A winter day in Nebraska. Every now and then the gods smile on us.

I gave my smart TV a brain transplant today. Bypassed the Google TV firmware and replaced it with an Apple TV 4K streamer. Got rid of all the Google ads.

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college. Sociology Cultural anthropology Literature of the Southwest Differential equations Control systems

Skyscape on my evening walk

Definitely better than a white Christmas.

Don't worry, be Capy. This public service message brought to you by my next-door neighbors, the ones with the month-old baby boy.

This fine Canada goose and hundreds of others are hanging out at Cottonmill Pond. We would gladly welcome other Canadians to Nebraska, but our president keeps insulting and threatening them.

Walking this afternoon on Oldfather Prairie near Kearney, Nebraska

Open letter from our local hospital CEO to the leadership of Tyson regarding the closing of the local plant. open.substack.com/pub/sharonla...

I'm 80 years old and I can't decide whether to be an old geezer, an old codger, or an old coot.

Grateful to be turning 80 today. Life is good.

Just hangin' out. Squirrel feasting on my crabapples.

Self portrait

I don't often miss Boston, but there are times, like this, when I really do.

Afternoon sky

Good evening to be outside

The things you see when you go for a walk at the very tail end of the day

Autumn. Crabapple tree outside my window.

A walk in the woods Cottonmill Lake, Nebraska

Sun worshipper

Charge him with vandalism.

Nice to know there are still good people in this old world.

Here’s my latest column. Thanks for reading. www.stormlake.com/stories/they...

Window washing today. When you have an indoor cat and a bird feeder just outside, you get a lot of cat drool on your windows.

Excellent choice. Very deserving.

The Live Captions feature on my iPad transcribes Kristi Noem as Christie gnome.

The setting sun can make a house look nice and homey. From my evening walk.

I was feeling guilty about watering my lawn on such a hot day, but then I saw all the birds using the sprinkler to bathe, keep cool, and have fun, and all—well, most—of my guilt just vanished.

They finally fixed the sidewalk where the roots of the big old honey locust (?) had buckled it and formed a concrete ridge about six or eight inches above the rest of the pavement. But now I'm hoping they didn't damage the tree just so people won't trip and fall and break their necks.

Skyscape from my evening walk

A sky is a wonderful thing.

Mountain lion in my yard? Nah! Just a stray cat. Lots of 'em around here.

From the Wall Street Journal: “Would Tariff Man please take a summer vacation for the good of the nation?”

Bluejay in my crabapple tree

Reverting to my older, original profile picture. It was fun creating an AI image, but real photos are still the best

We are about to lose the last of the eyewitnesses to these events, take time to read this, never forget.

Looking forward to a quiet 4th.

Sometimes just looking up at a big leafy tree is enough to make the troubled old world a little better for a while.

Weather like this oughta be illegal.

The look. Because I disturbed her in her cozy hideaway. #CatsOfBluesky #cats

Saw a door closing right after Muhammad Ali walked through.

Peaceful Sunday morning: My neighbor Raul, with Raul Jr on his lap, are taking a sidewalk tour of the neighborhood on their John Deere lawn tractor.

House finches are always welcome at my house. As common as they are, I still never get tired of seeing them.

House finch in my crabapple tree on this rainy morning

A little color on my morning walk

Evenings are such a good time to take a walk.