yesterday i was grateful for coffee in my favorite coffee shop and a productive afternoon with my colleagues at the cemetery…

today i am looking forward to snow and a good book by the fireplace…

say what?…

February 4, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson

Stunningly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced today that the U.S. has made a deal with El Salvador to send deportees of any nationality—including U.S. citizens, which would be wildly unconstitutional—for imprisonment in that nation’s 40,000-person Terrorism Confinement Center, for a fee that would pay for El Salvador’s prison system.

say what?…

February 4, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson

In yet another bombshell, after meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump told reporters tonight that the U.S. “will take over the Gaza Strip,” and suggested sending troops to make that happen.

yesterday i was grateful that my cap procedure didn’t turn into a root canal procedure…

today i am looking forward to meeting with my cemetery colleagues and pilates…

yesterday i was grateful for the familiarity and comforts of home…

today i am looking forward to returning to my favorite coffee shop…

the X factor… did anyone see Musk dictatorship coming?… not in any reporting i saw ahead of election…

how much do we have to worry about trade wars escalating into shooting wars?… asking for a friend…

yesterday i was grateful for a safe trip home, the thousands of people involved in making it so, and the hugs and kisses of my wife and dogs…

today i am looking forward to returning to my east coast routines, especially my yoga practice…

… red was a late arrival to my lipstick rotation… i think i will wear it more often now…

How Red Lipstick Defeated Hitler — Eternal Goddess

Burlesque superstar and red lipstick aficionado Dita Von Teese once said that ‘Heels and lipstick will put God into people,’ and no truer words have been said. There are myriad reasons why the allied forces managed to defeat Hitler and his fascist regime of the second world war, and some may argue that there isn’t one concrete reason. Instead, lots of little acts merged together and won. So, this is how red lipstick helped us win the war.

yesterday i was grateful for breakfast with my brother and sister and a ride to the airport from my brother…

today i am looking forward to holding my wife in my arms and being smothered by doggie love…

Heading home to NY…

head and shoulders portrait of man with broad brimmed hat, green crystal frame glasses and green top…

yesterday i was grateful for dinner at my brother’s house and watching several episodes of Emily in Paris with him…

today i am looking forward to starting the journey home…

California’s wildfires exposed failings of the state’s leadership

That’s right, one wildfire year obliterated decades of costly, painstaking efforts to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions. And 2020’s fires were far less severe than the horrific ones we’ve recently witnessed in the Los Angeles area. We get wildfires nearly every year, which are constantly incinerating our climate goals. So there’s no need to argue over climate science, something—if we’re honest with ourselves—few of us know much about.

this is a stupid and irresponsible argument…

thinking about my first experience with genderless bathrooms… it was a little disconcerting walking into a bathroom being used by a mother and child at first… but i have decided i really like it, for a host of reasons, not least of which is it made me, as a trans-feminine person, more comfortable than walking into the traditional “men’s” room… and no, i have no plans to try to use a women’s bathroom…

yesterday i was grateful for a visit to the Seattle Aquarium and the soothing sounds of rain as i fell asleep…

today i am looking forward to dinner at my brother’s house…

yesterday i was grateful for time with my sister, brother and nephew and the little girl who was trying to figure my gender out…

today i am looking forward to breakfast at the Streamliner dinner and a trip into Seattle to visit the new aquarium…

got me a new hat…

head and shoulders portrait of a man with thick green crystal frame glasses, black sweater and gray felt broad brim hat…

yesterday i was grateful for a well attended, lively and interesting virtual photography salon, and for technology that worked…

today i am looking forward to lunch with my brother and nephew and a visit to the Seattle art museum…