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Writer, reader, knitter, sometimes organizer. Student of climate & shifting seasons. Contentedly discontent. Ghosts of Distant Trees, Porphyry Press 2025 Denali National Park, AK. Part of my heart lives in the desert. she/her ericarobinwatson.com
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“We are making a light that proves the existence of a meadow you can’t yet see. It’s a green bright place where children everywhere are allowed to grow old. You can join us there if you like.” -Kaveh Akbar www.thenation.com/article/acti...

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AlaskaSky, this is a call for sources! I'm hoping to talk to people about the role of the AlCan in Alaska's food security. I'm looking to speak to grocers, truckers, and anyone else who might be interested in chatting soon. My email is [email protected]. Please share with relevant folks!

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Absolutely wild snap of thunder just as all the house’s breakers popped off. I think the house might’ve been struck. Now pouring rain, & I can’t get the internet to work. This whole day is reminding me of desert monsoon season. #myalaskawx

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#NoKings #Denali: we had a cake table, an info table, & ~120 people, & really positive vibes. Our local pop. of ~1100 swells to nobody rly knows in summer, & this crowd was a nice mix of locals, summer employees, & a few folks on vacation who joined in. (A small counter protest rode by I guess🤷🏻‍♀️)

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Healy/denali showed up! (Will add image description in reply later!)

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Healy tomorrow!

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It's a strange time to promote one's own work. And yet, as I've had the chance to read from my forthcoming book, I've started to believe again in the role it can play once it enters the world, the conversations it can be part of. If inclined: preorder here: porphyry.press/ghosts-of-di...

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It's a strange time to promote one's own work. And yet, as I've had the chance to read from my forthcoming book, I've started to believe again in the role it can play once it enters the world, the conversations it can be part of. If inclined: preorder here: porphyry.press/ghosts-of-di...

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Hell of a timeline. Here’s a moose. (Note: I was on a porch w a log barrier between me and moose. If we could share video here you’d hear my dog absolutely losing his mind from inside the house)

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i don’t think it’s realistic to ask people being targeted due to their ethnicity and national origin not to engage in displays of ethnic and national pride

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Greta is a real one, as evidenced by the mainstream climate movement's utter abandonment of her

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My partner, who is old & grew up in LA, says “hey I know that donut”

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SUBMITTED. Out of my hands. Godspeed, @thelostintent.bsky.social and @shannonkellydonahue.com

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“Fund the police” was a whole applause line for the people best situated to prevent this.

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I C E I C E I hate you I C E m.youtube.com/watch?v=nKVA...

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"This moment requires a real, transformative alternative to these death-making politics. This is a time to rally against Musk’s fascist, xenophobic, oligarchic agenda, not to make peace with it. The monster is wounded. Let him bleed."

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#AlaskaSky creatives, is anyone else spending their weekend on a procrastinated rasmuson grant app? Can we hang out here and commiserate? 😫

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It was such a joy to share 2 stages with 2 poets I so admire this week: @akwenstrup.bsky.social & @michellelatvala.bsky.social We talked about place, embodiment, humor, & belonging, & for the first time I got to share preorder info (!) for Ghosts of Distant Trees: porphyry.press/ghosts-of-di...

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It was such a joy to share 2 stages with 2 poets I so admire this week: @akwenstrup.bsky.social & @michellelatvala.bsky.social We talked about place, embodiment, humor, & belonging, & for the first time I got to share preorder info (!) for Ghosts of Distant Trees: porphyry.press/ghosts-of-di...

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Alaska Bluesky, I need your help locating my missing teen. Missing sinceWed night in Eagle River. Call 911 & use Case #25-16312 if you see her. Thank you 🙏🏼 #missingchild #runaway #alaska #anchorage #alaskabluesky

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Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today. I'm so angry.

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"This conference is an insult to Alaskans who care about a truly long-lasting and regenerative economy, energy sources and healthy communities. Our economy is powered by hard-working Alaskans, not outside oil companies."

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Such an honor to read and think alongside these poets! Hope you can join us, Interior #AlaskaSky

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@theoutsiderphotos.bsky.social stopped by our first weekly protest at the Denali park entrance yesterday. #AlaskaSky, if you’ll be around on a Thursday this summer, feel free to join us! It was a good chance to talk with visitors about cuts to NPS & other services, & catch up with friends.

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One reason I can’t let go of IG is that over there everyone’s posting Pedro pascal thirst traps and I get on here and it’s THIS

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My review of Circumpolar Connections is available at the Inuit Art Foundation website. www.inuitartfoundation.org/iaq-online/a... @joankane.bsky.social @weslpress.bsky.social

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In the alpine

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