" I don’t care how many times I need to write this: Donald Trump is using a corrupt Justice Department to target his political opponents and critics. Some of these men and women you may like; others you may loathe. Either way, they are victims — each and every one. And I will say their names." .

"Epstein survivors have confirmed with democrats in congress that they participated in a massive Biden-era investigation into Epstein's co-conspirators, but Trump and Pam Bondi closed it." . www.muellershewrote.com/p/trump-kill...

"False ideas which gain currency can easily be recognized by the loud fanfare with which they are accompanied. Real truth does not need any outer embellishements." ~~Leo Tolstoy .

Milkway and Moonset on the Oregon Coast 2017 📷 Jasman Lion Mander .

Female Northern Cardinals may not be as brightly colored as their male counterparts, but they're just as beautiful. 📷National Audubon Society 2017 .

Boca Cave 2018 📸 by Jordan Guidry .

Yes, it does and so do cats and other animals. .

From 2018. Our Ele` was a photogenic little do who loved the snow and the beach. Those were her happy places. I miss her. .

"You should never judge a persons wealth by the money they have. But by the friends they keep and the quality of those friends." ~John L. Lundy 📷 Geese flying at sunset. Long Beach, Washington 2010 .

There is an evil side to me that would want to sit back and enjoy the laugh 😁😁😁 .

A little campground humor. 🙂 .

Thank you George Takei. Males are taken more seriously; think of the Catholic Church's a decade or so ago, aren't asked about drinking, attacked by the press, nor treated as if they did something wrong. People wonder why so many females don't speak about assaults and/or rapes for decades. .

This is why regular chimney cleaning is so important. A couple years after buying this house, almost 2 decades ago, we hired a chimney cleaner. He explained he there was too much creosote in the pipes and highly recommended replacing them. This is a photo of the pipe that was replaced. .

"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again." ~Og Mandino .

I remember these chain letters that would be mailed or passed around with the subtle threat that if it wasn't resent to x amount of people within a certain time period then we would face disaster. I was in Jr school when I first saw one. .

I know the author of this book. He is witty, smart, and has a great sense of humor. If you like books that leave you smiling, then I encourage you to get this one and read it. .

A black and white photo of our scrappy little Piper. .

Widow of Chornobyl's first victim killed by Russian attack on Kyiv 39 years later. Nataliia Khodemchuk, the widow of Valerii Khodemchuk, the first victim of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, died in Kyiv overnight on Nov. 14–15 after suffering severe injuries in a mass Russian attack on the city. .

Students at the Kharkiv Regional Center for Training Citizens for National Resistance undergo tactical training in field conditions in Kharkiv Oblast, northeastern Ukraine, on Nov. 15, 2025. (Serhii Masin/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"More women are serving on Ukraine’s front line, including fighter pilots, artillery commanders, and drone operators. NPR met with several women to understand why they chose to fight against Russia." . www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...

"The effort to create authoritarianism is more likely to lead to a breakup of the state than to a total regime change. This end of the United States is possible, in part, because our president and vice-president think that it is impossible." .

"There's no doubt now that we are facing an evil of nearly unimaginable proportions. This is an evil capable of doing unspeakable physical harm to innocents. The latest abomination, a WW2 refugee who's lived here for over 70 yrs was taken by ICE. His parents came here legally when he was 5." .

"Few of us seem to realize how insidious, how radical, how universal and evil racism is. Few of us realize that racism is man’s gravest threat to man, the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason, the maximum of cruelty for a minimum of thinking." ~Abraham Joshua Heschel .

"There's an evil which most of us condone & are even guilty of: indifference to evil. It's more insidious than evil itself; it's more universal, contagious, & dangerous. A silent justification, it makes possible an evil erupting as an exception becoming the rule & being in turn accepted" paraphrased

A view of Kramatorsk at night during a blackout this week. Streetlights and residential buildings remain without electricity after a series of massive Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. (Photo by Artem Gvozdkov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) .

People walk in an underground passage in one of the districts of Kyiv during an emergency power outage this week. The Ukrainian capital faces widespread power disruptions due to continued energy infrastructure damage amidst ongoing conflict. (Photo by Danylo Dubchak/Frontliner/Getty Images)

"Without love, we isolate ourselves from life. However much we race from party to party, something is clearly missing. 'The opposite of loneliness,' Richard Back writes, 'is not togetherness; it's intimacy.'" ~~Joan Chittister .

We have the power to stop the hurt. It starts one person at a time working to make a difference in their corner of the world in every life they come across. .

Majestic! Incredible shot captured Near Spirit Falls, Cottage Grove, Oregon 📷 Jim Purscelley 2017 .

As you get older, you really just want to be surrounded by good people. People who are good for you. Good to you. And good for your soul. .

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." ~Leo Buscaglia Read .

This is an oil painting commission I painted in 2022 for a customer on the East Coast. I live in the Pacific Northwest. Painting this dog, named Cookie, was brought me joy. I couldn't help but smile seeing that gorgeous little face. The customer sent me a nice note when they got the painting.

😁😁😁 .

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Seal escapes Puget Sound orca hunt by jumping onto photographer’s boat . www.opb.org/article/2025...

Children & pregnant woman among injured in deadly attack targeting all of Kyiv’s districts. Russia launched 1 of its largest recent missile-&-drone barrages on Kyiv, igniting fires across multiple districts, killing at least 5 people & injuring more than 24 including 2 children & a pregnant woman

Makes sense to me. A murderer is a murderer, even if he’s a president.

We have always existed…and always will.

The entire American economy still depends on modern slavery and forced labor