Michael J. [Fox] DeLuca
@michaeljdeluca.bsky.social
Environmental justice hermit
THE JAGUAR MASK is my novel out from Stelliform Press August 2024
Do these contradict? I'd like to think not
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https://michaeljdeluca.com
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THE JAGUAR MASK is my novel out from Stelliform Press August 2024
Do these contradict? I'd like to think not
he/him
https://michaeljdeluca.com
https://weightlessbooks.com
Down by the river this afternoon: beavers ate this tree’s bark and cambium, let it grow back, then ate it again
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Down by the river this afternoon: beavers ate this tree’s bark and cambium, let it grow back, then ate it again
Uh, duh, probably should say the name of the book, eh. Self promo! The above is the first sentence of THE JAGUAR MASK
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Uh, duh, probably should say the name of the book, eh. Self promo! The above is the first sentence of THE JAGUAR MASK
Convincing you to read my novel with the first line. Share yours if you want
![Cristina’s Dream
Four angels of death in the colorful plumage of trogons hunted the crowded city market, wearing the gang-tattooed, barely-pubescent bodies of mareros, carrying machine pistols painted the pale of maize husks burned to ash. Though the mareros mugged warrior [...]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kpns5f4nwrkuwnnvtfs3uqdr/bafkreib5f5cdsdigckuseuhhl5nnulgbwbqjsz4ynh4cemkt5qa2aeguzq@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Convincing you to read my novel with the first line. Share yours if you want
Because they’re beautiful and rare, here are the two varieties of apple which defied drought to fruit heavily and mature in November this year in Matilda Dodge’s orchard.
Tasting notes in the alt text, or is that weird? :D
Tasting notes in the alt text, or is that weird? :D
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Because they’re beautiful and rare, here are the two varieties of apple which defied drought to fruit heavily and mature in November this year in Matilda Dodge’s orchard.
Tasting notes in the alt text, or is that weird? :D
Tasting notes in the alt text, or is that weird? :D
I’m pressing a very small batch of wild drought cider, the first of two, since the new apples have to mature. Here is my extremely low tech “grinding” process, bucket and 2x4, with new comfort innovation of an old inner tube.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’m pressing a very small batch of wild drought cider, the first of two, since the new apples have to mature. Here is my extremely low tech “grinding” process, bucket and 2x4, with new comfort innovation of an old inner tube.
Baking result
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Baking result
Most of my wild apple trees this year struggled in the drought and made little to no fruit but Matilda Dodge’s trees on the Oakland U campus—downhill from a vast irrigated lawn—had their best year since I’ve lived here. I picked these in the wind and rain, they’re heirlooms and they are delicious
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Most of my wild apple trees this year struggled in the drought and made little to no fruit but Matilda Dodge’s trees on the Oakland U campus—downhill from a vast irrigated lawn—had their best year since I’ve lived here. I picked these in the wind and rain, they’re heirlooms and they are delicious
One of those moments where if I frame Michigan just right it looks like New England
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
One of those moments where if I frame Michigan just right it looks like New England
In the marshlands yesterday: shaggy mane! A new id for me, found growing right out of newly laid road gravel. Rarely do I get so obvious a reminder of how humans transport and spread species without noticing
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
In the marshlands yesterday: shaggy mane! A new id for me, found growing right out of newly laid road gravel. Rarely do I get so obvious a reminder of how humans transport and spread species without noticing
In the marshlands yesterday, I found this nice beaver dam behind the high school all full of silt runoff from more new subdivision construction
November 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In the marshlands yesterday, I found this nice beaver dam behind the high school all full of silt runoff from more new subdivision construction
Good morning. Halloween is over
November 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Good morning. Halloween is over
I took another picture of the local Pumpkinhead with a different kid in a ghillie suit, and this time I spelled it right
October 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I took another picture of the local Pumpkinhead with a different kid in a ghillie suit, and this time I spelled it right
Baking result
October 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Baking result
Here have this picture of Esme flomping in a sunbeam
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Here have this picture of Esme flomping in a sunbeam
From the woods yesterday: oak tree eating a utility lamp
October 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
From the woods yesterday: oak tree eating a utility lamp
Biking around Detroit yesterday: this random secondary road used to be 6 lanes of cars. Zero cars and one bike on it on a Saturday afternoon, but for miles every bike lane marker is flat as a pancake, and the lane itself is full of sand, rubble, and broken glass. A glorious ride anyway
October 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Biking around Detroit yesterday: this random secondary road used to be 6 lanes of cars. Zero cars and one bike on it on a Saturday afternoon, but for miles every bike lane marker is flat as a pancake, and the lane itself is full of sand, rubble, and broken glass. A glorious ride anyway
He texted me this just now from my front porch. I don’t know what it means
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
He texted me this just now from my front porch. I don’t know what it means
The magical transformation of quince into jelly
October 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The magical transformation of quince into jelly
I took this picture of the local Pumpkinhead with a kid in a gilly suit
October 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I took this picture of the local Pumpkinhead with a kid in a gilly suit
I've been wearing this bluesky handle halloween costume since October 2024, I'm not about to change it now
October 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I've been wearing this bluesky handle halloween costume since October 2024, I'm not about to change it now
Ever since my bike ride the other day I've had the Talking Heads' "Road to Nowhere" stuck in my head for some reason
October 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ever since my bike ride the other day I've had the Talking Heads' "Road to Nowhere" stuck in my head for some reason
**Michigan intensifies**
October 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
**Michigan intensifies**
I have caved to pressure and am actually straining my wild brambleberry preserves for the first time ever. Preparing myself for the unlooked-for luxury of not having to pick seeds out of my teeth every time I eat a piece of toast
October 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I have caved to pressure and am actually straining my wild brambleberry preserves for the first time ever. Preparing myself for the unlooked-for luxury of not having to pick seeds out of my teeth every time I eat a piece of toast
Today’s bread baking result has a bat shadow on it, because spooky season
October 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Today’s bread baking result has a bat shadow on it, because spooky season
In the marshlands today, the drought and heat are intense but this tamarack is doing ok
October 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In the marshlands today, the drought and heat are intense but this tamarack is doing ok