David

Fuzzy cat looking serene and cool.

Can you believe this guy?

A fuzzy cat turned in profile with chin up.

Strike a pose, Maggie!

This one was exponentially more Minnesotan

Holy heck that moon is BIG

haha

Walked past a building where I lived 36 years ago and there was a light in my old apartment. Hoping I didn’t leave that on all this time.

a close up of a man 's face with the word fascinating written below him Alt: Leonard Nimoy as Spock in the original Star Trek series saying “Fascinating.”

I listened to it several times.

Received a voicemail from a person with the most Minnesotan of Minnesota accents, truly kind of mesmerizing.

Los Angeles City Council grants historic status to 'Brady Bunch' house The Los Angeles City Council designated the "Brady Bunch" house as a historic-cultural monument, a move that granted landmark protections to the property made famous by the classic television sitcom.

Here’s the story of a lovely [historic preservation]

Just got home and now there are zoomies happening

hey it’s foggy send skeet

Minnesota perspective- there is no argument among scholars, the Kensington Runestone is fake, made amid a late nineteenth century trend of planting fake artifacts in North America (like the Cardiff Giant in New York).

Panel from "The Eyes Have It!" Plastic Man / comic story / 15 pages Script: Jack Cole Pencils: Jack Cole Inks: Jack Cole ? Colors: Digital Chameleon (color reconstruction) Letters: Jack Cole Editing: George Brenner (original) from Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #22 (September 1943)

Diving headfirst into one of your own bear traps has to be a pretty embarrassing way for a villain to bite it.

Oh jeez, not Armageddon again so soon? Didn’t we just have one?

This is day 2 of the 2026 Iowa River pelican extravaganza

our beloved king's deteriorating body and disturbing mental lapses are simply an indicator of how often he now leaves the physical plane to commune with god. it's a sign of great strength

Magazine cover of the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer with photo of a marten peeking out from behind a tree.

There’s a super cool marten on the cover.

Here’s a link to the March-April 2026 issue, including the passenger pigeon story:

Page spread of “Lost Thunder” with tagline “Passenger pigeons once flew in great flocks across Minnesota. They are now extinct but their story and its lessons live on.” Story by David Mather with illustrations by Bull Reynolds.

Excited that my Young Naturalists story about extinct passenger pigeons is out now in the March-April 2026 issue of the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, with incredible art by Bill Reynolds. The article interprets real archaeology and historical events through imagined stories.

A slice of banana bread with chocolate chips, with one bite gone so far.

Important update:

Just remembered that I made banana bread yesterday, that’s good news.

Hey I see some sunshine 🌞

Composite image of two people seated inside their house, made from wood, stained glass, ink on Duralar, lamp.

“St. Paul Paradise” by Cameron Patricia Downey (2023), recently at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Congratulations!

A freshly baked loaf of banana bread.

We went with the banana bread classic with chocolate chips, and yes, fuck ICE

Seems surprising if at least some of them didn’t put it in North America.

Birthday cookies

À ma soeur (2001) dir: Catherine Breillat a woman sits despondantly in the ocean staring out at the incoming waves in the next image she is lying flat in the surf

🌊

I did it!! with very little regret

Sign saying “Couch to 5K Warriors. Run. Walk. Regret. Repeat.”

The Skyway 5K organizers made good signs for the starting stations, easy to find the right one for me.