Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery

@disasterqueer

In a toxic relationship with the Cascadia Subduction Zone. 🌋🌊 Emergency management professional in WA State with a focus on tsunamis. Polytheist pagan witch. Agender, asexual, queer AF. She/they. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Views are my own.

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Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· 8d

I turned 38 years old today and put up a stuffed animal hammock in my bedroom. 😂

A blue net hammock of stuffed animals in the upper corner of a room.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· 16d

I am literally not capable of having too many statues of Bast. (Though in my defense, two of these are only on my desk because the living room is being painted.) #WitchSky #kemetic #pagan

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Jul 8

I just rediscovered this picture last weekend of my own tough biker dad playing seesaw on a piece of driftwood with a young me and one of my best friends.

A photo of a printed picture. It's of a man and two young girls using a large piece of driftwood and a rock on the beach as a seesaw.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Jul 4

Turning into your mom isn't as bad as it sounds if it just means you both have an evil villain laugh.

A text exchange between a mother and adult kid. Kid says "I just cackled at something and I sounded exactly like you." Mom replies "I cackle??" Kid replies "WE cackle". Mom says "at least I am in stellar company."

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Jul 1

The only challenge coins I care about:

A photo of three collectible coins from the Tenchi Muyo anime 10th anniversary featuring the characters Ryoko, Ayeka, and Sasami.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Jun 29

Can't believe I almost forgot to post my pride flag this month! 😱

A graphic showing the tsunami alert levels used in the United States: information statement, watch, advisory, and warning.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Jun 11

Sound UP for baby demon "don't touch my spring!!" growls. #kittens #CatsOfBlueSky #pets #fosters

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Jun 9

My dreams last night:

A picture of the cereal box for Captain Crunch Oops All Berries with the word metaphors covering the word berries.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· May 28

I don't know what's worse: that I was just dreaming about grant no cost extensions or that I was woken by the screams of a PEACOCK in our backyard.

A photo of a male peacock standing in someone's backyard taken through a window. It's just standing there like it lives there. It does not live there.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· May 21

I forgot yesterday was #AgenderPrideDay! Shame on me. Here's a selfie of me in front of a pride flag wearing a cardigan with the trans flag colors and glasses with the nonbinary flag colors in compensation. Embracing my agender identity has been so freeing. We're a small group, but mighty! 🖤🩶🤍💚🤍🩶🖤

A selfie of a 30s something nonbinary white person with a buzz cut standing in front of a pride flag while wearing a cardigan with the trans flag colors and glasses with the nonbinary flag colors.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Mar 27

There she is! I finally got a chance to meet the 1700 Cascadia tsunami sand layer in person (along with several older tsunami layers). Felt a bit like meeting a celebrity, or maybe a god... a thrilling and chilling reminder of what came before and what will, inevitably, come for us again.

A close up photo of the side of the Niawiakum River's bank at low tide, revealing several feet of sediment. Among the different colored layers, keen eyes can spot thin bands of sand left behind by tsunamis which traveled up the river.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Mar 20

Guess who is going to look at tsunami sand deposits on the Washington coast on Monday and is determined to bring back a jar of sand from the 1700 Cascadia tsunami for their altar. 👀 Me it is meeeee.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Mar 7

HOW DID A WORM GET UNDER OUR COUCH?? WHY ARE THERE SO MANY GODDAMN BUGS IN OUR HOUSE.

A photo of a very long earthworm stretched across a person's palms. If you look closely, you can see cat hair stuck to it because it was crawling across the living room carpet for some goddamn reason.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Mar 5

STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING. Look at this TINY BABY SLUG. 🥺

A photo of the tiniest littlest itty bitty brown baby slug crawling on someone's thumb. It's like half a centimeter long or something, and it has the tiniest little antenna or whatever you call them. It's absolutely precious.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Mar 5

IN! MY BED!!

A photo of a brown stink bug in the palm of someone's hand.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Mar 3

WHY ARE YOU IN MY HOUSE ALL THE TIME.

A photo of someone's home office setup. You can see the edges of a computer monitor on one side of the photo and a laptop screen on the other side. Climbing the edge of the computer monitor is a brown stink bug for some goddamn reason. What is it doing. Where is it going. Why is it in my house.

A close up photo of a brown stink bug climbing the edge of the computer monitor for some goddamn reason.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Feb 17

Speaking of AI being used to fake photos of interiors, I found this gem in an edition of the magazine House Beautiful recently:

A photo of a full page magazine ad showing two half open artsy doors leading into a mud room with a washer and dryer. It looks like a normal rich person room until you look closer at a framed photograph hanging above the washer and dryer. The photo inexplicably shows a woman with her entire head in a kitchen sink. She appears to be dead.

A close up from the photo of a full page magazine ad showing two half open artsy doors leading into a mud room with a washer and dryer. It looks like a normal rich person room until you look closer at a framed photograph hanging above the washer and dryer. The photo inexplicably shows a woman with her entire head in a kitchen sink. She appears to be dead.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Feb 16

Our dog says trans rights are human rights. 😤🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

A photo with a blue house flying a progress pride flag in the background and a brown dog looking very regal in the foreground.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Feb 12

Shaved my head! I've been told I "look like a librarian that will help me battle a cursed book" and "like the evil bald lady from Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous" so I'm pretty happy with the results. 😎 #agender

A selfie photo of a 30s something white person with a shaved head and glasses smiling at the camera. They're standing in front of a tapestry of Hokusai's Great Wave painting.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Feb 2

@mountsthelens1980.bsky.social I keep forgetting to show you this meme I found in the wild:

A meme made up of two images. The top image is a photo of Mt St Helens before it erupted. Text says "unlike you snowflakes, I'm not so easily offended." The bottom photo is of Mt St Helens after its eruption. Text says "OMG! Non-binary people! Aahh!"

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Feb 1

This is who runs this account.

A photo of a giant skeleton walking through the woods at night.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Jan 31

Here's some good news for your timeline - our cat's heart murmur appears to have significantly reduced in size, and may be gone completely! #pets #CatsOfBluesky

A photo of the most perfect brown tabby cat sitting on an orange pillow.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Jan 28

Remember, kids, if you're at the coast and you feel ground shaking, run to high ground or Wavey will get you! 🌊👁️👄👁️🌊

A photo of a stack of round white stickers. The design is a smiling blue anthropomorphic wave circled by the text "when a tsunami happens, run to high ground!" The wave is a little creepy looking, and has shadows under its eyes like its high.

Elyssa Tappero | Waves and Witchery@disasterqueer· Jan 26

I give our dog, who can't be left alone, a hard time, when in reality a person has to be at our house at all times anyway because SOMEONE gets himself routinely stuck in closets. #pets #CatsOfBluesky