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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Photo of Jane Yolen at the World Fantasy Convention in 2016. I remember Larc's crazy excitement the first time she saw her at a convention. Wonderful person. She will be missed.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

We've been watching robins hatch and raise two young. It's been a nice break from the world. Nearly fledglings now! #Birds

Baby robin poking its head out of a nest. Dark black eyes and white tuffs of feathers on each side of its head like a balding old man's hair.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The delivery state of this magazine to my house by the US post office perfectly represents how all of government works under Republican leadership.

A page from the post office saying "We Care" with the magazine torn to absolute shreds and a big mechanical bite taken out of it!

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

My 1980s kitchen mixer was tossing flour all over the counter! Pondered buying a new one, but after a few minutes of research I adjusted the speed instead. Had to fully tighten and loosen the adjustment screws to restore functionality. Now we have a nice slow stir speed again!

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

John Fetterman's positions changed after his stroke. Why is this never mentioned? After her stroke my Grandmother said to me, "Blanche is gone." She knew she was no longer the same person. Not every stroke results in this, but some do. Fetterman is gone. He's not the person that was elected.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

No Kings - Ferndale, MI - October 2025

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Made the mistake of ordering a few items from Amazon. First time in months. It's taking over two weeks for them to deliver anything and there's a massive warehouse only two miles from my house! I'm totally done with Amazon.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Opened the window and sat down for a nice quiet morning to get some writing in... and instantly giant smoking lawn mowers and leaf blowers arrive so loud I can't think... so I crank the music up. If I can't have a nice quiet morning it's going to be a WAR OF SOUND!

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Attending a wedding this past weekend when I realized nobody was taking photos! What? No way! I ran to the car and grabbed the camera. This cannot stand! Photographer friends and family: always prepared for emergency photo sessions!

Bride in white and her husband wearing black and white cowboy gear.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in. Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators. The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Busy little Downy Woodpecker in our back yard. Always fun to watch them walk up and down trees like little spiderbirds. #Birds

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Looked out the front window on this dark and gloomy morning only to have this cheerful little goldfinch brighten the moment. #Birds

Bright yellow goldfinch sitting on some fading cone flowers.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Just spent some time writing in a cabin. Walking outside into nature is so much better for focus and relaxation than taking social media breaks... so today I bring you some of that nature during my social media break. #nature #wildflowers #photography

A butterfly sitting on a coneflower in a wild field.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Got out into nature this week. Always good to be without cell reception or WiFi for a few days. #bees #nature #photography

A bee gathering pollen off some bright yellow flowers.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Target won't bring back their lost customers unless they restore DEI policies, add pro-DEI product lines, and offer a sincere apology, but it better come off as fully sincere and serious or people are not going to forgive their capitulation.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Two months now with a pinched nerve. Difficult to walk. Doctors insist on muscle relaxants, steroids, and months of PT BEFORE trying to diagnose what is pinching the nerve. I'm not impressed US medical system...

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Weird living in a time when killing children is discussed like the white/gold vs blue/black dress...

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Trump reminded me of the Monty Python Penguin sketch where the woman yells, "Burma!". When asked why she said it she replies, "I panicked." Only with Trump it's "Obama!" Now waiting for the Epstein files to explode...

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Opened a window last night to bring CO2 levels down only to fill the room with dirty Canadian wildfire air. Pretty soon we're going to need computerized air filtration systems in our homes to process our air as if we live on another planet. I miss the days you could open windows to get fresh air.

Air monitor charts showing CO2 levels going down at the same time that PM2.5 (dangerous particles) is going up.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Beautiful summer day to go outside for some fresh... ah, never-mind.

Air Quality graphic in red with the word "unhealthy".

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

In 2013 I posted on-line I was surprised that my outside CO2 reading was up to 385. In 2020 my reading was 433. Now in 2025 we are at 454 in my backyard.

A CO2 monitor that has the number 454 on the display.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Guess I'm not the only one cutting out Amazon. Zero temptation to even look.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Every house in our city gets a free little flag for the 4th of July. Had to adjust ours.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Quiet here because I'm down-and-out due to a low back pinched nerve that keeps me from walking and sleeping. It was triggered by a massage therapist of all things. An overexerted hip stretch. At least I now know what to not let them do in the future. Trying a short dose of prednisone and exercise...

