The world is on fire. Take a break. Make art. My latest:

It says a lot about the times we live in that I saw this headline today and immediately assumed it was about Immigration Control and not the weather. It is, in fact, a story about the weather.

Look at these headlines. One is straightforward news; one is sensationalistic tabloid fare. Oh, Washington Post, how far you have fallen.

Sometimes you just need to find a patch of sunlight and rest for a minute

Only 3 years, 11 months, 22 days until our long national nightmare is over. In the meantime, here’s a summer sunset over Lake Michigan. #countingthedays

I’m gonna post a lot of pics of birds, hiking, travel, cats, etc because I don’t have the energy to be outraged all the time. Here, sunrise in Huntley Meadows in northern Virginia.

There must be some version of “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose” to get us through the next four years but I haven’t figured out what it is yet.

I’m not sure I have the energy or creativity for another social media outlet so here’s a picture of a building reflected in a steam from my walk yesterday

If anyone wants alternatives to Goodreads, I highly recommend walking out into the fields where the beehives sit in the hot sun, and telling the bees about what your reading, which characters you love, what book still haunts you all these years later. 📚 🐝

Well, people, at least there are still grocery store bouquets to remind us good things exist

I teach English to immigrants & this week in class we read an article about Happiness then came up with a list of things we can do to feel happier and that list is what’s getting me through right now: Learn something new. Drink coffee with your partner in the morning. Play soccer with friends.

And here’s a pic from this past weekend that pretty much sums up how I feel right now: Hanging on by a thread but still glowing.

Hello, bluesky world. I’m a journalist/author/teacher, just finished writing my fourth novel and am really proud about that. Writing novels is hard!