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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

serious mist after the thunder storm. #milwaukee river.

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

first glass of génépy the other evening.

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

trillium peaking out last week. they're full blown for several days now. #plantwatching #wildflowers #wisconsin

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

a colony of mayapple in the morning sun in the old growth. #plantwatching #wildflowers #wisconsin

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

skunk cabbage looking _very_ different down by the creek. #plantwatching #wildflowers

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

cutleaf toothwort about to blow in sauk cty easter monday. #plantwatching #wisconsin

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

also, the crocuses have been kickin' for over a week. #milwaukee #plantwatching

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

snowdrops have been in the neighborhood for about a week! spring is happening. #plantwatching #milwaukee

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

'there are certain tastes, as of honey, certain humors and passions, as of the flesh. when those are either taken away or injured, notice how you feel.' —guigo of the charterhouse, meditations

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

1/3 "i find [dame gertrude's] image of 'the snare' particularly insightful. what looks appealing, what looks pleasing, is in fact exactly what binds and limits. if we could only eat more, drink more, sleep more, say that nasty thing about our co-worker more, binge-watch that next show more,...

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

1/1 "for we not only have knocking at our door a decadent sensualism, not only the allures of empire, not only a hypocritical christianity only too ready to bow to secular power & privilege,...

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

1/2 "somewhere b/t the seemingly random moments of heightened awareness & the exceptional glimpses of divine light beyond body awareness, there's the regular practice of gathering in the mind to the present moment... drawing the mind away from the past and the future,...

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

thinking of swamiji as we head toward his mahasamadhi's anniversary.

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

ferry bluff state natural area, bees on thistle. #wisconsin #plantwatching

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

lake kegonsa a few weeks back.

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

it's a general practice of mine not to post pictures of myself online. but exceptions can be made: it was great to see the new book, _contemplate_, as an object in the world! coming out next month from @MonkfishBookPub. www.monkfishpublishing.com/product/cont...

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

got to have my first taste of this thru the generosity of a friend (and their friend who gave them the bottle direct from france) last week. c'est magnifique!

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jacob riyeff @riyeff.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

1/3 willingly does one entangle oneself in the love of bodies and vanity; but, willy-nilly, he is in agony of fear & pain when they perish, whether the material things themselves are taken away or they are discredited.