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That Harp Guy

@thatharpguy.bsky.social

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For over 35 years, Gaffer has been owned by a 26-string Dusty Strings folk harp; Best Friend, Longest Roommate, Harshest Critic. thatharpguy.com Fort Collins, Colorado [Photo: Patrick Stephenson, Artwork: August Haynes]

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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 3h

If you're like me, a slice of ginger to roll around in the mouf works wonders.

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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 2d

Also finances; once upon a time in the U.S. there were things known as "used book stores", and trading in well-kept books got you a bigger book budget than turning in books you'd "destroyed".

What form "destruction" takes varies by individual; some folks look forward to marginalia and comments.

That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 2d

I =must= find my fang-sharpener. Now where =DID= I put that?

That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 2d

The OCCUPY kids were right.

I wish more folk would have listened.

That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 2d

Post your "Gay Card".

Old Fairy Soap sign:

"WHITE • PURE • FLOATING"

Fairy Soap
"Have you a little fairy in your home?"

Young Victorian girl in black perched upon an oval bar of soap.

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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 2d

Messy food tastes better.
Bill said so.

That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 2d

O. I C.

That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 3d

Me? Bitter?

No. I'm downright alkyloid.

That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 3d

So move the power lines and leave the trees.

That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 4d

Several strings snap simultaneously.

That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 4d

The Epstein files are not just about one man and it's not just pædophilia; Epstein was an international blackmailer.

There likely exists data on an awful lot of oligarchs in there. They're not =just= protecting Trump. Betchya.

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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 5d

a forest filled with trees and pine needles

Alt: a forest filled with trees and pine needles, and a dancing sasquatch.

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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 5d

All appropriate appendages crossed for a relaxed evening.

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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 5d

=Spectamus=.

A quote from Evan S. Connell's "The Alchymist's Journal":

How can the despot know humanity, except he taste its blood?

Red blackletter font on a black background.

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Garr, Spooky Loadtank @hoebigcat.bsky.social · 6d

I'm old. I want my government issued cat.

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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 5d

40, unless that's supposed to be "Baskin-Robbins", in which case it's 41. I toured with my harp in my younger days, and these were within the budget. I've not had many of these in the last 20 years.

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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 5d

There IS a term.

Her name was Cassandra, and she was cursed by Apollo such that her (entirely accurate) predictions would never be believed.

You are she.

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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, good!

Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 6d

Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

lostcoastoutpost.com

That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 6d

My dear dead sweetie allowed himself to cultivate "inappropriate laughter" as a therapeutical technique.

That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 7d

I do wish they'd've let Troughton keep his beard for the role. His face is so much more expressive with whiskers.

That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 8d

Bad tablet photo. Moon at zenith.

#MoonOfTheNow

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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 8d

Things are getting better for me with regular Vitamin D - my body neither produces it nor readily accepts it from food sources.

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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 8d

Little application called ColorNote.
Like stickies for a tablet.
Very reliable, free, no data bleed.

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That Harp Guy @thatharpguy.bsky.social · 8d

I keep my "Chopin Listz" on my tablet, so I never forget.

Unless I forget my tablet.

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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 20d

Incredible that people would rather live in a higher-crime surveillance state than invest in government services that benefit people they dislike.

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