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Weird Al put on quite a show! High energy. Lots of fun. Nice escape.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Today is our yearly power outage. Temps in the high 90s. Another night of sleeping in the basement. Need to decide where to go for dinner...

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Planned to swim, bike ride, and hike trails this week, but the air outside is unsafe to breath due to the now yearly wildfires. Brought to you by the Republican Party, the "it's all a lie" until it's too late to fix it party. Hope the air is better for our new national pastime: Attending Protests.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Post Office Detective Work: Tracking report showed a package traveling between multiple local cities. Turns out tracking is generated by CRATE scans, not PACKAGE scans. Tracking Report was following a crate, but the package was no longer in that crate. They "misplaced" it along the way.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Spotted this guy out the window, so bright red I just had to grab the camera and capture his magnificence. #birds

Deeply red cardinal sitting in a tree glaring at the camera.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

A few more photos from Mo*Con 2025 that shows some of the after-party/between-events vibe.

The author Maurice Broaddus (@mauricebroaddus.bsky.social) and Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Scott H. Andrews (@scott-h-andrews.bsky.social) hold up their glasses for a toast, obviously enjoying themselves.

Maurice Broaddus introduces two young women writers to an agent and an editor in a large room of filled with people all chatting and enjoying themselves.

Groups of people laughing and talking in an open and inviting space.

The front table includes @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @jijennings.bsky.social, @wrathjw.bsky.social, @chesyaburke.bsky.social.

Food and drink litter a table in the foreground while people are highly engaged in conversation in the background.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Attended MoCon in Indianapolis this past weekend. Had a great time seeing old friends and making new ones. Many great discussions about writing, publishing, politics, ect. were held along with enjoying great food, beer, and conversation. Many thanks to @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social for inviting me!

Four people, all black, on stage with mics, sitting in chairs and laughing. Behind them are shelves with colorful books and art on the walls. In front of them we see the backs of the heads of many audience members.

Included on stage are writers Chesya Burke, Maurice Broaddus, and Wrath James White

Four people, all white, on stage holding a discussion. One holds a mic while the other three listen. People sit at tables in front of the stage listening as well, but we only see the backs of their heads. Colorful paintings decorate the stage.

On stage are: Jason Sanford, Richard Dansky, Lesley Conner, Scott H. Andrews

A large room with many people sitting around small tables all listening to three black men on a distant stage talking. There is a lit sign that says MOCON and many colorful paintings decorating on stage.

On stage are: Phenderson Djéli Clark, Maurice Broaddus, John Jennings

Maurice Broaddus, a black author wearing glasses, toasts with a glass of white wine while his agent, a white woman in green, laughs heartily at something he said. Large lit letters spell out MOCON and colorful arty adorns the stage as well.

On stage are: Bridget Smith (agent), Maurice Broaddus (writer)

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Three months without any Amazon purchases. Did not expect this to be so easy.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

White-throated sparrows, this one cosplaying a wizard, are visiting our yard this week on their way to Canada.

A sparrow with a white triangle under its beak that looks like a beard and bright yellow over its eyes like bushy eyebrows stares right at the camera.

A sparrow sits in a tree that it just starting to bud. The unique coloring of this sparrow includes a white area under its beak and bright yellow on its forehead. It also has black stripes on its head.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

TIME TRAVEL PHOTO: World Fantasy Convention back in 2012. Mary Robinette Kowal, Aliette de Bodard, John Joseph Adams, Brandon Sanderson, Patrick Rothfuss entertaining a crowd.

Five people, two women and three men, are stand against a wall and laughing surrounded by people sitting and grinning up at them.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Golden-Crowned Kinglet ready to zoom. #Birds

Little pear shaped white-gray bird with a yellow stripe on its head, flanked by black. Its beak is short and pointy, like pencil lead, the eyes black dots.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

A field sparrow resting on a cold morning. #Birds

A field sparrow perched on a branch. Its feathers are poofed out because it is cold, so it looks fluffy. The stomach is white, but wings are various shades of brown from light to dark. It's face and cheeks are gray, thus marking it as a field sparrow. The eyes solid black dots. The top of its head is a light brown, like a little head of short hair. Sparrows have thick short beaks. This type has a beak that is a light orange pink.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

This Song Sparrow is as ready for warmer weather as I am.

