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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 9h

Galápagos hawk hitching a ride on a giant tortoise. Photo by Tui A. de Roy, from Wildlife of the Islands, 1980.

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A classic cat meme, always worth reposting

Picture of a cat staring directly at us while two people play guitars on a futon in the background. The caption reads: Please share this picture to raise awareness of the plight of cats trapped in a folk music environment.

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The new memorial has been inspired by Tolkien’s Tree of Tales, which he called the Tree of Amalion. ...it will be a significant new artwork for the Abbey, inlaid vertically within a stone pillar in the south transept and rising 2.5 metres high. www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-news/a...

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Abbey to honour J.R.R. Tolkien | Westminster Abbey

A major new memorial celebrating Tolkien’s creative vision and storytelling by artist Stephen Broadbent will be revealed at a dedication ceremony in Spring 2027.

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fare thee well now Let your life proceed by its own design Nothing to tell now Let the words be yours, I’m done with mine youtu.be/nLQw1hhWphI?...

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"Cassidy" - Phil Lesh & Friends | Skull & Roses 2023 | Relix

YouTube video by Relix

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Three deer and two Grandfather Trees on the Bear Paw Trail (2-mile loop) at Cherokee Bluffs Park in Flowery Branch, GA

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

With family on the Bear Paw Trail (2-mile loop) at Cherokee Bluffs Park in Flowery Branch, GA, 9-27-26

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m in bed reading a book about Dr. John Dee, Renaissance alchemist, magus, and court astronomer for Queen Elizabeth I. Althea the Vampire Cat is curled up beside me, purring along with the Grateful Dead and String Cheese Incident.

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wonder Woman loves all the bears — and we love you, @lyndacarter.bsky.social 🐻🌈

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I kept hearing about Fat Bear Week and thought it was a celebration of body positivity within a gay subculture. It turns out it is about actual bears! Either way, I am here for it.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today's a good day to remind your boss that time is a human construct and has no meaning in a cosmic sense. You wouldn't ask an ancient owl god or a sentient pile of moss to be at work at 8:00 sharp, would you?

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.” ~ Audre Lorde

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“I just wanted to have a frank discussion.” To those of us in historically-marginalized communities, what we hear you say is: “I’m about to say something I know is offensive, but I’ll say it anyway and if you get offended I’m going to blame you for not wanting to have a frank discussion.”

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

At #DragonCon with the always-fabulous @jessiannyork.bsky.social Jessi Ann York this morning on the panel “The Humanity of Monsters: Writing Creatures We Care About,” on the Dragon Con Horror Track. #DragonCon2026

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Only at #DragonCon can you strike up an instant friendship with an astrobiologist in line at the bakery and have an exhilarating breakfast conversation with her and your con roommates about the Drake equation and Europa. #DragonCon2026

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Only at #DragonCon will you see the Pope help a Warhammer 40k warrior get out of his armor. #DragonCon2026

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This Spider-Man cosplayer does not skip leg day at the gym. #DragonCon2026

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Little girl, about 8 years old, at the Marta station pointing at my bag: “Look, mom! Kitty cat Gandalf!” #DragonCon2026

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A big thank-you to @crutledge.bsky.social Charles R Rutledge, who is taking care of Althea the Vampire Princess while Michael and I are away at DragonCon!

A black cat, Althea, looking up at Charles, who is taking her picture. We see one of Charles’ legs in blue jeans and his shoe.

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

With my #DragonCon roomies at the fabulous Georgian Terrace Hotel, our home during #DragonCon2026

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Showing my “only connect” tattoo on the panel about Remarkably Bright Creatures, a beautiful novel (by Shelby Van Pelt) and movie with themes of connection. Friday morning at #DragonCon on the Urban Fantasy Track. #DragonCon2026

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Got my Attending Professional badge, checked in with the United Federation of Planets. Getting compliments on my Grateful Dead Ship of Fools T shirt and my Witcher medallion. Let the #DragonCon begin! #DragonCon2026

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm one of the editors of the anthology Ghosts in the Kudzu, and several of our authors will be guests or attending pros at #DragonCon this week! Look for John Hartness; Gail Martin; Milton Davis; Jessi Ann York; Oje Kendi; co-editor Jessica Nettles; and me! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gho...

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Ghosts in the Kudzu

Haunting Tales of the South

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Library of America @libraryofamerica.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We are heartbroken to learn of the death of Wendell Berry, peerless novelist, poet, farmer, and activist. “He has set in motion forces that will for decades to come flavor our sense of what should be, what can be, and what must be,” writes author Bill McKibben. Explore Berry’s legacy on loa.org.

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Wendell Berry - Library of America

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My late father and I had this in common, that we both loved the poetry, fiction, and essays of Wendell Berry, who stood firmly in the literary tradition of Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Byron Herbert Reece. Rest in Peace, dear Mad Farmer Poet. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...

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Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)

A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Can’t tell you how badly I needed this laugh omg

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Woman reading a book, by Kawanabe Kyosai, 1864, Japanese woodblock print

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I went to Publix and forgot to get Cheez-It’s, and now I’m home and Althea the Cat and I are listening to classical chamber ensembles, mostly Baroque with a little Arvo Pärt thrown into the mix, but I’m having to listen to them and read my gothic horror without benefit of Cheez-It’s.

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