Nostr notes by Mike

Willie and the lemon tree. (Upper left) The lemons are still ...

2026-10-31T00:34:08Z

Willie and the lemon tree. (Upper left) The lemons are still green.

I eat them raw, this kind that's kind of pointy you have to ...

2026-10-30T01:53:10Z

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I eat them raw, this kind that's kind of pointy you have to wait for them to get really soft or they're really astringent. There's another kind that's not pointy that you can eat when they're crunchy. Very sweet. A lot of people don't like the slimy soft texture of this kind when they're finally edible. It's a slurpy thing 😆

I rarely forage persimmons, so I thought "just one," and ...

2026-10-30T01:39:17Z

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I rarely forage persimmons, so I thought "just one," and then the whole branch snapped off, oops

I didn't intend to take the whole tree lol. Will need some ...

2026-10-30T01:28:48Z

I didn't intend to take the whole tree lol. Will need some time before it's palatable.

Nice sky 😊

2026-10-28T20:32:47Z

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Nice sky 😊

Deer are funny, if they decide you're fine they can get ...

2026-10-20T00:14:14Z

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Deer are funny, if they decide you're fine they can get almost too friendly sometimes. We all need space 😆

Love the birds, are they plovers?

2026-10-18T21:31:28Z

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Love the birds, are they plovers?

Nice light ☺️

2026-10-15T17:03:07Z

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Nice light ☺️

I forgot about them! I love this song.

2026-10-15T02:47:46Z

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I forgot about them! I love this song.

Coleus is blossoming. ...

2026-10-07T22:50:07Z

Coleus is blossoming.

Inviting a foreign country to bomb US cities should trigger ...

2026-10-06T20:12:47Z

Inviting a foreign country to bomb US cities should trigger immediate impeachment, at the very least? What do I know. 🤷‍♂️

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2026-10-05T23:52:46Z

Poll

Bus announcement got cut off, it said "as a courtesy to ...

2026-10-01T00:19:06Z

Bus announcement got cut off, it said "as a courtesy to customers, please refrain." I like it 🤣

Red lizard sunning itself near the ong choi, Oahu. It may be ...

2026-09-24T23:39:08Z

Red lizard sunning itself near the ong choi, Oahu. It may be beginning to molt, says my friend.

Fern Ridge Reservoir, Eugene, Springfield, Three Sisters ...

2026-09-23T21:15:57Z

Fern Ridge Reservoir, Eugene, Springfield, Three Sisters

Apostrophe, back space, period. That's how we did it on the ...

2026-09-20T00:38:42Z

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Apostrophe, back space, period. That's how we did it on the old Royal I learned on. But I don't know how we'd have made an upside down one 🤔

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2026-09-19T17:55:25Z

Acorns!

Equinox skinny sasquatch ...

2026-09-19T02:35:18Z

Equinox skinny sasquatch

Couldn't quite remember if hummingbird nectar is 1 to 4 ratio ...

2026-09-13T22:26:38Z

Couldn't quite remember if hummingbird nectar is 1 to 4 ratio (yes) or 1 of four (no)... so I looked up the proportions and phone suggested hummingbird nectar propaganda 😆

Chili upcoming, the beans have cooked! ...

2026-09-12T20:43:16Z

Chili upcoming, the beans have cooked!

Sunset #eugene ...

2026-09-11T02:32:21Z

Sunset

#eugene

There was a quiz show on radio a few years back that had people ...

2026-09-08T02:21:03Z

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There was a quiz show on radio a few years back that had people make up definitions of words, one was correct.... it always amazed me that they could find words that nobody knew.

[Edit: the show is Says You! - it's no longer being made]

I've started writing down words I don't know so I ...

2026-09-08T01:36:22Z

I've started writing down words I don't know so I don't get sucked into the internet. Just occured to me to write the page number so I can go back for context.
This book has many so far since I started doing this a hundred or so pages ago. (Tom's Crossing)

I have some good paper dictionaries, but they're just as distracting as the internet 😆

Argilaceous
Rupestral
Gaskin
Rubricated
Cynegetic
Caesious
Apophenia
Misocaenia

Bad eggplant is really bad, like canned peas...

2026-09-07T02:36:40Z

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Bad eggplant is really bad, like canned peas...

Friend went to take a picture of the red lizard and the two ...

2026-09-07T01:46:00Z

Friend went to take a picture of the red lizard and the two greenish ones popped out to get their picture taken.

No lightning in this, I'm not lucky like that ...

