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@nmohlmann.bsky.social

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English prof (autobiography, the paranormal, colonial Virginia) & south coast vaporwave Currently writing a book on autobiography in Forteana

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fester's quest @nmohlmann.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

EW FRIED BOLOGNA BISCUIT has been the highlight of my commute for the past few weeks.

A Hardee's marquee sign against a stormy sky. It reads, "EW FRIED BOLOGNA BISCUIT"

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fester's quest @nmohlmann.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our Lady of the Carport caught not one but two adult dragonflies today!

A large female golden orb weaver spider stands astride a green dragonfly in a web against the backdrop of a messy carport full of bikes and a spreader.

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fester's quest @nmohlmann.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Discovered today that this banana spider who has been living in our carpet this summer found herself a boyfriend (the smaller one. Harder to see.)

A large golden orb weaver or banana spider sits in the center of a web. A smaller spider shares the web. The background is a kayak rack containing four kayaks and a canoe on the floor of a cement carport.

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fester's quest @nmohlmann.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I haven't seen that one but we have this one on our wall. I wonder if there's a connection.

Square painting in dark wood frame. Painting is predominantly shades of yellow. Two redwing blackbirds are in the foreground of a field. A farm is in the distance and beyond it some hills.

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fester's quest @nmohlmann.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Went to clean out the pool skimmer (obvs it needed it) and found this enormous lady chilling upside down in a web she'd made to stay out of the water.

A large black widow spider is suspended upside down on an invisible web above a circular pool skimmer basket full of water and plant and insect detritus.

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fester's quest @nmohlmann.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

And there was merch! I'm way too young to have been there but I always show my American lit students this photo I took at a flea market in 2017 that answers the number one question people ask us Early Americanists: "What did Ben Franklin smell like?"

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fester's quest @nmohlmann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Saw the broadhead skink in the mulberry tree on campus again. Today it was using the trans flag rock as a cushion.

A red and brown broadhead skink tests is had on a small rock painted with the trans flag in the fork of a tree.

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fester's quest @nmohlmann.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Beautiful broadhead skink by the secret trans flag in the mulberry tree on campus.

A reddish brown lizard and a small clay image of the trans flag sit in the fork of an old tree.

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fester's quest @nmohlmann.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

If the English major is dead why is Walmart selling an MLA doll?

A caucasian girl doll with long blonde hair wearing large red glasses, a plaid skirt, and a grey sweater with a large, blue applique that reads, "MLA" sits in a pink box labeled, "Sydney " which is probably the doll's name.

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fester's quest @nmohlmann.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

A laminated sign on a wooden table reads "Please place all out of date literature in the boxes below the table. "

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