What are we going to do today, human?
The same thing we do every day, cat.
Try to take over the world!

”Plpppbbbbbb”
My father caught their hummingbird blowing a raspberry.

Hummingbird standing on a branch sticking out its tongue

Traveling through farmlands in the American midwest, I can see the inspiration behind many painted masterworks.

Open, plowed, midwestern American farmland in the fall with bare trees in the distance

Thankful to be celebrating my grandfather’s 97th birthday with lots of family. This sunset view was the perfect cap-off to a meaningful weekend.

saturated pink sunset clouds
Black and white photo of a male and female deer wandering through the back yard of some houses

Animals do things that we have never seen, and will never see. Maybe it’s because they do those things cautiously, privately; or maybe it’s just because the world is vast, and they do them, just by chance, when nobody is looking. Odds are good, because usually, nobody is looking.

  • Robin Sloan
Sunrise over house rooftops with small clouds spreading out overhead
It is an act of significant discipline to say, “I’m going to stare out the window. I’m going to schedule some time to stare out the window.”
  • Clay Shirky

The good news is I kept all of our pomegranates from spoiling. The bad news is my T-shirt looks like I’ve just killed somebody.

Pomegranate seeds in a bowl with a small blue paring knife sticking out of them

We still have a long way to go but at least we’re not back in the bad old days of this war recruitment poster.

World war 2 navy recruitment poster of an illustrated woman wearing a naval uniform saying she wishes she were a man

I’m jealous of people who can journal their lives with pages of prose. Nothing I could write would match this photo of my small but lovely autumn view.

photo of a window with fall leaves in the view

Another rainy day so the sun only had the briefest of moments to make some color. (That’s colour in Celsius.)

Sunrise pink sunlight making half-moons on the bottom of dark clouds

Furnace testing day and Dot is in position to steal as much heat as possible.

Tabby cat lying on top of a floor heat register

The autumn colors only tickled the tips of this mornings clouds for a few seconds before disappearing.

Even when it’s cloudy, the fall colors warm me up and make me thankful to be surrounded by their beauty.

Top of an Autumn red tree against a grey cloudy sky
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