A brown and white song sparrow sitting on limb.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Tufted Titmouse. These little guys be so damn cute! #Birds

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

It made it to 45F in Michigan today, so I took a stroll with the camera. #Birds

A female cardinal perches on an evergreen branch. Mostly shades of light tan and orangy white, spiky feathers on top of its head like a small mohawk haircut, bursts of bright orangish-red on its heafty beak, over its eye, and on the tip of the wing and tail.

A golden-crowned sparrow takes flight from a thin branch. Wings wide. Spread open, each wing feather seen. The bird's body is a fluffy gray. Wings gray and tan. A yellow stripe runs across the top of its head, black next to the stripe. It has solid black eyes and a small pointed beak.

A Downy Woodpecker walks up the side of a moss covered tree trunk. It is white with black wings. The wings have white stripes, as does its head. The beak looks pointy. One foot clings and one is raised to take a step.

Two ducks taking off from water. The water rises like a long wave behind them. One has its wings high and wide, the other low and open. Their reflections can be seen in the water under them.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Protest in Portage, MI was massive! Amazing turnout. Easily over a mile long and packed. #50501movement #50501mi #protest

Long lines of people on two sides of a five lane road, one with a US flag and most others holding signs.

People crowding a sidealk. A man holds a sign reading, "Hands Off Our Democracy."

A busy street with the sidewalk on both sides packed with people holding protest signs.

Protesters packing the sidewslks across three corners of a busy intersection.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Trump is clawing back money previously allocated to our local schools for HVAC upgrades. The work is in progress, so can't be stopped, so schools will have to raid their general funds. Trump and Musk have no shame. They steal from children.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Glad I avoided Tesla when I bought my EV! Saved me so much embarrassment.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The weekly protest at the Tesla dealership in West Bloomfield, Michigan is definitely getting bigger. Held every Thursday. #TeslaTakedown #Michigan #Protest

A long line of protesters with signs on the sidewalk of a busy road in front of a Tesla dealership.

Protesters with signs stand on rocks in the divider of a busy road. More protesters line the sidewalks far behind them in front of a Tesla dealership.

People with signs. They read things like "Fire Musk", "They're Deliberately Killing Social Security", "No to dismantling public schools", "Hands off our social security, Medicare, Medicaid. We earned it."

People with signs. They include things like, "Tesla = NAZI mobile", "Save America from Trump", "Musk is a Doge Ball", "No to Trump and his NAZI Doge-Y MusKKK, Get your hands off our Social Security"

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

A few photos from Nain Rouge 2025 in downtown Detroit. #marchedunainrouge More Photos Temporarily Available Here: photos.aebogdan.com/index.php?/c...

People in costume. Two are in 18th century garb and passing out cake. Another has a homemade red monster mask with sharp teeth and colorful feathery headdress.

A wacky car with the colorful driver sitting on the roof, smoke billowing from the front, as people on tall bicycles ride beside it.

A gang of bicycle riders on crazy bikes, some tall, some short, one elongated. A sign says "Detroit Freak Bike."

Black women in fanciful outfits with tall headdress's. Music was playing from a truck.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Donated blood yesterday. Today I'm writing. Decided to take a moment to post some Spring flowers from our front yard. More event photos coming soon...

Bright purple and white flowers with yellow stamen nearly glowing from the setting sun.

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Al Bogdan @albogdan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

A few of the #Birds in my backyard today. Don't typically see red-winged blackbirds.

Red-Winged Blackbird in brown leaves. The birds are mostly black, but the wings have nice patches of bright yellow and red.

A white chested blue-gray junko. Little guy. Round and cute.

A house sparrow sitting on a slender branch. Round and puffy, little claws grasping.

A morning dove in a tree. Big fluffy body with a little head. They're known to be dumb, but cute and like to coo.

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