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ellipticalnight.bsky.social
aaron boothby
@ellipticalnight.bsky.social
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mostly poet, preferably tree or rock

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I like it here but occasionally there are signs the land has been forsaken by god
shelves in a grocery store with modest containers of guacamole at immodest prices
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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perhaps just some pacific
February 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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some spring poetry coming up and I don't think anyone involved is on here so I'm telling you

kaie's books are wonders every damn time and if you don't already know jake skeets' work I recommend getting on that immediately
the covers of three books of poetry with matching house style covers featuring vertical black bars along the spines and line drawing illustrations on beige backgrounds the books are "calling it back to me" by laurie d. graham "interposition" by kaie kellough "horses" by jake skeets
January 29, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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a holy place
a very large chunk of obsidian with a reddish patina appearing like a heart resting in the shattered rubble of small pieces of obsidian near the top of a dome made entirely of obsidian but not called obsidian dome, which is one dome over across glass creek (obsidian)
January 29, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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always stay for the moment when everything turns soft
brush and grass covered hills folding down into a wide valley that doesn't even look like it contains several cities in the glow of late sunlight as other hills and mountains appear very green grassy low mountains with many rocks and boulders in the glow just before sunset brush and grass covered hills folding down into a wide valley that doesn't even look like it contains several cities in the glow of late sunlight as other hills and mountains appear in the foreground and beyond rocky grass-covered hills and houses in the foreground framing much taller mountains shadowy pinks of a setting sun
January 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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said excuse me just passing through
a robust looking donkey grazing on grass between bushes and boulders on a green rocky hillside
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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said hi
a black donkey grazing in plentiful grass on a hillside with a few homes and another hill in the background
January 17, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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I did remind myself that for someone who lives in montréal I visit the pacific a lot
a long curling blue shorebreak of a wave on a sandy beach on a perfectly clear day a long curling blue shorebreak of a wave on a sandy beach on a perfectly clear day sea urchins in a sandy tidepool at low tide looking gentle eroded conglomerate with lots of holes and fun depositional layering facing a beach
January 16, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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refraction study (aliso beach)
January 16, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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the CHP frequently harassed and beat workers on strike in California but this one during the 1933 agricultural strikes stands out
health care was difficult. As one Corcoran nurse stated "No, we have t nive her a bath first. You Mexicans are all dirty." On the first day of the strike, a California Highway Patrol vehicle came through the town, two blocks from the railroad crossing, with a machine gun mounted. Rudy Castro, a witness, stated that "they were ready to mow down these strikers, all because they had the audacity to ask for more money." There were nearly 3,800 strikers at the Corcoran Camp, and the
January 15, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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Natalie Shapero, from Stay Dead
Start I don't like how the second you don't die you're a survivor — there should be some between period where you don't have to be that quite yet, like how when needlegrass gets torn out by the roots, the life within it doesn't beam straight into some other shoot; there's a minute or river of minutes everyone needs to slow down, debrief, no new sobriquet at this time, please—the only speed I want in my life is to sleep and then wake with a start, the way they do in representations of dreaming on film, not wake as I do now, lightly from the nightmare, head raw and a haze of being unsure if it all was real, which means it was.
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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this is what trying to buy american whisky in quebec looks like
a screenshot of the SAQ website in english Home 1 Products | Spirit American whiskey Scotch and whisky American whiskey Filter Sort Your search returned no results. Filter Sort
January 13, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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would be a morning person in the desert
low rooftops and palm trees frame a view of very high rocky mountains just touched by the first pink light of dawn low rooftops and palm trees frame a view of very high rocky mountains just touched by a little more of the first pink light of dawn
January 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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that's a dry waterfall way up there, and the amount of rain it would take to get it going is a little scary
rocky desert mountains with surprising green from recent rains. a high canyon shows slabs of bare rock where a cascade can form in flash floods.
January 10, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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andreas canyon (thanks to the aqua caliente band of cahuilla indians for making their lands accessible)

