“Who is a good dog? Otro Perro Bonito is a good dog!” I have driven past the Garland shelter billboard featuring this pup this week several times, and I can’t help but smile a bit. Hope he finds a good home soon where someone needs an Otro Perro Bonito. 💕 #adoptdontshop #dogsofbluesky

Join us for the online Society for Ethnomusicology Southern Plains conference tomorrow! Register here:
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So, Rand Paul, you are saying that, if we play our cards right, when this is over we will get universal healthcare in our “new new deal”? #Tariffs #Trumponomics
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The milkweeds that germinated and then survived a toddler accident 🙃 I’m looking forward to getting them out in their new home in the yard soon!

Even though things aren’t pretty in this country right now, I can say that I’m proud of the kind little person I’m raising. (Yes he had a lot of help writing 😆)

Gardening experiments: I set up a shop light as a grow light, and everything except echinacea and strawberries seems to have worked? I am also experimenting with some outdoor grow lights as the trees are now shading a bit. We shall see how it goes!

I am having trouble getting the app to work. I uninstalled and reinstalled the updated one. Any ideas? iOS 18.1.1.

Toddler magnet discovery this week: two of the cat butt magnets can stick together.

From Böckenförde State, Society, and Liberty (1991).
TLDR: Individual liberty requires social services in the modern state, and the state provides these services to “keep society from destroying itself.”
Feels relevant this morning.

Breakfast pleaz

I’m trying yet again to see if I can’t get some milkweed going. So many things are a mess in the world, but I can put down some native plants and foster biodiversity in my own backyard.

The inconvenience of convenience: I ordered six bananas. A while ago, I thought I ordered a bag of Brussel sprouts only to find a random lonely Brussel sprout at the bottom of a bag of carrots a few days later.

Few things have the feline magnetic powers held by a pile of stripped bedding placed deliberately to discourage cat naps.

I got my book revisions to the publisher last week (Fall 2025 🤞). I have now entered my cathartic house project stage.

Current vibe