I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. A magical thing And sweet to remember. "We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September,” I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. -Oliver Herford (Happy Solstice! We’re going to make it, I promise!)

🏆 on so many levels

Finished at last. Giraffe jumper, hat and scarf for our grand nephew. #knitting #knit #showmeyourknits

Rip Chris Rea. youtube.com/watch?v=5MkT...

Irish grandmother Donna Hughes-Brown to be released from US custody

Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head. That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

This. Exactly

Calcite base, top and middle bands running through this sedimentary shore stone. County Clare, Ireland.

And we are re-naming the Epstein files the Trump-Epstein files.

DOJ faces Friday deadline to release Epstein files as lawmakers push for transparency — Congress is pressing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release a trove of unclassified files rel… https://ranked.news/eng/doj-faces-friday-deadline-to-release-epstein-files-as-lawmakers-push-for-transparency?u=b

"Weird"? More like demented

I'm signing off for a little while to take care of my mind & spirit. For many years I've tried to help carve out a little corner of truth & beauty in online spaces. I hope my work has been helpful. And I hope to be back soon, with new words I've heard in the wild & quiet places.

Read this. Then read it again.

It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted

I hope Ireland don't make the World Cup, not this one anyway, t'would be akin to Berlin 36. I hope people realise that. Tis the sportswashing of fascism. Or if we do qualify that we boycott...and other countries follow suit.

The release of the Epstein files is required by law to happen on December 19th. On December 18th, we will "officially" be at war with Venezuela. Bank on it.

Knock Knock.. Who’s there? Not the Epstein files.

Crosswalks. NYC. A couple of autumns ago. 6”x6” oil

He is not well. If someone’s grandpa posted this on Facebook, the family would be discussing assisted living by dinner.

Here’s a poem which has become trapped in a vicious circus (and other phrases of a similar elk).

I like to imagine you there, behind a veil of crisp autumn air, beyond a beam of cool sun, barely out of reach yet stubbornly hidden from my mortal human eyes. Oh, how your light still shines as it walks with me..... #words #photography #loss #humannature #grief

Not sure if Republicans will release Trump’s brain MRI to distract from the Epstein files, or announce he’s on the Epstein list to distract from how bad that MRI is.

It's been over two weeks now and they still haven't released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

I really enjoyed this book. Couldn't put it down. Would make a lovely Christmas present. Available on Amazon. ⬇️

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Hi folks, just a heads up, if you’re short of ideas for a reasonable priced Christmas present, why not try my very first novel? It’s the story of how my parents met in WW2, it’s a mixture of war, families, love and chance. Here are some reviews too.

Why didn’t Trump order flags to be flown at half staff for National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom like he did for Charlie Kirk? 🤔

I’m driving through rural Texas, prime insane right wing billboard territory and I just saw a billboard that said “no healthcare for the peasants but a ballroom for the king” pretty big sentiment shift for the area

Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…

Trump dancing at his Mar-a-Lago Thanksgiving dinner as National Guard families grieve

Protectors disrupt sales at Home Depot. #ICE

Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake

Even now, thinking about himself

I love this poem,

#MargaretAtwood #HandmaidsTale

ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.

Do you know who you won't find in the Epstein Files? Undocumented immigrants.