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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Started a draft of the next cozy mystery this morning. Returning to work on my first series after focusing on other projects for a while. Nice to be back!

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Um, do creeks count? It was creeks mostly where I was from originally. Now it's the Trinity River, though I get to see the North Platte quite a bit too

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Okay, thanks for the vote of confidence on my, um, experimental speculative poems about niche modes of communication, I guess? But tbh I'm reading this as 2026 is the year I move to the country (gardens! antenna towers! no leaf blowers!). That said, I am not clever nor fast enough to GOAT, so.... 🤣🐐

A screen shot of the Merriam-Webster Your 2026 Word that reads "GOAT" and is stopped at 3 seconds into the 11 second video.

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I am always genuinely excited for seed catalog season each year. Even after I realize that I don't have enough space, time, or full sun for just about anything, haha. I do buy some seeds and hope, though. Anyone have favorite seed catalogs? Mostly it's PDF for me these days. Mail is more delightful.

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

My attempts at recording audio books/shortwave radio poetry programs have been thwarted this fall (and now winter, I guess, ugh) by pollen and various contagions, so I think I'm just going to have to run with sounding bad as a way of being more visibly (or audibly?) human 🤣

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

2026 Goals: grow my ARC team for my cozy mysteries. in related news, if you're a #cozymystery fan who writes reviews and you're interested in joining my #arcteam, let me know! #bookreview #bookreviewer #reviewteam #mystery #cosymystery #2026goals

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I so appreciate the fact that Ubrelvy exists, but the whole foil-related gymnastics one is instructed to do to open the packet is kind of out of my skill set when I've got a migraine? Anyway, bread knife for the win. (Don't ask.) Got the pill out, yay. So that's been my morning. How are you?

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Yorkshire Tea's Biscuit Brew was good. The Caramelized Biscuit Brew is fantastic. (And this is coming from someone who doesn't usually like flavored tea.) So anyway, thanks to the good folks at Taylors of Harrogate for making the load-bearing caffeine fueling me right now so very delicious

Box of Yorkshire Tea Caramelized Biscuit Brew flavor in front of a refrigerator. A magnet in the shape of a lynx is just behind the box of tea. No, lynx, you can't have any. Caffeine is bad for cats....

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Whoa, I'm not so sure about 2026 when the pantone oracle picks the color I hear right before the migraine makes my entire left side go numb and I can't language for a while until it passes but no this will be okay (haven't had one of those in a while, thank you modern medicine, but still)

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Working on a direction* for future writing, a thread: 1.) continued full commitment to no use of AI for any part of the process, 2.) all my publications have at least one human gatekeeper, and 3.) more lived experience in my work. * by direction, do I mean manifesto? Maybe?

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Today in suburbia: attempting to grade to the chorus of leaf blowers vs attempting to (and giving up on) grading while some guy goes at a stump with an axe across the street.... We don't often get lumberjacks around here, but it is December, and, um, no, wait, that doesn't follow either

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Thinking I have all the NOAA All Hazards Radio recordings for the erasure poem series? Dallas, TX; Dalhart, TX; Scottsbluff, NE; Polson, MT; and now KGG68 out of Tomball, TX. We'll see. They're all from this year, which is . . . timely. Anyway, this is my poetry work for December. #weatherradio

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Have decided to rename the drawer in the kitchen where we keep the tea "The Caffeine Center of Excellence." Well, drawers. And the pantry where the overflow goes. And also that shelf by the pantry where we keep the additional boxes of tea that don't fit in the pantry. Also, we drink a lot of tea 🫖

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

And speaking of audio: working on a shortwave radio program for the new book, Parallax, from Aqueduct Press. More details to come, probably early next year (between semesters). #speculativepoetry #poetryontheradio #poetry #shortwave #shortwaveradio #radio

Cover of Parallax, a poetry collection by T.D. Walker. The image features a standing stone in a grassy field under a starry sky with trees and the green lights of the aurora behind it. Part of Aqueduct Press's Conversation Pieces series.

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Definitely switching away to Linux after grades are in. Since my PC is not getting to driving age . . . but close . . . I'm in for an upgrade there too. So buy or build? I haven't put together a PC in ages, but a.) it's fun, b.) I'm still thinking about audio,

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

In "midlife things I'm not quite sure how I feel about yet" news: when did I go from listening to new music and thinking "you are the sound of my generation" to thinking "what a talented young person you are"? Go ahead and read that second one in a grandma voice, because I sure did, hah.

