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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Traveling prayers for Dolly—guide her on those roads and make them softer for her feet. #ripDolly

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

[Food] Homemade tofu saag for dinner. This makes me happy.

a grey plate holding a large serving of tofu saag on rice.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

[mh puzzle] Inner asshole boss, inner worker, and inner child collaborating (?) to accomplish a blue house with white trim.

The front of a freshly painted blue house with white trim. Several ladders, lean against the house. A little brown dog stands in the open front doorway.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

[mh puzzle] Anyway, still painting the house… lol.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

[mh puzzle] I would like to kill the boss inside my head… But part of me is aware that every time I ignore that voice, I default into laziness and distraction. (…or is that the asshole boss talking again?) Seems like there ought to be some kind of middle ground. Being present in the work for […]

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

[mh puzzle] I wish I had another way to get things done besides stress and anxiety… My go-to source of motivation is urgency and anxiety. It works in the sense that I get shit done. But it makes me miserable at the same time. It’s like I have an asshole boss inside my head who keeps me going […]

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

I got locked in painting today. Not sure I’ve ever done four hours straight! I finished the underpainting a couple days ago and did the whole sky today. #painting #trees #mountain #WorkInProgress

1 of three . A painting of a large pine tree on a snowy horizon line. In this picture the underpainting is done.

2 of three . A painting of a large pine tree on a snowy horizon line. In this picture, after three hours of work, the sky is painted around the tree, a little bit darker than the rest.

3 of three . A painting of a large pine tree on a snowy horizon line. In this picture, the whole sky has been darkened around the tree. I’m going for the look of a very overcast day in which, somehow, this tree stands in the sun.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2026

@slothrop I’ve always wished that someone else could speak in my name, randomly, so that I could be held socially accountable for shit that I haven’t thought or said.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026

A small thing making me happy this spring: The Northern Flickers in my neighborhood (think: woodpecker’s cousin) have figured out that if they rap their bills on the top of the street lamps it makes a great noise that travels far. They seem to be using it as a […] [Original post on mas.to]

An image (lifted from Wikipedia) of a northern flicker, a slightly larger than robin-sized bird with a long sharp beak, and dark horizontal stripes over pale feathers on its wings and back.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

Skipped the Super Bowl to make a batch of beer and welcome it into the world by drinking a bottle that I’ve kept around for… a while.

Two big (really big) pots on a range. You can just see some very dark liquid through the steam in the closer of the two.

A bottle and a pint glass on a counter top. The bottle says “The Abyss” from Deschutes Brewery, 2019 Reserve. The glass is full of a very dark beer.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/01/2026

This is my favorite received-gift for a long time. My girlfriend’s mom is a ceramic artist. She collaborated with another artist to make this raven mug for Christmas (I have an affinity for ravens…) and it’s wonderful! Morning coffee warms me in two ways now. #ceramics #ravens #coffee

A coffee mug. There’s a pen-and-ink style image of a raven in flight, with wings at the bottom of a flap, and primary feathers curling forward extravagantly.

A coffee mug. There is a pen and ink style image of a raven perched on a branch (or something.) the ravens back is to the viewer and the Raven looks off towards the right.

A coffee mug. There’s a pen and ink style image of two feathers, roughly in a yin and yang shape.

A coffee bag is sitting on the counter. The inside of the mug is brown, a warm orange hue. On the handle of the mug, there is a feather drawn.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/01/2026

Would you like this fox to come and live at your house? It’s possible! (at least in a two-dimensional way). If you’d like a print of this painting, please get in touch and we will make it happen. #mastoart #painting #fox

A red fox stands in a grassy field, seemingly at night, though the fox is fully visible and well lit. In the background, a pine tree twists above the horizon line, silhouetted against a starry sky.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026

I just finished this fox painting! Been working sporadically on it for quite some time… but it’s done. I wanted a dream-like, magical realism feel, and I’m happy with how it came together! #painting #acrylic #mastoart

A painting on an easel. A red fox stands in the foreground looking at the viewer. In the background the silhouette of a tree stands on the horizon against a starry sky.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2025

Hi all! Here’s a couple pics from the hike up Crazy Peak last Saturday. The Crazies are a cool Island range in Central Montana and Crazy Peak is the high point. Climbing from the western shoulder leads you along a sharp ridge with views way out into the valleys and prairies on all sides.

A person (me) and a dog (Ida) are on a rocky mountain summit. Surrounding them are rugged mountain peaks under a clear blue sky.

My friend and my dog descend a steep mountain ridge that extends off into the distance. The distant horizon holds more mountains under a blue sky.

