Jamie Tommins
@jtommins.bsky.social
backcountry trail builder and maple sugarmaker on life sabbatical with long covid. sometimes writer and illustrator. outlive the bastards
jamietommins.substack.com
jamietommins.substack.com
"the mary ellen carter" by stan rogers helped save the life of a sailor shipwrecked off the atlantic coast of maryland when he started singing it while clinging to a half-swamped lifeboat in freezing water until the coast guard arrived in the morning
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"the mary ellen carter" by stan rogers helped save the life of a sailor shipwrecked off the atlantic coast of maryland when he started singing it while clinging to a half-swamped lifeboat in freezing water until the coast guard arrived in the morning
facebook marketplace find for some bucket list stuff. pray for me
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
facebook marketplace find for some bucket list stuff. pray for me
the article notes that the "hundreds of thousands" of kids with long covid is a revised trump-admin figure that is six times less than the previously accepted estimate of about six million, which itself was a likely undercount
October 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
the article notes that the "hundreds of thousands" of kids with long covid is a revised trump-admin figure that is six times less than the previously accepted estimate of about six million, which itself was a likely undercount
listening to the first album i ever owned myself, a cassette of the beach boys compilation endless summer with artwork that's haunted and guided me ever since
October 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
listening to the first album i ever owned myself, a cassette of the beach boys compilation endless summer with artwork that's haunted and guided me ever since
they managed to keep their job through the trump admin's illegal layoffs, but only through a stroke of luck and timing. others weren't so lucky. read the interview here, subscribe, and buy your local trail worker a beer
jamietommins.substack.com/p/i-came-in-...
jamietommins.substack.com/p/i-came-in-...
October 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
they managed to keep their job through the trump admin's illegal layoffs, but only through a stroke of luck and timing. others weren't so lucky. read the interview here, subscribe, and buy your local trail worker a beer
jamietommins.substack.com/p/i-came-in-...
jamietommins.substack.com/p/i-came-in-...
their district went from six trail workers to three in the span of two years, and they were the lucky ones on their forest. the other district crews were left with just one worker, so they had to form a zoned crew to cover the entire forest
October 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
their district went from six trail workers to three in the span of two years, and they were the lucky ones on their forest. the other district crews were left with just one worker, so they had to form a zoned crew to cover the entire forest
apparently governor desantis approved an $83 million purchase of a four-acre property owned by a wealthy donor that the donor bought for just $8 million less than a decade ago. for “wildlife conservation”
October 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
apparently governor desantis approved an $83 million purchase of a four-acre property owned by a wealthy donor that the donor bought for just $8 million less than a decade ago. for “wildlife conservation”
a few words about the government shutdown on public lands
jamietommins.substack.com/p/shutdown-b...
jamietommins.substack.com/p/shutdown-b...
October 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
a few words about the government shutdown on public lands
jamietommins.substack.com/p/shutdown-b...
jamietommins.substack.com/p/shutdown-b...
really dig florida. hard not to fall in love with ecosystems like this
September 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
really dig florida. hard not to fall in love with ecosystems like this
hey y'all its been a minute. just wanted to share this thing i made. they're trying to sell off our roadless areas, wilderness study areas, and more special designations. view the map here
jtommins.github.io/public_lands...
jtommins.github.io/public_lands...
June 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
hey y'all its been a minute. just wanted to share this thing i made. they're trying to sell off our roadless areas, wilderness study areas, and more special designations. view the map here
jtommins.github.io/public_lands...
jtommins.github.io/public_lands...
yesterday i wrote about the world i've lived in since long covid changed everything a year and a half ago. we're all in this new world together whether we accept it or not
jamietommins.substack.com/p/the-new-wo...
jamietommins.substack.com/p/the-new-wo...
March 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
yesterday i wrote about the world i've lived in since long covid changed everything a year and a half ago. we're all in this new world together whether we accept it or not
jamietommins.substack.com/p/the-new-wo...
jamietommins.substack.com/p/the-new-wo...
not like anyone’s gonna read all this. but tldr be of good cheer, the forests will one day encroach the cities again
December 8, 2024 at 6:28 AM
not like anyone’s gonna read all this. but tldr be of good cheer, the forests will one day encroach the cities again
meanwhile “science has never yet lost its initial vocation”: divinations in the sky, illumination, and (in the context of this book) an opposition to the enclosing shadows of the forest
December 8, 2024 at 6:17 AM
meanwhile “science has never yet lost its initial vocation”: divinations in the sky, illumination, and (in the context of this book) an opposition to the enclosing shadows of the forest
amazing theory about the origin of the cyclops in greek myth involving prehistoric family forest clearings and the god vulcan
December 8, 2024 at 6:10 AM
amazing theory about the origin of the cyclops in greek myth involving prehistoric family forest clearings and the god vulcan
just gonna keep posting this until the science lovers leave me alone
December 7, 2024 at 7:30 AM
just gonna keep posting this until the science lovers leave me alone
to the people expressing admiration for this waste of resources in my replies
December 7, 2024 at 5:02 AM
to the people expressing admiration for this waste of resources in my replies
beautiful day in the florida woods. had a nice chat with the park ranger and visitor specialist about what kinda work they do down here and why land managers don’t get paid enough. log off touch saw palmettos
December 2, 2024 at 2:59 AM
beautiful day in the florida woods. had a nice chat with the park ranger and visitor specialist about what kinda work they do down here and why land managers don’t get paid enough. log off touch saw palmettos
some of y’all would rise to the tempting fly
December 1, 2024 at 4:03 AM
some of y’all would rise to the tempting fly
me telling people to log off
December 1, 2024 at 12:39 AM
me telling people to log off
i love nature everywhere
November 30, 2024 at 5:24 PM
i love nature everywhere