How many of the leftists criticizing Chuck Schumer can even name the five buckets of affordability?

It was a gorgeous day for a walk. Especially after we got into the trees downslope from the wind. #winterjoy #beautyinwinter

I love winter shadows. Even better when the afternoon sun flirts with the clouds and dances on the snow. #winterjoy #beautyinwinter #winterbeauty #beautyasresistance

I want to see the Epstein files. I also want a government that obeys the law.

Yes, we can already mine in Greenland and stage military operations there. But unless we own it, we cannot do ICE raids, ban trans athletes, and take away their healthcare. by Donald Trump

Of all the problems with Orange fixation on getting Greenland, his idea that he can just buy a parcel of brown bodies is what bothers me the most.

We got 2" snow out of a "up to a coating" event! Argyll & I started our walk at the moment of golden light. We ended in sunset fog. #winterjoy #beautyinwinter #beautyasresistance

This was one of their more important conversations.

Another day without the Epstein files. Another day ruled by the president’s fear.

Now that we’re all about “complying with the law” re Minnesota, does that extend to complying with the law re Epstein files?

I’m still waiting for the Epstein files. What about you? Deadline was December 19. We’re 4 weeks past that.

There are people in Minnesota who are violating the law, and it's the people who are flash-banging babies, shooting people who pose no threat, and deploying tear gas against peaceful crowds. The way to end the violence in Minnesota is for ICE to stop committing violence against Minnesotans.

I went to see Hamnet tonight. I loved the book, and the movie succeeded in stripping out pretty much everything that got me to read it twice. It was ok as costume dramas go.

Yes

Where are the Epstein files?

Cool article about overpass protests. The police have turned up at my group's protests multiple times, and chased us twice (claiming we cannot attach signs to the bridge for 90 minutes with bungee cords), which suggests our messages are getting attention. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

We have a lot to learn from our Black fellow Americans!

Is it schadenfreude I'm feeling, seeing all the clips of ICE slipping on the ice?

Listening to Rheinberger’s Abendlied to calm my spirit enough for sleep. Wish I’d thought of this sooner. It’s one of my favorite prayers. Pet peeve: English-speaking choirs often can’t sing “werden”. They make it into “wirden.” Anyone know a good performance by a German-speaking choir?

Bayou Bernard, no question, though I've spent more time in the Schuylkill River basin. Not so much that I can spell it without looking it up, mind.

Thornton Creek, I think. It’s a block from my house, and drains into Lake Washington which drains into Puget Sound. But my childhood home river is the Coosa, and I spent some good years in the Schuylkill/Delaware region. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornto...

I love the colors and textures of winter. Tans, buff, browns, russets, dark reds, surprise greens. The skies. The shadows. Especially the shadows that highlight textures we miss in summer. Winter beauty brings me joy. Joy = one of the great forces of resistance. #beautyinwinter #winterbeauty

Indeed. May the fantasy crumble, and soon.

So much happened last week that somehow the release of the Epstein files was overlooked. Oh wait

Visibility Brigade in Montgomery Co. PA this morning

Turns out the organizers of the vigil for Good I attended yesterday counted at least 300 people in attendance. Not bad, given the steady rain and 41°.

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

I stood with more than 100 others in pouring 41° rain to remember Renee Nicole Good.

Argyll and I got our walk in ahead of predicted day-long rain.

My thoughts about the tragic shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis — and why this is what happens under authoritarian regimes that socializes its agents to wage war on the public.

One lesson from yesterday: "In the eyes of the state and its agents, all of the rest of us are walking around with a standing presumption, not just of guilt, but of murderous intent. Anything but total and immediate submission is domestic terrorism."

"The Trump administration has not yet officially released its count of casualties, but clearly they were happy to accept a certain amount of carnage, so long as it was distributed primarily among sleeping Venezuelans."

I couldn't sleep last night. I'm certain I wasn't the only one awake. Doomed to Repeat It? open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

“What I was seeking to do there was to be a presence of love and care,” the Rev. Susie Hayward said. Choose love, not ICE. ❤️

The first king was on horseback. The second a pillion rider. The third came by plane. Where was the god-child? He was in the manger with the beasts, all looking the other way where the fourth was a slow dawning because wisdom must come on foot. --from "Incarnation" by R. S. Thomas

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936

Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.

One can both recognize that Maduro is a monstrous leader while also calling out Trump's monstrously illegal activity.

Yes, this is about oil. But it is also the predictable outcome of white Christian nationalist ideology. If the United States is imagined as a Christian nation uniquely favored by God, then power is no longer restrained by law or consent.

At 9 this morning we were the first house dwellers out and about. Must be New Year's! #beautyinwinter

1/ In this anniversary year of 2026, I salute: The coming together of communities that enabled 13 colonies to win a war vs. tremendous odds. The rage vs. a king’s tyranny that fueled that coming together. And the fundamental belief that their fight mattered “in the course of human events.”

What is grace but anarchy? The message of [Christ] is that all debts are paid, all the captives are set free, there is no score board in the sky measuring your rights and wrongs. The cross is the end of punishment and reward. There are no deserving and undeserving.

I was thrilled to be invited to a celebration for tonight. Now that the eve is here, I just wanna curl up with tea and a book, and go to bed early.

Two things I love: sycamore skin, and Argyll.

855 years on, Thomas Becket testifies that it is never too late to turn from being a functionary upholding power, to a follower of Christ who speaks truth to power.

One of my very favorites:

Oh dear god Did Nigeria actually ask for/agree to this (as T claims)? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I sang 2 services plus the rehearsal. I’m exhausted. I don’t know what those who are about to start the 3rd choral service are running on!