Midwest Necropastoral
@hdcm.bsky.social
Poet. Professor. Person. Maybe not in that order. A mother, a daughter, a voice, and a friend.
Author of “When the Redbud Wilts” published by Summer Palace Press in 2023:
https://www.heathermydosh.com/general-1
Author of “When the Redbud Wilts” published by Summer Palace Press in 2023:
https://www.heathermydosh.com/general-1
Our campus is so pretty all year long, but sometimes Kansas skies put on a show the just stops me in my tracks. #sunset #kansas #communitycollege #campuslife
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Our campus is so pretty all year long, but sometimes Kansas skies put on a show the just stops me in my tracks. #sunset #kansas #communitycollege #campuslife
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
August 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Mid morning roses, third bloom of the summer. #DavidAustenRoses #EnglishRoses #DAHeritage #DAThePoetsWife #DATheFairy #Kansas #Midwest
August 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Mid morning roses, third bloom of the summer. #DavidAustenRoses #EnglishRoses #DAHeritage #DAThePoetsWife #DATheFairy #Kansas #Midwest
July 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
40 isn’t all bad. I know it’s a major milestone, halfway to the grave and all that. But many a woman for many a reason was denied this. Survival is celebration. Beautiful cheese, sunny tomatoes, tangerine wine, cherries in a silver dish— serve it forth. #party #40s #CelebrateSurvial
May 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
40 isn’t all bad. I know it’s a major milestone, halfway to the grave and all that. But many a woman for many a reason was denied this. Survival is celebration. Beautiful cheese, sunny tomatoes, tangerine wine, cherries in a silver dish— serve it forth. #party #40s #CelebrateSurvial
February 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Sad news: feline leukemia has caught up with our sweet Soot. Her breathing got weird last week; vet sent us back home with iron drops + antibiotic, but not much hope. We’ll run the clock out until her pain is too much, but it’s a lot of tearful snuggles this weekend. #blackcat #sad #lovehard
January 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
We all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you.
January 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you.
New (office) chair, who dis?
Many thanks to our admin assistant who saw that my old chair was delaminating and I was shedding little pills of black pleather everywhere and ordered me this beaut!
#academia #office #simplejoys #wingback #professor
Many thanks to our admin assistant who saw that my old chair was delaminating and I was shedding little pills of black pleather everywhere and ordered me this beaut!
#academia #office #simplejoys #wingback #professor
January 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
New (office) chair, who dis?
Many thanks to our admin assistant who saw that my old chair was delaminating and I was shedding little pills of black pleather everywhere and ordered me this beaut!
#academia #office #simplejoys #wingback #professor
Many thanks to our admin assistant who saw that my old chair was delaminating and I was shedding little pills of black pleather everywhere and ordered me this beaut!
#academia #office #simplejoys #wingback #professor
Today, I supported the #USPS by mailing (albeit late) 108 holiday cards in the domestic slot and a further 18 going international. I hand address each one as a little ritual of contemplation. I think of the recipient, when I last saw them, shared memories. #holidays2024 #LittleRitual
January 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Today, I supported the #USPS by mailing (albeit late) 108 holiday cards in the domestic slot and a further 18 going international. I hand address each one as a little ritual of contemplation. I think of the recipient, when I last saw them, shared memories. #holidays2024 #LittleRitual
Here we go, here we go! After a cozy day of stopover in MI (complete with not 1 but 2! trips through Meijer and a lunch of Detroit style pizza), we are once more KS-bound. It’s 35° and raining so Pillow Princeling has additional accouterment. #roadtrip #Sealyham #Terrier #MichiganderAtHeart
December 31, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Here we go, here we go! After a cozy day of stopover in MI (complete with not 1 but 2! trips through Meijer and a lunch of Detroit style pizza), we are once more KS-bound. It’s 35° and raining so Pillow Princeling has additional accouterment. #roadtrip #Sealyham #Terrier #MichiganderAtHeart
And we’re off again! The Pillow Princeling in pride of place as we whisk our way from CT to MI. We’re heading there ahead of schedule as the younger teen broke her right leg while ice skating and will need a surgical consult once we’re back in KS. #ItsAlwaysSomething #Sealy #RoadTrip
December 29, 2024 at 2:29 PM
And we’re off again! The Pillow Princeling in pride of place as we whisk our way from CT to MI. We’re heading there ahead of schedule as the younger teen broke her right leg while ice skating and will need a surgical consult once we’re back in KS. #ItsAlwaysSomething #Sealy #RoadTrip
Here’s my little old man, Jonah Cecil, in all his sheepy, ungroomed, rug-loving glory. He was born deaf, has gone mostly blind and mostly toothless with age, but he still clowns about with the best of them. Love our silly Sealy. #Sealyham #TerrierLife #OldDog #BestLife
December 28, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Here’s my little old man, Jonah Cecil, in all his sheepy, ungroomed, rug-loving glory. He was born deaf, has gone mostly blind and mostly toothless with age, but he still clowns about with the best of them. Love our silly Sealy. #Sealyham #TerrierLife #OldDog #BestLife
Our pretty Cuetlaxochitl in the dining room as there’s no real risk of the fur-darlings tangling with them in there. The peach-tangerine color is lovely and new to me. #cuetlaxochitl #toxicplant #flora #pretty #SimpleSunday
December 16, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Our pretty Cuetlaxochitl in the dining room as there’s no real risk of the fur-darlings tangling with them in there. The peach-tangerine color is lovely and new to me. #cuetlaxochitl #toxicplant #flora #pretty #SimpleSunday
It’s simple and it’s silly and it’s soft and it’s squishy and it made me smile while standing in line at Walgreens, so I bought it. For myself. A gainfully employed adult person.
May your Saturday be full of such soft joys.
#squishmallow #ChristmasPudding #NotAPotato
May your Saturday be full of such soft joys.
#squishmallow #ChristmasPudding #NotAPotato
December 8, 2024 at 2:24 AM
It’s simple and it’s silly and it’s soft and it’s squishy and it made me smile while standing in line at Walgreens, so I bought it. For myself. A gainfully employed adult person.
May your Saturday be full of such soft joys.
#squishmallow #ChristmasPudding #NotAPotato
May your Saturday be full of such soft joys.
#squishmallow #ChristmasPudding #NotAPotato
Rabbit Rabbit, friends! May this new month be a time of joy, peace, and peaceful resolution. #rabbitrabbit
December 1, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Rabbit Rabbit, friends! May this new month be a time of joy, peace, and peaceful resolution. #rabbitrabbit
Took the teen to the High Church of Basketball today for her first time. She loved it. Here’s to the future. #RockChalk #KU #KUBasketball #Jayhawks
December 1, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Took the teen to the High Church of Basketball today for her first time. She loved it. Here’s to the future. #RockChalk #KU #KUBasketball #Jayhawks
I am thankful. I am thankful.
Friendsgiving with family of choice has filled my cup to the brim, and we haven’t even sliced the pie(s) yet.
Our contributions: cranberry curt tart (#NYTCooking recipe, modified), pumpkin-shaped pound cake, cranberry sauce (mixed canned & homemade), and flowers.
Friendsgiving with family of choice has filled my cup to the brim, and we haven’t even sliced the pie(s) yet.
Our contributions: cranberry curt tart (#NYTCooking recipe, modified), pumpkin-shaped pound cake, cranberry sauce (mixed canned & homemade), and flowers.
November 28, 2024 at 9:49 PM
I am thankful. I am thankful.
Friendsgiving with family of choice has filled my cup to the brim, and we haven’t even sliced the pie(s) yet.
Our contributions: cranberry curt tart (#NYTCooking recipe, modified), pumpkin-shaped pound cake, cranberry sauce (mixed canned & homemade), and flowers.
Friendsgiving with family of choice has filled my cup to the brim, and we haven’t even sliced the pie(s) yet.
Our contributions: cranberry curt tart (#NYTCooking recipe, modified), pumpkin-shaped pound cake, cranberry sauce (mixed canned & homemade), and flowers.
Petunias in our backyard are unlikely to survive the cold predicted for the end of this week, so here they are in their glory! Opera Supreme White, Black Magic, and Bordeaux. #petunias #flowers #beautybeforethefrost #backyardblooms #midwest #kansas #pretty
November 27, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Petunias in our backyard are unlikely to survive the cold predicted for the end of this week, so here they are in their glory! Opera Supreme White, Black Magic, and Bordeaux. #petunias #flowers #beautybeforethefrost #backyardblooms #midwest #kansas #pretty
Okay, Bluesky, help me solve this mystery: I recently purchased this oil painting from a consignment shop for not much money. It’s signed “Lopaché” and a peeling sticker on the back says “RACEHORSE.” Finding nothing about such an artist online. Anybody know? #artsky #oilpainting #help #art #question
November 26, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Okay, Bluesky, help me solve this mystery: I recently purchased this oil painting from a consignment shop for not much money. It’s signed “Lopaché” and a peeling sticker on the back says “RACEHORSE.” Finding nothing about such an artist online. Anybody know? #artsky #oilpainting #help #art #question
Ahhh! It’s also #wolfenoot! As such, here’s our best boy, Jonah Cecil. He’s an aged, deaf Sealyham Terrier and we love him. #sealyhamterrier #sealyham #deaf #bestestboy
November 24, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Ahhh! It’s also #wolfenoot! As such, here’s our best boy, Jonah Cecil. He’s an aged, deaf Sealyham Terrier and we love him. #sealyhamterrier #sealyham #deaf #bestestboy
In solidarity with #caturday, here’s our very own Soot. She’s three now and just a little slip of void. We found her in the carport as a tiny, tiny baby and bottle fed her every two hours. Soot is feline leukaemia positive, so every cuddle is a gift. And, yes, she’s cartoonishly cross eyed.
November 24, 2024 at 1:11 AM
In solidarity with #caturday, here’s our very own Soot. She’s three now and just a little slip of void. We found her in the carport as a tiny, tiny baby and bottle fed her every two hours. Soot is feline leukaemia positive, so every cuddle is a gift. And, yes, she’s cartoonishly cross eyed.