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Jeff Van Booven

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Writer, white guy without a podcast. Jeff enthusiast. https://jeffvanbooven.wordpress.com/

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Jun 17

I want to run an ice cream truck, but if anybody ever tries to get ice cream from me, surprise, free cone of spaghetti.
#icecreamtruck #spaghettitruck

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 13h

The egret arrives
And sits upon the top of the heron tree
Vibrant white atop the green
Surveying the watery domain
On its journey from place to place
A fine hotel for avian migrants
#poem #poetry

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 12d

Two herons
Stand by the lake
Wings raised to bolster their plumage
I don’t think they are friends

#poem #poetry #lake #heron

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 18d

Despite all my rage I’m still just a [male reader of fiction] I’m a cage…

a close up of a cartoon character 's fist with a pink building in the background

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · 26d

I always enjoy a chill morning when the first rays of sunlight birth mists dancing across the water.

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 18

Sunflowers
Some are big
Some are tall
Some are little
But all with flowers bright
The bees, the birds, the squirrels delight

#poem #poetry

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 14

One of the last #sunflower shots of the season as the #sunflowers are now drying up. The bonus extra heat certainly hasn’t helped.

A few more sunflower blooms coming from a branch resting on the ground.

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 13

I also finished a book.

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 13

So…. What I just bought cost more than our rings combined…

But it will allow burniating in style, so…

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 13

I might finish a book, might not, might drop a bunch of money on fancy rock though.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 12

#sunflowers enjoying the ground. The plants this year really like to put off more blooms than the branches could handle. But it just kept going.

Multiple sunflower blooms coming off a branch that has fallen to the ground.

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 12

I used to care a lot more; however, after a string of books that had me guessing correctly that the author was at the very least accused of being a sex pest, I care a lot less. Especially when it seems like the author is writing his fantasies about teenagers or younger.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 11

A group of #sunflowers #sunflowe

A group of sunflowers in full bloom, looking lovely and just doing their best.

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ugh, why the hell won’t they ever let us have chairs? I’m tired of being a socialstand country.

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 6

Yes

a pikachu with a gun in its mouth is sitting at a table

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 4

The #spookytown at night.

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 4

The #spookytown is up. #lemax

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 2

I stare at pictures
Of waterways still and distant
In lands I’ve never been
Imagining little moments of zen.

#poem #poetry

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Sep 1

I’m sure this has a proper name, but I like to think of them as rusty #sunflowers. #sunflower

A sunflower with a ring of subtle orange/red shades. No bee in this one.

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Aug 27

I was unable to capture one of the tiny tornados dancing merrily amongst the mist ambling low across the water’s surface. #mist #lake #fog bonus #heron

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Aug 24

An older #sunflower bloom that has lost its oomph, but it does have a bee on it. #sunflowers

And older sunflowers bloom that isn’t as crisp, but it has a bee on it.

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Aug 23

Can’t stop, won’t stop.

a cat sitting on a bed looking at a cell phone

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Aug 21

a dog is sitting on the floor with the words so excited above it .

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Aug 21

Lecture 5.1: other non-western cultures exist and are doing a thing, but that’s some collegiate dlc if you want that.

Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Aug 21

Lecture 5.0. We’ve invented culture, so now we’re going to artchitecure. Now it’s all about fancy column top, marble statues and some dudes militant fascination with making pictures on the floor with tiny colored rocks. Also even fancier pots.

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Jeff Van Booven @jvanbooven.bsky.social · Aug 21

Two #sunflowers up close. Lavender plant not for scale. #sunflower

Two sunflowers in full bloom. A lavender plant in a pot also happens to be in frame. For anybody who is interested, the elm tree in my front yard that was slowly dying got cut down today. We’ll see if that helps the coral bells grow better. They’ve been pretty stunted growth wise for years.