I don’t know why Putin wants Ukraine. The Russian empire has already grown considerably, now that his puppet in the White House is taking his orders on how to run elections…

In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.

News media is so focused on what decision Trump will make on Iran. Shouldn’t the issue be, why is HE the one deciding? Shouldn’t it be Congress?

Pool noodles: useful to protect sharp edges of chicken wire. Favored by Monarchs for cocooning.

Monarch butterfly larvae!

"It’s the visceral sense of waking up in an alternate timeline with a deep, bodily knowing that something isn’t right – but having no clear idea how to fix it. It’s reading an article about childhood hunger and genocide, only to scroll down to a carefree listicle highlighting...celebrities.."

Republicans in Congress really want to take food out of the mouths of hungry children and medicine away from the sick to fund tax cuts for people who don't need them.

Tell your Senators: Vote NO on the Trump budget.

Healthy, pest free milkweed. Where are the Monarchs? No butterflies yet this season.

Scarlet flax and poppies on the springtime hillside

One single tree.

Another great read from recent months: There There, by Tommy Orange.

Currently reading Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. Written in the 70s but still very worth reading, about a Laguna Pueblo man dealing with PTSD and cultural dislocation following WWII. The narrative is nonlinear and circles back to storytelling, ceremony, and descriptions of the land itself.

Shelling beans we grew this fall. A soothing activity for this particular morning.