BREAKING: we just won our Kennedy Center case! Both the renaming & the closure of the Kennedy Center are enjoined Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social & my colleagues @democracydefendersaction.org & Washington Litigation Group This is a 1-2 punch against Trump's corruption

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Just discovering #repostyourart challenge! Today's theme is sparkly. This gouache painting from a couple years back has a metallic gold underpainting and it peeks thru with warm sparkles in the wood, books, between leaves, and the wall. I truly love it and I might be sad when it gets bought 🤪

The comments to this thread are giving me great joy.

Religion and politics note: Glover's decision to riff on this particular passage is simultaneously super normative for Christians throughout history and, in a 2026 U.S. political context, pretty interesting — irrespective of why Glover *personally* chose it.

We revived our old tradition of Ethiopian food for Easter, inspired by visits to fantastic authentic restaurants and recipes in a favorite cookbook. A ton of work (injera is a multi day process!) but so tasty and comforting. Of course our actual Ethiopian friends are celebrating Easter next week!

We did some democracy ✅ along Parker Road with several hundred new friends. Untold numbers of supportive honking and waving drivers, several truckers with nice loud horns, got blasted with exhaust by only 3-4 macho mobiles, and flipped off only 46 times (11yo kept count). A good day! #nokings

#40daysofgoodshit today was my little dancer (in green here) finding out she gets to move up to the next level of ballet next fall 🥳 we were very anxious about this since she auditioned two weeks ago, and it's a big relief.

For #40daysofgoodshit we have this glorious, pull over to the side of the road worthy sunset. And the phone camera never does it justice. To quote my 11yo: This is why we invented fancy cameras.

Today's #40daysofgoodshit features this slight throwback to last week when my kid got to play bassoon in his band at Disneyland--a once in a lifetime travel opportunity 🥰 Thanks to everybody who paid him to teach piano lessons, or bought a mattress, caramels, socks, or lemonade to help raise funds!

My #40daysofgoodshit post for today is that I put some time in on this personal project, a carbon dust painting of a piece of driftwood, done on two sided drafting film. This gives me the option of adding some color to the back later. It's so fun to push and pull with carbon and erasers!

#40daysofgoodshit today is that the kids made us California rolls (and some inside out rolls) for dinner! 🥰

#40daysofgoodshit for this day is I walloped my dad at fake scrabble 😁😁😁 Rarely happens so I have to screenshot when it does....

#40daysofgoodshit for today is this solid four inches of snow we got! Only about 1/2 inch was called for. We put in a bunch of cold season crops Saturday when it was 60+ so this is wonderful free slow irrigation. Keep it coming, sky!! 🌱

For #40daysofgoodshit today a truly momentous occasion: we have adopted a pygmy hedgehog!!! My daughter has wanted one for years and someone at our church decided to give hers up as she is in high school and very busy. He will get a heck of a lot of attention here! Meet Waffles Dangerpants Hass.

My #40daysofgoodshit today was this flock of wild turkeys that loitered on our block for seriously 5+ hours. Will report back if they are still around in the morning; they were in our trees at dusk. They can jump fences, turns out! Last pic is them in/on my yard and fence. There were 18 or so!

#40daysofgoodshit has fallen off the last few days as things have been a little busy but I got out to my abstract art class with Christian Dore tonight and enjoyed exploring his process 😍 now to make it my own! Acrylics are super weird and hard for this watercolor nerd!

#40daysofgoodshit today is this lil radish I sliced to roast for dinner, which happened to have a little love to share 🥰 #cooking

#40daysofgoodshit late post from yesterday is that we went to a bonsai bar event as a family! Now we have four bonsais to keep alive 😅

Just keep driving.

#40daysofgoodshit for today is my kid playing my old bassoon in a band concert tonight and actually being visible (and audible). Sometimes the bassoons are buried in the middle and you can't see em! Right on the end tonight 😍 Sorry for screenshot quality... From video and far away!

#40daysofgoodshit tonight is this shot of the very giant orange moon, reflected in Cherry Creek Reservoir as we drove home from Lent service 🌕 all of us were glued to the window all the way across the dam. Photo never does it justice, sorry!

