I haven’t been writing so many songs for a while now, but this is the most recent recording I put up, and “Thrush” incorporates not only recordings I made of a veery singing in my woods but a banjo melody emulating that of the veery song when it’s slowed down. For Bandcamp Friday and all. 🪶

Read the opening page of Backyard Alchemy by J.D. Ho (and the opening essay on the book’s page!): riverriverbooks.org/store/-Preor... 📚💙🎉

I want to say this about J.D.’s book as well, as a lover of books broadly about place and nature, etc, as many of you are—this one will surprise you and stay with you, both for its substance and style.

love the writer, love the press, can't wait for this beautiful book...

Advance praise for Backyard Alchemy from Lori Weidenhammer: @loriweidenhammer.ca

This book is transformative. Order it now.

Everyone loves the gay hockey show, but what about the gay doctor show? Please sign and SIGNAL BOOST this petition to save the show that saved my life. www.change.org/p/renew-bril... #BrilliantMinds

I’m so excited to announce that my latest book of poetry, Ghost Hunting Glaciers, was selected by the wonderful Alberto Ríos for the Grayson Books Poetry Prize & will be published on February 23! I can’t wait for you to meet Dead Elk, Stone Swimmer, & others that comprise the ecology of this book.

“Faith is sustaining. It keeps us going when we are knee-deep in garbage.” J.D. Ho, Backyard Alchemy Forthcoming February 24, 2026 🎉🎉🎉 @nematode.bsky.social @riverriverbooks.bsky.social

Good morning to There Is News Along the Ohio River by Beth Gilstrap, cover design by @alban-fischer.bsky.social, and cover photograph by author @bettysueblue.bsky.social! 📚❤️🎉 Preorders now open here: riverriverbooks.org/store/-Preor...

Editor @hanvanderhart.bsky.social has a poem in the new issue of Poetry —

Took @grousehollow.bsky.social up on his offer of a mix cd. Listening to it on this badboy, and it is FANTASTIC.

I can identify almost every sentence AI wrote for this work project. The giveaway is not em dashes but misplaced modifiers.

Work fed my scripts through an ai course creator, and I am in need of a beer.

The coop in Hanover, NH had these beguiling radicchios. I mean!

To be in the midst of a mental health crisis, watching this show, is to feel seen and heard. And the use of set design, cinematography, and sound to represent subjective states? Stellar. #BrilliantMinds

The way Microsoft Word "corrected" my its to it's and was WRONG. How many times do I have to turn off autocorrect????

My debut collection WHITE DOOR is out!!! 💃✨💃 Thank you Carbonation Press & @gregbem.bsky.social! Link to order and more info in 🧵 DM for signed copies/to review 🙏💙 Watch this space for events/news 😊

This puppy* comes out Tuesday!!! *Not actual puppy.

Is it ambitious to take this many library books to family Thanksgiving? I am halfway through writing my new book, and I need these books to stare at me and ask if I am working.

THE FALL OF IRIS HENLEY by @jgriffingraham.bsky.social is a sharp and fast-paced YA thriller. The plot is tight and propulsive, the characters are complicated and nuanced, and the twists are shocking. Read our full #DaysYA review here! tinyurl.com/3mywrmh8

Upwork: Explore these AI trends so you can still have some work. Me: I have a better idea; how about I become a goat farmer.

I love the dictum: Write badly. I abide by it all the time. It helps me get words on the page. Doing it today!

Han and I have a thing for ruin porn.

I've heard that paper letters are so unusual now that they can be quite effective, so I wrote an actual paper letter to NBC to ask them to renew Brilliant Minds. I had to Google how to format the letter. I consider that an act of devotion. #BrilliantMinds

Since I started working at the polls a few years ago, we have had fewer and fewer election workers, I think because it is so dangerous now. I am committed to doing it until I can't anymore.

Brilliant Minds' themes of mentorship and found family are so good. Is it too much to hope that an intelligent and humane show will make it in this world? Working on my 4th essay about it. #BrilliantMinds

I really don't understand why more people aren't watching this show. It is so empathetic and compassionate, and often quite funny. It's getting me through these terrible times. #BrilliantMinds

Growing my first successful chrysanthemum greens crop. I think it worked because I, in despair, threw the seeds out there and said I did not give a fuck. And then they grew.

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The end of the bittermelon blossoms. They smell so good. Also, I started writing a new book.

My mom just finished the ARC and said it was “as good as a Hannah Kristin book.” Me: “Do you mean Kristin Hannah?” Mom: oh whatever

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness. #BrilliantMinds

A friendly reminder to hug a tree today. If it's Ponderosa pine, you must inhale its gorgeous butterscotch scent!

Klip dagga. Pineapple sage. Late color.

More people need to watch Brilliant Minds. It's so creative and weird. I'm writing another essay about it because I also am creative and weird. #BrilliantMinds

My loofahs are the talk of the neighborhood. They grew all the way up the dogwood.

I wrote a trilogy of novels published by HarperCollins about a brother and sister caught on opposite sides of the war to unite Viking Age Norway. Today is my birthday and if you are inclined to share this, it would be a lovely present! The first: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-half-d...

Just a reminder: Don't cut your stems to the ground! Bees need them! I do cut stems back a bit, but I leave them standing around 1' to 2' tall. In spring, bees will lay eggs in them. I took these photos a few years back on a warm spring day. #nativeplants #bees #nativegarden #pollinators

This show's commentary on the American health care system is 10/10. No notes. Last night's ep: A+. #empathy #BrilliantMinds #neurodivergence #mentalhealth

If you need some good news today, here's a story from my neighborhood. Some neighbors moved away and abandoned their bunny (outside! 😬). Another neighbor trapped it and took it to the SPCA. It has been adopted.

The end of the okra.

How to: 🔘 Understand reports on trans youth health care 🔘 Report on EOs targeting trans Americans 🔘 Report on polls about trans issues From TON and @transjournalists.org, here’s a free collection of resources for all journalists. 🧪 www.theopennotebook.com/resources-fo...

This promises to be badass.

Lots of these in the garden rn. They love fennel!

I Overloaded My Tortilla Again: A Memoir

Had the best bitter melon crop this year!

Been avoiding this account bc politics. Have been coping with life by watching #BrilliantMinds. It is the most empathetic TV show I’ve ever seen. Portrayal of mental health, health care, neurodivergence 12/10. www.nbc.com/brilliant-mi... I just wrote an essay about it if anyone wants to pub it!

We are interrupting our regularly scheduled summer fundraising activities to ask for your support for our friends at @thexylom.com, who are facing an existential crisis. The Xylom needs to raise $7,500 this month to avoid shutting down operations. fundrazr.com/the_xylom?re...

Listen, if you let tons of dandelions go to seed in your yard, flocks of goldfinches will descend every day to eat the seeds, and they will look like giant in-bloom dandelions bobbing around.