MNealM
mnealm.bsky.social
MNealM
@mnealm.bsky.social
Appalachian holler dweller. I like words and building things.

Oh, and also cats who have been routed through the cat distribution system.
Neill, I HAD NO IDEA! This came in my WFDD morning update.
May 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
There’s a teeny white trillium, too, with evidence of an abandoned garden. (Yes, mine.)
April 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This Shooting Star refused to bloom well for years. I guess it liked being in a landslide. Patrick’s probably right—new minerals.
April 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Nashville. The traffic is awful, but the food is good.
April 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“dipshit sex pest failsons”😂
April 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Around 6 a.m., I sat bolt upright in bed because high winds and rain in the morning dark will terrify me for the rest of my life. #wnc #helene
April 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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The number of good points per minute in this video is extremely high, which is wild because it is 2 hours and 40 minutes long.

youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?...
CONSPIRACY | contrapoints
YouTube video by ContraPoints
youtu.be
March 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Subscribe to #Dame, y’all. Here’s a taste that captures the part that made me throw up in my mouth a little.



There’s something so viscerally unsettling about watching grown men plan a cruise missile strike on Houthi militants alongside emojis crying with laughter.
March 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Doesn't matter that I've taken this very same photo more than a few times. It's just so darn pretty. Even on a cold, windy, gray day. #Tallinn
March 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Find the interpreter at that one-on-one meeting in Helsinki. The one where Putin said, “I will release the details of how I threw the election to you unless you do exactly what I say.” It’s time for them to talk.
March 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Students at an art school in Germany hung this banner in the central rotunda.
February 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Thanks to the Neue NationalGalerie museum shop in Berlin (and Barbara Kruger and an anonymous translator), I have a new shopping bag for use in the USA, where most people won’t know what it says.
February 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Does this level of pettiness sound familiar?

“Jewish workers and employees shall no longer receive long-service awards.”

“Jews dismissed from state service can be denied the license to practice law.”

“Jews shall be ineligible for rent assistance.”

a random selection-Jewish Museum Berlin
February 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Does this level of pettiness sound familiar?

“All Jewish teachers in Prussia who are not regularly employed shall be dismissed.”

“Childless Jewish women are not eligible for health insurance coverage for investigating the causes of their childlessness.”

(Jewish Museum Berlin)
February 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Slate tile as wall cladding is subtly shiny. 52°N latitude
February 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
To my hhb:
February 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This was, I think, my father's favorite book. It shaped his views on war, loss, futility, stupidity, poetry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/b...
In Praise of ‘The Great War and Modern Memory,’ by Paul Fussell
Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’m probably the last person to hear the neologism “Dogebags,” but I sure do like it.😂
February 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Well, today the robocalls started. I guess that means my phone number is out there. Looking forward to hearing directly from "Big Balls" (Edward #Coristine, age 19, citizen of Canada, now evidently ALL up in our business).
February 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This all rings true to me. (I mean, what do I know? But the logic is there.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
Opinion | Don’t Believe Him (Gift Article)
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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A week since the Antioch High School shooting. And at the Nashville School Board meeting last night, I heard a message loud a clear from students. “We don’t want vouchers. We want violence protection.”
January 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It's cold up here. The kitchen was 41º when we got up. Once the outdoor temperature got above 10º, the heat pump started working again. Also, we have a fireplace in the kitchen. So, I've been making soup. This soup. It's amazing.
www.gimmesomeoven.com/roasted-carr...
Roasted Carrot Soup with Za'atar Chickpeas
This delicious roasted carrot soup recipe is made with creamy tahini and topped with crispy za'atar chickpeas. (Gluten-free and vegan)
www.gimmesomeoven.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I like to try to get the fire in the fireplace to look like gas logs.
January 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM