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Michael Heggen ❌👑

@michaelheggen.bsky.social
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Farmer, forester, sawyer, builder, fencer, horseman, juggler, husband, mentor, tabletop gamer, feminist, Oregonian, LGBTQ+ ally, reader, lifelong learner, neuro-divergent nerd (no particular order). Resident of Oregon's 6th Congressional district (OR-6).

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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 3h
Oh, yes. A couple of times. Great stories, but the characters just pop. The relationship between Aubrey and Maturin has to be one of the best in 20th-century fiction.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 15h
It is one of my faves.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Pro-tip: do not enter the tiger’s enclosure, for you are tasty to the apex predator—with or without ketchup.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Can definitely recommend Cafe O`Lei in Kahalui, Maui. Beautiful Oceanside atmosphere, fresh local food and beers, nice vibe.
Menu of Cafe O`LeiOpen windows look out to sea from one part of the dining room. Fabulous ahi tuna poke bowl in a nori shell.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Janie is a great cat.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Good lord… the cuteness!
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
That’s a good day!
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Many tchotchkes. Also, mango shave ice = amazeballs.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Maui Swap Meet is huge! They don’t tell you that there is a $1 admission fee, and that the nearest ATM is to hell and gone. :-(
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Cheers! Beautiful!
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Everything just got better, @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social
A flight of local beers with a glass of hard grapefruit juice in the background.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
😳
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thank you!
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thanks!!
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you! We’ll sign a board before we put the roof on.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We topped out today on our new barn!! #SmallFarmLife Deets in alt-text
Me standing on the peak of the roof of our barn with a blue sky and wispy clouds in the background. There is barn framing below me. At the right is my crew leader James in the basket of the aerial work platform. Behind him is the traditional freshly cut evergreen bough that he just attached to the end of the beam of the hay hood to celebrate topping out.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Control panel in the basket of the aerial work platform I’m using. Miscellaneous tools and air hose, too. And my big boots attached to the end of my legs.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The view from my office/perch today. #SmallFarmLife
Greyish-white clouds covering most of the sky above our hayfield in the middle distance; in the foreground is part of the east wall of our new barn from about 35 feet up in the basket of an aerial work platform.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
They’re getting bigger!
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
DM me if you’re still looking for a beta reader. I’m a lifelong GenX SFF reader, so I might be a good fit.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Egad!! Such chicks! Much cute!
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The cute! It hurts!
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
And bats.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s a good evening for lunacy. Just me, the moon in eclipse, the stars, about a million crickets, some owls, a grumpy deer, and a coyote or two.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Even more curiously, the eastern outlet is the one that reaches the Pacific! I’m sure there’s a geography term for lake outlets that are in the opposite direction from the outlet of the watershed…. :-)
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
There are also bifurcated lakes, which have two outlets, each draining into a different watershed. Isa Lake in Yellowstone straddles the continental divide, with one outlet reaching the Pacific and the other reaching the Gulf of Mexico.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Can confirm.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
FTW!
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Douglas-fir tree (arguably the world’s most important species for lumber) is not actually a fir. The Douglas-fir is all but alone in its genus (Pseudotsuga), having been confusing botanists for generations. Side note: Pseudotsuga translates as “false hemlock”.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Name a place you miss from your childhood: Numerous trees and shrubs around our house where (when I was small) I could burrow through branches to an empty space within to peek out, seeing without being seen, lost in my imagination.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I cannot express how much I love this.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Not a pin collector, but I can still sing parts of the song from memory even though it’s been like 25 years since I’ve been there. :-)
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Glad the Jeep still drives and glad you’re all okay.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I’ll see myself out now.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I ruled the seven seas, And heard about oases In songs sung by basses. Hindsight clearly sees The folly of trying to seize With greed and lust as bases. Using desert towns as bases To find my very own oasis. Proved a faulty basis.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Your last sentence describes much of a typical day for me.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Oases. You’re welcome. :-)
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Meteors streaking across the sky, crickets singing, great horned owls hooting, and good people to share it all with. #LifeIsGood #SmallFarmLife
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
There are two manufacturers that are selling induction ranges that include hefty batteries that allow them to run on 120V power. They also work during power outages. They boil a liter of water in under 50 seconds, too. I think that might be our next range.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I just got lucky this time. The owl was very curious about us. :-)
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Finally caught a barred owl on film today! We spent several minutes staring at each other. #SmallFarmLife
A barred owl looking at the camera from a branch in a big-leaf maple, with a Douglas-fir trunk behind it. A barred owl looking over its shoulder at the camera from a branch in a big-leaf maple, with a Douglas-fir trunk behind it. A barred owl looking over its shoulder from a branch in a big-leaf maple, with a Douglas-fir trunk behind it.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Thanks, Bill! It’s getting there. We’re on track to have it roofed before winter.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
32 of 37 rafter pairs installed on our new barn! It was a hot and smoky week here in western Oregon (no fires near us, thankfully), which forced us to work half-days for much of the week. Even so, we finished framing the west gable end wall yesterday! Details in alt-text. #SmallFarmLife
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
That’s soooo awesome!
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Same, cat. Same.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Sometimes ya just gotta live large.
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
TIL about clapper bridges!
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Fried shrimp and cocktail sauce is a guilty pleasure that I haven’t indulged in for too many years. 🍤
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This lyric was in my head when I woke up this morning: Lookin’ for a leather jacket And a girl who wrote her name forever
youtu.be
Rickie Lee Jones - We Belong Together (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Rickie Lee Jones
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Michael Heggen ❌👑 @michaelheggen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Added to my reading list!
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