Walter Pierce
@wpierce.bsky.social
I raise children and farm animals, love cooking and gardening, write code to pay the bills, & play music in my limited free time. He/Him/His.
Banner: 5 guitars on a black couch
Profile: white dude, salt & pepper beard, blue shirt, faded green hat
Banner: 5 guitars on a black couch
Profile: white dude, salt & pepper beard, blue shirt, faded green hat
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Walter Pierce
@wpierce.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Hi to all the new folks! My spouse and I, along with our children, live in rural Virginia where we raise goats, rabbits, & chickens (& sometimes hogs) as well as most of our own produce to provide our family with clean food while minimizing our impact on the earth. #SmallFarmLife
I knew Mavis Staples had released a new album but I hadn't gotten around to listening to it yet. Thank you, Jason, for putting this on my radar. Excellent album, excellent review as well.
Follow Jason for some more music. I'm excited for the rest, especially if this one came in at number 10!
Follow Jason for some more music. I'm excited for the rest, especially if this one came in at number 10!
My #10 album this year comes from Mavis Staples, and a whole lot of friends fordmusic.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/1...
10. Mavis Staples – Sad and Beautiful World
At 86, it’s more clear than ever how far the music and ethos of Mavis Staples has spread. Sad and Beautiful World is a celebration not only of Mavis, but of the many generations of artists influenc…
fordmusic.wordpress.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I knew Mavis Staples had released a new album but I hadn't gotten around to listening to it yet. Thank you, Jason, for putting this on my radar. Excellent album, excellent review as well.
Follow Jason for some more music. I'm excited for the rest, especially if this one came in at number 10!
Follow Jason for some more music. I'm excited for the rest, especially if this one came in at number 10!
Happy challah-days, y'all 🕎🥖🍽️
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Happy challah-days, y'all 🕎🥖🍽️
Pasteurized a gallon and a half to use fresh and pressure canned the remaining 14 quarts for longer term storage #SmallFarmLife 🐐🍽️
December 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Pasteurized a gallon and a half to use fresh and pressure canned the remaining 14 quarts for longer term storage #SmallFarmLife 🐐🍽️
Listening to Ian's show while cooking dinner increases the taste factor by at least 10%. Trust me, I once was a scientist.
www.mixcloud.com/istewart/flu...
Great day to stream some ad free music! Give my shows a spin and tell a friend!
Support independent creators
Great day to stream some ad free music! Give my shows a spin and tell a friend!
Support independent creators
Flurries
www.mixcloud.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Listening to Ian's show while cooking dinner increases the taste factor by at least 10%. Trust me, I once was a scientist.
Only one goat is in milk right now but she's giving us almost a half gallon once a day #SmallFarmLife 🐐
December 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Only one goat is in milk right now but she's giving us almost a half gallon once a day #SmallFarmLife 🐐
Casey hates the fact I use an android device, but for those of y'all who use an apple one this is a pretty cool app he built (and it's the app of the day, I guess that's a big deal...)
December 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Casey hates the fact I use an android device, but for those of y'all who use an apple one this is a pretty cool app he built (and it's the app of the day, I guess that's a big deal...)
Had to make a trip up 95 through northern VA into MD and back, JFC I hate that road.
December 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Had to make a trip up 95 through northern VA into MD and back, JFC I hate that road.
A fun holiday tradition where we load the kiddos up in the minivan and drive into town to see the lights! Free (minus the cost of gas...), fun, and festive.
Tacky Lights season has officially kicked off, and the region is glowing again.
Here is a neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to some of the brightest spots around town this year.
Here is a neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to some of the brightest spots around town this year.
The Lights Are On! Richmond’s Tacky Lights Season Has Begun
Richmond’s Tacky Lights season is back, with homes across Henrico, Richmond, Chesterfield, Midlothian, Mechanicsville, Powhatan, and beyond lighting up through New Year’s Eve. This neighborhood guide ...
rvamag.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A fun holiday tradition where we load the kiddos up in the minivan and drive into town to see the lights! Free (minus the cost of gas...), fun, and festive.
