We just said goodbye to Willow. For 15 years, she was our best companion. We’ll miss her so much.

Ben Affleck on my front lawn if you need more GIFs.

The ornamental pomegranate I planted several years ago and then left to its own devices is finally flowering in earnest.

Ah, time to step on my bandstand. Do you know what Hubble also does? Spectroscopy! Here is one from Farihi and company in 2013 that was used to infer the presence of water in a disrupted rocky planet around a white dwarf: cosmic archaeology.

I call this the broke-neck kitty pose.

Getting there...

As I'm working today, I think of the timeless quotation from Sarah Caudwell's "Thus was Adonis Murdered":

If you want to see, here is what I wrote. Dec. 28, 2003.

I think we’re ready for the first freeze.

@gmduvvuri.bsky.social here is a writing sample. In a M nib, the ink is on the drier side.

My awesome husband gifted me with the Colorverse advent calendar. I’m so excited.

Thanksgiving, brought to you in part by Toni Tipton-Martin’s fabulous Jubilee cookbook.