2026-09-03T21:56:41Z

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No lightning in this, I'm not lucky like that

Should close the west window.

2026-09-03T21:49:16Z

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Should close the west window.

Bright lightning in the afternoon

2026-09-03T21:48:37Z

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Bright lightning in the afternoon

Here comes the wind.

2026-09-03T21:47:20Z

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Here comes the wind.

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2026-09-03T21:43:37Z

Sudden close thunder. 3 squawks from the crow 😆

Homemade green scrubby 😆 #crochet #diy ...

2026-09-03T19:39:42Z

Homemade green scrubby 😆

#crochet
#diy

Hope you're patient, although I am getting faster. It's ...

2026-08-26T03:29:49Z

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Hope you're patient, although I am getting faster. It's really strong, colorfast, can be washed in hot water, so we'll see. Twine would probably destroy my fingers 😆

I was hoping to find some kind of rough twine in my thrifting ...

2026-08-26T03:06:11Z

I was hoping to find some kind of rough twine in my thrifting expedition, but I found this emerald green "super mercerized" cotton that may or may not hold up to being a dishcloth. We shall see.

#crochet

Alex Ross in the New Yorker: "You wake up and brace yourself ...

2026-08-24T20:33:38Z

Alex Ross in the New Yorker:

"You wake up and brace yourself for the barrage of toxic gibberish that constitutes the modern public sphere. Your e-mail is overrun with spam, scams, and smut. There are voicemails from no one about nothing. A glance at the news reveals that the President is continuing to spew lies and obscenities; that a trillionaire is peddling white-supremacist propaganda on a social-media platform he owns; that a chart-topping musical artist is praising Hitler, or apologizing for praising Hitler, or praising Hitler once again. Publications from the Times on down employ clickbait headlines that treat you like a starving rat in a Pavlovian experiment. A.I. systems simulate the experience of talking to an arrogant ten-year-old boy who knows far less than he thinks he does. When pressed, the chatbots admit that they cannot 'naturally understand human morality, dignity, culture, or meaning.' It all adds up to a continuous discursive tinnitus -- a buzz of random, fake, stupid, sinister chatter that nobody wants and nobody can stop."

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2026-08-21T08:59:31Z

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Why do I never get a chance to update my terms and conditions, my ...

2026-08-19T06:57:22Z

Why do I never get a chance to update my terms and conditions, my privacy policy? Not that I really want to, now that I think about it, but still....

Pansies and Habanero on the porch. ...

2026-08-11T19:10:08Z

Pansies and Habanero on the porch.

Lucy, Jack, and Finn ...

2026-08-11T18:05:02Z

Lucy, Jack, and Finn

Copper watching me water ...

2026-08-09T16:53:39Z

Copper watching me water

"The little that I know about my ancestors presents many ...

2026-08-05T23:46:04Z

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"The little that I know about my ancestors presents many similarities to these gases."

Levi, The Periodic Table, opening. ...

2026-08-05T22:46:49Z

Levi, The Periodic Table, opening.

"Remember, you're alone in the kitchen!"

2026-08-05T01:09:25Z

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"Remember, you're alone in the kitchen!"

Good idea. I had one I gave to someone years back, I bought it in ...

2026-08-05T00:48:14Z

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Good idea. I had one I gave to someone years back, I bought it in whatever year the Berlin Wall came down, late 80's? and they sent little update decals periodically to paste over last year's boundaries. It had nice tactile topography.

Mildly apocalyptic out there today in the smoky heat, I've ...

2026-08-05T00:36:22Z

Mildly apocalyptic out there today in the smoky heat, I've seen a few makeshift burnouses, I guess that's not that unusual for Eugene. Not a lot of flannel today. People more concerned with surviving the day than being bitchy about it. My not so glamorous life. But I wanted a globe from the thrift. Didn't find one, so it was me and my skein of yarn wandering through the smoker that is Oregon today. The low income routes have transit cops.

wwjc do? (Julia Child)

2026-08-04T23:22:18Z

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wwjc do? (Julia Child)

Wow, looks like a clafouti! I can imagine getting too excited and ...

2026-08-04T23:13:36Z

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Wow, looks like a clafouti! I can imagine getting too excited and saying "look at the other side! Oops"

Dusty boy on a smoky morning ...

2026-08-04T17:59:29Z

Dusty boy on a smoky morning

They get taller than me around here.

2026-08-04T16:28:43Z

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They get taller than me around here.

Happy plants 😀 I might grow amaranth next year, this ...

