yesterday i was grateful for dinner with my wife and her mother, sister and brother, and for my dogs, who took me out to see the beautiful night sky…

today i am looking forward to more time with family and celebrating my mother in law’s 94th birthday…

yesterday i was grateful for arrival on Block Island, my mother in law and a delicious chili we had for dinner…

today i am looking forward to the arrival of my sister in law and the Odd Fellow cafe…

“Humiliating for Every American”

The alliances Trump is ripping apart like an angry kindergartner help keep the peace and limit the spread of the most dangerous weapons. Without them, aggressors will gobble up weaker nations. Non-nuclear powers will join the club faster than you can say enriched uranium… The Trump Doctrine will go on to light up a hundred wars. If the U.S. ever needs its friends again, no one will answer the phone. We’ll be as lonely as Trump when he turns out the lights.

thank you for my breakfast in bed!… i love traveling!…

dog on a bed with a biscuit in front of her…

yesterday i was grateful for time spent with my niece and her family on the occasion of her daughter’s baptism…

today i am looking forward to arriving on Block Island where there will be natural beauty and more family…

yesterday i was grateful for dinner with A&T…

today i am looking forward to my niece’s baptism and seeing family…

yesterday i was grateful for Toro restaurant and their amazing spicy pork and kimchi gopdal and Christine who did my nails…

today i am looking forward to coffee with Donna and dinner with A & T…

who tf elected elon musk president?… not me… did you?… of course not… em bought himself a presidency…

yesterday i was grateful for a new sweater dress and pilates…

today i am looking forward to restorative yoga and lunch with Holly…

an acquaintance, who works for the epa, in the coffee shop this morning… my canary in the coal mine… he says a lot of drama at work… managers getting fired… he can’t do his work because he needs a manager to report to… says a lot of stuff going on that isn’t making it to the news…

yesterday i was grateful for yoga and Pizza Phill…

today i am looking forward to my work at the cemetery and stopping at Marbled Meats and Cold Spring fish on the way home…

yesterday i was grateful for a new pair of knee high boots and yoga with Anne…

today i am looking forward to yoga and lunch with Holly…

from my walk… late winter graphic compositions…

manhole cover with painted road markings at top and centered horizontally at bottom

salt stain reminiscent of a mushroom on the sidewalk

salt stain reminiscent of a butterfly on the sidewalk

from this morning…

sculpture of a human form sitting on a stool, head in hands, a sign saying 1-20-2025 lies in its lap

how many of us feel…

from my most recent substack post…

masculine and feminine are a complimentary whole in yinyang fashion… yinyang philosophy maintains… when masculine and feminine energies get out of balance, disaster is imminent… white, christian, patriarchal masculinity dominates the present moment… i don’t know if we can rebalanced before the point of disaster… we must try…

on being “the change i wish to see”

yesterday i was grateful for the farmer’s market and the red and purple tulips i purchased there…

today i am looking forward to warmer weather and yoga with Anne…

****yesterday i was grateful for a lovely evening with Holly, Karen and Donna…

today i am looking forward to warmer weather, the farmer’s market and a relaxed afternoon…**

yesterday i was grateful for the home made split pea soup we had for dinner…

today i am looking forward to dinner with Donna and Karen…

from _Your Local Epidemiologist _ on Substack…

The cost of efficiency - by Katelyn Jetelina

Efficiency isn’t just about cutting budgets. Every public health dollar should work to its fullest potential for Americans. Prevention and early intervention are investments that yield returns of 2 to 60 times their cost by reducing healthcare spending, improving workforce productivity, and making communities safer.

from today’s walk…

orange traffic cone on top of yellow post in a snowbank

shoveled path to street through snow, path runs vertically from middle bottom of frame to middle top of frame, ending in asphalt street at top of frame

it’s been brutally cold out, so i haven’t lingered on my walks, nor made many photographs as a result… i am throwing in the daily selfie for a bonus…

head shot of trans-person with wide brimmed, gray, felt hat, black medallion necklace, dark blue frame glasses and long hair down to shoulders

have a good weekend everyone!…

yesterday i was grateful for restorative yoga, lunch at the Bier Cafe and the parade of pink elephants mounted on a beam in the restaurant…

today i am looking forward to debuting my new black maxi dress, a leisurely morning at my favorite coffee shop and an afternoon of reading by the fireplace…

screaming the quiet part out loud…

president trump on a faked time magazine cover with words “long live the king!”

yesterday i was grateful for the authenticity event featuring my twenty something friends, Leah, Apollo, and Kat, among others… Leah’s soulful singing of her original songs was divine…

today i am looking forward to restorative yoga and lunch with Holly…

yesterday i was grateful for yoga, lunch with Holly and the sci-fi reading group…

today i am looking forward to pilates and my work at the cemetery…

yesterday i was grateful for the shearling coat that was my father’s as we demonstrated peacefully in front of Senator Schumer’s offices in the bitter cold…

today i am looking forward to my walk and coffee in my favorite coffee shop…