I wish my brain contained a local geologist
grey, tan, and darker rocks doing several more of the things rocks can do than is normally seen in one place, with a palm tree tan and greyish rocks in tilted bands and compressed folds in a desert canyon sharply tilted reddish rocks above greyish granitic rocks interspersed with palm trees in a desert canyon looking down into a narrow canyon with thick palm trees along the incline of steeply tilted slabs of grey rocks. the other side is reddish more jumbled different rocks.
January 10, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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events are terrible, here's a friend to spot from a morning walk
jumbled beige and reddish rocks on a desert mountainside interspersed with bushes and one thing that ia not a rock but is a similar color jumbled beige and reddish rocks on a desert mountainside interspersed with bushes and one thing that ia not a rock but is a similar color jumbled beige and reddish rocks on a desert mountainside interspersed with bushes and one thing that ia not a rock but is a similar color
January 8, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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I do love seeing a granite spire from a tourist attraction that's actually just great
towering walls and spires of granite below a rugged mountain interspersed with dark green trees and bushes under a mostly clear sky
January 8, 2026 at 4:56 AM
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Natalie Shapero, from Stay Dead
Fireball Please stop circulating the untrue rumor that I have been telling people I hope there is no Heaven, that one world is enough. Bandages stocked in the padlocked aisle, claim denial, bird spikes, rent hikes, people sleeping in arrays of rags and being categorized as rags—why wouldn't I want more of what God made? You said NATURE IS INDIFFERENT TO SUFFERING. I said whoa you and nature have so much in common—you should get together sometime. Listen, if it looks like I'm dying, I'm not—I'm just burning up in Earth's atmosphere like comet debris on impact, piercing the field and then flashing away. It should be any day.
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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had some books from @suchmayer.bsky.social and rainer diana hamilton waiting for me
a book with a black cover and white and blue design of a dragonish serpent wrapping in a B shape around a tree. a book with a green cover with an image of a small bear in a flowering tree.
January 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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that alluvial fan coming out of the san gabriels near wrightwood really is something: visible from the pelona schist that just comes pouring down wildhorse canyon when 10" of rain falls like it just did, spreading out 15+ miles into the mojave
a google earth satellite image looking northeast with the san gabriel mountains at the bottom in greens and browns, and the lighter colored mojave desert at the top. a wide fan of grey coloration spreads across the desert.
December 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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I've seen a lot of books but sometimes even I'm a little surprised
WE FIGHT AN ANCIENT ENEMY, AND THE ANCIENT WEAPONS ARE BEST. 十 S ince the creation of man, the devil has sought the ruin of souls. The Liber Christo Method is a tactical field manual for those interested in not only learning more about spiritual combat but also engaging and winning the spiritual battles of this present day. As a professor of theology, a former US Army attack helicopter pi-lot, combat veteran, and a member of Fr. Chad Ripperger's exorcism team, Dr. Dan Schneider offers practical spiritual steps to conquer the ancient enemy and obtain lasting spiritual freedom. Here you will learn spiritual "guerrilla warfare" tactics based on real experience in modern spiritual combat. Just as David used five smooth stones to defeat Goliath, this manual places "five smooth stones" into your ammo pouch: (1) Renunciation of Evil Influences; (2) Repentance, Metanoia, and Forgiveness; (3) Examination of Conscience and Confession; (4) Learning Power and Authority; and (5) Prayer, Weapons, and Tactics. Whether you are engaged in close combat with the devil or find yourself in need of more "firepower" in your spiritual life, take heart and put into practice the lessons contained in this manual. More than theory or quotes from saints or the Catechism, this manual equips you with the weapons necessary to defeat the ancient enemy. TANRoks com
December 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Annie Ernaux, Journal du dehors (quick translation in the alt text)
Dans le métro, un garçon et une fille se parlent avec violence et se caressent, alter-nativement, comme s'il n'y avait personne autour d'eux. Mais c'est faux: de temps en temps ils regardent les voyageurs avec défi. Impression terrible. Je me dis que la littérature est cela pour moi. /// In the métro, a young man and woman alternate between speaking violently and caresses, as if there was no one else around. But it's not true: once and a while they look defiantly at other passengers. Terrible feeling. It's possible that literature is this for me.
December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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his majesty's cup overfloweth

have a similar case over here
a mostly white toasted marshmallow calico cat curled up in a green basket that's somewhat too small for her. beside a christmas tree and above a wood floor.
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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that's the stuff
exposed greyish rock with crinkles and ridges exposed greyish rock with crinkles and ridged
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I play with it and do a few extra steps like cooking the onions / carrots / celery in butter for a few min, bay leaves and some dry chilies in the broth, some chicken stock, also some sherry or madeira in the cheese sauce is good

probably not that tricky to sub something for the ham either
recipe Potato Cheese Soup from Mom Serves cooking time. 3C water 4 med. Potatoes 1C onions, chopped 1C celery, sliced. 1C carrots, Sliced Salt dash cayenne preheat oven to 1/2 t pepper 1C margarine 1C flour I qt. milk 1Ib grated sharp Cheddar cheese 2C cubed ham Boil water, potatoes, onions, celery, carrots, salt + pepper In large pot for 10 min or until vegetables are tender. melt butter and flour together in another pan until bubbly, Add milk + simmer until thick add cheese + stir until melted add ham + mix with vegetable mixture. Heat through: garnish with parsley + paprika
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM