Magpie Miller
@magpiemiller.bsky.social
A.K.A.: Kim. See also: poems; books; trees (fruit & family); Appalachia (east TN, KY). Likewise, melodious felines, unfounded optimism. Confounding hounds. Further reading: science-adjacent, spirit-curious. Vintage. Allergies: DMs, bigots.
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Nancy Wilson on Hollywood Blvd in 1963
Photo by Ken Veeder
Photo by Ken Veeder
December 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Nancy Wilson on Hollywood Blvd in 1963
Photo by Ken Veeder
Photo by Ken Veeder
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December 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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My wife handed me a clean towel and asked me to “put it in its place.” So, I looked at it and said, “Don’t forget that you’re only a towel,” and I was reminded yet again of just how lucky this woman was to be married to me.
December 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My wife handed me a clean towel and asked me to “put it in its place.” So, I looked at it and said, “Don’t forget that you’re only a towel,” and I was reminded yet again of just how lucky this woman was to be married to me.
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Image of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light
Photographer Kathrin Swoboda
Photographer Kathrin Swoboda
December 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Image of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light
Photographer Kathrin Swoboda
Photographer Kathrin Swoboda
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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
In her biography, Franklin envisions Jackson as “belonging to the great tradition of Hawthorne, Poe and James” & her invigorating portrait stands as the definitive biography of a generational avatar and an American literary genius
#Booksky
In her biography, Franklin envisions Jackson as “belonging to the great tradition of Hawthorne, Poe and James” & her invigorating portrait stands as the definitive biography of a generational avatar and an American literary genius
#Booksky
December 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
In her biography, Franklin envisions Jackson as “belonging to the great tradition of Hawthorne, Poe and James” & her invigorating portrait stands as the definitive biography of a generational avatar and an American literary genius
#Booksky
In her biography, Franklin envisions Jackson as “belonging to the great tradition of Hawthorne, Poe and James” & her invigorating portrait stands as the definitive biography of a generational avatar and an American literary genius
#Booksky
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I made my fat breakfast burrito and I smothered that glorious creation in hot sauce 😌
December 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I made my fat breakfast burrito and I smothered that glorious creation in hot sauce 😌
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December 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Family will be arriving here shortly so I’m off to the kitchen make something yummy. I’ll pop in later and let you know if I have 🎄tree lights on!
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Family will be arriving here shortly so I’m off to the kitchen make something yummy. I’ll pop in later and let you know if I have 🎄tree lights on!
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Christmas lights and friendly pups. This is Reno. Just met him walking around. I almost did a video but my puppy baby voice is eeesh.
December 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Christmas lights and friendly pups. This is Reno. Just met him walking around. I almost did a video but my puppy baby voice is eeesh.
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If you love words, if you love time travel, if you love “atmospheric” anything, if you are burdened with a sense of humor…. 💙📚🖋️
December 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
If you love words, if you love time travel, if you love “atmospheric” anything, if you are burdened with a sense of humor…. 💙📚🖋️
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A note re chocolate shortbread recipe. You’re going to be mixing this and thinking that nothing is happening, it took 6 minutes for it to turn into a ball today. You’ll want to use your deepest bowl because this is going to blow all over the place! I rolled it out, not patted. Read the ALT.
December 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A note re chocolate shortbread recipe. You’re going to be mixing this and thinking that nothing is happening, it took 6 minutes for it to turn into a ball today. You’ll want to use your deepest bowl because this is going to blow all over the place! I rolled it out, not patted. Read the ALT.
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"Now is the time when my winter coat is at its fullest, yet my soul is still empty." ~ Henri, le Chat Noir
Image of Henri, le Chat Noir by his guardian William Braden
#Caturday
Image of Henri, le Chat Noir by his guardian William Braden
#Caturday
December 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"Now is the time when my winter coat is at its fullest, yet my soul is still empty." ~ Henri, le Chat Noir
Image of Henri, le Chat Noir by his guardian William Braden
#Caturday
Image of Henri, le Chat Noir by his guardian William Braden
#Caturday
Treat yourself, those who love words!😻🫶🏻🎄
December 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Treat yourself, those who love words!😻🫶🏻🎄
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Think I'll set up my miniature Bedford Falls village today so I can play Late Stage Capitalism and crush that little Savings & Loan once and for all.
