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Jay Varner

@jayvarner.bsky.social
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Author of NOTHING LEFT TO BURN (Algonquin), first-year writing and rhetoric lecturer at James Madison University, recovering Central Pennsylvanian, studying how to write about climate change. Avid home gardener at the end of the world. Susquehanna U, UNCW.

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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Can’t find this at a CVS. And you better believe it’s the newest best flavor: GREEN! #hogwaternation
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hot Sauce: 2026. Five flavors of mouth-burning, eye-watering hot sauce.
Several dozen bottles of homemade hot sauce.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Made pizza last night…
Pizza with arugulaNew Haven tomato pie styleAll three pizzas.Pepperoni, salami, and peppers on a pizza.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Another day, more tomatoes.
Big ole basket of tomatoes! Again!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tomorrow? It’s hot sauce. Let’s burn!
Some yellow tomatoes and a bunch of hot peppers thawing in pots and bowls. Looks like a LOT of peppers!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That’s some cloud @traviskoshko.bsky.social what is this? I’m looking toward Charlottesville from Afton…
Flat top cloud? I dunno… but a big weird shaved flat top hairstyle cloud…
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The. Tomatoes. Don’t. Stop. Likely have harvested near 6 bushel from 20 plants this year… and yes, yes, sauce pictures and videos will be coming soon. 🍅❤️😱
More freaking tomatoes from this guy!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Nice sunset….
Soft pink/blue/peach sunset on the blue ridge….
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hell yeah! They just keep coming!
Heap of tomatoes.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
So excited to read this new @gilduran.com book!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Big thunderhead over Crozet…
A large thunderhead dots the sky above a line of pines, some blue sky mixed in…
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
@traviskoshko.bsky.social Afton right now…. Oh my. Been baking in the sun. Intense lightning starting…
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
And giving… Figured I’d harvest before the storm hit and wow. Every time I pick tomatoes I’m like, thank you, plant. These have been in my life since March, as I planted from seed in a greenhouse. So everything is me, and that’s a multi-month commitment. I digress. Gardening is awesome. Recommend.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The garden just keeps on giving!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Roasting and harvesting. Hard storms last night injured some plants (shouldn’t impact much…) but picked some early to avoid split if we get downpours again. But they will ripen.
Roasted tomatoes.Harvested tomatoes and peppers. A lot of them.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Something wicked this way comes toward Afton. Eek! @traviskoshko.bsky.social
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Tomatoes coming in…
Big ole basket of fresh home grown tomatoes.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Some personal news: peppers have popped and the sunflowers are nearly 14-feet tall.
Hot peppers.Sweet peppers!A giant man dwarf by a giant sunflower.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Vibe.
Jay holds a sign that says The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be…
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So many beautiful butterflies this year…. Years of planting milkweed and the like has paid off!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
That’s maybe a 15 foot sunflower!
Crazy garden man points toward a towering sunflower.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Rain storm coming over the Blue Ridge…
Dark and white clouds burned on by the sun drop rain along the Virginia blue ridge.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Some hot garden action!
Giant garden!Oh it’s a big garden!Tomatoes and beans!More tomatoes and beans?!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Got stuck in the shed during a gully washer… figured I’d just clean shed. Bit warm, bit warm!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
But warm out again today.
It’s 116 fucking degrees on a thermometer Jesus Christ!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Alonzo Cushing.
Artillery officer died defending the Union during Pickett’s Charge. Medal of Honor.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Various thermometers, with the shadiest registering 97. But these do not capture the humidity and dew point combo. It might be easier to breath underwater than outside today. Can’t stress enough: take care of yourself, others, and the four-legged friends.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
John Reynolds, Union general killed in action on July 1, 1863, the first day of the battle of Gettysburg.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
John Buford, one the eve of Gettyrburg: Keep a clear eye. Credited with helping the Union win by choosing the ground.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Buckle up Afton!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Waiting for on these guys…
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Garden nearly prepped.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Happy National Beagle Day!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
@traviskoshko.bsky.social Afton! Look out!
Shelf cloud
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Seed start day. Garden 2026.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
It begins.
Seed catalogues for 2026, for hats stupid big vegetable garden.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
And of course I mean avoid getting! Blah!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I love this movie so much. 8th time?
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I know, I know, but: devil’s advocate. There’s something to be said for getting to the point. Ok, they want apocalypse. Well, it’s well on the way already (and most folks aren’t aware of the increasing speed up of eco collapse), so why not hit the proverbial and literal gas?
AI dicks love natural gas… all is stupidly awful and awfully stupid.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
4 takes on the moon…
Moon in east looks like sunriseMoon in east looks like water…Moon looks like a golden sunsetMoon looks like a little mountain town aglow
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
3 takes on the moon…
Moon in east looks like sunriseMoon in east looks like water…Moon looks like a golden sunset
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Well earned after some shoveling…
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Central VA!!! Get out there!
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
At least sunsets are still cool…
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The world is hard right now. So, to help, I give you Bowie and Sherman. We don’t deserve dogs, but I love every day with them.
A cute beagle named Bowie looks at the camera while his brother Sherman lies on his back with his belly up…
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Mooned you!
It’s the moon. It’s a stupid joke. He didn’t really moon us.
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Jay Varner @jayvarner.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
A hawk visitor on this first day of the new year…
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