2026-08-04T15:43:29Z

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Happy plants 😀 I might grow amaranth next year, this year's porch garden cane together before they cut the wisteria down; I have a lot more sun and vertical space now. I love the color.

Oh, wow, that's close to where my grandmother lived.

2026-08-03T02:07:04Z

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Oh, wow, that's close to where my grandmother lived.

I'll finish this and go feed a cat. #crochet ...

2026-08-03T00:24:52Z

I'll finish this and go feed a cat.

#crochet

That's great you can do that, it's an amazing place.

2026-08-02T02:21:51Z

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That's great you can do that, it's an amazing place.

I'm waiting for habaneros, there have been blossoms, I ...

2026-08-01T01:50:02Z

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I'm waiting for habaneros, there have been blossoms, I haven't taken a close look for a few days.

Such an easy, pretty plant, and the peppers are so easy to use ...

2026-08-01T01:39:06Z

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Such an easy, pretty plant, and the peppers are so easy to use and preserve. Nice kind of delayed heat.

I've got half a score.

2026-08-01T00:58:17Z

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I've got half a score.

You'll have millions. I kept finding more no matter how many ...

2026-08-01T00:39:35Z

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You'll have millions. I kept finding more no matter how many times I looked.

Which kind is that?

2026-08-01T00:36:57Z

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Which kind is that?

There's much less windowsill cooling than I was led to ...

2026-07-30T16:42:04Z

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There's much less windowsill cooling than I was led to expect.

Yes 😋

2026-07-30T16:38:54Z

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Yes 😋

I make a really good crust, or I did 40 years ago, lol.

2026-07-30T16:32:27Z

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I make a really good crust, or I did 40 years ago, lol.

Warm pie and ice cream

2026-07-30T16:24:09Z

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Warm pie and ice cream

My friend has a gecko in their bromeliad ...

2026-07-30T00:45:37Z

My friend has a gecko in their bromeliad

I'm thinking that's the way 🤔 🤷‍♀️ I ...

2026-07-29T20:31:54Z

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I'm thinking that's the way 🤔 🤷‍♀️ I wouldn't care about the noise, but my neighbors might. My neighbors now are out working long before I'm boiling water, so what the hell. I had to be at work and awake at 6:30 back then.

If you have a favorite trusted old method of boiling your water, ...

2026-07-29T20:11:33Z

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If you have a favorite trusted old method of boiling your water, I'm interested.

I used to have a stovetop kettle with a whistle, but it was ...

2026-07-29T20:05:19Z

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I used to have a stovetop kettle with a whistle, but it was really loud, and I'd take the whistle off and forget about it, oops. I don't want purple lights on my tea journey, or boiling in plastic. I've done enough housesitting to see how long those things last. Saucepan works fine, until I get my bearings on these new uncharted waters 🙄

My old faithful 20+ year electric tea kettle decided it was done, ...

2026-07-29T19:59:54Z

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My old faithful 20+ year electric tea kettle decided it was done, and dramatically disassembled. So. I'm out here in the wild west boiling water in a saucepan today 😆 20+ years of daily use, not too bad.

Waiting for the tea water to boil, way out west ...

2026-07-29T19:53:13Z

Waiting for the tea water to boil, way out west

Gazpacho (I'm predictable)

2026-07-29T16:44:40Z

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Gazpacho (I'm predictable)

Lazy warm summer afternoon ...

2026-07-27T00:52:38Z

Lazy warm summer afternoon

Soup in summer sounds like a bad idea, sometimes, but this one ...

2026-07-25T17:48:28Z

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Soup in summer sounds like a bad idea, sometimes, but this one always appeals to me.

Those beans make me want to make minestrone.

2026-07-25T17:39:56Z

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Those beans make me want to make minestrone.

I always get my wrist on a tray, or the top of the oven, luckily ...

2026-07-25T04:43:34Z

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I always get my wrist on a tray, or the top of the oven, luckily the freezer's nearby with ice.

Geoff the black panther cat, and Zuke the terrier chihuahua.

2026-07-23T17:25:10Z

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Geoff the black panther cat, and Zuke the terrier chihuahua.

I hope I have a brief moment in the morning when I think I need ...

2026-07-23T08:22:03Z

I hope I have a brief moment in the morning when I think I need to go feed Copper the cat cross town and then remember I have the morning off. Big stretch 😆😴 It's been kind of nice in here in the mornings. Of course I'm starting a few days of house and pet sitting right next door to Copper tomorrow evening, but it'll be nice to have the whole day to put off packing for it.

