: have been away focusing on other venues and ventures… posting a bunch on bear blog… trying to decide …
: daily gratitude, spa day, swimming in femininity, meeting of (mostly) masculine minds, is there an …
: ice shooting of renee good, violence is the point, anger and hate, resistance through community …
: pasta all’amatriciana, margaret atwood, women vs the feminine, 47’s morality, brief scenes in …
: pasta all’amatriciana, margaret atwood, women vs the feminine, 47’s morality, brief scenes in …
: i am finding it relatively easy to buy things from places other than amazon… i am finding it hard to …
: gender myths, radical patriarchy, what i am proud of in my femmanization, art of bill rice and …
: gender myths, radical patriarchy, what i am proud of in my femmanization, art of bill rice and …
: facial cosmetics, gender myths, gender rigidity, venezuela, what i believe | daily me i prefer to …
: not feeling well, emily in paris, gender trash from hell, digital transgender archive, invading …
: an important listen from heather cox richardson… www.facebook.com/share/v/1…
: sci-fi, mary doria russell, god and evil, my gender queerness, makeup for trans women, don quixote, …
: finished reading The Sparrow… easily the best book i read this year… so smart… so well written… …
: yesterday i was grateful for lunch and the nail salon with holly… today i am looking forward to a …
: yesterday i was grateful for a visit from holly’s cousin sue, and snow… today i am looking forward …
: gratitudes, friends and lovers, on becoming trans, tangerine the movie, my fashion, SCOTUS rules …
: yesterday i was grateful for christmas movies, seven fishes and holly… today i am looking forward to …
: gratitudes, norad tracks santa, change and resistance to change, list of fundamental truths | daily …
: yesterday i was grateful for a charcuterie board from my brother and the news that i may get to see …
: yesterday i was grateful for a delicious cabbage and sausage soup and christmas movies with holly… …
: yesterday i was grateful for a winter solstice celebration, the women in my family, both here and …
: yesterday i was grateful for devon and erza who i had nice exchanges with in kitchen and coffee and …
: yesterday i was grateful for annette bening in the american president, the feminine mystique of …
: yesterday i was grateful for the movie last christmas and my headphones through which i immersed …
: Feast of the Seven Fishes (2019) - IMDb what we are watching tonight…
: The great and terrible thing about humankind is simply this: we will always do what we are capable …
: to live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility." …
: gratitudes, writing publicly when there’s little evidence of an audience, mercury 13, esther rose, …
: just finished watching mercury 13 documentary… what a great story!…
: our doggies are so funny… when dinner time is approaching they have a standard list of antics they …
: cardoon has arrived in the local high end supermarket… making it for dinner tonight to go with a …
: transgender trash from hell, eva dixon, mercury 13, japanese salted salmon, whose peace plan is it? …
: gratitudes, the boo radley’s, analog social media, ai, capitalism, capitalism alternatives, …
: gratitudes, gendertrash from hell, throwing ukraine under the bus, carole king tapestry | daily me
: gratitudes, toxic femininity, toxic masculinity, message to the armed services | daily me this can …
: gratitudes, toxic femininity, toxic masculinity, message to the armed services | daily me instead, …
: gratitudes, the yinyang of feminine presenting me, gender on passports, structure of memory, …
: gratitudes, facts don’t matter, what is truth, purple highlights, disintegration of trump narrative …
: sometimes my body says “thou shalt rest,” and there is nothing for it but to put my feet up and …
: yesterday i was grateful for the feminine camaraderie of karen, gina and johanna at beauty ritual… …
: gratitudes, new jacket, senate democrat capitulation, my photography | daily me mirror selfie… i’m …
: gratitudes, cosmos connecting, my cooking, my photobook project, work-life balance, catherine …
: Editing gratitudes, window shopping, managing technology, let them eat cake, judge mark l. wolf | …
: yesterday i was grateful for window shopping with holly… today i am looking forward to a day without …
: gratitudes, literary open mic, my packing list, scenes from the shit show, john yuyi, queer …
: Editing gratitudes, gender trash from hell, transness, punishing the working class, ending the …
: gratitudes, pablo neruda, zorhan mamdani, anxiety tech, my photographs | daily me and so, fortified …
: gratitudes, anxious and depressed, blue wave, my photographs, making vegan taste great | daily me …
: gratitudes, urologist, growing up in america, lichen, who runs the white house? | daily me as you …
: gratitudes, inspiring a friend, fascism in the usa, family of lies photo book, sequin garment | …
: gratitude, death of empathy, toxic empathy, working in the mahwah ford motor plant, treating cancer …
: halloween, day of the dead witch, devil with a blue dress on, frittata bites, let them eat cake | …
: developing my “silver linings playbook”… | daily me i wrote what follows in the immediate wake of …
: bruce springsteen movie, nebraska, born in the USA, serial killers, spree killers, industrial …
: gratitudes, my angst, the last 8 years, gerrymandering, ice lawlessness, argentinian midterms, …
: yesterday i was grateful for fiza, indian-pakistani cuisine… today i am looking forward to yoga with …
: gratitudes, snap disappears, small businesses will suffer, 20 billion for javier milei, new dress, …
: gratitudes, my photography, peace and tranquility, or not, my wife’s birthday, jane schoenbrun tv …
: gratitudes, censorship, my photography, jb pritzker creates a public record, bailing argentina out | …
: selfie otd, gratitudes, tearing down the people’s house, family in denial, a transwoman’s breasts, …
: invoking the insurrection act, argentina propped up, h’s birthday, cafe mutton, ratatouille | daily …
: gnostic feminine wisdom, east wing demolition, music technology issues | daily me it is unbearable …
: no kings, jeff daniels, the newsroom tv series, i am worried, dahlias | daily me last night we went …
: no kings, fashion choices, maga hatred, suffering | daily me we have been suffering here in the …
: attack on power of purse, cashmere maxi dress, fleetwood mac rhumors, male gaze, female gaze, coming …
: what half a terabyte of memory looks like these days…
: that kind of amazing moment when you are listening to an album and loving it and you pick up your …
: neonazis, hate, news outlets standing up, venezuelan boats, ice vs mr potato head, annie dillard | …
: my first step in developing a set of high quality dedicated to their purpose devices… next up is a …
: speaking the truth, government menace, christopher columbus, fiction vs truth, | daily me today i …
: i am on the cusp of ordering a dedicated music player… considering the fiio m21… next move, a …
: today i am grateful for the things i got done… tomorrow i am looking forward to finally getting my …
: today i was grateful to be home, a new pair of bose noise canceling headphones and a delicious dish …
: sunday reflections | daily me decades ago, when i was in grade school?… middle school?… whatever …
: gratitudes, christian nationalism, peety, elements of a good life | daily me SAY NO TO CHRISTIAN …
: daily gratitude, prospects of civil war, extrajudicial killings, abuse of journalists, femininity …
: insurrection, civil servant trauma, stormy weather, labyrinth | daily me
: i finally realized why people put milk in coffee… to mask the bitterness of bad coffee…
: “Facts don’t matter. What people believe matters.” Kelly Ann Conway Heather Cox Richardson To push …
: new selfie, entrepreneurial capitalism, russell vought, new i-phone feature | daily me
: portland, 82nd airborne, 2312, psalm 8:3-4, new dress | daily me
: yesterday i was grateful for the full moon and a quiet afternoon of reading… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for a full moon, new pair of earrings and a sweet beach day… today i am …
: what’s more distressing?… that the administration wants to do this or that they have confidence the …
: farmers market, clothing, summary executions, duarte, family of lies, christianity, capitalism | …
: yesterday i was grateful for jack daniels and italian sausage soup… today i am looking forward to …
: depression, retail therapy, border patrol, fbi, atf, authoritarianism | daily me i have gained …
: angst, dystopia, cosmic prayer, italian sausage soup, my femmen anniversary | Daily Me i said a …
: military, surfing, dictatorship, holy war | Daily Me yesterday there were surfers swarming all over …
: yesterday i was grateful for the queerness of Odd Fellows Cafe, lunch with Holly and the dogs at …
: yesterday i was grateful for a perfect beach day, lunch at Poor People’s Pub, and Alex, our waitress …
: yesterday i was grateful for Oddfellow Cafe, the trans woman who took my order, the Jamaican woman …
: yesterday i was grateful for the services of Sunny Nail Salon and a photo salon with interesting …
: yesterday i was grateful for coffee with Gwenno and lunch with Holly at Fiza… today i am looking …
: would you like a bag sir, excuse me, mam?… i told them either was alright… my approach to pronouns …
: yesterday i was grateful for Holly’s good health report from her doctor… today i am looking forward …
: receptionist at doctor’s office… “you should have called to make an appointment” me… “i did… i was …
: yesterday i was grateful for yoga with Jody a Marrianne Williamson quote that was very relevant to …
: i will be boycotting as much as possible any broadcast entity that capitulates to the current …
: ravished beauties?… :: Essays On Attention Paid as i read the caption of the Rubens rape painting i …
: yesterday i was grateful for yoga with Anne… toda i am looking forward to yoga, lunch and sci-fi …
: yesterday i was grateful for the dahlia festival in Wappingers Falls… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful for an afternoon-evening of shopping, gathering and supporting fairground …
: yesterday i was grateful for the women who beautified me at Beauty Ritual Salon… today i am looking …
: five words that made my day... five words that made my day… “your dress is so pretty”… delivered by a young woman passing by… …
: yesterday i was grateful for reuniting with Holly and the pack!… today i look forward to returning …
: yesterday i was grateful for a ride to the airport from my brother… today i am grateful for my safe …
: yesterday i was grateful for the Chihuly Glass Gallery and Garden, and beers with my brother… today …
: yesterday i was grateful for a trip with my sister and brother in law to visit my nephew and his …
: August 30, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson Historically, a system in which local economies support …
: yesterday i was grateful for a well attended photo salon with lots of good work and dinner with my …
: yesterday i was grateful for s good meeting with the finance/investment committee of the cemetery …
: yesterday i was grateful for perfect weather and the beauty of Bloedel Reserve… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for time spent with my mother and brother and the beautiful weather we are …
: yesterday i was grateful for panna cotta for desert… today i am looking forward to breakfast at …
: I have perceived that in all cases man must eventually lower, or at least shift, his conceit of …
: isn’t everything beyond the reach of our touch and smell virtual?… and therefore, of much less …
: open.substack.com/pub/tedgi… At the current rate of technological advance, all reliable ways of …
: yesterday i was grateful for the two men who complimented my appearance… today i am looking forward …
: yesterday i was grateful for a relatively smooth trip to my airport hotel and my comfortable room… …
: yesterday i was grateful for the two women who complimented my jewelry and my dress… today i am …
: yesterday i was grateful for the love and comfort of Holly… today i am looking forward to organizing …
: yesterday i was grateful for Yoga with Jody and lunch with Holly… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful for Yoga with Jody and lunch at Pizza Phil’s with Gwenno and Holly… today i …
: yesterday i was grateful for my physical therapist Kelly and yoga with Anne… today i am looking …
: posts that i make with Drafts don’t seem to be showing up on the timeline… anyone know what the …
: yesterday i was grateful for the drumming performance of David VanTeighen in a field at Woodstock …
: returning to dark matter styling…
: yesterday i was grateful for Kelly, my physical therapist… today i am looking forward to harvesting …
: yesterday I was grateful for Pilates with Tessa… today i am looking forward to restorative yoga with …
: gerrymandering is wrong in general… it is wrong when Democrats do it it’s wrong when Republicans do …
: yesterday, i was grateful for getting home safely and for considerably less shoulder and arm …
: yesterday, I was grateful for a beautiful day on Block Island with Holly and her mother… today I am …
: yesterday i was grateful for a visit with my niece and her family… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful for physical therapy and thunderstorms… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday, I was grateful for dinner with friends… today I am looking forward to getting ready to go …
: as the pain in my right shoulder presses me to migrate to analog methods for things i used to do on …
: yesterday I was grateful for new clothes, this physical therapy and dinner with Donna and Karen …
: i have been moving to analog on a number of fronts, largely because of physical discomfort in my …
: yesterday I was grateful for the two men who greeted maxi dressed and red lipsticked me warmly, and …
: i have this idea that being an anomalous presence on the street opens up minds and creates space for …
: this morning, in front of the Yankee Clipper diner… an older white man in t-shirt, shorts, sneakers, …
: yesterday, i was grateful for a clean house and laundry done… today i am looking forward to the …
: does anyone have experience with the Punkt phone or recommendations of other minimalist phones?… …
: yesterday i was grateful for lunch with Holly and her brothers, and improvement to my shoulder …
: yesterday i was grateful for Pilates with Tessa and witnessing a readthrough of our friend Gwenno’s …
: who, from the conservative side, is trying to take DT down?… Musk?… JD?… …
: yesterday I was grateful for Sean and Dave my physical therapy team… today I am looking forward to a …
: yesterday, I was grateful for Cousin Sue and Charles Osgood’s Martini glass…. today, I am looking …
: yesterday, I was grateful for friends and the five turkeys we harvested that we might feed ourselves …
: yesterday, i was grateful for restorative yoga with Maryanne, and for the two women who told me they …
: yesterday, i was grateful for a chat with my cousin and food delivery from Isamu because i really …
: yesterday i was grateful for Geenno at Allsport, lunch with Holly and SciFi book club… today i am …
: yesterday i was grateful for yoga with Anne and receipt of a new analog journal… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for an afternoon at the movies with Holly… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful to the dogs for taking us out to see the magical fireflies… today i am …
: yesterday i was grateful for a salon afternoon with Karen, Gina and Joanna… today i am looking …
: Essays On Attention Paid men should learn that embracing feminine qualities is not a failure of …
: yesterday i was grateful for my get together with Adi and Sunny Nail Spa for a wonderful mani/pedi… …
: yesterday i was grateful for coffee and shopping with a friend… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful for a good photo salon, especially the beautiful flowers by Steve… today i …
: yesterday i was grateful for yoga with Julian, who substituted for Anne… today i am looking forward …
: yesterday i was grateful for Step and Lukie, new friends, kale and scallions from my garden and …
: is it paranoid to think that white nationalist militias have or will become the foot soldiers of …
: my feminine, almost two years in :: Essays On Attention Paid i believe in the power of feminine… …
: yesterday i was grateful for a shopping trip to COSTCO… we saved $100 on dog treats alone!… and …
: shadow/reflective selfie in front hood of our car…
: my wife and i have decided to read the Declaration Of Independence out loud to each other today… we …
: yesterday i was grateful for two male acquaintances who made a point of talking to me in the coffee …
: yesterday i was grateful for a ribeye steak cooked on the green egg… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful for yoga with Maryanne and pork chops from Barb’s… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for yoga with Anne and Japanese salted salmon… today i am looking forward …
: yesterday i was grateful for dinner with David, Eleni, Tina, Arthur and Holly… today i am looking …
: on my lack of loyalty to the human species :: Essays On Attention Paid Dawn is the first book of a …
: on my lack of loyalty to the human species :: Essays On Attention Paid Dawn is the first book of a …
: yesterday i was grateful for time spent with my beautiful cousin Jan, and the season finale of Hacks …
: just got this in the mail today…
: yesterday i was grateful for the live music of Joe Crookson and Antje Duvekot at the Town Crier… …
: yesterday i was grateful for Amy who did my nails and Stephanie who taught us what is going on with …
: yesterday i was grateful for the realization that it might be the probiotic supplement i have been …
: yesterday i was grateful for yoga with Maryanne and virtual photography salon… today i am looking …
: Since there is no formula for beauty, any more than there is for truth or goodness, it cannot be …
: Of course, it goes without saying that a more genuine search for authenticity begins only where one …
: i opt for a double espresso and grapefruit Spindrift this morning… too hot for regular coffee and …
: as i read the news i get the image of white, toxic, patriarchal masculinity thumping its chest in …
: yesterday i was grateful for lunch with the yoga men… today i am looking forward to virtual photo …
: i continue to reread Octavia Butler’s Dawn… i still don’t agree with the 2/3 of my scifi reading …
: Yet I cannot see this as satisfactory when we are faced with the dynamism of sheer wanton cruelty, …
: a week ago 2-4 million people came out to protest against would be kings and the president presided …
: yesterday i was grateful for a day of cleaning and organizing, especially the results… today i am …
: yesterday i was grateful for a very large and peaceful NO KINGS protest in Beacon and across the …
: yesterday i was grateful for Becky who gave me a morning off from turkey care, and gathering with …
: yesterday i was grateful for Wonderbar, a wagu beef hamburger and the numbing effects of two …
: yesterday i was grateful for photography salon and my friend Steve… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful for a phone call with my mom… today i am looking forward to resolving an …
: yesterday i was grateful for Costco and a new clothing rack installed in my studio… today i am …
: yesterday i was grateful for my brother on his birthday… today i am looking forward to a trip to …
: What the modern forms of reason and disciplined order had put asunder could thus be seen as …
: power differential is temptation to sin…
: yesterday i was grateful for the end of an exhausting day… today i am looking forward to a meeting …
: yesterday i was grateful for the lentil, vegetable, turkey soup i had for dinner… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for a safe trip home and to be home… today i am looking forward to yoga …
: yesterday i was grateful for a great mac and cheese soup recipe… today i am looking forward to going …
: yesterday i was grateful for the last two episodes of Friends and Neighbors, watched with Holly… …
: yesterday i was grateful for my mother in law Marilyn feeling better… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful for Dick’s Fish and mussels with linguine for Marilyn… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for an early morning walk from Southeast Lighthouse into town and back, a …
: yesterday i was grateful for cocktail hour at the Hartnet’s… today i am looking forward to a low …
: yesterday i was grateful for a long walk on the beach at sunrise… today i am sad to see our friends …
: yesterday i was grateful for a walk in Rodman’s Hollow with Holly, Steve and Dianne, and the Chowda …
: yesterday i was grateful for Steve and Dianne’s cooking and company… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful for the warmth of friends and a fire in the fireplace… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for the arrival of S&D… today i am looking forward to being warm and dry on …
: yesterday i was grateful for a quiet night in the cottage… today i am looking forward to the arrival …
: yesterday i was grateful for Odd Fellows Cafe and a new pair of walking shoes… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for the resumption of routine and the beauty of Block Island… today i am …
: we arrived on Block Island yesterday… some shots from early this morning…
: yesterday i was grateful for a safe arrival on beautiful Block Island and dinner with Holly and my …
: yesterday i was grateful for Amy at Sonny Nail Salon and an acceptable resolution to an issue at the …
: I get complimented on these glasses at least once a day, usually by total strangers. Sometimes …
: yesterday i was grateful for a spa afternoon at Beauty Ritual and Music of and with friends at the …
: These characters – #Heracles, Perseus, Jason, Theseus – were often subtly, or unsubtly, co-opted to …
: open.substack.com/pub/heath… Catholic church chooses its response to trump, trumpism, and …
: yesterday i was grateful for restorative yoga with Maryanne and a delicious Kashmiri lunch at Fisa, …
: open.substack.com/pub/heath… a profound turning point for humanity?… Mastering artificial …
: yesterday i was grateful to arrive at the end of the day without drama… today i am looking forward …
: yesterday i was grateful for Holly, Gweno and Pizza Phill… today i am looking forward to pilates …
: yesterday i was grateful for the rain and Anne’s yoga class… today i am looking forward to yoga with …
: yesterday i was grateful for the farmer’s market, vegetable starts, spring rains and signs of Fiona …
: yesterday i was grateful for time spent in our garden, planting, cleaning up… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for a walk down Main Street and a new unisex top from Burkelman… today i am …
: yesterday i was grateful for Wonderbar and a martini after an enervating day dealing with cemetery …
: yesterday i was grateful for the compliment on my tunic/dress from an african american gentleman in …
: yesterday i was grateful for lunch with Gwenno and Holly… today i am looking forward to Beauty …
: yesterday i was grateful for the gift of a fabulous group of necklaces from Eleni, the lovely peony …
: yesterday i was grateful for the helpful feedback on my writing from Anna and Susan and Bill’s …
: yesterday i was grateful for coffee with Karen and the Pakistani-Indian restaurant at Danbury Mall …
: yesterday i was grateful for restorative yoga with Maryanne and a shopping stroll with Holly on Main …
: yesterday i was grateful for yoga, Pizza Phil’s and a food photography salon… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for Stephanie at the Honda service department… today i am looking forward …
: yesterday i was grateful for a strong turnout for the protection of democracy… today i am looking …
: Twenty Ways to Matter – The Marginalian if you read nothing else today, read this…
: yesterday i was grateful for McMillan Plumbing, who got our house drain flowing again, One Nature …
: of course there would be an expensive plumbing emergency at a moment when you are spending thousands …
: yesterday i was grateful for restorative yoga, lunch at Toro and a quiet evening at home with Holly… …
: The principle of evil consists in messing into other people’s affairs. — Lewis Hyde, The Gift i …
: yesterday i was grateful for pilates with Tessa, a drop of .4 in my A1c level, problems with …
: yesterday i was grateful for yoga with Maryanne, the arborist who cleared out the winter tree …
: yesterday i was grateful for our meeting with Bryan from One Nature to review our garden project, …
: yesterday i was grateful for the farmer’s market and an afternoon in the garden with Holly… today i …
: yesterday i was grateful for the compliments i got on my new pink tiger print shirt dress and the …
: yesterday i was grateful for Stanza Books, Another Door, and Burkelman’s, where i shopped with Holly …
: Trump praises Whitmer in friendly Oval Office meeting - POLITICO ??? President Donald Trump …
: The Tariff Madness Isn’t Over Even with the pause, we now have the highest overall average …
: yesterday i was grateful for Devon who liked my dress, restorative yoga with Maryanne, and lunch at …
: yesterday i was grateful for the positive resolution of an issue at work, dinner at Wonderbar, and …
: yesterday i was grateful for the return of in-person photography salon, the good turnout and the …
: yesterday i was grateful for my yoga teacher, Ann, and the yoga men… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful for the friends who gathered with me to celebrate my 70th birthday… love …
: yesterday i was grateful for all the people who showed up to protest in Beacon and all the car …
: this morning i am grateful for the completion of my 70th trip around the sun… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for the three dozen wild harvested clams gifted us by Charlie via my …
: yesterday i was grateful for the return home of my wife… today i am looking forward to restorative …
: open.substack.com/pub/heath… a hopeful sign… Crawford won by about 10 points. “As a little girl …
: yesterday i was grateful for yoga and a slice of chicken, bacon, ranch pizza from Pizza Phill’s… …
: yesterday i was grateful for David’s help with repositioning our refrigerator, the love of my dogs …
: yesterday i was grateful for a trip to Danbury mall with Holly and an lgbtq+ event at Happy Valley… …
: yesterday i was grateful for the arrival of spring warmth a new spring outfit, and online shopping …
: curious what the techies among us think about this… open.substack.com/pub/landf… This is a draft …
: yesterday i was grateful for finally getting the right replacement charging cable for my computer, …
: yesterday i was grateful for a no worries eye exam and a new pair of glasses… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for the end of an enervating day… today i am looking forward to an eye exam …
: yesterday i was grateful for lunch with Holly and a new painting we received from artist and good …
: yesterday i was grateful for coffee with G and yoga with Ann… today i am looking forward to coffee …
: yesterday i was grateful for Susan and Anna’s wonderful writing and their encouragement of my …
: yesterday i was grateful for a trip to the Danbury mall to recycle our Apple devices and shop for …
: yesterday i was grateful for time with colleagues and friends… today i am looking forward to Karen …
: yesterday i was grateful for a conversation with Kevin and accompanying Donna to a town hall meeting …
: yesterday i was grateful for getting abunch of things done that were nagging me… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for a safe trip to my sister in law’s to pick up our new dishwasher and …
: yesterday i was grateful for dinner with D&E… today i am looking forward to picking up the farmhouse …
: yesterday i was grateful for time spent with my cousin and the energy that kept me going all day …
: yesterday i was grateful for A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers, a sci-fi book that …
: yesterday i was grateful for Amy, who provided my mani-pedi service… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful for my beautiful dogs and chinese takeout… today i am looking forward to a …
: yesterday i was grateful for warm, spring weather… today i am looking forward to more of the same…
: “Our society has been peaceful and healthy for so long that for many people serious disaster has …
: random piece of white paper…
: what 4TB of digital storage looks like these days…
: yesterday i was grateful for the opportunity to protest against oligarchs and fascism… today i am …
: yesterday i was grateful for time spent with my cousin and a slice of her famous apple pie… today i …
: yesterday i was grateful for the three dozen clams gifted us by Charlie and the delicious Rhode …
: from the other day… new addition to my everyday mandala series…
: yesterday i was grateful for a safe trip home… today i am looking forward to my normal routines…
: opening shot for a sci-fi movie…
: last night i was grateful for a sturdy house amidst the gale force winds… today i am looking forward …
: yesterday i was grateful for Kayla, who was my waitress at breakfast, and my wife’s family all day… …
: yesterday i was grateful for dinner with my wife and her mother, sister and brother, and for my …
: yesterday i was grateful for arrival on Block Island, my mother in law and a delicious chili we had …
: “Humiliating for Every American” The alliances Trump is ripping apart like an angry kindergartner …
: thank you for my breakfast in bed!… i love traveling!…
: yesterday i was grateful for time spent with my niece and her family on the occasion of her …
: yesterday i was grateful for dinner with A&T… today i am looking forward to my niece’s baptism and …
: yesterday i was grateful for Toro restaurant and their amazing spicy pork and kimchi gopdal and …
: who tf elected elon musk president?… not me… did you?… of course not… em bought himself a …
: yesterday i was grateful for a new sweater dress and pilates… today i am looking forward to …
: an acquaintance, who works for the epa, in the coffee shop this morning… my canary in the coal mine… …
: yesterday i was grateful for yoga and Pizza Phill… today i am looking forward to my work at the …
: yesterday i was grateful for a new pair of knee high boots and yoga with Anne… today i am looking …
: from my walk… late winter graphic compositions…
: from this morning… how many of us feel…
: from my most recent substack post… masculine and feminine are a complimentary whole in yinyang …
: yesterday i was grateful for the farmer’s market and the red and purple tulips i purchased there… …
: ****yesterday i was grateful for a lovely evening with Holly, Karen and Donna… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for the home made split pea soup we had for dinner… today i am looking …
: from _Your Local Epidemiologist _ on Substack… The cost of efficiency - by Katelyn Jetelina …
: from today’s walk… it’s been brutally cold out, so i haven’t lingered on my walks, nor made many …
: yesterday i was grateful for restorative yoga, lunch at the Bier Cafe and the parade of pink …
: screaming the quiet part out loud…
: yesterday i was grateful for the authenticity event featuring my twenty something friends, Leah, …
: yesterday i was grateful for yoga, lunch with Holly and the sci-fi reading group… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for the shearling coat that was my father’s as we demonstrated peacefully …
: yesterday i was grateful for the delicious salmon i got in exchange for letting chef Savanna use my …
: yesterday i was grateful for an afternoon with a good book, my wife, the dogs, the cat and the …
: yesterday i was grateful for a candlelight dinner with my wife, featuring crab cake mac and cheese, …
: yesterday i was grateful for restorative yoga and a slice of pizza… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful for a good conversation with my mom… today i am looking forward to …
: it’s early days, but i have not, so far, been affected by the machinations in Washington… i don’t …
: yesterday i was grateful for a quiet afternoon of reading by the fireplace… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for a really relaxing while invigorating yoga class with Ann… today i am …
: and this… February 9, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson The people who think that bearing arms is …
: this… February 9, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson On Friday, President Donald Trump issued an …
: yesterday i was grateful for the exercise i got shoveling snow and watching the super bowl with my …
: open.substack.com/pub/yourl… In trying times like these, sharing your story is your superpower. …
: yesterday i was grateful for freshly laundered bedding… today i am looking forward to making chili …
: currently in our forecast… nearly 3’ of snow over the next 8 days… it’s been years since we had that …
: yesterday i was grateful for a night out with my wife, attending the literary open mic, LitLit, and …
: my coping strategies, updated and refined… coping strategies - smbk - Obsidian Publish i want, as …
: yesterday i was grateful for feeling better and the snow… today i am looking forward to a quiet day …
: yesterday i was grateful for coffee in my favorite coffee shop and a productive afternoon with my …
: say what?… February 4, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson Stunningly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
: say what?… February 4, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson In yet another bombshell, after meeting …
: yesterday i was grateful that my cap procedure didn’t turn into a root canal procedure… today i am …
: yesterday i was grateful for the familiarity and comforts of home… today i am looking forward to …
: the X factor… did anyone see Musk dictatorship coming?… not in any reporting i saw ahead of …
: 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 …
: … red was a late arrival to my lipstick rotation… i think i will wear it more often now… How Red …
: yesterday i was grateful for breakfast with my brother and sister and a ride to the airport from my …
: yesterday i was grateful for dinner at my brother’s house and watching several episodes of Emily in …
: California’s wildfires exposed failings of the state’s leadership That’s right, one wildfire year …
: thinking about my first experience with genderless bathrooms… it was a little disconcerting walking …
: yesterday i was grateful for a visit to the Seattle Aquarium and the soothing sounds of rain as i …
: yesterday i was grateful for time with my sister, brother and nephew and the little girl who was …
: yesterday i was grateful for a well attended, lively and interesting virtual photography salon, and …
: yesterday i was grateful for the women who have been supportive of my shift into feminine space and …
: yesterday i was grateful for a surprise encounter with my sister and an NFL playoffs party with my …
: yesterday i was grateful for a nail salon outing with my mother, niece and brother; the spectacular …
: yesterday i was grateful for dinner and a movie with my brother… today i am looking forward to a …
: yesterday i was grateful for the use of my sister’s car, and sharing the experience of cannabis …
: yesterday i was grateful for quality time with my mother and brother… today i am looking forward to …
: yesterday i was grateful for an uneventful flight to Seattle… today i am looking forward to my …
: yesterday i was grateful for football with my brother and a trio of black women on the elevator who …
: somehow it’s not physical but emotional hurt that comes to mind when i read this sign…
: came up on elevator with a group of black ladies who were really into my nails and impressed that …
: yesterday i was grateful for my neighbor David who volunteered to drive me to the train station… …
: yesterday i was grateful for the help of Joyce, the dietitian at Sun River Health, with making a …
: have you ever put on footwear that transformed your whole being when you walked in them?… a new pair …
: staring into the abyss? i keep reminding myself that for all my 70 years of life, my worst fears …
: the aforementioned emerald green nails…
: yesterday i was grateful for a clean bill of health from my skin doctor, lunch with Holly, and the …
: yesterday i was grateful for a good meeting with my work colleagues and talking with my mom on the …
: being “the change i wish to see” my conviction is that masculine and feminine are way out of …
: yesterday i was grateful for a day free of sciatic nerve pain and Pizza Phil’s with Holly… today i …
: Truth is not a thing to be possessed, however immaterial, but a path to follow, a process. Iain …
: new boots… finding feminine shoes that fit me has been a challenge… these boots came from Italy… my …
: yesterday i had grateful for seeing the new bob dylan movie with holly… today i am looking forward …
: yesterday i was grateful for a lovely dinner with k&b… today i am looking forward to the farmers …
: my new year coping strategy - smbk - Obsidian Publish this year i decided that i need a solid …
: Are you aware of the balls it takes to be sissy?
: yesterday i was grateful for time spent with family and for Beauty Ritual where Karen added awesome …
: yesterday i was grateful for time spent with family and for Beauty Ritual where Karen added awesome …
: yesterday i was grateful for the three pairs of new shoes that were waiting for me when i returned …
: yesterday i was grateful that my mother was finally getting over her cold… today i am looking …
: 2025-01-06 - smbk - Obsidian Publish immediately after the election i felt significant fear about …
: yesterday i was grateful for arriving safely at work… the Teconic was a sheet of ice at a certain …
: yesterday i was grateful for a clean house and the fresh baked bread that Holly made… today i am …
: yesterday i was grateful to be found in generally good health by my doctor… today i am looking …
: yesterday i was grateful for an afternoon of reading by the fireplace with Holly… today i am looking …
: January 1, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson Not a must read post by HCR, but this closing paragraph …
: 2025-01-01 - smbk - Obsidian Publish happy new year!… for reasons that should be obvious… this year …
: yesterday i was grateful for all the work Holly and i got done in preparation for our New Year’s Day …
: the 2024 election - smbk - Obsidian Publish experimenting with Obsidian Publish… check it out… in …
: Just finished reading SEVENEVES by Neal Stevenson. Nearly 1k pages of reasonably compelling sci-fi …
: Yesterday i was grateful for the blessings of Christmas Eve with Holly. Today i am looking forward …
: We are having a white Christmas…
: To those celebrating Christmas, in either pagan or Christian form, i wish you fulfillment of your …
: It’s amazing how satisfying it is to find a lipstick color that matches my nail color!
