Protest in Manhattan today.

This gave me a laugh yesterday when I really needed one: a restaurant on Second Avenue in Manhattan. And yes, I googled "Thai food near me"when I got home and it was at the top of the search results even though it's on the other side of the city and there are many, many Thai restaurants much closer.

For #PenguinAwarenessDay. Gentoo sticking the landing in Cierva Cove, Antarctica. #antarctica #penguin

And finally I get to add to my collection of penguin pics! These King penguins were at Elsehul Bay in South Georgia yesterday afternoon. It was a very happy New Year's Day! #penguins #southgeorgiaisland #antarctic

Bonus penguin: This Gentoo makes me want to squeal "Whee!" #antarctica #wildlifephotography #penguins

"Excuse me, there's a line!" Gentoo penguins in Cierva Cove. #penguins #antarctica #wildlifephotography

Happy Saturday. Please enjoy this masterful, comedic Art 😆

Penguins of the day: Two adults Gentoos on Petermann Island in Antarctica are having a serious difference of opinion while the kids stand off to one side and pretend they don't know them. Penguins--they're just like us! #antarctica #penguins #wildlifephotography

Today's penguin is a chinstrap on King George Island in the South Shetlands. #penguins #antarctica #southshetlands #wildlifephotography

Today's penguins are some adorably goggle-eyed Adelies, on Petermann Island in Antarctica. #penguins #antarctica #wildlifephotography

Continuing with penguin week, just because.

Mom (or maybe Dad--penguins are pretty egalitarian that way) keeping the babies warm. #penguins #antarctica

Even penguins get the blues.

Gentoo penguin chicks on Petermann Island. #Antarctica #penguins

As we careen into winter, I find myself thinking of penguins--here are two Gentoos on Petermann Island. Penguins are fast and balletic in the water, adorably dorky waddling on the land, but sometimes they just want to chill. #antarctica #penguins

I’ve been seeing some classic Monday morning quarterbacking as the necessity of #COVID19 lockdowns are being discussed once again. As usual, we’re seeing a lot of hyperbolic statements and attempts to create conversations around comparative suffering which is always just a 1/

One of the plaques embedded in the sidewalk on the Library Walk, the block of East 41st Street approaching the Public Library on Fifth Avenue in New York.

I too want everybody to be smart. But so many of them are just determined not to be.

I can barely keep up with reading about politics and still have a life, so I'm not going to comment about it. (But please go away, Eric Adams!). So here's some respite: a pretty picture from Bath, of a pool in the Roman Baths with coins twinkling like stars.

Today is the 113th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, in which 146 workers, mostly girls and young women, died. I've been teaching this to my ESL class of adult immigrants, and they inspired me to take place in the Chalk project today. #TriangleFire #Chalk2024 #StreetPictures

The view from Mycenae, Greece, yesterday morning. I enjoyed imagining Agamemnon, if he existed, striding down to the water on his way to Troy to retrieve his sister-in-law, while Clytemnestra looked daggers at his retreating back.

#Greece #Mycenae

Agreed! I made it (barely, but I made it) to Machu Picchu this year and I not only saw something I had hoped but never really expected to see, I was able to experience so many unexpected beauties in the amazing country of Peru.