Mmm snow kale cooked down in some bacon fat and rabbit stock 🌱🍽️🥓🐇
December 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Mmm snow kale cooked down in some bacon fat and rabbit stock 🌱🍽️🥓🐇
Reposted by Walter Pierce
Please, my friend,
take note
that you have lived
through
six years
of Covid-19.
And
please, my friend,
take care
for you are living
through
year seven
of Covid-19.
take note
that you have lived
through
six years
of Covid-19.
And
please, my friend,
take care
for you are living
through
year seven
of Covid-19.
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Please, my friend,
take note
that you have lived
through
six years
of Covid-19.
And
please, my friend,
take care
for you are living
through
year seven
of Covid-19.
take note
that you have lived
through
six years
of Covid-19.
And
please, my friend,
take care
for you are living
through
year seven
of Covid-19.
Supposed to drop down to 17F/-8C overnight with a few inches of snow projected so we'll see if these kale plants can hold on. Hedging my bets by harvesting a bunch for dinner later just in case... 🌱
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Supposed to drop down to 17F/-8C overnight with a few inches of snow projected so we'll see if these kale plants can hold on. Hedging my bets by harvesting a bunch for dinner later just in case... 🌱
Just keep him away from the dahlias 😅
Here’s a silly cartoon to celebrate reaching 10,000 followers- I am grateful 💕
November 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just keep him away from the dahlias 😅
Finally got it off the grill at 9:18 PM last night, it was a late dinner... 🍽️
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Finally got it off the grill at 9:18 PM last night, it was a late dinner... 🍽️
Day after Thanksgiving breakfast. Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkins grown from @sevenhillfarm.bsky.social seeds, hands down the best pie pumpkins we've ever grown 🌱
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Day after Thanksgiving breakfast. Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkins grown from @sevenhillfarm.bsky.social seeds, hands down the best pie pumpkins we've ever grown 🌱
Smoking this bird with apple wood chips and some apple cider in a pan underneath it. Couple more hours to go... 🍽️
November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Smoking this bird with apple wood chips and some apple cider in a pan underneath it. Couple more hours to go... 🍽️
Reposted by Walter Pierce
For Brussels sprouts aficionados on Thanksgiving, a Brassica 🧵
Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
For Brussels sprouts aficionados on Thanksgiving, a Brassica 🧵
Reposted by Walter Pierce
Did you know we offer gift bags of native wildflower seeds curated to your specific state or region?
25% off now through Dec 2nd: sevenhillfarm.etsy.com/listing/1575...
🌱💚 #gardening #wildflowers #nativeplants #giftideas
25% off now through Dec 2nd: sevenhillfarm.etsy.com/listing/1575...
🌱💚 #gardening #wildflowers #nativeplants #giftideas
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Did you know we offer gift bags of native wildflower seeds curated to your specific state or region?
25% off now through Dec 2nd: sevenhillfarm.etsy.com/listing/1575...
🌱💚 #gardening #wildflowers #nativeplants #giftideas
25% off now through Dec 2nd: sevenhillfarm.etsy.com/listing/1575...
🌱💚 #gardening #wildflowers #nativeplants #giftideas
I can (and do) purchase mail order day old chicks and pay an additional 50 cents each for Marek's and coccidiosis vaccines for my birds. It's ridiculous the USDA/FDA won't make a bird flu vaccine available for commercial and backyard flocks.
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I can (and do) purchase mail order day old chicks and pay an additional 50 cents each for Marek's and coccidiosis vaccines for my birds. It's ridiculous the USDA/FDA won't make a bird flu vaccine available for commercial and backyard flocks.
Me, opening an REI box: Ah finally, new socks
Teenager: New socks? Can I have them?
Me: Didn't I just buy you like 10 pairs?
Teenager: Yeah but they don't fit anymore, I need socks.
