Luke
@lukekoetje.bsky.social
PNW. Family, guitars, rural living, mountains, climbing, skiing, hunting. Recovering conservative, GWOT veteran. #nevertrump.
Interesting elk hunting trip... The bad news is that I didn't shoot an elk and my tent caught on fire.
The good news is that nothing else was damaged, my son and I had a nice time and I'm still sober despite the devil's best efforts to make me drink.
The good news is that nothing else was damaged, my son and I had a nice time and I'm still sober despite the devil's best efforts to make me drink.
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Interesting elk hunting trip... The bad news is that I didn't shoot an elk and my tent caught on fire.
The good news is that nothing else was damaged, my son and I had a nice time and I'm still sober despite the devil's best efforts to make me drink.
The good news is that nothing else was damaged, my son and I had a nice time and I'm still sober despite the devil's best efforts to make me drink.
I'm supposed to be training for an ultra marathon that's in 5 weeks but instead I'm taking a week off to go elk hunting and just had 3 cupcakes with frosting for dinner.
elmo from sesame street is dancing with a stick in his hand
ALT: elmo from sesame street is dancing with a stick in his hand
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November 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I'm supposed to be training for an ultra marathon that's in 5 weeks but instead I'm taking a week off to go elk hunting and just had 3 cupcakes with frosting for dinner.
This is what winning looks like. Amazing.
I accomplished some things this fall
13 quarts of apple sauce
10 pints of apple butter!
Dried apples
Apple cider vinegar
30 gallons of pressed cider
Endless pies,dumplings,crisps
Apples for fresh eating
Apples for sharing with community!
13 quarts of apple sauce
10 pints of apple butter!
Dried apples
Apple cider vinegar
30 gallons of pressed cider
Endless pies,dumplings,crisps
Apples for fresh eating
Apples for sharing with community!
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is what winning looks like. Amazing.
My wife and daughter have become Stranger Things people. Somehow we haven't watched it until now. I don't get it, but everyone else in my house is singularly obsessed with it. Now I have no one to talk to.
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
My wife and daughter have become Stranger Things people. Somehow we haven't watched it until now. I don't get it, but everyone else in my house is singularly obsessed with it. Now I have no one to talk to.
My boys just figured out that they can play music via Bluetooth on their hoverboard. So they are ripping around the house BLASTING the How To Train Your Dragon theme song.
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
My boys just figured out that they can play music via Bluetooth on their hoverboard. So they are ripping around the house BLASTING the How To Train Your Dragon theme song.
When do I - a regular person with a regular job and family - start to freak out?
At what point do I start preparing for the total collapse of the social order? This is just getting out of hand.
At what point do I start preparing for the total collapse of the social order? This is just getting out of hand.
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
When do I - a regular person with a regular job and family - start to freak out?
At what point do I start preparing for the total collapse of the social order? This is just getting out of hand.
At what point do I start preparing for the total collapse of the social order? This is just getting out of hand.
Beautiful day at work. It's not always this nice, but I love it when it is.
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Beautiful day at work. It's not always this nice, but I love it when it is.
I got a flat tire on my way home last night. My spare was flat too. So I walked to a gas station and filled up the spare. Walked back to my car, changed the tire and drove home. Came out this morning, the spare is flat again so I drove my truck to work. Ugh.
Still sober though.
Still sober though.
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I got a flat tire on my way home last night. My spare was flat too. So I walked to a gas station and filled up the spare. Walked back to my car, changed the tire and drove home. Came out this morning, the spare is flat again so I drove my truck to work. Ugh.
Still sober though.
Still sober though.
325 days sober today.
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
325 days sober today.
A big maple tree fell at my place this weekend. I wish I could make a living just taking care of these woods.
I am going to try to mill this tree up and make some furniture out of it. Some of it is spalted which is very cool.
I am going to try to mill this tree up and make some furniture out of it. Some of it is spalted which is very cool.
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A big maple tree fell at my place this weekend. I wish I could make a living just taking care of these woods.
I am going to try to mill this tree up and make some furniture out of it. Some of it is spalted which is very cool.
I am going to try to mill this tree up and make some furniture out of it. Some of it is spalted which is very cool.
This is my nightmare right now.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is my nightmare right now.
Veterans day is complicated for me for some reason. Mostly I hate it. No one gives a shit for 364 days and then an insincere TYFYS on one day.
But last night my kids gave me a hug when I got home from work and my wife made me my favorite dinner and dessert.
It was very nice. Not a bad day at all.
But last night my kids gave me a hug when I got home from work and my wife made me my favorite dinner and dessert.
It was very nice. Not a bad day at all.
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Veterans day is complicated for me for some reason. Mostly I hate it. No one gives a shit for 364 days and then an insincere TYFYS on one day.
But last night my kids gave me a hug when I got home from work and my wife made me my favorite dinner and dessert.
It was very nice. Not a bad day at all.
But last night my kids gave me a hug when I got home from work and my wife made me my favorite dinner and dessert.
It was very nice. Not a bad day at all.
I love music and listen to music most of the day at work. I use YouTube music and they are CONSTANTLY pushing this AI generated trash. There is no way to filter it out and so if I hear something cool, I have to do a quick check to see if it's AI. It's so frustrating.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I love music and listen to music most of the day at work. I use YouTube music and they are CONSTANTLY pushing this AI generated trash. There is no way to filter it out and so if I hear something cool, I have to do a quick check to see if it's AI. It's so frustrating.
I love the creek behind my house. Today I saw a huge spawned out salmon and a cedar tree that the beavers didn't quite finish that is now growing mushrooms.
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I love the creek behind my house. Today I saw a huge spawned out salmon and a cedar tree that the beavers didn't quite finish that is now growing mushrooms.
💯 This is the only correct take.
A good reminder that whatever you believe spiritually, the teachings of Jesus Christ are radical and unflinching, and in addition to being worth following are very worth hanging around the necks of the hypocrites who call themselves Christians while oppressing and brutalizing their fellow citizens.
Remember Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls? If you haven't heard him speak yet, listen to this.
To ICE: "You can repent"
To ICE: "You can repent"
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
💯 This is the only correct take.
I know SO MANY people who claim Christ and can't understand this simple passage of scripture and are cheering all of the abuse perpetrated by the current administration.
Equal parts enraging and sad.
Equal parts enraging and sad.
Matthew 25: 42-45
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I know SO MANY people who claim Christ and can't understand this simple passage of scripture and are cheering all of the abuse perpetrated by the current administration.
Equal parts enraging and sad.
Equal parts enraging and sad.
I'm a recently reformed conservative. I was talking with my wife about the recent election and said "These liberal tears... uh, wait a second... I mean - CONSERVATIVE tears are so delicious"
Still feels a bit odd to be to the left of many issues. I spent a lot of years being wrong about most stuff.
Still feels a bit odd to be to the left of many issues. I spent a lot of years being wrong about most stuff.
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm a recently reformed conservative. I was talking with my wife about the recent election and said "These liberal tears... uh, wait a second... I mean - CONSERVATIVE tears are so delicious"
Still feels a bit odd to be to the left of many issues. I spent a lot of years being wrong about most stuff.
Still feels a bit odd to be to the left of many issues. I spent a lot of years being wrong about most stuff.
In my new job, I get paid to fly around the Columbia River Gorge testing high resolution camera sensors in small aircraft.
I don't think I'd quite do it for free, but it does not suck. At all.
It definitely beats the shit out of all the SCIFs I've worked at previously.
I don't think I'd quite do it for free, but it does not suck. At all.
It definitely beats the shit out of all the SCIFs I've worked at previously.
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
In my new job, I get paid to fly around the Columbia River Gorge testing high resolution camera sensors in small aircraft.
I don't think I'd quite do it for free, but it does not suck. At all.
It definitely beats the shit out of all the SCIFs I've worked at previously.
I don't think I'd quite do it for free, but it does not suck. At all.
It definitely beats the shit out of all the SCIFs I've worked at previously.
3 kids (that we know of) in my daughter's homeroom class at school have started GoFundMe pages because of SNAP benefits being cut off.
It's not abstract. It's not someone else across town. It's your friends and neighbors. People that you know are NOT EATING. I'm fucking furious.
It's not abstract. It's not someone else across town. It's your friends and neighbors. People that you know are NOT EATING. I'm fucking furious.
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
3 kids (that we know of) in my daughter's homeroom class at school have started GoFundMe pages because of SNAP benefits being cut off.
It's not abstract. It's not someone else across town. It's your friends and neighbors. People that you know are NOT EATING. I'm fucking furious.
It's not abstract. It's not someone else across town. It's your friends and neighbors. People that you know are NOT EATING. I'm fucking furious.
My wife maintains a FB account strictly to have access to FB marketplace.
I made the rookie mistake of scrolling thru the feed and reading some comments on the news stories last night.
Holy shit. We are NOT OK. You cannot imagine how bad it is. Some of those people are COMPLETELY insane. Also Nazis.
I made the rookie mistake of scrolling thru the feed and reading some comments on the news stories last night.
Holy shit. We are NOT OK. You cannot imagine how bad it is. Some of those people are COMPLETELY insane. Also Nazis.
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My wife maintains a FB account strictly to have access to FB marketplace.
I made the rookie mistake of scrolling thru the feed and reading some comments on the news stories last night.
Holy shit. We are NOT OK. You cannot imagine how bad it is. Some of those people are COMPLETELY insane. Also Nazis.
I made the rookie mistake of scrolling thru the feed and reading some comments on the news stories last night.
Holy shit. We are NOT OK. You cannot imagine how bad it is. Some of those people are COMPLETELY insane. Also Nazis.
My daughter is 15 and wants an IG account. 😟Her friends - who I love - use it to communicate and plan and share stuff. She's really responsible but I HATE the idea of all the bad stuff on there and the potential for harm.
Neither I or my wife have an account so monitoring will be hard.
Thoughts?
Neither I or my wife have an account so monitoring will be hard.
Thoughts?
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My daughter is 15 and wants an IG account. 😟Her friends - who I love - use it to communicate and plan and share stuff. She's really responsible but I HATE the idea of all the bad stuff on there and the potential for harm.
Neither I or my wife have an account so monitoring will be hard.
Thoughts?
Neither I or my wife have an account so monitoring will be hard.
Thoughts?
Some day, I'm going to build a house in front of those fir trees. This is paradise.
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Some day, I'm going to build a house in front of those fir trees. This is paradise.
The enshitification of already shitty things. Now I'm bombarded by advertising at the gas pump. I already boycott obnoxious advertising, but even more so when I have to listen to this garbage while getting fuel. Looking at you Mayo Clinic.
November 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The enshitification of already shitty things. Now I'm bombarded by advertising at the gas pump. I already boycott obnoxious advertising, but even more so when I have to listen to this garbage while getting fuel. Looking at you Mayo Clinic.
I've been sober for 307 days. I have been trying to decide what my sober journey looks like and I think I've decided. Not a single drop of booze until Trump dies. The day he kicks over, I'll celebrate with a drink or 2. The temptation to drink has disappeared, but that'll be a day for celebrating.
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I've been sober for 307 days. I have been trying to decide what my sober journey looks like and I think I've decided. Not a single drop of booze until Trump dies. The day he kicks over, I'll celebrate with a drink or 2. The temptation to drink has disappeared, but that'll be a day for celebrating.
I'm kind of a big deal.
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'm kind of a big deal.