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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This year’s pumpkin awaits its carving on a throne of uranium glass (my beloved ‘gothic garden’ console bowl) #seasonaldecor

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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The rise of Mesoamerican cultures started 4500 years ago with the domestication of corn. First was the great culture of the Olmecas in 1500 BCE, 3500 years ago, followed by the Zapotecs, Teotihuacan, the Maya’s and latest the Aztecs, with many smaller and regionally localized cultures in between.

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I call this poem “Exiting the bathroom at 2 am” Careful! Darkness is cat-full. Do the stingray shuffle. ———- (If anyone needs a poet-laureate capable of addressing this and other similar vital themes, dm me ;)

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Some very tasty Mexican food yesterday at Madre —the Elote-colada was like an an alcoholic corn-forward milkshake—yummy! #mexicanfood

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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Eye, Like a Strange Balloon, Mounts toward Infinity (1882) by French painter, illustrator, printmaker, sculptor, lithographer, and drawer, Odilon Redon (1840-1916). Lithograph on chine collé 25 x 20 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, US #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This tomato’s stem looks bewitched and I, for one, like it #seasonaldecor

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A couple views of the yard. September is not its best season but there is still some color #garden

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Lindy Williams @ljdubcan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Today’s Canadian painting is “A Tangled Garden” painted by JEH MacDonald in 1916.

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One-quarter side-flip with half extension—a challenging sleep-move, but Major demonstrates that he has mastered it #cat

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Just moved my car out of the garage to the street so that it can benefit from the random tropical storm rolling over LA—“nature’s car wash” amirite?

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Hobo doing a blep with my painting’Yggdrasil’ #caturday

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We often take the park-and-ride to the Bowl. Usually, thanks to etiquette plus the noise of the bus, you don’t have to hear much, but yesterday it was the intolerably dull, LOUD, word-vomit of fellow passengers BOTH ways. Next time I bring noise cancellation lest I be tempted to resort to violence.

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Last evening at the Bowl for the summer—Mozart ❤️❤️❤️

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I painted a picture. If you’re saying “gosh, R, that’s awfully cheerful and also not up to your usual standard…” you’re right on both counts and I intend to rectify this as soon as possible

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Tip from a friend in law enforcement: memorize your emergency contact’s number because if you get arrested, after they take your phone they’re not going to give it back so you can look at your contacts. #safety

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In another lifetime, I wrote a Call of Cthulhu rpg scenario called “We Have Met the Enemy” and it is being run at Gen Con by my friend Morgan!!! Squeeee! #rpg #gencon

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

On the glass floor at the Space Needle

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

At Tumwater Falls—doesn’t that sound like somewhere in Narnia?

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

More redwoods—these are at the Jedediah Smith grove #redwoods

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The lighthouse at Crescent City, one of a bazillion lighthouses on our trip

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We saw many redwoods—M says ‘hi’ from inside this one

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Back from vacation—this was at the Point Reyes creamery, which was a fantastic stop—we tasted several really good cheeses that don’t make it to the stores in LA #PointReyes #cheese

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veratrine.bsky.social @veratrine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Last night we heard Tchaikovsky played by a virtuoso on an almost 300-year-old Stradivarius violin. Unfortunately, I had just watched Young Frankenstein and kept having intrusive thoughts about yelling ‘Yes! Yes! Say it! He was my boyfriend!” youtu.be/sF6edaCAZKA