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Ryan F. Love
@rflove.bsky.social
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HS English teacher who does some writing (unpublished histfic novels, some shorts, some poetry), dad. he/him
www.ryanflovewriter.com
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Some mornings, the classroom view ain't bad.
Good morning, all.
#teacher
White snow with a low wall and a fence above it in mid ground, a leafless tree in foreground. Blue sky above a hill in background where the early sun hits the trees above houses and a scoreboard across the field.
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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I certainly will not say I enjoy it, but I will admit that living in town and shoveling my stretch of sidewalk is a satisfying job.
A maple tree had left in front of snow. My sidewalk, here except for pressed down snow where someone had already walked, runs and paved parallel to the street, now clear. Skeletal trees and a large pine in the background in front of some houses.
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Weeks had elapsed since I had played a board game. Very happy that these enlivened my tabletop these last few days.
#boardgame
From left to right, Sagrada, Obsession, Hunt a Killer: Death at the Dive Bar Chronology above.
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Reading, with dogs.

(In particular, reading the delightful story "Oscula Naturae" by @jmreynolds.bsky.social in the historical horror anthology This World of Vile Wonder that @coyhall.bsky.social put together. Good stuff.)
Me sitting on a couch in brown and gray flannel with a book in my right hand and beagle Norton under my arm. Gray Morkie Toby nestles between the legs of my blue jeans.
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Coffee is percolating. Admiring Keuka Lake in winter and then settling in to edit. It's been a busy couple weeks, and I'm grateful for time to write.
Good morning, all.
The lake is visible beyond snow dusted grape vines, leafless trees and some pine. Snow streaks the hills beyond and the blue sky, graced with some soft clouds, lends its hue to Keuka.
November 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Day after Thanksgiving breakfast and editing.
Good morning, all.
Laptop on wood table next to white plate with pumpkin pie and coffee mug. Snowy patio visible through a glass door.
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Finger Lakes.
Overcast but bright sky above hills (brown, this time of year) around Keuka Lake. A pine in the picture's middle, bare grape vines on foreground above the top of a deck's white rail.
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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It turns out that my wife wasn't the only one to bring a dog to the office yesterday.
I am thankful for dogs.
#dogsofbluesky
A golden retriever puppy getting sniffed by three other dogs. The puppy is already bigger than the small white one to the lower left and our Toby, grey with light brown head in a purple harness. The grey dog to right getting the butt sniff is the only one larger than the puppy, though not by much. Grey dog Clover laying on his side on the floor next to our Morkie Toby, who lays on a blue floral pillow. They are friends now.
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Finally getting younger child to see Hamilton on tour.
Program held up over red seats. We're high in the balcony looking down at the stage.
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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So this was a fun wedding reception.
Standing behind a yellow line in an olive suit, with my gray beard nearly trimmed and a boutonniere on my lapel. I hold up an axe in my right hand with a target in the background.
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Just warm enough this morning to enjoy my toast, coffee, and historical horror anthology from @coyhall.bsky.social in the autumn air.
Anthology "This World of Vile Wonder" on a glass patio table next to wheat toast, a green coffee mug with coffee, and a bowl of red raspberries. Bare tree branches reflected on the table surface.
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Breathing autumn air, sipping coffee with toast, writing.
Good morning, all
My laptop on my glass patio table next to a white plate with rye toast, with a Ulysses Bloomsday cream colored mug behind it and a bowl of blackberries. A brown fence and still mostly green trees behind.
October 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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About to watch my wife play the role of a sleazy, criminal aunt, and very excited.
Here's to community theatre.
Program for Kimberly Akimbo, with the title printed in white on an orange creamsickle
October 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Writing on this early autumn morning after a too long layoff. Hoping to dash off the last 700 or so words of this chapter draft before other duties call.
Good morning, all.
My green coffee mug with orange interior filled with coffee next to a French press on a glass patio table. Brown fallen leaves rest inside the brown fence in background
September 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Teaching duties are occupying most of my time these days, but I'm still pecking at the novel. Two hundred words here, a hundred there.

#writer
A glass plate with wheat toast centered on a glass patio table, with laptops slanted in the left foreground. A bowl of grapes, French press, and green mug with coffee before a brown fence with green trees in background.
September 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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September Sunday walk by the lake. It was a pleasant afternoon.
Morkie Toby in shaded grass with the lake behind, green hills in distance. Big white clouds, blue sky. A dock to left. Tall brown grass with a couple skeletal trees at right. Blue sky and white clouds. Just a glimpse of Lake behind.
September 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Toby cuddles.
Our small fuzzy gray morkie Toby lays on top of me and the gray sheet I'm under.
September 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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First Friday of the school year.
Beer and writing.
Cheers.
My laptop on my glass patio table next to a glass of beer and a berry monkey sour fruited triple can that is blue. Green trees and brown fence in the background.
September 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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First day of school. I survived.
#teacher
My customary first day of school fit, a brown Tweed jacket over a light khaki shirt. I am pictured from pocket upward in front of green leaves beside the edge of our gazebo. I have brown hair and glasses and a beard that is more gray than red.
September 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The puppies offer moral support from their sunbeam.
Norton and Toby laying side by side among Dead leaves on the brown deck with our green siding to their right. Norton is a brown and black beagle, and the much smaller gray. Toby is nestled next to him. There are a couple of wiffle balls attached to him because he is small enough he could potentially squeeze out between fence posts.
August 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Two mornings to go of my writing on the deck routine, and then back to school.
Laptop beside a plate of toast and a bowl of blueberries and a tan coffee mug on a glass patio table, with brown fence and trees beyond
August 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Mini golf with the fam.
Wishing a good Labor Day weekend to all who would celebrate labor.
One child in shorts putting on the green while another stands beside a waterfall feature. Wife sits on the edge of a bridge behind. Green trees to left, blue sky and clouds to right.
August 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Had the opportunity to tour this place with my fam yesterday. It's as beautiful and impressive as its reputation.
Fallingwater, the F.L. Wright designed home in SW Pennsylvania. The tan concrete terraces and waterfalls among trees - the angle you've probably seen if you ever saw an image of it.
August 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Four chapters to go in the novel, and I'm about to start drafting one of them. I report to school in two weeks; shooting for two more chapter drafts.
A pleasant morning to all. May we make some hay while the sun shines.

#writer #teacher
Glass patio table with my laptop, green mug of coffee, toast in a plate, a bowl of red raspberries, and a French press. Brown fence and trees in the background
August 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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One more morning of lakeside editing.
A good and peaceful morning to all.
A glass patio table with an umbrella shaft in the center. It holds my shadowed laptop, a red plate with toast and a pastry, and a mug of coffee. Leaves from a tree to write are reflected on the table. The shimmering Lake beneath Blue sky and the silhouette of Keuka lakes bluff in the background.
August 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM