Jeff Esterholm
@jesterholm.bsky.social
Reader. Writer. Up North Sconnie.
Available now: The Effects of Urban Renewal on Mid-Century America and Other Crime Stories (Cornerstone Press/UW-Stevens Point)
Second short story collection with Cornerstone Press set for October, 2026.
Available now: The Effects of Urban Renewal on Mid-Century America and Other Crime Stories (Cornerstone Press/UW-Stevens Point)
Second short story collection with Cornerstone Press set for October, 2026.
Research accomplished this afternoon at the local historical society.
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Research accomplished this afternoon at the local historical society.
80 candles for Neil Young. 🎂
(CSNY concert, 1974; Photo taken by me with a crappy Kodak Instamatic camera.)
(CSNY concert, 1974; Photo taken by me with a crappy Kodak Instamatic camera.)
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
80 candles for Neil Young. 🎂
(CSNY concert, 1974; Photo taken by me with a crappy Kodak Instamatic camera.)
(CSNY concert, 1974; Photo taken by me with a crappy Kodak Instamatic camera.)
Unusual and cruel, a felonious president and his sycophants galumph through our days. This nation is paying for its sins.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Unusual and cruel, a felonious president and his sycophants galumph through our days. This nation is paying for its sins.
Holiday M&Ms that may not last the night. 😱
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Holiday M&Ms that may not last the night. 😱
Half.
So, Happy Thanksgiving from our national 🦃.
So, Happy Thanksgiving from our national 🦃.
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Half.
So, Happy Thanksgiving from our national 🦃.
So, Happy Thanksgiving from our national 🦃.
Our household monsters, thirty-five years ago.
October 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Our household monsters, thirty-five years ago.
If you see this, post a vampire who isn’t Dracula.
October 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you see this, post a vampire who isn’t Dracula.
The look she gives when told no treats (sad) and a bland chicken-and-rice diet (happy). She liberated an entire plain cake donut earlier in the week with results that have yet to let up. Meds from the vet, in the house.
October 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The look she gives when told no treats (sad) and a bland chicken-and-rice diet (happy). She liberated an entire plain cake donut earlier in the week with results that have yet to let up. Meds from the vet, in the house.
Post-dog-spa relaxation.
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Post-dog-spa relaxation.
Why? Waiting for the WH ballroom blitz to be completed? Putin’s minister didn’t like Rubio’s necktie?
October 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Why? Waiting for the WH ballroom blitz to be completed? Putin’s minister didn’t like Rubio’s necktie?
May be time to stop in at the local bookstore.
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
May be time to stop in at the local bookstore.
October in Minnesota. Some chipmunk buddies were on hand too, but were not interested in being photographed.
October 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
October in Minnesota. Some chipmunk buddies were on hand too, but were not interested in being photographed.
…To prove to myself it wasn’t all some musical dream…
Blown away by it all.
Blown away by it all.
October 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
…To prove to myself it wasn’t all some musical dream…
Blown away by it all.
Blown away by it all.
A View from the Hotel Room
October 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A View from the Hotel Room
From Jim Harrison’s BRAIDED CREEK a Conversation in Poetry, with Ted Kooser (2003)
October 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
From Jim Harrison’s BRAIDED CREEK a Conversation in Poetry, with Ted Kooser (2003)
Friday’s delivered Shadow Ticket.
October 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Friday’s delivered Shadow Ticket.
Via the Wayback Machine
Washington DC, nearly 20 years ago. Any number of retrumpican names could easily replace Bush’s.
Washington DC, nearly 20 years ago. Any number of retrumpican names could easily replace Bush’s.
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Via the Wayback Machine
Washington DC, nearly 20 years ago. Any number of retrumpican names could easily replace Bush’s.
Washington DC, nearly 20 years ago. Any number of retrumpican names could easily replace Bush’s.
“Unbelievable,” Murphy said. “He’s 21 years old and doing the things he’s doing in the first couple games here, in the environment, just know that’s special. That’s special. We all wish we could have that — have that it factor the way Jack-Jack does.”
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“Unbelievable,” Murphy said. “He’s 21 years old and doing the things he’s doing in the first couple games here, in the environment, just know that’s special. That’s special. We all wish we could have that — have that it factor the way Jack-Jack does.”