at some future version of my garden wielding a murderous looking tool. Maybe perimenopausal gardeners make the best home defense.
I’m loving “How Far the Light Reaches” — the author weaves well-researched essays on ten sea creatures with memoir. Their descriptions of the animals and places make me want to dance like a yeti crab ( #iykyk ). #OceanRead
March 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I’m loving “How Far the Light Reaches” — the author weaves well-researched essays on ten sea creatures with memoir. Their descriptions of the animals and places make me want to dance like a yeti crab ( #iykyk ). #OceanRead
Excited to see blossoms appearing on the natives we planted three years ago. They sleep, creep, then leap! These early bloomers are critical for hungry critters waking up from a long winter. Ribes sanguineum & Berberis aquifolium
March 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Excited to see blossoms appearing on the natives we planted three years ago. They sleep, creep, then leap! These early bloomers are critical for hungry critters waking up from a long winter. Ribes sanguineum & Berberis aquifolium
Joined some fellow Oregonians at @standupforscience.bsky.social — we even got a little vitamin D on a rare rainless day!
March 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Joined some fellow Oregonians at @standupforscience.bsky.social — we even got a little vitamin D on a rare rainless day!
March 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Wet forest sounds helped.
February 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Wet forest sounds helped.
My dad just posted that one of his prescriptions doubled in cost to $800+ dollars. 😵💫
January 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
My dad just posted that one of his prescriptions doubled in cost to $800+ dollars. 😵💫
My Solstice vigil for wtf we’re facing.
December 22, 2024 at 5:56 AM
My Solstice vigil for wtf we’re facing.