An old man with his glasses at the bridge of his nose, looked at me with his blue eyes, youthful against the texture of age & lines on his face, the white hair & broad shoulders slowly sinking back in time. Mischief written across his face as he pulled his glasses off to sit back & laugh.

Grandpa and some old hermits we knew used to leave small caches and hidden spots in the woods. I'm explaining this and get queried, "Why?" They were drunks, my dears. Gotta have a place to get plastered and pass out safely, though. ✌️😈

Parenting is me advocating for little versions of myself in a power position.

Dim Pool has inserted the boot so deep he thinks he's wearing it...

Shiba woof time! Radar, on the couch with his squeak toy, is doing ham pose. Meanwhile, Witcher is looking ... school of wolfish because he hates photos.

Deception gets result when you can get opposition to do something that aids their deceivers, not themselves. Operation Camilla taught Clarke that narratives are designed to make people act, to do specific things, not to get them to believe stuff. It's marketing, with MUCH higher stakes.

Shit like this is why they'll lose, in the long run. It's just a question of how many of us survive their defeat.

I love the Frost Punk game. The scenarios can be intensely frustrating. Still, after numerous tries and figuring out the game mechanics, I got my bloody damn sticker.

A new #DystopianReport about the AltTech ecosystem in response to a viewer question. Not alternative tech, but rather alt-right big-tech stuff. Think Gab, Parler, Truth Social, and Rumble. youtu.be/W7AQuubZN2M #News #Politics

"What possessed you to do that?!" me: "Ever had a one night stand with someone whose entire job - or at least cover - was counting cards in South American casinos? Probability is not fate, nor is it great gramp's curse. It's data. I'll show 'em how to fix a dice game, too." Older Adults:

The loon painting has gone home today. 🥹

Yesterday I woke up to chaos of the lost snow bibs before an ice skating venture. Stress levels HIGH. I helped get that sorted & everyone shipped out to venture properly attired. Me? This is vacation, so I roasted a smol duck & played Frost Punk.

Yes.

Mark the turn. The promise that spring, no matter how distant, will arrive... Happy Solstice! ✌😈🖤

The dogs behaving AND using the couch properly... It was only momentary, so no worries. Back to dogcat antics shortly after.

Almost to vacation... Almost there! Yuletide!

Sometimes, when all is heavy, it is good to know some goofy critters.

Trouble. But make it double.

Biiird

It’s important to note from a military perspective that if a subordinate is about to give an unlawful order & his senior knows about it, it’s also a requirement for the senior official to stop him from executing it. And then counsel/discipline him. So there’s that, too.

Working on a comission. I normally don't take comissions. But bird. Do i know what i am doing? No. But i don't hate it as much as i did an hour ago.

I got a laser engraver. Air assist comes on Tuesday.

I bought these dragon bookmark things as stocking stuffers for the kids for Yule. Also I went back and got myself some because I was so enamored with them. TAKE MONEY & GIVE ME DEEZ. 😅

Pirate time.

Parenting kids through figuring out what socks are sensory best is not the wellspring of horror I remembered going through, but it's still a misadventure.

Northern light colors in the night sky over the house tonight, blaring even through cloudcover. Greens, yellows, pinks and purples...

Trying to get a selfie with Radar the shiba inu, but i am not as interesting as the chew toy. 😑😆

This is just some of this years four+ leaf collection. The rest were gifted (many times to children bugging me for a little extra luck, lol), hidden in books, lent to grief, ritual elements requested, accidentally got wadded up, and some just left to be admired.

Another clover to add to the collection and make the olds worried I am strange... "Why do you think-" Me: "In accordance with the old witch, I have a relationship with death that does not seem normal."

Look at it. Look at how grumpy it is. MOOD KINDRED.

More selfies because i is bored.

This has always been true, but now that Dear Leader has declared claiming his administration is Fascist or protesting them is "domestic terrorism", everyone needs this reminder... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWEp...

Mmmm... getting fucked. But not in the fun way.

I contained multitudes yesterday; it's your turn to do it.

They can't come after everyone. The more people stay loud, the safer all of us are

Your reminder that they cannot arrest millions of people no matter how hard they try. They lack the infrastructure, they lack the personnel, and the economy would straight-up collapse They are going to try to scare us by making examples out of a few people, and our job is to not fall for it

To run in the woods. To run until the air is fire in my lungs, And run some more until I am again not but breath, heartbeat, and a simple truth: Free

As always, excellent work from Kristopher.

After a year or so it has a place on the wall.

"I don't know what to do or make." Me: "...I want a shoe rack so i can stop ripping off my toenails on the setup by the hall." In total it cost $3.75 for the plans, some salvaged lumber, & a pile of patience. So, he got a project & i got a shoe rack that, hopefully, won't retraumatize me. Win. 😈

Nothing has prepared me for excited sports parents or the stories coaches tell when briefing the new wave of student athletes & parents, of which I am one.

I was frantically trying to get stuff done now that certain rural healthcare providers are gone and things are feeling the crunch. This panic was then followed by a nurse telling me that I did it all last year...

Went to run dogs and was just in time to grab another toad outta the dog yard, interrupting a potential wee death. Toad hunkered down in my hand & then kept turning its head to follow where my partner's form was moving. It had to be watchful, to stay alive against 'bigs' in the backyard.

Acrylic base down for a loon painting commission. Tail is gonna get gone as they rarely have their butt up and we dislike. I was amused by my (digital) addition of the laser eye.

All my skill and artistry dies around frosting. Make it nutella frosting and truly just fml. This unholy thing looks like a literal pile of shit & the frosting behaves like a non-newtonian fluid. 💀 The good news is it just tastes like sugar and nutella so the kids won't care.

CatDog Mode, all of Witcher the shiba inu.

Radar being a Shiba Inu getting sternum rubs and 'challenge me!' wrestling in pic 1, a shiba argument about his big brother crowding in pic 2, and lol muzzle in pic 3. More sheeb scream dramatics to signal, clearly he is displeased. Followed by goofy smugness... 😂