Donald Farmer
@donaldtreehive.bsky.social
Scottish - American. Built a so-called career on data and analytics. Should have been a musician.
In the Elsa Thoresen retrospective at Cascadia Art Museum, there’s this lovely linen cloth from 1938, signed and sketched by numerous Nordic artists and embroidered by Thoreson. Here’s Kurt Schwitters signature and sketch.
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In the Elsa Thoresen retrospective at Cascadia Art Museum, there’s this lovely linen cloth from 1938, signed and sketched by numerous Nordic artists and embroidered by Thoreson. Here’s Kurt Schwitters signature and sketch.
It’s squid season in the Pacific Northwest. On our evening walk along the pier there were perhaps 50 people, mostly Chinese, fishing, almost frantically. Getting a reasonable catch too.
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It’s squid season in the Pacific Northwest. On our evening walk along the pier there were perhaps 50 people, mostly Chinese, fishing, almost frantically. Getting a reasonable catch too.
You made me look up "feisty" in my beloved Chambers. I did not expect what I found there, but I'll go with "spirited" ...
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You made me look up "feisty" in my beloved Chambers. I did not expect what I found there, but I'll go with "spirited" ...
Today’s work in progress
October 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Today’s work in progress
Today’s work in progress
October 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Today’s work in progress
These are great little ditties
October 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
These are great little ditties
The ABC song in German, in a French schoolbook from the 1930s.
October 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The ABC song in German, in a French schoolbook from the 1930s.
Her only book that doesn’t read like a wish-fulfillment fantasy.
October 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Her only book that doesn’t read like a wish-fulfillment fantasy.
Admittedly a different Donald Farmer, but we are friends on Facebook.
October 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Admittedly a different Donald Farmer, but we are friends on Facebook.
That’s some storm! 104mph is strong enough to blow Bealach na Bà back to Bealach nam Bò.
October 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
That’s some storm! 104mph is strong enough to blow Bealach na Bà back to Bealach nam Bò.
Word order matters in English grammar.
September 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Word order matters in English grammar.
Scottish trains have some unique facilities ...
September 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Scottish trains have some unique facilities ...
Feeling safer yet?
August 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Feeling safer yet?
My Creative Differences newsletter today is NOT about AI and technology, but about Vessel, the striking, strange, New York landmark.
open.substack.com/pub/creative...
open.substack.com/pub/creative...
August 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My Creative Differences newsletter today is NOT about AI and technology, but about Vessel, the striking, strange, New York landmark.
open.substack.com/pub/creative...
open.substack.com/pub/creative...
Timely for me - I am reading The Green Child right now.
July 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Timely for me - I am reading The Green Child right now.
An unmissable event for all tech speakers ...
June 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
An unmissable event for all tech speakers ...
Thank you, internet.
June 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Thank you, internet.
Tailoring by Moss Bros.
May 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Tailoring by Moss Bros.
Make Avignon Great Again!
May 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Make Avignon Great Again!
As a migrant, I approve of this message!
May 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
As a migrant, I approve of this message!
It’s always good to get out to the islands. But today is especially lovely.
May 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It’s always good to get out to the islands. But today is especially lovely.
Called in on Jakob today. He’s doing fine.
April 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Called in on Jakob today. He’s doing fine.