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Thanasis Kinias @tkinias.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025

Hey U.S.-based #histodons: My old position at Western Colorado University has been posted <https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=179251801>. This is an absolutely fantastic place to work if you love teaching—great colleagues, amazing students, breathtakingly beautiful […]

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2025

Catholic Social Teaching addresses economic equality, living wages, extraction and exploitation… it’s good stuff and more people should read it. But Leo’s Rerum Novarum, in particular, defends an absolute right to private property, rejects socialism, and argues that class inequality is natural […]

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2025

There are way more important reasons to be pissed off right now… Extra-judicial disappearing of legal residents to prison camps outside the country is high on my list. But, in this country, right now, tanking the stock market and driving inflation up is going to be the thing that calls […]

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2025

Conditions were perfect, so 10 y.o. and I invented a new way to goof off while skiing—tree bowling. Sound on… #skiing #mountains #snow #bowling

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2025

It’s a real fun time to be on a DEI task force at a college in the U.S., let me tell you.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2025

[Adventures in divorce] Also, at least two lunches worth of leftovers. Score.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2025

But I’m exhausted. I lost my shit for a bit when the I realized I couldn’t get the heat to kick on. It’s just been too much lately. Divorce, packing and moving, (sort of) keeping up with classes and work at the college, trying not to be a shitty dad, dating… etc. I haven’t had/taken time in […]

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2025

@River it’s really sweet… tons of character! And I’m going to be spending the next few months learning all her quirks… E.g. seems like the thermostat and the boiler aren’t really talking beyond binary, full throttle (35 degrees) or off (5 degrees) arrangement. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2025

I am being totally ridiculous… dropped some groceries off here… just walking around pointing at stuff, saying, “that’s the closet, IN MY HOUSE!”

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2025

[Adventures in Divorce] So... the next couple weeks of sorting, packing, and moving will be hard. Going to practice compassion toward myself through whatever this entails. And beyond that horizon, I'm looking forward to things being way simpler, way more straightforward, more peace...

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2025

[Adventures in Divorce] When I went in to sign all the papers last week, I thought that it would be no big deal... But it really fucked me up the next day. Cycled back into sad, angry, and abandoned feelings that I thought I'd mostly worked through. Wondering how this final paperwork from the […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/01/2025

Sun. Dog. Sun dog.

A yellowish goofy looking dog walking across snow towards the camera. In the background is a snow-covered field, and the sun with a faint sun dog next to it. The sky is mostly blue. It's really cold.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2025

It’s the first day of the spring semester, but for #MountainMonday , a few pics from a great day skiing last week… #mountains #skiing #backcountry

A skier in the middle distance climbs up an open snowy meadow towards the crest of a hill. The trees on the hill are crusted with snow and frost, shining white in the afternoon sunshine. There are some reddish colored rocks emerging from the snow towards the crest of the hill. The sky is a deep blue.

A snow covered hillside in deep fog. There are a few few trees scattered around the scene covered in big pillows of snow. The view is up a steep hill, and the snow looks deep and untracked. The fog leaves everything shrouded and dimly lit.

A man standing at the top of a hill, looks off to the right. behind him clouds and hills stretch off for dozens of miles into the distance beneath a blue sky. The evening sunlight comes into the picture from the right side and creates deep contrast on every surface.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2025

The good news is… there’s mountains. And really long ski lines with great snow all the way down. #backcountry #skiing #mountains

A distant snow-covered mountain rises above clouds into a blue sky. In the foreground, I t’s framed by two snow covered trees that are very tall and narrow.

Looking out over a very broad valley from the top of a very high mountain. Portions of the valley are full of clouds and fog in the near ground is a dead tree lit by slanting evening sunlight, and covered in four or 5 inches of frost or rime.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2025

[Adventures in divorce] Idk why it’s one of the weirder things to me… but ex is dropping my last name (that’s fine, she asked to take it in the first place), but in a few days there won’t legally be a person with that really familiar name anymore.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2025

Happy New Year! I was lucky enough to kick 2024 to the curb in a fire lookout. We kept the little stove stoked to keep warm against the howling wind and snow, and in the morning—wonder!

A landscape with a rocky butte in the middle distance. Light streams through the clouds across dark hills and an occasional white snowy meadow.

A landscape with frost covered trees in the foreground. Behind the trees are rolling hills and stretching off dozens of miles into the distance beneath the blue sky with sunlit white clouds.

An old fire tower on stilts rises up above the horizon. The stairs and railings are covered in frost. Behind the tower is a blue sky dotted with sunlit, white clouds.

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Eric Daryl Meyer @ericdaryl.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2024

Happy throw a shoe at W day to all who celebrate.

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