The meeting of the sun, the sand and the sea~ #NewJerseyShore

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Peeps liked my Kauai picture. Here’s another of Black Sand beach in summer 2025. Since we’re all looking for serenity.

Frederick Cuming (British, 1930 - 2022). Camber, Christmas Afternoon (oil on board).

Wolf in a Winter Landscape - Stepan Kolesnikov (1879 - 1955)

We really need to be having a national conversation about this. It’s showing up. Chat bots using “dark patterns” to increase continued engagement, including: 1) sycophancy, 2) encouraging anthropomorphism, 3) mirroring 4) guilt 5) fear-of-missing-out cues www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Yrs ago when I was training, talking w/a woman 4 decades older than I was, trying to be all professional & put together. She looked at me and said “I bet you have a pair of shoes exactly like that at home.” I was wearing one black pump and one navy pump. I howled laughing and so did she - but omg 🤦‍♀️

Lucy’s had a hard day entertaining. She is out cold. 💤

Grantchester, on Netflix, is a great show if you’re looking for something new. James Norton and Robson Greene are great together playing a vicar and a detective solving crimes together in post WWII England.

The holidays bring a lot up for people. Some are full of joy. Some are just trying to get through the day. Wherever this lands, it’s okay. May today give you a moment to breathe, a reason to smile, and a reminder that you matter.

Christmas turned out well. Even my 83 yr old mother said I did a good job, so that was good. I’m so grateful for today with family and friends. Now lying with the heating pad on my back.. all tuckered out..

Merry Christmas Bluesky friends. Thank you for being here. Love to you all. 🎄

This Christmas praying for all those in detention tonight and their loved ones. Praying they’re getting medical care. Praying for those who were involved in this. Praying for God or the Universe or whatever it is to touch and soften their hearts, to show them empathy is strength.

🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻 #CalvinandHobbes #Christmas

Bullies suck and uniqueness is good

At top speed, Santa and his reindeer can travel over 4.3 million miles per hour #TheMoreYouKnow

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Merry Christmas Eve to all! ❄️ youtu.be/N-QcYDP7SDU?...

Carol of the Bells ("Shchedryk") from Ukrainian Defenders at Sofiivska Square, in the heart of Kyiv. Merry Christmas, friends! 📹: miarodriges / Threads

Eyvind Earle, American (1916-2000), Two Wild Horses, 1998, serigraph on paper, edition of 200, 87.63 x 111.76 cm

Got all 4 dogs bathed and blow dried. Got the bed stripped, washed, and remade. My bff and her husband came over and brought me cream puffs for Christmas. Now I’ve got to finish wrapping and start sweeping. Was gonna try to oil the wood but think that’s maybe a smidge overboard..

I’m so happy it’s Christmas Eve. Have to give 4 dogs a bath now. Can’t decide if I should start with the easy short haired Jack Russells or start with the high strung, long, thick haired Gigi. Maybe better to start w/Gigi so she can’t see the others go first and know what’s coming…

We had a Christmas miracle/relationship healing in our family and I’m very grateful and happy and content this morning. Hope everyone has a Happy Christmas Eve!

Have a beautiful Christmas Eve, everybody.

A little mood snow on Christmas Eve eve morning at Wadsworth Falls. #MiddlefieldCT

I’m sure this will be popular. 5 million people are in default right now. The Dept of Ed estimates as many as 10 million by end of next year because of job market.

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Found the ribbons. 🥳 I love leopard ribbon on Christmas presents. Just gives it that “pop.”

Made it thru the day. The holidays are a difficult time. It’s almost over, tho, and we’re already past the darkest day of the year. Of course the hopeful lengthening daylight I’m daydreaming about is really an oncoming train that’s gonna hit in like 10 days when Medicaid loses $1T. So yeah.

“How 'bout me not blaming you for everything? How 'bout me enjoying the moment for once? How 'bout how good it feels to finally forgive you? How 'bout grieving it all one at a time?” youtube.com/watch?v=OOgp...

“Here you will see 11 of the saddest paintings in art history. Some are more subtle in their sadness, but all are masterworks in their ability to evoke that powerful emotion that all of us are susceptible to, especially the artists who created them.” www.dailyartmagazine.com/the-saddest-...

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Got the deck sliding door windows cleaned and the front door windows cleaned. Still need to wrap more packages and I don’t know what I’m going to do about ribbons. Can’t find my package of saved ribbons. May go to Dollar General tomorrow to see if there are any ribbons left there..

Woah. 🤯

Happy Winter Solstice! It’s all uphill from here.

Need to get the last of my Christmas cards out. Got the gifts wrapped. Brought the outdoor snowman out of the attic, but can’t find the cord adapter that goes with it to light it up. Big cleaning tomorrow, washing windows, etc. My 83 yr old mother seems in the Christmas mood all of a sudden. 😊

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way." - Viktor Frankl Man’s Search for Meaning

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Surfers hold a "paddle out" tribute to honor the 15 people who lost their lives at Bondi Beach. 🥹🙌🫶🙏👇

The Grinchfather

Got all my Christmas shopping done. Got my fist package wrapped.

Got quite a bit done today despite feeling ugh and not going to treatment - my cupping/yoga instructor just had a new grandbaby. The guys at the gas station were so helpful with putting wiper fluid in my car. Anyway, now I need to wrap the few presents I have and send a few Christmas cards.

An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults are satisfied with their health insurance coverage overall, including most older Americans and those on Medicare and Medicaid, according to a new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey.

The interior of the Galleria Borghese in Rome Italy 🇮🇹 specifically the stunning ceiling fresco in the Mariano Rossi Hall #Travel #ART #thursdayvibes #ThursdayFeeling

In the year since the dictator Assad was overturned, 3.2 million refugees have returned to Syria. Many more are waiting for the rebuilding of essential infrastructure, now underway. That’s quite a success story.

Cute wreath. Very cool.

Great trail pics 🧵

This Cardinal had a punk rock haircut and I was all about it. I appreciated that he was jamming to Fugazi when he landed. #nikon #wildlife #eastcoastkin 🪶

This pup managed to sneak her way into a joyride with an unsuspecting delivery driver. Popped up to ask where they're headed and if there's time to get a pup cup on the way. 12/10 (TT: copperdoesstuffs)

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