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parkhurster.bsky.social
Living on a small farm in MD
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Our local history museum has this painting of "Tinkle" in their collection but I have NEVER seen it on display. Always in storage. They open for the season May 9th and we're very anxious to see if it's out this year. Unknown artist, 1883. shelburnemuseum.org/online-exhib...

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Elizabeth Cotten, folk/blues music pioneer, was born on this day in 1895. She taught herself to play the guitar and banjo as a child. She was left-handed but she played a guitar for a right-hander, meaning she played everything upside down. A little thread!

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The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity

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Here are some nice mushrooms

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I wrote about the death and possible afterlife in of a weird little early college that specialized in teaching weirdos like me. It was called Simon's Rock. little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-death-an...

submitted 167 days ago • 82 comments

a year ago, @knguyen.bsky.social, @sarahjeong.bsky.social, and i nearly lost our minds reading through tens of thousands of tweets in an effort to preserve and compile the funniest, weirdest, and most memorable ones for a package called “the year twitter died” www.theverge.com/c/23972308/t...

submitted 174 days ago • 19 comments

For folks who followed me, I’m not a writer, just a reader 😁 I live on a farmette with horses and chickens. Here’s a gratuitous photo of a tiny Japanese maple 🍁…..

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My houseplant is celebrating the new year!The sanseveria is flowering, and it’s SO fragrant! The blooms open at night and close during the day.

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Trying out a bit of bluesky... Here's a photo of Butters the cat.

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