Mike Freeman
@mfreeman.bsky.social
Rhode Island. Author of Neither Mountain Nor River (Riddle Brook) and Drifting: Two Weeks on the Hudson
Hoping the last ep shows El drubbing Vecna on the drag strip then all the kids sending us off with Rama-lama-ding-dong.
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Hoping the last ep shows El drubbing Vecna on the drag strip then all the kids sending us off with Rama-lama-ding-dong.
The Humanities watching this era from their cheap seat banishment:
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The Humanities watching this era from their cheap seat banishment:
A tool called a peavey enables a lone worker to roll heavy logs over.
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A tool called a peavey enables a lone worker to roll heavy logs over.
We get two falls in southern New England. Maples and hickories go first, then the oaks well into November. This scarlet is past peak but still a sight against autumn blue.
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We get two falls in southern New England. Maples and hickories go first, then the oaks well into November. This scarlet is past peak but still a sight against autumn blue.
Banger sweet potato year for the farm crew this year. Few bushels‘ worth.
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Banger sweet potato year for the farm crew this year. Few bushels‘ worth.
Stay in that kitchen, Doc. You cookin’.
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Stay in that kitchen, Doc. You cookin’.
Nice chilly walk with our youngest yesterday. RI doesn’t have a lot of swamp white oaks but there’s good ground for them here. She was as interested to learn that as you are, Bluesky.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Nice chilly walk with our youngest yesterday. RI doesn’t have a lot of swamp white oaks but there’s good ground for them here. She was as interested to learn that as you are, Bluesky.
If they go all the way I think that gets you Mr. Johnson.
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If they go all the way I think that gets you Mr. Johnson.
Morning from Providence.
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Morning from Providence.
Wind storm knocked a black cherry down on the farm. Any day that involves a chainsaw is an O Happy Day.
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Wind storm knocked a black cherry down on the farm. Any day that involves a chainsaw is an O Happy Day.
Me getting a reference:
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Me getting a reference:
Found this oriole nest on the ground at work today. They weave a globular cup, hanging it off a branch tip. The cup expands as the chicks grow. Woot.
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Found this oriole nest on the ground at work today. They weave a globular cup, hanging it off a branch tip. The cup expands as the chicks grow. Woot.
Pleased to announce 2026’s winner:
November 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Pleased to announce 2026’s winner:
Every Game 7 has a chance to be the *second* greatest game ever played. Let us all join hands and praise the first.
November 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Every Game 7 has a chance to be the *second* greatest game ever played. Let us all join hands and praise the first.
Can’t believe that’s hard to see. Here’s the offshore wind staging ground in New Bedford, MA. Just bananas amount of jobs and investment. Has completely revived a stagnant former factory town. Abortion is a huge economic issue too.
October 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Can’t believe that’s hard to see. Here’s the offshore wind staging ground in New Bedford, MA. Just bananas amount of jobs and investment. Has completely revived a stagnant former factory town. Abortion is a huge economic issue too.
If you don’t mind Humanities interloping, this Ted Hughes poem describing eels is a favorite:
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If you don’t mind Humanities interloping, this Ted Hughes poem describing eels is a favorite:
Great walk in Providence with our oldest today. Probably the last here before winter. Walk it all the time, 100+ miles a year. Love it, an endless stream-of-conscious memory flow with her here, and deeply roiled knowing it’s somewhere on the to-be-invaded list. I fking hate these people.
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Great walk in Providence with our oldest today. Probably the last here before winter. Walk it all the time, 100+ miles a year. Love it, an endless stream-of-conscious memory flow with her here, and deeply roiled knowing it’s somewhere on the to-be-invaded list. I fking hate these people.
Glow worm sugar maple, full bore, Roger Williams National Park, Providence, RI.
October 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Glow worm sugar maple, full bore, Roger Williams National Park, Providence, RI.
Often seems like I work in a Van Gough, no more so than in October.
October 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Often seems like I work in a Van Gough, no more so than in October.
Walk an ASD daughter in New Bedford all the time. Huge staging ground. Not sure of status on these stanchions.
October 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Walk an ASD daughter in New Bedford all the time. Huge staging ground. Not sure of status on these stanchions.