: Yesterday i was grateful for the shops with interesting stocking stuffers that are on Main Street …
: Christmas movies we have watched so far: Lost at Christmas Polar Express Spirited The Man Who …
: Yesterday i was grateful for the shearing coat i inherited from dad… it was sooo cold! Today i am …
: Yesterday i was grateful for all the Christmas lights we have spread around the house and watching …
: The crazies are crazy, period. They’re not artists or revolutionaries. They’re just insane. Laing …
: Yesterday i was grateful for the beauty of falling snow. Today i am looking forward to continuing to …
: The American oligarchy is back, and it’s out of control Today the great divide is not between left …
: December 19, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered,” Paine …
: Yesterday i was grateful for an afternoon of manicures, Christmas shopping, tree decorating and …
: Yesterday i was grateful for an afternoon of “me” time, in which i tried a new burger place for …
: Yesterday was emotionally challenging in a number of ways. The day resolved well. I was grateful for …
: Yesterday i was grateful for the very good evening Hatha yoga class led by Anne. Today i am looking …
: Some of the major disasters of mankind have been produced by the narrowness of men with a good …
: Thinking you know prevents you knowing, since knowing is always a process, not a state, and one …
: Yesterday i was grateful for Christmas lights getting hung, Christmas cookies getting baked and the …
: Yesterday i was grateful for watching the Army-Navy football game with my brother and mother, even …
: Yesterday i was grateful for my colleagues at the cemetery and the arrival of my new cashmere …
: Yesterday i was grateful for coffee with Donna and successful local store Christmas shopping for …
: My new phone case makes it super easy to accidentally make an image. Or is there a ghost in the …
: Yesterday i was grateful for time spent with Holly baking Christmas cookies and listening to …
: Yesterday I was grateful for the little girl joyously running around the health club. Today i am …
: Yesterday i was grateful for my yoga practice with Ann. Today i am looking forward to the …
: Absolutely love this dress… makes me wish i had a curvaceous womanly body that could show it off to …
: Yesterday i was grateful for Christmas shopping with my wife and good outcomes from my board …
: This may be an important point to bear in mind in the coming months and years… This work will only …
: Yesterday i was grateful for seeing the movie Wicked at our local independent theater with my wife. …
: Ugh! Took the dogs for their annual checkup. $1200 later, we have reason to believe the dogs are and …
: December 5, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Yesterday a gunman assassinated the chief executive …
: December 5, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson The lawsuit alleges that UnitedHealthcare uses …
: December 5, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Thompson’s murder seems to be a cultural moment in …
: December 5, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson The RBG PAC flew under regulatory radar at end of …
: Ecologist David Pimentel has estimated that “if all of the world ate the way the United States …
: Every corporation channels the powerful material desires of the people who work there and the …
: Why should we consider literal truth superior to, rather than just different from, metaphoric …
: Yesterday i was grateful for the Wynotte Sisters annual Christmas concert and all the friends i got …
: Yesterday i was grateful for my wife and our fur family. Nothing beats their love and companionship. …
: i think this is very important relative to the global realignment that is going on… There exists an …
: beauty is not enough… we are in a moment where goodness and truth are threatened with being …
: relative to the Korean coup attempt and our future… Fear is the primary force upholding structures …
: December 3, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson may we have similar courage if/when the time comes… …
: Yesterday i was grateful for breakfast with KL and my yoga practice. Today i am looking forward to …
: Tonight’s Christmas movie… Meet Me in St. Louis…
: Yesterday i was grateful for my yoga practice. Today i am looking forward to coffee with KL.
: Lost at Christmas Polar Express Spirited My first three Christmas movies!
: Yesterday I was grateful for football with my brother and watching Polar Express with my wife. Today …
: The first signs of resistance in my city…
: Odds and ends from yesterday…
: Christmas decorations from yesterday…
: Yesterday i was grateful for sharing turkey with my cousin and her beautiful family. Today i am …
: This seems particularly relevant to the present moment in history…
: Yesterday i was grateful for sharing turkey sandwiches and spending time with my brother and sister …
: Plastic Santa… … maybe i’m projecting, but he looks a little concerned…
: Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation …
: Religion takes seriously both the thisness of the individual, at one extreme of the scale, and the …
: November 27, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Thanksgiving became a thing during The Civil War… it …
: Yesterday i was grateful for time spent reading with Holly. Today i am looking forward to …
: In other words, the fact that we in the US care so much about money and possessions, and have …
: As John Muir put it: No dogma taught by the present civilization seems to form so insuperable an …
: Just as naïve materialists do great damage to science by their over-reaching claims of access to …
: What Zeno discovered was that, if you stop time’s flow, and find states (by definition, ‘static’), …
: ‘the greater the financial and other interests and prejudices in a scientific field the less likely …
: Yesterday i was grateful for the good work of my colleagues at the cemetery. Today i am looking …
: Radical feminism, and this by no means includes all positions within the Women’s Liberation …
: What has been happening to our intelligent capacity to make sense of the world? I will argue in this …
: Truth is not a thing to be possessed, however immaterial, but a path to follow, a process. (Iain …
: Love does not lead to an end to difficulties, it provides us with the means to cope with our …
: Yesterday i was grateful to get home safely in spite of heavy traffic. Today i am looking forward to …
: Last night I was grateful for the crescent moon on my midnight bathroom run. Today I am looking …
: Yesterday i was grateful for a text conversation with my sister and a phone conversation with my …
: Last night I was grateful for the sturdy cottage that gave us shelter from the storm. Today I am …
: … this is a change we haven’t made yet… time to get started… Eat a plant-based diet… Raising …
: Yesterday I was grateful for time spent with Steve and Diane, and for a news free day. Today I am …
: From last night… From this morning…
: There is a deep connexion between excessively rationalistic thinking and delusion. (Iain …
: yesterday i was grateful for time spent with our friends Steve and Diane today i am looking forward …
: November 18, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Ramaswamy today posted on social media, “A reasonable …
: Yesterday I was grateful for time spent with my wife, mother in law and dogs on beautiful Block …
: 15 Observations On The New Phase Of Cultural Conflict i found this really interesting… Back in …
: In a similar vein, Jacob Needleman wrote: ‘Stay with the contradiction. If you stay, you will see …
: overreacting? | In Opposition i find myself with a pervasive undercurrent of sadness and fear since …
: …renewing our passports… not sure where we would go but flexibility is the game here…
: … apparently, the difference between f’d and completely f’d is going to be the backbone of, or lack …
: yesterday, two strangers chatted me up in my local coffee shop… i found myself being very guarded… …
: From this morning… … the price of gas keeps going down… too late, too late…
: The Matter With Things :: Essays On Attention Paid i have, just now, finished the closing chapter …
: From this morning… the new world order…
: my informal survey of supporters of Donald Trump indicates that none of them believe what i believe …
: more from the theater of the absurd… November 8, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson There are also …
: i feel i am living in an absurdist play… November 8, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Social media …
: i am starting to review my internet footprint for being secure from prying big tech eyes and …
: November 7, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson a glimmer of hope?… There is another, major problem …
: Well, investors are enthusiastic about the outcome…
: the Jesuit monk Teilhard de Chardin’s ideas, written down during the first half of 19th century, …
: Sex-role divisions of labor have meant that as parents women have supported war effort by instilling …
: taking this to hear, how would one ever act again?… and yet, there is a truth embedded here… The …
: … i have cancelled a trip to the west coast to see family… i couldn’t leave my wife by herself to …
: Optimism assumes that all will go well without our effort; pessimism assumes it’s all irredeemable; …
: To not actively commit to possibility—to not actively commit to making some kind of humane, livable …
: With the time change, the lighting conditions change…
: What do you think of this idea of imagination… Imagination is not, as it is sometimes conceived, …
: I hated it when it first started happening, but sadly have gotten used to it… our local theater is …
: Looking forward to the end of the patriarchy… The worship of death is a central component of …
: November 1, 2024 - by Heather Cox …
: November 1, 2024 - by Heather Cox …
: Public service announcement…
: From this morning… … and one for the end of Halloween
: And one having nothing to do with politics… One finds that there is beauty or at least interest in …
: This may be an extreme point of view, but views like this sour me on religion in general and …
: October 31, 2024 - by Heather Cox …
: October 31, 2024 - by Heather Cox …
: …when buying a shirt with scrabble tiles printed on it pay attention to what can be spelled with the …
: We must see both men and women in this society as groups who support the use of violence if we are …
: Truth is emphatically not a free-for-all, a matter of individual whim. (Iain McGilchrist, The …
: From this morning’s walk… … this sign amuses me… it reads to me like an invitation to having your …
: A few from this morning’s walk…
: We went to meet our new niece’s new daughter yesterday…
: How is it that so many good minds diagnose capitalism as the central problem, for women in …
: There is a curious lack of political signs in the places we go. NY, CN, NJ… liberal states because …
: How interesting nature is sometimes… put your web in front of a security light that will attract …
: Fascist to the core… October 27, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson But the biggest sign of the …
: October 25, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Musk’s SpaceX, which operates the Starlink satellite …
: A commitment to spiritual life necessarily means we embrace the eternal principle that love is all, …
: … it’s not possible to know all the ways we impact those around us… we can only know if we behaved …
: Last night around rhe Todd Rundgren Concert there was a man from Amsterdam, or was it Copenhagen?… …
: Hoping the rumors dems are slipping in blue wall states are intended to energize the dem base…
: October 21, 2024 - by Heather Cox …
: Night Of The Living Dead checked off our horror film watch list…
: Just finished watching The Mist… wow!… that was thought provoking apocalyptic horror… Marcia Gay …
: I like your dress, … says the trans woman behind the vegetables at the farmers market. I have had …
: Awesome lunchbox for Halloween!…
: Cue Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein.
: The new diggs of my favorite coffee shop… i understand we will be moving in before end of year.
: What inflation?… … there are stations in and around Beacon where the price of gas is below $3…
: The interior of a local bar and restaurant in early morning… take n this am.
: From this morning’s walk… … have a good day!
: OF ALL THE chapters for this book, this one was the most difficult to write. When I talked with …
: October 13, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson “He is the most dangerous person ever. I had …
: Big pro Trump flag set up at busy intersection of 9 and 9D. Very little honking in agreement. More …
: … did the memo go out?… October 11, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson And yet, in a New York …
: We drove north into a conservative rural county of New York State today and saw more Harris/Walz …
: A few from last night and this morning…
: A monthly newsletter I put out that includes info on two monthly salons I co-moderate, one of them …
: My wife has decided to develop a Halloween movie advent calendar to match my Christmas movie advent …
: My wife contends that Meet Me in St Louis is a Halloween movie as well as a Christmas movie… what …
: My wife and i have decided that our Halloween meal will be liver and fava beans with a good chianti…
: So amazing to see two such amazing women as Liz Cheney and Kamala Harris working together to save …
: When we intentionally strive to make our homes places where we are ready to give and receive love, …
: From this morning’s walk… more Snapseed processing… passing through Lightroom first…
: This morning’s look… more playing around with processing in Snapseed…
: From this morning’s walk… played around with SnapSeed for editing… really like what SnapSeed can do, …
: I swear matching the color of our new car wasn’t a consideration when i chose this nail polish …
: This actually gives me a bit of hope about the political situation… the idea that union and division …
: Latest addition to every day mandala series…
: Greed is rightly considered a “deadly sin” because it erodes the moral values that encourage us to …
: The will to sacrifice on behalf of another, always present when there is love, is annihilated by …
: However, emotion is a critical part of our capacity to comprehend the world at all, the ability to …
: Curiosity as an Instrument of Love: Thoreau and the Little Owl – The Marginalian It is only when we …
: … it took a long time for me to have the courage to go bold with my lipstick…
: … all up to date on COVID and Flu shots…
: … feeling a little sad and lethargic today…
: … standing in line at the local bagel shop, i noticed a woman with the most wonderful chromium blue …
: From this morning’s walk… we are getting into predawn images illuminated by street lights and other …
: Love is Central Dialogue cannot exist, however, in the absence of profound love for the world and for women and men. …
: Fear of Dying At a much more mundane level, is it not the fantasy of modern man – and woman – to …
: something weird related to my account going on… @help
: 50 please vote cards down, 50 more to go…
: The anonymous authors of Women and the New World suggest that wages for housework is “a proposal …
: Hmmmmmmm… The true harbinger is not the man who offers a system when no one wants it, but rather …
: Hmmm… Our passive acceptance of lies in public life, particularly via the mass media, upholds and …
: Anyone that is misguided enough to reject science must have a very limited imagination, as well as …
: September 13, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson … what do false accusations of Haitian pet eating and …
: Kamala Harris receives the endorsement of Aliens from space…
: So, the strawberries are normal to large size. The blueberries are giants. And swee too!
: … don’t know if i have shared this before… but it bears repeating even if i have… Widespread …
: From Passive to Active Trans-feminine Organisms don’t just passively wait, then, for a lucky …
: This completely flips on its head the typical narrative we tell ourselves in the US about our …
: The real problem isn’t that it’s difficult to decide who owns culture; it’s that the very idea of …
: Gratitude for my Feminine Lucy Sante writing about her transition to womanhood… I don’t hate myself …
: Genderless A body in immense pain can feel genderless, its status as a site of hurt more meaningful …
: New additions to my mandala series…
: Pet peeve… The sticker on the right removes easily… the sticker on the left takes the skin of the …
: Particularly liked this one from this morning…
: Choosing Among Immoralities Do you have access to wealth and the creation of more of it? Or must …
: Lately I’ve been feeling very alone on Micro.blog. My posts are mostly ignored. I post a variety of …
: An intriguing addition to my Everyday Mandala series…
: We went with friends to the [Hammond Museum and Japanese Gardens]((https://www.hammondmuseum.org) …
: A random encounter on the street… … a man, tall, lanky, in his late 40’s, early 50’s, calls out to …
: Everlane is having an end of summer sale. I scored the skirt, dress and blouse (without the shorts) …
: At the same time I am shopping these elegant heels… … my wife is shopping for the ever fashionable …
: Rather like this selfie from this morning… … this version too!
: An individual, like a people, like a continent, dies out when he shrinks from both rash plans and …
: August 27, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson “For those counting,” legal analyst Andrew Weismann …
: From this morning’s walk… trying out a new “film” pack in Hipstamatic…
: What I Expected, What I Got | In Opposition The most pleasant surprise of all, however, has been …
: The war, of course, furnished many examples of this pattern: the casual fact, the creative …
: In America more than anywhere else, the spectacle of mechanical progress has made so deep an …
: Experience is an inherently uncertain business that carries risk – a risk without which one can …
: Curiosity will never be content… Perhaps there are things, like many others, destined never to be …
: The worship of death is a central component of patriarchal thinking, whether expressed by women or …
: Love and Strife True love is unconditional, but to truly flourish it requires an ongoing commitment to constructive …
: Of course my wife had to have this sign…
: A nice thing happened today. In the farmer’s market I stopped by the stall of a young woman who …
: Finding and displaying my feminine has been a stepwise process of normalizing this way of being. …
: Our “We’re NOT Going Back!” flag arrived yesterday…
: I like this way of thinking about myself… The term “two spirit,” which is a modern term adapted by …
: If you boil the strange soup of contemporary right-wing ideology down to a sort of bouillon cube, …
: I have been experimenting with diagraming concepts in an attempt to open portals to deeper …
: August 21, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson The message of joy as we protect democracy, backed as …
: Deadpool-Wolverine was abysmal. Wish I could unsee it. Horrible gratuitous violence. Some humorous …
: True enough… the trick is to get sufficient numbers to adopt this approach… The way to stop the war …
: I have finally moved on to third volume of this book… i think i have been reading it for two years …
: Sitting in movie theater waiting to watch Deadpool-Wolverine… i wasn’t sure i wanted to see a movie …
: Loving justice for themselves and others enables men to break the chokehold of patriarchal …
: When we begin to experience the sacred in our everyday lives we bring to mundane tasks a quality of …
: August 16, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson I believe in free speech, but telling flat out lies that …
: August 14, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson On Tuesday the United Auto Workers union filed charges …
: August 14, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Trump continues to insist that Biden’s replacement at …
: There is among many of the public, as Nassim Nicholas Taleb points out, ‘a religious belief in the …
: The heart of justice is truth telling, seeing ourselves and the world the way it is rather than the …
: … why should we be surprised about the Trumps and Musks and Thiels or our world?… of the Putins for …
: A culture that is dead to love can only be resurrected by spiritual awakening. (bell hooks, All …
: … tomorrow i am looking forward to ordering my new MacBook Pro Max… i expect it to solve the worlds …
: The other consequence of the atomistic, serial, linear approach is a futile search for what causes …
: It is inconceivable that humankind could exist without work. The new ethic of work starts out in the …
: The linear path is seductive to the left hemisphere’s mindset in its directness and simplicity. …
: The left hemisphere regards words as tokens that can be manipulated to mean what we like, not …
: By the late seventies, among privileged people the worship of money was expressed by making …
: extractive economy benefits greatly when people can’t learn to get along together. (Shannon Hayes, …
: Capitalism and patriarchy together, as structures of domination, have worked overtime to undermine …
: The linear path is responsible for the myth of progress. (Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things) …
: When we see love as the will to nurture one’s own or another’s spiritual growth, revealed through …
: In the end, each has become an interest group, concerned only with itself. While each may talk about …
: The philosopher Hannah Arendt put it neatly in her postwar study of totalitarian life: “The aim of …
: August 5, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Yes! Christi Carras of the Los Angeles Times reported …
: Why is it a thing to film a scene so in the dark that you can’t make anything out? Seems …
: Managed to get the Sunday chores done… pushed through the all over aches my bodyhas beenen …
: … we are doing a Despicable Me and Minions marathon…
: Not causing harm requires staying awake. Part of being awake is slowing down enough to notice what …
: One of the ironies of the culture of greed is that the people who profit the most from earnings …
: we jump from an awareness of a distinction to the assumption of a division. (Iain McGilchrist, The …
: … even the most exact sciences float above ‘axiomatic abysses’: unexamined assumptions. (Iain …
: We need to recognise the limitations of intellectual analysis, and the way in which insight is …
: Human brains, however, are closely interconnected with, and embedded in, the distributed networks …
: … really tired of this physical tiredness i have been experiencing this week… the humid hot weather …
: Since our consciousness plays some part in what comes into being, the play of attention can both …
: Spiritual life is first and foremost about commitment to a way of thinking and behaving that honors …
: ultimate meaning will always lie beyond what reason can conceive or everyday language express. …
: “The poet alone knows astronomy, chemistry, vegetation and animation,” Emerson had written, “for he …
: In retrospect, it is evident that the emphasis on “man as enemy” deflected attention away from …
: In assessing the mechanistic view of the world, still to prevelant, McGilchrist has this to say: A …
: ‘What Zeno shows’, as philosopher George Melhuish puts it, ‘is that continuity cannot be composed …
: Conceptualizing anything is a way of asking ‘what it can do for us’, says Bergson. (Iain …
: Imagine how different our lives would be if all the individuals who claim to be Christians, or who …
: Conservatives have their Eden before the fall—it usually involves strong fathers and demure women …
: July 28, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Hard to overstate the moment we are in… vote ya’ll… When …
: … i think my shishito peppers have been partying with the scotch bonnets… my SB peppers have had no …
: … made this lovely soup last night… www.inspectorgorgeous.com/green-god…
: … my wife’s favorite lilly… not sure why the are called “Black Beauty”…
: … must our ideas come to something… what is that something in the context of a vast universe?… the …
: Greed subsumes love and compassion; living simply makes room for them. Living simply is the primary …
: Every group which finds a way to accumulate wealth finds ways to hold onto it and to increase it. …
: … our economic system and Nation States are built on transferring what should belong to everyone …
: Thus, a person can have a male body-soul and a female wandering soul and find peace (and societal …
: … it is not so much that we speak language, but that language, the storehouse of generations of …
: My belief that God is love—that love is everything, our true destiny—sustains me. (bell hooks, All …
: Myths also have this quality, like language itself, that they do not just derive from one mind …
: … really nice thing happened… as i was walking up the street to my house, a neighbor was driving …
: The emergence of the “me” culture is a direct response to our nation’s failure to truly actualize …
: … this is possibly the most powerful quote i am posting this morning… i think this is something that …
: It is no accident that feminist struggle has been so easily co-opted to serve the interests of …
: … a rich day of Readwise highlights… Awesomely, our nation, like no other in the world, is a …
: I see everywhere the dance of masculine and feminine… not to be confused with bodily sex, but that …
: Harris/Whitmer… would love to see this after watching reporting suggesting Harris needed a white man …
: July 22, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Money continues to roll in. Since Biden’s announcement, …
: The way to dissolve our resistance to life is to meet it face to face. When we feel resentment …
: To maintain and satisfy greed, one must support domination. And the world of domination is always a …
: We are dealing with a Gestalt. That is to say the ‘betweenness’ is more important than the ‘things’ …
: LOL, I never knew my wife had these customized sneakers!
: July 21, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson With 39-year-old Ohio senator J.D. Vance now their vice …
: July 21, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Go Kamala! Following Biden’s endorsement of Harris, …
: July 21, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Kamala Harris disrupts the Republican playbook… The …
: Living life in touch with divine spirit lets us see the light of love in all living beings. (bell …
: Knowledge can, of course, be the bigger context. … Knowledge can, in and of itself, constitute a …
: Love and abuse cannot coexist. Abuse and neglect are, by definition, the opposites of nurturance …
: A new addition to the everyday mandala series…
: Three patriarchal archetypes…
: Make garbage beautiful again!…
: … ah, if only i had the womanly figure to wear this dress!… i think i would have to be a few decades …
: I love finding random still lifes like this…
: Love the colors in this one…
: I am excited by Harris as the candidate. Fingers crossed the dems all fall in behind her. We don’t …
: Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. (bell hooks, All About Love)
: Men theorize about love, but women are more often love’s practitioners. Most men feel that they …
: The wife likes SciFi, I love RomComs… enter Max and Molly, a SciFi RomCom!:)
: … for all it may be a fiction, the machine model has persisted precisely because it has proved a …
: Estrangement from the realm of the senses is a direct product of overindulgence, of acquiring too …
: More than ever before we, as a society, need to renew a commitment to truth telling. Such a …
: I have this sickening feeling that the hubris of Joe Biden and Ruth Bader Ginsburg will combine to …
: I don’t care who the dems nominate. But they need to decide and get focused. I will support whatever …
: Man is unable to see himself entirely unrelated to mankind, neither is he able to see mankind …
: … marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get; it’s something you do. It’s the …
: … walking is a mode of making the world as well as being in it. (Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust)
: … i ordered my first maxi dress… i got it on sale too!… can’t wait to try it on…:)
: … my wife is watching the Republican convention… she’s not a supporter… she just can’t look away… …
: Judge Canon dismisses classified documents case… it just keeps getting worse and worse…
: From a trip to city yesterday…
: Relieved that the shooter was a registered Republican and at most made a minor donation to a …
: … i am… just… so… sad… nobody needed this… can’t escape the feeling we are heading for a world of …
: Trump shot… this is bad… very bad…
: This feels like the divide between conservatives and liberals… There are plenty of examples… in …
: In particular, men have a tremendous contribution to make to feminist struggle in the area of …
: July 12, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson … have i ment how despicable i find certain kinds of …
: It cannot be overemphasised that regularities in nature do not imply mechanisms, nor do they imply …
: bell hooks explains why it is not enough to simply get women into power if they exercise it in a way …
: The most hideous crime against humanity,” she reminded me, began with a legal election. It is not, …
: (peer review)… a flawed process, full of easily identified defects with little evidence that it …
: July 11, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Raiklin said the list was just the beginning. “This is …
: July 11, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Yesterday, Raw Story reported that Ivan Raiklin, Trump’s …
: Will the hubris of Joe Biden and Ruth Bader Ginsburg combine to become the downfall of Democracy?
: Since we live in a society that promotes fads and temporary superficial adaptation of different …
: However, emotion is a critical part of our capacity to comprehend the world at all, the ability to …
: … last year i planted cardoon… it did not flower… it did overwinter and this year is throwing up …
: … aligns with The Matter With Things by McGilchrist… thinking has, of course, changed a great deal …
: … i’ve no direct experience with this, but if mothering and nurturing are the same thing, then we …
: … yup… For the skilful propagandist knows that while you must start with a plausible analysis, you …
: … yes!… In her notes, she coins new words: ‘womanman’ and ‘manwoman’ and observes: ‘Many who fight …
: … i need to read more poetry… This is why poetry (which arose historically before prose) is so …
: Why does the attractive woman anchor smile pleasantly all the way through a segment on the …
: I have been an author in two iterations of this program. This time I am the featured artist. Very …
: If women who work against militarism continue to imply, however directly or indirectly, that there …
: … that family member’s response to me… It seems the best we can do for now is agree to disagree. …
: … a response to a family member’s pro Trump comment on my FB page… Much as I would like to have a …
: Word Are Deeds: Rebecca Solnit the Power of Speech to Shape the Future ‹ Literary Hub When the soul …
: … i have begun to spend more time with the women i know… we get coffee, go for walks, chat about …
: Joe Biden or Kamala Harris: Which Risk Is the Better Risk? – Mother Jones A sober assessment of a …
: You know the break your heart commercials for the ASPCA? I think we need similar commercials …
: Rehearsing a litany of whats wrong with Biden and the Dems encourages those around you to stay home …
: July 1, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Rangappa wrote. “This election is now a clear-cut decision …
: While sexism teaches women to be sex objects for men, it is also manifest when women who have …
: Feminist movement to end sexist oppression affirms family life by its insistence that the purpose of …
: July 1, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Dark times… Now they have changed that foundational …
: Trying to figure out what the author of this sign is trying to say… any suggestions?
: My wife and I got our nails done today. I like having painted nails almost as much as I like wearing …
: … the present moment is all about understanding what is at stake… if you do, the choice is clear… …
: An interaction with my wife this morning has led me to realize that a lot of us are in pain and/or …
: I think we should feel very sober, and a little afraid, at the power of human credulity, the …
: Between women and men, sexism is most often expressed in the form of male domination, which leads …
: The planet, indeed, is headed for disaster, and it is now possible, for the first time in human …
: This would certainly fit with Mercier and Sperber’s view that logic was invented in order to win …
: All the worship of death we see on our television screens, all the death we witness daily, does not …
: June 27, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson … taking a deep breath… Virtually unmentioned was the …
: The only good thing about tonight is that it’s still a long time till the election, but there is a …
: MSNCB is confirming my assessment.
: Will be interesting to see see if MSNBC tries to rescue Biden or not…
: … i am very depressed watching the debate…
: … i came out to two of our closest couple friend sets… it went well…:)
: June 25, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson … HCR gives me hope that white patriarchal society is on …
: …in thinking about the cross dressing i am doing i realize it is more important to me that i feel …
: … i am so impressed with bell hooks… her writing about love is amazing… and not new age… To know …
: … effective critique of Betty Friedan feminist era… Bourgeois women active in feminist movement …
: … at the bottom of everything we are experiencing is the capitalist drive to exploit and profit… …
: Feminist movement should be of primary significance for all groups and individuals who desire an end …
: This is bang on! As the Brits might say… brain does not live inside the head, even though that is …
: Though great political work and useful debate about ideas and ethics are happening over social …
: Men must begin to challenge notions of masculinity that equate manhood with ability to exert power …
: … watched this video on how to apply eye shadow and discovered i need something called an eyeshadow …
: … for a while, i thought it would be enough to get evermore women into leadership positions… then …
: A photo set from a few days ago…
: Because Trump is suggesting he might get replace income tax with tariffs… Separating Tariff Facts …
: Micro aggressions: Let’s Go Brandon and Trump pissing on CNN stickers on a huge pickup truck. Toxic …
: The scene, a restorative pilates class where self care is the goal. Two classmates having a vibrant …
: June 18, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson “Christians” who want to rule the country… That May, …
: To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone …
: bell hooks quoting Erich Fromm’s definition of love… “the will to extend one’s self for the purpose …
: A selection of the more eccentric photos from this morning’s walk…
: Finished reading Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, bell hooks. Really good. Our emphasis must …
: Window AC units installed… ready for the heat.
: These four images will be the prompt for 8 different writers to write a story to be read in public. …
: Rhetorical skill was useless, or even damaging, if it did not go with virtue and moral purpose: all …
: Pursuing logic will not in itself achieve understanding, which comes from living a thoughtful life. …
: What is also true is that we have a responsibility to make these changes regardless of any …
: Just came out to my family. They embraced me with love and kindness. I need not have worried.
: I enjoyed capturing these early morning scenes on our Main Street.
: a work of art cannot be wrong: it is what it is. (Jennifer Higgie, The Other Side)
: June 14, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson One CEO left the meeting with the takeaway that “Trump …
: June 14, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Reacting to the news of the Supreme Court’s decision in …
: Feeling a little extra fetching today…
: When i bought this necklace deep in the winter pride month hadn’t begun to surface in my …
: My take on the bump stock ruling? Revolution is coming and we want our side armed to the max…
: Sexy Ducati motorcycle parked on Main Street…
: I like messy bulletin boards… makes the community seem vibrant.
: A new, apparently high end, lingerie shop has opened on Main Street.
: I have been trying to photograph this bit of creepiness for months… It feels a little disturbed to …
: Peonies are especially beautiful as they are wilting.
: … an interesting part of my experience presenting femininely, is that i have begun to be a little …
: I don’t know… the Alito tapes seem like a bit of a nothing burger to me. Bias is a given in judges …
: … an hypothesis about what we are experiencing… we are overrun by a masculine way of looking at the …
: Doing my daily review of book highlights generated by Readwise… this and the last number of quotes …
: We tire of the man-made, but not of that which shows human influence, such as a beautiful landscape …
: The great abolitionist and autobiographer Frederick Douglass put the point with memorable force and …
: “If you start to believe the map is the world, you are lost.” (Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With …
: “Sexism has never rendered women powerless. It has either suppressed their strength or exploited it. …
: June 9, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson It’s either death of the Christian Patriarchy or death by… …
: bell hooks Feminist Theory is a fascinating and revelatory book… “Feminist movement would have had, …
: Have any of you ever done a savory whipped cream? OMG, whole new horizons…
: June 6, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson During the ceremony, the past and the present came …
: “I think to be truly vulnerable is to exist adjacent to collapse or obliteration. In that place we …
: OMG, Banana Republic has a bunch of dresses I really want to get… I don’t have money right now… i am …
: From this morning… ! Blue tents temporarily housing bicycles and mopeds for …
: June 3, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson A barn burner post from HCR… The fallout from the New York …
: Some photographs from this morning’s walk along the beach and the beach road… Beach and ocean, early …
: Second of two perfect beach days… not a given this time of year.
: I understand now… backing Trump is the safe play… you avoid retribution if he wins and won’t loose …
: Gender roles among the Indigenous peoples of North America - Wikipedia I like this way of seeing …
: The lack of a rational understanding of the limits to reason may prove fatal. The coherence of a …
: The more overtly unshakeable someone’s beliefs are, the more diminished they seem to become, because …
: More from this morning… concentrating on the sculpted bluffs at Vale Beach Block Island. …
: “One gasps in admiration at the ingenuity of it all—the housewife can participate in science itself …
: “The right hemisphere view of proof derives its value from the context, and so can never be …
: “Freedoms that save the saviors also save the degenerates and allow them to tear the whole society …
: “Reason cannot be the creative principle, unlike intuition: it is the quality control department …
: May 23, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Today, by a vote of 6–3, the Supreme Court overturned the …
: From this morning’s walk in Rodman’s Hollow on Block Island…
: My new cooking apron with a map of Block Island!
: My shadow, the meadow and the sea… yes, Block Island is mostly like this.
: Good morning from Block Island. We had a nice fog this AM so I drove down to New Harbor for my photo …
: May 20, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson This one is a good read… full of quotes of Trump telling us …
: Loaded up and ready to go… 1 1/2 hours till departure. This is a whole new level of prepared. Now if …
: Well, basically all ready to leave on vacation tomorrow morning and it’s not middle of the night. We …
: So, tonight at a party I was in almost full feminine mode. Only lacking lipstick. An acquaintance …
: Flirting with Disaster - by Mona Charen - The Bulwark Those are the stakes. It is tragic and …
: Flirting with Disaster - by Mona Charen - The Bulwark We are staring down the possibility of …
: I almost got hit by a car this morning. Someone turned left and was taking no prisoners. They just …
: Feeling particularly beautiful today… Happy Monday!
: OMG, just watched first couple of episodes of Hacks season 3. What a balm for the soul!
: This doesn’t happen too often, but boy am I depressed today. It’s been a strange week altogether. No …
: I have been reorganizing my self watering planter tanks so I can put more in. I have 4 dedicated to …
: Last night we went to a Todd Rundgren concert. It’s got me thinking about listening to music live …
: I have given up on my Apple desktop computer. It’s so slow that it has become useless. It isn’t that …
: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-5-2… Really important post from Heather Cox Richardson. …
: That moment when you realize the Green Egg thermometer isn’t working and the brisket you thought had …
: May 2, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson This is very worth reading as an explanation of the complex …
: Have I mentioned how much I love wearing lipstick? Of all the things I do to feel feminine, this is …
: My wife is a huge Todd Rundgren fan, me, not so much. Making my wife happy, priceless!
