Owen Wyke
@owenwyke.bsky.social
Storyteller (https://gonelawn.net/owenwyke) & founding editor of Gone Lawn Journal (@gonelawn.bsky.social)
Studied words and images in New Haven & Boston. Now living in some fateless middle-swim bedeviled by mountain laurels, coyotes and bells, bells.
Studied words and images in New Haven & Boston. Now living in some fateless middle-swim bedeviled by mountain laurels, coyotes and bells, bells.
Survival comes in shards. Incapable of piecing together.
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Survival comes in shards. Incapable of piecing together.
You know . . . there's legitimate alarm and then there's batshit alarm. This is the latter.
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
You know . . . there's legitimate alarm and then there's batshit alarm. This is the latter.
DSS is now a fucking unmanageable maze. This is deliberate. They tell us one thing and then give us an application. We have no assurance that we are in the system or out of the system. We are worthlesss.
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DSS is now a fucking unmanageable maze. This is deliberate. They tell us one thing and then give us an application. We have no assurance that we are in the system or out of the system. We are worthlesss.
Like art, life and people are complex. Please don't judge on a knee-jerk.
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Like art, life and people are complex. Please don't judge on a knee-jerk.
Now . . . I'm not saying I'm, you know, Máni (Moon), and I'm also not saying that Hati, the hateful one among flying wolves, chases me with every damn cycle . . . destined to devour me, because moons are yummy, but, you know . . .
It's Nov. in New England, sky is overcast, no boreal aurora. Again.
It's Nov. in New England, sky is overcast, no boreal aurora. Again.
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Now . . . I'm not saying I'm, you know, Máni (Moon), and I'm also not saying that Hati, the hateful one among flying wolves, chases me with every damn cycle . . . destined to devour me, because moons are yummy, but, you know . . .
It's Nov. in New England, sky is overcast, no boreal aurora. Again.
It's Nov. in New England, sky is overcast, no boreal aurora. Again.
It's damn cold this morning... shit...
...and only going to get colder.
...and only going to get colder.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
It's damn cold this morning... shit...
...and only going to get colder.
...and only going to get colder.
Oh, I do agree, yep, yes, uh uh.
any day I end up writing immediately turns into the best day
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Oh, I do agree, yep, yes, uh uh.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Sometimes I wish I were Frog and Toad. Both of them at the same time.
Toad took a deep bow.
Frog looked smaller as he shouted, “Hooray for Toad!”
“TOAD WILL NOW PLAY THE PIANO VERY WELL,” said the strange voice.
Toad played the piano, and he did not miss a note.
Frog looked smaller as he shouted, “Hooray for Toad!”
“TOAD WILL NOW PLAY THE PIANO VERY WELL,” said the strange voice.
Toad played the piano, and he did not miss a note.
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Sometimes I wish I were Frog and Toad. Both of them at the same time.
Maxine Kumin, Birthday Poem
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Maxine Kumin, Birthday Poem
Just got a text from DSS saying no SNAP benefits for November (or any time forthcoming)
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Just got a text from DSS saying no SNAP benefits for November (or any time forthcoming)
Damn, these old English ballads! Kristin Hersh did a short record of appalachian tunes, & when she played her best one live she said, "They're all horrible," & she was right, because those tunes are derived from the English ballads about "Murder, Misery and then Goodnight," as she called her record.
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Damn, these old English ballads! Kristin Hersh did a short record of appalachian tunes, & when she played her best one live she said, "They're all horrible," & she was right, because those tunes are derived from the English ballads about "Murder, Misery and then Goodnight," as she called her record.
I've just re-read the first chapter of Seelie Catch (a novel in seven follies) and for the first time ever I think it works. It's very nearly on the way!
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I've just re-read the first chapter of Seelie Catch (a novel in seven follies) and for the first time ever I think it works. It's very nearly on the way!
I know I keep posting about my Dad but I just found this among my papers . . . a folder full of his detailed comments on issues of Gone Lawn . . . up to a point. Sigh.
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I know I keep posting about my Dad but I just found this among my papers . . . a folder full of his detailed comments on issues of Gone Lawn . . . up to a point. Sigh.
I'll be calling tomorrow and I'm 100% certain they'll tell me my SNAP benefits are not there.
Judge orders Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits
The Trump administration is appealing the decision, which requires officials to send the money to millions of food stamp recipients by Friday.
www.politico.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I'll be calling tomorrow and I'm 100% certain they'll tell me my SNAP benefits are not there.
It's popular to say that artists are tellers of lies, but in point of fact they are tellers of actuality (as differentiated from "truth" or "fact").
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's popular to say that artists are tellers of lies, but in point of fact they are tellers of actuality (as differentiated from "truth" or "fact").
I'm so hungry I could eat a Centrist Democrat!
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm so hungry I could eat a Centrist Democrat!
Unlike Franz Kafka, I've nobody to write letters to.
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Unlike Franz Kafka, I've nobody to write letters to.
Yesterday good things happened to me, today is shit so far. I hope it gets better, it's only 6am.
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Yesterday good things happened to me, today is shit so far. I hope it gets better, it's only 6am.
The Democratic old guard needs to fall.
Zohran Mamdani's biggest threat is not Donald Trump, it's the Democratic old guard | Emma Brockes
The New York mayor-elect sells a political message further to the left than any American politician has dared to in recent memory, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The Democratic old guard needs to fall.
Yet again I'm at the point where I say, the novel is finished (just about). I'm closest now. I know the paths. I know all of the ways to the end, clear.
True, I'm what people deride as a "perfectionist." There's a value to perfectionism. It's making your art better. We need better art.
True, I'm what people deride as a "perfectionist." There's a value to perfectionism. It's making your art better. We need better art.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Yet again I'm at the point where I say, the novel is finished (just about). I'm closest now. I know the paths. I know all of the ways to the end, clear.
True, I'm what people deride as a "perfectionist." There's a value to perfectionism. It's making your art better. We need better art.
True, I'm what people deride as a "perfectionist." There's a value to perfectionism. It's making your art better. We need better art.
For the longest time, I hated my voice, now I like my voice. Why?
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
For the longest time, I hated my voice, now I like my voice. Why?
Reposted by Owen Wyke
“Republicans have done something even more insidious: They’ve decided to shut down the SNAP machines. So, even if we were to put money into SNAP accounts, they couldn’t be accessed by someone who has a SNAP card!”
~ Governor Pritzger
Trump’s policies starve & kill children here & abroad.
IMPEACH HIM
~ Governor Pritzger
Trump’s policies starve & kill children here & abroad.
IMPEACH HIM
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“Republicans have done something even more insidious: They’ve decided to shut down the SNAP machines. So, even if we were to put money into SNAP accounts, they couldn’t be accessed by someone who has a SNAP card!”
~ Governor Pritzger
Trump’s policies starve & kill children here & abroad.
IMPEACH HIM
~ Governor Pritzger
Trump’s policies starve & kill children here & abroad.
IMPEACH HIM
Trees/Shrubs
Fungus
Sky Almanac
Geology & Earth Sciences
Which of these would you approve of in your library?
Fungus
Sky Almanac
Geology & Earth Sciences
Which of these would you approve of in your library?
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Trees/Shrubs
Fungus
Sky Almanac
Geology & Earth Sciences
Which of these would you approve of in your library?
Fungus
Sky Almanac
Geology & Earth Sciences
Which of these would you approve of in your library?