Jeff Bloom
@jeffbloom-1.bsky.social
Former, but hopelessly-forever teacher; inquirer; writer; photographer; biology geek; complexity (big) Geek; meditator; mediator; occasional poet; father; occasional, but too often handyman; human. OR:: former marine biologist, K-12 teacher, professor.
NEW on Passionate Meanderings & Substack
Still Stuck In a Maze of Our Own Making
by Jeff Bloom • October 19, 2025
On Passionate Meanderings:
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
On Substack:
jeffbloom.substack.com/p/still-stuc...
Still Stuck In a Maze of Our Own Making
by Jeff Bloom • October 19, 2025
On Passionate Meanderings:
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
On Substack:
jeffbloom.substack.com/p/still-stuc...
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
NEW on Passionate Meanderings & Substack
Still Stuck In a Maze of Our Own Making
by Jeff Bloom • October 19, 2025
On Passionate Meanderings:
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
On Substack:
jeffbloom.substack.com/p/still-stuc...
Still Stuck In a Maze of Our Own Making
by Jeff Bloom • October 19, 2025
On Passionate Meanderings:
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
On Substack:
jeffbloom.substack.com/p/still-stuc...
My new photo essay on Substack: "Photography Then and Now: From Film to Digital and Darkroom to AI.” I’m planning on this being the first in a series on “Musings on Technology."
Photography Then and Now:
From Film to Digital & Darkroom to AI
jeffbloom.substack.com/p/photograph...
Photography Then and Now:
From Film to Digital & Darkroom to AI
jeffbloom.substack.com/p/photograph...
Photography Then and Now:
From Film to Digital & Darkroom to AI
jeffbloom.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
My new photo essay on Substack: "Photography Then and Now: From Film to Digital and Darkroom to AI.” I’m planning on this being the first in a series on “Musings on Technology."
Photography Then and Now:
From Film to Digital & Darkroom to AI
jeffbloom.substack.com/p/photograph...
Photography Then and Now:
From Film to Digital & Darkroom to AI
jeffbloom.substack.com/p/photograph...
NEW on Passionate Meanderings!
Living in a World of Ideas
And, What Happens When the Ideas Change and We Don’t See It?
by Jeff Bloom • August 1, 2025
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Living in a World of Ideas
And, What Happens When the Ideas Change and We Don’t See It?
by Jeff Bloom • August 1, 2025
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
August 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
NEW on Passionate Meanderings!
Living in a World of Ideas
And, What Happens When the Ideas Change and We Don’t See It?
by Jeff Bloom • August 1, 2025
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Living in a World of Ideas
And, What Happens When the Ideas Change and We Don’t See It?
by Jeff Bloom • August 1, 2025
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
More good news (sarcasm): www.nature.com/articles/d41...
There’s a new acid in our rain — should we be worried?
Scientists and regulators are divided over the threat posed by rising levels of a chemical called TFA.
www.nature.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
More good news (sarcasm): www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NEW on Passionate Meanderings!
He’s “Wagging His Tail” – A Little Girl’s Exploration of Earthworms & How We Can Enrich Children’s (and Our Own) Learning by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
He’s “Wagging His Tail” – A Little Girl’s Exploration of Earthworms & How We Can Enrich Children’s (and Our Own) Learning by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
June 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
NEW on Passionate Meanderings!
He’s “Wagging His Tail” – A Little Girl’s Exploration of Earthworms & How We Can Enrich Children’s (and Our Own) Learning by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
He’s “Wagging His Tail” – A Little Girl’s Exploration of Earthworms & How We Can Enrich Children’s (and Our Own) Learning by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
NEW on Passionate Meanderings!
“Teaching, Learning, Time & Issues of 21st Century Schooling” — by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
“Teaching, Learning, Time & Issues of 21st Century Schooling” — by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
June 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
NEW on Passionate Meanderings!
“Teaching, Learning, Time & Issues of 21st Century Schooling” — by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
“Teaching, Learning, Time & Issues of 21st Century Schooling” — by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
NEW on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s final entry,
“Day 50 Cookout,”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s final entry,
“Day 50 Cookout,”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
June 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
NEW on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s final entry,
“Day 50 Cookout,”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s final entry,
“Day 50 Cookout,”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
NEW on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 49 Flight to Loneliness”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 49 Flight to Loneliness”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
June 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
NEW on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 49 Flight to Loneliness”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 49 Flight to Loneliness”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
New on Passionate Meanderings:
“Jumping Into the Fire of First Year Teaching: Relationships on the Line”
by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
“Jumping Into the Fire of First Year Teaching: Relationships on the Line”
by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
June 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
New on Passionate Meanderings:
“Jumping Into the Fire of First Year Teaching: Relationships on the Line”
by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
“Jumping Into the Fire of First Year Teaching: Relationships on the Line”
by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
NEW: “I Never Considered Being a Teacher… Until I Was:
Stories & Reflections from Decades of Teaching & Learning”
”An Introduction to My Life in Classrooms”
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
”An Introduction to My Life in Classrooms”
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
June 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
NEW: “I Never Considered Being a Teacher… Until I Was:
Stories & Reflections from Decades of Teaching & Learning”
”An Introduction to My Life in Classrooms”
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
”An Introduction to My Life in Classrooms”
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
NEW on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 48 Goodbye, Mountain Valley”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 48 Goodbye, Mountain Valley”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
June 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
NEW on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 48 Goodbye, Mountain Valley”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 48 Goodbye, Mountain Valley”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Mother Dove with babies in their flower pot nest on our patio.
