Starling Whistler

Writer and sometime musician. Friend to hummingbirds, dark trees, and gray northern seas. Nom de plume.

#writer #writingcommunity #wip #pnw #piano #diary #music

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2024-11-09 23:28:10

I've been having a hard time concentrating. Understand there's a lot of that going around right now. Went for a walk in the rain.
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2024-11-09 01:29:28

My renewed passport arrived today. No plans for migration, but reassuring nonetheless.

2024-11-01 02:11:00

Raining hard enough that I expect any trick or treaters we get will be dressed as scuba divers.

2024-08-17 19:11:48

Jules would like to wish everyone a very luxuriant #Caturday.
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2024-07-16 19:29:48

I've been so focused on writing I'd sort of forgotten these were a thing. Reposting this to nag myself a little.
#Music #PianoDiary
https://soundcloud.com/starling-whistler/2024-01-14-playful-winds

2024-06-13 23:40:02

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@npub1fha…3ru0
A readable work of philosophy. Thanks for sharing this.

2024-03-15 15:40:17

It's apparently #LongCovidAwarenessDay today, so you should be aware you don't want it. It messed up my brain and makes me tired all the time and isn't going away. The kittens boost my spirits, but I'm still sick. I wear a mask whenever I go out now, which isn't often. You might consider wearing one so you can stay healthy and happy.
Jackie and Jules think so too. They say hi.
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2024-01-20 17:04:59

Offering photos of our new kittens as a #Caturday observance. They're foundlings from a shelter. We're the first people who've ever been really friendly with them. They're in a comfortable room so they can get used to us coming and going. It might be another week or two before they've got the run of the place. Four months old, sisters. We're in love.
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2024-01-13 22:28:28

We may be bringing home a pair of kittens tomorrow. Met them and spent the afternoon prepping. Needed an evening to think it over and make sure.
They're really cute.

2023-09-13 21:08:14

Finished a big-big turf-removal project I’ve been at for months. All-analog: shovel, digging knife, and wheelbarrow. A couple hours here, a couple there, add little to little and you will have a big pile sez Ovid. Next step: order a giant dump truck load of mulch. Might need two.
#Gardening #Ovid #Tired #DumpTruck

2023-09-06 00:56:19

Novel out to beta readers. Tremors tremoring tremulously. Hope they like it as much as I do.
#Writing

2023-08-30 14:56:49

Ruthless editorial about how Spanish soccer’s current fiasco of a president reflects the lived reality of women in sports. I’ve been waiting for someone to write this. Gift link.
#MastodonFC #WWC #ContigoJenni
https://wapo.st/44uSBgr

2023-08-13 22:55:14

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@npub14rw…w066
It me, with Burton's entire A Thousand Nights And A Night on my iPad and the Supplemental Nights on my phone. Project Gutenberg for the win.

2023-08-04 21:49:31

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@npub1c57…awu5 @npub1p95…pr4u @npub1an0…nt0n
The Boys Of Summer is terrific, just super fun stuff. Thanks for the recommendation.

2023-07-28 23:54:38

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@npub1qmc…v6gx
Really thoughtful article, thanks for such good work.

2023-07-23 18:16:09

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@npub1sff…24g2
Super cool, I’m not sure I’ve seen one of those before.

2023-07-23 04:21:01

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I must say these video reviews Do Not Spark Joy.

2023-07-22 23:51:47

Now I am become Waterer, the Mover of Hoses.

2023-07-21 02:50:37

A lot of little fishies chewing on that skinny wire across the pacific.

2023-07-19 23:08:37

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@npub1aum…5jx0
The Twelve Kingdoms anime, based on the light novels. Chinese magics, really great series except they ran out of money and stopped midway.

2023-07-19 17:06:41

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@npub1q2t…jr8a
Waving my lighter, can’t wait to hear Blue Cheer at the Druid festival.

2023-07-19 16:41:03

Heard one of the owls (fledgling great horned) while out working. Slowly made my way over, stopping and swaying, just a tree. Saw them both on the same maple branch maybe 15 feet up. More owly now, less fluffy, and their calls have changed to more screech, less whistle. One watched me sleepily, the other called every so often. They always fly off when I try to take their picture, so I just watched them for a bit, then went back to my work. Love ‘em so much.
#Birds #Owls #PNW

2023-07-19 16:32:12

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@npub19wl…dan4
Ah, yes, besides my pruners, I’ve this big hori-hori digging knife that’s my weeding tool of choice. Lost the sheath years ago so I just keep it in a bucket. Faithful friends.