: April 30, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Cortellessa writes that Trump intends to establish “an …
: All the thought and attention I am paying to my feminine look is inspiring the women close to me to …
: This dress came today and it’s amazing! From the compostable/recyclable packaging it came in, to the …
: As I spend more time openly presenting in a feminine way, I realize that it is exactly that. …
: Fascinating… … in a test of originality, subjects were asked to generate items in response to a …
: … it’s hard to express this as fully as i feel it, but i love my feminine self… i love wearing …
: April 28, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson The idea that the United States must become a Christian …
: One of the joys of exploring the feminine space is accessorizing! Picked these necklaces up at the …
: New addition to my bracelet collection… It’s a little delicate for me but my plan is to get a few …
: April 26, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Finally today, news broke that in her forthcoming book, …
: A long form post from last year pointing towards my entry into trans-feminine space. 6 months later …
: This dinosaur figure is part of an exhibit in a gallery dedicated to limited edition collectors …
: The truck at the end of the line has been sitting there with a flat tire for months. In the last …
: The Feminine Mystique - Wikipedia Re-reading The Feminine Mystique. Homemaking and nurture should …
: Did some shopping today… Bought these sandals to go with them…
: Best Chive Pesto Recipe - How To Make Chive Pesto I have a bumper crop of chives. Trying this out …
: Just changed my pronouns from he/him to he/she, him/her… I don’t feel like they.
: April 22, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Growing more hopeful… With the passage of the national …
: Today’s look… Every day I make a selfie or 2 or 3 of my look. I found the beaded headband at France …
: When the soul wants to experience something she throws out an image in front of her and steps into …
: I have been struggling with writing any kind of long form post about my journey into trans-feminine …
: April 20, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson A lot of good news in this HCR post, though I would have …
: The color of theis bicycle tire rim is just amazing… reminds me of watermelon…
: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-1… Civil War history lesson… “Both parties deprecated war …
: Did you know? That the iPhone photo app automatically identifies plants and flowers? Not people …
: “Gravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement.” — Tao Te Ching (Coterie …
: Hmmm… $10 bag of potato chips… imported from Spain… i asked what distinguishes them… they’re from …
: One more colander view, this one near 93% totality, which is as good as it gets where we are. I was …
: Eclipse viewing and recording supplies…
: April 7, 2024 (Sunday) - by Heather Cox Richardson … the struggle over the use of public lands …
: Inspired by Guido Guidi’s book, Lunario, I made these images today while thinking about the solar …
: My monthly Studio MBK newsletter. This month I write a few words about Gudio Guidi’s book Lunario in …
: April 3, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson I am more and more confident that Biden will win the …
: I am often grateful for the detritus of the previous day of human activity…
: After Low Attendance, Whitney Biennial Releases Open Call for “Controversial” Artwork Posted on the …
: March 31, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson A good remembrance of Ruth Bader Ginsberg…
: March 29, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson The attempt to create a false reality–whether by foreign …
: … wow, the full throttle response of the MSNBC on air personalities to the NBC hiring of Ronna …
: This is why it’s seriously possible 45 will become 47. It’s like discussing the weather while the …
: Enjoying making these hallway photographs at my moms’s assisted living facility. Start of a series?
: March 20, 2024 (Wednesday) - by Heather Cox Richardson This sent chills down my spine… Today the …
: Really like this photo I made this morning. It suggests much without saying it directly. One could …
: Any Pickleball devotees out there? I am in the birthplace of the game!
: Latest in everyday mandala series…
: Slime mould colonies can learn to avoid certain paths that lead to a noxious stimulus, and moulds …
: “Single cells can take decisions; single cells can plan responses; single cells contain memory.” — …
: “Single cells can take decisions; single cells can plan responses; single cells contain memory.” — …
: March 13, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson The choice could not be clearer or starker. This HCR post …
: New addition to my everyday mandala series…
: March 10, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson How pathetic is the current iteration of the republican …
: We need an international women’s decade. Few things would help humanity more than having less …
: I like this as a stand alone image…
: March 6, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson On August 6, Dr. King and Mrs. Boynton were guests of …
: March 6, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson On the steps of the capitol, speaking under a Confederate …
: The choices are not ideal, I know, but it doesn’t matter who stands where on what issue. There is …
: Monthly Newsletter, March 2024 • Buttondown My once a month newsletter on photography. Mine and …
: March 4, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson … legal analyst Mark Joseph Stern noted that when Mitch …
: The Middle Passage: A Jungian Field Guide to Finding Meaning and Transformation in Midlife – The …
: February 28, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson Behind the horse race–type coverage of the contest …
: The sound of the Supreme Court killing democracy.
: Nice recipe for eggplant. Keeps the oil to eggplant down and yields a crispy skin and silky herbed …
: February 25, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson … right-wing activist Jack Posobiec opened this …
: February 25, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson More important than that, even, is that it shows that …
: What I made for dinner last night… Salt Cod and Leek Gratin Roasted Delicata Squash
: The State of the Culture, 2024 - by Ted Gioia The tech CEOs know this is harmful, but they do it …
: Destabilizing national security threat???
: Every day I have to take a few deep breaths, in, out, in, out. These are frightening times. Ukraine …
: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/februar… Today’s big story continues to be Trump’s statement …
: As I watch the hand wringing about 45 on MSNBC, I wonder, how could anyone be considering voting for …
: I am starting a statement necklace collection! And yes, I do wear them:-)
: Now heading into my third week of COVID. My first time in the rodeo. Can’t imagine what getting it …
: Self portrait with resin necklace and b&w zigzag knit cap…
: Honk if you agree with this sentiment!
: Who’s to say that intelligence won’t escape the bounds of instinct one day?
: I have been doing some tidying up of various online accounts and replacing debit cards in those …
: Anyone else trying out Kagi search?
: January 24, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson More news dropped today about the damage MAGA …
: January 20, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson An interesting HCR this morning… The attempt to create …
: It’s Always Been Michael, Never Mike :: Essays On Attention Paid Feminine me is tossing masculine …
: Creativity is less a ‘what’, a thing that is done, than a manner in which whatever it may be is …
: This is the proper way to prepare a Christmas tree for burial.
: January 16, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson This is aa good general statement of where we are at in …
: Finished reading Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, by Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski …
: And just now our dogs got into a rare fight over a treat. That’s enough excitement for the day, …
: We attended a super spreader event last night… we had fun but now wait to see if our covid luck has …
: Frittatas are great for using up things in the fridge. In this case smoked ham and kale. Happy …
: January 14, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson I came to believe that heroism is neither being …
: I love this album!… it moves me really deeply.
: Scaffolding, building, security lighting.
: Wow!… just WOW! In 1994, there was no television on the island of Fiji; there were also no eating …
: A God in the window of a gallery.
: January 4, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson If DOJ manages to put him in jail he’s never coming out. …
: January 4, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson The Democrats on the House Oversight Committee today …
: Empty Marlboro cigarette pack illuminated by streetlights.
: Stars in the frost on the hood of a car.
: Christmas lights in a shop window.
: Chinese restaurant sign early morning…
: 2023: A Bad Year for Drag Queen Foes Interesting look at anti-drag legislation that isn’t succeeding …
: Nothing like an aching wisdom tooth to spoil the holidays…
: Trump disqualified from running for President in Colorado. If SCOTUS upholds, he’s toast in all 50 …
: December 17, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson In the United States, that undercurrent has created a …
: So, I have become the CEO of a cemetery in Westchester. Pay is good and so far only a day or two a …
: Trying times. Dog sliced nose open. No clue how. Drove at night through heavy rain to ER. Returned …
: December 7, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson I hear a lot these days about how American democracy …
: It is not the forces of darkness but of shallowness that everywhere threaten the true, and the good, …
: December 1, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson “The storm is coming,” Last warned readers. “The world …
: December 1, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson In the Washington Post yesterday, neoconservative …
: Finished reading _The Greatest Invention _ by Silvia Ferrara.
: So, I managed tod to get through 3 Thanksgiving feasts in 4 days without gaining a pound! And, I …
: True or false? What do you think? Without novelty, without the hunt for the new, we wouldn’t be …
: Frittatas are a great way to use up vegetables. In this case some aging green peppers and cherry …
: November 20, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson There is one issue on the ballot in 2024, whether the …
: November 20, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson That I have to consider this a real possibility brings …
: November 20, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Even the more liberal news outlets are making the …
: Made roasted squash soup last night… this color study appeared along the way…
: November 14, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Republican shark tank… Burchett was talking to NPR …
: Turning from Peril to Possibility: Ecological Superhero Christiana Figueres on the Spirituality of …
: Turning from Peril to Possibility: Ecological Superhero Christiana Figueres on the Spirituality of …
: November 13, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Finally, it seems, Trump’s explicit use of Nazi …
: November 13, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Today’s HCR is an important read… When Ellis lamented …
: Discovering Bonnie Tyler’s Faster Than The Speed of Night Album. Man did she channel a lot of the …
: From Wed morning, the trip from airport into NYC…
: We need to focus on the AI harms that already exist | MIT Technology Review An interesting article …
: Love and Looking: On What We (Don’t) See Together ‹ Literary Hub Food for thought… TV looks like a …
: November 1, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Prettiest angry with Christians in the United States …
: Chlorophyll prints - nature expresses itself - AlternativePhotography.com Just learned that this …
: October 29, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson After Johnson’s election as speaker, extremist …
: Bonus photo because it’s such a nice one…
: From this morning’s walk on Bainbridge Island WA…
: From this afternoon…on my way to West Coast.
: A fifth group, the bissu, are seen as equally embodying the roles of the four other groups while …
: … the calalai are women who dress and act in masculine ways, while the calabai are men who dress and …
: … the most intriguing of these non-capitalist forms is that of the Bugis people in Indonesia, who …
: The Death of Information The only possible positive result of the Death of Information is that more …
: The Death of Information I’ve written at length about reciprocal violence in the past—which I …
: … this week there is little news time devoted to Donald Trump… i am sad about the cause of that… i …
: Naomi Klein: “I’m Trying to Have a Little Compassion for Myself” | AnOther [For example, the …
: The thought of Jim Jordan as Speaker of the House terrifies me.
: From this morning’s walk. Enjoying the effects of streetlights…
: “We Cannot Cross Until We Carry Each Other” On the left, I hope we do not mistake the inevitability …
: What do you think about AI? #ai In Confessions of a Viral AI Writer, Vauhini Vara writes about the …
: Three views of Venus and the Moon…
: The Best Short Rib Chili - Burrata and Bubbles Had a really delicious beef short rib chili the …
: Barcelona Museum Gives Censored Art a Permanent Home #art #censorship Spanning two floors with over …
: Faith, Power, and Survival: What Ruled Life in Early-Medieval England Rulers’ status was all about …
: What do you think about AI? :: Essays On Attention Paid After the memorial service, my 92 year old …
: We used to come to this bar for jazz all the time. Then the pandemic. Nice to be back… Album release …
: I have an abundance of basil… How to Freeze Basil for Use Year-Round Wash and Freeze - Wash and dry …
: Moral law is an invention of mankind for the disenfranchisement of the powerful in favor of the …
: This seemed poignant in light of weekend events and the general negative churning marching around …
: news about Israel on the tv… thunder, then rain starts to fall
: https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/half-of-waking-hours-are-now-devoted?r=3lmw0&utm_medium=ios …
: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october… That this 45 stands a chance of getting re-elected is …
: Made this last night and it was terrific! Served over chickpea pasta. Highly recommend as a healthy …
: This made my day… October 3, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Adding to Trump’s troubles today is …
: Sexually Explicit Movies :: Essays On Attention Paid Of the films I watched, the four that stood …
: September 30, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Possible turning point?… House minority leader …
: Just came back from a walk to a nature preserve not far from the cottage. They’ve added a new trail …
: The Paris Review - So Fierce Is the World: On Loneliness and Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Paris …
: Photo challenge, day 26, beverage…
: Photo challenge, day 23, a day in the life of… when I think of photo representation of ADITLO, I …
: Photo challenge, day 22, road… as in on the.
: Photo challenge, day 21, fall… goldenrod is abundant in the fall.
: Photo challenge, day 20, disruption… the recent hotel fire on Block Island caused a lot of …
: The Truth of Me :: Essays On Attention Paid The other night, at photography salon, a young woman …
: Photo challenge, day 19, edge…
: Why would white supremacists stop at hatred of liberal Jewish people?… September 18, 2023 - by …
: And this… it would be laughable and embarrassing if it weren’t so dangerous… September 18, 2023 - by …
: White patriarchal desperation in action… it will either bring the country down or be put to bed for …
: Today’s HCR is chock full of quotes that demonstrate the insanity of the Republican party, dominated …
: Photo challenge, day 18, fabric… gauzy fabric in rainbow colors tied around a post to celebrate Gay …
: Bonus photos from this morning…
: In line for breakfast sandwiches at the Old Post Office Bagel Shop…
: Photo challenge, day 17, intense… after days of stormy weather, the sunshine seems more intense than …
: Photo challenge, day 16, oof!… a few weeks before we got to Block Island the historic Harbor Side …
: Art show opening that was really a party for artists and their friends… as it’s gay pride week here, …
: Photo challenge, day 15, red… get your aviator on!
: Yesterday, scenes from a crossing…
: Yesterday, waiting for the ferry, interesting clouds…
: Photo challenge, day 14, statue… meet Rebecca, Block Island feminine spirit for forever!
: Time to un-harsh our mellow…
: … trapped on the ferry as one of the dogs has a bad case of diarrhea in the car… this will not go …
: We are on our way. The day is blustery. A beautiful layered effect ensues…
: If there’s a boat in the background you can safely bet we are waiting for the ferry to/from Block …
: Photo challenge, day 13, glowing… captured this glowing glassware early in the morning a few days …
: … every morning I sit in the same spot, in the same coffee shop, and am harassed by the same fly… …
: Photo challenge, day 12, panic, as in, can I call this fire station a “house of panic?” …
: I have no idea why, but if technology hell is going to visit me or my wife, 9 times out of 10 it’s …
: I’m 68, my time is precious! :: Essays On Attention Paid I am not the only customer having this …
: I’m 68, my time is precious! :: Essays On Attention Paid This week, a new struggle with a …
: The Remarkable Story of the Horsewomen Warriors of Afghanistan ‹ Literary Hub Khanoumha?!" shouted …
: Photo challenge, day 11, retrospect… in retrospect, I should have paid more attention to The Velvet …
: From the past couple of days…
: Photo challenge, day 10, cycle, as in re-cycle…
: Everything old is new again… Don’t madden my mind –Sappho Don’t harsh my mellow –contemporary …
: Photo challenge, day 9, language… as in these language building blocks… 📷
: Photo challenge, day 8, yonder, as in, that yellow boat over yonder…
: Photo challenge, day 7, vertical panorama…
: Heather Cox Richardson Today on Trinity Broadcasting Network, which senior NBC News reporter Ben …
: Photo challenge, day 6, well…
: From this morning’s walk… … made with my Nikon… every time i bring it with me i think there …
: Day 5 of the photo challenge, from the archive, forest:
: The Terrifying Rod Ahead? I don’t think Robert Reich is being liberal alarmist here. Among the …
: 2024, A Pivotal Year? You Bet! :: Essays On Attention Paid As relieved as I was, I also knew we had …
: Day 3 of photo challenge, precious: This vase is both beautiful and, at $1k, precious. 📷
: Day 2 of the photo challenge, buildup…
: September 1, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Today’s attempted restriction of those who are …
: Really important read from HCR this morning… September 1, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson …
: I love especially, “By a Lover of Her Sex.”
: Photo Challenge Day 1: Abstract 📷
: Having a rancid morning. Getting nothing done. Technology resisting me. Foul mood as a result. Maybe …
: Idalia intensifies to a dangerous Category 4 hurricane ahead of its landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast …
: D.H. Lawrence on the Hypocrisies of Social Change and What It Actually Takes to Shift the Status Quo …
: Got a card reader that allows me to transfer images from my Nikon to my iPhone and iPad for editing. …
: music.apple.com/us/album/… This is an amazing song…
: Last night we watched the first episode of The Morning Show. Wowa, hope it continues to be as good. …
: that science that was to teach me everything ends up in a hypothesis, that lucidity founders in …
: Great feelings take with them their own universe, splendid or abject. — The Myth of Sisyphus …
: Notes on Complexity: A Buddhist Scientist on the Murmuration of Being – The Marginalian Complex …
: Notes on Complexity: A Buddhist Scientist on the Murmuration of Being – The Marginalian Each day, …
: fios By Verizon, A Contemporary Take on The Myth of Sisyphus :: Essays On Attention Paid When we …
: fios By Verizon, A Contemporary Take on The Myth of Sisyphus :: Essays On Attention Paid There was …
: August 26, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson And now women are the crucial demographic going into …
: Mind, Body, Earth, Community :: Essays On Attention Paid It is the right brain, McGilchrist tells …
: Winds Blowing Us Back Home - by Rhyd Wildermuth Fortunately, it is mostly only a matter of …
: Winds Blowing Us Back Home - by Rhyd Wildermuth It isn’t the earth that is dying, as it cannot die. …
: Albert Camus on Writing and the Importance of Stubbornness in Creative Work – The Marginalian Works …
: We are in the last gasp throws of the white patriarchy in my country. Hopefully they don’t succeed …
: As I navigate the waters of corporate internet providers I am convinced that a company with a total …
: Mind, Body, Earth, Community :: Essays On Attention Paid What is important to the left brain is …
: From Ted Gioia A recent study at the University of Toronto shows that infants have longer attention …
: August 24, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson It is quite a thing to see leading …
: One of this morning’s baristas is channeling the look of… Mr. Whipple - Wikipedia Mr. George …
: Verizon saga continues… largely, my problems have been sorted… but, just now, I received an …
: Mind, Body, Earth, Community :: Essays On Attention Paid What I learned from Ms. Federici is that …
: So, Verizon can disconnect your Fios service with a push of a button, but a technician is needed at …
: Mind, Body, Earth, Community :: Essays On Attention Paid For the next few weeks, I periodically ran …
: Mind, Body, Earth, Community :: Essays On Attention Paid Another analog social media app is my …
: Mind, Body, Earth, Community I have decided to focus on getting out of the house and going for …
: Judgment used to be the foundation of the idea of reasonableness–a concept you may remember, but …
: Acquiring a degree of judgment that can make these elements intelligently cohere is–or used to …
: I am discovering that the best calendar app for me may be Apple’s Reminders. It’s ability to apply a …
: Went for an early morning hike with the pack…
: We watched Red, White and Royal Blue last night. The movie is based on the Casey McQuestin novel of …
: In the category of Wow! Just, Wow! August 14, 2023 - by Heather Cox …
: Unfortunately, by being purely strategic in intent, the left hemisphere makes strategic mistakes, …
: Today I deleted all social media apps from my phone. I will use my browser to access the accounts …
: Today I tried to sit down and plan the week with my various digital apps. I came to a standstill …
: This seems important… August 12, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson In Marion, Kansas, yesterday …
: I think of the conspiracy soaked far right… McGilchrist arguing society shows signs of …
: About Habit :: Essays On Attention Paid … our lives play out through this dance of individual and …
: Productive day!… laundry is done, floors are vacuumed, front garden is weeded and mulched, weed …
: How an Angry Woman In Baltimore Almost Killed the Jazz Age Young women who dance to jazz, …
: It turns out that the malfunction of the Ego string trimmer I returned last week was the universe …
: About Habit :: Essays On Attention Paid … in the past couple of years, there have been emergent …
: My wife loves the label… she liked the wine too…
: Apparently, with ChatGPT, they have succeeded in replicating the left hemisphere of the brain… It …
: In Praise of the Dancing Body — RITONA // A Beautiful Resistance In our time, models for the body …
: In Praise of the Dancing Body — RITONA // A Beautiful Resistance Daily contact with nature was the …
: In Praise of the Dancing Body — RITONA // A Beautiful Resistance Capitalism was born from the …
: In Praise of the Dancing Body — RITONA // A Beautiful Resistance Capitalism was not the first …
: And, tomato and watermelon salad…
: Small Is Beautiful - Wikipedia Small Is Beautiful is divided into four parts: “The Modern World”, …
: rhyd.substack.com/p/maybe-y… Growing one’s own food and not being reliant on capitalist exchange …
: lithub.com/woman-jew… For Arendt, the case of Rahel is also exemplary of an entire age in that two …
: Making pesto in a mortar and pestle… it’s a little work but the flavor is more intense…
: About Habit :: Essays On Attention Paid … there is, of course, the occasional afternoon or evening …
: rhyd.substack.com/p/maybe-y… Importantly, Evans insists – along with Marx – that the only class …
: Modern society has a lot in common with a schizophrenic patient… As people become more like …
: Apparently it’s time to start thinking about my Halloween decorations…
: From Caliban and the Witch I learned that capitalism reorganized peasant labor away from a more …
: About Habit :: Essays On Attention Paid … this is how we dance, you and i, moving from solo to duet …
: Boy Problems – Mother Jones … this article kind of blew me away… i think i saved half of it in …
: About Habit :: Essays On Attention Paid … we sit and eat, sometimes wrapped in our thoughts, …
: About Habit :: Essays On Attention Paid … sometime during my walking, and coffee, and reading, and …
: Just received my SealVax starter kit with two large bags and two smaller bags. Already tested it on …
: About Habit :: Essays On Attention Paid … these summer days, my walk is a photo meditation up and …
: Switched from Optimum to Verizon FIOS, canceled Optimum. Had to be pretty forceful and blunt to …
: About Habit :: Essays On Attention Paid Habit is far more dependable than inspiration. Make …
: … today i started to build my music collection in Bandcamp… i have decided that i want to pay …
: August 6, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson And then, on August 1—last Tuesday—the Department of …
: August 6, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson That resolve did not hold. In the 2013 Shelby County v. …
: August 6, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson On August 6, 1965, Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act …
: Read: More Serious Pleasure by Sheba Collective Staff 📚This book is a collection of Lesbian erotic …
: Beyond frustrated. Got tired of Black and Decker weed trimmers breaking down every other year from …
: In the realm of the utterly irresponsible: Twitch streamer’s ‘huge giveaway’ sparks police response …
: Brazil Reports a Big Decline in Amazon Deforestation Last Month – Mother Jones “The main reason is …
: Florida public schools have “effectively banned” AP Psychology. ‹ Literary Hub Today’s news from …
: August 4, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson The attack on our nation by individual Republicans seems …
: Required Reading “Children like sweet and safe stories but they also like dark, bleak, unsettling …
: Young people who identify with gun culture are more likely to believe in male supremacy, survey …
: Young people who identify with gun culture are more likely to believe in male supremacy, survey …
: Young people who identify with gun culture are more likely to believe in male supremacy, survey …
: Read: Summer People by Marge Piercy 📚Compelling story told well. I read continuously without loosing …
: From yesterday… From today’s walk…
: I have been getting the Nikon out lately… a noticeable difference in image quality… I think I may …
: The Woman I Want/To Be :: Essays On Attention …
: The Woman I Want/To Be :: Essays On Attention Paid In The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir makes a …
: From our garden… We don’t have a large garden. Not even close to producing what we can consume, but …
: The World’s Real Queer - by Rhyd Wildermuth What I mean to say is that the world has always been a …
: The World’s Real Queer - by Rhyd Wildermuth We all have pronouns. We all have sex. We all dress …
: July 26, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson And therein lies a huge problem for today’s Republican …
: July 26, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Former vice president Mike Pence, who is running for the …
: The Woman I Want/To Be :: Essays On Attention Paid > I have read more than a few books written by …
: The Woman I Want/To Be :: Essays On Attention Paid > I have been photographing women’s clothing …
: About Barbie. Not sorry I went to see but mixed feelings. Funny and touching in places. Well …
: Today is Barbie day… I am wearing as much pink as I have in my closet.
: “… no one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or more disdainful, than a man anxious …
: Becoming a woman: The gender theories of Simone de Beauvoir - Rewriting The Rules One is not born, …
: Sitting here waiting for the end of Open Studios. Been a good day. Decent number of visitors. A …
: I discovered this morning that one can have multiple links in their Instagram profile. When did that …
: Day two of Beacon Open Studios begins at noon! If you are in the area come visit! I am #9 on the …
: July 22, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson The Florida Board of Education approved new state social …
: Open Studios day one coming to a conclusion. Among my visitors was @Parag!Thanks for coming! First …
: I believe there is a dimension of the universe dedicated to pet hair. The nature of this dimension …
: Literature and Empathy :: Essays On Attention Paid Humanity is a beautiful mosaic. As long as …
: BOS has arrived! If you are in or near the Hudson Valley, come visit!
: Julie Byrne: The Greater Wings Album Review | Pitchfork Six years later, the itinerant Buffalo, New …
: Literature and Empathy :: Essays On Attention Paid To understand what it feels like to be in …
: Literature and Empathy :: Essays On Attention Paid We spend our lifetimes steeping in cultural …
: Accordion book display installation for Open Studios this weekend…
: While everyday creativity probably leads to improved satisfaction, self-esteem and enjoyment of …
: But having some, but not all, the genes for schizophrenia may promote creativity. — The Matter With …
: He then plotted the course of mood against creative production. The resulting curves are striking: …
: I know at least one M.b peep is within day trip distance of Beacon, NY. In case anyone else is. …
: If you find yourself in the Hudson Valley, NY…
: Literature and Empathy :: Essays On Attention Paid Who knew that “fondle” was loaded with male, …
: … a lot of breaking news on the 45 front… 45 has received notification of target of investigation in …
: So, it’s a “chew gum and walk at the same time” sort of thing?
: Read: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚 An astonishing book about the rise of capitalism in …
: Read: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 📚 testing… yesterday I posted that I had finished reading …
: Literature and Empathy :: Essays On Attention Paid When I put my piece out into the public, I …
: A target of the investigation… another shoe is about to drop. Let’s hope we get this done before the …
: Finished Reading: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 📚 Loved! Couldn’t put it down. Fantastic beach or …
: So far as I can tell, the #2024 #election is about whether we want #authoritarian rule or not. I …
: Literature and Empathy :: Essays On Attention Paid One of the very interesting things that happened …
: No Labels has already lost one of its co-founders, William Galston, over its push for a third-party …
: Missouri Republicans Are Going to Absurd Lengths to Stop Voters from Having Their Say on Abortion – …
: Україна Yelena Yemchuk | Conscientious Photography Magazine If you wanted to, you could divide the …
: Dinner was Honey Mustard Pork Tenderloin and this: … i used chestnut mushrooms…
: July 17, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Because all the institutions of our democracy are …
: New set of cloth produce bags. One more source of plastic eliminated.
: … well, i have a new workflow for getting thoughts down (Drafts) and collecting them in a daily …
: Bleak Records Keep Coming: Heat Waves Are Smothering the Planet – Mother Jones The grim records …
: Siena Cathedral Uncovers Breathtaking 14th-Century Mosaic Floors … wow!… now i want to go to Sienna… …
: The Wondrous Birds of the Himalayas and the Forgotten Victorian Woman Whose Illustrations Rewilded …
: Inside Senta Simond’s “Intimate and Personal” New Photo Zine #photography #photographers-women
: Sometimes songs punch you in the gut… this one does that to me. Tears streaming down my cheeks every …
: So much handwringing over the end times, except, it’s just hand wringing. Is there any chance we’ll …
: Instead of a morning walk my wife and I took a trip down memory lane. We visited our respective high …
: The Number of Songs in the World Doubled Yesterday An artificial intelligence company in Delaware …
: How the EARN IT Act, a Bill to Protect Children Online, Threatens Artists While officially …
: Political Theology: an introduction - by Rhyd Wildermuth It’s very easy to see how this collective …
: Political Theology: an introduction - by Rhyd Wildermuth Another way of understanding cosmology is …
: I’m July 14, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Late last night, House Republicans broke that …
: We all live in gated communities of the mind and soul. It’s up to us to open the gates and let life …
: I’ve had some time to contemplate the situation and to realize that yes, my story actually is a male …
: After the event, I stewed in my juices a bit. I was disappointed in the reaction I got, and …
: Reading: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 📚 A quarter of the way into this romance novel and can …
: Last week floodwaters came, but not to my door or the doors of friends. Far away friends and family …
: She asked what my story was about. I told her it was about two women having a one-night stand, …
: Eventually, I asked my wife if the scene I painted was implausible. She said, as far as she knew, it …
: A New Film Captures the Majesty of Blue Whales … it seems there are a few good environmental …
: The Sheer Love and Joy of Alice Neel’s Pet Portraits
: Overheard on the street yesterday: Girl… I swear that food was on the money! Now I’m hungry…
: Reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. The only other CM book I’ve read is The Road. It struck …
: Something interesting happened as I attempted to write physical intimacy between two women in a …
: The prose flowed out of me and within an hour or two I had the bones and a lot of the flesh of …
: I am not a fan of smoking, so in my conscious mind I thought, “you shouldn’t smoke,” but this young …
: The stream spirits are angry…
: …autocomplete seems to have a prudish streak… when i type the word “phallic” the complete word never …
: Laying low, resting up for the weekend. Busy arts weekend. I am reading at and emceeing a literary …
: I find it strange to be living in a time when TV series and movies are based on video games. I’ve …
: Uggh… summer cold… first time I’ve been sick since before COVID became a thing… letting down my …
: Similarly, in the depths of despair the muse is likely to desert the creative artist, but the …
: Creativity of all sorts seems bound up with mental illness, or perhaps more gently put, a psyche out …
: July 5, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Even more troubling was the tweet from Senator Josh Hawley …
: From this morning’s walk… #photographs #originalphotography #visualnotes #quotidian
: How People Change: Psychoanalyst Allen Wheelis on the Essence of Freedom and the Two Elements of …
: How People Change: Psychoanalyst Allen Wheelis on the Essence of Freedom and the Two Elements of …
: In case anyone here is in the area…
: Images of my photographic work installed in an exhibition. Show opens this weekend.
: From this morning’s walk… Not the decisive moment. Moments earlier the man had danced up to the …
: From this morning’s walk… I made this sequence of images because it’s my country’s birthday …
: From this mornings walk… Because, you know, the shadow is so gorgeous…
: Fresh from the market. Got some garlic scapes too. Gonna make a pesto with the garlic scapes, roast …
: The left hemisphere simply ignores, dismisses, and ultimately denies the existence of, anything it …
: This prejudice against broadly true generalisations, on the basis that we can all think of examples …
: I am certainly not a fan of the way wedding website designer case made its way to SCOTUS. That said, …
: I’m not sure why the app is saying uh-oh… was I an overachiever? Is that a bad thing? At any rate, …
: About Manufacturing In Space The perpetual growth paradigm is our norm for the foreseeable future… …
: About Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals In Space Because the profit margin is Huge… Drug manufacturing …
: Pasta alla Norma My wife loves eggplant. Me, not so much. We both give this eggplant pasta dish a …
: About Affirmative Action I am a liberal with questions about Affirmative Action. Apparently, I am …
: 30 Signs You Are Living In An Information Crappocalyps Truth wears rags while deception travels on …
: Gravitational Waves Should Change How You See the World - The Atlantic Every gravitational wave in …
: Canadian forest fire smoke returns… Not as bad as weeks ago. We live in trans apocalyptic times.
: Also from this morning’s walk…
: From last night while watching TV…
: Having just finished season 2 of The Bear, this Chinese fortune is like a message from the gods… The …
: In the final episode of season 2 of The Bear, Sydney makes an omelette. She passed the eggs through …
: About My 50th High School Reunion :: Essays On Attention Paid I realize, as I thumb through the …
: Bonus images from this mornings walk… playing around with zooming in using the Lightroom camera app …
: About My 50th High School Reunion :: Essays On Attention Paid What I realize as I think and write …
: Closing in on 14K words with two days left to go. Should make it and then some. And I didn’t start …
: About My 50th High School Reunion :: Essays On Attention Paid Years later, Facebook became a thing …
: Reason cannot be the creative principle, unlike intuition: it is the quality control department …
: Thus in creativity there are bound to be at least, and at the very simplest, two phases, that may …
: After some trials and tribulations, I have all my prints ready for frame insertion. This will happen …
: Having a frustrating day… need to make some large prints but Lightroom is not cooperating… it keeps …
: The exotic meat section of our local supermarket…
: It’s raining so no walk today… a couple from the other day…
: https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/june-23-2023-friday?r=3lmw0&utm_medium=ios&utm …
: www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/c… We were introduced to this mock potato salad by friends pursuing a …
: Is there a 12 step program for half sour pickle addiction?
: For creativity to succeed, then, there needs to be breadth of vision; the capacity to forge distant …
: Talent hits a target no-one else can hit, wrote Schopenhauer; genius hits a target no-one else can …
: The weather app keeps promising rain… the skies keep disappointing…
: Day 7 of the 1000 words of summer challenge and I am almost at 7k words… catching up after having …
: All five accordion books for an upcoming show now completed. Now for the slipcases…
: New addition to the everyday mandala series…
: June 21, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Owen Tucker-Smith of the Los Angeles Times noted that in …
: June 21, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson Last night’s story got weirder, though, because Alito …
: A Tale of Three Songwriters The consequence was that the more complex her (Joni Mitchel) albums …
: Smaller Is Beautiful :: Essays On Attention Paid Presently, there is a crisis among the men and …
: Smaller Is Beautiful :: Essays On Attention Paid There is also a crisis in our global economic …
: Apparently I was equal parts productive and creative with my screen time yesterday, and only a …
: Smaller Is Beautiful :: Essays On Attention Paid To be in an intimate relationship, we necessarily …
: Did you know that the two most reliable predictors of intelligence are reaction time and color …
: The reality is there’s no justification for today’s extraordinary concentration of wealth at the …
: Are we talking Story of O bad things? Bonnie and Clyde bad things? Or Thelma and Louise bad things?
