This painting recently found a new home in Ontario. Thank you so much to the new owners!
Summer Escape
20x20 acrylic on canvas

The U.S. has entered Israel’s war against Iran, attacking three nuclear sites. In an address, President Trump said the objective of the attacks “was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity” and warned of more strikes “if peace does not come quickly.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Letter from Iran open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

🧪
It is that time of the year .. today sunrise was at 8am local in Buenos Aires (~34South) and at 6am in Wilmington NC (~34North).
Both cities are about the same distance from the Equator but today they have the latest and earliest local time sunrise of the year.
This is the solstice day.

Here's Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov providing strong evidence in favor of your point.

His Indian audience laughed!

Does anyone actually understand quantum physics?

We asked six physicists why they’re still arguing after 100 years of quantum mechanics

Nordic, Baltic, Poland in joint statement call for all Russian citizens helping the war against Ukraine to be banned from entering Schengen-Europa.

“The jealous and intolerant eye of the Kremlin can distinguish, in the end, only vassals and enemies, and the neighbors of Russia, if they do not wish to be one, must reconcile themselves to being the other.” George Kennan

eualive.net/russian-reve...

Russia's going unpunished has led to:
◾️ escalation of conflicts around the world;
◾️ a broken system of international law;
◾️ economic wars;
◾️ shifts of markets;
◾️ law of the strongest in action;
◾️ new wars/refugees;
◾️ the redistribution of spheres of influence;
◾️ a change in world leaders;

“The final and most powerful check on Donald Trump has always been, and will always be, the ballot box,” writes Paul Rosenzweig. “The president knows this, and that is why he has now turned his attention to the election system”: