Tom Trimbath
@tetrimbath.bsky.social
author, writer, photographer, consultant to creatives, teacher, speaker
and then the ex-s
ex-program/project manager, ex-realtor, ex-aerospace engineer
but really
dancer, hiker, skier, cyclist, listener
and generally befuddled and fascinated by "reality"
and then the ex-s
ex-program/project manager, ex-realtor, ex-aerospace engineer
but really
dancer, hiker, skier, cyclist, listener
and generally befuddled and fascinated by "reality"
Early shopping reminder - Fire Race, the sequel to Firewatcher
a sci-fi novel about escaping to another planet
but who is the bigger threat, the residents or the other humans or the fire?
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a sci-fi novel about escaping to another planet
but who is the bigger threat, the residents or the other humans or the fire?
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Early shopping reminder - Fire Race, the sequel to Firewatcher
a sci-fi novel about escaping to another planet
but who is the bigger threat, the residents or the other humans or the fire?
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
a sci-fi novel about escaping to another planet
but who is the bigger threat, the residents or the other humans or the fire?
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
Early shopping reminder - Firewatcher
a sci-fi novel about escaping AI by leaving the planet
then meeting alien aliens, and realizing humans are the aliens.
How do you describe tears to a lifeform that doesn't have eyes?
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a sci-fi novel about escaping AI by leaving the planet
then meeting alien aliens, and realizing humans are the aliens.
How do you describe tears to a lifeform that doesn't have eyes?
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Early shopping reminder - Firewatcher
a sci-fi novel about escaping AI by leaving the planet
then meeting alien aliens, and realizing humans are the aliens.
How do you describe tears to a lifeform that doesn't have eyes?
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
a sci-fi novel about escaping AI by leaving the planet
then meeting alien aliens, and realizing humans are the aliens.
How do you describe tears to a lifeform that doesn't have eyes?
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
Early shopping reminder - Kettle Pot Cup
(Light) Tales about tea
because Americans do tea different.
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(Light) Tales about tea
because Americans do tea different.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Early shopping reminder - Kettle Pot Cup
(Light) Tales about tea
because Americans do tea different.
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
(Light) Tales about tea
because Americans do tea different.
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
Early shopping reminder - Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland
a walk across Scotland (that should've included more drinking)
a walk where I met unbidden joy
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a walk across Scotland (that should've included more drinking)
a walk where I met unbidden joy
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Early shopping reminder - Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland
a walk across Scotland (that should've included more drinking)
a walk where I met unbidden joy
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
a walk across Scotland (that should've included more drinking)
a walk where I met unbidden joy
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
Early shopping reminder - Twelve Months at Merritt Lake
the third in a series of nature essays about the Washington Cascades
on the dry east side where fires are common enough that wildfire smoke woke me up.
(And where I woke a cougar.)
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the third in a series of nature essays about the Washington Cascades
on the dry east side where fires are common enough that wildfire smoke woke me up.
(And where I woke a cougar.)
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Early shopping reminder - Twelve Months at Merritt Lake
the third in a series of nature essays about the Washington Cascades
on the dry east side where fires are common enough that wildfire smoke woke me up.
(And where I woke a cougar.)
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
the third in a series of nature essays about the Washington Cascades
on the dry east side where fires are common enough that wildfire smoke woke me up.
(And where I woke a cougar.)
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
Early shopping reminder - Twelve Months at Lake Valhalla
the second in a series of nature essays about the Washington Cascades
at the cold Cascade crest where the lakes are more frozen than thawed
(and I spent time upside down in a tree well)
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
the second in a series of nature essays about the Washington Cascades
at the cold Cascade crest where the lakes are more frozen than thawed
(and I spent time upside down in a tree well)
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Early shopping reminder - Twelve Months at Lake Valhalla
the second in a series of nature essays about the Washington Cascades
at the cold Cascade crest where the lakes are more frozen than thawed
(and I spent time upside down in a tree well)
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
the second in a series of nature essays about the Washington Cascades
at the cold Cascade crest where the lakes are more frozen than thawed
(and I spent time upside down in a tree well)
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
Early shopping reminder - Twelve Months at Barclay Lake
the first in a series of nature essays about the Washington Cascades
visits to a temperate rain forest
from the wet west side along Highway 2
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the first in a series of nature essays about the Washington Cascades
visits to a temperate rain forest
from the wet west side along Highway 2
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Early shopping reminder - Twelve Months at Barclay Lake
the first in a series of nature essays about the Washington Cascades
visits to a temperate rain forest
from the wet west side along Highway 2
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
the first in a series of nature essays about the Washington Cascades
visits to a temperate rain forest
from the wet west side along Highway 2
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
Quiet grin
Someone bought a copy of Twelve Months at Merritt Lake
a book I wrote in 2006.
Nice to see timeless books found after a long time.
(Saw the sale as I was thinking about marketing my newest book, Muddling By. It's all good.)
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
Someone bought a copy of Twelve Months at Merritt Lake
a book I wrote in 2006.
Nice to see timeless books found after a long time.
(Saw the sale as I was thinking about marketing my newest book, Muddling By. It's all good.)
