Nathan Lorenz
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Nathan Lorenz
@lostinok.com
An Okie in search of enlightenment.

Software engineer mostly in #dotnet. My wife and I spent 5 years traveling the U.S.

Settled down now in the charming small town of #Guthrie #Oklahoma.

I play both the #ukulele and #piano frequently but poorly.
According to Mayor David Holt, the location being considered as a DHS holding facility is off market do that use after the owners stopped engaging with DHS on the contract.

#okc #dhs #ice #oklahoma
January 29, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Randomly had this one show up in my playlist tonight. A bit frightening how well it has aged into 2026.

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Official Video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Euj9f…
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Even as an Okie who feels the urge to defend local acts, this is not a great one for the resume.

Kennedy Center’s new programming head resigns days after hire was announced www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…
January 29, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I have no confidence that this would in any way improve the output from the Oklahoma legislature.

Oklahoma lawmaker moves to ban his colleagues from drinking alcohol while working • Oklahoma Voice oklahomavoice.com/2026/01/28/okl…

#okleg #oklahoma
January 28, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Getting to the very end of last year's garden harvest and preservation work. Harvested and froze the leeks. Made a potent Louisiana Style Jalapeño sauce and simple Taco Sauce from some fermented Jalapeños. Already ready for this year's harvest. 🤣 🌱

#garden #oklahoma #leeks #jalapeno
January 27, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Potentially my most heretical musical opinion: The Grateful Dead studio recordings are just better, especially without an altered sense of time. Also, and I'm not sure if this is related, it is some of the best house cleaning music ever recorded. #music #gratefuldead
January 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Foodies forgive us, though we know exactly what we do. We had so much garlic from the garden this year that now absolutely has to be late planted, eaten or stored that we have resorted to Jarlic. 🌱 #gardening #oklahoma
January 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
At a local Thai restaurant.
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
My family has started taking up the tradition of group reading sessions where we all cozy up in the living room and read our books. Tonight I started the Memory Palace by @natedimeo.bsky.social tonight and loved this simple quote that works for human relations both in the past and present. #reading
October 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
First day post harvest madness underway: taco sauce starting to ferment, bruschetta in a jar ready to can, first batch of salsa verde in the hot water bath. So much left to do. 🌱 #gardening #preserving #peppers #tomatoes #oklahoma
October 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The fruits of tonight's mad dash harvest of the feral garden to get as much picked before the cold snap starts signaling to the plants to slow down. I think we have some work to do. 🌱#gardening #oklahoma #okwx
October 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
What a great game! #gocubsgo
October 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Not having TBS or HBO is forcing me to get used to the strange 3D GameDay view. I'm starting to like the strange baseball playing ghosts.
#baseball #gocubsgo
October 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Here is my imagining of a perfect English Gentleman Farmer's hot day cocktail: a crisp and cool Garden Society Gin and Tonic from WanderFolk Spirits, garnished with cucumber picked fresh from the garden. Yum! 🌱What's your go-to summer cocktail? #guthrie #oklahoma #shoplocal #gardening #cocktail
July 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The one great consolation of yard work in this already stifling humidity is the chance to take a short break to pick some fresh and wonderfully ripe blackberries to enjoy with a cool breakfast. 🌱

#gardening #okwx #oklahoma #breakfast
July 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The first crop of blackberries are ripe, ready and delicious. Now the race is on between us, the birds and the neighbor children to see who can get the most over the next couple of weeks. 🤣🤣🤣 🌱

#gardening #fruit
June 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Well that was an exciting early morning wake up. From what I've heard the tornado and wind damage is relatively minor, but it was still an alarming way to start the day.

#okwx #oklahoma #guthrie
June 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Ended up with a little over 10 lbs of Asian plums from our plum tree which I hope will make some lovely jelly this fall.

#gardening #gardening #oklahoma
June 6, 2025 at 4:39 AM
We inherited an Asian plum tree with our house. For the first couple of years, it produced nothing. Last year it started producing some tart plums, perfect for jams. This year looks to be a bumper crop. This was just my first 30 minutes of harvesting from what I could reach on the ground! #gardening
June 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Nuestra Senora del Carmen, Boquillas del Carmen, Coahuila, Mexico. March, 2017

#photography #bw #mexico #boquillas #bigbend
January 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. October,2024

#photography #carlsbadcaverns #cave #newmexico
December 6, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. October, 2024.

#photography #cave #carlsbadcaverns #newmexico
November 22, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. October, 2024

#photography #caves #carlsbad #NewMexico #CarlsbadCaverns
November 20, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. October, 2024.

#photography #color #carlsbadcaverns #cave
November 18, 2024 at 4:29 PM
November 17, 2024 at 1:41 PM