A Far Land
@jmcfarland.bsky.social
Locavore, gardener, cheesemonger, aspiring Baba Yaga.
Proud music nerd mom moment. My child’s Lego house includes a record player. I am raising the future.
June 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Proud music nerd mom moment. My child’s Lego house includes a record player. I am raising the future.
It’s only Candyland, but I shuffle the cards with the intensity of Vegas blackjack.
June 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It’s only Candyland, but I shuffle the cards with the intensity of Vegas blackjack.
I started this habit last year, and it was a very grounding ritual. Sadly it has fallen by the wayside,and this is a good reminder to pick it up again.
Tired of texting? Send your loved ones some snail mail instead. Rachel Syme, author of "Syme's Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence," shares whimsical ways to start a letter-writing habit.
The delightfully analog art of letter-writing
Tired of texting? Send your loved ones some snail mail instead. Rachel Syme, author of "Syme's Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence," shares whimsical ways to start a letter-writing habit.
www.npr.org
April 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I started this habit last year, and it was a very grounding ritual. Sadly it has fallen by the wayside,and this is a good reminder to pick it up again.
I’m discovering more and more that our house, built during the “prosperity of the Reagan years,” is held together almost entirely with various types of putty.
April 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I’m discovering more and more that our house, built during the “prosperity of the Reagan years,” is held together almost entirely with various types of putty.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
#ides
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
#ides
March 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
#ides
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
#ides
Tonight my kid “hates” me…and she hates towels, so I feel like I’m in good company.
January 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Tonight my kid “hates” me…and she hates towels, so I feel like I’m in good company.
Finding light in the cracks of the earth where sheep can nibble graham crackers from blissful little fingers on such a deeply dark day.
January 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Finding light in the cracks of the earth where sheep can nibble graham crackers from blissful little fingers on such a deeply dark day.
Is there an Angeleno who doesn’t have a David Lynch story? Even if it’s just hearing about the weather, he was connected to us all.
January 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Is there an Angeleno who doesn’t have a David Lynch story? Even if it’s just hearing about the weather, he was connected to us all.
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
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I had a lot of people asking me so I wrote an explainer: Here's how you can help the incarcerated firefighter battling the blazes in Southern California this week:
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
How you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling L.A. wildfires
The Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on Friday to support the fire crews of California’s prisons.
www.latimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I had a lot of people asking me so I wrote an explainer: Here's how you can help the incarcerated firefighter battling the blazes in Southern California this week:
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
These have to be the cutest steam buns I’ve ever seen.
January 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
These have to be the cutest steam buns I’ve ever seen.
My hope is that we can be sanctuary. Sad and frustrated by the destruction our friends and family are facing at this moment and that greed of the few isn’t folding before the devastation of the masses.
January 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
My hope is that we can be sanctuary. Sad and frustrated by the destruction our friends and family are facing at this moment and that greed of the few isn’t folding before the devastation of the masses.
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Putting together a thread of MUTUAL AID resources for anyone affected by the LA fires…drop em in the comments, pinning this post👇👇
January 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Putting together a thread of MUTUAL AID resources for anyone affected by the LA fires…drop em in the comments, pinning this post👇👇
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You can see the fires here in the weather cams from Mount Wilson observatory in the mountains above Pasadena
www.mtwilson.edu/hpwren-tower...
www.mtwilson.edu/hpwren-tower...
Mount Wilson Observatory | HPWREN tower cams
www.mtwilson.edu
January 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
You can see the fires here in the weather cams from Mount Wilson observatory in the mountains above Pasadena
www.mtwilson.edu/hpwren-tower...
www.mtwilson.edu/hpwren-tower...
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Outraged by Jan 6, he spent two years getting inside the top ranks of militias like the Oath Keepers. He was stunningly successful. He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors, cops & government attorneys.
This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Outraged by Jan 6, he spent two years getting inside the top ranks of militias like the Oath Keepers. He was stunningly successful. He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors, cops & government attorneys.
This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
I’m wondering if anyone out on the webs has this print, as well? The artist is Robert J Lee. I haven’t been able to find it in google image searches.
December 28, 2024 at 6:09 PM
I’m wondering if anyone out on the webs has this print, as well? The artist is Robert J Lee. I haven’t been able to find it in google image searches.
Saw four teenage boys walking down the street, 1 dressed as Santa, another in a top hat and white sweats - maybe Christmas Carol but giving heavy Alex from A Clockwork Orange vibes.
December 24, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Saw four teenage boys walking down the street, 1 dressed as Santa, another in a top hat and white sweats - maybe Christmas Carol but giving heavy Alex from A Clockwork Orange vibes.
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I've been out in the woods and fields a lot this week, and as far as I can tell the drones are not bothering with Vermont.
December 19, 2024 at 6:19 PM
I've been out in the woods and fields a lot this week, and as far as I can tell the drones are not bothering with Vermont.
The Western Massachusetts sky is dark this afternoon. I saw an owl swoop ahead of me and in unintentional excitement exclaimed “whoowhoo!”
December 18, 2024 at 8:51 PM
The Western Massachusetts sky is dark this afternoon. I saw an owl swoop ahead of me and in unintentional excitement exclaimed “whoowhoo!”
Our portable restroom vendors sends us brownies for the holidays and I appreciate their subtle sense of humor.
December 18, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Our portable restroom vendors sends us brownies for the holidays and I appreciate their subtle sense of humor.