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Quiet grin
Someone bought a copy of Twelve Months at Merritt Lake
a book I wrote in 2006.
Nice to see timeless books found after a long time.
(Saw the sale as I was thinking about marketing my newest book, Muddling By. It's all good.)
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
Someone bought a copy of Twelve Months at Merritt Lake
a book I wrote in 2006.
Nice to see timeless books found after a long time.
(Saw the sale as I was thinking about marketing my newest book, Muddling By. It's all good.)
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"So little had gone the way I hoped but I had made it.
Key West is still out there and I intend to get there..."
but that part of the story would wait a year and happen after 9-11.
I'm glad I did it.
#bicycletrip
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"So little had gone the way I hoped but I had made it.
Key West is still out there and I intend to get there..."
but that part of the story would wait a year and happen after 9-11.
I'm glad I did it.
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"So little had gone the way I hoped but I had made it.
Key West is still out there and I intend to get there..."
but that part of the story would wait a year and happen after 9-11.
I'm glad I did it.
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
"So little had gone the way I hoped but I had made it.
Key West is still out there and I intend to get there..."
but that part of the story would wait a year and happen after 9-11.
I'm glad I did it.
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"As much as American culture rewards people to succeed,
it also seems to have an amazing element out there
that is discouraging people from trying something different."
#bicycletrip
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"As much as American culture rewards people to succeed,
it also seems to have an amazing element out there
that is discouraging people from trying something different."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"As much as American culture rewards people to succeed,
it also seems to have an amazing element out there
that is discouraging people from trying something different."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
"As much as American culture rewards people to succeed,
it also seems to have an amazing element out there
that is discouraging people from trying something different."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
country roads are cute, but...
"I really missed the Interstate and those long open roads where I could back for miles."
#bicycletrip
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country roads are cute, but...
"I really missed the Interstate and those long open roads where I could back for miles."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
country roads are cute, but...
"I really missed the Interstate and those long open roads where I could back for miles."
#bicycletrip
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country roads are cute, but...
"I really missed the Interstate and those long open roads where I could back for miles."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
crossing the Mississippi
"Breakfast in Yazoo City was at a fast food franchise that had a play area and a lot of elderly people in walkers.
...
How different would the play area be if it was designed for elderly folks...?"
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crossing the Mississippi
"Breakfast in Yazoo City was at a fast food franchise that had a play area and a lot of elderly people in walkers.
...
How different would the play area be if it was designed for elderly folks...?"
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
crossing the Mississippi
"Breakfast in Yazoo City was at a fast food franchise that had a play area and a lot of elderly people in walkers.
...
How different would the play area be if it was designed for elderly folks...?"
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
crossing the Mississippi
"Breakfast in Yazoo City was at a fast food franchise that had a play area and a lot of elderly people in walkers.
...
How different would the play area be if it was designed for elderly folks...?"
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
crossing the Mississippi
"Bridges over rivers like this are suprisingly tall.
...
It is just that they are man made and surrounded by air."
#bicycletrip
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crossing the Mississippi
"Bridges over rivers like this are suprisingly tall.
...
It is just that they are man made and surrounded by air."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
crossing the Mississippi
"Bridges over rivers like this are suprisingly tall.
...
It is just that they are man made and surrounded by air."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
crossing the Mississippi
"Bridges over rivers like this are suprisingly tall.
...
It is just that they are man made and surrounded by air."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
consequences od a deep fat fried diet
"...an older population would naturally see a lot of funerals.
Nope, she assured me that these folks were in their forties and fifties."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
consequences od a deep fat fried diet
"...an older population would naturally see a lot of funerals.
Nope, she assured me that these folks were in their forties and fifties."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
consequences od a deep fat fried diet
"...an older population would naturally see a lot of funerals.
Nope, she assured me that these folks were in their forties and fifties."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
consequences od a deep fat fried diet
"...an older population would naturally see a lot of funerals.
Nope, she assured me that these folks were in their forties and fifties."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"The bayous showed up before I thought they would.
I hoped the next surprise wasn't an alligator lying on the side of the road." (That came later.)
#bicycletrip
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"The bayous showed up before I thought they would.
I hoped the next surprise wasn't an alligator lying on the side of the road." (That came later.)
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"The bayous showed up before I thought they would.
I hoped the next surprise wasn't an alligator lying on the side of the road." (That came later.)
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
"The bayous showed up before I thought they would.
I hoped the next surprise wasn't an alligator lying on the side of the road." (That came later.)
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
A day off? Ha! Nope. But good stuff.
Got my first box of my new book, Muddling By, which meant delivering them to friends and libraries.
Got my ballot! Yay! Vote!
And got a squash and some apple butter along the way.
A good day - and it isn't over.
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
Got my first box of my new book, Muddling By, which meant delivering them to friends and libraries.
Got my ballot! Yay! Vote!
And got a squash and some apple butter along the way.
A good day - and it isn't over.
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
October 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A day off? Ha! Nope. But good stuff.
Got my first box of my new book, Muddling By, which meant delivering them to friends and libraries.
Got my ballot! Yay! Vote!
And got a squash and some apple butter along the way.
A good day - and it isn't over.
