Amy Wright Vollmar
@ozarkpoet.bsky.social
Ozarks nature poet! Waterfalls, kayaks, caves, fossils, shining shells that raccoons leave by the river. I like walking my cat on a leash (!) and scribbling in mudproof notebooks. Author of Follow: Poems and author in Wild Muse: Ozarks Nature Poetry
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Solo exploring a 100% pitch black lava tube for over a mile underground. I brought some portable lights to place and set up this shot.
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Solo exploring a 100% pitch black lava tube for over a mile underground. I brought some portable lights to place and set up this shot.
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Snow geese’s coming in for a landing. I took a series, it’s around 30 photos. It’s amazing how many adjustments (wings, tail, body etc) it makes as it comes in to land. Truly amazing!!! 1/2
#birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BosquedelApache
#birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BosquedelApache
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Snow geese’s coming in for a landing. I took a series, it’s around 30 photos. It’s amazing how many adjustments (wings, tail, body etc) it makes as it comes in to land. Truly amazing!!! 1/2
#birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BosquedelApache
#birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #CanonR5MarkII #photography 🪶 #NewMexico #BosquedelApache
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Dasylirion wheeleri, also known as the desert spoon or common sotol, in the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in New Mexico.
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Dasylirion wheeleri, also known as the desert spoon or common sotol, in the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in New Mexico.
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Completely forgot I wrote this poem about Gore Point on The Wash in Norfolk. Found it in @poetrybusiness.bsky.social 's The North No. 53 Autumn 2014.
I have other poems in other copies of The North... if only I could find them too...
I have other poems in other copies of The North... if only I could find them too...
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Completely forgot I wrote this poem about Gore Point on The Wash in Norfolk. Found it in @poetrybusiness.bsky.social 's The North No. 53 Autumn 2014.
I have other poems in other copies of The North... if only I could find them too...
I have other poems in other copies of The North... if only I could find them too...
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Nights like this are the best. All the trouble of the world is momentarily set aside while we're collectively marveling at the pretty lights and nature together. This is how it's supposed to be. Life, I mean. Shared joy and all. 🙂
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Nights like this are the best. All the trouble of the world is momentarily set aside while we're collectively marveling at the pretty lights and nature together. This is how it's supposed to be. Life, I mean. Shared joy and all. 🙂
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I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
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Cartoon by @rubenbolling.bsky.social.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Cartoon by @rubenbolling.bsky.social.
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🧪🌋⚒️ This never gets boring. A pulse of hot lava meanders down the vent proximal surface flow this morning at Kilauea volcano #Hawaii. More than just pretty, Volcanologists study time variations of lava, tephra & gas distribution, movement, & composition to understand volcanic processes and hazards
![Glowing lava flow on 8 Nov. 2025, after the most recent high fountain episodes, from a live view camera, Halemaʻumaʻu crater within Kaluapele (Kīlauea caldera), from the northwest rim of the crater USGSc V1cam]. SOURCE: U.S. Geological Survey https://share.google/Sf0CKlyXCTCde18Et](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gr745zvkrah3b73ptnlymyct/bafkreibo7g553pfzvfdlzknyouhjaof5f4t2ddmp3sytwnsbupemdsvziy@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🧪🌋⚒️ This never gets boring. A pulse of hot lava meanders down the vent proximal surface flow this morning at Kilauea volcano #Hawaii. More than just pretty, Volcanologists study time variations of lava, tephra & gas distribution, movement, & composition to understand volcanic processes and hazards
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Remembering Indigenous Veterans
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Remembering Indigenous Veterans
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
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"Republicans are keeping the government closed, starving kids, and making you miss your Thanksgiving flights because they want your healthcare costs to go through the roof" is actually a pretty effective message for Democrats
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Republicans are keeping the government closed, starving kids, and making you miss your Thanksgiving flights because they want your healthcare costs to go through the roof" is actually a pretty effective message for Democrats
Penny’s in her pumpkin spice era. Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Penny’s in her pumpkin spice era. Happy Halloween!
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Review of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES from Minnesota @startribune.com: "there’s Olga, Natasha, Katya and Kristina, [tigers] whose individual personalities and circumstances are at the heart of the best chapters, many of which read like thrillers" www.startribune.com/jonathan-sla... #booksky 🌍
Review: A Minneapolis man and his ‘life-changing’ tiger encounters
Nonfiction: Jonathan C. Slaght’s “Tigers Between Empires” shines spotlight on endangered cats.
www.startribune.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Review of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES from Minnesota @startribune.com: "there’s Olga, Natasha, Katya and Kristina, [tigers] whose individual personalities and circumstances are at the heart of the best chapters, many of which read like thrillers" www.startribune.com/jonathan-sla... #booksky 🌍
Where a trail leads off
into the bright oak ravine
we may find the deer
into the bright oak ravine
we may find the deer
October 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Where a trail leads off
into the bright oak ravine
we may find the deer
into the bright oak ravine
we may find the deer
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Late afternoon
October 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Late afternoon
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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Today I am definitely a nine.
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today I am definitely a nine.
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Sometimes I feel a little bored but then I remember that there are 160,000 types of moths on earth.
That we know of.
That we know of.
October 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Sometimes I feel a little bored but then I remember that there are 160,000 types of moths on earth.
That we know of.
That we know of.
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SNAP and WIC funding runs out in 9 days
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
SNAP and WIC funding runs out in 9 days
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This was the best trolling ever by the non-troll in the relationship.
Holy shit.
Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.
The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.
What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.
Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.
The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.
What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.
Ronald Reagan narrates a new anti-tariff ad from Canada
The new commercial is part of a $75 million ad campaign by Ontario aimed at Republican voters.
www.fastcompany.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This was the best trolling ever by the non-troll in the relationship.
Two pirates had found this picnic table in Hannibal, Missouri before I got there today. I so wish they had hung around a little longer to share a cookie with me. I want to be Amy, Avenger of the Mississippi!
October 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Two pirates had found this picnic table in Hannibal, Missouri before I got there today. I so wish they had hung around a little longer to share a cookie with me. I want to be Amy, Avenger of the Mississippi!
The old bluff's seeps and springs are dry right now, but beauty isn't observing the drought. Stone County, Missouri
October 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The old bluff's seeps and springs are dry right now, but beauty isn't observing the drought. Stone County, Missouri
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I feel like if people need to “brace” for your reaction to losing a prize you probably aren’t the most qualified for the peace prize
October 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I feel like if people need to “brace” for your reaction to losing a prize you probably aren’t the most qualified for the peace prize
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Tomorrow, we will talk about this photo.
October 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Tomorrow, we will talk about this photo.
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Associate Professor / Full Professor / Assistant Professor
October 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Associate Professor / Full Professor / Assistant Professor