Amar Ravva

A publishing announcement for a novel titled My New Face.

I wrote another novel & I'm so very happy to be working with Milo Walls at @fsgbooks.bsky.social on it, to be publishing again with @marigoldatkey.bsky.social at @dauntbookspub.bsky.social & with Michael Heyward at @textpublishing.bsky.social. Thank you Mel Flashman! Thank you Devon Mazzone!

Glacial Errata, No. 57 Five Things for the Week of February 9, 2026.

Giving you the fingers this week, with help from @wynkenhimself.bsky.social, @matthewharrison.bsky.social & @vcp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Also, it smells like apricots!

We have had a lot of coastal moisture this winter.

Nice! I’m always surprised we can have them thrive outside!

Flower - Orchid - Cymbidium - cascade

🌱 Another shade in the garden.

Flower - orchid - Laelia Anceps

🌱 Laelia anceps - weird LA winter.

I do hope this makes its way into one of your ‘lectures’.

Oh no! Did you get back?

Donate to Help Rashi Kaslow Rebuild After Fire Loss, organized by Jonathan Kaslow Help Rashi Rebuild After Losing Everything in the Palisades Fire On Tues… Jonathan Kaslow needs your support for Help Rashi Kaslow Rebuild After Fire Loss

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My dear cousin Rashi (who is like a brother to me) has lost everything in the Palisades fire. His sweet brother Jonathan has set up a gofundme to help him recover from this sudden, great loss. Any donation would help, or even just sharing this post ❤️‍🩹 thank you.

Happy New Year!

Portland Cement Factory- inside of silo, graffiti, wooden roof, brilliant acoustics (5 story structure)

I began 2024 by sneaking into the ruins of the Standard Portland Cement plant in American Canyon on New Year’s Day, figuring I could. So did a bunch of artists and drone enthusiasts…

Yes, Mid City…

They are! These are small, but so sweet.

Ah pears…another hard one here, and another favorite.

Wish I could give you some! My dad loves them too, and I was happy to drive across california to fulfill that desire. I can’t grow french prunes (my favorite) here … but I bet you could.

I had to work hard for the figs (an invasive hedge was, well, invading) and used stainless steel mesh bags to save the pomegranates from my family of stone fruit devouring squirrels.

I didn’t even realize they were cakes at first! Awesome!

Also, did you know American Canyon was incorporated/started by the local nursery in the 50’s/60’s? Some of the best fallen fruit in that suburbia…

I’m in 10a/b in El Sereno (a neighborhood in LA). I have two kinds of plums, a pluot, a peach (my profile pic!) kiwis, an apricot, an almond, and a mulberry. All of those are on a greywater system in terraces in the backyard. Napa is nice- my dad is in American Canyon.

Thank you- this is the second year for some of the trees (fig and guava). The guava is on greywater (posts about that adventure in the future). Nice to meet you and your lovely tomatoes!

Pomegranate, guava, pineapple guava, fig, lemon

A little harvest. 🌱

It is awesome!

Voters Have a Right to Know What Kevin Roberts’s Disturbing Book Says J.D. Vance wrote the foreword to “Dawn’s Early Light.” The rest of the book outlines an even more troubling vision.

Whelp, I had hoped that by the time Kevin Roberts book hit, it'd be a dead letter--first slated for early September, it was pushed back until after the election as it became clear how toxic Project 2025 was.

Today it's officially out--here's my review if you want a better sense of what's coming:

add gardener

Is this a Brooklyn stump?

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart Jon Stewart on Trump’s Win and What’s Next w/ Heather Cox Richardson | The Weekly Show

I really found this insightful (so many have): youtu.be/D7cKOaBdFWo?...

I planted a rather large tree yesterday (Magnolia champaca)

This is my cat Potato after she heard the results of the election.