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teachmonkey.bsky.social
Group W Bench
@teachmonkey.bsky.social
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Lives in a forest. Knows a lot about gravity-fed water systems (not by choice). Can fix a toilet. Everything expressed here is my personal take and has fuckall to do with my employer.
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Sometimes, I wonder if our half-feral beagle is really happy living as an inside dog.

But then she plops down on my clean laundry and…
#dogs #farmdogs #beagles
A brown, black, and white beagle dog lounges on a bed, resting her head on a stack of folded jeans. The dog looks relaxed and extremely comfortable.
June 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Quick question: if I break my “no bumper stickers” rule, is this gonna get me high fives and laughs or yelling and road rage?

I think it’s funny af and the current HHS situation in the US makes this EVEN FUNNIER, imo.

#darkhumor #raccoons #hinterlandempiremerch
A photo of a bumper sticker with a drawing of a raccoon and the words “Brother, back the hell up or we’re gonna find out together if I got the rabies.”
April 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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White letters against a black, starry background say: You have been waiting, You have been watching. The world is not what They told you it was. And you—you are Not what they made You believe.
March 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Simmer pot going on the woodstove. Opening all the doors and cleansing everything. Floor washes, door frames, windows. We need a reset.
A pot of water sits on a woodstove. In the pot are sliced oranges, apples, and spices.
March 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Since we are posting this title…I love it so much that now I’m insisting that other people experience this world. I think this copy is on its 4th new reader. I just ordered two more copies so I can keep one and keep sharing the other. @margaret.bsky.social rocks. Check out her other work too!
The cover of Margaret Killjoy’s novel, The Sapling Cage.
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Just started today.
January 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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The 2025 first day ramble was gloriously wild and windy. That means finding usnea on downed branches. It was a lovely time in our woods. #firstdayhike
My hand, holding a small stash of usnea, a lichen commonly called “old man’s beard” Moss-covered rocks and a small stream, with green ferns, leaf litter, and downed wood visible around the rocks.
January 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Welcome Yule!
Four taper candles: one gold, one silver, one red, one green, one windowsill, with candlesticks surrounded by cedar cuttings. The gold candle is lit, to honor the sun on this shortest day, as we turn toward the return of spring. A brick fireplace with a mantle decorated with an evergreen garland, ornaments, books, and tea lights In champagne glasses. The tea lights are lit and illuminate the room and a Yule blessings garland that hangs above them.
December 21, 2024 at 12:27 AM
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For my research group, we’ve decided that conference tattoos are now a thing that we will be doing. #tattoos
My very pale forearm, with a fresh tattoo of an ampersand in Windsor font.
November 26, 2024 at 11:56 PM
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November 22, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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Fog held on for a long time this morning, but it’s finally clearing.
A wide pathway through autumn woods, lined with bare trees and carpeted with fallen leaves in shades of brown, orange, and yellow. A view of blue sky, through the bare limbs of trees.
November 17, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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Finally got this summer’s nocino bottled. Very tannic so we will taste it in May and see what we’ve got.
A photo of five bottles of homemade nocino, on a white-tiled counter.
December 30, 2023 at 1:26 AM
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The taro plants have had a fantastic summer in the bog filter.
A photo of our bog filter on the koi pond, filled with gigantic taro plants. The huge leaves are a dark purple, almost black and each leaf is three feet long and 18 inches wide.
September 4, 2023 at 11:14 PM