Lakelander

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Book publishing long-hauler. Work won’t love you back. Join/form a union. Also: reader, knitter, friend to birds, hiker, loafer, cat herder. she/her/hers “I am haunted by waters.” —Maclean

A black-and-white (Tuxedo) cat sleeping on a fuzzy blanket in a sunny spot.
Crowd of people standing in a grassy area split by a walkway under orange-leafed trees at No Kings rally in Goshen, NY
Photo of a book cover. The cover has a blue photo background of gathered people. Type overlaid on the photo reads: The People’s Project: Poems, Essays, and Art for Looking Forward, curated by Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith.
lit up letters reading “Luna Luna” against a dark curtain, leading into a room with carnival swings
Ruler in snow up to 8 inch mark
Box of good sprinkles from Holland for making sprinkles on bread (hagelslag).
pink glow of aurora above trees in northern NJ
72 miles to Jersey City rail trail mile marker
Cybertruck on the Garden State Parkway (NJ) on an otherwise gorgeous June afternoon
Excerpt of a Wikipedia entry that says Vance’s in-laws are both professors and also that he met his wife at Yale Law School.
Tufted titmouse with its beak open, scaring off a goldfinch from a window bird feeder
Album cover of Trace by Son Volt
A ginger cat using a tuxedo cat’s massive hindquarters as a pillow as both sleep on a brown chair
A tufted titmouse in profile standing on the edge of a window bird feeder.
Truss bridge along rail trail
Snow-covered ground and trees on the Appalachian Trailin New York State
crumbling stone rail trail mile marker showing 82 miles to Jersey City, NJ, surrounded by brown winter woods on a sunny day
Likely a downy woodpecker at suet feeder
Tufted titmouse visiting window feeder during last weekend’s snowstorm
Raging Passaic River at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park after days of endless rain
Turkeys stumping outside the kitchen window
Scrooge and a ghost, maybe Marley, with text that reads: “There are no ghosts coming to convince your boss to be more charitable this holiday season. A union is the only thing that’s going to scare them.”
An American black bear standing on its two back legs, scratching its back against a tree, and holding on to a branch for support with its left front paw, all in a chilled-out posture
Calico cat with dramatic black lines around her eyes
a wooly bear caterpillar with black, brown, black sections
Gloomy gray clouds over trees with red and orange leaves and a dam overflow from a lake
Foggy pink and gray sky after sunrise over trees and farmland
A tuxedo cat napping on throw pillows
large black bear strolling near a trampoline
Editorial cartoon of CEO overlooking a factory and saying, “Nobody wants to work for 399 times less than what I make anymore.”