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Todd Temkin
@toddtemkin.bsky.social
Poet, author, Patagonian alpaca farmer. A Wisconsin boy living in Chile between Valparaiso & Futaleufú. Please don’t ask about book #3. It’s coming. All llamas, alpacas & Icelandic horses are Green Bay Packers fans. No DMs. No porn. No crypto.
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Here are the sights & sounds of Chile’s Futaleufú River for my new friends on #Bluesky #blueskysocial
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Good morning! Here is a view of the Chilean version of the Azul River which borders our farm in Futaleufú—not to be confused with the river of the same name across the border in El Bolsón, Argentina. Both Azul Rivers are beautiful, BTW, but this one flows into the mighty FU, so…. 😊❤️
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Good morning! Here is a view of the Chilean version of the Azul River which borders our farm in Futaleufú—not to be confused with the river of the same name across the border in El Bolsón, Argentina. Both Azul Rivers are beautiful, BTW, but this one flows into the mighty FU, so…. 😊❤️
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Congrats to Eliza & Little Willie. The new baby is gorgeous and 100% all daddy.
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Congrats to Eliza & Little Willie. The new baby is gorgeous and 100% all daddy.
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Spring flowers in Valparaiso,
Chile. No city has shaped my professional, intellectual, & spiritual life more profoundly.
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Spring flowers in Valparaiso,
Chile. No city has shaped my professional, intellectual, & spiritual life more profoundly.
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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My son, Nico, at Mirador Pozòn de los Reyes high above Chile’s mighty Futaleufú. He will turn 24 next week and is scheduled to defend his thesis on his birthday. Assuming that goes well, he will be a Civil Industrial Engineer.
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My son, Nico, at Mirador Pozòn de los Reyes high above Chile’s mighty Futaleufú. He will turn 24 next week and is scheduled to defend his thesis on his birthday. Assuming that goes well, he will be a Civil Industrial Engineer.
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Here is an idea: This #Thanksgiving, let’s not give thanks to things that we “have.” Let’s give thanks to those things that we love.

Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Here is an idea: This #Thanksgiving, let’s not give thanks to things that we “have.” Let’s give thanks to those things that we love.

Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Good morning! I am, actually, in Valpo—not Patagonia—this week so feel free to send your Packers-Vikings content to Little Willie via Bluesky. He gets anxious on game days when I am not around.
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Good morning! I am, actually, in Valpo—not Patagonia—this week so feel free to send your Packers-Vikings content to Little Willie via Bluesky. He gets anxious on game days when I am not around.
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Good morning! It’s the old “dusk reflecting on the pond” trick, from Chilean Patagonia. Wishing all of our American friends a relaxing “final weekend before you fight with all your relatives at Thanksgiving.”
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Good morning! It’s the old “dusk reflecting on the pond” trick, from Chilean Patagonia. Wishing all of our American friends a relaxing “final weekend before you fight with all your relatives at Thanksgiving.”
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Sometimes, when I am writing and fully present, a miracle happens. If you want to call that God, that is ok. Then my cursed mind, greedy & ambitious, says, “That is really good! You should send it to the New Yorker.” The moment has now been defiled. It is time to go for a walk & listen to the river.
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sometimes, when I am writing and fully present, a miracle happens. If you want to call that God, that is ok. Then my cursed mind, greedy & ambitious, says, “That is really good! You should send it to the New Yorker.” The moment has now been defiled. It is time to go for a walk & listen to the river.
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Good morning Bluesky friends. Just a reminder: while Patagonia is indeed one of the world’s most beautiful places, it is also one of the world’s wildest places. Extreme weather all over the region the past few days. We join in mourning the loss of 5 tourists who perished at Torres del Paine.
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Good morning Bluesky friends. Just a reminder: while Patagonia is indeed one of the world’s most beautiful places, it is also one of the world’s wildest places. Extreme weather all over the region the past few days. We join in mourning the loss of 5 tourists who perished at Torres del Paine.
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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“Arroyo Partido” in autumn & winter. This mountain stream originates at Cerro Chapelco, a ski area in San Martin de los Andes, Argentina. The stream splits in 2 at a rocky outcrop. The branch on the left flows 200km, into Chile, and the Pacific Ocean. The right branch flows 1200 km to the Atlantic.
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Good morning! Ori & Baldur, our 2 Icelandic stallions, are out there working off some of the stress after a tense Packers victory yesterday.
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Arroyo Partido” in autumn & winter. This mountain stream originates at Cerro Chapelco, a ski area in San Martin de los Andes, Argentina. The stream splits in 2 at a rocky outcrop. The branch on the left flows 200km, into Chile, and the Pacific Ocean. The right branch flows 1200 km to the Atlantic.
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Good morning! Ori & Baldur, our 2 Icelandic stallions, are out there working off some of the stress after a tense Packers victory yesterday.
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Freyja & Lukka. When our first Icelandics arrived in Chile they quarantined 15 days with the National Agronomy Service (SAG). The vets at SAG were enamored. “Are all Icelandics like puppies?” Kind of. The foals are, also, like school kids. Here they are waiting for me to finish my coffee & play.
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Freyja & Lukka. When our first Icelandics arrived in Chile they quarantined 15 days with the National Agronomy Service (SAG). The vets at SAG were enamored. “Are all Icelandics like puppies?” Kind of. The foals are, also, like school kids. Here they are waiting for me to finish my coffee & play.
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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I am pleased to report that Gilbert, who was brutally attacked by a stray dog 7 months ago, is totally healed, feeling great, and openly lobbying to be the cover model for our 2026 calendar. You deserve it buddy!
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM