I just learned that Yayoi Kusama and Joseph Cornell shared a deep friendship during the last decade of Cornell's life, and I needed this story today. americanart.si.edu/blog/kusama-...

On our way back from a family memorial service in Charleston, West Virginia, @maryhopetoothman.bsky.social and I stopped to see the New River Gorge. What a view. Our National Parks are treasures.

I made a ceramic cup! It's my first-ever clay vessel, and I'm pretty pleased with how well it turned out. I'm especially happy with the glaze on the ruby-crowned kinglets, which actually looks a little like their coloration.

This is happening to thousands of people in the United States. The only reason we know about this woman's case is that she's got the resources to get the word out. www.newsweek.com/jasmine-moon...

If you're at a conference and have business to discuss with a colleague, don't sit in the back of a crowded presentation and talk it out. Go the eff outside.

Started off the 2025 Great Backyard Bird Count this morning with a recording of a red-shouldered hawk (it was in a tree in the alley, so not *technically* in our backyard, but close enough), a white-throated sparrow, and an American Robin. Citizen science is fun! www.birdcount.org

That was some sunset.

"Do not obey in advance."

It's been 10 years since I've dipped my toes in a new social media platform. Hi, everybody!