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2026-07-14T00:42:38Z

Well?

Ha! I hope it's good. Seems like it.

2026-07-14T00:06:54Z

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Ha! I hope it's good. Seems like it.

It's an old one, from the turn of the century, but it seems ...

2026-07-13T23:14:57Z

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It's an old one, from the turn of the century, but it seems to be a good basic reference. Complete with hi-liters so I'll know what's on the midterm 😆

Maxed out my dorkiness for the week. I had to go back to the ...

2026-07-13T22:34:42Z

Maxed out my dorkiness for the week. I had to go back to the thrift for a Meteorology text, that only yesterday was rated: "too heavy," and "a waste of money." On a hot day. I could get it from the library. And yet, I must have it. Set me back three bucks 😆
I tried to take a class in college, but it was 70's, endless making charts by hand from tables of data, I disliked the professor, I was more interested in understanding the patterns. I dropped the class after the first day, but not the interest.

Friends painted their house exactly that color, but with a ...

2026-07-12T23:41:33Z

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Friends painted their house exactly that color, but with a turquoise trim, it looks really nice.

A friend lived for decades next door to where I'm feeding ...

2026-07-12T19:02:39Z

A friend lived for decades next door to where I'm feeding Copper the cat. I got a text that there's a small plum tree at the end of the alley , by her back gate, that doesn't belong to anybody. So I'm making jam later today 😀
Copper is helping me water.

Friend's trying to sprout a succulent from their garden, ...

2026-07-11T21:42:26Z

Friend's trying to sprout a succulent from their garden, color coordinated with their overpriced mai tai bottle 😆 Almost looks like a carnation.

Those shishito peppers are so good, a pint lightly pan roasted in ...

2026-07-10T01:54:32Z

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Those shishito peppers are so good, a pint lightly pan roasted in a little olive oil with some salt is a great snack.

Me too, I really liked displaying things like that when I worked ...

2026-07-10T01:23:32Z

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Me too, I really liked displaying things like that when I worked with produce. Satisfying.

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2026-07-10T00:40:34Z

I love when they're young and can still follow the sun ...

2026-07-09T04:27:50Z

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I love when they're young and can still follow the sun around.

I always think of future archeologists, if there are any, what ...

2026-07-08T01:20:27Z

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I always think of future archeologists, if there are any, what will they would make of what they find, and where they find it. There's a section of railroad track a few blocks from here that's a great spot for graffiti art, but it recently has been strewn with jagged boulders to prevent people sleeping. That will endure, what will they make of hostile landscaping?

That's beautiful. Smoke when you're prepared for some ...

2026-07-07T12:59:21Z

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That's beautiful. Smoke when you're prepared for some summer sun really sucks.

I noticed habanero blossoms this morning.

2026-07-07T00:39:04Z

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I noticed habanero blossoms this morning.

That'll do, it got a little coarse at the end, but so what ...

2026-07-06T01:59:40Z

That'll do, it got a little coarse at the end, but so what 😆

Venus, barely ...

2026-07-05T04:21:29Z

Venus, barely

I remember this scene now, I have spent untold hours of my life ...

2026-07-04T03:16:56Z

I remember this scene now, I have spent untold hours of my life doing exactly that, in spots like that, maybe that one. I realized when I saw it years ago that I always feel the presence of those canyons, even thousands of miles away. Good to see it again. (watching Contact)

A Stretcar Named Perspire #HeatWaveMovies #HashTagGames

2026-07-01T01:59:47Z

A Stretcar Named Perspire

#HeatWaveMovies
#HashTagGames

My home for the night ...

2026-06-24T23:30:24Z

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My home for the night

Now for a nap lol ...

2026-06-24T23:24:39Z

Now for a nap lol

I have a single jay parent taking evasive maneuvers outside the ...

2026-06-24T14:00:14Z

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I have a single jay parent taking evasive maneuvers outside the windows the last few days, it's hilarious, the young one gets better and better at chasing 😆

They get so exasperated, both the young ones and the parents, ...

2026-06-24T13:47:57Z

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They get so exasperated, both the young ones and the parents, it's funny to watch, sometimes sad...

Beautiful color 😍

2026-06-21T23:29:50Z

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Beautiful color 😍

Beautiful up there 😊

2026-06-21T13:26:13Z

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Beautiful up there 😊

The fennel now is so sweet.

2026-06-20T18:52:43Z

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The fennel now is so sweet.

Young beets are so good 😊

2026-06-20T18:48:23Z

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Young beets are so good 😊