May 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Mother Dove with babies in their flower pot nest on our patio.
NEW on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 47 Vultures in Morning”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 47 Vultures in Morning”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
May 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
NEW on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 47 Vultures in Morning”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 47 Vultures in Morning”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 46 Thinking Like a Lizard”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 46 Thinking Like a Lizard”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
May 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 46 Thinking Like a Lizard”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 46 Thinking Like a Lizard”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 45 Ways to See a Frog ”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 45 Ways to See a Frog ”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
April 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 45 Ways to See a Frog ”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 45 Ways to See a Frog ”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
A new “Snippet” on Passionate Meanderings:
A pithy set of quotes from George Orwell’s
“Notes on Nationalism"
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
A pithy set of quotes from George Orwell’s
“Notes on Nationalism"
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
April 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
A new “Snippet” on Passionate Meanderings:
A pithy set of quotes from George Orwell’s
“Notes on Nationalism"
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
A pithy set of quotes from George Orwell’s
“Notes on Nationalism"
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
New on Passionate Meanderings!
My new essay:
The Trouble with Groups: From Small Groups to Corporations to Nations and Beyond
by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
My new essay:
The Trouble with Groups: From Small Groups to Corporations to Nations and Beyond
by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
April 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
New on Passionate Meanderings!
My new essay:
The Trouble with Groups: From Small Groups to Corporations to Nations and Beyond
by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
My new essay:
The Trouble with Groups: From Small Groups to Corporations to Nations and Beyond
by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 44 - Proud of Breathing”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 44 - Proud of Breathing”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude – Day 44 | Passionate Meanderings
passionatemeanderings.org
April 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 44 - Proud of Breathing”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 44 - Proud of Breathing”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 43 - Seeking to be a Better Seeker”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 43 - Seeking to be a Better Seeker”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
April 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 43 - Seeking to be a Better Seeker”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 43 - Seeking to be a Better Seeker”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 42 - Full Moon at Bridge”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 42 - Full Moon at Bridge”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude – Day 42 | Passionate Meanderings
passionatemeanderings.org
April 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 42 - Full Moon at Bridge”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 42 - Full Moon at Bridge”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 41 - The Unobtainable”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 41 - The Unobtainable”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude – Day 41 | Passionate Meanderings
passionatemeanderings.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 41 - The Unobtainable”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 41 - The Unobtainable”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
My new essay has been posted on Passionate Meanderings, as well.
A Shockingly Undemocratic Democratic Party Political Event:
Arizona Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton’s Town Hall Meeting on March 19, 2025
by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
A Shockingly Undemocratic Democratic Party Political Event:
Arizona Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton’s Town Hall Meeting on March 19, 2025
by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
March 27, 2025 at 6:11 AM
My new essay has been posted on Passionate Meanderings, as well.
A Shockingly Undemocratic Democratic Party Political Event:
Arizona Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton’s Town Hall Meeting on March 19, 2025
by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
A Shockingly Undemocratic Democratic Party Political Event:
Arizona Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton’s Town Hall Meeting on March 19, 2025
by Jeff Bloom
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
My new Substack essay has been posted!
A Shockingly Undemocratic Democratic Party Political Event:
Arizona Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton’s Town Hall Meeting on March 19, 2025
by Jeff Bloom
open.substack.com/pub/jeffbloo...
A Shockingly Undemocratic Democratic Party Political Event:
Arizona Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton’s Town Hall Meeting on March 19, 2025
by Jeff Bloom
open.substack.com/pub/jeffbloo...
A Shockingly Undemocratic Democratic Party Political Event
Arizona Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton’s Town Hall Meeting on March 19, 2025
open.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
My new Substack essay has been posted!
A Shockingly Undemocratic Democratic Party Political Event:
Arizona Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton’s Town Hall Meeting on March 19, 2025
by Jeff Bloom
open.substack.com/pub/jeffbloo...
A Shockingly Undemocratic Democratic Party Political Event:
Arizona Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton’s Town Hall Meeting on March 19, 2025
by Jeff Bloom
open.substack.com/pub/jeffbloo...
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 40 - Trees Sway, Mind Mirrors”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 40 - Trees Sway, Mind Mirrors”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
March 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
New on Passionate Meanderings:
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 40 - Trees Sway, Mind Mirrors”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...
Tyler Volk’s entry,
“Day 40 - Trees Sway, Mind Mirrors”
In his series,
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
50 days of observations, insights, and contemplations...
passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home...