also the chipmunks have emerged from their burrows

watched a thin red cardinal bring some suet to his mate

these have been a couple little updates 💝

my dog chose today to begin her new hobby of snow eating

scrubs reboot is making me happy. didn't realize I needed it but I needed it

I know nothing about forests but I had fun with this research poll, choosing between lovely forest pictures You may enjoy spending a few minutes doing it too! They need participants, especially outside of France Note: it does ask some demographic/personal questions at the end, like where you live

who is up battening down the hatches

while you’re here, go buy yourself a TRANS LIVES MATTER shirt NOW; all profits go to the Center For Transgender Equality and the Trevor Project BE COOL AND LOOK COOL AT THE SAME TIME I HAVE SPOKEN bornmiserable.threadless.com/designs/tran...

Marmalade update: big stretch

Not a great vid, but here's a Sandhill Crane calling. Taken from my vehicle last weekend at an urban marsh. #birds #SandhillCrane

RITCHIE1.BMF

Not sure why the Secretary of Health and Human Services is trying to make me hate jeans

Something to check out the next time you’re near Baudette, Minnesota, the Walleye Capital of the World — Basshenge, created by Joseph Guastafeste (once the principal bassist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

hoping for thundersnow

Bruce Andrews

amadeus has a fancy name because he is a fancy little man

my big net keeps catching fascinating items

does anybody else remember when ding dongs were wrapped in foil

Baker’s thinking

on the morning of friday the 13th I stepped outside to walk the dog and looked up to see crows chasing after a hawk that was carrying what looked like another crow

hux had to get a bit of fur shaved off his leg when he was sedated for teeth cleaning at the vets i think he’s made of carpet on the inside

I've been spending time off social media again and observing what pulls me back towards the internet. interestingly one of the biggest pulls is when something is bad: world events, movies, illness, something goes awry with an order, someone fucks up something that affects me, etc.

perennial gardening: the gardening you must do forever

1. when animals clean their feet 2. when animals do a dainty little step

Distinctive Lack of Hue (#111816) / Italian Roast (#231216)

how about this: a tv show... where there are cooks... and they compete

heard an ace of base song in a commercial about taking probiotics to combat flatulence

Amy Gross' lush works tap into her fascination with scale. In her practice, it’s “not about size. It’s about what is most important to you,” she says. www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/amy-...

WHAT: Courrèges (fall 2026) OCCASIONS: saying, “I don’t need anything from you,” in a way that causes lasting trauma or emerging from a revolving door in a way that causes revolving door sales to skyrocket IF IT WERE A SCENT: fresh airplane interior EMOTIONAL RANGE: next/next

Poem In another life I was someone else. I can remember everything, but I don't understand any of it. I don't speak the language. My regressionist said that's not uncommon. I don't feel as if this is helping me decide whether to take the job in Denver.

It's official, our digital zine about workplace microaggressions is now coming to print with Microcosm Publishing on March 24, 2026! You can pre-order it now. This has truly been a labor of love, y'all. I'm so hype. heretocomplain.substack.com/p/the-here-t...

there should be a couple affordable cars

people often ask, "does a bear shit in the woods?" and idk about that but a deer does shit in my yard

someone on tv was just reporting from tx and a bunch of birds were flying past in the background at night and now I need to know what birds there fly around in groups after 9pm

WHAT: Saint Laurent (fall 2026) OCCASIONS: merciless contract negotiations or calmly walking down an allée of trees at 3:00 AM—mist, soft owl sounds, palace on fire in the distance IF IT WERE A SCENT: cello just taken from its case EMOTIONAL RANGE: diabolical/soigné

few things make me feel more feral than the prospect of massive data centers being built everywhere, probably near wetlands or prairie or forest, probably displacing so many animals and insects. definitely wasting energy, driving up costs, etc

[extremely Beach Boys Surf City voice] two data centers for every town

actual phone conversation I accidentally had today: customer service person: is there anything else I can help you with today? me: nope, that's shit, thank you

robins are back, or at least one robin is back. my 2026 now officially begins.

I’m fairly convinced that shoebill storks are something we experience as a mass hallucination.

A lot going on in this house walls and floors and ceilings-wise www.trulia.com/home/5259-s-...

kinda need this house

* remembered tetris exists, hooray play.tetris.com

And under the light of the Worm Moon we wiggle

saw a guy today who reminded me so much of my brother. I almost stopped to tell him so but that prob would've been very weird for him. I slowed way down as we walked past each other tho and I was kinda staring which was also probably very weird for him

one of my favorite things about Southern California is is how I can, whenever I’m real stressed, go out to the tide pools and find a sea slug almost as long as my forearm to look at

there's a nasal spray commercial where a guy with a red stuffy nose is painting a portrait of a woman who doesn't have a red nose but he paints her with a red nose because he has one (?) then he uses nasal spray and says "wow!" and repaints her normally now that he can breathe (?)