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Well, I just got my first gorgeous AI-generated email praising my book about the emptiness of AI-generated monuments, so that happened....

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Working on a series of audio erasure poems using recordings of NOAA all hazards stations I made as I traveled this year. Next up, to fit with the phone phreaking poems, I'd like to do audio erasures of phone error messages (as in "The number you have dialed is no longer in service....") The snag?

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Adventures in bass playing: can confirm that learning a large instrument apparently has not improved my proprioception. Or lack thereof. Yet, anyway. >bang<

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

AI-generated arts criticism: a thread. So one thing about AI-generated content that I fear as a poet (alongside everything else I worry about as an academic writing instructor, software developer, fan of various arts, and, well, as a human) is AI-generated arts criticism.

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

church sign, ominously: DAYS ARE SHORTER, DARKNESS IS LONGER, ARE YOU READY? me, in a fuzzy sweater, drinking apple cider, on way to pumpkin patch, missing point entirely: ABSOLUTELY, LET'S GO

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

the fae: come with us, human me: um, you're the fae right? fae: yeah? me: this doesn't usually end happily for humans, does it? fae: no? me: okay, but do you have generative ai? fae: what? me: llms? chatgpt? that sort of thing? fae: no? me: can I wear a cloak? a velvet one? fae: yeah? me: WE RIDE

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I've been there enough now to know that Wyoming actually borders MT, ID, UT, CO, NE, and SD, but it still >feels< like WY also borders North Dakota, Kansas, Oregon, West Virginia, Manitoba, and, like, Liechtenstein for some reason? Especially after flying over. It's large. It's not Texas, but still

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Charging radios this afternoon. Haven't bothered scanning SW bands in quite a while. AM is trashed enough with noise, even strong locals. It's the 24/7 QRM Show around here 🙄

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Hey, blue sky, what Linux distros do we love? I know the obvious answer here is "go research this yourself," which I will do. I can't unWindows my PC (er, defenestrate?) until the end of the semester, but I'm looking around now. It's just . . . been a while, haha. Most recent #linux project involved

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Well, here's the new Retekess V115P. My Retekess V115 still works fine. One of them does, anyway. The other had an . . . incident . . . with the USB charger port and, well, I haven't fixed that yet. Anyway, I bought this because I do actually use the V115 quite a lot to record from other radios and

Black Retekess V115P radio on my avocado green couch. The radio is tuned to the weather band at 162.400MHz.

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Shortwave radio poetry special in the works. Will post more soon. And yes, there will be QSL cards for this one

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Stay tuned, y'all: I'm working on another poetry on shortwave radio special for this fall--this time, I'll be reading my own poems from a forthcoming book. And yes, there will be paper QSLs. More soon!

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

When your kid is singing and you jump in on harmony but then kiddo intentionally starts making up very silly lyrics and . . . I am laughing and obviously not up to this challenge 🤣 🎶

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Had an errand in the area, so I stopped by the British Emporium. My afternoon's all set 💕🫖

A box of Taylor's of Harrogate Assam Tea and a roll of McVities Ginger Nuts on a linen tablecloth. The box says "20 individually wrapped and tagged tea bags," but let's be honest here, by the time I post this, there will only be 19, hah.

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

My attempts at writing in different genres are being thwarted by the fact that the potential harms of technology (looking at you, LLMs) as I've been writing about in my science fiction also keep appearing in my cozy mysteries....

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

When you're exhausted and achy but your hobbies include listening to over-the-air recordings you made on the road for idents and things (in this case NOAA stations) so it's all good. I need to figure out a better system for recording . . . what I'm recording . . . while I'm out recording it, hah

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Love cozy mysteries? And butterflies? And picnics? (We've had good picnic weather here lately . . . though we could have done with more butterflies and fewer mosquitos 🤣 🦋 ) aconitecafe.com/acozymystery...

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A Cozy Mystery Butterfly Picnic Giveaway

Enter to win a Cozy Mystery reader prize pack!

