Kristy Bell
@red-dirt-poet.bsky.social
Working at a paper mill & living in the red dirt South, I’m never short on writing material. Love music, nature, growing things, home in all its forms, kindness in a harsh world.
Here’s Lucy Pants supervising some drawer clean-out on a rainy Sunday.
March 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Here’s Lucy Pants supervising some drawer clean-out on a rainy Sunday.
Anybody else getting this vibe?
The Fifth Element Zorg Fires 1 million
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February 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Anybody else getting this vibe?
Public broadcasting is a damn national treasure—now on: James Taylor and Carole King at the Troubadour.
February 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Public broadcasting is a damn national treasure—now on: James Taylor and Carole King at the Troubadour.
I think about this all the time. I don’t talk politics on social media as a rule, but it is a national shame to turn Ukraine over to Russia.
'We are here': Ukrainian President Zelenskiy on the streets of Kyiv
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February 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I think about this all the time. I don’t talk politics on social media as a rule, but it is a national shame to turn Ukraine over to Russia.
Were we better off when we knew less and wondered more?
February 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Were we better off when we knew less and wondered more?
Did I need ten pecan saplings? No. Gonna be a big weekend at Privet Acres, nonetheless.
January 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Did I need ten pecan saplings? No. Gonna be a big weekend at Privet Acres, nonetheless.
Sunset: Privet Acres
January 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Sunset: Privet Acres
Probably around 6 inches all told in Stewart County. Nobody’s going anywhere for a while.
January 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Probably around 6 inches all told in Stewart County. Nobody’s going anywhere for a while.
I’m relieved and overjoyed to report that I passed the national registry EMT exam this morning, culminating a process that was, from end to end, one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I think it was my lucky socks 😊.
January 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I’m relieved and overjoyed to report that I passed the national registry EMT exam this morning, culminating a process that was, from end to end, one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I think it was my lucky socks 😊.
Moon set, Stewart Co.
January 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Moon set, Stewart Co.
Favorite Christmas present and it’s not close.
December 28, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Favorite Christmas present and it’s not close.
The annual muffuletta making has commenced. The tapenade has been marinating since last night.
December 28, 2024 at 3:39 PM
The annual muffuletta making has commenced. The tapenade has been marinating since last night.
What passes for deer hunting for most folks these days is, in fact, deer farming.
December 22, 2024 at 12:03 AM
What passes for deer hunting for most folks these days is, in fact, deer farming.
How it started/how it’s going, semi feral cat edition.
December 20, 2024 at 3:14 PM
How it started/how it’s going, semi feral cat edition.
Ordered my copies just now. I’m excited to see my baseball story in print.
Issue 17 is now available in print! You can get it here: www.lulu.com/shop/sam-wil...
The Twin Bill
Issue 17 of the literary baseball journal, The Twin Bill. Featuring baseball poems, essays, short stories, art, and interviews.
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December 15, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Ordered my copies just now. I’m excited to see my baseball story in print.
Latest and longest fall I can remember this year
December 14, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Latest and longest fall I can remember this year
At the firehouse today for a rotation. One of the dudes’ parents brought the stuff and made a big vat of jambalaya.
November 23, 2024 at 11:15 PM
At the firehouse today for a rotation. One of the dudes’ parents brought the stuff and made a big vat of jambalaya.
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Rivanna Review, Issue 14 has come from the printer, and copies will start mailing tomorrow. Cover photo is New York in 1960. For your copy, see rivannareview.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Rivanna Review, Issue 14 has come from the printer, and copies will start mailing tomorrow. Cover photo is New York in 1960. For your copy, see rivannareview.com
On one hand, I’m sad for Betty Jo because she’s stuck in a thrift mall booth in Columbus, GA, presumably because there are no sisters left to hold her picture dear. On the other hand, Betty Jo is clearly a baller, and I may go back this weekend and pick her up off waivers.
November 20, 2024 at 9:57 PM
On one hand, I’m sad for Betty Jo because she’s stuck in a thrift mall booth in Columbus, GA, presumably because there are no sisters left to hold her picture dear. On the other hand, Betty Jo is clearly a baller, and I may go back this weekend and pick her up off waivers.
The good ole boy who teaches our EMT class ran medic calls in Monroe County, AL, for years, up to and including Harper and Alice Lee, who he says were both proper and eloquent southern ladies most of the time, but you didn’t want them to go country on your ass
November 18, 2024 at 9:34 PM
The good ole boy who teaches our EMT class ran medic calls in Monroe County, AL, for years, up to and including Harper and Alice Lee, who he says were both proper and eloquent southern ladies most of the time, but you didn’t want them to go country on your ass
For the past 4.5 months, I’ve been in an EMT class. Today, I’m riding an ambulance for the first time, doing clinicals. It is awe-inspiring and really serves to remind me how much we all have in common. Pics are on a run to the training field—no patients involved.
November 17, 2024 at 9:34 PM
For the past 4.5 months, I’ve been in an EMT class. Today, I’m riding an ambulance for the first time, doing clinicals. It is awe-inspiring and really serves to remind me how much we all have in common. Pics are on a run to the training field—no patients involved.
I told a friend recently that I’d been back and forth on leaving social media but I hated to leave the bright spots and I hated even more to cede the space to nihilism.
November 17, 2024 at 12:58 AM
I told a friend recently that I’d been back and forth on leaving social media but I hated to leave the bright spots and I hated even more to cede the space to nihilism.
Making pepper sauce out of late-season yard ingredients this afternoon. These will be Christmas presents for folks’ winter greens.
November 16, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Making pepper sauce out of late-season yard ingredients this afternoon. These will be Christmas presents for folks’ winter greens.