In the "way better than it needs to be" discussion from a few days ago

Another oddity found while unpacking: a 1968 Pogo for President button. Being 1968, it's a Vietnam-related slogan: "Up the down escalation!"

My constant battle as an artist

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A podcast with me!

I'm proud to have a story in this wonderful anthology!

Good morning from Venice Beach.

Smudge has decided that I have done enough typing for one day. I disagree, but then again I don't have claws.

I once got up at 4am to watch the Perseid meteor shower in rural Wisconsin with zero light pollution. Probably one of my top five life experiences.

We spread wild flower seeds on the garden yesterday and today the finches are loving life. We’ll see if any of them make it to flowers.

"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware." Henry Miller - #BOTD - from 1941.

Little short film made with the kids from a decade ago. Time flies.

New Year’s resolution: maintain sustained focus on my creative work: writing, filmmaking and music. My growing business has kept me from it for some time. I miss it. My modest commitment is three hours a week. I will report back on how it's going.

Been driving all day, but it's finally time to crack open the Christmas beer. Cheers, everyone!

Merry Christmas! Wishing you all a joyful holiday and incredible new year.

To the birthday boy! #HumphreyBogart #botd #Casablanca #FilmSky #MovieSky

Christmas swan. Whatever you celebrate, I hope it is a wonderful day for you.

I hope this is a special day for those who celebrate and a good day for all.

this year, i’m expecting a billionaire to come down my chimney and take the gifts that are already under my tree away

Study of winter fog : Four photos of a fog shrouded Christmas Eve 📷 Pentax K3 Mk III Monochrome 🔘 Pentax 20-40mm F/2.8 #ruralquiet #rural #americanlandscape #blackandwhitephotography #country #stillness #fog #foggy #monochrome #pentax #pentaxk3mkiiimono

Someone remake “It’s a Wonderful Life” but Mr. Potter believes that hoarding is morally required so he can devote resources to delivering a far future with trillions of humans while George Bailey is like, “Gosh Darnit! What if taking care of people today is what takes care of people in the future?!”

OMG, Pluribus finale. I love it.

Edward Gorey's wonderfully odd Christmas illustration.

Happy Holidays, all!!!! Thanks for keeping me amused and enlightened all year.

I can hear seals clearly tonight. It happens once in a while even though they are a mile away.

One of my favorite films from 2025

long day of shopping. nothing an ice cold shlitz and a pack of candy cigarettes won’t cure

Massachusetts restaurant near Boston Massachusetts

Most accurate 2025 map I’ve seen yet

my new year's resolution is to escape the grain silo i've been trapped in for two weeks

Shelf in a clothing store on Abbott Kinney Boulevard. #venice

Vending machines from Asteroid City 🚀 ☄️

Good morning. Rise and shine.

I find research just as gratifying as the writing itself - whether it's for fiction or essays. I like seeking & learning, I like it when one piece of art illuminates another. I love when the process makes me feel like a detective cracking the case. denying yourself this pleasure makes no sense to me

Balcony in Bairro Alto #photography #travel #Portugal #Lisbon #lisboa #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #architecture #urban #streetphotography #UrbanPhotography #scape #CityScape #UrbanGaze #sunset #ColorADay #Stunday #OrangeSun

Tonight’s sunset at Pacific Beach in San Diego, California #sandiego #sdca #pacificbeach #beach #surfing #sunset #sunsetchasers #ocean #landscapes_lovers #photography

time to feed the reindeer

A rare sighting.

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"If you haven’t heard Judy Garland singing 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,' then you’ve never truly heard the song. As it turns out, it’s one of the saddest in the world."

Ghosts of Christmas presents?

Vintage ad 1950s

Elixir of the gods. #coffee #espresso

Speak softly. Carry a big stick with a snake sleeping on it. Shush people when they ask about the snake. "Shh, he's sleeping," you say

#Budapest #Városliget #IceRink #urbangaze #nightgaze #FerrisWheel #FoggySmoggyWinterTimeLightPollution #ChristmasFair #photography

Finished Anthony Hopkins’ memoir “We did okay, kid”. One of my favorite bits is Mickey Rourke being too rough in a scene filming the Desperate Hours and Hoppers telling “Do that again and I’ll smash your face into the back of your head.”