: I have decided to pursue the 1K Words of Summer Challenge… three straight days of 1K words or more! …
: Hmmm… The scientific world-view, with its vocabulary, taxonomies, and detachment of logic and the …
: … the microbiologist Brian Ford writes that ‘to equate such data-rich digital operations with the …
: Smaller Is Beautiful :: Essays On Attention Paid “So,” she said, “I have to make myself smaller for …
: The Paris Review - On Cormac McCarthy - The Paris Review What connection do I have with the …
: June 18, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson That was the whole ball game. The federal government had …
: Is the world heading for disaster? I suppose so. We are constantly, relentlessly, told as much. Am I …
: Finally got a complete print of my accordion book, 15 Days by the Sea. The show can go on! Assuming …
: On the other hand, the Grad-o-gram I sent my graduating nephew made it to the refrigerator door… 1 …
: My photo printer keeps locking up while I am trying to print one of my accordion fold books. A 12’ …
: Smaller Is Beautiful :: Essays On Attention Paid About making yourself smaller to be part of …
: Safeguarding music | Global Music Vault | Svalbard Well, apparently seeds are not the only thing …
: “But if we apply to the present the lessons of the past, we realize that the reappearance of …
: Probable events poison reality - by Rob Horning Since the debates about technology are often just …
: Thanks to @baldur for sharing… good article. It is all too easy to see them as gratuitous …
: “10 oz plant-based beef crunmbles.” If you are going to go vegan, go vegan. None of these “I wish I …
: Beautiful Mind boxes? Is it possible there was more delusion than already has met the eye?
: https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/the-final-triumph-of-cormac-mccarthy?r=3lmw0&utm_medium=ios …
: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-15… There are two ways of viewing the government’s duty in …
: Based on recent reading I think one could evolve a thesis that Capitalism is under threat and …
: 4 rolls, 4 books, two copies each… in final production mode for Unfolding Vision, a show centered on …
: The AI feedback loop: Researchers warn of ‘model collapse’ as AI trains on AI-generated content | …
: And this… In other words, the witch-hunt came to an end, by the late 17th century, because the …
: This seems important to me… … there is no evidence that the new science had a liberating effect (on …
: On exhaustion before departure… It’s something we need to do, and something we used to understand …
: Life is always worth living, if one have such responsive sensibilities. But we of the highly …
: After relating the history of the Civil War and Richard M. Nixon, Heather Cox Richardson concludes: …
: What do we mean by meaning? If it means anything, meaning must surely go beyond rule-following …
: Every time I think I have my app configuration settled and functioning smoothly, something comes …
: Something about this array of wood planes makes me think spike heel shoes… rather sexy in a …
: “I’m Exploring Life”: 50 Years of Tom Wood’s Photos of Britain Photie Man: 50 Years of Tom Wood at …
: This morning’s HCR is an upbeat assessment of the moment. The Regan movement is petering out. That …
: Today we get to see how much of a problem Judge Cannon might be.
: Something tells me Puerto Rican day is coming soon…
: Meaning is context bound, but context is boundless. — Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of …
: On the inevitability of hierarchy… Thus, even those who embrace heterarchy or radical pluralism are …
: essaysonattentionpaid.com/2023/06/1… Notably, it features Elon Musk opining that we will need a …
: essaysonattentionpaid.com/2023/06/1… Notably, it features Elon Musk opining that we will need a …
: Notes on what a banana republic is… reason.com/volokh/20… #politics-us #45th #vladimir-putin …
: Overheard on the street… young woman to her friend, “that’s called a speaking indictment.” …
: A couple of cardoon plants for my vegetable garden!
: Having read half the Justice Department’s indictment of 45, what astonishes me more than anything is …
: Had the desire to understand nuclear family vs extended family… The term nuclear family was …
: What’s for breakfast… Tuscan inspired spaghetti frittata, made with quinoa spaghetti, bok choy and …
: In other words, Jack Smith went big. This is not a trivial case and these are not trivial charges. …
: In the creative signage department…
: So, we are having an air quality event due to wildfires in Canada. This is what the view down the …
: When it is said that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” the “greater” means …
: A new accordion book, Everyday Mandala…
: Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚 Just as the Enclosure expropriated the …
: My niece Shaina and their wife Bettina at the James Beard Awards last night. They were a finalist …
: Young man wearing a sweatshirt that says… Let it happen, the world is yours. Not sure this isn’t …
: Food porn… broiled bluefish in a tomato, olive and caper compotez Sautéed bok choy with ginger and …
: Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚 Magic was also an obstacle to the …
: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) - IMDb… a really lovely tale in a Cinderella sort of way. Nicely …
: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) - IMDb… a really lovely tale in a Cinderella sort of way. Nicely …
: I find some of my music through Pitchfork. Generally speaking, Rap/Hip-Hop isn’t my beat so I don’t …
: Blessing offered on the occasion of my nephew’s high school graduation: Antonio Machado Traveler, …
: Last night I read from my What Intelligent Life Is Made Of blog series at an open mic event. I …
: Today’s fix for the peony addicted…
: And so begins our effort to eliminate plastic from our lives. We’ll start with the weekly throw away …
: Peonies in our garden… @circustiger
: Classic French omelette with chives and tarragon, homemade sourdough bread with cream cheese, chive …
: Tarragon and chives fresh from our garden for our eggs this AM.
: From this morning’s walk… flowers are from our front garden…
: What’s for dinner tonight… Striped bas in brown butter sauce and sautéed snap peas with mushrooms… …
: As a result, the future has fallen from view, replaced by a sense of stasis. And so has the past, …
: Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚 We can see, in other words, that the human body …
: Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚 The course of scientific rationalization was …
: Very excited… have confirmed that hashtags placed in notes in Kindle import to Obsidian smoothly… a …
: When a Single Person Controlled the Copyright on All Music (Even Blank Music Paper) But the saddest …
: Reading: The Matter with Things by 📚 … ‘the layman’s grounds for accepting the models propounded by …
: From the past couple of days…
: From yesterday, a picture of the pack…
: More recently, though, I have lost my enthusiasm for human space exploration, largely because I …
: Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚 The stakes on which witches and other …
: Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚 What died was the concept of the body as …
: @manton, Really like the redesign of the M.b app!
: Apparently we’ve been to the brink and beyond before and it was the Democrats who took us there…. …
: So let’s be frank and honest. Alternative intelligence of superior stature to our own, should it …
: When I published a description of the 2009 talk these posts are based on, I used the phrase …
: If Monet lived on Block Island…
: Scenes from this morning’s walk…
: Ada Limon, Dead Stars … a really lovely poem! We’ve come this far, survived this much. What would …
: Cardamom/saffron frozen soufflés setting up in the freezer…
: My beautiful wife Holly in a Block Island state of mind…
: Reading: The Matter with Things by Lane McGilchrist 📚 The more precise anything is, the less …
: Reading: The Matter with Things by 📚 Our dominant value—sometimes I fear our only value—has very …
: Read: Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell 📚 Just finished. An enjoyable read that traces the origins …
: Part 1 of a 5 part series on AI… Among their concerns were the possible criminal uses of artificial …
: There wasn’t anything exceptionally noticeable about the way she moved through doors, but when …
: Reading: Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell 📚 Meanwhile, back in 1941… Mankind cannot accept the …
: Reading: Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell 📚 Happiness is the only good The time to be happy is …
: Smooth sailing to point Judith. Waiting to back the car onto the ferry…
: Off to Block Island at sunrise…
: Something Is Afoot In the church of secular capitalist society, science is the god. And indeed, …
: Something Is Afoot From my latest long form post: The present war is not just on women. It is on …
: PBGV best in show at Westminster! We’ve had two in our dog stewardship lifetime. Our PBGV Chas is 9 …
: Reading: Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell 📚 Thus, in effect, a state that enforces a particular …
: Something is Afoot Replacing Feudalism with Capitalism is a process that took two to three hundred …
: If you are in or near Wappingers Falls, NY, come hear 12 writers read their original short stories …
: One of my favorite beach rocks…
: Heather Cox Richardson Re: Justice Thomas Those decisions dramatically undermined our democracy. It …
: My True Potential I have learned from firsthand experience what women have known for generations. …
: My True Potential Homemaking and art? That’s woman’s work as far as my generation is concerned. …
: Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚 The definition of women as demonic beings, and …
: My True Potential My art photography is a spiritual devotion to seeing. Daily meditative walks are …
: Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚 I only want to stress that by denying women …
: Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚 The criminalization of women’s control over …
: My True Potential Folding laundry is a mindfulness practice as far as I am concerned. Cooking is a …
: A Humanist Concept of Sacred To come to a place of mutual trust and respect is the mother of all …
: The Death of Science Also note that we aren’t even talking yet about ruthless people using …
: My True Potential I am one of those few people who actually enjoys homemaking. Certainly, I am one …
: From past couple of days… _Life interrupted _ If God wore a hat _It rained last night _
: A Humanist Concept of Sacred Sacred is a human construct. The universe, except through us or any …
: A Humanist Concept of Sacred We invent words like sacred and violate to share our hopes, fears and …
: A Humanist Concept of Sacred I can find no reason to believe there is judgment involved in this …
: From yesterday afternoon… From this morning’s walk…
: This is the kind of thing that baffles me. Obvious care was taken to place the empty can in a …
: A Humanist Concept of Sacred :: Essays On Attention Paid This is an inquiry into a non-religious, …
: Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚 I am about 1/3 of the way through this book and …
: Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation we cannot, therefore, identify …
: A Humanist Concept of Sacred :: Essays On Attention Paid It is our capacity to violate one another …
: A Humanist Concept of Sacred :: Essays On Attention Paid For each of us there are numerous …
: From Heather Cox Richardson this morning. In a sign that the party might be splitting elsewhere, as …
: Tuckered out… wish I could believe we’ve seen the last of him.
: My wife Holly in her happy place…
: Chives and Tarragon overwintered so we have an early abundance. Making a classic french omelette …
: The Spring edition of Shots Magazine, Double Vision theme. A good, not expensive, photography …
: Freekeh, Chickpea and Herb Salad What’s for dinner…
: Finished Reading: Einstein’s Dreams by Alan P. Lightman 📚 A quick read with an interesting premise, …
: Just ate the last of my birthday cake. I guess that means my birthday is over…:-)
: Pence: Mass shooters should face execution in ‘months, not years’ - POLITICO Aren’t most of them …
: Arrived yesterday… very much looking forward to reading!
: The ability to import Kindle book highlights and notes into Obsidian has been a game changer for me…
: Startrek, Strange New Worlds… what’s for Sunday eve…
: And then I read. :: Essays On Attention Paid Connecting gun violence in America with the violence …
: Today I cleaned my bathroom with warm water, vinegar and dish detergent. A revelation!
: Back from yoga. I love yoga. Yoga is life!
: Mock Potato Salad This mock potato salad is made with cauliflower and is remarkably satisfying as a …
: This event was supposed to happen three years ago… I found the short story I wrote, dusted it off, …
: Working on upping my poached egg game…
: I am 70% sea urchin? our genes are 99 percent the same as those of chimpanzees and bonobos (and are …
: Karl Berger (1935-2023) Karl Berger (1935-2023) Last Sunday, we lost a true titan of the Hudson Valley—and planetary—music …
: Nothing, not one thing, hurts us more — or causes us to hurt others more — than our certainties. …
: What does consumption look like when it is rooted in wonder and sacredness, in reverence and love? …
: … this belief that hard work, skill, and intelligence are the main ingredients in success is wrong. …
: American society is built on an aggressive capitalism, which is as violent a way to engage peoples …
: My first print out of 14 Days by the Sea, an accordion book I am getting ready for a show this …
: Morrocan Lamb and Chickpea Stee This is pretty easy and pretty flavorful.
: By age two the average American starts to develop brand loyalties, and by age three we can recognize …
: www.smithsonianmag.com The Ancient Origins of the Easter Bunny | History| Smithsonian Magazine
: Talk about unexpected juxtapositions, a big, burly, grey bearded man was in yoga class this morning. …
: The overreach is painful in the moment but I am exuberant about it because it will be the downfall …
: Quite a show going on at the Tennessee legislature. One Dem expelled. Likely the other two will be. …
: Trump Is Depraved, Deranged, and Doing Real Damage - The Atlantic I recently wrote that Trump was …
: ‘60 Minutes’ Was Right to Have on Marjorie Taylor Greene Marjorie Taylor Greene believes that …
: My wife made me this lovely Norwegian Success Cake for my birthday cake, which I learned about right …
: My new saucier! Birthday present from my wife. Now I have to get saucey!
: Now, if these were 58 flights of stairs in a building, I would never make it. Walking up the side of …
: First birthday agenda item complete (assuming I get back down). Climb up to the Beacon reservoir.
: Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to …
: April 4, 2023 (Tuesday) Wisconsin voters elected Janet Protasiewicz to the Wisconsin Supreme Court …
: About the Supreme Court of Wisconsin judge election. Right now it’s all about 45’s perp walk, but …
: The real story is the Supreme Court Judge election in Wisconsin, not the indictment of cheeto-man…
: How Much Does Happiness Cost? For the truly impoverished, whom the book suggests have less than …
: My first time making chicken in a terracotta roasting dish. Aesthetically promising…
: Love this African colors inspired wallpaper for my iPhone…
: Quaker’s Best Oatmeal Cookies Recipe - Quaker Oats Baking “COVID recovery” cookies for my family on …
: We are what we feel and perceive. If we are angry, we are the anger. If we are in love, we are love. …
: I’m sure lots of practice was involved in this high school production!
: The Trumpinoes starting to fall… fasten seatbelts, a bumpy ride may ensue…
: In an alternate universe based on mirroring…
: Wires slice the morning sky.
: And now we work on being ambidextrous! Just received my lefthand vertical mouse. Not as awkward as I …
: My mother, brother and sister had their own little super spreader gathering (just the three of …
: I have arrived at a compromise between my digital and analog journaling. Rambling personal thoughts …
: And this also from Recovering the Sacred: 33 And a third of Americans live beyond the saturation …
: Strange statistics from Recovering the Sacred by Jeff Golden Seventy percent of Americans live …
: Follow the prompt to the menu of our local taqueria… and if it doesn’t work on your device click …
: Black Beans and Brown Rice This recipe is super simple and very tasty. Perfect for meatless Monday. …
: My latest long form post which is about movie house marquee’s, analog communication and the joys of …
: A local creek filled with spring rains…
: An important piece of American history to remember. A very important read for the present day as so …
: A store where you can have your stringed instrument made or repaired by appointment only!
: Link A Florida principal has resigned under pressure from the school board after three parents …
: What is the saying? Red sky at morning? And of course we have to drive across three states today. …
: Saffron spice, more dear than gold.
: Fiona and Chas warming themselves by the fire. Dog painting on the wall is of our rescue dog Camille …
: Approaching Gridlock: Arundhati Roy on Free Speech and Failing Democracy Sweden’s V-Dem Institute, …
: Aurora - 30 Minute Forecast - NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center Apparently this was visible …
: This Is the Lightest Paint in the World - WIRED An energy-saving coating needs no pigments, and it …
: Court noun: An extent of open ground partially or completely enclosed by walls or buildings; a …
: Who knew all those round stones we brought back from the beach would be useful one day? Gravlax …
: Getting my Gravlax on! 36 hours and counting!
: Was poking around the Obsidian file structure and realized you can move files from one vault to …
: Mahi Mahi with leek, fennel and tomatoes… Recipe
: Looking for alternatives—better sights than we see, better sounds than we hear, a better mind than …
: My photography is built on daily walks and chance encounters. Sometimes themes emerge and then I am …
: Management of our local movie theater recently changed. They used to put up the movies playing on …
: This isn’t a store I ever remember going in, virtually or physically, yet somehow we are on a first …
: After dithering around with Substack and Buttondown as a solution to having a long form only blog, I …
: My sister shared this with me… it’s lovely. Worth the 15-20 minutes. …
: A bit of enlightened commercial making for Amazon Prime… I wonder how long it will be before the Ron …
: This is interesting: hyperallergic.com/809531/ra… The physiognotrace was popular up until the …
: www.themarginalian.org/2023/03/2… It seems inconceivable — that everything we know, everything we …
: Scenes from yesterday’s walk…
: Since I make my challenge photos fresh everyday I had some worries about finding an insect in the …
: Outtakes for this morning’s diminutive theme… The above sell for $100 and up. They are limited …
: Miniature, as in tiny… the tiny book on the little bed is the miniature dollhouse classic, Tale of …
: Pork chop smothered in mushrooms tossed in a mushroom vinaigrette sauce. Shiitake were called for, I …
: Well, it seems my adventures on Substack will be short lived. They seemed to have obliterated …
: Scenes from this morning’s walk…
: A store where I can buy myself a houseplant
: Spent all day installing this water filter. A plumber could have done it in minutes. Me, two trips …
: About The Handmaid’s Tale _ File:“Die Mütter” - Käthe Kollwitz ; Felsing (printer). Wikimedia Commons I have had an uneasy …
: Trump Did It Again Let us begin with the obvious thing that just happened: This morning, Donald …
: ‘ChatGPT said I did not exist’: how artists and writers are fighting back against AI - Artificial …
: And the verdict? My wife says she likes pickle soup! Thank you NYT!
: Me to my wife, “We’re having pickle soup for dinner tonight! My wife to me, eww, that sounds awful! …
: Trump Says He Will Be “Arrested” on Tuesday, Demands Protests Former president Donald Trump posted …
: Time to make the chicken stock…
: Letters from an American, March 17, 2023 at some point I will do a titled post about how I am coming …
: Scenes from this morning’s walk…
: The portico of the VFW building is getting a face lift…
: May Sarton on How to Cultivate Your Talent The degree to which we are able to rise to our gifts, …
: Early in the morning you can stand in the middle of the street and make a picture…
: Well, these are supposed to be howling dogs but for some strange reason my iPhone is not recording, …
: We added the chicken. It was good! www.foodnetwork.com Great way to use up veggies. Also really good …
: Michael Walzer’s Liberalism of Gratitude When imperfect human beings are persuaded that they fight …
: Designated place to cross the road .
: Official spring is a week away. It will take patience to get to actual spring.
: A good review: The Trouble With Ted Lasso’s Success Drops tonight!
: Five Things You Should Know About the Evolving Market for Electric Vehicles
: Here’s Why a Big Pork High Court Lawsuit Matters Once again, the elephant (or pig) in the room is …
: Kimchi soup was a definite decongestant. Perfect for a cold winter day! …
: On this snowy winter day we are planning to make this Kimchi soup for dinner tonight: …
: Can AI Make Art? It is the responsibility of artists to pay attention to the world, pleasant or otherwise, and to …
: Michael Bogdanffy-Kriegh - 15 Days By The Sea Since it is snowing and the horizon is obscured I will …
: Reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚 Capitalism was the counter-revolution that …
: Meatless Monday…broccoli and cauliflower casserole. www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cook…
: We’ve now watched 3 seasons of Strike and are contemplating how to watch the next two seasons for as …
: Shrimp risotto for dinner tonight. Risotto is one of my go to simple meals. A little more attention …
: Just watched Fire of Love on a lazy Saturday afternoon…
: Gimcrack dispensing machine…
: Transforming Stormy Daniels' Hush Payment Into a Felony Would Reinforce Trump’s ‘Witch Hunt’ …
: Is there anything worse than a commercial coopting a popular song to sell their wares. I did it (my …
: www.bonappetit.com My very first cured salmon! So easy! So good!
: The Stunning Mystical Paintings of the 16th-Century Portuguese Artist Francisco de Holanda
: More from this morning’s walk…
: Heading out for my daily photo walk…
: Photo walks are my daily ritual during which I photograph all sorts of weird stuff.
: Is it strange that my wife and I both just opted for a pickle for desert over a chocolate covered …
: They’re saying an indictment of 45 in NY is imminent… will believe/rejoice when/if it happens. May …
: Developing an addiction to these pickle spears…
: Playing around with the hipstamatic app…
: Painting the Terrifying Beauty of Abortion-Inducing Flowers
: Lindsey Guile’s “Uncensored” - Visual Art - Hudson Valley - Chronogram Magazine If you live anywhere …
: Speech, Action, and the Human Condition: Hannah Arendt on How We Invent Ourselves and Reinvent the …
: www.themarginalian.org/2023/03/0… Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. —Dalai Lama
: Every morning I set out wondering what I will find that relates to the daily theme. I walk the same …
: People Feed Birds. Why Not Frogs? - The Atlantic
: “Zoom towns.” That’s one I hadn’t heard before…
: www.propublica.org/article/p… Founded in 2006 to save rainforests and combat climate change, Health …
: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-7… Speaking of Trump’s presidency, Tucker (Carlson) …
: Why is weather a determining factor on Sundays only?
: Pleasantly subtle sky this AM.
: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-6… This is a good, if disturbing read. I had been enjoying …
: A theory of the whole derived from a cup of tea.
: You’d think we were in Texas…
: All hail the great mother mouth in the sky! 📷💋
: My wife bakes bread for a local food pantry. We have a dog with long legs and long tongue, a …
: some more thoughts on AI I believe that AI is part of an evolutionary step in the development of …
: www.motherjones.com/environme… The Global Seed Vault in the Norwegian Arctic, which opened in 2008, …
: www.propublica.org/article/a… But a year later, the commission quietly reversed that position. It …
: Haven’t done one of these in a while… I call them video stills.
: Just watched Empire of Light. Another lovely quiet movie. That genre is my favorite. And it quoted …
: Self with checkerboard tile pattern.
: God, Human, Animal, Machine: Consciousness and Our Search for Meaning in the Age of Artificial …
: God, Human, Animal, Machine: Consciousness and Our Search for Meaning in the Age of Artificial …
: Turns out there is lots of tile where I live. A representative sampling taken on this morning’s …
: My zip photograph didn’t make it into the timeline yet… www.notesonattentionpaid.com/2023/03/0…
: Finished Reading: Which as You Know Means Violence by Philippa Snow 📚 A history of self harm as art …
: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-3… The Democrats provided extensive evidence to suggest …
: My wife has a nasty cold. We haven’t been sick since the start of the pandemic. How do I not catch …
: Solitude… waiting for Her to return.
: Letters from an American, March 2, 2023 I find this deeply disturbing… The attempt to take over …
: Artist Iris Compiet commented on the My Girl with a Pearl Instagram post that she found the amount …
: Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident — It is as common as life… Every blade …
: Questioning the capitalist motivations driving the success of All Quiet on the Western Front, …
: Don’t know why, There’s no sun up in the sky, Stormy weather…
: Faced with the possibility that the ERA might become part of the Constitution, right-wing leaders …
: Drugmaker Eli Lilly announced today that it will cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month, bringing …
: I have some doubts about this product…
: Capitalist picture dictionary: secure 📷
: From The Marginalian: How to Survive Hopelessness You can expect good and bad luck, but good or bad …
: From the Marginalian: How to Survive Hopelessness Suddenly, they were a tiny speck in Earth’s …
: Letters from an American, February 28, 2023 … Colin Kahl, the under secretary of defense for …
: Finding the Mother Community
: We had our first significant snow last night. I woke up in the middle of the night. Our bedroom was …
: Viral “Photographer” Reveals His Images Were AI-Generated “It takes an enormous amount of effort to take AI-generated elements and create something that looks …
: Let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that …
: “Science explicates, poetry implicates. Both celebrate what they describe.”
: Ten Must-Sees From the 2023 Berlinale Film Festival
: Tonight’s dinner wine and music… thanks to @toddgrotenhuis for the music recommendation. It takes me …
: Well, that’s interesting. Already two (free) subscribers to my new substack… more in a couple of …
: A writer must be curious, because the readers are. A writer must seek inspiration and mind-expanding …
: Most of what I post there is short form, as befits the platform. Sometimes I post long form. I …
: What is a saint? A saint is someone who has achieved a remote human possibility. It is impossible …
: I am enough of an artist to draw freely from the imagination. Imagination is more important than …
: From this morning’s walk… #photography #morningwalk
: Books Reading: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of …
: Made these for a potluck supper I am going to tonight. www.epicurious.com
: Books Reading: Which as You Know Means Violence by Philippa Snow 📚 I"ve had this one for a while. …
: Books Reading: Insane by Rainald Goetz 📚 I’ve managed to get almost half way through this book. …
: This young woman is my barista a couple of mornings a week. Really like her music… nellybombs
: Enjoying the ability to import highlights and notes from Kindle into Obsidian, where I tag them so …
: Finished Reading: The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in …
: Bought these loofahs at least a year ago. The one on the left has been in daily use since I got it. …
: OMG, this woman’s work is amazing! Exhibition: ‘Uta Barth: Peripheral Vision’ at the J. Paul Getty …
: Red Snapper smothered in a salt and whipped egg white poultice. Baked in a 450 degree oven for 25-30 …
: Books Reading: The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the …
: Books Reading: Insane by Rainald Goetz 📚 Not sure when I downloaded this oddity, but I will see …
: Books Reading: Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard 📚 Finished reading this lovely book. The …
: Forced radicchio… thing of beauty!
: What is ChatGPT For? My most optimistic self says this isn’t the invasion of the body snatchers or …
: What Is ChatGPT For? I am sure many of you heard about what happened during Microsoft’s beta testing of the ChatGPT …
: Making New Orleans Red Beans with Rice smells delicious!
: Books Reading: Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by John Steinbeck 📚 Just …
: Also from my morning walk, tattoo art possibilities in the window of the local tattoo parlor…
: From this morning’s walk… loving the 16:9 format on iPhone 📱
: And in other news: Voting machines were not involved in election fraud and Fox knew it: The filing …
: Over the Course 72 Hours, Microsoft’s AI Goes on a Rampage …i think we are about to find out if AI …
: In the department of WTF?, AI goes rogue… tedgioia.substack.com/p/over-th… Really, read this, it …
: Just saw Living with Bill Nighy. What a beautiful movie.
: I was sitting in a dentist’s waiting room in New Monterey, hoping the dentist had died. I had a …
: Books Reading: The Universal One by Walter Russell 📚 I have had this book for quite a while. …
: Spent the first hour of my morning listening, just listening, to this beautiful choral music. I …
: Woo Hoo! Ted Lasso season 3 drops March 15!
: Books Reading: Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by John Steinbeck 📚 The …
: Letters from an American, February 14, 2023 … the sad story of a very sad Valentine’s Day with, …
: Inspired by a fellow Micro.blogger, I don’t remember who it was, I made a Dutch Baby for our …
: Books Reading: Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by John Steinbeck 📚 Writing …
: The music that came in the flac format…
: Well, that was an adventure. I just dove into the world of flac audio files. Ordered an album in …
: Did they really think I wouldn’t notice the date?
: Spirit-of-Gift I have finished reading The Gift by Lewis Hyde. It was a very satisfying read. It didn’t tell me …
: This pano from yesterday turned out better than I expected…
: We had friends over for dinner last night. We made: Christmassy Braised Beef Shanks Roasted …
: Books Reading: Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard 📚 In the novel, The Overstory, there is a …
: Dinosaurs of the Sky: Consummate 19th-Century Scottish Natural History Illustrations of Birds …
: The State of the Culture (2023) For books to flourish… you need a culture that promotes reading. …
: From Heather Cox Richardson this AM… Yesterday the president and chief executive officer of Elon …
: Our first night out to hear music since the pandemic. Our frind Bruce Molsky, old time musician …
: Books Reading: The Gift by Lewis Hyde 📚 During the cold war… … when Congress failed to support …
: … one has to assess every trend, regardless of how we feel about it, as something that has necessity …
: Books Reading: The Gift by Lewis Hyde 📚 In a land that feels no reciprocity toward nature, in an …
: Books Reading: The Gift by Lewis Hyde 📚 This is so important… The artist who hopes to market work …
: Wondering if I agree with this. What do you think? www.themarginalian.org/2023/02/0… Prejudice is …
: My niece is a James Beard semifinalist! 4 Upstate Restaurants Named 2023 James Beard Award …
: A crude prototype for a Terminator type AI? hyperallergic.com Melting Robots Are the Future, Accept …
: Meet the man fueling clean energy opposition in the Midwest Aided by a small group of allies—many …
: Never Put Off Till Tomorrow… My Uncle died last weekend. This past Friday, I, my wife and my cousin drove to Holden Massachusetts …
: Books Reading: Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by John Steinbeck 📚 One …
: … well, after reviewing a list of films nominated for an Oscar I realized we had seen all but three …
: Books Reading: Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by John Steinbeck 📚 The …
: … just when you think humanity has hit rock bottom… Kiwi Farms… a group of trolls praying on the …
: … so tired of hatred of the other, especially politicians scoring political points with it… we are …
: Fading away, not burning out…
: From yesterday… #blackandwhite #b&w #photography #minimalist
: Books Reading: Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by John Steinbeck 📚 …
: The Rise and Fall of the Neo-Romantics … the paintings of Jean-Martin Roch caught my eye in …
: Reminded myself that getting your cast iron skillet to the right temperature is crucial in the …
: The wife and I are planning our football adjacent movie marathon for Superbowl Sunday: …
: Grocery store clerk: “Who do you want to win the Superbowl?” Me: “can you tell me who’s playing?”
: Today the White House called out “some elected officials” for “trying to block the Administration’s …
: One way to make the reader believe in a thing, whether it be ghosts or a kitchen table, is to show …
: The Last of Us Really, really good…
: From this morning’s walk… #blackandwhite #photography #b&w
: In Praise of the Choir When I looked back on my week of attention paid, as represented by what I chose to post to these …
: Some visual notes from this morning…
: Talking Shakespear with the bullshit machine … an interesting conversation between ChatGPT and …
: The Memphis police killing… black officers beating a black man to death and a black police chief …
: Doing the hampster on the flywheel thing…
: Watched Tar Last night. I think I have to watch it again… Tár Is the Most-Talked-About Movie of the …
: (The) Biden… administration… (is) taking to the road to tout their successes to the country… If …
: Pro tip: Instead of grilling grilled cheese sandwiches, bake them. 350 degrees, about fifteen …
: Roasted garlic soup… it’s what’s for dinner! www.epicurious.com And then there’s the grilled gruyere …
: Been trying out Brave browser. Anyone else using it?
: I have now placed three separate photo apps on my opening screen. Each has qualities good for a …
: Books Reading: Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by John Steinbeck 📚 And …
: What is joy? Where is it? If we do not attend to the work of projecting delight upon the world, …
: Great genial power, one would almost say, consists in not being original at all; in being …
: What’s a few classified docs amongst friends?
: Pro tip, no salt cajun spice is an awesome popcorn flavoring. Add a touch of salt separately.
: A new page on my portfolio site, Everyday Mandala
: Been going through a box of CD’s I inherited from a friend who left this earth a number of years …
: From The Dispatch … a new paper from Luis Martínez at the University of Chicago attempts to …
: From this past weekend on Block Island…
: In the middle of the sea heading back to the mainland with my dogs, wife, mother in law and her …
: Books Read: The Gift by Lewis Hyde 📚 The more we allow such commodity art to define and control our …
: Nick Cave Vs. ChatGPT This past week a musician friend of mine posted a link to a Guardian article in which Nick Cave …
: Another one on AI and the arts. This time ChatGPTlithub.com
: The battle lines are being drawn between AI and the arts community. Tomorrow I will publish a long …
: Upon him whom you rightly desire to harm, against whom weapons are lawfully carried, upon him usury …
: Heather Cox Richardson for MLK day: … heroism is … regular, flawed human beings, choosing to put …
: Books Read: Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by John Steinbeck 📚 Boredom …
: Books Read: Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by John Steinbeck 📚 It is …
: Wo/man, The Two Legged Paradox I have been reading The Log from the Sea of Cortez, by John Steinbeck. It is the chronicle of a six …
: What Would it Mean to Really Make Space for Mother-Artists As quickly as mother-artists find ways …
: Books Read: Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by John Steinbeck 📚 A dull …
: Getting Lost in the World’s Largest Stack of Menus … in the category of who knew?
: Writing is a part of my life; cooking is a part of my life. Making love is a part of my life; …
: ”Make the work, something will come of it.” Adventures in a gift economy… I, like many of you, have come to the conclusion that Capitalism is …
: Wow. I just cranked out a thousand words in a little over an hour. And they are not bad.
: Books Read: The Overstory by Richard Powers 📚 The first finished book of the year. Thoroughly …
: Endless beauty from the interplay of sand and water and wind.
: From yesterday… #blackandwhite
: Books Read: The Gift by Lewis Hyde 📚 I am two chapters into this book and currently believe it will …
: Monster of 2022: Moynihan Train Hall … making public spaces inhospitable… … officials in Lakewood …
: What To Know About Cellphone Radiation But a growing body of research has found evidence of health …
: I made this photograph last week while running some errands. A dystopian landscape if ever there was …
: I am more and more convinced that in the life of civilizations as in the lives of individuals too …
: Reflections for 2022, Aspirations for 2023 Reflections The past year was a challenging one for, I imagine, just about everyone. Mine was too. …
: Happy New Year from Block Island, RI, USA.
