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Carriage step and hitching posts.

25 years ago, most of this garden was a lawn.

Hooray for May!

The Haunted Smart House Lights turn on and off randomly; speakers in different locations of the house start blasting the Everly Brothers.

From Leah Libresco Sargeant’s latest newsletter: I think feminism is, at its heart, a collection of people deeply concerned with what it means to be just to women, as women, not as defective men or generic, unsexed human persons.

I updated my now page.

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a Northern cardinal for you, @miraz @jabel enjoyed your link re “millers,” do y’all call cardinals redbirds?

Starlings are colorful

Dinner guest

Such a great Caturday today!

My daughter’s cats, who ignore the umpteen other cat beds around the house to crowd into this one.

toggle switch for fall 🍂🍁

Teach Me to Care, Teach Me Not to Care Caring in the right amount, about the right things, at the right time, gives us the energy and motivation to act on what matters.

We got to see Chris Thile play mandolin last night.

September, October, November = Pumpkintide where I live 🍁🥮🎃

AI musicians, AI actors, when will the first AI athletes show up?

Another Tablecloth Monster is interfering with my fall decorating!

As a former Catholic who has always loved Mary, I am glad August 15th is my baptismal anniversary.

Sign on refrigerator in my church’s kitchen

“I was young, and I knew I was in need of a mentor, someone who could teach me the art of sitting with others in therapy. (…) Our first meeting, over thirty years ago, was unforgettable.

The Ancient Art of Recombobulation: Manage Your Outward Time by Managing Your Inner Life We do not usually turn to spiritual traditions for time management principles, but we ought to.

Apple blossoms, from a tree espaliered along an iron fence.

Spring, in black and white.