Salmon reach headwaters for first time in a century after California dam removal www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Tracking the slow return of ducks to the University of New Mexico duck pond after more than a year of remodeling. It’s been two months since completion. Spotted three ducks on Sunday. It’s soon time for the winter wigeons’ return. Will they find their way back? #urbanecosystems

Bikes

On the podcast, Enrique Romero talks with RIn and I about acequias and querencia: www.buzzsprout.com/2465964/epis...

Echoes of @nora.zone glass?

Fun with water policy, autocorrect version: “irrigable” != “irritable”.

Hi all! I have a jewelry store at nora.jewelry and I'd love to sell you something nice!

The game tokens are a great way to liven up your TTRPG battles. What if that horde of zombies or pack of wolves were sparkly DICHROIC GLASS???

Worked with more of @nora.zone's beautiful glass this morning.

The University of Arizona is hiring a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in Physical Geography! Research specialities could include wildfire, climate and water resources, and/or natural hazards, amongst others. Please apply and join us! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Hey all! I have a jewelry shop at nora.jewelry. I focus on fused glass, handmade in my kiln. Sales have been slow lately, so I'd really appreciate having this shared around. #bsnm

How dry is this year on New Mexico's Rio Grande? In which I push the envelope of my modest data visualization skills. Maybe driest since 1964? www.inkstain.net/2025/08/drie... Maybe the couch tells the story best....

On the #ColoradoRiver, stuff's not going well: www.inkstain.net/2025/07/retu...

i think it's important to not let "ai" steal my joy so i kept doing it

Sizing up a remarkable year as we head into runoff season - or lack thereof - on New Mexico's Middle Rio Grande: www.inkstain.net/2025/04/danc...

I’ve been managing my health by staying off social media, but jumped back to share some stuff my colleagues and I have been writing about the Colorado River that feels important. A thread….

Today I am learning about “shithousery” and California water policy! I love learning new things. www.inkstain.net/2025/02/shit...

Terrain vague: www.inkstain.net/2025/02/terr...

gonna do a short thread of stuff i have available in the shop right now. shares help! to start: i have a pretty extensive pride collection of pendant necklaces with varying levels of strangeness. nora.jewelry/collections/...

Allen Best trying to dig past the noise to the substantive process - in this case funding for rural electrics. That’s what I need from my journalism right now - find me the substance: bigpivots.com/will-colorad...

Chelsea Manhattan Sept 2024 #photography #nyc #newyorkartist #chelsea #manhattan #art

Anne Castle's letter of resignation as US Commissioner on the Upper #ColoradoRiver Commission is worth a read: www.inkstain.net/2025/01/anne...

My @nora.zone Guy arrived!

With another subpar snowpack, the #ColoradoRiver is creeping toward an interstate litigation tripwire. New stuff from Erick Kuhn, Jack Schmidt, and me: www.inkstain.net/2025/01/the-...

We've heard this before with oil and coal, but soon, we will find new deposits of kids in Alaska or the deep ocean, and things will be fine.

On to New Mexico! I'm coming home, baby. First stop on Thursday, 1/23, is @bkwrks.bsky.social with @jfleck.bsky.social at 6pm. This one is co-sponsored by the folks at the Also Leopold Writing Program www.bkwrks.com/event/2025-0...

When stabilizing Colorado River reservoir levels isn't good enough. A year-end review of reservoir levels and what we know (and don't!) about 2024 water use in the basin by Utah State's Jack Schmidt and me: www.inkstain.net/2025/01/stab...

Collateral damage from the current dysfunction in the Colorado River Basin governance community: www.inkstain.net/2025/01/wate...

Is cottage cheese the magic elixir of which the wise one speaks?

What a success! Our #WaterBodies author event (Weds Jan 8) at #SouthsideLibrary brought a standing-room-only crowd! They got to see a great panel reading and there was lots of enthusiasm for this important topic. And Garcia Street Books sold out of the copies they brought!

I’ve found tree rings to be a great subject for engaging with climate change science. This book by @jfleck.bsky.social provides a wonderful intro: www.unmpress.com/978082634757...

Dragonskin!

The January Rio Grande runoff forecast isn't as bad as I expected! (Antecedent soil moisture FTW.) www.inkstain.net/2025/01/lous...

This book was forged in California fire (and drought), so it makes sense islandpress.org/books/gettin...

Post today from my pals Eric Kuhn and Jack Schmidt on a promising Colorado River accounting approach they think could provide space for compromise and progress. (Inkstain's turning into a water nerd group blog!) www.inkstain.net/2025/01/can-...

Signed us up today to provide recurring monthly financial support for the Internet Archive. Public goods are underprovided.

Dive into this @nickbowlin.bsky.social @ericdietrich.bsky.social investigation about how Montana's ag tax ends up allowing some million-dollar home owners to pay less on their taxes than their next-door neighbors. (FYI @longreads.com ) www.hcn.org/articles/mon...

Wikipedia has a list of notable U.S. drinking fountains, organized by state. (Sad to note none in New Mexico, but that suggests a project!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinkin...

Also in this morning‘s photograph haul, pictures from winter 95/96 of my first performance in Gothenburg

Some days, my wandering feels aimless, a "Directionless Drift." My 12/30/24 postcard captures a weather vane, its worn arms echoing that feeling of no obvious path forward.

i have several of nora's glass pendants and love them a lot - prices are fair, materials are quality, there's a range of fits and finish depending on what you like. they come in cute gift boxes, so they also make great gifts.

My 12/27/24 postcard captures the Hahn Arroyo winding through Montgomery Park. I pass here often on the bike trail, invariably pausing to savor the view—a quiet frame for the distant volcanoes.

As the new year approaches, the already remarkable season-to-date "precipitation dipole" in California has further intensified. Much of SoCal has still not received meaningful rain this season, while NorCal continues to get soaked on a recurring basis. #CAwx #CAwater #CAfire

I tried Wittgenstein at Christmas dinner. I think it went OK? www.inkstain.net/2024/12/rusc...

Sun deck seating on the Puyallup 📷 Pentax K3miii monochrome, DFA 28-105 lens

The Rio Grande, from yesterday’s bike ride. Bridges (and other crossings, ferries and fords) are often a community’s first collective action in its evolving relationship with its river.

Working on a piece about Ed Ruscha, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and my fascination with signs, I found this favorite:

Nice drinking water you got there, if you can keep it. My story about how water (drinking and waste water) are losing workers right when because of climate change we need them most. Gift link.

It is a notched stick of a peculiar form, some two feet in length. (Really. That’s what Melville wrote, I’m not making it up.)