Amber Stoner
@amberdawnstoner.bsky.social
Writer and Book Artist
#UglyDogs #naturewriters #naturewriting
#UglyDogs #naturewriters #naturewriting
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Amber Stoner
@amberdawnstoner.bsky.social
· Nov 25
An ode to chrysanthemums: These autumn blooms bring us beauty - Eden Prairie Local News
Celebrate the beauty of chrysanthemums and fall flowers, their uplifting presence, and the hope they inspire before winter.
www.eplocalnews.org
I wrote a Nature Nearby column: www.eplocalnews.org/2024/11/22/a...
I needed a long break from regular columns, but I'm in a good spot to sustain monthly words again.
I needed a long break from regular columns, but I'm in a good spot to sustain monthly words again.
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Inside baseball but AltNPS isn’t NPS - during the 1st Trump admin they were but it got slid off into the current format by new “owners” who do weird posts w/ vague resistance cosplay & selling merch w/ questionable profit accountability
Park rangers have reached out to them & been rebuffed
🪧 📢 /1
Park rangers have reached out to them & been rebuffed
🪧 📢 /1
I know a lot of folks like this account. But this is a wild, and unhelpful, exaggeration--it's a resistance version of sean spicer. It veers into #resistanceporn and trades accuracy for clout, like other "blue maga" grifters on here. Pls consider finding other sources of inspiration/news/motivation
June 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Inside baseball but AltNPS isn’t NPS - during the 1st Trump admin they were but it got slid off into the current format by new “owners” who do weird posts w/ vague resistance cosplay & selling merch w/ questionable profit accountability
Park rangers have reached out to them & been rebuffed
🪧 📢 /1
Park rangers have reached out to them & been rebuffed
🪧 📢 /1
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This incredibly Minnesota sign is breaking my heart.
June 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This incredibly Minnesota sign is breaking my heart.
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This is the best team crossover video I've ever seen.
May 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is the best team crossover video I've ever seen.
“To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is itself to succumb to the violence of our times.”
Thomas Merton
Needing this reminder.
Thomas Merton
Needing this reminder.
April 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is itself to succumb to the violence of our times.”
Thomas Merton
Needing this reminder.
Thomas Merton
Needing this reminder.
repost with a favorite book from childhood
Chose this book in second grade as the prize when I finally won at classroom bingo.
Chose this book in second grade as the prize when I finally won at classroom bingo.
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
repost with a favorite book from childhood
Chose this book in second grade as the prize when I finally won at classroom bingo.
Chose this book in second grade as the prize when I finally won at classroom bingo.
@darthbluesky.bsky.social
My sweet girl is 13 today.
My sweet girl is 13 today.
Foster says, "I'm 13 today. No foolin'!"
This pupper makes me smile every day with her fluffy face and leaping greetings. She's the best.
I love her so much 💗
#UglyDogs
This pupper makes me smile every day with her fluffy face and leaping greetings. She's the best.
I love her so much 💗
#UglyDogs
April 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
@darthbluesky.bsky.social
My sweet girl is 13 today.
My sweet girl is 13 today.
Foster says, "I'm 13 today. No foolin'!"
This pupper makes me smile every day with her fluffy face and leaping greetings. She's the best.
I love her so much 💗
#UglyDogs
This pupper makes me smile every day with her fluffy face and leaping greetings. She's the best.
I love her so much 💗
#UglyDogs
April 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Foster says, "I'm 13 today. No foolin'!"
This pupper makes me smile every day with her fluffy face and leaping greetings. She's the best.
I love her so much 💗
#UglyDogs
This pupper makes me smile every day with her fluffy face and leaping greetings. She's the best.
I love her so much 💗
#UglyDogs
Check out the Garfield comic from today:
www.gocomics.com/garfield/202...
#UglyDogs
We found the culprit!
www.gocomics.com/garfield/202...
#UglyDogs
We found the culprit!
Garfield by Jim Davis for March 30, 2025 | GoComics.com
www.gocomics.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Check out the Garfield comic from today:
www.gocomics.com/garfield/202...
#UglyDogs
We found the culprit!
www.gocomics.com/garfield/202...
#UglyDogs
We found the culprit!
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The thing I didn’t know I needed most in the world right now.
You don’t have to give up because people tell you too.
You have everything you need within yourself and the people who believe in you.
@quincemountain.bsky.social you are an amazing human. Thank you so much.
You don’t have to give up because people tell you too.
You have everything you need within yourself and the people who believe in you.
@quincemountain.bsky.social you are an amazing human. Thank you so much.
March 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The thing I didn’t know I needed most in the world right now.
You don’t have to give up because people tell you too.
You have everything you need within yourself and the people who believe in you.
@quincemountain.bsky.social you are an amazing human. Thank you so much.
You don’t have to give up because people tell you too.
You have everything you need within yourself and the people who believe in you.
@quincemountain.bsky.social you are an amazing human. Thank you so much.
March 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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The #igivearod2025 totals are in! This drive in honor of Quince Mountain's #Iditarod run brought in a record $138,646, breaking the previous 2019 record of $127,500. This brings the sum total of all #igivearod drives to an amazing $525,720 to support Alaska school projects and organizations.
March 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The #igivearod2025 totals are in! This drive in honor of Quince Mountain's #Iditarod run brought in a record $138,646, breaking the previous 2019 record of $127,500. This brings the sum total of all #igivearod drives to an amazing $525,720 to support Alaska school projects and organizations.
Or the headache could be the final hormonal gasps of perimenopause. I haven't had a period this year, so maybe this is the year I come into my power. All blood, all life-creating energy is mine. My power.