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
Got my first box of my new book, Muddling By, which meant delivering them to friends and libraries.
Got my ballot! Yay! Vote!
And got a squash and some apple butter along the way.
A good day - and it isn't over.
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"Being closer to the road, the dogs didn't have far to run before they caught up to me.
...
Some of the ones that chased me were big and right there defending every scrap of their territory...
What fun."
#bicycletrip
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"Being closer to the road, the dogs didn't have far to run before they caught up to me.
...
Some of the ones that chased me were big and right there defending every scrap of their territory...
What fun."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"Being closer to the road, the dogs didn't have far to run before they caught up to me.
...
Some of the ones that chased me were big and right there defending every scrap of their territory...
What fun."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
"Being closer to the road, the dogs didn't have far to run before they caught up to me.
...
Some of the ones that chased me were big and right there defending every scrap of their territory...
What fun."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"...I dropped into a mega-mini-mart.
...lots of concrete, lots of gas pumps, and lots of shopping aisles.
Is this whole thing going full-circle?"
#bicycletrip
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"...I dropped into a mega-mini-mart.
...lots of concrete, lots of gas pumps, and lots of shopping aisles.
Is this whole thing going full-circle?"
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"...I dropped into a mega-mini-mart.
...lots of concrete, lots of gas pumps, and lots of shopping aisles.
Is this whole thing going full-circle?"
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
"...I dropped into a mega-mini-mart.
...lots of concrete, lots of gas pumps, and lots of shopping aisles.
Is this whole thing going full-circle?"
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
What? Wait! A day without mentioning my recently published book?
Muddling By, now available online.
What's it's like to be rich, poor, and just muddling by
for folks in general with some specifics from me.
It is a weird world.
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
Muddling By, now available online.
What's it's like to be rich, poor, and just muddling by
for folks in general with some specifics from me.
It is a weird world.
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
October 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What? Wait! A day without mentioning my recently published book?
Muddling By, now available online.
What's it's like to be rich, poor, and just muddling by
for folks in general with some specifics from me.
It is a weird world.
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
Muddling By, now available online.
What's it's like to be rich, poor, and just muddling by
for folks in general with some specifics from me.
It is a weird world.
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"Going back after a week off wasn't without its problems.
...
The holidays were closer and I had just spent a week making no progress."
#bicycletrip
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"Going back after a week off wasn't without its problems.
...
The holidays were closer and I had just spent a week making no progress."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"Going back after a week off wasn't without its problems.
...
The holidays were closer and I had just spent a week making no progress."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
"Going back after a week off wasn't without its problems.
...
The holidays were closer and I had just spent a week making no progress."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"I found that there is always someone out there who will do the same thing harder, tougher, longer, faster, or with more style."
#bicycletrip
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"I found that there is always someone out there who will do the same thing harder, tougher, longer, faster, or with more style."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"I found that there is always someone out there who will do the same thing harder, tougher, longer, faster, or with more style."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
"I found that there is always someone out there who will do the same thing harder, tougher, longer, faster, or with more style."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
Another day, another mini-task for spreading the word abi=out my new book - car magnets
Always another skill to learn, or at least blunder through.
Muddling By: A Rollercoaster Ride Through America's Wealth Classes
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
Always another skill to learn, or at least blunder through.
Muddling By: A Rollercoaster Ride Through America's Wealth Classes
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
October 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Another day, another mini-task for spreading the word abi=out my new book - car magnets
Always another skill to learn, or at least blunder through.
Muddling By: A Rollercoaster Ride Through America's Wealth Classes
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
Always another skill to learn, or at least blunder through.
Muddling By: A Rollercoaster Ride Through America's Wealth Classes
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"Kansas had gotten me so low that there was nowhere to go but up.
The bike broke and I had to just stand there and laugh at it."
#bicycletrip
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"Kansas had gotten me so low that there was nowhere to go but up.
The bike broke and I had to just stand there and laugh at it."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
October 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#Flashback 25 years ago, Just Keep Pedaling
"Kansas had gotten me so low that there was nowhere to go but up.
The bike broke and I had to just stand there and laugh at it."
#bicycletrip
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"Kansas had gotten me so low that there was nowhere to go but up.
The bike broke and I had to just stand there and laugh at it."
#bicycletrip
www.amazon.com/stores/T.-E....
Glad to get it.
I don't post much about politics,
but I do vote.
Vote.
I don't post much about politics,
but I do vote.
Vote.
October 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Glad to get it.
I don't post much about politics,
but I do vote.
Vote.
I don't post much about politics,
but I do vote.
Vote.
Every day, more sales. Thanks.
What's your story about wealth in the US?
Muddling By: A Rollercoaster Ride Through America's Wealth Classes
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
What's your story about wealth in the US?
Muddling By: A Rollercoaster Ride Through America's Wealth Classes
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
October 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Every day, more sales. Thanks.
What's your story about wealth in the US?
Muddling By: A Rollercoaster Ride Through America's Wealth Classes
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...
What's your story about wealth in the US?
Muddling By: A Rollercoaster Ride Through America's Wealth Classes
www.amazon.com/Muddling-Rol...