: Black eyed peas for the new year. To be used in Hoppin’ John, a southern US tradition.
: List of Christmas movies watched… the final tally! Miracle on 34th Street Christmas in Connecticut …
: Books Read: The Gift by Lewis Hyde 📚Just started reading this book as a follow up to Sacred …
: Happiest of New Years everyone!
: While waiting in the ferry lot…
: Vivienne Westwood: Six Radical Quotes on Saving the World What makes this set of “Radical Quotes” so …
: The Top 10 Films of 2022%20(according%20to%20Hyperallergic) Hyperallergic is an outstanding source …
: Love, Music, Solitude, and How to Be More Alive: The Best of The Marginalian 2022 My hands down …
: Laia Abril, On Rape From the review of On Rape The day I write this, accounts of rape emerge from …
: Top 10 (Photobooks of 2022) This may not be the definitive top 10 photobooks of 2022, but it is a …
: Supreme Court Issues Dubious Ruling that Perpetuates Title 42 “Public Health” Expulsions of Migrants …
: Letters from an American, December 27, 2022 NY Republican Representative elect George Santos is a …
: Hero of 2022: The James Webb Space Telescope In the age of space billionaires and their cringe-ass …
: The Seamstress Who Solved the Ancient Mystery of the Argonaut, Pioneered the Aquarium, and Laid the …
: Books Read: The Overstory by Richard Powers 📚 Started reading this book a few days ago. I am about …
: The biggest tear jerker saved for last.
: The proverbial white Christmas!
: Another lobster trap Christmas tree in front of the local bookstore…
: List of Christmas movies watched so far… Miracle on 34th Street Christmas in Connecticut The …
: Fruit at the top of an Osage Orange tree. Big hard things. Serious knock on the head things when …
: I really hate having, for example, Amazon Prime Video, and having to rent the movies I really want …
: From my walk on the beach this morning…
: Sand drawing by mother nature…
: List of Christmas movies watched so far… Miracle on 34th Street Christmas in Connecticut The …
: Wondering if the proposed cure is as bad as the disease…
: Moon and clouds this morning…
: Morning coffee at Odd Fellow Cafe… the weather outside is frightful. Winds 40 mph. No ⛴️ today! What …
: Waiting for the ferry to Block Island…
: Local creek. When the level is up it’s quite the boiling and churning cauldron of water.
: Left about 5 AM this morning for Block Island RI. We will spend Christmas there. Stopped at Linda’s …
: On a different note, for the past year I have been vacillating between Drafts and Obsidian as a …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Tonight’s Christmas movie… Watch Planes, Trains and Automobiles - Prime Video
: Second yoga class of the week. Continue to find muscles I’d forgotten were there… namaste 🙏
: Still a work in progress but closer to final form. It’s good to be back to making books.
: List of Christmas movies watched so far… Miracle on 34th Street Christmas in Connecticut The …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: List of Christmas movies watched so far… Miracle on 34th Street Christmas in Connecticut The …
: Working on a little photo booklet to give to family and friends for Christmas this year. This is …
: Just took a yoga class for first time in years… I was wondering where those muscles were!
: Interesting post from Jonathan M. Katz on why people targeted by white supremacy become white …
: Very interesting post from Heather Cox Richardson on the averted rail strike in the USA and the …
: First cookies of the season, Molasses Cookies with a Kick. The kick being cayenne pepper.
: Tonight’s Christmas movie… Watch The Bishop’s Wife - Prime Video
: Santa Is a Psychedelic Mushroom from The New York Times on Vimeo.
: From Maria Popova, The Marginalian (The poet J.D. McCatchy captured this essential fact beautifully …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Tonight’s Christmas movie is Christmas In Connecticut…
: The long overdue honey do task of doing a clean install of the OS on my wife’s computer is no longer …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Ye olde misogyny-to-fascism pipeline Interesting read about Ye, Nick Fuentes, Alex Jones and …
: Any opinions on CounterSocial?.
: Good morning from my part of the world…
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: … today, I deactivated my Twitter account… not that i ever used it much…
: We are taking an Advent Calendar approach to Christmas Movies this year. A different Christmas movie …
: Excited about the new lock screen customization… I now have quick access to two of my favorite …
: Books Read: Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by John Steinbeck 📚 I have …
: Books Read: Sacred Economics, Revised: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition by Charles …
: Currently reading: Paris, When It’s Naked by Etel Adnan 📚 You don’t resolve problems, in Paris, you …
: Top 25 Christmas Movies - IMDb In case anyone needs inspiration…
: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self: How a Circle of Friends and Lovers United Nature …
: About those green tomatoes… wait long enough and they turn red… last of the summer tomatoes.
: The Serviceberry – Robin Wall Kimmerer Charles Eisenstein expresses that we have created a …
: The Serviceberry – Robin Wall Kimmerer In a gift economy, wealth is understood as having enough to …
: An interesting Thanksgiving story… www.themarginalian.org
: Books Read: Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave 📚 Just finished reading. I have become a fan of …
: Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #212 - Is it better to keep quiet, or to speak one’s mind? : …
: What If… Listicles Are Actually an Ancient Form of Writing and Narrative? ‹ Literary Hub … this book …
: Made fish stock over the weekend… think i may be heading for a bouillabaisse in the near future…
: A filibuster proof bipartisan group of Senators set to pass protections for same sex marriage… …
: Nature Is Always Listening: The Science of Mushrooms, Music, and How Sound Waves Stimulate Mycelial …
: Really enjoying this book. Full of recipes and stories. The recipes are interesting. Presented in …
: Maybe I am old fashioned but I find it really offensive when someone decides to conduct a business …
: Illinois Is Poised to Pass a Huge Win For Workers – Mother Jones A constitutional amendment that …
: “As far as I can see, social media makes you sick.” Nick Cave
: About two weeks ago I put a fresh pencil in my bag thinking this one would soon need replacement. …
: November 03, 2022 … re-read my notes from yesterday… good notes… even though my morning process has been interrupted …
: October 29, 2022 Letters from an American, October 28, 2022 … Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
: October 27, 2022 Daily Notes I’m Jewish and I Don’t Want to Leave Again … that an American Jew felt the need to write …
: October 24, 2022 Letters from an American, October 23, 2022 #american-history #voting-rights #voter-intimidation … …
: Me and my shadow move through the landscape…
: October 23, 2022 … there was no Heather Cox Richardson this AM so i will start with my other favorite woman purveyor …
: October 22, 2022 … the Chinese have a curse, so it is said, “may you live in interesting times”… boy are we living in …
: October 21, 2022 Heather Cox Richardson is a doozy today… she covers the resignation of Liz Truss, after only 44 days …
: It seems to me that the technology to draw circles must have been known from the very early days of …
: October 20, 2022 … Letters From an American… today’s letter covers debt relief for farmers, the DOJ moves to enforce …
: October 18, 2022 … as i do most mornings, i start with reading the latest from Heather Cox Richardson… as of …
: October 17, 2022 Letters from an American, October 16, 2022 … Republicans doubling down on Voter Fraud and …
: October 15, 2022 … blazing through lots of news articles this AM, reading a few of them… not being sure why any of …
: 2022-10-13 “Free speech” networks and anti-semitism… Ben Werdmuller spends some time on alternative social …
: October 11, 2022 What caught my attention… Letters from an American, October 10, 2022 … Russia is loosing the Ukraine …
: Some new additions to my Industrial Mandala series…
: Braised crispy skin duck legs… my new favorite way to cook duck legs!
: 2022-10-10 What caught my attention… In Times Square and Sunset Strip, “American Gurl” Subverts Femininity… as …
: 2022-10-09 Letters from an American… the appalling history of racism and anti-labor sentiments… … from a very …
: I will be awash with chickens soon… I needed some inspiration…
: Finally settling into a good written journal habit. My tools… moleskin journal book… palomino …
: Jack Davidson’s Alchemical Photographic Etchings “I’ve never been a darkroom kid,” says British …
: Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #207 - I feel so uninspired. Inspiration. Can I have some of …
: October 07, 2022 Heather Cox Richardson, October 06, 2022 Trump’s continuing insistence that he won …
: 10-04-2022 … HCR this morning mostly about the mounting trouble for various actors on the far right …
: Beware the cloven hooved beast…
: Gay pride decorations on Block Island, RI, USA.
: My Niece Shaina… if you live near or visit the Hudson Valley find your way to her restaurant… you …
: A quick dinner, part recipe, part improvised: jalapeño sausage, fennel bulb and apple. The recipe …
: 🍸 olive, up close and personal.
: Waiting to board the ferry. Two weeks on Block Island here we come!
: I am in awe of Nick Cave… “What is the point of life?" We reach out and find each other in the …
: “Sacred” geometry in the wild…
: In the one term Trump’s three justices have… decimated the legal landscape we have lived under for …
: September 6, 2022 - by Heather Cox Richardson Just tonight we learned that FBI agents found a …
: A new series is starting to establish itself… i call them modern mandalas, for lack of a better …
: Season one, episode one, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
: Constellation, not sequencing, carries truth. Olga Tokarczuk, Flights
: Have to say, really enjoying Vero so far… thanks @maique. Anyone know what their plans for …
: Putting your money where your mouth isn’t?… … from Required Reading on Hyperallergic… … from the …
: Finally got my act together to make a submission to Shots Magazine
: Started using Diarly, part of the Setapp suite, and I am really enjoying it! A little glitchy here …
: Headlines relevant daily photo…
: The “Democratization” of Everything: On Conflating Democracy and the Market In twenty-first-century …
: Nothingness! To accept the great nothingness of life seemed to be the one end of living. All the …
: HCR, August 27, 2022 … Burlingame’s speech was once widely considered one of the most important …
: Highly recommend this movie… gets off to a slow and annoying start but delivers down the road. A …
: Price of gas continues to fall…
: HCR, 08-25-22 Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said: Everyone knows that in a $60 Billion+ European …
: HCR, 08-25-22 Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) said: “Asking plumbers and carpenters to pay off the …
: HCR, 08-25-22 Representative Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said: “We do not need farmers and ranchers, …
: HCR, 08-25-22 Representative Vern Buchanan (R-FL) said: “Biden’s reckless, unilateral student loan …
: HCR, 08-25-22 Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said: “For our government just to say ok …
: HCR, 08-25-22 … after a day of Republican congress members railing against yesterday’s educational …
: Invasion on Apple TV+ is pretty compelling…
: Weekly Edit: 33 Finally getting back to doing these…
: Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter If things break the wrong way in the US, …
: Try Trump at the Ballot Box, Not in Court Trials are too uncertain to risk the republic. I am on …
: The Workaround Democracy is the problem that capital is always striving to solve.
: White Christian Nationalism, Out in the Open White Christian nationalism knows no nuance—it …
: Don’t Judge I’m Glad My Mom Died by Its Title I’ve mentioned the title of this memoir to some …
: The Paradox of Trump’s Charisma It’s worth noting that just as devotion to charismatic leaders can …
: The Paradox of Trump’s Charisma Hence the paradox of Trump. When he is at his most indefensible, …
: The Paradox of Trump’s Charisma And when the system of laws confronts the charismatic leader, his …
: The Paradox of Trump’s Charisma The ancient Greeks used the word “charisma” to mean a divine gift …
: … truth is seriously handicapped against lies… truth can only speak the truth… lies can pander to …
: Liz Cheney’s Staunch Constitutionalism As difficult as it may be for Democrats, like me, who reject …
: Apply the Hillary Clinton Rule to Donald Trump I have respect for David French. I don’t like what he …
: What Stood Out, Week 32 In the world of wordsmithing: I have been reading Etel Adnan’s Sea and Fog a few pages at a time. …
: Walking stick on a shop window…
: H C Richardson, Aug 11, 2022 … what springs to mind for me is the plan pushed by Trump’s first …
: Making pesto the analog way…
: Heather Cox Richardson, August 10, 2022 It is an astonishing thing to see that a former president, …
: Heather Cox Richardson, August 09, 2022 This afternoon, Representative Scott Perry (R-PA) said the …
: Lisa Taddeo on Death, Desire and Her “Super Dark” View of the World Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women …
: The Milky Way, the Pond, and the Meaning of Life: Thoreau on Solitude… What sort of space is that …
: It’s Not Just Ukraine Recently, Moscow has been exploiting existing domestic vulnerabilities in …
: Storage Wars: the structures that house forgotten objects The growing need for self-storage …
: … well… that’s a game changer… downloaded the Micro.blog app to my desktop and can now post directly …
: The Monumental Films of Wang Bing Immense run times and handheld spontaneity have come to define …
: Went to Thacher State Park Park is 30 minutes outside of Albany, NY. No crowds when we were …
: The Mystery of the Indestructible Beetle The beetle’s impenetrable strength comes from its elytra. …
: Low and slow short ribs… homemade rhubarb chipotle barbecue sauce…
: On Climate Change, George Monbiot Our failure to prevent catastrophic global heating arises above …
: Wondering if anyone else here has watched We Met In Virtual Reality. If so, what do you think about …
: Notes: July 27, 2022 … 230.2 lbs… … somewhat restless night… … when i step out of the bedroom i can …
: Notes: July 26, 2022 … 229.8 lbs… … it’s a Gregorian chant morning… … Heather Cox Richardson follows …
: Where it comes from matters. My friends and I will raise and harvest these meat chickens. Some of …
: Christmas “preview” display at our local high end grocer…
: Notes from my walk yesterday…
: July 25, 2022 … 229.8 lbs… … two consecutive days of vegetable heavy, low carb dinners, and my weight is down… …
: Why Rupert Murdoch Is Finally Done with Donald Trump… hmmmm… i had not remembered that both the Wall …
: Mind has its own technologies; poetry is one, but it eludes total comprehension. Etel Adnan, Sea and …
: July 24, 2022 … 231.2 lbs… … Heather Cox Richardson about the accomplishments of the administration, which are …
: Making ratatouille tonight with fresh ingredients from my garden and the farmer’s market. This …
: July 23, 2022 …232.2 lbs… … the dogs get me up at 3:30 AM… wanted to stay in bed till 4 but… Fiona pacing the …
: July 22, 2022 … 231.8 lbs… … stayed up to watch the J6 Select Committee hearing… it detailed 45’s determination …
: Making pizza on the green egg tonight. Almost at temperature…
: Books Reading: Sea & Fog (Lambda Literary Award - Lesbian Poetry) by Etel Adnan 📚 Started reading …
: July 21, 2022 … 222.8 lbs… … been walking more the past couple of days, in the morning… no afternoon labor… …
: July 20, 2022 … we unearthed some crab mac and cheese from the freezer last …night… so good… had seconds and did …
: July 19, 2022 … no alcohol last night… told myself in the morning i would not and i did not… wasn’t strongly …
: Photos from this morning’s walk…
: Searing Summer Heat is Driving Food Prices Higher Still. @Denny, this was among the articles I read …
: Letters to Gwen, Celia Paul. Two dedicated women artist, one the muse of Rodin, the other the muse …
: Claes Oldenburg, Whose Sculptures Transformed the Everyday, Dies at 93. Not my favorite artist but I …
: How Trying to Find a Cure for Scurvy Led to the Gimlet. Not my favoriite cocktail but an interesting …
: July 16, 2022… … no weigh in today… partying last night… the numbers won’t be good… tomorrow… good …
: 8 billion people before the end of the year.
: The Complicated Place of Men in the Abortion Debates As a man who once was in a difficult marriage …
: James Webb Space Telescope And then there is this…
: Liz Cheney for President? I have been having the thought, frequently and steadily, that a Liz Cheney run for President might …
: Tha apple install time calculation must operate in a parallel universe moving near the speed of …
: About to embark on a clean install of the Monterey OS on my desktop computer. Backups made. Boot …
: First tomato to start turning ripe…
: Doomsday Monument Destroyed No end to the crazy… Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene — an avid …
: Forget Abortion, Democrats Should be Messaging About Birth Control For Democrats who are …
: Take Away the President’s Immunity You think?… Various motivations may feed into Trump’s electoral …
: Pro-Choicer, Pro-Lifer Do Lunch …among Americans 50 and older, women outnumber men among those who …
: Promising Signs from the NATO Summit At last week’s NATO summit in Madrid, the alliance issued a …
: The Best Photobooks from Les Recontres d Arles, 2022 Dayanita Singh: “a book is a conversation with …
: Does anyone here use Substack as a publishing platform? Pros? Cons?
: Maybe not so wild thought. The way out of the US political mess is for Liz Cheney to run for and get …
: What Stood Out, Week 27 The overturning of Roe-v-Wade continues to have repercussions but got overshadowed by the testimony …
: Closing remarks by Liz Cheney at her recent debate with those who seek to replace her in Wyoming. Think what you will about her voting record, Liz Cheney is a hero. If we get past this moment in …
: Heather Cox Richardson July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of …
: Liz Cheney to Run Against Trump? As the hearings of the January 6 committee get closer… to …
: The MAGA Grocery King of Southwest Florida “If they try to steal the next election, the ’22 …
: Dust devils on Mars… a collection of photographs and a video of the phenomenon.
: Heather Cox Richardson, June 30, 2022 This is so depressing… In the one term Trump’s three justices …
: Me, feeling a little chuffed: “I got the Sam-e you wanted for $32 for a month’s supply!” Wife: “Oh I …
: Why I am not angry about Roe v. Wade In the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade, there has, predictably, …
: William Blake and the Stubborn Courage of the Unexampled As an artist, he was resolutely his own …
: I’m not so sure free speech is a right, but it is certainly a societal or cultural attainment, …
: Heather Cox Richardson, June 21, 2022 The theme of the day was our election systems, and how …
: The walls of all three of our institutions of democracy were scaled and breached on that appalling …
: On the Knife’s Edge of Democracy We Americans no longer agree on what is right or wrong, what is to …
: Heather Cox Richardson, June 16, 2022 Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD): “New evidence is breaking …
: About Miracles Not that there is any reason to listen to me about such things. “We forget that nature itself is …
: We may give the tendrils of our creative longing different names — poetry or physics, music or …
: Does Google’s LaMDA Artificial Intelligence Program Have a Soul? “a lot of us are going to treat AI …
: Will the Jan. 6 Hearings Change Anyone’s Mind? Learning that Trump’s advisers were divided between …
: In the Films of Dore O., Feelings Create Their Own Reality Dore O.’s beautiful, haunting work …
: To paraphrase Kelly Anne Conway and the articles I have been reading on the subject this morning: …
: Going against common wisdom that insists computers are a long way from having feelings, Max Tegmark, …
: Who cares if chatbots are sentient or not—more important is whether they are so fluent, so …
: Another Military Recruitment Video Disguised as a Movie Is it any use pointing out that the first …
: Using Spatial Reconstruction to Investigate Russia’s War Crimes Spatial recognition technology is …
: Smithsonian Acquires Taxidermy of First Successfully Cloned Mouse On May 5, 2000, the world’s …
: Did Trump Know He Was Lying? Who Cares? Asking whether Trump knew the election was free and fair is …
: How is it possible for a three year old iMac to take half an hour to boot up?
: Justice, good, evil, right and wrong are human constructs, not universal principles. The only way to …
: June 13, 2022 The committee… established that the Trump campaign sent millions of fundraising …
: How to Save Women’s Lives After Roe … Anna… went into labor at 19 weeks, far too early for her …
: Farmer’s market bounty, including sunflowers in background…
: From my walk this morning… gay pride in the shop windows.
: From my morning walk… At first I thought it was something to do with COVID protocol. Then I thought …
: This morning’s writing desk…
: January 6 Is a Dangerous Shorthand-03 Misconduct must have consequences, and it is not just …
: January 6 Is a Dangerous Shorthand02 The campaign by the former president and his associates to …
: January 6 Is a Dangerous Shorthand 01 This may be the panel’s more cryptic and consequential …
: My wife and our dog Chas. Chas is 8 today.
: Shahzia Sikander’s Radical Take on Traditional Arts Really like this woman’s work. … the artist’s …
: Against Gun Idolatry 03 It’s even more disturbing to see that spirit of armed defiance so closely …
: Against Gun Idolatry 02 Defiance is different. It’s rooted in the will to power. It is designed to …
: Against Gun Idolatry 01 … the threat to America’s gun culture comes from the gun rights movement …
: On Block Island there is this rock that gets painted at least once a week. Sometimes several times …
: What’s for dinner tonight, minus the blood pasta… Blood Pasta With Blood Sausage Bolognese - Saveur
: It’s help the turtles get to the other side of the road time of year. Sometimes they get so excited …
: Very pleased to have two of my Flattened Can Grids featured in a local group show.
: Either cow parsnip or giant hogweed. Either way, don’t touch…
: From the morning walk. Nothing quite like fog, boats and still water.
: To Do the Right Thing, You Might Have to Die I don’t believe in the mercy of God but I like David …
: What Stood Out, WK 22 The giant elephant of the week was the Uvalde school shootings. There isn’t anything I could write …
: Beach Rose… they smell so sweet and, well, rosey…
: First time averaging over 15 K steps for the week! Even with a very low step count yesterday.
: We Have to Fix America’s Broken Culture of Guns We all need to adjust to the idea that unfathomable …
: What Stood Out, WK 21 I want to start this post with three experiences I have had in the past week …
: America’s Hands Are Full of Blood Whether any particular killer proves to be a racist, a jihadist, …
: May 24, 2022 - by Heather Cox Richardson a gunman murdered at least 19 children and 2 adults at …
: It rains as the Nigerian(?) sheet rock guys chat in the background.
: This is my niece… A Riveting Memoir of Life as a Chef with an Eating Disorder | The New Yorker I …
: Related to journaling note taking discussion… The Paris Review - Clipboard, 2022 - The Paris Review …
: First flattened can I have run across in 2 1/2 weeks. People around here don’t toss much on the …
: I think this is more of a pinky drive than a thumb drive. And it holds 256 GB to boot!
: Moonlight reflected on the Gulf of Mexico…
: I really like underexposing images sometimes…
: These are dropping from the trees around here all the time. Hope I never happen to be underneath …
: Almost full moon over the Gulf of Mexico this AM.
: Wow, panic time over. I briefly got locked out of my account but @manton got me fixed up right away. …
: Full moon setting over the Gulf of Mexico
: What Stood Out, WK 20 This week began with Mother’s day (shout out to all the Mothers out there, hope you had a great …
: … child proclaiming his dislike of watermelon to his mother… “For all these years where have you …
: It’s as if there is a rule about where the wet can pass…
: Margaret Atwood on Women’s Position in Society Women were nonpersons in U.S. law for a lot longer …
: The Devaluation of Care Work is by Design The work of mothering remains out of sight and out of …
: Kimberly Hirsh I thought this paragraph particularly poignant: Parenthood likewise forces an …
: Conservative vs. Liberal Book Bans | LitReactor Oh, and holy shit, you both compare each other to …
: NFTs Part 3 – The 10k Project – A Photo Editor August’s great-grandson Julian Sander had put the …
: In Defense of Roe … for most Americans, Roe led to a half-century of remarkably stable cultural …
: May 11, 2022 - by Heather Cox Richardson Now… that radicalized minority is driving the (Republican) …
: ACLU: “Elon Musk’s Decision to Re-Platform President Trump Is the Right Call” Indeed, some of …
: It is beyond doubt that the capacity to act is the most dangerous of all human abilities and …
: Of Course the Constitution Has Nothing to Say About Abortion | The New Yorker As it happens, there …
: What Stood Out, WK 19 For me, this week was all about Roe V. Wade. Alito’s leaked draft memo brought forward an enormous …
: … this seems a bit goolish… “I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli at the Skirball …
: Nostalgic for the 1860s? Then You’ll Love Alito’s America. – Mother Jones If the purpose of the …
: This Was Not a Surprise If you’re a person who cares about choice, that is the silver lining of …
: There are times when stuff happens that seizes control of your life. I seem to be in one of those …
: May 2, 2022 - by Heather Cox Richardson Tonight, news broke of a leaked draft of what appears to be …
: Haven’t done one of these in a while… i call them video stills.
: Spring is springing here… #MBMay
: What Stood Out, WK 18 It was a week of struggle for me. I have been trying to manage my weight and not succeeding. I was …
: Head to The Hyde Collection for World-Class Art in the Adirondacks | Sponsored | Visual Art | Hudson …
: H. C. Richardson, o4-29-2022 Today, Ukrainian defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko tweeted: “What …
: Who says dog and cat can’t coexist?
: Boris Mikhailov on Liberation, Vulgarity, and Chance in Photography One of my first photobook …
: Russia’s War on Ukraine Has Nearly Doubled Its Fossil-Fuel Revenues Oil is war… war is oil. My great …
: The Profound Impacts of Decency: On ‘Hello, Bookstore’ As pleasurable as the storyline is—getting …
: Rotten to the Core: Why Twitter and Elon Musk Deserve Each Other Trump isn’t worth banning. …
: This morning started out in an unpromising way… … so i eschewed my normal routines and began poking …
: Robert M. Pirsig on the Book He Wrote (And the One He Didn’t Pirsig talks about the organic process …
: H. C. Richardson, April 28, 2022 … the rise of “illiberal democracy” or “soft fascism” is new to …
: There are movies you stream; movies you rent; and movies you buy. Silver Linings Playbookis a movie …
: Quick question…. why is formating of posts on Micro.blog such a crap shoot? Of the last three posts …
: 20220428.06 I had kind of a crap day yesterday… got depressed… woke up with still a rather heavy …
: 20220428.05 In Nature, a Poet Finds a Visionary Language You had me at Cody-Rose Clevidence… i mean… …
: 20220428.04 Over 40 Years Later, The Wobblies Is as Relevant as Ever Newly restored documentary …
: 20220428.03 First few stanzas of a really good poem by H. R. Webster via Guernica… The hottest …
: 20220427.07 The World Is Back on a War Footing and We’ll All Pay the Price reason.com/2022/04/2… … …
: What I am listening to… so relevant again… music.apple.com/us/album/…
: … the more i use drafts, the more powerful it seems to me…
: 20220425.04 > Little things I should have said or done > I just never found the time… … the point at …
: What Stood Out, Week 17 In this post I share an article on why Socialism is a turnoff for most of the people it might help. …
: Weekly Edit 14 Getting back on the trail of the weekly edits…
: 20220423.06 Beyond Eurocentrism Imperialist rent, for Amin, derived from extra surplus value. In …
: 20220423.02 Fascinating photograph… Photography by Tom Eagar, @tomeagar … i mean, all those people …
: Be still my heart! The Flight Attendant is back!
: 20220421.14 … we are sneaking off to the movies at 3:30 PM… going to see Everything, Everywhere, All …
: 20220421.13 … this is one of my favorite quotes of all time… it’s message is so important… I have …
: 20220421.06 https://hyperallergic.com/725593/the-beauty-of-the-ephemeral-world/ Mullican works …
: 20220421.04 Interesting streaming if you can stand watching it with full knowledge of the tragedy …
: 20220421.08 I feel a Jane Campion binge watch coming on… John Keats on Film: Considering Jane …
: 20220421.09 A bunch of interesting movies that can be streamed right now… Literary(ish) films to …
: Tucker Carlson and the Crisis of Masculinity … as a man, i balk a little at what this article …
: Real estate players shower DeSantis with campaign cash as housing prices soar … having just helped …
: … i have returned to Ulysses for all notes made on a daily basis… it is so much easier to make blog …
: Kentuckians Left Without Abortion Access After Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto … wondering when …
: DeSantis Calls for End of Walt Disney World’s Self-Rule Heaven help us if this man ever becomes …
: Alex Jones’s InfoWars Files for Bankruptcy Amid Sandy Hook Lawsuits It seems to be a morning for bad …
: This is fascinating… Public Art Decreases Traffic Accidents by 17%, Report Finds In addition to …
: This morning’s post by Heather Cox Richardson is encouraging… the noose is tightening around 45 and …
: A really interesting article on why it might be that socialism repels the people it most seeks to …
: This seems an interesting take on the digital age… The Digital Age is Destroying Us …
: Handmaid’s Tale anyone… April 15, 2022 - by Heather Cox Richardson Encouraged by the Supreme …
: … Well, my Lightroom catalog struggles are ended. I am not entirely sure how. My best theory is my …
: We have an Austrailian member or two I think. A favorite group is the Waifs. Gillian and Bridal …
: That moment when you are finished installing the latest operating system update and an update to …
: Sadly, there is no reason to have faith in the Supreme Court of the United States at present… an …
: Late afternoon movie… one of the joys of semi-retirement…
: For those of you who need a task master and financial penalty incentive to get it done! Tokyo’s …
: … helping your mom sell her condo in Florida is a lot of work…
: Baker art museum down the road from mom’s condo. Made with iPhone 12 and the Pro Camera app.
: Advertising banners on a fence leading up to the front door of an elementary school which I believe …
: … strange experience checking in to the hotel… no check in staff… just a kiosk with a man on the …
: This sounds like an astonishing experience and book about it! The Paris Review - Re-Covered: I Leap …
: Muscovy duck nesting outside my mom’s front door… lot of people think they are ugly but i kind of …
: For the writers among us… The novelist who wrote “How to Murder Your Husband” is now on trial for …
: Minx… my new favorite program…
: Something to watch if you are an artist that appropriates other’s work under fair use provisions of …
: … and then there is this… March 30, 2022 - by Heather Cox Richardson Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), who …
: Deutsche Börse Photography Prize: Gripping Images of “Hidden Truths” | AnOther First established in …
: March 28, 2022 - by Heather Cox Richardson Eastman and Trump “launched a campaign to overturn a …
: Our front door has a funky grill on it. At some point in early spring the sun peeks through it into …
: About Appetite In the philosophy of Socrates and Plato three parts of the human “soul” are identified. They are …
: 233.4 lbs … not enough steps… Chinese food for dinner… skipped lunch, snacked instead… so maybe i …
: … as i read about Plato in Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy the idea that one needs …
: 233.4 lbs … some snacking last night… alcohol… only 13K steps… no weight gain or loss… … HCR meter …
: Love and Strife Buy, Buy says the sign in the shop window, why, why says the junk in the yard. Paul McCartney I had …
: Some photo notes from yesterday…
: In other words, ultimate knowledge is not humanly attainable regardless of how one looks for it… … …
: A ground breaking photo documentary project… Revisiting Susan Meiselas’ Riveting 1970s “Carnival …
: Very significant if true… Australian Firm Claims “Giant Leap” Toward Clean, Cheap Hydrogen Power – …
: A thorough and good article about the blame game… Blaming America for Russian Aggression, Then and …
: We finished watching “River, Season 1” last night. We are grieving that there were no more seasons. …
: March 12, 2022 - by Heather Cox Richardson In our history, the United States has gone through …
: Bullies with Nuclear Sticks I have been struggling with depression for much of the past week and probably for much longer than …
: I am about to inherit one of these babies… apparently one of the better 35 mm film cameras ever …
: Ukrainian Artists Are Building Anti-Tank Obstacles The couple settled at a friend’s house in Lviv, …
: International Women’s Day you all! …
: What the Ukrainians Are Fighting For - The Bulwark There are some who have commented that Putin has …
: From Bacchus to Orpheus to Pythagoras to Plato to…Christianity
: The Building Blocks of Peace: Pioneering X-Ray Crystallographer and Activist Kathleen Lonsdale’s …
: … listening to Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion… love choral music almost more than anything…
: At War with Russia The past week has been horrid. I can barely watch the news it’s so upsetting. My wife, on the other …
: A wartime diary by Yevgenia Belorusets - Artforum International In the morning, when I was still in …
: The essence of liberalism is an attempt to secure a social order not based on irrational dogma, and …
: March 3, 2022 - by Heather Cox Richardson Tonight, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham crossed …
: The Backdoor to Immortality: Marguerite Duras on What Makes Life Worth Living in the Face of Death – …
: … i am looking through the photography posts i have been unable to look at while on Block Island …
: The 2/22/22 Exhibition: Pairs and Diptychs - LENSCRATCH Today’s post celebrates this unusual day in …
: Wish i could reach this level of relaxation…
: A New Book on Niki de Saint Phalle Presents the Artist In Her Own Words In Drug Journey, an …
: What Volodymyr Zelensky’s Courage Says About the West - The Atlantic There can be something a …
: What Changed Germany’s Mind - The Bulwark Putin’s blatant and unprovoked assault on Ukraine changed …
: Is anyone else struggling to feel right now? I am. The last seven years have been extraordinarily numbing, a relentless march of spiritually …
: Sand, stone, wind… 20220225-03
: 231.8 lbs… … i have been experiencing huge frustrations in my blog flow… on Block Island, i am …
: In The Bulwark this morning… … if Donald Trump continues to be enabled by the Republican party, …
: 230.2 lbs… … weight gain not a surprise… little exercise yesterday due to rain and intense wind… …
: Late afternoon sun through an orange bell pepper…
: 229.2 lbs… … and now the dog wants to go out, have his treats… the wind is howling… it is raining… i …
: Southeast Lighthouse… 20220217-04
: By the light of the moon… 20220217-03
: 231.4 lbs… … up slightly… was hoping for a little loss, more walking, no alcohol… water weight?… … …
: 231.0 lbs Up at 3:40 AM… pleasantly surprised by my weight… hadn’t been on the scale in a few days, …
: Turnip risotto, hmmm… better than you might think… in fact, delicious…
: Boeuf Bourguignon, log on the fire, light of the moon, and thou! … Valentines Day 2022… …
: … it seems it is the mundane crimes that will get you in the end… Trump Really Could be Prosecuted …
: … we got to Block Island… trip was very easy… no traffic and, for the most part, no treacherous …
: Nothing quite like a fire on a cold winters night…
: New cargo configuration… three dry bags, restraining net… working very well!…
: …after two days of prep for a winter vacation on Block Island… winter intervened with an …
: … in light of my earlier post on Francis Bacon and Bill Cosby… The Dilemma of Brilliant Jerks, David …
: The Beastliness of Bacon, Michael Glover, Hyperallergic Francis Bacon, “Man with Dog” (1953), oil …
: February 12, 2022, Heather Cox Richardson … about Abraham Lincoln and his leadership during a trying …
: … snow predicted by the weather app has materialized… conditions are going to be at their worst at …
: Can i brag about my niece? Any place that can post a flat roasted pig’s face on Instagram for a …
: “Rest Behind the Curtain” by Photographer Michal Solarski, Anna, BOOOOOOOM! Some really nice photos …
: Five Transcendent Films to Watch by Oscar Nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi, James Balmont, AnOther In a …
: WK06 Image Poem: Evoking Eden
: Since when did ‘golden years’ planning include a collapse of democracy scenario? As I look back over the past week in posts, I feel grounded, even if worried about the future. …
: 230.4 lbs Weight coming down, good!… … preparations for departure to Block Island continue… we leave …
: This is a really good album! music.apple.com
: Thousands Pledge To Egg Jeff Bezos’s Mega-Yacht As It Passes Through Rotterdam Bridge, Sarah Rose …
: The Worst Person in the World Is Among the Best Portraits of Modern Womanhood, Eileen G’Sell, …
: Brenda Goodman’s Fearless Self-Portraits, John Yau, Hyperallergic _ Brenda Goodman, “Self-Portrait …
: America Can’t Fight Authoritarianism on the Cheap, Shay Khatiri, The Bulwark … The Bulwark is a …
: 231.4 … a longer walk yesterday, treacherous here and there but mostly not… … as i am sitting here, …
: Currently reading: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 📚 … just finished a few more chapters of To …
: Something about this photo i made this AM tickles me… 20220209-07
: Trauma and Textiles: Inside London’s New Louise Bourgeois Exhibition, Martha Alexander, Another …
: Two Cheers for America’s COVID-19 Response, Brent Orrell, The Bulwark … Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound …
: The Supreme Court’s Alabama Redistricting Ruling Looks Like a Holding Pattern, Not a Power Grab, …
: What Did the IRS Want With Your Selfies?, Lil Kalish, Mother Jones Facing mounting bipartisan …
: 231.02 lbs … downward trend of weight is a good was to start the day… … slept in a little this AM… …
: February 8, 2022, Heather Cox Richardson … it’s odd when a bit of news can seem like a ray of …
: NATO Unity Is Put to the Test, Natalie Dowzicky, Reason.com … my expectation is that as soon as the …
: This Racial Justice Activist Gets Right to the Heart of the Critical Race Theory Mania, Abigail …
: Charred Sweetheart Cabbage with Prawns and a Pickle Brine Dressing, Helen Graves … just bookmarked …
: 2,700 Artists in New York State Will Benefit from New $125M Program… gonna keep an eye on this one… …
: books: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 📚 … the next book i am taking up is Virginia Woolf’s To …
: books: The Greeks by H.D.F. Kitto 📚 … just finished reading… the last chapter was rather rambling …
: 233.0 lbs … hard time with weight… hard to exercise enough… hard not to eat and drink too much… … H …
: A photo pairing from today’s images… 20220207-04
: I’ve added a map of flattened cans locations to my project page… 20220207-03
: Lies Are the Building Blocks of Trumpian Authoritarianism, William Saletan, The Bulwark … an …
: 232.0 lbs … my weight dropping slowly as i manage what i eat and get out for walks again… looking …
: Watching The Summer of Soul documentary. 1969 was some kind of year… m.imdb.com/title/tt1…
: This looks interesting… Museum of the Moving Image Launches Screening Series Focused on Extinction & …
: About the Repeating of History Winston Churchill (and others it appears) famously said, Those that fail to learn from history, are …
: All ready to make our Pambazos tonight!
: Cooking with Virginia Woolf, Valerie Stivers, The Paris Review One of my favorite features of the …
: Glenn Youngkin Set Up a Tip Line to Snitch on Teachers. It’s Only Gotten Weirder Since., Arianna …
: NASA Unveils Awe-inspiring Image of Galaxy Threesome Gone Wrong, Hrag Vartanian, Hyperallergic _ A …
: Artists Are Embracing the Power of Refusal, Billy Anania, Hyperallergic Today, cultural …
: 20220203-03 Craving Mexican… … we love Mexican food… we are going to make some tomorrow night while …
: 20220203-02 February 2, 2022, Heather Cox Richardson And so we are back to where we were in 2019, …
: 20220203-01 231.0 lbs … not unexpected weight gain… takeout Chinese food last night… too much… …
: 20220202-02 … the Sophists, who taught the art of rhetoric, played a significant role in the demise …
: Things that work... A friend gave us a couple of luffa sponges for Christmas 2020. They have been incredibly useful. It …
: 20220201-07 … and now for something fun… my horoscope… Aries Horoscope | February 2022… according to …
: 20220201-06 Maus Sales Spike After Tennessee School Board Ban, Hakim Bishara, Hyperallergic Sales …
: 20220201-05 No question. Just can’t wait for your show in Austin. When I watch you play live my …
: 20220201-04 The Problem with Permitting Putin’s “Sphere of Influence”, Brian Stewart, The Bulwark …
: 20220201-03 January 31, 2022, Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American… CNN reported …
: 20220201-02 The first sentences of the first paragraph of Chapter VIII, the Greeks at War, of …
: 20220201-01 230.2 lbs … i went to bed feeling upset with H who has decided to go to a concert with L …
: 20220131-04 The Red Hand Files, Nick Cave … what a fascinating website from a fascinating creator…
: 20220131-03 From Heather Cox Richardson this morning… Last night, at a rally in Conroe, Texas, …
: 20220131-02 … i think about the Greeks as i read Kitto’s book… there is much i admire, the bulk of …
: 20220131-01 … well, major success on the culinary front last night and then a really good night’s …
: … significant accomplishment!… Persian rice with tahdig in a cast iron pot! Non stick pot is the …
: Things that work… … this ergonomic mouse by Jelly Comb… … for years i had been trying all kinds of mousing solutions …
: 20220130-02 … they say it’s important to have a plan… … my plan is to to write one long form titled …
: 20220130-01 230.0 lbs … as much as i laid around and did nothing yesterday… as much as i snacked… …
: Alright, sci-fi fans… Foundation on Apple TV!
: Reading: The Greeks by H.D.F. Kitto 📚 … just finished reading the sixth chapter… this book is so …
: Walked over the Beacon/Newburgh bridge this AM…
: On Boxing a Statue of Columbus … this from Hyperallergic… Hiding in plain sight, the box obscures a …
: From The Greeks, Kitto, H … i have been reading this book to follow up on thoughts developed in Zen …
: Recent additions to Flattened Cans… more here…
: Cass Corridor Brenda Goodman, “Tomorrow Promise” (2017) on view at Simone DeSousa Gallery in …
: Dom Marker… … really like this photographer… channels Nathan Lyons, Saul Leiter, and Lee …
: Recent addition to my flattened can series…
: You know the world situation is taking its toll when... Fiona We had a major upset last night. While we were eating dinner, our dog Fiona got hold of one of …
: … sitting here procrastinating about going out to walk and make pictures… it’s only 2 degrees F out… …
: The Disunited States of America: Gripping Photos of a Country in Crisis, Abigail Ronner, AnOther …
: … i was reading up on the Ancient Greek philosophers this morning… this quote from Heraclitus stood …
: … for a long time i have been photographing with my iPhone exclusively… the urge to use the Nikon …
: October 19, 2022 … Letters From an American this morning is rich in details on the difference between the MAGA …
: Some photos from yesterday… … all photos taken at or near the shore of the Hudson River in …
: Some photos from the past week…
: This article on rap music by Daniel Levin Becker catches my attention… especially this assessment of …
: … i read Heather Cox Richardson and get the overwhelming impression that democracy is crumbling and …
: 228.2 lbs … weight down when there was the possibility of up… that’s a good start to the day… … BP …
: … i have been carefully making my way through Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, taking …
: … Heather Cox Richardson post this morning is largely about voting rights… Biden and Harris went to …
: This may well change by the time the weekend gets here, but whoah!
: …it’s late in the day… relatively speaking… i usually make my first note somewhere around 4:30 AM… …
: This article on Letters Home, by Adolphus and Jonas Mekas catches my attention… When Jonas Mekas …
: … i have decided to adopt the eightfold way of Buddhism as my guide to living ethically… the eight …
: … three items ordered from Amazon arrived yesterday… a new cast iron pot, new wheels for my desk …
: 228.4 lbs … i expected the weight gain as i fell off the no seconds rule last night… still, if i get …
: Deliveries … i am expecting some deliveries today… slip on traction cleats for my shoes, new casters …
: First notes… 227.6 lbs … feeling more rested today… not much alcohol… went to bed earlier… slept ok… …
: woman running along the trail–bright pink knit hat
: how often have i sat by this stream?–water flowing by
: birds rummaging through leaf litter–slim pickings
: hearing horse hooves, i look up–a car leaving the gas station
: First notes… 228.8 lbs … the weight loss trend comes to a halt… most likely water weight gain which …
: Texts that point towards a different way of being on this planet. I believe the market-capitalist system I live within is fundamentally flawed and is leading to …
: …ever have one of those mornings, days, weeks, where, despite your best intentions and efforts, …
: What I Read Today: California’s Forever Fire Elisabeth Weil, ProPublica, January 03, 2022 An article in ProPublica on California’s wildfire …
: First notes... 226.6 lbs … five days of weight loss… three while pursuing the No S diet approach… also meals low in …
: First notes… 227.2 lbs … second day of No S diet observance… weight down again… … i spent most of …
: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman … just finished this book… i liked it very much and found it inspiring at times… its idea about time …
: First notes… 227.8 lbs … first day of following No S diet… weight loss… it’s one day… i will see if …
: First notes… 228.4 lbs … read two depressing articles in The Economist yesterday… one a broad …
: First notes 228.8 lbs … the new year in NOAP officially begins… i sit here, wondering what to write, …
: Fiona goes for a walk about… … having a nice walk by the river when H calls and in a panicked voice …
: As is traditional, we are watching the Twilight Zone New Years marathon and cooking a Timpana for …
: What I Read Today 2021: Farewell to a Stupid Year, David Corn, December 30, 2021, Reason.com … this essay by David …
: First notes… … we got home safe and sound with, i guess, 1 near miss when a car suddenly decided to …
: Savannah, GA… … beautiful city, the deep shade of the public squares in the Historic District, the …
: First notes… … 11 hours on the road yesterday… another interminable amount of time unloading car, …
: First Notes 227.2 lbs … the traditional overeating happened yesterday without much weight gain… we …
: Morning walk, Christmas, Naples, FL…
: Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!📷
: First Notes 227 lbs … Christmas eve with M, H and Dogs… we are told about an extremely poisonous …
: Hope everyone has a terrific Christmas day!
: Christmas Journey … three days of longer, harder driving than expected… we learned that …
: HCR meter… … the big news is that January 6 committee may be considering criminal referral of 45 to …
: First Notes 225.7 lbs … i knew my weight would be down but almost 3 lbs is amazing!… next two days …
: Defacing our national parks… … there is a long list of stupidity in this article about the …
: First notes… … the first two days of travel have been brutally long… yesterday, it wasn’t completely …
: The Manchin Mess… good article in the Bulwark about the mess…
: Omicron, the possible good, bad and ugly… this article in The Bulwark summarizes the possible …
: Heather Cox Richardson, December 21, 2021… … the January 6 Select Committee noose tightens around …
: First notes… … we started our journey to Florida yesterday and the first leg of the trip was a bear… …
: Ignore Xi Jinping’s Deceptions. China Is Struggling, Therese Shaheen, National Review, December 20, …
: OMG, this is a must read! Against the Trap of Efficiency: Mortality, Meaning, and the Antidote to …
: Bob Thompson’s Provocative Challenge to Euro-American Art History, Billy Anania, Hyperallergic, …
: Heather Cox Richardson, December 20, 2021… … about the betrayal of Joe Manchin… makes a compelling …
: First Notes 228.2 lbs … departure day… will leave a little later than hoped, but, there is no ferry …
: The New West Side Story Brings the Show’s Father Issues to the Fore, Kyle Turner, Hyperallergic … …
: Keep Christ in Christmas? … it appears than in the United States, the Puritans were the biggest …
: Democrats walk on eggshells around Breyer as GOP plans another blockade for any Biden Supreme Court …
: Is Russia Inflicting Brain Damage on CIA Officers and Diplomats?, Nestor T. Carbonell, National …
: The Death of Build Back Better?… … this article in National Review explains conservative opposition …
: A Global Warming Story… We must realize we can’t over-consume our planet. This is urgent. We need to listen to all the …
: First notes… 227.8 lbs … 24 hrs till departure… things are more or less on track… a few more …
: Republicans Should Help Reform the Electoral Count Act … wow! just wow!… the Editors of the very right leaning National Review arguing for electoral count …
: Who Knew that Ulysses and Obsidian played so nice together? … probably many of you, but not me… i have figured out how to get the best of both worlds and it …
: Texas Is Just Going to Build Its Own Border Wall Now… can we talk?… does anyone really think that …
: Omicron, However You Pronounce It, Is Out of Control Right Now… the state of COVID in my neck of the …
: Exhibition: ‘Freedom Must Be Lived: Marion Palfi’s America, 1940-1978’ at the Phoenix Art Museum … …
: First notes… … week 52, last week of the year/Fall… but then i wonder, am i out of sync, is this …
: Reading Notes, News, Politics Heather Cox Richardson, December 17, 2021... former governor Rick Perry fingered by the J6 committee …
: Reading Notes, News, Politics… Heather Cox Richardson, December 16, 2021… a mixed bag today… Build …
: First notes… … watched My Dad’s Christmas Date and i was bewitched by Olivia Mai Barrett… there was …
: First notes… … the great cookie bake is done… L came and joined H in baking an extravaganza of …
: What i read… Heather Cox Richardson, December 15, 2021… about the January 6 commission and the noose …
: What i read… Exclusive: Nadia Lee Cohen’s Powerful Portraits of Strong Femininity, Ted Stansfield, …
: First notes… 228.4 lbs … we are now exactly one week away from our departure to Florida… dark sky is …
: The Journals of Denton Welch… … was feeling a bit down about the substantial posts i made to this …
: What I Read Today Letters from an American, December 13, 2021, Heather Cox Richardson… the January 6 Commission …
: First thoughts… 228.2 lbs … awake at 1:30 AM, back to sleep, up at 3:40 AM… two beers last night, …
: Stepping Away from the Partisan Divide Over the weekend I read this lengthy and fascinating article about human characteristics we all …
: What i read today… … my reading this morning has been principally around the Supreme Court decision …
: Beginning the day… 229.0 lbs … continuing to wake up between 2 and 3 AM, then fitful sleep until 4 …
: What i read today… Letters from an American, December 8, 2021, Heather Cox Richardson… HCR is a daily read for me… her …
: Beginning the day… … wake up at 2:00 AM for the bathroom… sleep fitfully, if at all, until 3:30 AM… …
: Bias and Fact Check Ratings of The News Reporting and Analysis I Track Bias ratings from Media Bias / Fact Check of the news publications i follow: The Atlantic Overall, …
: What i read today… Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American, December 07, 2021… the heroism …
: Beginning the day… i wake at 2:30 AM… stay in bed… get up at 3:30 AM… Fiona comes with me… i weigh …
: Walking… a man with a boxer dog… as we pass the dog lunges, grazing the back of my legs… the man …
: Kitchen and Coffee… i do some Christmas shopping via the www and purchase gifts for H, J and R… …
: What i read today… Letters from an American, December 06, 2021, Heather Cox Richardson… a little …
: First thoughts… 229.8 … i am in a run where 6 to 6 1/2 hours of sleep is sufficient… at some point i …
: First thoughts… … morning did not start well… very depressing post from Heather Cox Richardson, …
: What i read today… Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American, December 5, 2021… HCR sounding …
: What i read today… Donny Deutsch wikipedia article… i know about DD through Nicolle Wallace’s show… …
: First thoughts… 230.0 … i am up at 2:30 AM for the bathroom… back to bed… up again at 4:30 AM… a …
: First Thoughts… 229.4 … when i weighed myself this morning i thought, we had soup for dinner last …
: This Past Wednesday… … i was coming back from grocery shopping and arrived at the intersection of …
: What I Read Today… Letters from an American, December 02, 2021: the government got funded last …
: First Thoughts… … our evening came to an abrupt end last night when, as H put it, a puff of wind …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … DW says not to worry what people will think about his journal …
: Life, A User’s Manual, Georges Perec … a very curious book describing in minute detail characters …
: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization … i read two articles this AM on this case before the …
: First Thoughts 231.2 …HCR meter, depressing… the white patriarchy is winning… what can we do about …
: Literal Reading App I have recently joined Literal and am finding my way around. I am @mbkriegh if there are any fellow …
: Photography - A Feminist History, Emma Lewis Photograph by Priya Kambli When Emma Lewis first …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … DW has been asked to write an article supporting nudity at boarding …
: First Thoughts … i have switched back to Firefox as browser after discovering that Safari didn’t …
: Miscellaneous readings… … this AM i have been reading about How Steve Bannon Has Exploited Google …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … winding down to the end… … DW had a fascination with old country …
: First Thoughts Recently, Salon columnist Chauncey DeVega conducted an interview with Miles Taylor, …
: My Submission to Shots Magazine call for entry, theme: Earthly Delights
: US added to list of ‘backsliding’ democracies for first time _ The organisation’s secretary general, …
: Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn … i read the review in AnOther magazine which i have been avoiding …
: First Thoughts Weight: 231.8 … i will be writing my weight down daily to help me get it back under …
: Thanksgiving Part II … we almost always go to someone else’s house for Thanksgiving so we like to …
: Buddhist Economics … this is a profound essay that i come back to again and again… it makes so much …
: The Journals of Denton Welch The day is messy. I’ve done some writing, but things are sloppy. I am a …
: Shots Magazine submission, Earthly Delights … i didn’t submit to the last issue, theme Rebels and …
: Lynn Hershman Leeson at Gazelli Art House in London Lynn Hershman Leeson via AnOther Magazine … …
: First Thoughts … long conversation with H at breakfast yesterday… went down a rabbit hole about …
: First Thoughts, remembering Thanksgiving… … a good Thanksgiving… in attendance, H and me, M, L, S, …
: Life, A User’s Manual, Georges Perec … the book opens up with an exposition on the nature of a …
: First Thoughts … i was hoping for a turkey icon to label this day’s folder, but alas, there was …
: Kitchen and Coffee Cafe … cold this morning… i decide to stop at K&C at opening, 7 AM, it’s a bit of …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … DW was continually meeting strangers, having extended conversations …
: First Thoughts … happy to be back to routine… that first hot cup of coffee in the morning… cat, …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … this passage: It is quite true that a general unwillingness to …
: First Thoughts … and so begins the day of purging… hardest part of a colonoscopy… the dreaded prep… …
: Japanese Style Salted Salmon in the works…
: Shifting the Silence, Etel Adnan … Kevin Killian and elements is metioned… KK is a poet, playwright …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … this interesting passage: We saw in front of us the little untutored …
: First Thoughts … some time spent exploring the possibilities of Drafts… my initial reaction is that …
: First Thoughts … frustrating morning… weight way up… computer crashed last night and needs to be …
: An Attempt At Exhausting A Place In Paris, Georges Perec … an endless catalog of comings and goings, …
: First Thoughts … HCR Meter is confused… economy is booming, build back better act likely to clear …
: Etel Adnan, Shifting the Silence, rejoiced by Maria Popova Painting by Etel Adnan from Etel Adnan: …
: Maria Popova, Women in Trees (Maria Popova?) Oak-hopping in New Orleans, September 2020. …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … i read about ten pages… the book is long, almost 400 pages… i am a …
: First Thoughts … i am up too early… awake at 2 AM, then again at 3:15 AM… out of bed at 3:45 AM… …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … i am passing through a stretch where journal entries are long and …
: Morning walk, Trax on 52 … i spend the bulk of my time writing an email to a woman who wants to know …
: The Act of Smelling, Summer Thomas, Believer Magazine … an interesting read…
: An Attempt At Exhausting A Place, Georges Perec … i decide it is ok to jump Perec to the front of …
: … we are up with a start… Fiona sat up in bed, indicating she was preparing to dismount… we …
: From yesterday… … Fiona comes home from the vet, then goes back… getting in and out of the car …
: … i would like to go see On the Basis of Art: 150 Years of Women at Yale…
: Art Made by Immoral People, What To Do? … i enjoyed reading What Do We Do with the Work of Immoral …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … before i am done with Denton Welch completely i will have to read one …
: First thoughts: … Fiona spay day… a little nervous… will be glad to have it over with… then on to …
: Trax, Route 52 … there are people coming and going but nobody staying… as i left for my walk i …
: 2008 … what happened in 2008?…
: Eva Donkers, Photography Eva Donkers, from What happens when nothing happens. … [an article on Eva …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … i might be getting bored with them… but i would like to get to the …
: First Thoughts… … in bed by 9:30 PM last night… up by 3:30 AM… i am in a six hour per night sleep …
: Cafe Mutton… … after the family zoom meeting we drive up to Hudson for a late lunch at our niece’s …
: Walking… … i pass an old woman in a wheelchair in the middle of the grass… i check that she is ok… …
: … at Trax, the barista is an extremely attractive and fit young male… they must easily break the …
: … zoftig young woman jogs by… i say good morning… she ignores me… … on the walk of sorrows i pass a …
: … as i walk, i am thinking about the “Girls” photo project i wrote about yesterday… the question …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … the war injects itself more and more… deaths on the front… V-1 …
: … woke up at about 2:30 AM… tried to go back to sleep… stayed in bed until about 4:30 AM… not sure …
: … at Trax on 52… pretty sure this will be go to coffee shop during winter… nobody stays in the space …
: … on to Feedbin… … Jonathan Blaustein wrote about his trip to Chicago this morning… i learn about …
: … I came to dinner last night… i served a roast chicken (one i helped raise and slaughter), Emily’s …
: … wow… every now and then i hear a song for the first time and it completely blows me away… Billy …
: An article on inflationary pressures… … in the back of my mind i have been thinking what the article …
: Big Mouth Coffee Roasters… … rain deluging the roof of the coffee shop… barista and customer …
: ”I Shot The Sheriff!” … but i did’nt shoot no deputy… … [this is an interesting court …
: … the dogs wake up… i let them out of the bedroom… follow them downstairs… let them out… Chas seems …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … yes, titled posts when i am reading and writing about a book or an article… it makes sense then… … …
: … went to bed a little after 9 PM last night… slept to about 4 AM with wakefulness at 2 AM… not …
: … commentator on tv saying “if we get an authoritarian government in 2024”… how did we get to a …
: …strange, beautiful, compelling… im-hole by aya
: … we celebrate veterans today… thank you for your service…
: …feeling frustrated… slept late… unable to pursue the morning routine fully… more interruption later …
: First Thoughts … up at 5 AM… an hour later than i like… this jams me up on the things i like to do prior to heading …
: Notations … feeling happy again… my writing and photography are making sense this morning… … a moment of …
: **colored leaves flutter to the ground– distant jet plane sound
: A Review of Titane Intrigues Me in All Sorts of Ways… … a review of Titane in Hyperallergic… i wonder if H will be interested?…
: Watercolors of Hilma af Klint, via Hyperallergic Hilma af Klint, “Tree of Knowledge, No. 3” (1913-1915), watercolor, gouache, graphite, and ink on …
: My Photographs … a selection of edited images from the past ten days…
: First Thoughts … this morning it starts to feel like the downhill race to Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year… the …
: Notations … large black pickup truck waiting at the light… country music… muffler disabled… jacked up chassis… …
: Jonathan Blaustein, This Week in Photography … one of my favorite photography review writers… he rants about life and politics then reviews …
: The Diaries of Denton Welch … been a few days since i have had time to read the diaries… when i left off, DW’s relationship with …
: First Thoughts … frustration and irritation yesterday… too many intrusions on time set aside for writing and …
: Notations … cold, clear, heavy frost… … walking over the bridge at the train station i note that there are few …
: First Thoughts … i am up at 3:30 AM… the effects of the daylight savings change… it will settle out, but i again …
: Notations on the Day … out for my morning meditative photo walk… R texts about family meeting… we chat some… they tell me …
: Heather Cox Richardson Meter: What Republicans Mean by Socialism … AKA, HCR meter… … in this morning’s post, HCR reports that Republicans immediately intensified the …
: First Thoughts … the clocks set back an hour last night… an extra hour of sleep… that used to be more meaningful …
: The Limits of Liberal Science, Laura K. Field Published in The Bulwark, November 04, 2021 … a review by Laura K. Field of The Constitution of …
: First Thoughts … coffee made… dogs let out and treated… Gregorian chants cranked up… … i had two modest cocktails …
: First Thoughts … an irritating stretch of minutes… dog poop in the living room… confusion about whether a file …
: Notations While Walking … cold, heavy frost, clear… copious steam from chimney takes me back to house to investigate… all is …
: Francesca Woodman Catalog cover, Francesca Woodman: Alternate Stories, published by Marion Goodman Gallery … awesome …
: Eikoh Hosoe Photograph by Eikoh Hose … Guts and Ghosts: The Radical Legacy of Japanese Photographer Eikoh Hose… …
: Domenico Gnoli Robe verte, 1967, by Domenico Gnoli … love this painting… it reminds me of photographs i might make… …
: First Thoughts … had to switch keyboards… the wireless keyboard, which i spilled coffee on quite a while ago, was …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … Eric Oliver appears in DW’s life… it is interesting how matter of fact DW is about his gayness… he …
: First Thoughts … Republican Glen Yungkin won the Virginia governor race… Yungkin is widely viewed as a Trumpian …
: The Year 1867 The North Light of Block Island, RI. Photograph by Michael Bogdanffy-Kriegh … i have been taking …
: Notations on the Day … i am reading The Journals of Denton Welch… transcribing a particularly interesting passage into my …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … what an interesting entry: _ I seem to have spent a great deal of my childhood in prison — other …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter, democracy is on the ropes… pointing to the spreading and increasingly blatant …
: Cafe Mutton! … a sterling review of my niece’s new restaurant!
