Text on a light brown banner reading: "ICMS registration is OPEN! Attend: May 14-16, Kalamazoo MI" over a manuscript illustration of a green dragon with a slightly weasel-like face.
Register for ICMS here --> icms.confex.com/icms/2026/re...
Floofy dilute calico Anya was a sickly shelter kitten who grew into a gorgeous diva.
Grey tabby Pippa turned up in my garage early in December,about 6 weeks old. She’s spooky, but likes to play fetch.
Fluffy peach tabby Nicco (here peering from a paper grocery bag) came from a local cat rescue group. Best cat. (RIP 2024)
Everything else is horrid, but I can endorse #InternationalRescueCatDay.
All my recent and current cats were/are rescues. #AdoptDontShop
Letterboxd is the app used by many people I know to keep track of their film watching.
So often a plot could be wound up more swiftly if one or more characters would just tell the truth when asked. Or up front!
It’s been terrifying to have almost every year in the past 20 years be a lesson in how many people with power make decisions about who lives and dies with little thought or care or even a clear idea as to why they’re doing anything, and it’s terrifying that it seems to be getting worse
And I’m just at the end of episode 5!
Indeed.
No disagreement here.
“Hunger only for a taste of justice, hunger only for a world of truth.” Tracy Chapman reminds us to maintain perspective. youtu.be/trVCbDpmIH0?...
“I want to hear somebody asking them why
They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are,
But they’re never the ones to fight and to die.”
youtu.be/j3YcZ233MIs?...
These people aren’t good with words that mean things.
Floofy greyish cat curled in a soft blue bed. She’s looking at us with half-closed eyes, giving her a skeptical expression as she rests her chin on the edge of the bed.
Anya cat remembers too well one of the two classic blunders: “Never get involved in a land war in Asia.” #caturday
I know this feels pointless but everyone has to call their congressional reps and say they oppose war with Iran and they oppose Trump illegally starting one without congressional approval — both
5 Calls can help you make the call:
5calls.org/issue/iran-i...
Everyone needs to watch this short film immediately: youtu.be/dxpjzOLVRR0?...
I've just sent Volume III of my Chaucer edition/translation to @classiquesgarnier.bsky.social. 103 files (about 500.000 characters) including The Legend of Good Women, Chaucer's shorter poems, and the poems attributed to "Ch".
It's not been easy with our neighbour harassing us... But I did it!
After nearly four years, Ukraine continues to resist Russia's unprovoked invasion. But we cannot forget the importance of this fight. Take a look at my deep-dive on my Substack page at the link in my reply.
Mercy, folks, take 2.5 min and watch this startling work of craft, this Sesame Street for Adults on the topic of...February.
(Medievalists, be prepared to punch the air at the late invocation of Ash Wednesday..)
@greenleejw.bsky.social
Farewell,Wren.
My Latest: Contrary to many doomsayers, it is not too late to protect the midterm elections. There are steps Democrats can take now — at both the state and federal levels — to safeguard our elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
Probably do have to teach some advanced reading skills now. It’s so depressing.
DVD players can be found for under $50. I’m grateful for mine.
Two Sundays of weather moved services online, so we had combined kids in worship (yay!) + world missions (yay!), followed by annual meeting.It was a lot, even for us.
Quite rightly!
I own the Criterion BluRay of I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING, and it’s a treasure.
Okay, kids...Tom Holman warns us that unless we start behaving, then and only then will there be a draw down.
This is the language of an abuser. And, I see every single one of my friends on here who have been in a relationship with an abuser.
It’s day 64 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color.
Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
Incredible resource👇. Many of my “footnotes” are here and many more besides!
Neville, a gray and white tuxedo cat with a patch of gray hair on his chin
Rumi, a very fluffy brown cat
Have some kitties. This is Neville (gray tuxedo) and Rumi (floof). These two best friends are available for adoption in Minnesota through Bond Between. You can learn more about them here: www.thebondbetween.org/cats-for-ado...
What joy! God bless you.
