311/365: the peonies look downright voluptuous now. The pink blossoms have all faded to white.

I made a new November playlist for you! It's half new music, half new-ish to vintage, and lasts all afternoon. It's on 8 platforms so everyone can listen: Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Qobuz, Amazon Music, YouTube & LastFM 🎧🎶🎸 #NewMusic #NowPlaying #Music shiveryourtimbers.ca/blog/schmutz...

310/365: had my hair colored, cut and styled again today. Love the results.

309/365: yes, another peony photo.

These peonies are so photogenic. I love photographing them with portrait mode.

308/365: Cooking food to share with friends is love in action. I made German food for my friends last night, a meal reminiscent of my childhood: beef stewed with bell peppers and crushed tomatoes, boiled potatoes, peas and carrots.

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue. we’ll all subscribe en masse

307/365: another sweet image of red and pink silky peonies.

306/365: the peonies get more magnificent every day.

305/365: the peonies are opening up. What a pretty still life.

305/365: I bought new Scheibenwischer (windshield wipers). This might be funny to some of you.

Happy Halloween to everyone, especially all of you who remember this Ms. Wet T-Shirt Winner outfit.

304/365: P is for Pfriday, and for pflowers, specifically peonies.

303/365: throwback to 2021 - sleeping Streetpanda. He was a good kitty. I was honored to be his person.

302/365: the gerbera daisies have given up, but the sunflowers and chrysanthemums are still looking nice.

301/365: the hibiscuses always look so assertive.

300/365: it's day 300 in the current year. The end is rapidly approaching. The Day of the Dead is coming up, and skulls and marigolds are everywhere.

299/365: closeup of the current bouquet.

As other people have noted, if you have local food banks, now would be an excellent time to donate cash to them, if you have the cash to spare. We will be upping our donations to food banks and hunger-related charities here in Ohio.

Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

298/365: it's cold this morning. I am having a cup of Earl Grey tea and a cardamom croissant for elevenses.

In spite of the headline, there is the pesky legal matter that neither billionaires or anybody else can “give” money to “pay troops” or anything else. However, a great compromise would be for billionaires to pay more money into the general treasury through “taxes.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

297/365: Stay back from the cliff's edge!

I’m currently at the entrance to Coast Guard Island where National Guard troops and ICE agents are being housed prior to their deployment on the Bay Area. Couple hundred people are here blocking access in and out. Lots of faith leaders here who are praying at the edge of the property line.

If you're in Washington, DC, don't forget to visit these four structures that attest to the legacy of each president:

295/365: I have Resting Grumpy Cat Face.

295/365: I think these are chrysanthemums, but I might be lying to you. In any case, they're pretty.

Frogs in slowly heating water is a popular allegory for being unaware that you are being destroyed in an incrementally worsening situation. But I'm drawing hope from the past week that we frogs may be a bit more aware of our situation than those allegorical frogs. #Hop

294/365: fresh flowers for the table.

293/365: a pink rose loaded with petals, at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden.

A good way to keep your protest high going is to make a donation today to a group that's been doing the work. An abortion fund, a group that feeds the unhoused, a group that assists immigrants...Lots of fascism fighters out there stay needing your money.

292/365: Back home after a lovely week in Santa Cruz, cat-sitting for my friend Dana. Before I drove home on Friday, I sat at the Santa Cruz wharf for a few minutes, soaking up the sun and watching the pterodactyls fly by. I love being by the ocean. It's good for my soul.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

I went to war to defend our nation. Now a wannabe dictator is trying to tear it apart—defying court orders, censoring the press, intimidating peaceful protestors and misusing our troops. Speak up. Speak out. Stay peaceful. Be safe. No kings.

290/365: bought some chanterelles at Far West Fungi, and fried them with a little pancetta and butter, added parsley, salt, pepper and lemon juice. Nice and simple. Oh so delicious.

I would like to thank Mike Johnson, House Republican leadership, and Karoline Leavitt for all the free publicity this week promoting our rallies tomorrow. Find one near you here. www.nokings.org

290/365: bundling up with a scarf that I knitted a couple of years ago.

On this day in 1968, Black Olympic medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos faced death threats and expulsion for protesting racial inequality.

Nearly 2 million people wait for food and water insecurity to end as at least 450 Palestinians have died of starvation.

289/365: It's early. 6:28am, to be precise. I've been up since 4:35.

289/365: these purple pansies are so pretty. In German, pansies are called "Stiefmütterchen," "little stepmothers." No, I have no idea where the name comes from.

Reading about the Gulag today. Tomorrow I'll read about the architecture of Auschwitz. #OneLongNight

288/365: a sun-bright spot on a cloudy morning.

288/365: fresh flowers on the front porch. What a lovely symphony of colors and shapes.

288/365: backlit (actually, front-lit) black cat.

287/365: Rainy day. The deck is wet. The turquoise chair shines in the dull light.

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