Think I’ll set up my miniature Dickens village today so I can play Industrial Revolution and crush that little roasted chestnut seller’s dreams yet again
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Think I'll set up my miniature Bedford Falls village today so I can play Late Stage Capitalism and crush that little Savings & Loan once and for all.
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Very very nearly done on an incredible and exciting deep study of a Wealden animal we all know and love. News soon... Meanwhile, some Wealden books to consider :)
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Very very nearly done on an incredible and exciting deep study of a Wealden animal we all know and love. News soon... Meanwhile, some Wealden books to consider :)
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A typical surface in the office right now
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A typical surface in the office right now
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At the moment, I'm regrettably not reading Agatha Christie in a Scottish Highlands cottage during a raging snowstorm whilst enjoying a plate of emotional support scones, so no, I'm afraid your email did not "find me well."
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
At the moment, I'm regrettably not reading Agatha Christie in a Scottish Highlands cottage during a raging snowstorm whilst enjoying a plate of emotional support scones, so no, I'm afraid your email did not "find me well."
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Your daily fortune:
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Sometimes, wonderful new things will emerge from a complete mess.
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Sometimes, wonderful new things will emerge from a complete mess.
December 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Your daily fortune:
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Sometimes, wonderful new things will emerge from a complete mess.
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Sometimes, wonderful new things will emerge from a complete mess.
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♫ and a partridge in a bear tree
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
♫ and a partridge in a bear tree
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21 Indiana Republicans defy Trump rejecting new voting map
American households spent $1200 on tariffs this year
Judge blocks Trump’s military occupation of LA
Grand jury refuses to indict Letitia James
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from ICE custody
youtube.com/shorts/o_tOw...
American households spent $1200 on tariffs this year
Judge blocks Trump’s military occupation of LA
Grand jury refuses to indict Letitia James
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from ICE custody
youtube.com/shorts/o_tOw...
Trump’s losses for the week! They are legion
YouTube video by Amanda's Mild Takes
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December 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
21 Indiana Republicans defy Trump rejecting new voting map
American households spent $1200 on tariffs this year
Judge blocks Trump’s military occupation of LA
Grand jury refuses to indict Letitia James
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from ICE custody
youtube.com/shorts/o_tOw...
American households spent $1200 on tariffs this year
Judge blocks Trump’s military occupation of LA
Grand jury refuses to indict Letitia James
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from ICE custody
youtube.com/shorts/o_tOw...
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If you've prepared your Christmas tree properly, by now it should be:
- humming softly
- vibrating slightly
- levitating a little
- wreathed in Eldritch flame
- whispering dark incantations to summon ancient elves
- humming softly
- vibrating slightly
- levitating a little
- wreathed in Eldritch flame
- whispering dark incantations to summon ancient elves
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you've prepared your Christmas tree properly, by now it should be:
- humming softly
- vibrating slightly
- levitating a little
- wreathed in Eldritch flame
- whispering dark incantations to summon ancient elves
- humming softly
- vibrating slightly
- levitating a little
- wreathed in Eldritch flame
- whispering dark incantations to summon ancient elves
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"Yes, that painting by Millet 'The evening angelus', 'that's it'. That's rich, that's poetry."
- Vincent van Gogh (letter to brother Theo, 1874)
Jean-François Millet, The Angelus (c. 1858)
- Vincent van Gogh (letter to brother Theo, 1874)
Jean-François Millet, The Angelus (c. 1858)
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"Yes, that painting by Millet 'The evening angelus', 'that's it'. That's rich, that's poetry."
- Vincent van Gogh (letter to brother Theo, 1874)
Jean-François Millet, The Angelus (c. 1858)
- Vincent van Gogh (letter to brother Theo, 1874)
Jean-François Millet, The Angelus (c. 1858)
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I made a pot of yammy beef stew today and was going to do some backing as well but I’m out of brown sugar for what I had planned. Instead I’ll make some chocolate shortbread. It’s a weird recipe but they taste great! (Recipe is in ALT.)
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I made a pot of yammy beef stew today and was going to do some backing as well but I’m out of brown sugar for what I had planned. Instead I’ll make some chocolate shortbread. It’s a weird recipe but they taste great! (Recipe is in ALT.)