#40daysofgoodshit today is that i am taking a class on semi abstract art at the Curtis Center! The teacher is Christian Dore, whose work and energy I really like. Today we just did scribbly sketchy things but our homework is to draw something like his example bird here. Way outside my comfort zone 🤪

#40daysofgoodshit for today is this totally #abstract piece. I don't know what these are yet but I have a lot of fun making them and I'm gonna keep doing it. There's #watercolor (black and pink here) and then colored pencil layered over top in careful gradients to create more depth and interest.

Splitting an afternoon espresso with my hubs after a grueling trip thru Ikea. He always wants coffee hot, no matter what, so his is in the little strawberry mug. I wanted it cold, so I put it in the tiny lily of the valley glass with ice 😍 #40daysofgoodshit

My #40daysofgoodshit post today is this combo of abstract and realism, an in progress composition of watercolor and colored pencil. It will eventually be a little more refined in the foreground where the flower is just starting to appear. Wonderful zen project for today... #botanicalart #watercolor

Photographed but forgot to post my #40daysofgoodshit yesterday! Came across this entertaining bit of sidewalk chalk on my run yesterday. Gave me a giggle. According to my own kids, 67 is over, but somebody didn't get the memo.

For #40daysofgoodshit today we have a neighborhood car costume 😍

My #40daysofgoodshit today will be this lovely sunset outside the gym tonight. As always, more impressive in person!

My #40daysofgoodshit today (if we are counting Sundays within lent which I think is controversial...) is this awesome lemon curd and coconut cake my hubby and I made for our sister in law's 40th birthday party 😁 ...it was really good. Recipe from Sally's Baking Addiction!

My #40daysofgoodshit post today is this Chihuly glass sculpture inside the performing arts center on the way to our date night play!

For #40daysofgoodshit today we have a gleeful little gourd rendered in gouache and colored pencil. I started this wet in wet and did dryer gouache and then colored pencil to bring it into dimensionality. Pretty pleased as this is not how I normally work. A nice palette cleanser between bigger work.

My #40daysofgoodshit today is switching from a sea of gray knitting to the ribbing in minty green on my kid's requested (and color directed) sweatshirt. It's the Besties pattern by Tin Can Knits. Their app is 🤩

Let's learn some surprising things about hummingbird tongues. First, as you can see, their tongues are forked & feathery, highly specialized for lapping up their liquid diet of nectar. But it gets weirder up close!

I'm gonna try to follow Nadia Bolz-Weber's Lenten discipline of #40daysofgoodshit this year. You can read her intro on her substack (thecorners.substack.com/p/40-days-of...) A gratitude practice of sorts. Join me? Today's picture is a second bloom on our Christmas gift amaryllis ☺️

Botany valentine. Another oldie.

If wisdom is what we need, HOW do we build it?? I recommend a simply micro-practice called "Pause & Get Curious" Before we react, we take a moment and choose our response. It's simple to understand, challenging to DO, and POWERFUL in growing our wisdom!

In winter we eat the carbs. #noodle #sourdough #bread #ravioli

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Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

We went to the nature and science museum today! 😁

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giving this beautiful essay a Christmas Eve boost

For #day23 of #artadventcalendar some stills from our install day at Denver International Airport! I'm directing traffic in the first picture 🤪 We hung 38 large reproductions of pieces by @rmsbartists.bsky.social early in December with this wonderful crew. #artinstallation #sciart #botanicalart

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A little succulent in watercolor and colored pencil for #day22 of #artadventcalendar 🤩 Love these guys, but I am not very good at keeping em alive... #botanicalart #sciart #coloredpencil

For #day20 (late) of #artadventcalendar, my install-day video of the @rmsbartists.bsky.social reproductions going up at the Denver airport! This video shows half of the pieces, on the right side of the Y-juncture upstairs in the A concourse mezzanine. Later I'll share the other half! #sciart

For #day19 of #artadventcalendar here is one of my Rainbow of Garden Favorites series. I drew this Dahlia with a dip pen on hot press water color paper, then did abstract watercolor on all sides and glued it all to a wood panel. I did a whole series of these to cover the rainbow for a show in 2024.

For #day18 of #artadventcalendar a look at a recently completed commission of a lemon. This is small to fit the budget but was so lovely to work on! I hadn't done much with toned paper and really enjoyed this one. #coloredpencil #tonedpaper #sciart #botanicalillustration