cloudfire // lastlight while we haven't been able to see the aurora, we were awed by yesterday's sunset. perhaps it was a prelude, or accompaniment, to further celestial glories. vivid firebands stretching across the dark stormclouds. #nature #sunset

cloudmoon // fullness. i looked up as i was returning from yesternight’s walk, and saw the overcast darkness open up for just a few wispy moments. and tonight, the moon was even more piercingly luminous; a silvershine disc ascending the eastern horizon. #nature #moon #supermoon

tonight, we listened to pairs of great horned owls call to each other, duetting in the darkness. hidden hoots from the silhouetted tops of towering eucalypts. #nature #birds #owls

suddenly, at the end of twilight, a huge flock of turkey vultures streamed silently overhead, intermittently eclipsing the crescent moon. the black cloud spiraled upward in the darkness of dusk, then settled into the trees silhouetted against the hills. #birds #nature

quiet, ephemeral autumn moments. sunset and evening walks beneath fields of silver diamonds that became rain in the darkness. wavelight.ws/blog/2025101... #nature #clouds #rain #autumn #fall

poignant words on a last enfolding of nature. a loss that my own heart knows each time that it happens here. and in this moment, this presence, is the remembrance of life: growing upward, spreading outward. the providence, blessing, and grace that have flowed into so many.

on tonight’s walk, as the last rusted gold faded from the horizon-swift cloudbelt, and the skies shaded to indigo: a barn owl flew overhead, screeched twice, and disappeared into the darkness. autumn has arrived. #nature #bird #barnowl #fall

a small companion piece in addition to my contribution to this month's indieweb carnival theme, second person birds, hosted by @fractalkitty.com. a perspective: gatherings at the end of a day. wavelight.ws/blog/2025092... #secondpersonbirds #nature #birds #crow #indieweb #indiewebcarnival

a small companion piece in addition to my contribution to this month's indieweb carnival theme, second person birds, hosted by @fractalkitty.com. a perspective: sable, sapphire, chorus. wavelight.ws/blog/2025092... #secondpersonbirds #nature #birds #redwingedblackbird #indieweb #indiewebcarnival

drifting through an afternoon of iridescent colors and ever-shifting radiance. my contribution to this month's indieweb carnival, hosted by @fractalkitty.com: second person birds. wavelight.ws/blog/2025092... #secondpersonbirds #nature #birds #hummingbird #indieweb #indiewebcarnival

to be a bird in the last moments of twilight, when painted sunset skies are flecked with star droplets, and feathers gradually blend with quiet darkness.

impressions from walking through a season of colors; gorgeous hues at the end of the day. my contribution to this month's indieweb carnival: colors. wavelight.ws/blog/2025082... #nature #birds #colors #indieweb #indiewebcarnival

i wrote a guide to installing, configuring, and running a single-user mastodon server. highlights: local disk, subdomain redirect, improved config files, security and performance, privacy and safety considerations. ⁂ wavelight.ws/blog/2025080... #mastodon #fediverse #mastoadmin #indieweb #smallweb

nature walk through summer mountain forests, each trail revealing new joys and wonders. #nature #birds #mountains #forest #summer wavelight.ws/blog/2025073...

my review of "almost an island" by kenneth james gibson, @marineeyes.bsky.social, and @jamesbernard.bandcamp.com on @pastinside.bsky.social . serene ambient textures in a quiet mountain wilderness. #ambient #ambientmusic #pastoral #nature #soundscape #almostanisland wavelight.ws/rev/20250730...

marvelous longform nature poetry. an essay on embodying terrestrial glory, a cloudscape all the more wondrous for its impermanence.

recent nature reads: braiding sweetgrass - robin wall kimmerer wild soundscapes - bernie krause ocean - david attenborough & colin butfield the wild places - robert macfarlane gathering moss - robin wall kimmerer #nature

my review of "hrafnamynd" by @patriciawolf.bsky.social on balmat. a wondrous sonic journey into icelandic wildlands, raven imagery, and scenic memories. #ambient #ambientmusic #nature #soundscape #soundtrack #iceland #ravens #patriciawolf #balmat wavelight.ws/rev/20250711...

the process of reworking my site's underlying code, focusing on semantic html, embedded media, styles, accessibility, and security. #web #smallweb #html #css #hugo #staticsite #digitalgarden wavelight.ws/blog/2025063...

🌿🎶 genres: 🪴 microhouseplant 🌺 four to the flora 🌱 seedcore 🥀 black petal 🫜 roots rockgarden 🌻 flower metal 🪷 botanica

midpoints: a poem for solstice and seasons. #poetry #poem wavelight.ws/blog/2025062...

thoughts on a website as a place for growing good things. a tiny bouquet of phlox blossoms in a vast montane meadow is still a beautiful thing, and it can make all the difference. #nature #web #smallweb #digitalgarden wavelight.ws/blog/2025061...

vivid nature writing by @fractalkitty.com . journeys into primeval forests; time and distance marked by changes in birdsong and shadow. slowly unfolding renewal. #nature #birds toground.link

nature walk through fragrant chaparral hills, descending into a scrub oak forest, alongside a meandering hidden creek. refreshing, quiet, slow. a peaceful, wondrous late spring. #nature #birds wavelight.ws/blog/2025060...

