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Val Monahan

@valymonahan.bsky.social

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Northerner. Stuff I like: birds, food, fishing, social equality.

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Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · Dec 9

Giant steps are what I take
In my Sorel boots
Hope my legs don't break
In my Sorel boots
Can’t walk forEver
In my Sorel boots
Keep my feet togEther
In my Sorel boots
Walking back from mY work
In my Sorel boots
Feet they hardly touch the ground
In my Sorel boots
Feet just make squeak crunch sound

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Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 6h

That would be reliable! My friends post when the lights are out, on Facebook. Sadly, I'm usually asleep, so miss the posts and the lights! This fall, they have been out early in the evening, which has been great.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 23h

Decided to put my wash on the line one more time. We are at the end of "clothesline" season. Arrived home, as it started to spit. Clothes out for four hours still damp, not from the spitting. Oh well, they will smell great, even if they have to go in the dryer, for a bit.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, just sorry. The worst. Support all the sadness/horror you must be feeling.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

Will be making Borsch soon. Also not something I grew up with, but since moving west/north, am a big fan.

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tristanwalsh.bsky.social @tristanwalsh.bsky.social · 2d

What an insult to all Alaska. This is outrageous.

A screenshot of the ADN story with highlighted text quoting an anonymous EPA spokesperson: "A spokesperson for the federal Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday defended the decision, saying "due to the proactive cancellation of this grant, $20 million of hardworking US tax dollars are currently sitting in the U.S. treasury instead of swept into the Kuskokwim River."

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Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

Do what you need to do! Then? Enjoy!

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck, sorry.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

Musty, musty towel....

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

My heritage/home-town community ethnic mix does not include this soup, but it seems amazing!

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Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

Dinner: seared/braised chicken thighs with roasted veggies. #food 🍜

Black ceramic plate with two chicken thighs covered with their braising sauce: onion/garlic, tomato, dijon, fresh kale and chunks of roasted new Yukon gold potatoes and carrot browned, and dressed with fresh lemon juice.

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Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

Just one? The Black Stallion, Alien, Lone Star, Last Night, Moonlight, Blood Quantum.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 2d

We lived near a sugar refinery for a few years, so I thought about it! We were uphill, though, so probably would have been safe, even if disaster struck Neighbourhood smelled great, often.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 2d

Eastern Canada, and literally have never heard of them. Sorry. Eggnog, though I find them heavy.. Sometimes people mull wine, which I like.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 2d

Or on us? They leave trees like that all over the place. I think they get distracted.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 2d

We've all been to some version of that party!

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 2d

We went for a hike! Big pile o bear poo at the trail head, so lots of deeply dumb convo, while we walked. Nobody likes surprises.

A Tlingit tree carving, marking the trail: a section of bark has been removed from one side of the trunk of a living lodgepole pine, a few feet above the ground. The removed bark area has a relief carving of a human face/mask. Sap has run down it, making it bright yellow against the grey bark. You can see the tree roots, some fall-turned ground cover and dead grass.

View of a high mountain, on an island, in the middle of lake, from a high point on shore. The mountain has ten peaks, with fresh snow on all. There is a huge avalanche chute with a scree slope below visible as a light-coloured area, despite the distance. The near slope is dark with spruce and poplar trees. The lake is grey, with one spot lit up. The sky above the mountain is several colours of grey, with some blue.

View down a lake, between snowcovered mountain peaks, on either side. The viewer is up on a trail, looking down at the water. The foreground is completely dark. Between the mountains, the lake at the far side is lit up by beams of sunlight and a narrow passage between the mountains is also lit up, like a silver river. There are dark clouds pierced by the sun beams. Above them, the sky is dark with some blue.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 3d

Depending on the town/region, that could mean not socializing at all. My husband works at the only FH in a huge region that has approximately 45,000 people.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 3d

Not really a "like". More just agreeing.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty sure the hunters actually eat them.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 3d

There are hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes. I don't hunt, and I don't hunt them, but, well-managed hunting, of birds/other animals whose populations are stable, is not bad. Hunters pay for and lobby hard for habitat management, which is actually key, for preserving wild animals.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 3d

Dinner: marinaded/seared pork and veggie fried rice. #food 🍜

White ceramic plate of pork pieces that were marinaded with onion, garlic, fish sauce and oil, then fried. Pork pieces have some char marks and are glossy from their marinade. Rest of the plate is covered with light brown fried rice with chunks of carrot and dark green kale. There is a fork and a slice of fresh lime on the edge of the plate.

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Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 3d

Please pay attention! They are gunning for so many rights now, but this, fundamentally, is an attempt to overturn the Civil Rights Movement. Would have been great if folks had listened to Black women/Trans people years ago. When they are allowed to chip away at ANY human rights, they won't stop.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are

-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 3d

This continues to be bad.

Liz Ruskin @lizruskin.bsky.social · 4d

Hundreds sheltering in Western Alaska schools. Conditions are dire.

“We're moving as fast as we can. We know that folks are miserable," incident commander says.

In one town, nearly the entire population is sheltering in the school. Toilets not working. alaskapublic.org/news/environ...

'Miserable': Hundreds sheltering in Western Alaska schools in dire conditions

The state is evacuating the vulnerable and trying to find safe shelter for all. “We're moving as fast as we can,” the incident commander said. “We know that folks are miserable.”

alaskapublic.org

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 3d

Don't forget the carrot sticks, with that.

Val Monahan @valymonahan.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe they slack off on habitat judgement, out of nesting season?