No. Might does not make right.
No. Might does not make right.
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
Trump is now going to submit a massive bill for a military appropriation package to replenish the stockpiles he has been drawing down for many months with his bombings all over the world, and naturally he will blame Biden and Zelensky.
I turned off the news. I am reading. I need a break from our crisis creator. The book I am reading is, βThe Trouble with Heroesβ. Angry kid needs to climb 46 Mountains to make reparations for bad behavior. I am thinking that someone we know may have needed this intervention. π
Sleeping white chihuahua on his back, little paws curved over a blanket top, enjoying some down time.
My list of things I need to do.
Snow falling and twirling over rooftops looking out to snow obscured trees.
Anyone for Spring? We are βin like a lionβ part of Marchπ¨οΈβοΈ.
Pink highlighted purple clouds spread out over a snowy building. The white eaves create a winter scene that highlights the building.
This New England Sunset was so beautiful. I had a stressful day, but this removed all my worries. Highly recommend.
Snow drifts envelope a window on the inside and outside.
Inside Out
Here's the floor plan for the new ICE concentration camp in Georgia. Look familiar? Let's take a look at some similar blueprints throughout history.
Goodspeed Opera House reflecting across a melting Connecticut River.
East Haddam, CT.
How much more can I heart this?
How is he able to do that? Did he write a check? Ask Congress? I did he move it over. How does he control any of our money? Has any other President done that before?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Just leaving this hereβ¦β¦..
THE RAIN OF SMALL OCCURRENCES So many things happen; many smaller than a sparrow's fall. It is a long rain in rain country where the flow falls steadily all day and all night long and the next day keeps on falling in an air half air, half water, and a world half gone to dissolution, fluid and almost formless in the rain of small occurrences. So many things happen at a single time, it seems an idleness to note them all, or try to note them all, for who could note them, smaller than a sparrow's fall. A bird flew down the yard and reached a tree. A cricket creaked and creaked again. The star Arcturus moved a million silent miles. It is a rich world, full of minor deeds. Who saw the bird, or heard the cricket creak? Or hearing, seeing, cared to hear or see? The big star moves beyond our sight. All over, the given moment always gives a little movement every way as if to steal a thousand bases at a time. The world is not quite formless; we lean down and feel the massive earth beneath our feet. And passion finds out shapes for its own ends. At certain times, the view for miles is sharply clear and every object has a space
around it as in old pictures in the parlor toy. What happens, happens quietly. There is little change. We learn that even then the ceaseless rain of small occurrences was falling when the scene disintegrates like paper in the rain. Each happening happens in an already moving world. The scene could be a train, with another train on either side, and all three running at changing speeds. We ask, "What happened here?" But movement adds to movement and subtracts. The fact is farther off than all three trains could run on a summer's day on three clear tracks. We ask, and give such answers as we can. We move, and moving, feel the need to act. The happening is all our happiness. We watch to see our lives come true. Not as a dream might come, for who could dream it? More maybe as we say this house is true, true square and plumb. We, angled as no square was ever made, so slight the subtlest plummet cannot line us as it lines the air, on whom the small occurrences rain in until the template of our lives seems made of time, watch for the shape not wholly shaped by time, that one, that shape, almost that solid man.
happy #twopageplustuesday, where youβre invited to share any poems you love that run to 2+ printed pages. Iβm excited to continue the William Bronk birthday festschrift with this poem that has one of the most beautiful titles I know:
Wow.
Later this year, Disneyland will shut down Autopia so it can replace the 71-year-old rideβs gas-guzzling cars with electric vehicles. β€οΈ ππΌ β€οΈ
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Luminous night sky, table set on the veranda of a framed wooden house/villa overlooking a lush garden and expansive view of the water (fjord?)
Harald Sohlberg
Summer Night
Oslo, 1899
www.bbc.com/culture/arti... Another rewatch is needed and a much closer look.
Please come visit us! But if you can't, our virtual tour is pretty good too--and you get to go in rooms that you can't go in when you're here in person. my.matterport.com/show/?m=dWUB...
Every American needs to watch this:
Watercress or spinach sandwiches and tomato bullion? Hmmm. The rest of the menue seems tasty.
Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
Debbie is still in the ICU and they won't resume her cancer treatment until she is released. Please consider donating or sharing to help ease her burden during this challenging time. Every bit helps. gofund.me/3c9638136
I spent the morning at the San Antonio immigration court. Itβs out of control.
Crawling with ICE - arresting legal immigrants showing up for court appearances.
I asked one officer who they are prioritizing. His answer: everyone.
I need to share with you what I saw.
Wow. #NoKings #Davos2026