These hot smoke summers are a regular feature in the PNW. We get boxed in under an unmoving layer of smog from fires in BC, WA, OR, or CA (sometimes all 4). This was my garden in ‘01, no filter. That smoke season lasted 3 weeks. The one in 2022 lasted the same plus we had 90-100°F temps in *Oct*

Dear Wordfolk: Is there a future for literary agents?

#3Things that bring me joy for WED: Day of Fern & Lavender 1. Dreams are, again, all about transformation and training for something wayyyyyyy better 2. Continued perfect weather in the PNW 3. Hanging out in my crossroads garden with this jungle-icious sumac

Happy Book Birthday to CUL DE SAC Stories (Aqueduct Press, July 15, 2024)... I had the book launch of my dreams at the Port Townsend Writers Conference (happening this week!) Much love to all who've supported me in my dark speculative fiction storytelling efforts! tksellman.com/cul-de-sac-s...

#3Things that bring me joy for TUES: Day of Thistle & Ginger 1. Dreams last night were so FUN for a change 2. Hummingbirds found their new perch, a dried lily tree branch with multiple stems 3. This Yellowjackets playlist is giving me life

#3Things that bring me joy for MON: Day of Jasmine & Moonflower 1. Feeling my book promo vision finally coalesce (still much to do, but still…) 2. Cooler sunny weather chills out my nervous system too 3. I love how my spirit animal says hello to me sometimes 🦉 🤣 🍳

#3Things that bring me joy for SUN: Day of Lemon & Sunflower 1. First day in a long time that I didn’t do anything practical on purpose 🦋 ☀️ 🐕 🥤 2. The mountain was out and crystal clear all day 3. Hanging out with the boys.

#3Things that bring me joy for SAT: Day of Garlic & Mugwort 1. New seeds germinating in the greenhouse 2. Just finished yet another brilliant novel ( The Empusium) 3. So many pollinators (birds, bees, flies, moths, butterflies, wasps) out today in my yard

#3Things that bring me joy for FRI: Day of Rose & Vanilla 1. Successfully averted an aphid outbreak in the greenhouse 💪🏽 2. I have the best neighbors 💚💜♥️💛🩷💙🧡 3. This rainbow sun catcher on my front door is peak portal energy

Sorry, couldn’t resist #genx

#3Things that bring me joy for THURS: Day of Wheat & Sage 1. Seeing my favorite neighbors home again after a long trip 2. TIL mizuna (Japanese mustard) flowers taste like broccoli 🥦 YUM 😋 3. Latest harvest of greens below!!!

I am officially registered for the University of Washington Certificate in Film & Video Production for 2026-27! Now I can be a dawg too!

Thx to Thriveworks for making this information free and available.

#3Things that bring me joy for WED: Day of Fern & Lavender 1. Audiobooks during yard work. I finally learned how to enjoy them! 2. Having amazing leftovers. For me, it’s bbq’d babybacks and wet burritos 3. Red veined sorrel is my new fave leafy veg. (Well, after arugula.) Beautiful, tasty, healthy.

#3Things that bring me joy for TUES: Day of Thistle & Ginger 1. The hotel in Victoria mailed back the coat I left behind! It’s my favorite and irreplaceable. So happy! 2. Cool mornings and warm afternoons 3. Wildflowers

To honor the patriotism of protest, use this resource to learn about 1A rights, what’s being done daily—successfully—to protect them, and find your free speech heroes! Big Bro might be breathing down our collective neck, but 1A rights still exist—otherwise, this post wouldn't exist! buff.ly/CEoYxn2

#3Things that bring me joy for MON: Day of Jasmine & Moonflower 1. Cherry cobbler for breakfast 2. Shifting political tides 3. Part of me is dreading the whack acceleration of this year’s growing season but then these come 2-3 weeks early and I’m stoked

#w3Things that bring me joy for SUN: Day of Lemon & Sunflower 1. Hearing from my Substack readers… always a joy! 2. Warm (not hot) sun on my back and a gentle breeze while weeding 3. Saving my mallow plants (below) from guaranteed rabbit destruction … variety ‘Zebrina’

#3Things that bring me joy for SAT: Day of Garlic & Mugwort ⭐❤️🤍💙— 1976— ❤️🤍💙⭐ NOSTALGIA EDITION 1. Watching mountain goats scale the Continental Divide—Colorado Rockies 2. Seeing hot air balloons over Red Rocks Amphitheater from my bedroom window 3. Getting my 1st "cool" sneakers—blue suede Adidas!

On July 4, 1976 I was in Colorado for the US 200/CO 100. The Olympics extolled Nadia's perfect 10s; convoys/CB radios took to the road; the Bad News Bears, Seahawks, Charlie's Angels, The Muppets, and Rocky were born; Hotel California dropped; Blondie debuted; nachos and Jelly Bellies were invented!

#3Things that bring me joy for FRI: Day of Rose & Vanilla 1. Of course they released Major Watson (they never had cause to arrest him in the first place) 2. My "dwarf" cardoons, meant to grow only 4-5' tall, are pushing 7' 3. Last night's rain--I don't have to water and the weeding will be easier

#3Things that bring me joy for THURS: Day of Wheat & Sage 1. My greenhouse brings me joy every. single. day!!! (shot is from last Nov; it's full now!) 2. New sunflowers coming up! 3. Delighted to know DJT might visit the country's loudest stadium and get ear-splittingly booed😄

#3Things that bring me joy for WED: Day of Fern & Lavender 1/ 2🐰in my flowerpots eating all my 🌸🌸🌸 was never what I imagined RABBIT, RABBIT to be... but they're so darn adorable 2/ Eating homegrown greens with eggs for brek every AM is giving me life! 3/ Cool but sunny June weather in the PNW ahhhhh

Thank you, right back at ya

Get in here we're cormorantposting!

[3/3] I think gardening and hiking keep me offline enough to make this so apparent. I literally check my socials and there's really very little social about it, tho I enjoy a handful of posts/actual conversations from ordinary people and the occasional meme. Maybe I need to make deeper cuts...

Slept 11 hours last night, woke to find this happening #IYKYK

CHOOSE

:::Shudder::: This has Soylent Green vibes

Blue Devils Drum Corps grateful for Colorado's help after losing belongings in Interstate 25 bus fire www.9news.com/article/news...