2023-07-19 15:51:49

A moment of doubt, what if I dropped my faithful pruning shears in the middle of the blackberry thicket? Took a picture in case they one day become unrecoverable.
#Gardening #PNW #OhNo
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2023-07-19 15:08:55

Wearing a Lardo (Portland OR BBQ joint) t-shirt for the morning’s grubby work. Conscious of displaying their advertisement on an, um, expansive billboard.
#Sigh

2023-07-19 01:50:19

Today has been an excellent day for conversations here. I'm grateful to all the lovely folks who made my day brighter.

2023-07-19 01:03:21

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To be sure I’d flunk the test. There’s an active/passive/blend switch for electronics, volume and tone and probably more. Pickup selection. I’ve got a cheatsheet somewhere. I loved the roar I could get out of it. Like a fool, I ordered it with a rosewood fingerboard. Those grooves look like the Oregon trail now. I thought mine was from the 70’s but the SN is from ‘81. Too long ago for reliable memory.

2023-07-19 01:03:21

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2023-07-18 23:24:34

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@npub10e8…5lnw
1980. Here's a link, looks pretty nice and they're a good shop:
https://seattleguitarstore.com/products/1980-g-l-l-1000-bass-black-with-case-collectors-item?mc_cid=159c089cc2

2023-07-18 22:49:11

Got an email from a local guitar shop touting an older G&L 1000 bass, shiny black, for $1800. This is of interest to me ‘cause of the even older fretless G&L 2000, transparent blue but noticeably abused from its (and my) earlier career in hardcore noise bands, sitting in its case. Let’s call it a custom relic finish. And here I thought the thing was worth like $300 bucks or something. Hmm…
#Guitar #Bass #Hmm

2023-07-18 22:49:11

2023-07-18 17:50:35

We have lilies this year thanks to a motion-activated squirt thingy that scares off the deer. This one’s just opening up.
#Gardening #Lilies #PNW
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2023-07-18 17:28:16

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@npub1evl…yenf
Hahaha outstanding. Music on permadeath mode, tightwire performers without nets, improvising live on an octatrack.

2023-07-18 16:38:59

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@npub1evl…yenf
Thank you, I hope your struggles with LC ease. I feel fortunate to be within range of a specialist clinic. They’ve helped me a lot. I can mostly pass for healthy now if I don’t push it.
Every time I watch a ninja molest an octatrack, I’m impressed, man all that crossfader smashing, thing must be made of pig iron, but it’s pyramids of hyroglyphics all the way down.

2023-07-18 16:24:28

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@npub1evl…yenf
I’m using the Analog Rtym II as a drum synth now, with midi loops to drive it. I know it has a brilliant sequencer, but I’ve become too fuzzy upstairs to enjoy that part. I can do the sound design though, that imprinted and it’s satisfying. Working with limitations, different from the normal context you hear that in, but my new normal.

2023-07-17 23:56:48

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@npub1evl…yenf
This became super important to me when I got long covid and my brain just changed. Instruments in my studio transitioned from powerful to frustrating. Year and a half later, I’m recovering but the complexity of my Elektron drum machine still bewilders.

2023-07-10 19:32:36

Digging up thistles with a trenching spade. The roots go halfway to China. My gloves aren’t thick enough.
#Gardening #Weeds #Ouch
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2023-06-29 16:01:27

A pair of baby great horned owls are being raised at our place. I never see their mama and didn't notice their nest, but the fluffy fledglings are ever present. In the day, they perch silently in the big leaf maples. I see them when I work outside. They don't flee, only watch. At night, they perch close to the house. One will whistle-screech every so often, to be answered by the other. Their voices differ. I sense their mama is close, listening as she hunts.
#Birds #Owls

2023-06-19 17:08:06

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@npub1psy…pasy
Thank you, much appreciated. When I saw your block notice and contemplated moving, I remembered the “About the Author” page at the end of my WIP and felt the worry rise. Would like to stay put forever. Thank you as always for your good work.

2023-06-19 03:31:15

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@npub1psy…pasy
Please can you undo this? I follow so many people from that server. I’m not an artist but love to follow them and enjoy their work. Maybe block their admin if they bug you like we do with other individuals. Please?

2023-06-12 16:22:10

Baby raven way up high in a fir tree making his wild monkey calls. Every so often they're punctuated by happy gurgles when mama stuffs some breakfast down his gullet. He'll grow up and learn to croak one day, but until then he's a precious little monkey. I love the baby ravens so much.
#Birds #Babies #MonkeyCalls

2023-05-19 17:54:34

A little bed of flowers by the driveway that attained transcendent enlightenment this morning.
#Gardening #Spring
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