First-winter Mule Deer fawn resting at our old house, November 2018

“The mind machine persuasively calls itself the way mind is And, as a result, how many times has the WE come forth wearing a different face?”

tarot just NAILING me

so is it our home scales or the doctors' scales that are gaslighting us

Always Be Confusing the algorithm

scene report from this weekend

who on earth decided we needed refrigerator light bulbs that can't just... be replaced? unscrew one, screw in another?

I see year-ahead divination as something that supports acceptance, rather than avoidance, but that’s all well and good until I or my clients uncover something we really would rather avoid. So what do we do now the cat's out of the bag? New on the blog. 💕 eightofpentacles.com/blog/frighte...

I don't think I've actually posted this one on its own, a travesty Asian Tiger Mosquito #pixelart #украрт

mystical 🤝 practical

“I may speak well but my actions must agree with that which I say otherwise I am as a bud that never blossoms.”

Time for happy hour

we’re Earthlings, y’all don’t be afraid to be an Earthling

Seen any good jellies lately?

getting in to Moss Season!

four, nine, and seven of pentacles on consecutive pulls

The Custom Oregon Plate WACKY was previously assigned, but is now available for reservation. https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/?link=custom #Oregon #LicensePlate #VanityPlate #OregonPlates #CustomPlate #WACKY

i gave $50 to my university's alumni association eight years ago and i am pretty sure they have spent all of that money emailing me for more money

So I “finished” this cicada that has been taunting me since last summer. Not really the image I was aspiring to when I started but I think it’s still fairly identifiable as a cicada so I’m going to have to let it go.

Dipper in the river 🥰

Our swamp's coming to life. Water shader by @yulelepalacios.bsky.social

Paul Williams Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations

Here is the scale of the coronal hole moving to face Earth in the coming days compared with the size of Earth itself. It's a decently-sized coronal hole, but not exceptionally large by any means. Still, it may spark minor to moderate geomagnetic storming this week! Stay tuned...

skippers are one of my favorite things about learning more about insects

Honestly, skippers (especially silver-spotted skippers) are adorable ... #Invert 🌿

A not insignificant amount of grief in my life stems from “woe is me” reaction to something happening. The “2nd arrow” of Buddhist pain - the story about the story. And while its important to protect yourself, also, taking yourself out of many equations and realising its not about you, helps a lot.

Gasstation scene from NORCO in Aseprite

A decomposing log can host many fungi and other life forms ...

September is beautiful. May you get a chance to look out at the sky or a tree or a bird today 🌿

the Meta glasses should just go full on Groucho mask and I think people would be into it

every school child should be shown "double rainbow all the way"

I saw some gray whales this weekend! Lifer cetacean #3

will never understand the "people might want to live here so we need to make it look like nobody lives here" mindset of "showing houses"

Chickadee eating a snail shell. Birds have trouble maintaining their calcium levels, especially after laying eggs

read receipts are truly diabolical

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"The truth is: each happening or moment has its own self. And that self vanishes as the next arises."

have you thanked your cells today?

we don’t choose outcomes

so many Wands

“Just because we think or feel something does not mean that we are somehow that thought or feeling, or that that thought or feeling is a characteristic of ourselves, or reveals something intrinsic about ourselves.”

“Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy?”