Simmons Buntin
@simmonsbuntin.bsky.social
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Author of Satellite: Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far. Founding editor-in-chief of Terrain.org. Tall drink of water. Dog walker. Photo taker.
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My thanks to ASLE for sharing Satellite. On that note, I'm reading from Satellite on September 18th online with the Sowell Collection. Check my website at simmonsbuntin.com/events for details!
New book from our Member Bookshelf:

Satellite: Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far
By Simmons Buntin. Trinity University Press, 2025.

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Thanks for sharing! 😃
Colorado friends, please join me at an upcoming reading next week!

Sept. 2, @ Analogue Books in Pueblo w/ Juan Morales
Sept. 3, @ Crystal Springs Brewing Co. in Louisville
Sept. 5 @ CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning

See all events at simmonsbuntin.com/events

Hope to see you there!
Hope you’re having a vibrant summer solstice!
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When cruelty is seen as patriotic, compassion is seen as treasonous.
Strawberry Moon, with hummingbird wind chime.
Thanks! We are delighted to be back in Civano.
All I’m saying is that the signs from our alien overlords are everywhere, if you just look… 👽
A study in front porches, or, 4 ways of welcoming your neighbor.
I am pretty sure this new view of ours will never get old.
A little evening drama to the north.
Stepping out into the backyard and looking up while the ocotillo still blooms.
It’s kind of an embarrassment of floral riches around here right now. Gratitude. 💛💚💜
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America is not a Christian nation.

America is a nation where the rich and powerful have reduced Christianity to just another tool to exploit for their own interests at the expense of the very people Jesus called us to serve: the poor, the hungry, the sick, the stranger, and the oppressed.
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Lovely to see this finished copy of @julianhoffman.bsky.social 's very special book, Lifelines - published by @eandtbooks.bsky.social on 15th May.
From a threatened urban shrine to the isolation of suburbs, what happens when communities are cast away? Read this excerpt of Satellite, from the essay "The Castaway," to find out!

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A Sinner’s Shrine and the Sacred City
From a threatened urban shrine to the isolation of suburbs, what happens when communities are cast away?
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