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Began the day with some photography in the garden and then did some sketching and painting from my photos while waiting in my doctor’s office. Enjoying the bees and flowers while the weather allows, and enjoying the garden while it still exists.

A detailed drawing shows a bee approaching a purple New England Aster flower, accompanied by handwritten notes and a color palette.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Three bees on a sunflower. Two of them are Agapostemon virescens, I believe. The third is fuzzy. (Not a scientific description but I can only claim so much expertise.)

A vibrant yellow sunflower with a dark brown center is visited by a large yellow-and-black blurred bee and two metallic green bees on its petals.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m hosting a series of workshops for faculty this fall on difficult conversations. What have you found helpful when you disagree with someone (friend, colleague, family, neighbor) about something that feels like a truly important matter?

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m hosting a series of workshops for faculty this fall on difficult conversations. What’s the line between agree-to-disagree and your-position-is-utterly-intolerable?

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Part of the phenology calendar in our kitchen. Are there species you watch for where you live?

A whiteboard notes the fall phenology dates for 2026, including the last and first sightings of hummingbirds, Maximilian sunflowers, New England asters, monarchs, and Bombus pennsylvanicus.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For anyone who is interested in healthcare and spiritual care, and in living well in an AI world. This is both in-person and online. @dractualfactual.bsky.social and I are keynotes.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This one is for those of you who share my appreciation of Mersenne.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just saw an ad saying that Halloween begins September 24th and I think it was written by Screwtape.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As wonderful as e-books are, with each passing day I have less and less interest in large corporations owning my access to media, and renting me that access in a way that can be withdrawn or altered at their discretion.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Buy physical books. Annotate them. Keep the best ones close at hand and return to them. Buy extra copies to give away.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Our theme: the future of care is still human.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Pollinator at work! A common thread-waisted wasp (Ammophila procera) with its face in a Canada thistle bloom #inveterbrates

Large black wasp with extremely narrow abdomen with orange segment. It is clinging to a shaggy purple flower bloom with its long legs and has its head stuck deep into the petals, drinking nectar.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There’s a good chance that someone out there would benefit from a word of gratitude. Take a moment to thank someone today. It costs so very little, and the ROI on gratitude is both large and long-tailed.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Time to begin gathering seeds, and to prepare to share them with those who have none.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Y’all, get outside. If you live near me you know the migrations have begun. I drove under a flock of pelicans the other day. Monarchs are on the move. Green darners, too. It’s such a beautiful world. Go have a look.

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Euthyphro @euthyphro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Scrollitude is a word we need to add to our English vocabulary!

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For any of you who are interested in health care and spiritual care, and who happen to be in my region (Sioux Falls, SD). My colleague and I are the keynotes at Sanford Hospital on October 16th. Details on the attached flyer.

A healthcare conference flyer showcases a hand holding a digital globe with a connected network, promoting the 26th Annual Health Ministry Conference on the future of care involving Artificial Intelligence and human well-being.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Here’s the cover of my new book. (See previous post.)

Four people sitting near a tent under a starry sky with mountains in the background accompanies the cover of a book titled Camping and Philosophy: Big Ideas in the Great Outdoors, edited by Joshua Heter and David O'Hara.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Lots of migration is starting to happen around us. The monarchs and green darners are appearing in greater numbers. The hummingbirds are at the flowers more often, filling up for the long trip ahead.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This book looks like it would be a great holiday gift for each of your friends.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It works amazingly well. So many medications sound better if they’re said with a Klingon inflection.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I have decided that whenever an ad for a medicine comes on TV I will pronounce the name of the medicine as though it were a word in Klingon.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A quick evening sketch to remind me of what I see in the prairie restoration garden my students built.

A hand-drawn illustration of a monarch butterfly on a yellow flower is accompanied by handwritten notes and a date of 4 September 2026.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I wrote this one for you weirdos out there. I love you all.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

That’s my office right there. Photo taken from the orchard my students and my colleagues and I made a few years ago.

Ripe apples hang on a tree branch in an orchard with a brick building visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

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Dave O’Hara @davoh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

One of them peed on me while I lifted it to safety (away from the dog and the mower.)

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