an overview and notes on the process of migrating my site's hosting from digitalocean to hetzner. wavelight.ws/blog/2025053...

walking in a rainstorm. breathing cold winds, refreshing petrichor, the sweet honey scent of star jasmine, blooming into innumerable pale points. a crow, northern mockingbird, mourning dove, and house finch quietly perching together, fluffing feathers after the downpour. #rain #birds #flashesapp

recent episodes of "frame by frame" by @disquiet.bsky.social & hannes pasqualini explore subjectivity: choosing instruments, and the process and results of making & sharing music. sometimes there is no best, there is only what feels right. #sound #art #webcomic #comic disquiet.com/2025/04/22/a...

today's spring walks included the seasonal singing of orange-crowned warblers, the afternoon's sweet nectar fragrance of hawthorn shrubs blooming, and the special stillness of late dusk; the horizon a perfect deep sunset sorbet. no clouds, only gradients. a dark, beautiful twilight. #birds #nature

sunset walks in early spring, and bird encounters: small surprises, small joys, small moments of delight. a pair of great horned owls hooting at dusk, and a tiny allen's hummingbird sipping nectar from protea blossoms. #birds #hummingbird #owls #nature wavelight.ws/blog/2025040...

over // growth. forest of nisene marks state park, aptos, california, 2023. #nisenemarks #nature #forest #california #flashesapp

reflections on "frame by frame" by @disquiet.bsky.social & hannes pasqualini. the series explores sound & perception, offering insights & questions via interconnected sonic worlds. details and dualities abound in the art, writing, and links between frames and episodes. #sound #art #webcomic #comic

nature walk along a little-known trail through hillside chaparral and a hidden scrub oak forest. birds chattered and sang overhead. lichen-covered branches and tiny leaves reached down to brush shoulders. a hushed, peaceful stillness. #nature #birds wavelight.ws/blog/2025033...

shorebirds along the tidal mudflats and salt marshes of the san diego bay national wildlife refuge. sanderlings and plovers skittering and micro-flying over the terrain, while willets, godwits, and others search for snacks a little farther out. #birds #birding #birdwatching #shorebirds #flashesapp

i completed a poem that i began some time ago. words of hope in the night. a change. a renewal. a love overflowing. #poetry #poem wavelight.ws/blog/2025032...

between the sounds of storms: intermittent downpour music rainular synthesis tape mist #rain

repetition as a form of variation. variation as a form of repetition.

tonight, i went walking in what turned out to be a much bigger storm than expected. simultaneously rained-on and hailed-on, in addition to very strong winds. umbrella turned out to be a token gesture. it was a little invigorating, and a lot cold and soaking. we need the rain, though. #rain #nature

i created a gentle ambient song inspired by a late afternoon nature walk along a trail and a creek. piano, modular synthesizer, and field recordings of birds. sounds, photos, and video of quiet peacefulness and serenity. #nature #birds #fieldrecording #modular #piano wavelight.ws/blog/2025022...

sometimes it feels like the music that i make is only an approximation of what i want to make. there is a distance between intention and outcome. it’s a subset, a version, of what’s in my mind. a half-formed shadow; a light from a different direction.

even before the nature walk began, there was a magical, marvelous moment of joy: a close encounter with one of my very favorite birds, an anna's hummingbird. so close that i could feel the wind of its wings as it hovered from bloom to bloom. #birds #hummingbird #nature wavelight.ws/blog/2025021...

before the rains // afternoon sun, descending. #nature #flashes #flashesapp

today, a raven perched very near me, unconcerned with proximity. it just croaked periodically, hopping down to explore on foot, looking around with interest for snacks or shinies. feathers glossy-black in the afternoon sun, tail wagging as it strolled. a small joy: being joined by a raven friend. 🐦‍⬛

lakelight // blue horizon. #nature #flashes #flashesapp

coldskies // together. a small megaflock of crows passed overhead, cawing loudly, their wingbeats almost synchronized. a minute later, another small megaflock, this one slightly larger and higher, flew the same southeastern direction, heading home as evening approached. #crows #birds

my review of "discerned in the fugue of streams" by @rbeny.bsky.social on @quietdetails.bsky.social. #ambient #ambientmusic #nature #rbeny wavelight.ws/rev/20250131...

new cd day: "discerned in the fugue of streams" by @rbeny.bsky.social on @quietdetails.bsky.social . powerful. emotive. dense chords, drones, and delicate textures. healing ambient soundscapes. elements flow together as streams of peace. #ambient #nature quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/discer...

a small joy that took a little while: i fixed a #css bug in #hugo 's embedded youtube template. the default template sets "padding-bottom: 56.25%" in order to display embedded videos in their standard 16:9 aspect ratio, which looks fine in a browser, but not in an #rss reader.

two recent field recording sessions: late afternoon along a canyon trail. a rushing creek, little birds cheeping, spotted towhees foraging through rustling leaves, a family of woodpeckers industriously working on their tree. midnight at home. the last minutes of a much-needed gentle rain shower.

hello world. making and sharing: music, process, art, nature, words, joys. renewal, creativity, light. #introduction