Matt Stansberry
@mattstansberry.bsky.social
Nature writer, paranormal podcaster, Haw River steward and tarot card slinger. Background by @dangerwood.bsky.social. Podcast at https://thecampfiresedge.com/
Talking saints and ecology with @dangerwood.bsky.social and Dr Peggy Eppig on The Campfire’s Edge podcast this week. thecampfiresedge.com/2025/11/10/s...
S2/Ep9: Saints as holy enforcers of ecological ethics
Episode Art: Whitetail Deer 2025, North Carolina – Ink on Paper by Sarah C. Rose. Dr. Peggy Smith Epig (environmental historian, longtime ranger, and Goucher professor) joins us to talk about how s…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Talking saints and ecology with @dangerwood.bsky.social and Dr Peggy Eppig on The Campfire’s Edge podcast this week. thecampfiresedge.com/2025/11/10/s...
Went to Death Faire at The Plant in Pittsboro this weekend. Paperhand Puppet Intervention led a drum circle. Cool event showing how important it is to make space for communal grief and joy.
November 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Went to Death Faire at The Plant in Pittsboro this weekend. Paperhand Puppet Intervention led a drum circle. Cool event showing how important it is to make space for communal grief and joy.
At the artist reception for Death Faire at the Plant w/ @dangerwood.bsky.social and other artists selected for the exhibition. Fun event and great art on display. Current favorite (other than Sarah’s) is Millicent Gomez’s magical broom piece Threshold of the Ancestors www.theplantnc.com/deathfaire
November 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
At the artist reception for Death Faire at the Plant w/ @dangerwood.bsky.social and other artists selected for the exhibition. Fun event and great art on display. Current favorite (other than Sarah’s) is Millicent Gomez’s magical broom piece Threshold of the Ancestors www.theplantnc.com/deathfaire
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Part almanac, part devotional manual, part field guide, The Hungry Forest 2026 Breviary bridges Catholic ritual, folk magic, and ecological fieldwork.
Our 1st installment is now on Patreon for subscribers, and a physical compendium will be published quarterly through next year:
Our 1st installment is now on Patreon for subscribers, and a physical compendium will be published quarterly through next year:
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Part almanac, part devotional manual, part field guide, The Hungry Forest 2026 Breviary bridges Catholic ritual, folk magic, and ecological fieldwork.
Our 1st installment is now on Patreon for subscribers, and a physical compendium will be published quarterly through next year:
Our 1st installment is now on Patreon for subscribers, and a physical compendium will be published quarterly through next year:
Excited to share The Hungry Forest Gallery & Press, an independent art and publishing project rooted in the Haw River watershed. If you’ve enjoyed the work we make, you can support us by joining us on Patreon.
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Art and storytelling
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October 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Excited to share The Hungry Forest Gallery & Press, an independent art and publishing project rooted in the Haw River watershed. If you’ve enjoyed the work we make, you can support us by joining us on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/TheHungryFor...
www.patreon.com/TheHungryFor...
Feeling grateful for the landscape. @dangerwood.bsky.social got our first deer of the year and we’re trying to be more deliberate about connecting to the forest through our stomachs. Deer bone broth. Hickory nuts for banana bread. Muscadine grapes. Chicken of the woods. Beech nuts. Goldenrod tea.
October 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Feeling grateful for the landscape. @dangerwood.bsky.social got our first deer of the year and we’re trying to be more deliberate about connecting to the forest through our stomachs. Deer bone broth. Hickory nuts for banana bread. Muscadine grapes. Chicken of the woods. Beech nuts. Goldenrod tea.
Paperhand Puppet is the best www.paperhandpuppet.org
August 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Paperhand Puppet is the best www.paperhandpuppet.org
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“How to Report ICE” zines now available for these areas:
NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
All of Massachusetts
I will add more as I get them done.
Download them to print here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
All of Massachusetts
I will add more as I get them done.
Download them to print here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
August 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“How to Report ICE” zines now available for these areas:
NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
All of Massachusetts
I will add more as I get them done.
Download them to print here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
All of Massachusetts
I will add more as I get them done.
Download them to print here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Me and @dangerwood.bsky.social are scouting for remote public land in the Appalachian Mountains to hunt black bear. We’re experimenting with paddleboards for access and packing out. Hunting WNC without dogs is difficult post-Helene climate disaster, but it seems very rewarding.
August 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Me and @dangerwood.bsky.social are scouting for remote public land in the Appalachian Mountains to hunt black bear. We’re experimenting with paddleboards for access and packing out. Hunting WNC without dogs is difficult post-Helene climate disaster, but it seems very rewarding.
Five years ago. Peak pandemic, I tried linocut printing. The ideas behind these images still feel like characters in my my life.
June 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Five years ago. Peak pandemic, I tried linocut printing. The ideas behind these images still feel like characters in my my life.
New essay about bears, parenting, and publishing impermanence open.substack.com/pub/theriant...
After the Bear
A quick story from the Southern Appalachians and an Alaskan reprint
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June 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
New essay about bears, parenting, and publishing impermanence open.substack.com/pub/theriant...