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

The part where, why yes, I do write lighthearted genre fiction, but also I'm writing an 8,000 word exploration of the dangers of social media, tracking technology, and ad revenue in the same short story, so there's that....

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Leftover Yorkshire pudding for breakfast is seriously most of the reason I bother to make Yorkshire pudding for dinner 🤣 It's pretty amazing for dinner, too, so there's that. No pics, because I missed that 30 second window where it's impressively inflated. One day, I'll actually get a pic of that.

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Just once, instead of a "friendly" reminder, I want someone to email me with any different kind of reminder. I will accept "grouchy reminder," "indifferent reminder," "passive aggressive reminder,' and possibly "a reminder that carries with it the rage of a thousand angry wasps descending upon you."

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

When you've spent too many days wandering the path of retro tech and decide, y'know, why not write an entire poetry collection about phone phreaking? This will probably be more interesting than current stalled-out project. Also, this will be a departure from current complete manuscript, which is a +

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Retro-tech thoughts: Had an odd realization years ago that 80s kid me who was fascinated by tiny TVs would have geeked out over watching videos on my phone. Current me hasn't watched TV in a good decade, has no plans to, and really really does not want to do so on a phone screen....

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

So far, I've had a positive experience with bsky. Would love a couple things: first, make the media settings sticky so I don't have autoplaying videos autoplaying at me when I log in again. And second: more reactions. "Heart," but also, "sad," "what?," "care," "is that a spider," and "nope nope nope

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

In "new adventures" this morning: managed to release a yellow jacket wasp that was flying around the house. This was an "open the door and hope from across the room" operation, not, as I do with spiders, a gentle "here, climb up on this paper towel so I can release you into the wild" maneuver.

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

So, I write cozy mysteries, but unlike most cozies, the crimes are property crimes or, if there are victims who are physically harmed in some way, they all survive. And spouse gave me one possible name while reaching for the word "cozy" but landing on "comfy" instead, which works, but, hear me out:

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

In "concepts we need" news: where you send your family on a lovely week-long vacation somewhere nice so you can solo rage clean the house? Is there a Norwegian word for this? If not, can there be? I like the people in the house. I just can't solo rage clean when there are other people in the house 🤣

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Road trip, I45 edition: picture of Sam Houston statue outside Hunstville, TX, in the rain. No, I was not driving when I took this, but I have seen people snapping pics while driving and also that time a car stopped IN THE MIDDLE LANE of I45 to take a picture. Don't do that. Either of those. Please.

Picture of the Sam Houston statue towering above the trees, blurred by rain, and smeared by the low light setting fighting against highway speeds.

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Road trip report, I35 edition: one day, this wireless electricity thing needs to make an appearance in one of my poems. Viziv antenna, Carl's Corner, TX.

Antenna with a large rectangular base and a domed structure on top in a field of grass near an electrical pole.

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I'm pleased to share this Q&A about my writing process, my latest cozy in The Daw County Sisters Mysteries, and a little dig about how I might have actually had a career in academia if we had better access to health care in the US.... curlupwithacosycrimenovel.wordpress.com/2025/03/09/i...

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Interview with Tammy D. Walker #Authorinterview #CozyCrime

Interview with the author Tammy D. Walker writes cozy crime, including The Daw County Sisters Mysteries and The Not the End of the World Mysteries. When she’s not writing, she’s probably teaching, …

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

So, listening to the ice cream truck clanging out "Silent Night" over the 30 mph gusts against the window screens and trees scraping against the house is . . . a mood? Is that what the kids say now? Same truck that plays such summertime favorites as "The Theme from Love Story"

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Another baking swap today, yogurt instead of eggs for cornbread. Yogurt plus sour milk plus maybe a little more baking powder than necessary resulted in probably the fluffiest cornbread I've ever made. So good

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

New publication in Snakeskin, "The AI Seeks a Pattern in Grief as the Lunar Barque Approaches Land." This one is from Parallax, a manuscript exploring how we'd interact with AI-generated memorials and monuments. My poem is in good company here! www.snakeskinpoetry.co.uk

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Radio Poet @radiopoet.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

One of the reasons I keep writing: I read reviews for a very specific reason (tropes! because I very much want to give my readers something they're looking forward to in a cozy mystery!), and reading that my novels made reviewers laugh out loud is really just the best. Right now, especially.

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