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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

made a sandwich with this bread before i realized its smug ass was covered in mold. fuck you, bread

a slice of wheat bread with a mold pattern that looks infuriatingly like a smiley face. this bread is a piece of shit

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tarp's on Terra Firma. That's how we started at the Home Opener - in the rain - but at least we have power this time.

Twins ballpark, tarp on field, fans in ponchos, rain delay.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I will NOT like the White Sox. But they're making it so hard...

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I recall going to the MN Ren Fest ~15 years ago & seeing someone dressed as a Tolkien elf, and thought that they really stuck out among all of the folks in historical (eh, semi-historical) costumes. I went today & there were just as many folks in fantasy-ish costumes as those in historical-ish. 🧵

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's a beautiful day to sit on the patio! Unfortunately, it's also a beautiful day for my next door neighbor to replace his house & garage roof. Oh well - it's a beautiful day to be working on a roof outside, too.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just you (just you) And I (and I) Together, forever, in love

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Baroness von Roughen-Housen desperately wants someone to mix it up with, but the dog park is populated chill/old/tiny dogs today.

A cute dog, laying in the dirt, wishing one of her roughhousing friends was here

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I was so late for a doc appt at the U that I used the valet instead of looking for parking. I have never used valet in my life. They took my car/keys & gave me a slip. I know I pay on the way out, do I tip too? I don't have cash. My car is ancient and has mulch in the back. How embarrassing

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Fancy new computer here. It's hilariously overpowered for what I do...is Stardew Valley going to be super super hi-res? Is that still a thing? Is it going to look like a documentary? Will Pam's makeup really pop? Will Joja be even more evil? Will the slime be even slimier?

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Double Indemnity: not the traditional choice for an anniversary movie date..but really, what is more romantic than life insurance fraud?

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I have a bad habit of collecting sock yarn. To whittle it down I made a king size sock yarn blanket. It was a great tv-watching project, and it made a sizeable dent in the stash. OoooOoOOoOoooo I'm the sock yarn blanket ghost!

A person, entirely obscured, holding up a ridiculously huge knit blanket made out of ridiculously thin yarn

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The State Fair: if you sit on a bench and people-watch long enough, you'll see yourself walk by

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Re: Star Trek SNW having fun with silly episodes. Does anyone remember the TNG crew turning into Robin Hood and the Merry Men? Or the transporter accident that turned them into children? Or Beverly and the family sex candle? Star Trek has always had a silly side, and I'm here for it.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In 55421 we just have had 30 minutes of constant rolling thunder and a few raindrops. The anticipation is killing me! Antici.....pation

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Twins, just win so I can go to sleep

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

He doesn't look a day over 77!

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

59 good eatin' apples, 10 destined for applesauce. Nice! My honeycrisp did well this year. One more tree to go...the Wolf River apples are still green but are really weighing down the branches. Hurry up and ripen!

A woman holding a box of apples. It's a bit heavy

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I think that maybe it's just not our year. Oh well, Twins, I didn't have super high expectations anyway. :(

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Took a 20+m bike ride today. We found a teddy bear on the trail, picked it up and brought it along in case we found the owner. We did! A kid in a trailer a few miles up was upset because "bear was gone" and the parents had no clue what happened. Bear returned, family happy, I feel like $1,000,000.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I read Songteller earlier this year. I have been a steadfast, unyielding Dolly Parton evangelist for my entire adult life. I'm glad to see that so many others felt the same...figured I'd add my voice to the chorus. I sent her an Xmas card a few years ago, got no reply. That's ok. I love her anyway.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

1. Let's go for a hike up this really big sand dune! 2. Yeah maybe not. Walking in sand kinda sucks if you're not used to it.

A woman starting to climb up a large sand dune. She is excited and waving at the camera.

The same woman, walking hunched over, defeated by the sand dune.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

An inland sea, A sandy shore The waves bring rocks But not much more.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Unbelievable: a Victoria Holt novel that I have not read. I'm working on that right now.

A sandy beach with distant people enjoying the waves in the background; a tawdry 70's romantic suspense novel in the foreground

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Toes in the sand, I need a drink in my hand

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Most unfair: getting a sore throat and cough right before a vacation. Boo hiss cough hack!

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Put my hand on a bison rubbing stone today. It’s been sitting here since it was dropped by a retreating glacier at the end of the last ice age. The sides are smoothed from generations of bison rubbing on it. Good to think about that now and then

Large red granite boulder in the foreground. Grass extending to a distant horizon. The sky is bright blue with puffy white clouds.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: Hi! I'm a clifftop hiking trail at Pictured Rocks in Michigan. Part of my trail has eroded and fallen 200 feet into Lake Superior below. You won't see it until your foot steps into empty air! Luckily, you'll be saved by grabbing a spindly Aspen tree.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I heard that too and went WTF Wurzer! Luckily, perhaps 75% of people listening to MPR at 5:50 on election day are poll workers. Two of our EJs called in about it, and many more were miffed.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Good morning other elections officials! Let's support democracy!

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Tuna has STILL not learned to leave the spicy flies (bees, yellow jackets, etc) alone. She looks part Shar Pei.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

In honor of the awooooo today, here's my good old girl Lucy singing along with the sirens (and me). I loved her rusty old howl.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I have lost one of my favorite editorial cartoon-type pictures. Help! A group of 5-6ish people walk into a Picasso/cubism show, and then walk out. On the walk in they look like fairly typical 60's style people (e.g. woman in a fur coat & little hat), on the way out they are all Cubist style. 🧵

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Woo hoo Twins!!!! Anderson gets his first win, Royce walks off the Royals with a triple. Awesome!

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

*gasp* the NERVE!!! [Insert today's political drama, in which politicians act like politicians and we are all, somehow, shocked]

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I can see why some people love living in the tropics. My skin is absolutely 🌟 glowing 🌟 this morning.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This is the little guy that was abandoned at the Dog Park. He looks a bit grumpy but keep in mind that he's been through a lot in the last week...including a major bath and shave. And it looks like he's got an adoption appt! Poor little guy, he's only about a year old! Lots of time for a good life.

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Shelter staff named me Sullivan.I am a male, black and brown Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and Poodle - Miniature....

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Voter #1 in my city, here. Woo hoo!

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🎵 This is my message to you-ou-ou: Don't worry about a thing... 🎶

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Someone abandoned a dog at the dog park 😭. Poor little guy! I've heard of this happening before - my guess is that folks figure that dog lovers will come by and help. And so, here I am. Animal control is on the way.

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Michele Ess @michele-ess.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I would very very much like it if it would rain in the next couple of days. My plants are hot and dry, and I haven't had time to set up my elaborate watering system this year. How is tomorrow Monday? I need another weekend day.

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