Me: Ugh, fine. Give your "old" ones to your brother.
Preteen: I don't want his dirty ass socks!
Send help. And socks.
Teenager: New socks? Can I have them?
Me: Didn't I just buy you like 10 pairs?
Teenager: Yeah but they don't fit anymore, I need socks.
Me: Ugh, fine. Give your "old" ones to your brother.
Preteen: I don't want his dirty ass socks!
Send help. And socks.
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Me, opening an REI box: Ah finally, new socks
Teenager: New socks? Can I have them?
Me: Didn't I just buy you like 10 pairs?
Teenager: Yeah but they don't fit anymore, I need socks.
Me: Ugh, fine. Give your "old" ones to your brother.
Preteen: I don't want his dirty ass socks!
Send help. And socks.
Teenager: New socks? Can I have them?
Me: Didn't I just buy you like 10 pairs?
Teenager: Yeah but they don't fit anymore, I need socks.
Me: Ugh, fine. Give your "old" ones to your brother.
Preteen: I don't want his dirty ass socks!
Send help. And socks.
Haters (Steve) will hate, but our garden gives us and our rabbits fresh, delicious kale damn near year round 🌱
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Haters (Steve) will hate, but our garden gives us and our rabbits fresh, delicious kale damn near year round 🌱
It's always fun replacing the oven's igniter glow bar 4 days before the busiest cooking day of the year 😅
At least I was able to vacuum up a bunch of dusty cobwebs behind the oven, and also found an offset spatula I've been missing for over a year! 🍽️
At least I was able to vacuum up a bunch of dusty cobwebs behind the oven, and also found an offset spatula I've been missing for over a year! 🍽️
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It's always fun replacing the oven's igniter glow bar 4 days before the busiest cooking day of the year 😅
At least I was able to vacuum up a bunch of dusty cobwebs behind the oven, and also found an offset spatula I've been missing for over a year! 🍽️
At least I was able to vacuum up a bunch of dusty cobwebs behind the oven, and also found an offset spatula I've been missing for over a year! 🍽️
The economy was in the shitter, I was making pennies as a middle school math teacher, a college buddy was working for a small company writing Silverlight code and got me an interview. Never set out to be a software developer but it pays the bills and provides healthcare for the fam.
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The economy was in the shitter, I was making pennies as a middle school math teacher, a college buddy was working for a small company writing Silverlight code and got me an interview. Never set out to be a software developer but it pays the bills and provides healthcare for the fam.
The English language is amazing. So many different dialects and pronunciations but for the most part we can understand each other (and also give each other a healthy shit-talking about saying things wrong).
The correct answer is 1. No time for extra syllables...
The correct answer is 1. No time for extra syllables...
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The English language is amazing. So many different dialects and pronunciations but for the most part we can understand each other (and also give each other a healthy shit-talking about saying things wrong).
The correct answer is 1. No time for extra syllables...
The correct answer is 1. No time for extra syllables...
Reposted by Walter Pierce
In case you’re confused about who the historical bad guys are, there’s a reason we have 5+ decades of movies that obsess on evading, killing, and humiliating, Nazis.
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In case you’re confused about who the historical bad guys are, there’s a reason we have 5+ decades of movies that obsess on evading, killing, and humiliating, Nazis.
Maybe also consider wearing a well fitting respirator, (k)n95 or better. Helps keep flu, COVID, RSV, and numerous other debilitating diseases at bay.
With a new flu virus variant circulating, scientists fear more sickness this winter. The vaccine may be slightly less effective but doctors still urge getting one ASAP. n.pr/3X18OZx
Flu season could be nasty this winter
With a new flu virus variant circulating, scientists fear more sickness this winter. The vaccine may be slightly less effective but doctors still urge getting one ASAP.
n.pr
November 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Maybe also consider wearing a well fitting respirator, (k)n95 or better. Helps keep flu, COVID, RSV, and numerous other debilitating diseases at bay.