Today @dangerwood.bsky.social talked about art’s ability to bring people into relationship with the landscape. I spoke about the nature writer’s role through history and the challenge of defining nature writing, when everything is ‘Nature’ . blueridgebartram.org/bartram250/
June 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Today @dangerwood.bsky.social talked about art’s ability to bring people into relationship with the landscape. I spoke about the nature writer’s role through history and the challenge of defining nature writing, when everything is ‘Nature’ . blueridgebartram.org/bartram250/
We are here! Sarah and I are both on panels to talk about the purpose and the practice of art, writing and natural history. Super excited to be in this place with so much biodiversity and beauty to mark William Bartram’s 250th anniversary of trekking across the southern Appalachians.
June 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We are here! Sarah and I are both on panels to talk about the purpose and the practice of art, writing and natural history. Super excited to be in this place with so much biodiversity and beauty to mark William Bartram’s 250th anniversary of trekking across the southern Appalachians.
Trail Camera Strategies for Daimonic Encounters: Wildlife artist Sarah Rose and I discuss how trail cameras play a role in her art. She offers insight for folks who would like to use them to have relationships with their more-than-human neighbors. thecampfiresedge.com/2025/06/01/s...
S2/Ep6 Trail Camera Strategies for Daimonic Encounters
Episode Art: Turkey 2025, North Carolina – Ink on Paper by Sarah C. Rose. In this episode, Sarah and I give updates on our creative projects, including speaking at the 250th anniversary celebration…
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June 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Trail Camera Strategies for Daimonic Encounters: Wildlife artist Sarah Rose and I discuss how trail cameras play a role in her art. She offers insight for folks who would like to use them to have relationships with their more-than-human neighbors. thecampfiresedge.com/2025/06/01/s...
My partner @dangerwood.bsky.social is speaking and has art on exhibit next weekend at a symposium celebrating naturalist William Bartram’s trek across the Southeast. This is in the exhibit, Contact 2, colored pencil and ink on paper. Check out Bartram and the event blueridgebartram.org/bartram250/
May 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My partner @dangerwood.bsky.social is speaking and has art on exhibit next weekend at a symposium celebrating naturalist William Bartram’s trek across the Southeast. This is in the exhibit, Contact 2, colored pencil and ink on paper. Check out Bartram and the event blueridgebartram.org/bartram250/
New writing about Eastern Phoebes, directed-biodiversity, fatherhood and landscape spirits. Art by @dangerwood.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theriant...
Orion Dies a Villain
Directing the Day King's power to support biodiversity
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May 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
New writing about Eastern Phoebes, directed-biodiversity, fatherhood and landscape spirits. Art by @dangerwood.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theriant...
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TODAY (5/3):
At the Haywagon Stage from 4-8PM: Haw River Fest to benefit Haw River Assembly
At Haw River Ballroom: @johnmoreland.bsky.social with Ramsey Thornton, presented by @catscradlenc.bsky.social - This is a seated show! 7PM Doors, 8PM Show, $27 Admission bit.ly/JohnMoreland...
At the Haywagon Stage from 4-8PM: Haw River Fest to benefit Haw River Assembly
At Haw River Ballroom: @johnmoreland.bsky.social with Ramsey Thornton, presented by @catscradlenc.bsky.social - This is a seated show! 7PM Doors, 8PM Show, $27 Admission bit.ly/JohnMoreland...
May 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
TODAY (5/3):
At the Haywagon Stage from 4-8PM: Haw River Fest to benefit Haw River Assembly
At Haw River Ballroom: @johnmoreland.bsky.social with Ramsey Thornton, presented by @catscradlenc.bsky.social - This is a seated show! 7PM Doors, 8PM Show, $27 Admission bit.ly/JohnMoreland...
At the Haywagon Stage from 4-8PM: Haw River Fest to benefit Haw River Assembly
At Haw River Ballroom: @johnmoreland.bsky.social with Ramsey Thornton, presented by @catscradlenc.bsky.social - This is a seated show! 7PM Doors, 8PM Show, $27 Admission bit.ly/JohnMoreland...
New episode: Fairies, land spirits. Co-creation and relationship. Episode art by @dangerwood.bsky.social
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March 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
New episode: Fairies, land spirits. Co-creation and relationship. Episode art by @dangerwood.bsky.social
thecampfiresedge.com/2025/03/25/s...
thecampfiresedge.com/2025/03/25/s...
See us live, as Sarah and I interview Dr. Robert Pyle about butterflies, Bigfoot and his band with Nirvana's Kris Novoselic. You can join our Zoom meeting at 6pm ET here us06web.zoom.us/j/5670542004?p…
March 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
See us live, as Sarah and I interview Dr. Robert Pyle about butterflies, Bigfoot and his band with Nirvana's Kris Novoselic. You can join our Zoom meeting at 6pm ET here us06web.zoom.us/j/5670542004?p…
Truly epic finds washing up on our urban creek’s sandbars these past couple weeks.
March 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Truly epic finds washing up on our urban creek’s sandbars these past couple weeks.
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The Paddling Film Festival returns to Haw River Ballroom, presented by @HawRiverKAyak in March 29! The day will be full of hikes, a opening gathering and screenings of all the short films! Going to be a great day, get your tickets: tinyurl.com/HRCKFilmFest...
March 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Paddling Film Festival returns to Haw River Ballroom, presented by @HawRiverKAyak in March 29! The day will be full of hikes, a opening gathering and screenings of all the short films! Going to be a great day, get your tickets: tinyurl.com/HRCKFilmFest...
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Synovium.
Ink and ballpoint on paper
Ink and ballpoint on paper
February 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Synovium.
Ink and ballpoint on paper
Ink and ballpoint on paper