Happy Winter Solstice - from time immemorial Holly Berries to brighten the long winter night - these grow several feet high on our Farm. Home to all kinds of critters. Glad they predate the Dark Ages given it feels we are entering another one of those epochs.

Starting you holiday shopping this week? Buy banned books as act of sanity. Since I live in the world of Pediatrics mine are all kid titles - here is one of my favorite - it is TOO cute -sent to various Grandmothers in Florida - the State that has it on its banned list. RUFKM

Botanical inspiration for the long road ahead -Gingko’s . One of the oldest botanicals on earth.Survived Hiroshima. A living fossil 170 million years old. Take a breath & remember perseverance is a virtue not a sin. From our Farm . Talking with trees helps

Sometimes you just need lean into your friends for a rest so you can get up & fight for another day @sethabramson.bsky.social

If you are in higher ed you might want to jump into Chapter 2 of @timothysnyder.bsky.social “On Tyranny”and get a move on it. 60 days countdown . It’s not time for another dissertation or major grant app mindset - more like a SWOT anaylsis. Will NIH be next to be dismantled?

Courtesy of Dr Tulip on that other social medua channel