S. Preston Duncan
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S. Preston Duncan
@sprestonduncan.bsky.social
Writer of #poetry and occasionally other things. Author of Blood Alluvium (Parlyaree Press).
Leathercrafter.
INELDA-trained death doula.
Richmond, Virginia. #RVA
sprestonduncan.com
Last November I was in Tuscany for harvest season. They have a beautiful ritual of stacking fallen and trimmed limbs in the groves, and when harvest is done they light the piles and stand around drinking lemoncello while they burn. The smoke sits like fog on the mountains

Just something to consider
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Congrats!
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
One day, one day
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Thanks! That pic is from when it was new. It's been through a lot over the past few years. Beat to hell. I carry it everywhere
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
My satchel
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I was there one year ago today. You captured it perfectly
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Case in point: I hand stitched this, but I used a hollow punch and a heavy waxed ritza tiger thread
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Can you hear the horses?
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM