I have a dilemma! As a senior citizen, I'm realizing I will never watch all the movies or books on my lists, in my lifetime. Do I stop adding to my lists? Or do I take some off that don't seem as interesting as they once did? Help!

The phrase “the banality of evil” was made famous by Hannah Arendt after she reported on the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann. Arendt expected Eichmann to appear monstrous or obviously sadistic. Instead, she saw someone disturbingly ordinary. Just like today, average people embracing evil.

My grandsons playing in a treehouse at their local coffee shop. Only in Seattle!

Empirical research demonstrates that false news spreads six times faster than truthful news on Twitter, driven largely by the emotional content that its algorithms prioritize. Source: Georgetown Law, The Attention Economy and the Collapse of Cognitive Autonomy

Words we must know, now that Trump is in office. Today's word: Mendacious Definition: telling lies as a habit Used in a sentence: Trump and his ilk are so mendacious, we can expect every word out of their mouths is a lie.

Of all the flowers in my yard, peonies bring the most joy. They take a couple of years to establish, so the time to plant is as soon as possible! In the photos, the pink ones are two years old, the yellow ones are five years old.

In our box for prayer requests,I wish I could talk to people. Today's requests were from 2 single moms who want to be married. Of course I will pray for that, but I would like to say that sometimes it's better to concentrate on the relationship with the child, without bringing in a new person.

share.google/aZHE02QupBrr... If you are in Portland, this free tour this weekend is amazing!

If you have children or grandchildren, you are familiar with Danny Go. So sorry to hear Danny Go's 14 year old son died of cancer, something no parent should have to experience. So very sad. ❤️🙏🏻❤️

This is what our president posted yesterday. In any other administration, there would be calls of alarm, calls for impeachment. Yet today we have silence. What does that say about us?

Words we must know now that Trump is in office. Today's word: solipsism Definition: the quality of being very self-centered or selfish. Used in a sentence: Because of Trump's level of solipsism, he is incapable of empathy.

The vultures like to spread their wings out on the barn, to dry them out after a rain storm.

Roberson Clematis Garden in Lake Oswego, Oregon

Not sure what I am seeing with these vultures on a rainy spring day. There were two vultures on the barn. One was scrunched up, trying to avoid the rain. The second one had it's wings open, covering the first. But it was unwanted attention! The first one kept pushing the other, until it flew away!

Cattle Point, San Juan Island, Washington State

The best place in Washington State to look for whales from the shore is San Juan County Park on San Juan Island. Watched orcas swimming around this afternoon.

5 stars out of 5 for Friday Harbor House, Friday Harbor, Washington.

There's really nothing better then waiting for a ferry to the San Juan Islands, with a bald Eagle soaring overhead, on an unusually sunny day. Mt Baker gleams in the background.

Well worth reading! This book is as much about rape culture and misogony in NYC as it is about wine. Thank you to Victoria James for your vulnerability and your brilliance.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers, grandmothers, sisters and aunties. What every mother learns to be true: The days are long, but the years are short.

Rhododendron Garden and Bonsai Garden, Federal Way, Washington

This movie is an eye opener.

"Stockholm called. They want their syndrome back." The Devil Wears Prada 2

"Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there." ~ Elisabeth Elliot

Words we must know now that Trump is in power. Today’s word: hegemony Definition: Under the Trump administration, hegemony is defined as "predatory hegemony". This approach shifts from building a consensus-based, international order to using America's power to aggressively extract concessions.

"The worst sin towards our fellow creature is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity". George Bernard Shaw

The speaker was a research scientist at OHSU, but moving to Australia. He said there is a complete brain drain in this country. My life depends on science finding a cure for my cancer, this is so scary. I used to think, if we just made it to the midterms, we would be ok. I'm not so sure anymore.

In support of Comey everyone should make a shell picture. I tried to get AI to make one that said 47 rapist. But it wouldn't do it. So then I had it do this:

Source: KATU Arresting and prosecuting the parents of teens who are shooting guns would go a long ways in reducing teen gun violence. Follow the trail and find out who enabled a teen to come into possession of a gun.

Just watched I, Tonya. Really got the feeling that her life and career was destroyed by her husband and his friend. She didn't ask for this. Her mother didn't help either.

Just ordered some Turkish Delight for our bookclub with our 8 year old grandson, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Saw The Oldest Person in the World. After the movie there was Q & A with the filmmaker. So much speechifying, grandstanding and soap boxing, that they could barely get to the questions. Yes, we know you’re smart, we know you think your thoughts deeply, but please, spare us-get to the question!

Of all the strange quotes that have come out of the current administration, this is one of the strangest: ““I think it’s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology”—Vice President JD Vance, April 14.”

It's that time of year! Wildflowers are in bloom at the Rowena Overlook in the Columbia River Gorge.

Thinking of the father who murdered his 7 children. If someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, you must remove the guns, the sharps and the pills

An eye opening documentary on sex abuse in the Amish community. Available on PBS, Keep Quiet and Forgive.

Soccer skills come in handy when trying to get things out of trees.

We just watched an interesting documentary on Kanopy called Kumare. It is about a guy who wants to know if he can become a guru and get followers, just by making stuff up. He develops a following but then doesn't know how to get out of what he has created!