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18 January 202318 January 2023 joannemerriam

Mastodon verification: Find me at joannemerriam@mefi.social.

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Some videos from the past week of our backyard!

7 May 20237 May 2023 joannemerriam
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Mural

I sit and look motionless for some time.

30 April 202330 April 2023 joannemerriam

I finished the mural! (Title is from “On Painting” by Rei Terada.)

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What is home but a book we write

8 April 20238 April 2023 joannemerriam

Title is from “Written Deer” by Maggie Smith. This past week, I did another writing retreat. Rockvale was having a workshop or something, so instead

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Photos & Video

Planting progress

1 April 20231 April 2023 joannemerriam

We went up the hill today to look at our trees that were planted two weekends ago. About half are showing signs of life, with

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Tennessee Tree Day banner
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Black cherry and elderberry

22 March 202322 March 2023 joannemerriam

Last weekend we planted 10 black cherry trees and 10 elderberry bushes as part of the Tennessee Environmental Council’s Tennessee Tree Day (the banner and

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Mural

these my days their sounds and flowers/Fall in a pride of petaled hours

25 February 202325 February 2023 joannemerriam

Progress on the mural! I’ve finished the foreground trees, and am working on the ground cover now. (I’m also slowly fixing the top left corner

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Hiking Writing

Rockvale Writers’ Colony!

9 February 20239 February 2023 joannemerriam

I was accepted last month for a week-long residency at the Rockvale Writers’ Colony, and am halfway through my week here now. It’s the first

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Mural

Covid mural progress

29 January 202329 January 2023 joannemerriam

I came down with Covid last weekend. I’m fine now, but have spent the week in isolation in my room, mostly lying in bed looking

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Mural

MLK Day long weekend progress on the mural

16 January 202316 January 2023 joannemerriam

I’ve finished all the trees except the very most foreground one. That has the branches and trunk where they will be, but the layers that

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