: The Archive of Public Protest (APP) … i have signed up to receive emails from Jörg Colberg, one of the photobook reviewers i follow… …
: HCR Meter … from, Letters from an American, Heather Cox Richardson… Today the Washington Post published a …
: First Thoughts … first day of November… the toboggan run down the hill to Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year has …
: Notations Walking… … a warm morning with, as M put it, interesting clouds… i would add interesting light too… …
: The Week in Review … i decided to read all the posts i made last week… it takes a while… i write every day and post …
: Obsidian, Ulysses, either/or? both/and? … i am sitting here contemplating the use of Obsidian as the primary journaling and note taking app, …
: First Thoughts … halloween… we are ready for the trick or treaters, except we never get very many… we bought good …
: Walking … it’s almost November… most of the trees still have leaves and many haven’t begun to change color… …
: Walking, Photographs (2021.10.29)
: Critical Whiteness Theory Broomberg & Chanarin, Shirley 1, from the series How to Photograph the Details of a Dark Horse in …
: Ulysses Can Now Update Posts on Micro.blog! … maybe this happened months ago and i failed to notice, but i am so excited to see that i can now …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter, hopeful… making the case that the Biden administration is fundamentally changing the …
: Walking … Amazon Prime truck squawking like a deranged corvid bird as it backs up… special Halloween backup …
: And in the Department of Hopeful… the Great American Quit … a lengthy article in Mother Jones (leans pretty liberal) about the (comparatively) vast numbers of …
: In Defense of Democracy … this letter, written by Todd Gitlin, Jeffrey C. Isaac, and William Kristol was published …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … women continue to be “supporting cast” in DW’s journals… he is all about the men and seems to …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter, encouragement to progressives… all about the stock market crash, subsequent Republican …
: Walking … down to the river… an eagle calls out… i look up to see it glide by… heading somewhere rapidly… … …
: About Climate Change … this ProPublica article is an informative read on the need for and cost of climate change …
: Entropy, Social Entropy and Carnot Cycles … i tried to use the word entropy to describe a situation this morning and realized that i don’t …
: First Thoughts … morning off to a bad start… Chas whines until i get up… it’s almost time anyway… both dogs ready …
: We Got Boosted! … H and i got our booster shots today… Moderna… wish it made me feel like i could drop the mask or …
: Walking … cloudy, dark, windy… car plastered with pine needles… … at the Roundhouse i stop on the bridge …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … DW appears to be a bit of an aristocrat in attitude if not in actual wealth… he seems to admire …
: Talk about a provocative photo! … was looking through a selection of photographs from Photo Vogue Festival and this: A photograph …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter, broken record, except, it’s a really important broken record… conservative forces that …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … DW recounting a reunion at the boarding school he ran away from… the young men he describes seem …
: First Thoughts … heavy rain last night… woke up intermittently to the sounds of splashing water… gutters that are …
: Moela, Portuguese Chicken Gizzard Stew … wishing there was a way to capture smell the way light can be captured in a photograph… i have a …
: My Photography, Flattened Cans I have been collecting flattened can images for a long time. I am interested in the collision of …
: Walking … a young couple passes with luggage, hustling towards the train station… a delivery truck pulls out …
: About Cancel Culture … a lengthy, informative and interesting essay by Cathy Young in the Bulwark about what cancel …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … so far, i am not certain of the broader value of DW’s journaling… his descriptive powers and …
: First Thoughts … 1 cocktail last night, the dishes got done, good sleep was had, no ill effects in the morning… i …
: Walking … cool and wet this morning… cloudless sky… car down the street ignites and hums towards warm, …
: The Apology … just wrote to E and apologized for forgetting the chickens… offered to make up any loses… feel …
: The Journals of Denton Welch … there is mention of an article on Gerard (Manley) Hopkins… DW apparently admires him as a genius …
: First Thoughts … this morning, minutes after waking up, i remember that i forgot the chickens last night… what is …
: Walking … cold, cloudy… i am walking along thinking about restricting myself to iPhone and apps for a while… …
: Brain Pickings Becomes the Marginalian … for the longest time now, Brain Pickings has been a weekly part of my life, one of my principle …
: First Thoughts … H’s bday a success, including gift i was worried about but had gambled on because i thought she …
: Me and my iPhone Camera … i have all this camera equipment laying around… good equipment… equipment that has served me well… …
: Photobooks by Women … one of my great interests, women and photography… women as subject(object?), women as …
: First Thoughts … H’s birthday today… spent first hour of the morning wrapping presents and writing a card… … my …
: Walking, Bald Eagle Sighting … beautiful, near cloudless day… waning gibbous moon… light human activity… drumming circle starting …
: On the writings of Shirley Jackson … what an interesting article in the Bulwark this is… Shirley Jackson… i feel i know this name, but …
: Denton Welch, The Journals of … read the the jacket flaps… read a wikipedia article discussing the varying editions… i have the …
: First Thoughts … lots swimming around in my brain this morning… watched Derek Jarman’s The Garden last night… …
: Walking … train horn blasting in the distance… very insistent… beautiful colors in the sky… … i pass by …
: As If On Cue… Tilda Swinton … i finished reading Modern Nature this morning and turned to my news feeds… after scanning a few …
: Modern Nature, Derek Jarman, The End … i am on the last number of pages… DJ’s health is deteriorating… … he is starting to cancel work… a …
: Walking (yesterday) … cold this AM… not sure i dressed warmly enough… … K walking their dog… they say good morning… we …
: Exhibition: ‘Mario Giacomelli: Figure|Ground’ at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, review by Dr. Marcus Bunyan Mario Giacomelli (Italian, 1925-2000) Figure (My Mother), No. 130 1956; printed 1981 Gelatin silver …
: Martin Amis, This Land, Review by Brad Feuerhelm Martin Amis, from This Land … as part of my program of disengaging from Feedly (a google product) i …
: Jonathan Blaustein Reviews Legends of New Mexico Devotional Art, Harwood Museum of Art … which, unfortunately, has just closed but you can savor it to some degree in his review which ends …
: First Thoughts … pursuant to my frustrations with my computer, i have been investigating replacing it… today i …
: Frustrating Afternoon … incredibly slow computer… seriously thinking about buying a new one… need a faster computer maxed …
: Walking … chilly this morning… an air conditioner running… … my back hurts… i should start stretching again… …
: Paz Errázuriz’s La Manzana de Adán (Adam’s Apple) (1982-87) Paz Errázuriz, “La Jaula, Talca” (1984/2014), Inkjet print, 12 5/8 × 17 3/8 in. (32.07 × 44.13 cm) … …
: The Loneliest Whale … this looks interesting… The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52… a documentary about searching for …
: Modern Nature, Derek Jarman Heat and cold hurt. A hot bath burns, an orgasm overwhelms with pain.1 … such frankness about …
: First Thoughts … an email from S… do i want to go to writers group this Wednesday?… part of me does… part of me …
: Making Fish Stock … scored a couple of fish heads at the farmer’s market… making stock for a yet to be determined …
: Walking … step out the front door… rain drops lingering on the car… air crisp, chilled… street flushed by …
: Journaling, A New Rabbit Hole … it started with Modern Nature, a journal kept during the years 1990-1991 by Derek Jarman… it …
: First Thoughts … storms passed through last night… rain only, not the possible severe thunderstorms warned… i …
: More Daily Feed … one more before i go walking… Study Shows Correlation Between Number of Confederate Monuments and …
: Daily Feed Frieze Festival, London, via AnOther … the artists i like… Deborah Roberts Deborah Roberts ‘Laying …
: HCR Meter … a pivotal moment?… the Freedom to Vote Act will be voted on by the Senate… this is the measure …
: Modern Nature, Derek Jarman … DJ is recovering from his illness… i am amazed that he has so many friends stopping by, bringing …
: First Thoughts … can it be that there are only ten weeks left in the year?… they are rushing past… which reminds me …
: Walking, 2021.10.15 … strong undertow of worry about H… it’s as if it were happening to me… is that surprising?… after …
: HCR Meter … hopeful signs?… … the appearance, at least, that nooses are tightening… Bannon being held in …
: First Thoughts … rough afternoon yesterday… H with health worries… dr. visit lined up… hoping it’s nothing… worried …
: Daily Feed Jeff Koons … an article on Shine, an exhibition of his sculptures and paintings… i look at the work …
: HCR Meter … things aren’t all bad… … some things the Biden/Harris admin has accomplished that have flown under …
: First Thoughts … D and E came for dinner… drank alcohol… a little too much, but not as bad as often happens… we had …
: Walking (from yesterday) … a gray, peaceful morning… decided on the abandoned bridge route… i haven’t done it since August… …
: The Daily Feed … i was getting very disappointed with Feedbin… I thought it wasn’t functioning properly… no new …
: Modern Nature, Derek Jarman … DJ being told about the abuse he suffered from his father when a toddler… echoes of D… DJ’s abuse …
: First Thoughts … up on the early side… crickets chirping away… … i am empty in the thoughts department… … D and E …
: Reviewing Photographs … while reviewing and editing photographs, these two from yesterday: … i was outside fussing with …
: Walking … not feeling great today… no good reason for that… no alcohol last night… an unusual blend …
: Writing about Family … this article by Lucie Elven caught my attention… the basic premise is that most writers of …
: HCR Meter, Slow Moving Coup … about two op-eds by Republicans or former Republicans… all sensible Republicans should vote …
: First Thoughs … i went to bed typing out a few words about 45, who is all over the news… the alarm bells are …
: An Article on Frédéric Malle, Perfume Industrialist … perfume and the perfume industry catches my attention this morning… it is one of the first few …
: Modern Nature, Derek Jarman … DJ hospitalized with mysterious illness, not confirmed to be HIV, but he and we suspect that it …
: HCR meter … not smoke, fire… … about the debt ceiling fight, 45’s control of the Republican Party, the efforts …
: First Thoughts … an awkward moment yesterday on Zoom with M, J and R… discussion of tree planting for D… J talks …
: Food … an afternoon of cooking… roasting sugar pie pumpkins for soup… roasting pumpkin seeds… for dinner …
: What Does it Say About Me? All ten episodes – and still i don’t know your name. … a micro poem i wrote this morning as i was …
: Walking … i had thoughts that i might do the walk-of-sorrows loop this morning but i can feel the planter …
: Drying Herbs … i started to read MN which quickly reminded me that i have mountains of herbs in the garden that i …
: First Thoughts … slept till 5:15 AM… that is sleeping in for me… only two beers last night… beer seems to be the …
: Last Thoughts … a pleasant 22nd anniversary day… breakfast at Cafe Mutton in Hudson, farm stand shopping, koi pond …
: HCR Meter I’m a professor of American history. This is a chronicle of today’s political landscape, but because …
: Modern Nature, Derek Jarman … the first thing i read: Jubilee was a great success: ‘It was a tragedy …
: First Thoughts … in the end we all fail… we fail because we all die and staying alive has been the …
: Modern Nature, Derek Jarman … we seem to be in the throws of the memoir writing decades… the memoir …
: First Thoughts we should make what we make and let the cosmos decide what will come of it… … i …
: Patti Smith & Jefferson Hack Michelangelo’s David, Florence, Photography by Patti Smith … …
: Myriam Gendron … Canadian songwriter… review of Ma délire — Songs of love, lost & found… gets an 8.0 …
: First Thoughts … woke at 5 AM… that is sleeping late for me… busy day yesterday… lots got done… …
: Walking … not the first name that would come to my mind when opening an ice cream and waffle shop… …
: Helen Frankenthaler © 2021 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / ARS, NY and DACS , London / Crown …
: Vivienne Westwood … i am far from being a fashionista, except on rare occasions, like my niece’s …
: Wiki, Half God … i am not generally a fan of rap music, it doesn’t connect much with any of my life …
: Modern Nature, Derek Jarman … interesting portrayal of calamities… a huge storm… the nearby nuclear …
: First Thoughts … got a lot done yesterday… spent a lot of money on provisioning humans and animals, …
: Walking … after taking garbage to the dump, a walk around old harbor looking for boat reflection …
: Modern Nature, Derek Jarman … writing about his school days… about the Kennedy assassination… about …
: First Thoughts … bad night… didn’t sleep well, kept waking up, couldn’t get comfortable, don’t feel …
: Walking at North Light, Seal Colony! … i decide to try one more time to get a viewing of the seal …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter jumping all around… major legislation being debated, the infrastructure …
: Walking the Beach … from the painted rock to the public access stairs at Mohegan Bluffs… looking for …
: Modern Nature, Derek Jarman … i keep thinking about gay promiscuity, the cruising scene… DJ talks of …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter… do or die… the moment has arrived when voting rights legislation must be …
: Modern Nature, Derek Jarman … the descriptions of promiscuous gay culture continue to put me off… …
: First Thoughts … HCR meeter, democracy hanging in the balance… Mitch McConnel grandstanding, …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter would be depressing if i didn’t already know its truths, which is that a …
: Derek Jarman, Modern Nature … this: Quid sit futurum cras fuge querere et quem fors dierum cinque …
: First Thoughts … we are installed in the cottage… slightly frustrating day doing so… cleaning lady …
: Walking … Rodman’s Hollow, waning gibbous moon… i srartle a deer who bounds to the far side of the …
: At North Light … sunrise… i catch my first sight of seals, foraging, but they always seem curious, …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter is pointing decidedly downward as more information about 45’s attempts to …
: What a Little Moonlight Can Do
: First Thoughts … wedding celebration complete!… great party… don’t seem to have a hangover… dogs …
: First Thoughts … M and W’s wedding day… … our trip to BI smooth except for the ferry crossing which …
: Lauren Elkin on Another … No. 91/92: A Diary of a Year on the Bus… … this book catches my attention… …
: First Thoughts … at last, the day we take off for BI has arrived… we are largely ready… have to pack …
: Issa and the Meaning of Animals: A Buddhist Poet’s Perspective. David G. Lanoue … what matters, that …
: First Thoughts … well, we did it, in just four days we tracked down a car we wanted to lease, …
: Stacy Arezou Mehrfar: The Moon Belongs to Everyone … as i look through the review, not really sure i …
: First Thoughts … just 84 hours after finding our car was drowned in flooding when tropical storm Ida …
: Issa and the Meaning of Animals: A Buddhist Poet’s Perspective, David G. Lanoue _ The deeper truth …
: First Thoughts … my first thoughts this morning were about determining what the value of our drowned …
: Micro Poem Apples on the ground– Isaac Newton’s time of year!
: Issa and the Meaning of Animals: A buddhist Poet’s Perspective i read about butterflies as road …
: First Thoughts … we started looking at new cars yesterday… will probably head in the direction of a …
: First Thoughts … going home day… resuming something like a normal life day… M all on their own day… …
: Issa and the Meaning of Animals: A Buddhist Poet’s Perspective, David G. Lanoue … Chapter 2, …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter neutral, a discussion of Republican bad behavior over the past 50 years …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter positive… about the radicalization of the Republican party and the …
: First Thoughts … beginning to look forward to getting home… miss H and the dogs… getting a little …
: Analogia, George Dyson 02 … at last, we get to an idea of intelligent and evolving machines… Erewhon …
: First Thoughts … nine hours of sleep last night… remarkable… must have been tired… or sleeping in a …
: Analogia, George Dyson … i must confess to a good deal of confusion on what this book is about… i am …
: First Thoughts … R and J go back to the West Coast… just M and me for the next week… then, M will be …
: First Thoughts … more drinking last night… not as bad as the other night… … a dream about LS last …
: George Dyson, Analogia: The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control … i am one and a …
: First Thoughts … in bed at 9:30, up at 4:30, about 7 hours… not bad, woke up once… … yesterday we …
: Photographer: Kate Sweeny Kate Sweeny … nice photographs of young women, clothed and unclothed… an …
: Photographer: Grade Solomon, BOOOOOOOM Mag Grade Solomon … the above photograph blew me away with …
: ** Amia Srinivasan, The Right to Sex** … a book about the politics of sex?… from a philosopher no …
: If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power … the title of Halsey’s new album… what an interesting dynamic in …
: Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Matter, Part I, The Logical Analysis of Physics, Chapter II, Pre …
: First Thoughts … 24 hours without having to run the AC, OMG, feels so good… … HCR Meter pointing …
: Bruce Haley, Home Fires. Vol.I: The Past … reviewed by Jonathan Blaustein… based on the review, i …
: Basho and His Interpreters, Selected Hokku with Commentary, Makoto Ueda … a book i ordered a couple …
: First Thoughts … in bed at 9:30, up at 3:00 AM… at least i slept through… … the day after dad’s …
: Various Articles … i read a bit of the news, since i haven’t been watching any… mostly about …
: First Thoughts … i went to bed angry last night… as i noted the anger i was feeling it wasn’t clear …
: First Thoughts … news that dad has taken a turn for the worse… it sounds like he won’t last through …
: Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Matter … as indicated yesterday, having finished the first chapter …
: Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Matter … i am thinking my plan for reading and understanding the …
: Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Matter, Chapter 1, The Nature of the Problem … Russell describes …
: First Thoughts … HCR meeter pointing slightly up… full FDA approval of Pfizer COVID19 vaccine… the …
: Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Matter, Frege’s Theorem … i have begun re-reading The Analysis of …
: Annaka Harris, Conscious, Chapter 8, Consciousness and Time … the last chapter in the book… … in …
: Annaka Harris, Conscious, Chapter 7, Beyond Panpsychism … Annaka Harris on separating consciousness …
: Annaka Harris, Conscious, Chapter 6, Is Consciousness Everywhere? … the introduction to panpsychism… …
: First Thoughts … the rain from Hurricane Henri settled in to steady and moderate to heavy over …
: Omelette Diaries … a friend gave me an article about making a classic French omelette… it matched …
: Annaka Harris, Conscious, Chapter 5, Who Are We? … writing about where the sense of self is located …
: Annaka Harris, Conscious, Chapter 4, Along for the Ride … writes about parasitic infections as an …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter: she took the night off… … Hurricane Henri… wobbled a little east …
: Tschabalala Self Tschabalala Self, “Love to Saarjtie” (2015) … yesterday i posted about Vanessa …
: Conscious, Annaka Harris, Chapter 3, Is Consciousness Free? … the third chapter reviews (for me) the …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter at negative… focused on the history of education of black and brown …
: Vanessa Beecroft, Artist Vanessa Beecroft, Untitled, 2018, Photography by Joshua White … despite …
: Conscious, Annaka Harris … i bought this book after reading a Brain Pickings post… the subject of …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter pointing downwards… discussion of conservative extremism as evidenced by …
: The Essential Haiku, End Notes … today, the book is finished… the last notes discuss the origins of …
: First Thoughts … dinner with D & E last night… really nice time… got to express my thoughts more …
: A Brain Pickings Post on Panpsychism and Consciousness … two of my most favorite rabbit holes, …
: Films of Kim Jee-woon … i am planning to watch The Age of Shadows next, it appears to be available …
: The Essential Haiku, End Notes … today starts the notes on Issa’s poems… … in today’s notes, i learn …
: First Thougths … weight: 227.0 lbs… lowest i have been this year, the pandemic ten or fifteen are …
: The Essential Haiku, End Notes … more notes on Buson… … i learn that: the mountain cuckoo lives in …
: First Thoughts … HCR meter negative… about the lightning speed collapse of the U.S. trained Afghan …
: Analogia, George Dyson … of the growing number of rabbit holes i am prone to going down, AI, which i …
: The Essential Haiku, End Notes … i was telling my brother and sister yesterday that i have found …
: First Thoughts … the HRC meter points downward today… Kabul Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last …
: I Am So Apalled … from this article i learned about a website where you can upload a photograph of …
: An-My Lê … an interesting quote from the review… _ Simply put, the raison d’etre for the military – …
: Afghanistan, another forsaken part of the world … the Taliban on the march… much faster than …
: Earthquake in Haiti … few countries seem as tortured by the cosmos as Haiti… sorrow for those lost, …
: The Essential Haiku, End Notes … i’ve moved on to the notes on Buson’s haiku… … Buson seems a more …
: First Thoughts … awoke with a start this AM, realizing i had forgotten to take my BP meds yesterday… …
: NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens) … a new platform to help artists make NFT art… … which reminds me of …
: The Essential Haiku, Notes … continuing with my reading of the end notes of the book… … i learn that …
: First Thoughts … HCR meeter neutral today… about the census and the political machinations that will …
: Mac Update Update … after the hour long fifteen minutes my Mac is telling me there is an update to …
: ****First Thoughts … how is it that Apple gets it so wrong about length of time remaining for an OS …
: Soft Copy Hard Copy, Stephan Keppel … a book review by Jörg Colberg and GPT-3… … Colberg experiments …
: James Whiting, Roaming Near the Fireplace … this photobook intrigues me… it is about people, …
: The Essential Haiku … still making my way through the notes, which are numerous and informative… … a …
: First Thoughts … the HCR meeter points downward today… she talks about the fascist tendencies that …
: Bill Gunn, Filmmaker … this work looks interesting to me… hard to see through any of my streaming …
: AnOther promises: The Best Art and Photography Books to Buy This Summer … human centric… as in all …
: The Essential Haiku, Notes … in the very first note i read this morning, an academic article is …
: The world of robotics… The world of robotics, is the world of robotics— and yet. … this is a play on …
: To Ants… To ants on the kitchen counter— I am a wrathful god.
: First Thoughts … the HCR meter is encouraging this morning, day off to a good start even if an extra …
: Mark Kurlansky, The Big Oyster … A Molluscular History of New York… … years ago, i read Cod, another …
: The Essential Haiku, End Notes … a sense of the impossibility of translating Japanese haiku is given …
: First Thoughts … a friend once said that his day got off to a good or bad start depending on what …
: Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A … this blog is all about the attention i pay… it is rare that i …
: First Thoughts … Heather Cox Richardson made a post today… she usually takes Saturday night off… …
: Catherine Opie … a retrospective volume of her photographs… the review talks about her prolific …
: The Essential Haiku, Notes … reading the notes, i learn or confirm that… Basho was most likely gay …
: First Thoughts … a long post from Heather Cox Richardson, the history of voting rights, the …
: Women Pushing the Boundaries of Image Making ©Carey Ellen, Crush and pull … an interesting article …
: About Bull Fighting A matador taunts a bull. © Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media … i almost …
: The Essential Haiku … i have finished all the pages that are direct translations from works of, or …
: First Thoughts … H safely delivered to M… trip home quick, easy… dogs happy to be released, Fiona …
: ** Jörg Colberg, On Art and Neo Liberal Society** From The Merge by Sara Brincher Galbiati, Peter …
: Basho On Poetry … winding down to the end of The Essential Haiku… The basis of art is change in the …
: First Thoughts … a text from J, during the night, they spoke to C who says J is slowing down …
: Guido Guidi … another article by Brad Feuerhelm for ASX… this one on Guido Guidi’s Cinque Viaggi …
: The Evidence of People, Not the People … all of the photography work i am viewing this morning is of …
: Who Does That? … someone is running a loud noisy machine, leaf blower?, at 5:30 AM!… who does that… …
: The Prose of Issa … excerpts from “A Year of My Life (1819)… … the interesting part being prose …
: First Thoughts … last night, just before going to bed, i let the dogs out… big commotion, one dog …
: Her Dark Materials … ran across this excellent exhibition of women artists… the artwork below by …
: The Haiku of Issa … i’ve read all the Haiku that are in The Essential Haiku… this morning i read …
: First Thoughts … Heather Cox Richardson is about Tucker Carlson, Hungary, Victor Orban, Christian …
: Holy By Donna Ferrato, reviewed by Jonathan Blaustein… … for the most part, i agree with Jonathan …
: Come Home to Yourself By Kaira Jewel Lingo… You already are what you want to become.1 … hmmm… i am …
: First Thoughts … i spent time yesterday sorting out the usefulness (or not) of the various apps i …
: The Sketchbook Project … talk about starting something interesting… 50K sketchbooks and counting! …
: From my titled post on my video stills… Until recently, I have not known what to do with these video …
: Video Stills, Zen Moments, Non-Fungible Token Art I have, for some time now, been experimenting with, what I call, video stills. These are short (less …
: The Haiku of Issa … the last two in the book… insects floating down the river on a branch, still …
: First Thoughts … feeling a little lost and aimless… trying to make the work, wishing something would …
: The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, Documentary … Björn Andrésen, chosen by Luchino Visconti to …
: Ghost Blog Photographer unknown, assumed to be a self portrait… … while looking for information on …
: The Haiku of Issa … i am nearing the end of The Essential Haiku… a few more poems, a couple of prose …
: First Thoughts … i rescued a centipede from the kitchen sink this morning… i rescued one yesterday …
: New in the Neighborhood Ever heard of a Honda Racoon?… … this one has been tooling around the …
: HEN, Non Fungible Art Tokens … ok, another rabbit hole to go down… Non Fungible Token art… turns …
: Photography and Mindfulness, Full Manual Mode … a few days ago i switched the controls on my Nikon …
: The Haiku of Issa … each day i read six Haiku from The Essential Haiku, translations by Robert Hass… …
: First Thoughts … so, no alcohol last night, kitchen cleaned up, sleep somewhat better, no ill …
: Micro Poem _ A storm gathering– the number forty-five._
: Spyware … an interesting article on spyware created and distributed by NSO Group, an Israeli company …
: Sex, Cats and Dogs Mostly about cat porn… … yesterday i shared an article on AI generation of cat …
: The Haiku of Issa Today’s six Haiku summarized with notes on what they mean or suggest to me, or the …
: First Thoughts … angry with myself… drank a little more than i should have last night… drank enough …
: Micro Poem _ Cicadas rattling in the trees– where does the time go?
: Scenes From Today’s Walk The route… … the scenes…
: Walking Sitting in Long Dock Park … quiet summer morning… thinking about places to publish what i …
: The Antidote to internet Cat Porn? These images were created with a machine-learning technology …
: Film The World to Come: this looks good, and perhaps a little steamy… “Sometimes stories choose …
: New (to me) Music … among my somewhat daily routines is to look through Pitchfork reviews of newly …
: The Haiku of Issa … reading and thinking about these poems as a daily practice has done a great deal …
: First Thougths … a good day yesterday… … some research and thinking about web presence, nothing …
: Scenes From a Walk Some pictures from this morning’s walk…
: Walking … warm and humid today… will be hot later and again tomorrow… … sitting on Roundhouse …
: First Thoughts … a better night’s sleep again… without AC… … Cardinal singing loudly outside my …
: The Results Are In! … blood panel results are in… less pasta, less sausage… will life be worth …
: Walking … after tending to the chickens… … it’s a walk on the Madame Brett trail… a blustery day, …
: The Haiku of Issa … less progress on actual unraveling of meaning in these haiku today, but, several …
: First Thoughts … a successful day yesterday… visited M and P in rehab, had barbecue at C and A’s and …
: Erwin Olaf “Palm Springs”, American Dream, Self-Portrait with Alex I, 2018 © Erwin Olaf … another …
: Judy Chicago … feminist artist trail blazer… … a really interesting artist and article about her …
: There is a Strange Silence … this morning… usually there is a robin singing loudly outside my …
: Haiku of Issa sin is not possible without talent, on a winter day… if talent is lacking then being …
: First Thoughts … dinner with S and S last night, conversation about writing, posting, making money …
: Lacuna/Intertwine … this is my kind of photo project, devoid of people, made on walks around the …
: Talking About the Weather … i am reading an article on the changeabiltiy of the whether and the …
: The Haiku of Issa In today’s episode… a woman sings the rice planting song in the shade of a …
: The Earliest Bird … for years i have wondered about a bird that sings quite loudly starting very …
: First Thougths … i have not had any alcohol at night for the past week… … with no alcohol …
: Micro Poem Walking up a long, steep hill- mind set against stopping.
: Walking … cloudless morning, perfect temperature… … Fiona is with me today so H can sleep in… we …
: Graciela Iturbide Graciela Iturbide Some thoughts from Graciela Iturbide, “regarded as one of the …
: The Haiku of Issa … studying and trying to interpret the Haiku of Basho, Buson and Issa, and trying …
: First Thoughts … bird tweeting outside my window… not sure what kind it is but it starts singing …
: Scenes From a Walk Photographs taken during my walk but processed later…
: Walking … what constitutes an important life?… is this anything that one should strive for?… or, is …
: Yvette Tang Yvette Tang … some amazing abstract work… … her website…
: This Week in Photography, Jonathan Blaustein … one of my favorite photography reviewers is Jonathan …
: The Haiku of Issa tiger moth enjoying itself, the poet asks how much… wasn’t able to find much …
: First Thoughts … in bed at 9 PM, awake at 3 AM, is six hours all i need?… … Heather Cox Richardson …
: Classic French Omelette Project … as i have likely mentioned before, my pandemic project was to …
: Walking … sitting on a bench overlooking Fishkill Creek, which has swollen onto the banks i …
: ** Maria Popova on Willa Cather** … as an artist, i found this Brain Pickings post on Willa Cather …
: Micro Poem … i began this one days ago, but struggled to get it right… i think i may be close on …
: Seabound by Elina Brotherus Elina Brotherus’ new photobook, Seabound, is visually arresting… …she …
: The Haiku of Issa The Six Ways… … this is a funny set of six… there are… Hell… in which there is a …
: First Thoughts … weight down by almost three pounds since yesterday… sometimes the swings are large …
: Micro Poem Feet shuffle by slowly– is it youth, or old age?
: Walking I have Fiona with me today. H had a bad night, I thought she would appreciate not being …
: Eve Adams I have been following the blog Body Impolitic, written by Laurie Toby Edison. Today I read …
: Haiku by Issa … a strange set this AM… … one about fleas in the hut and someone looks skinny… a …
: Farmer’s Market Bounty … planning on grilling some veggies… also, making some fennel frond pesto…
: Walking Sitting by the banks of the Hudson River on Denning’s Point… … road trips are on my mind …
: The Daily Read The Haiku of Issa… … an interesting set of poems today… … a cricket chirps in the …
: First Thoughts … a better night for sleep… … a new electric shaver arriving today, why am i …
: Photography Sites I Follow @ci maybe a few of these would be of interest…
: Micro Poems Today’s offerings… _ Buoyant Queen Anne’s Lace– lazy, hazy days._ _ A quiet walk with my …
: 05 I Like … this photography… Alvaro Deprit, from Rendezvous, Things that happen Alvaro Deprit’s …
: 04 If I Had $85 … i might get this book… it promises an interesting portrait of China… from the …
: 03 The Tree of Life: There is a giant pine tree growing on our neighbor’s property… … it sits right …
: 02 The Daily Read: “Haru no akebono” (Spring Sunrise), by Utagawa, Kuniteru, (1830?-1874), woodcut …
: 01 First Thoughts: Up way too early… again… … this time, not the dogs’ fault, though the dogs made …
: 07 Puccini in the Parking Lot … so, i am coming out of Shoprite with my groceries when a wall of the …
: Anyone else here using ProtonMail? Thoughts? Experiences? Alternatives?
: 05 Walking: Madame Brett Park… … while walking, i composed several micro poems… _ Collecting eggs– …
: 03 The Daily Read, Part 2: The Haiku of Issa… … well, another round of poems i am slow to connect …
: 02 The Daily Read, Part 1: Reading up on the history of the Fairness Doctrine… this is a wikipedia …
: 01 First Thoughts: … feeling so much better this morning… no sleep interruption from the dogs, …
: 04 Scenes From a Walk: 📷 … i generally process my photographs to black and white, but sometimes …
: 03 Walking: … despite exhaustion, i manage a walk… a fairly long one at that… … i sit in one of my …
: 02 Daily Read: Haiku by Issa… … six poems… none of them grabs me… maybe the one about one fly, one …
: 01 First Thoughts: … Fiona, evil dog… she is determined that i will not sleep… she got restless at …
: 08 First Tomatoes! … of the season… three San Marzano’s…
: 07 Today I Learned: … who Olivia Rodrigo is…
: 06 Micro Poems: … a couple today… Upon hearing about my mother in law’s car accident… Unintended …
: 04 Walking: … Main Street walk… staying close to home in case H needs me… … right now, sitting by …
: 03 Photography: … an article by Miss Rosen, one of the small number of women photography critics… in …
: 02 Daily Read: Haiku by Issa… … one about a staring contest with a very large frog… this is a famous …
: 01 First Thoughts: … late last night, a call from L to let H know their mother had been in a car …
: 11 Micro Poems: …several in one post… _ Returning to normal– one eye on the variants._ _ Squashing …
: 10 My Photography: 📷 … rather than use pano mode, i take multiple photos and stitch them together …
: 08 Ulysses Discovery, Obsidian … a Micro.blog member makes me aware of Obsidian app, it’s got a free …
: 07 Walking: … feeling rather uninspired, tired, a little depressed… lack of sleep… … i had ambitious …
: 06 La Veneno, Spain’s Badass Trans Superstar: … an article about La Veneno in Hyperallergic… … trans …
: 05 Art Installation by Sarah Sze: Image of Fallen Sky installation by Nick Knight … this article in …
: 04 Creation Story by Aaron Canipe … an article in Booooooom… Aaron Canipe from Creation Story … an …
: 03 The Daily Read, Part II: The Haiku of Issa… … today’s haikus are a little enigmatic… … one about …
: 02 The Daily Read: … yesterday i found and downloaded a book on animals in Issa’s poetry… i was …
: 06 Micro Poem … another one, i am having a rich day… My mind a bone dry creek bed– my heart a …
: 05 Micro Poem: _ Folding toilet paper– the way my father taught me._ … this one came as a bit of a …
: 04 Getting back to routine Dr. visits: … yay! i made an appointment to see my skin doctor for a …
: 05 From our front garden: 📷 … experimenting with the iPhone 12 Pro Max… the really close ins …
: **04 More questions than answers:**📷
: 03 On Photography, Max Sher: Max Sher, from Palimpsests, published by Ad Marginem … i love …
: 02 The Daily Read: The Essential Haiku, edited by Robert Hass, translations by Hass and others… … …
: 01 First Thoughts: … feeling better this AM… yesterday, exhausted, headache, mostly napped and …
: 03 Micro Poem: _ Folding toilet paper– the way my father taught me._
: 02 The Daily Read: Issa haiku… … a remarkable set of poems this morning, of the six i read, all six …
: 01 First Thoughts: … feeling groggy, a little headache, lots of yard work yesterday, might have …
: 06 Tools of the Omelette Making Trade: … Iwachu cast iron omelette pan, stainless steel mixing …
: 05 Time to Tend the Chickens: … have i mentioned that i and a group of friends share the …
: 04 Jennifer Latour: From Bound Species, by Jennifer Latour… … i really like this work, looking so …
: 03 What Men Should Want: … according to AnOther Magazine… … hmmm… in light of my immediately …
: 02 Meditations: Issa haiku… … the one that catches my attention this morning is about being under a …
: 06 Black Widow Part II: … tremendous fun!… and what a down with the patriarchy movie!… i mean …
: Tropical storm Elsa blows through leaving Fishkill Creek pretty angry. Flash flood warnings since …
: Does anyone know why pictures from a blog post sometimes render in the feed and sometimes don’t? It …
: 05 Black Widow: … love Scarlett Johansson… beautiful and a really good actress… did you ever see her …
: 04 Utility Poles and Wires: … i am assembling a portfolio of images i have made of utility poles …
: 03 Maria Lax, Some Kind of Heavenly Fire: Night Flight, Maria Lax from Some Kind of Heavenly Fire … …
: 02 Meditations: The haiku of Issa… … the poem that stand out today is about a snail climbing Mt. …
: 01 First Thoughts: … i have been thinking the past couple of days how frustrated i am that i get no …
: 07 Fiona: … our dog Fiona tested positive for a tick born disease in routine blood work… on to the …
: 06 I Wish: … i could be sure that my country isn’t heading to a very bad place, but i can’t…
: 05 Photo Notes: From today’s walk…
: 04 Micro Poem: Chaos in the house– and still birds greet the dawn.
: 03 My Photography: Flattened Cans… I have been collecting images of flattened cans for a number of …
: 02 Meditations: Buson, from New Flower Picking… … a story about foxes appearing out of nowhere in …
: 01 First Thoughts: F…k my life!… … living with peeps and animals isn’t always a joy… that should be …
: 08 Micro Poem: _ Severe thunderstorm warning– another martini?_
: 07 My Little Desktop Fan: What to do with no AC in my studio? … my studio is in my home and i don’t …
: 06 The Classic French Omelette Learning Curve: … i make classic French omelettes on an almost daily …
: 05 My Photographs: … sometimes color is an important reason the photograph is made… … sometimes …
: 04 John Coltrane on being the breakthrough creative: From a post by Maria Popova on Brain Pickings… …
: 03 Photography: Fiona Véronique… … the images presented in this article are from “Riddle,” a …
: 02 Buson Poetry: … a poem cycle, about a beautiful young woman traveling home we are told… the …
: 01 First Thoughts: … i am up earlier than usual… it is not even 4AM… i started coming to before 3… …
: 07 Food Stuff: A game changer… … every now and again you learn something about preparing food that …
: 06 Micro Poem: Creek waters riffle by– on the far side, an orange float ring.
: 05 Walking: Daily photo walk… … these steps by the falls are a favorite stopping place… … this …
: 04 My Work Having just posted about Jurgen Teller… … i thought i would share a link to a body of …
: 03 Juergen Teller and Skateboard Fashion An article on a new skateboard fashion line incorporating …
: 02 Meditations: Buson poetry: Song of the Yodo River… … on the face of it, a poem about a man and a …
: 01 First Thoughts These are not my best thoughts, just the first ones that rise out of my brain in …
: 06 Mindfulness _ Headache, unwilling mind– morning after consequences._
: 05 Reconstructing my blogging and social media world. … today i set up a Mastodon account and toyed with feeding from my notesonattentionpaid.com blog …
: 03 Lightroom Enhanced Mode While i was away… … Adobe issued an update which allows you to double the …
: 02 Meditations Buson, long poems… … Mourning Hokuju Rosen … so it’s not haiku, but long form poetry… …
: 07 Mindfulness _ A raven squawking outside my window— how poetic._
: 05 Noisey Raven … croaking and honking outside… hmmm… with all this haiku research i now look up the …
: 06 Pandemic Skill … my wife chose sourdough bread, i chose the classic French omelette… it has …
: 04 Literary Open Mic in Beacon, NY … Donna Minkowitz, author of Growing Up Golem (among many other …
: 03 Laurie Anderson, United States Live … fascinating review of the performer and album… And so began …
: 02 Meditation Buson Haiku… … the very first poem i read is about cutting the last flower, a peony, …
: 01 First Thoughts … did a bird start singing extra early or do i normally not notice as early?… bird …
: 05 Mindfulness _ Rain drops fall on the creek— the news spreads concentrically._
: 04 Tarra St. Hill … an article about TSH in AnOther Magazine… i am initially interested because the …
: 03 I’m Back? Kitchen & Coffee … this is my first time back in one of the local cafes i used to …
: 02 Meditations Buson haiku… … several poems land in this morning’s set… … one about old man ears and …
: 01 First Thoughts … bird singing brought me to, such a nice way to wake up, with the birds, unless …
: 08 Road Trip Part II … Cafe Mutton… … and then there’s the food… Tortilla Espanola Fried …
: 07 Road Trip! … heading up to my niece’s new restaurant, Cafe Mutton, in Hudson, NY for lunch and …
: 06 Plans, Mice and Men … was all set to do some photo import to Lightroom Classic but it appears …
: 04 The New Woman Behind The Camera … this one is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, so i …
: 03 LES RECONTRES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE … if i were in France in the next few months i would make a …
: 02 Meditation Buson Haiku… … the first poem stands out most to me today… a bottomless tub blowing …
: 01 First Thoughts … i keep thinking that since there are first thoughts there ought to be last …
: 05 Mindfulness Daily Haiku… _ Walking, lost in thought— a deer jumps across the trail._
: 04 Paul Phung, Sisterhood … to encounter Paul Phung’s portfolio, Sisterhood, immediately after …
: 03 Jenna Westra, Afternoons … i’ve taken my first page by page tour through Afternoons, by Jenna …
: 02 Meditations Haiku of Buson … i read more on haiku yesterday, trying to ascertain what makes a …
: 01 First Thoughts … struggling a little to wake up this morning… … we finally got thunderstorms and …
: 06 Mindfulness … today’s haiku… _ Oppressive heat— where are the thunderstorms?_
: 04 Garden Goodies On The Way!
