HEGSETH FLASHBACK: The two most powerful air forces in the world will have complete control of Iranian skies—uncontested airspace. I hope folks watching understand what uncontested airspace and complete control means...U.S. and Israeli air power every minute of every day until we decide it's over.

And why do we think it's just Russia. Of all the countries in the world, just Russia. Huh. "The Trump administration has not confirmed whether it will allow countries other than Russia to send oil to Cuba..." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/w...

Trump and Hegseth halted funding for research to get blood to wounded U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy sailors: "When someone is wounded and survival depends on the availability of blood, this software would have made that survival more likely. Now it will not." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/s...

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BREAKING: John Who Can't Get An Erection Blames Yet Another Prostitute.

“Just a friendly reminder: There will be a Protestant Service (No Catholic Mass) for Good Friday today at the Pentagon Chapel,” reads a Friday email that went out to employees across the Pentagon. A peeved employee passed it along.

OT to major events of the day, this Bette Davis masterpiece I just watched was exactly what my exhausted and weary and beaten up soul needed. They really knew how to make them 84 years ago.

And in horrifying news, Idaho's governor has signed the felony bathroom ban, with 5 year penalties for second offense bathroom usage, into law. This is the most significant criminalization of trans people to date. On trans day of visibility no less. It will require a new "Do not travel" warning.

Happy Tuesday! I'm traveling so here is the second place photo from last Thursday's sunset over Sandy Hook Bay I took in anticipation of Friday morning's rain. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

For a TL cleanse, when you go to a conference you just go to whatever hotel the conference is in, but when it's in the Hilton Anatole, it's a real treat – as seen here in this cell phone photo taken tonight. Tap and turn horizontal for full size. I hope you have had a great day!

Happy Monday! It's a new week! I'm traveling so here is the second place coffee shop vote-getter from Saturday – a nice close-up of the sun emerging between two cloud layers. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

For a TL cleanse, I got this plane taking off right from the EWR runway today, judiciously zooming to keep it pretty full in the frame. My continuously increasing zoom gave it a cool lens compression effect. Tap & turn horizontal for full screen. I hope you have had a great day!

I'm sorry I've been so slow and invisible here for the last week or so other than sharing a few things. Life has been beating me up a little bit and my energy has been pretty scattered. I finally got caught up a bit which is why you're seeing a lot of likes and comments and things from days ago.

Happy Sunday! We had a peaceful and beautiful sunburst under wispy clean skies to start the day today, which is just what we needed in these turbulent times. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy No Kings Day! Today we try to remind Republicans why our nation was founded, something they failed to learn in grade school. No wonder Trump loves the uneducated. We had a fair sunrise today with some nice clouds and sun rays. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Friday! We made it through the week! We had rain today so in anticipation of that I went out onto Sandy Hook to shoot the sunset over the bay last night. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Thursday! We're almost through the week! It was overcast today so here was the 2nd place choice from yesterday. It was not nearly as dramatic but it was cool seeing the red clouds almost look like a mountain in the southwest. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

The Empire State Building was lit up in the NY Mets' blue and orange tonight to celebrate tomorrow's home opener. I couldn't square it perfectly where I was so I'll have heart palpitations all night, but here's how it looked. Tap for full size. I hope you have had a great day!

To be a good liar you have to remember your lies. This situation arises when someone tells so many lies that they can’t even remember which one is which.

Happy Wednesday! We're halfway through the week! We had an interesting cloud design at sunrise today with a bottom layer that looked like a mountain range and a top layer of beautiful magenta and an oval opening between them. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

This refrigerated premade 20" pizza is a good deal at $10.99 but even better at $3.30 when it's been marked down 70%. 😮

Happy Tuesday! There was a cancellation at my doctor so I went directly there from the sunrise so I apologize for this delay. It was totally peaceful today above the horizon line with beautifully symmetrical horizontal lines below. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

This may be the most powerful 85 seconds I've ever seen on television.

OT to take my mind off life events – at my 26th anniversary celebration of living here my neighbors gave me a cactus. I can kill plastic plants, and yet somehow today this stunning flower appeared along with some smaller ones which was very nice. I hope you have had a great day!

Happy Monday! It's a new week! It's raining so in lieu of a sunrise picture I thought I would show you a shot of this boat lit up for our St. Patrick's weekend celebration. Tap for full size, particularly since it's a vertical. I hope you have a great day!

New GOP logo just dropped.

Happy Sunday! We had no sunrise today so here is a close-up from yesterday when the sun was beautifully positioned behind a semi opaque cloud band. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Today was Highlands' NJ hour-long St. Patrick's Day Parade where 20,000 people visit our small hamlet to watch 120 marching units from Monmouth, Middlesex, Bergen and Union Counties, plus Staten Island and Baltimore. This group is always a big hit. Tap/horizontal for full screen.

Donald Trump isn’t leading a war — he’s live‑blogging it. One minute it’s “already won,” the next it’s “just beginning.” No plan. No strategy. No consistency. Just an unstable internet troll governing by Truth Social tantrum.

Happy Saturday! It's the weekend! We had some low fog today at sunrise but except for that weird band the rest of the sky, water, and shoreline all looked pretty good. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

It's precisely 10:46 AM on March 20, 2026 which marks the official start of Spring in Highlands, NJ on the beautiful New Jersey Shore. Our crocuses are still struggling from our deep freeze but as you can see they are putting in a strong effort. Happy Spring!

Happy Friday! We made it through the week! The sun looked beautiful as it broke through the horizon today with just enough horizontal subtleties in the lower sky to add some visual interest. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Lifetime "I told you so" privileges granted.

COLLINS: Some people might say, why would you ease sanctions on a country that the US is currently at war with? REP. SCOTT PERRY: Do you think Iran is getting the check for that oil and get the money? COLLINS: Yes. That's what's happening

Happy Thursday! We're almost through the week! We had a lot of nice color and cloud patterns today that peaked just as the sun broke the horizon. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Wednesday! We're halfway through the week! And also Happy St. Patrick's Day which I totally neglected to mention yesterday. We had a nice sunrise today including this point when the sun first peeked across the horizon. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Tuesday! The theme of today's sunrise was lines, with beautiful horizontal striations in the sky complemented with soft and evenly repeated waveforms at the shoreline. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Monday! It's a new week! We had rain today so I got to sleep in! Here is a video showing the expanse of last Thursday's amazing beauty – not only was it stunning but it went the *entire span* of the beach. Tap and turn horizontal for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Happy Sunday! Today we had something completely different at sunrise – overcast clouds that splayed out and allowed a range of colors to sift through. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Just posting this here, watch it and share it….

Everything is about two weeks behind schedule because of our cold and snow, but the crocuses are finally starting to come out and about.

Happy Saturday! It's the weekend! Some nice bluish color at the top in the sky provided a nice balance to the shoreline sand at the bottom during sunrise this morning. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

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Happy Friday! We made it through the week! I went back to bed after my walk and slept past noon – quite a luxury! After yesterday's super dramatic skies we had a silky smooth presentation this morning with a glass-like ocean. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

Tonight some of the coffee klatch gathered at one of our local restaurants for dinner and it's always nice to get together in a different environment. I hope you have had a great day!