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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Pointes de surlonge aux oignons et aux épices grecques, accompagnées de carottes, de courgettes et de pommes de terre gratinées. J'ai bu un vin local avec eux. Un Norton.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I tell such questioning kids that the price that the Tooth Fairy pays for teeth changes from day to day. Then I tell them that they can look in the WSJ in the Commodities section to see what teeth are currently going for.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

She was great as Miss Rollings in True Stories. Few people could have pulled it off with a straight face.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Nice! I took a blurred picture of a bald eagle once flying across the Kentucky River. My adrenaline must have been off the charts. At that point I realized why most of the purported pictures taken of Bigfoot are out of focus.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It’s a time-honored tradition in some parts of Kentucky to put Pepaw in the freezer for a while in order to collect his check. 😉

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My maternal grandmother was a packhorse librarian in eastern Kentucky. She died long before I was born but I bet she had some adventures.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

One edge of the Woodland Arts Fair in Lexington (KY). It was hot. It was humid. It was a lot of fun. I bought a pottery mug, some pizza, some local beer, some Cuban-style ham croquettes, and a bottle of local sake for the road. #WoodlandArtsFair

A forked concrete path with some large trees in between at a city park. Multiple people are walking around looking at tented displays.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

McConnell Springs is the green heart of Lexington (KY). This is where the city was founded in 1775. Now it is a beautiful inner-city park. Lots of young families here today.

A round light green fairly deep natural spring surrounded by trees, wildflowers, and other plants. Some are reflected in the water.

A stacked rock wall with mortar that has held up quite well for many years. If it looks like something from Ireland, it is because the masons who made the earlier ones came from there.

A great bur oak supported by a metal and concrete infrastructure. These are quite old and existed long before anyone of European descent came here.

A large groundhog (or woodchuck) on a large mossy fallen tree trunk. It was trying to hide from me by being very still.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Congratulations. You have just opened Appalachia Level 1.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

BreyerFest 2026 at Lexington (KY). The theme this year is Scandinavian Midsommer. Lots of girls wearing flowers in their hair. Creepy if you’ve seen the movie by Ari Aster.

White pavilion rents arrayed along a road with storm clouds overhead.

A long-distance view of multiple horse stalls and a wide gravel path in the foreground.

A large white tent with rows of people painting miniature horse figurines.

The main indoor arena at The Kentucky Horse Park with a miniature horse pulling a small cart in the background.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Interesting. We would eat cantaloupe (called “melon”) as well as large sliced beefsteak tomatoes along with the meal. They were served along with green beans and various other things as if they were vegetables.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Walking through Walter Bradley Park in Midway (KY). The broad creek and the tall trees make for a wondrously cool stroll. This Midwegian park is also a veritable wonderland for fungi of various types. #Midway #fungi

An archway made of twisted vines over a trail in Midway (KY).

A trail running beside a broad woodland creek in Midway (KY).

Small, grey, delicately long-stemmed mushrooms growing in a line beside a skinny exposed tree root on a forest trail.

A flat tree stump with patches of velvety sienna-colored fungi on its surface.

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gooner, the only online raccoon @sopranos69420.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

if you fuck up a meal just call it Ohio style and serve it anyway

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The Kentucky Wine & Vine fest! An unpretentious carnival atmosphere for Kentucky wineries and other delicious vendors. I got some Koroneiki EVOO and some balsamic vinegar from a Lexington vendor. They were not cheap 😬 #KentuckyWine&VineFest

A very large white tent filled with people and various vineyard representatives in Nicholasville (KY).

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Oui, avec un peu de beurre à l’ail!

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I suspect the London in the song is London, Kentucky. It is a small city and people no doubt sleep in the daytime there… if they want to… if they want to.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

June 6 is D-day, probably ANTIFA's most heroic moment.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A wild grape vine growing along the Legacy Trail in Lexington (KY). Kentucky is full of these. In the Appalachian part of the state they are known as “possum grapes” because our only native marsupial is apparently fond of them.

A fairly young wild grape vine with shiny blue leaves using a farm fence as a trellis.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Magnifique! Savez-vous si elle est peinte aux couleurs d’origine?

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

There is one I can hear that lives near my house. I love the sound of its call. It reminds me of one that lived in my backyard growing up. I am very pro-owl! 🦉

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Yep. The most cheerful murder ballads that you could imagine.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

She was nice about but it’s the last time I asked her for a description.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

My younger daughter was in her room one day playing with her invisible playmate. When I asked her what she looked like, she answered: “I don’t know. She’s invisible.”

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

“Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground” No way to NOT think of The Kinks when seeing this 😄 Thank you!

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

More bourbon barrels than people. They have to live somewhere. Making them work for their upkeep may be a good idea. They’re good at fractions. I wonder how they are with binary numbers?

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

DEVELOPING: Rob Lowe’s band from St. Elmo’s Fire has withdrawn from President Trump’s America 250 celebration.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This is a delicious type of insanity!

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Yep. I try to warn parents whose newborns have breasts about this. The looks on their faces is priceless. I am not sure how many believe me.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Saturday walking on a partly shady horse trail in Lexington (KY). The horses and riders that I saw took a gravel path behind me to go over the creek. On foot, I may get a little muddy going this way.

A mowed pathway for humans and horses at Masterson Station Park in Lexington (KY). Half is in sunlight, half in shade.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Happy 75th Birthday to Chris Frantz – drummer and co-founder of both the Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club, born on May 8, 1951, in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA. 📸 Tom Hill #punkrock #postpunk #newwave #chrisfrantz #talkingheads #tomtomclub #punkrockhistory #otd

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Yeah. Unfortunately this is a thing. I see it as a parental IQ test. It’s sad when our country decides to commit suicide. Not “pro-life” at all.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Fair. Marching band 2.0. I wouldn’t want to be her.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Good stuff. Harsh but essential.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This was the first Prince song that I ever heard. It was in my car on a local AM radio station. I liked it instantly! 🎸

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Yeah. I made the mistake of ordering my home-style pork and basil “Thai hot” from my favorite Thai restaurant once. Once.

An AI-generated picture of a crying toddler.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I think we may have actually told her where we went when she asked. No use lying about pizza. Being a Domino’s driver can bring on a strange recklessness. Back when we guaranteed 25 minutes or less delivery. 🫤

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A friend and I used to go to our local Godfather’s in our Domino’s uniforms to order pizza. It drove our manager nuts.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I showed this graph in class yesterday on how measles cases in the United States plummeted dramatically after the vaccine was licensed in 1963. It’s not subtle and I could not resist observing: “This stunning design in measles cases was not thanks to vitamin A. It was not due to beef tallow.”

A graph titled “the public health success of the measles vaccine” that shows the number of measles cases in the United States plummeting after the vaccine was introduced in 1963

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Palm Sunday! No palm trees here, though. We have to import the fronds.

A sun-drenched small brook surrounded by budding trees and bright green grass.

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Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The movement now has its own “Ohio” thanks to Bruce Springsteen‘s “Streets of Minneapolis”: youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Hot chocolate and bourbon. Extreme conditions demand extreme responses.

A cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream next to a cut crystal glass with a rather generous amount of bourbon in it.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

As a pizza connoisseur, I have to say that French bread pepperoni pizza is really good and not at all pathetic. It shows a certain flouting of the rules for the sake of taste. The French may find it perplexing, though.

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