: 03 Afternoons, Jenna Westra … i ordered this book prior to leaving on vacation, forgot that i had, …
: 02 Meditations Buson Haiku… … an old well with a fish jumping at the bottom of it… this reminds me …
: 01 First Thoughts … no middle of the night waking by either dog, but Chas is ready promptly at 4 AM… …
: 04 Mindfulness … today’s haiku effort… _ Oppressive summer heat, errands anyway.
: 03 Scenes From a Walk … meanwhile, back in Beacon…
: 02 Meditations Buson Haiku… … i decide that two pages a day, generally six haiku, is better than 4 …
: 01 First Thoughts … arrived home last night at about 8 PM, cranked up the AC, settled the dogs and …
: 05 Mindfulness … today’s haiku… Milkweed blossoms plentiful, where are the Butterflies? Pre-dawn …
: 04 What I Am Looking Forward To … that i don’t have or cant do on Block Island wifi that works …
: 03 So Irritated … my dog Fiona has become undisciplined… i don’t know why… this morning i walked her …
: 02 Meditations Haiku of Buson … i am finding the haiku i am reading this morning have more dimension …
: 01 First Thoughts … going home day… looking forward to it, not looking forward to it… temperatures …
: 05 Haiku … trying to write at least one haiku a day as an attention to simple things discipline… …
: 04 Poulomi Basu … an article on Poulomi Basu, woman photographer from India… her body of work sits …
: 03 Influencer … a review of Sweat, a new Polish film… the story about a social media influencer, …
: 02 Meditations Haiku of Buson … stars shining in the not-dark-yet sky… leeks and bare trees… the …
: 01 First Thoughts … P & M to dinner last night… P in a belligerent mood, picked a couple of fights, …
: 02 Meditations Buson … more mundane moments… devoid of longing, desire, sorrow, regret… just …
: 01 First Thoughts … large swings in weight, water coming, going, like the tides… … Saturday, we …
: Writing Haiku in English: Is the 5-7-5 syllable format required? This morning I posted three haikus I wrote yesterday on the Beach to Facebook. I described them as …
: 01 First Thoughts … i often wish i could hit the ground running and that profound thoughts would pop …
: 09 Beach Haiku Child squealing, waves breaking, indolent summer chatter.
: 08 Beach Haiku Cloudless summer sky meeting smooth sea, in linear mutuality.
: 07 Beach Haiku Umbrella raised, dogs and wife settled, sea scrubbing the shore.
: 04 Maria Popova on Loneliness … i was about to title this Sylvia Plath, or the Journals of Sylvia …
: 03 Voting Rights … an epic battle is playing out, the likes of which we have not seen since the …
: 02 Buson … i keep searching for a name for this daily 02 slot post, which i like to be based on …
: 01 First Thoughts … we are down to our last few days on the island… i am starting to anticipate …
: 03 Race Week! … we went to Dory’s Cove to watch the boats for a while… couldn’t make out exactly …
: 02 Buson … crows end their flight, one by one, as they return to roost at the end of the day… … even …
: 01 First Thoughts … feeling a little groggy this morning… … Chas got me up in the middle of the …
: Smaller Is Beautiful :: Essays On Attention Paid There is also a crisis in our global economic …
: 04 For The People … today the Senate will vote on whether to begin debate on the For The People Act …
: 02 Buson … Buson continues to be a very down to earth poet… one about a snail with unequal horn …
: 01 First Thoughts … tired last night, in bed by 9:30… we never got to race yesterday, the fog …
: 03 Sleeping Dogs not Lying … the dogs wake up… i get them and take them out… round and round the …
: 02 Haiku of Buson … the poem that grabs my attention… Fallen petals of red plum— they seem to be …
: 01 First Thoughts … my thoughts this AM, as they have been for most of the last 24 hrs since i was …
: 05 Adventure? … been asked to crew on a racing sail boat… they mostly need a body on the boat… i …
: 04 Basho to Buson … i have finished reading the poetry and prose of Basho in the present volume… it …
: 03 How Slow is the Internet Here? … so slow, that Ulysses can’t finish autosaving a document before …
: 02 Heather Cox Richardson … HCR’s post this morning is mostly about voting rights and the strident …
: 01 First Thoughts … struggling a bit to wake up… had some alcohol just before going to bed, thus the …
: 04 Kiss the Police? Vinca Peterson: Raves and Riots … this photograph is striking… it seems that …
: 03 Love is Love … Loving: A Photographic History of Men In Love, 1850-1950… … one remarkable thing …
: 02 Spiritual Observance The Hut of the Phantom Dwelling, Basho… There was a time when I envied those …
: 01 First Thoughts … the wind howls, i contemplate where i might like to walk in the wind… … we …
: 07 Reflections From earlier today…
: 06 Scenes From a Walk Mohegan Bluffs… … one always has to consider the return trip when descending …
: 05 Osprey Sighting! … the neighbors have an Osprey nesting pole in their back yard… apparently, the …
: 04 Arias for a New World … this article on dancer/choreographer M. J. Harper’s new dance production …
: 03 For The People … this morning’s Heather Cox Richardson post suggests there is movement on the …
: 02 Morning Spiritual Moment The Haiku of Basho … i don’t know if it is my mood, but the Haikus i …
: How is it possible? … to be staying on an island in the middle of the Atlantic and have no reliable …
: I am realizing that when I post to my notesonattentionpaid blog at micro.blog that only the title …
: 08 News … that J’s doctor has told them they are likely in the last year of their life… their problem with …
: 07 Sea Fingers Footprints in the sand, sea fingers reach in to erase.
: 05 Presto Pesto! … scored some garlic scapes in the farmers market and decided to make a pesto… turns out a stick …
: 04 Gottmik … this article on Gottmik caught my attention this AM… femininity in all it’s forms is an interest …
: 03 Seals and Sharks … one of my favorite places on Block Island is at the narrow tip at the north end of the island… …
: 02 Haiku of Basho … i have a thick book of haikus composed by Basho, Buson and Isa… i have been reading two to four …
: 01 First Thoughts … the reverberations from yesterday’s pit bull encounter continue to play out in my head, i relive …
: 03 Enervating Morning … news of a family member in hospital… stumbled and fell while hiking Clayhead trail with my dog …
: 02 Haiku of Basho … i learn about… Risshaku-ji, a mountain temple, an unusually well kept quiet place1… i …
: 01 First Thoughts … L and M were over to dinner last night… i cooked… we had a good time… i drank more than i should …
: 20210615.03 Walking Scenes from a walk…
: 20210615.02 Haiku Basho … birds weeping, fish crying; dusk in spring, no bells in the village, how is life possible; …
: 20210615.01 First Thoughts … it is the chorus of birds that wakes me up again… …stayed up a bit later last night to talk with L …
: 20210614.07 … my vacation reading material… … have been reading most things i can get my hands on about women …
: 20210614.06 Walking … scenes from a walk…
: 20210614.05 Mysterious Thistle Plant … been seeing this thistle plant on Block Island for a number of years now… it’s not common but …
: 20210614.04 Gisel Freund Many French artisans were forced to join thenranks of the proletariat which, in the early days of …
: 20210614.03 Clash of World Orders _ The G7 leaders offered a visible show of solidarity, with leaders talking and laughing together. …
: 20210614.02 Haiku … sleepless nights, oil freezes; after winter crysanthemums, radishes; she cats, love and barley; a …
: 20210614.01 First Thoughts … birds wake me up… the dogs do not follow me downstairs… an anomaly… a crow calls in the distance… …
: 20210613.09 Darkroom … discovered a new photo editing app… i continue to work to streamline my photo work flow and center …
: 20210613.08 Narragansett Lager Time … at the Beachead… … H… … it’s all good…
: 20210613.07 Walking … scenes from the walk into town from Southeast Lighthouse…
: 20210613.05 Walking Southeast Lighthouse … been under renovation for a few years now… supposed to reopen in July…
: 20210613.04 Walking … the stairs at Mohegan Bluffs… … for another day… an overlook… … Southeast lighthouse… we’ll get …
: 20210613.03 B&W/Color … i have been trying to leave photographs in color, but i am not satisfied for long… black and white …
: 20210613.02 Haiku … as a spiritual practice, i read haiku, twelve at a time… i learn broadly about moments right here, …
: 20210613.01 First Thoughts … slept through the night as i have been most nights lately… … Fiona got me up a little before the …
: 20210612.06 Fresh Baked! … H’s chosen pandemic skill was sourdough bread… she spent all winter perfecting her loaf and buying …
: 20210612.05 End of the Earth … in every location i find myself in i discover spots that channel primal things… on Block Island …
: 20210612.04 North Light … a walk to the North Lighthouse this morning… a slow going trek around a crescent beach of loose …
: 20210612.03 Pitchfork Reviews … on most days i scan the music reviews on Pitchfork… my rule is that most anything with an 8.0 or …
: 20210612.02 Haiku … i turn to the Haiku of Basho, Buson, & Issa for the centering spiritual start to my day… one by …
: 20210612.01 First Thoughts … i am developing the habit of waking with the birds, which happens between 4:00 and 4:30 AM on the …
: 2021.06.11.01 First Thoughts … Fiona being a pill, rambunctious, chasing the cat, wrestling with Chas, barking… it …
: 2021.06.10.04 Bob Marley and the Whalers … we play an album of Whalers music during dinner which leads to a …
: 03 Walking … taking a break, sitting in the crook of a tree… … turns out S and G are in Cannes, the film …
: 02 Walking … Rodman’s Hollow… … bird migration monitoring station…
: 01 First Thoughts … up with the birds… dogs walked, cat fed, meds taken, coffee made… i sit outside on the chez, thumb …
: 07 It’s not 45! … i am getting tired of the news claiming legislators are afraid of 45, or that Kevin McCarthy and …
: 06 Block Island … some shots from this morning’s walk…
: 05 Walking … American Legion Post #36…
: 04 Walking … first walk on BI… stop to rest my back…
: 03 Frustration Continued … i discover the portable keyboard i bought is disruptive to necessary actions in Ulysses, making it …
: 02 Heather Cox Richardson … her daily brief is depressing… one can decide whether to have a good or bad day based on reading …
: 01 First Thoughts … frustrating morning… new environment, nothing terribly organized yet… stumbling around for …
: 05 Point Judith … we have arrived at Pt. Judith where we catch the ferry out to Block Island… some lunch at …
: 03 My Photography: Flattened Cans… I have been collecting images of flattened cans for a number of …
: 04 Jörg Colbert, Deutschland Deutschland Every country’s past is contested to some extent. But there might be no country as extreme as …
: 03 Elle Perez, a different queer gaze … the article attracts my attention, and this image is what pulls me in… … it’s an image i would …
: 02 The Bell Jar, Chapter 09, Sylvia Plath … the more i read, the more i realize that Bell Jar is a feminist work, carefully outlining the …
: 01 First Thoughts … ordered C a book and gift card for their birthday, happy birthday C!… … we leave for Block Island …
: 09 A Little Bit of Normalcy … dining out indoors for the first time in 18 months…
: 07 Walking … on this last day before BI it’s the sultry waterfront for my walk… i haven’t done this one in a …
: 06 Rabbit Hole D’Jour Part III, 12 Books I Should Read (Before I Die?) … Sam Harris provides this list, Maria Popova shares it after asking if he would add some works by …
: 05 Rabbit Hole D’jour Part II, James Baldwin People can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than …
: 04 Rabbit Hole D’jour, Free Will … Maria Popova sends me down this RH this morning… a post on James Baldwin quickly links to another …
: 03 Are the simple things boring? … last night H told me L might come out while we are on BI, something about seeing M, a friend, who …
: 02 The Bell Jar, Chapter 08, Sylvia Plath … Buddy Willard proposes, Esther demurs… well, so far, the chapter jumps oddly to skiing and a …
: 01 First Thoughts … last night we watched a newish series, The Underground… it depicted in the most horrific way, the …
: 08 Walking, Photographic Notes …seen along the way…
: 07 Walking … the day is already hot though humidity is low, a blessing… i will put the AC units in their …
: 06 Monuments and History … an article on why every statue should be taken down… This statue obsession mistakes adulation for …
: 05 Amy Sherald painting the American lives of Black People As American As Apple Pie – Amy Sherald © Amy Sherald, Hauser & Wirth Photo: Joseph Hyde … an article …
: 04 Herbert List … an article on the sensual photography of men and sculptures of men by Magnum photographer Herbert …
: 03 If I were Sylvia Plath … i think about writing the character of a woman and whether i could do it or not and something …
: 02 The Bell Jar, Chapter 07, Sylvia Plath … about Constantine taking her to lunch and her own inadequacies, which are legion… this chapter all …
: 01 First Thoughts … called R yesterday for their birthday, they were very happy i did, i resolved to call more often… …
: 08 My brother told me he saw me on C-Span. … on C-SPAN? i said, having no idea why i might be on C-SPAN… i looked it up and sure enough, i …
: 07 Walking … another stop along the way… … Fishkill Creek and the Roundhouse… when we got here 15 years ago, …
: 06 Walking … walked to Bob’s Corner Store… there are benches in shade, hikers arrive in the parking lot to …
: 05 The Shabbiness of Beauty …photographs by Peter Hujar and Moyra Davey… review by Jorg Colberg… i have seen a number of reviews …
: 04 Jenna Westra, Afternoons Jena Westra, from Afternoons … Brad Feuerhelm gives this book a highest recommendation, stating that …
: 03 On Review … just reviewed the last day or two of my Notes On Attention Paid blog… i like everything i wrote… i …
: 02 JB on Going Home … a long post by JB on going home… lots of pics, lots of quick stories, family, friends, food, a …
: 01 First Thoughts … morning flow not as i prefer, kitchen not clean, coffee not set up, urgent bathroom needs… … …
: 09 Board of Elections … doing our civic duty by doing an absentee ballot… …transwoman trainee, training staff struggling …
: 08 Walking … as i am walking i remember in this morning’s chapter of The Bell Jar, a picture of a woman is …
: 07 On Protest and Mourning … again, following up on note 05 from today, i find my way to the digital exhibition On Protest and …
: 06 Seph Rodney … is the critic who wrote the article i mentioned in the previous post… an African American Man with …
: 05 Curating the Grief of Black and Brown People … there are two exhibitions discussed in this article… the first is what gets my attention… i am …
: 04 This Photograph … from yesterday stands out in my mind… … the reflection in the discarded storm door of the …
: 02 The Bell Jar, Chapter 06, Sylvia Plath … well, the trouble with Buddy seems to be that he wasn’t straight forward and honest about sleeping …
: 01 First Thoughts … pretty much slept through the night… been mostly sleeping through the night lately… … prep work …
: 06 Walking … a shorter walk today… possible rain… pain in several places up and down my left side… nose …
: 05 Work Won’t Love Me Back … an article on Sarah Jaffe’s new book, Work Won’t Love You Back… it is a little expensive, even in …
: 03 Paris Lee, Trans Woman … a conversation with Paris Lee, trans woman… … i envy men who make attractive women… it is the one …
: 02 The Bell Jar, Chapter 05, Sylvia Plath … this chapter about Buddy Willard, handsome Yalie, whom she decided she couldn’t love… the chapter …
: 01 First Thoughts … slept well, slept in, slightly… Chas a little sluggish this AM… coffee, dogs, garbage, birds …
: 07 Walking … an early start gets me to my Pocket Road trail perch by 07:30 AM… the climb is equivalent to 45 …
: 05 My Vision … i have been thinking about this notes on attention paid effort as a daily collection of vignettes …
: 04 Barbara Krueger … it seems appropriate to follow up the last post with something on feminist artist Barbara Krueger… …
: 03 Sex Sells, Again … as much as i try to be an enlightened man, the sexual lead in image hooks me most of the time… …
: 02 The Bell Jar, Chapter 04, Sylvia Plath … a line about learning short hand as a practical skill… i think about learning to touch type, way …
: 01 First Thoughts … i wake earlier than usual… lie in bed trying to relax my body, some success… up… let the dogs out… …
: 05 Anti-Democratic Conservatism … this article by Joshua Tait in The Bulwark reviews the history of Anti-Democratic conservatives… …
: 04 Democrats and Voting Rights … this article by Ronald Brownstein in The Atlantic echos my feelings about the current state of …
: 03 About Asshole Airline Passengers … apparently people are flying again and they are acting like assholes in unprecedented numbers… as …
: 02 The Bell Jar, Chapter 03, Sylvia Plath … paragraph upon paragraph about food and how the protagonist can eat as much as she wants and never …
: 01 First Thoughts … feeling a pervasive sense of frustration, particularly with my photography practice, which has …
: 07 Chicken Prep … wandering around the meatball pen on Thursday, harvested on Friday, spatchcocked and marinated on …
: 06 Dan Wood, Black Was The River, You See … very nicely composed photographs, about place, anchored by a river… Dan Wood? … the article …
: 05 Liat Yossifor Liat Yossifor, “Water” (2021), oil on linen, 80 x 78 inches … something about this abstract artwork… …
: 03 Women Artists from Salvador Lilliana Castro producing “Temaquixtilitzli” (2019) (photo by Jesica Vasquez) …this lead in …
: 02 The Bell Jar, Chapter 02, Sylvia Plath I don’t believe in baptism or the waters of Jordan or anything like that, but I guess I feel about a …
: 01 First Thoughts … my first thoughts were that i don’t want to get up yet… but Chas went downstairs, i got worried he …
: 06 The Mystery of the Jasper Johns Green Angel Motif … an article on Jasper Johns draws me in and i read it from beginning to end… drawn in because the …
: 05 Emily Dickinson on Grief, Love and Loss, Brain Pickings Because the price of living wholeheartedly (which is the only way worth living) is the heartbreak of …
: 04 The Bell Jar, Chapter 01, Sylvia Plath … it’s a novel, but reads autobiographical, written in the first person… it opens up with death, the …
: 03 The Bell Jar, Foreword, Sylvia Plath … in the forward, i read… Plath’s suicide on February 11, 1963 brought her instant fame in England, …
: 02 First Thoughts … my spiritual ritual solidifies, ring the singing bowl, read some poetry, write what it tells me, …
: 01 Sunday Spirituality … 12 poems by Basho… i read about abandoned two year old children, tossed some food; horses eating …
: 03 Kristina Shakht, To Be Or To Become Kristina Shakht, To Be Or To Become … an article, This Zine Celebrates the Female Body in its “Raw …
: 02 Regarding the Suffering of Others, Chapter 9, Susan Sontag Space reserved for being serious is hard to come by in a modern society, whose chief model of a …
: 08 Malak Matar, Gaza-born Artist … this painting drew me in… Malak Matar, “When peace dies, embrace it. It will live again.” (2019) …
: 06 We Should Abolish Museums Now … an article arguing not so much for the abolishment of museums, but their transformation into …
: 05 Comets and Destiny Perseid meteor, originating from Comet Swift-Tuttle, from the ISS … an article on meteor showers, …
: 04 Turkish Delight, 1973 (Film Still) … another example of sex selling, it almost always works on me… i wish i could say that was not …
: 03 Manglien S. Gangte … a fashion spread that looks more like a high concept photo book, grainy pictures here, blown out …
: 02 Regarding the Pain of Others, Chapter 8, Susan Sontag … on figuring out that human depravity is a base condition… Someone who is perennially surprised …
: 01 First Thoughts … today we harvest chickens, i will come home with five of them… today my iPhone 12 Pro Max will …
: 09 Walking … sitting by Fishkill Creek, near the old bridge, almost halfway point on this particular walk …
: 08 Halide Photo App and iPhone 12 Pro Max … an article by Sebastiaan de With on the capabilities of the 12 Pro Max…
: 07 iPhone 12 Pro Max … as i said earlier, i have purchased an iPhone 12 Pro Max… this is a photography purchase, a …
: 06 Rhiannon Adam, Polaroids and NFT’s Bangkok. 2012 (remixed 2021) - Developing Polaroid © Rhiannon Adam. … an article in the British …
: 05 Fotoclubismo Thomaz Farkas, Ministry of Education (Ministério da Educação) Rio de Janeiro, ca. 1945, gelatin …
: 04 The Complicity of Booksellers in the Rise of White Supremacy and 45 … what we choose to publish and promote in bookstores has consequences argues Josh Cook in an …
: 03 Regarding the Pain of Others, Chapter 7, Susan Sontag … Sontag opens with two ideas… … imagery preferred by the media direct public attention… the reason …
: 02 Regarding the Pain of Others, Chapter 6 Susan Sontag All images that display the violation of an attractive body are, to a certain degree, pornographic. …
: 01 First Thoughts … i woke up to the sound of dripping… i woke up earlier to the sound of animals fighting, not sure …
: 06 Walking … struggling to get reception, finally, when there are least bars, it comes… notable, a baby …
: 05 Hearts and Minds … an art show at the Carriage Trade Gallery in NYC, curated in partnership with Rectangle, Brussels… …
: 04 Motherhood Penalty … [an article](https://hyperallergic.com/645965/the-very-real-motherhood-penalty-in-the-art-world/ …
: 03 Kelly Reichardt … a review of the films she has directed… i have seen one of them, Wendy and Lucy, slow, nuanced, …
: 02 Mike Brodie … a series of photographs on train hopping/homeless culture… it’s not pretty, each photograph …
: 01 First Thoughts … the usual early morning bird singing loudly… cat wailing downstairs… coffee made… dogs let out …
: 04 Another Gaze, Another Screen … an article in Hyperallergic introduces me to a feminist film streaming service, Another Screen, …
: 03 Nefertiti and Digital Colonialism … [an interesting …
: 02 Heather Cox Richardson … Letters from an American, May 24.2021 … we learn about Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, and the …
: 05 Food and Art History … of course!… Art Bites!… … and then i look up one of the recipes and there is nothing in it that …
: 04 Gary Webb and the CIA Eighteen years after it was published, “Dark Alliance,” the San Jose Mercury News’s bombshell …
: 03 Amos Bronson Alcott Amos Bronson Alcott via Wikipedia Human life is a very simple matter. Breath, bread, health, a …
: 02 Peter Lindbergh … this photograph of Tina turner and Azzedine Alaia in 1989… Azzedine Alaïa & Tina Turner, Paris, …
: 01 First Thoughts … J’s birthday… chicken dying, glad i am not the one to deal with it this week, will probably be …
: 06 Carl Corey … nice article in Lenscratch on this Guggenheim Fellow photographer… many amazing images, this is …
: 05 Zanele Muholi … an article by Art Blart about the Tate Modern exhibition of her work… i don’t know if the exhibit …
: 04 The End of Spiritual Observance … i strike the metal bowl, … the end of spiritual observance, … now, what’s not important?
: 03 What Basho Tells Me … i read of Kyoto and cuckoo’s cries; roads not travelled and autumn evenings; whitebait with black …
: 02 Spiritual Observance … it’s Sunday, … i make the metal bowl sing, … and read haiku in lieu of prayers.
: 01 First Thoughts … long, hot day yesterday… drove down to middle NJ to see J, have lunch… she seems to have landed in …
: 08 Walking … thinking about S, thinking my feelings might be jealousy… it would explain my disquiet about them… …
: 07 When Artist Marry? … a long article on famous artist pairs who did or did not marry, but maintained long creative …
: 06 What’s in a name? … interesting article on the problem with naming women artists, who’s histories are all too often …
: 05 Hannah Beth Taylor, “emerging photographer” … as in, we haven’t seen from her before… this work is up my alley, no people, just the evidence of …
: 04 Epstein guards get plea deal? … which means there is a bigger investigation going on… this article makes it sound as though it is …
: 03 Italy and the Hard-right … the threat of authoritarianism is global… this article discusses the possibilities in Italy and …
: 01 First Thoughts … last night i posted on FB that i wasn’t sure what to make of the food insecure arriving at a food …
: 08 Keld Helmer-Petersen … Brad Feuerhelm tells us he is a pioneer in the use of color photography, not completely …
: 07 Outsider Camera Art Elisabeth Van Vyve, Untitled, 1993–2013 © Clément Van Vyve/Collection Bruno Decharme … Photo Brut: …
: 06 Chip Shortage … i read that the Biden/Harris administration is under pressure to do something to alleviate the …
: 05 About Abortion Rights Middlebury College economist Caitlin Knowles Myers projects that overturning Roe might reduce the …
: 04 Regarding the Pain of Others, Chapter 5, Susan Sontag … Sontag sums up the chapter by reminding us the presentation of history is selective… we have …
: 03 Regarding the Pain of Others, Chapter 5, Susan Sontag … Sontag talks about the “usefulness” of images of atrocities exhibited long after the atrocious can …
: 02 Regarding the Pain of Others, Chapter 5, Susan Sontag … Sontag talking about the limited ability of a photograph to tell a story, to deliver …
: 01 First Thoughts … several thought streams in my brain… … yesterday i ordered a b-day gift for J… part of me didn’t …
: 11 Food … i have been looking for ways to use rhubarb as a savory ingredient… i am not big on deserts …
: 10 Walking … Pocket Road trail today… the climb is relatively easy, two stops to let my heart slow down, my …
: 09 Notes on (photographic) attention paid, May 2021 … turning attention to my own work, i am in the process of reorganizing my creative productive …
: 07 Personal and Political by Elin Spring _“The personal is political” was the slogan of second wave feminism. In this deftly interwoven …
: 06 Shooting hoops: a visual celebration of basketball … the game i most loved to play, even if not the game i was most competitively successful at (that …
: 05 Morning Sounds … the birds nesting in the eves of our house became active some time ago, at the first hint of …
: 03 Regarding the Pain of Others, Chapter 5, Susan Sontag Central to modern expectations, and modern ethical feeling, is the conviction that war is an …
: 02 Regarding the Pain of Others, Chapter 4, Susan Sontag … this quote is highlighted 273 times in my Kindle edition book… The more remote or exotic the …
: 01 First Thoughts … still waking up… taking seconds to connect the thought of doing to actually doing it… … began to …
: 11 Watching the News … how often will we be incredulous over Republican rejection of Democracy?… Democracy is not in …
: 10 Walking … i take the road through Memorial Park… it is Wednesday, food bank day… there are so many cars in …
: 09 Walking … in the park, a person is asleep on the ground, back turned towards me, a dog rests its chin on …
: 08 Walking … sitting by the falls at Roundhouse… a favorite spot… feeling good… … i got to bed at 9 last night… …
: 07 Found my Blogging Paradise … i have been writing a journal and publishing much of it for a couple of years now… i read and …
: 06 Encouraging Words … this from an article about it never being too late to change course and pursue something you are …
: 05 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five … the article catches my attention because it describes a 22 year old Vonnegut as a prisoner of the …
: 04 Hungry Mouths … the bird feeding has begun, the sounds of scrapping in and out of the metal fascia, the hungry …
: 03 Greentea Peng & Mike Skinner … this image immediately catches my attention… Greentea Peng, Photography by Stefy Pocket … good …
: 02 Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag, Chapter 04 _To catch a death actually happening and embalm it for all time is something only cameras can do, …
: 01 First Thoughts 230.8 lbs … downward weight trend stopped… not surprising given precipitous drop over past couple of …
: 08 Last Thoughts … almost bedtime, a little All In with Chris Hayes… Joe Biden driving an electric pickup truck… …
: 07 Skate in Brown Butter Caper Sauce Poaching the skate in red wine vinegar, water, thyme salt and bay leaf… i thought i would post the …
: 06 Walking … pleasant morning, spring green colors are amazing… … sun shining on my back, warm, delicious… … …
: 05 Climate Change and Ancient Cave Paintings Cave paintings created around 40,000 years ago on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, among the …
: 04 National Garden of American Heroes, Not … i try to avoid most mentions of 45, i refuse mostly to say his name, he remains a clear danger to …
: 03 The Lams of Ludlow Street, Thomas Holton … i have seen this work a number of times on my Feedly feed… it is an exceptional series documenting …
: 02 Xuebing Du, Flower Photography … i had an internal debate about sharing this photographic work, it isn’t what I normally glom onto… …
: 01 First Thoughts … Fiona woke me up at 2 AM, needing to go downstairs, drinking water, out briefly, then back to bed… …
: 08 Final Words … i am always tired at the end of the day, making final words difficult to write in a meaningful …
: 07 Madame Brett Park … to do this week… begin new organization scheme on Flickr… edit backlog of photos; clean up dining …
: 06 Katsushika Hokusai, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji … from Taschen… … hmmm… expensive, desirable…
: 05 Suicide … a post on Sylvia Plath in Brain Pickings resurfaces a thought that viewing the youthful suicides …
: 04 Guilherme da Silva … this portrait photograph by Guilherme da Silva astonishes me, such a unique individual, captured …
: 02 Regarding the Pain of Others, Chapter 3, Susan Sontag … The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus, Hendrick Goltzius (1588)… … Titian, The Flaying of …
: 01 First Thoughts … up at 03:50 AM… HCR thinks the Republican Party is hitting an inflection point where it will …
: 09 Last Thoughts … tired… wondering about tomorrow… what will i get done?, what will i do?, will it mean anything?…
: 08 Chicken Stock … paying attention to the finer details, in this case, flavor development in my cooking… … this …
: 07 Return to Normal? … two joggers pass me by… … at the beginning of the pandemic this caused great fear and alarm… … in …
: 06 Long Dock Park … a beautiful morning… … perfect temperature, slight coolness on bare skin, but not chilly, body …
: 05 Marvel Harris wins MACK First Book Award 2021 Inner Journey is a raw and introspective portrayal of Harris’ experience as an autistic, non-binary, …
: 04 Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency … Dr. Marcus Bunyan reviews this exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia …
: 03 Biden calls for end to violence … Israel and the Palestinians, war, the article notes the death of Palestinian children and women in …
: 02 Fugees, The Score … it’s Sunday morning, i peruse my Feedly feed and come across a review of The Score, by the Fugees …
: 01 First Thoughts … my first day of microblogging and post as you go was successful… my words and pictures go to a …
: 08 Last Thoughts … a martini and two glasses of wine conspire against last thoughts, but i am waiting for H to feed …
: 07 In the Garden … there have been many gardeners who write well, or writers who garden well… i am neither but i will …
: 06 Walking, Hamilton Fish Bridge … although there is lots of noise on the bridge, the views are stunning… … and it’s a good walk, …
: 05 … have i found the way?… … today i experimented with publishing as i go to micro.blog and i am excited… the rules of the …
: 04 Rafael Fuchs: Project X, Miss Rosen … this post intrigues me immediately and locks me in with this image: Susanne Bartsch and a friend …
: 03 How to Look Natural in Photos … i looked at a number of photo projects this morning before landing on this one… i prefer …
: 02 Jonathan Blaustein offers life advice … which turns out to be… embrace the change, think carefully about your world, and what you want it …
: 01 First Thoughts … Fiona restless last night, up and pacing on the bedroom floor, i exposed my feet and she gave me a …
: 2021.05.13 - notes on attention paid 02 Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag … Sontag opens by taking up Virginia Wolf’s contention …
: On Voting Rights and the Right Heather Cox Richardson on the voting rights struggle playing out in Georgia and across the country… …
: Of Sports, Asian Women, and Volleyball … last article to review today, a pretty rich morning… appealing to my interest in the state of …
: On Kindness … Brain Pickings brings me the beautiful poem Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye, i quote the last two …
: David Hockney and Gregory Crewdson? … an article on David Hockney, as i look through images of his paintings, it occurs to me that his …
: Walking by the Hudson … very low tide, i take the opportunity to explore shoreline not always available… it is cold, a …
: On the LGBTQ+ Experience … so, AnOther magazine has been particularly interesting this morning… this interview with trans …
: Reading about Pixy Liao … i read about Pixy Liao’s staged photographic work calling into question the patriarchy and its …
: Women and Photography Two new arrivals in my photography library. I have developed a keen interest in photography and …
: Last weekend to see my Dark Matter show at WAAM (Woodstock Artist Association Museum, Woodstock NY) …
: Daily Walk Some photos from this morning…
: Girlhood, The Book … another book for my library on the subject of being woman, Girlhood by Melissa Febos… … from a …
: Why Women Support 45 They specifically like Law and Order to be embodied in a chief. In all Olympus, there is one …