#UglyDogs of a certain age :)
#menopause
#UglyDogs of a certain age :)
#menopause
March 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Or the headache could be the final hormonal gasps of perimenopause. I haven't had a period this year, so maybe this is the year I come into my power. All blood, all life-creating energy is mine. My power.
#UglyDogs of a certain age :)
#menopause
#UglyDogs of a certain age :)
#menopause
A little data as of today:
Fulfilled DonorsChoose projects for #Igivearod: 72
Fulfilled projects with match offer: 36
Estimated amount of matching funds from General Motors: $14,586
Well done #UglyDogs!
@igivearod.bsky.social
Fulfilled DonorsChoose projects for #Igivearod: 72
Fulfilled projects with match offer: 36
Estimated amount of matching funds from General Motors: $14,586
Well done #UglyDogs!
@igivearod.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A little data as of today:
Fulfilled DonorsChoose projects for #Igivearod: 72
Fulfilled projects with match offer: 36
Estimated amount of matching funds from General Motors: $14,586
Well done #UglyDogs!
@igivearod.bsky.social
Fulfilled DonorsChoose projects for #Igivearod: 72
Fulfilled projects with match offer: 36
Estimated amount of matching funds from General Motors: $14,586
Well done #UglyDogs!
@igivearod.bsky.social
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As it turns out, I captured it…
March 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
As it turns out, I captured it…
Foster's stitches come out tomorrow!
Two weeks ago, she had a huge mass removed from her back left leg.
Her "leg muffin", my son called it.
I call it "all my trauma manifested that she carried for me".
We are both healing well.
#UglyDogs
Two weeks ago, she had a huge mass removed from her back left leg.
Her "leg muffin", my son called it.
I call it "all my trauma manifested that she carried for me".
We are both healing well.
#UglyDogs
March 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Foster's stitches come out tomorrow!
Two weeks ago, she had a huge mass removed from her back left leg.
Her "leg muffin", my son called it.
I call it "all my trauma manifested that she carried for me".
We are both healing well.
#UglyDogs
Two weeks ago, she had a huge mass removed from her back left leg.
Her "leg muffin", my son called it.
I call it "all my trauma manifested that she carried for me".
We are both healing well.
#UglyDogs
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Sorry #uglydogs. Not much cheerleading today and I slept through the Awooo. Hoping this is the worst Covid day and things will start getting better tomorrow.
Still excited about this campaign if you count being awake as excited. 🤣🤣
www.donorschoose.org/igivearod25
Still excited about this campaign if you count being awake as excited. 🤣🤣
www.donorschoose.org/igivearod25
March 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Sorry #uglydogs. Not much cheerleading today and I slept through the Awooo. Hoping this is the worst Covid day and things will start getting better tomorrow.
Still excited about this campaign if you count being awake as excited. 🤣🤣
www.donorschoose.org/igivearod25
Still excited about this campaign if you count being awake as excited. 🤣🤣
www.donorschoose.org/igivearod25
I love MN.
This glove on an antenna says it all.
This glove on an antenna says it all.
March 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I love MN.
This glove on an antenna says it all.
This glove on an antenna says it all.
This is me.
There is a dog on Jenny Roddewig’s team, Honey, who proves it takes all types. Per Fb she is “too sleepy to run” between 2AM and 6AM so she sleeps in the sled bag while the rest of the team runs. I love her.
#UglyDogs
#UglyDogs
March 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is me.
Okie dokie. Time to send some Mushergrams!
So glad to have an online form available this year: iditarod.com/mushergrams
So glad to have an online form available this year: iditarod.com/mushergrams
March 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Okie dokie. Time to send some Mushergrams!
So glad to have an online form available this year: iditarod.com/mushergrams
So glad to have an online form available this year: iditarod.com/mushergrams
Amazing interview.
Jessie Holmes
"alligator mode"
the human-dog bond
I smiled through the whole interview.
#MusherSky
Jessie Holmes
"alligator mode"
the human-dog bond
I smiled through the whole interview.
#MusherSky
Fabulous interview with Jessie Holmes - his heart and soul are devoted to dog mushing! #MusherSky youtu.be/LXQ3r-5FYrc?...
Jessie Holmes arrives in Ruby
YouTube video by Alaska's News Source
youtu.be
March 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Amazing interview.
Jessie Holmes
"alligator mode"
the human-dog bond
I smiled through the whole interview.
#MusherSky
Jessie Holmes
"alligator mode"
the human-dog bond
I smiled through the whole interview.
#MusherSky
#UglyDogs
Looking to donate?
This one ends today and is being matched:
www.donorschoose.org/project/ligh...
Looking to donate?
This one ends today and is being matched:
www.donorschoose.org/project/ligh...
Light STEAM Work!, a project from Ms. LaValle
Help me give my students light tables for exciting learning activities and STEAM work. Our classroom has one light table that just stopped working and we need to at least replace it. We would like ...
www.donorschoose.org
March 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
#UglyDogs
Looking to donate?
This one ends today and is being matched:
www.donorschoose.org/project/ligh...
Looking to donate?
This one ends today and is being matched:
www.donorschoose.org/project/ligh...
donorschoose.org/igivearod25 is where you can support public school teachers' projects across rural Alaska. The #UglyDogs have a tendency to fund projects faster than the site can pull in new ones, but don't worry—I'm keeping a close eye and adding projects manually when necessary.
Igivearod 2025: Supporting Rural Alaska | DonorsChoose
The Igivearod fundraising drive is a grassroots effort to support rural schools across Alaska and other community organizations along the route of the Iditarod Sled Dog Trail Race. Learn more at ig...
donorschoose.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM