I lost my sunglasses tonight. I’m very upset…I loved them and they aren’t a common style. I’ve already been searching tonight online for similar glasses…they just aren’t out there. It’s a stupid, shallow thing to cry about yet here I am…

Iris…she loved her yard, loved the grass…would slide into it in an amazing, relishing, yoga-style move. She’d just listen to the sounds of the neighborhood while I sat behind her in the settee…

Hecate earrings Hammered argentium, copper, labradorite and pink moonstone. #metalsmith #argentium #witchyfeminism #greekgoddess #goddess

Not sure who this is…hard to say…it looks like Kit but the only way I can tell is if I go out there because Kit isn’t afraid of me (well, she’s cautious but doesn’t scatter and she asks for nuts and takes them from my hand); she does have certain mannerisms I can recognize sometimes…

I KNEW we'd done a Juneteenth video! Found it, and I think it holds up. (I was determined to get in the "fled to Mexico" line even though it was a bit of a rabbit hole. 🙂 )

“The Vichy Pin”

In countries that have successfully reversed democratic backsliding in recent years—from Poland in 2023 to Hungary in 2026—opposition movements made prosecuting those who have broken laws a central campaign issue.

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I shouldn’t laugh because they’re pissing through or money but…

Today I am ever so grateful for my smartphone. I was in the car all day. I had signed up with the Obama Foundation for messages and live streams. I was able to listen (not watch) to the entire event today in real time. The speeches were golden…I look forward to watching again, what I missed visually

Damn, First Lady Michelle Obama, that was one helluva speech 🙌🎤💧

It feels strange that humanity dreams of finding life on distant planets while forests here vanish every day. A forest takes decades to grow, to cool the air, protect wildlife, and create peace—yet only moments to destroy. The most important world is the one we already inhabit.

I dreamt of a beach house. It was a bit rough, needed quite a lot of work. Someone had started but never finished. One side of the house was full of windows looking out on the water, on the sand, rocks, and grasses….peaceful, mesmerizing. I wish it was real. I wish it was mine.

I really have no words for how horrifying this (and so many other atrocities being committed) is to me…

So, I’m about to head to bed when I see this pop up in my YouTube feed from out of nowhere, as this stuff does because “algorithms.” It’s funny…perhaps, a nice respite from the heaviness of this timeline. @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social just hanging out in Maine 😅 Anyhoo, ‘nite…

The robin (I believe it was a robin) I saw attempting to take up residence in my Mac Gold Spruce never came back. I think I spooked them…it’s not a very tall tree and I think my close presence in the tiny courtyard where my studio is made them search for another piece of real estate to inhabit 😔

The real deep state

White bean farro soup… #soupqueen

#theprincessbride GOAT

See it now at your local Drive-In!

I have a hella headache in my right eye. Going to bed. Be well, Bluesky. FYI, that waxing crescent out there is pretty stunning along with planets Venus (brightest, I think?), Jupiter, and apparently Mercury.

We are the stewards, the protectors, of this earth…and, if you watch @hcrichardson.bsky.social regularly, you will enjoy the Easter eggs in this one…😎 #250to250

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The best part of today’s political chat is the idea for us all to create a quick video of us saying “I am America” for #weareamerica250 (hope i got that right) @hcrichardson.bsky.social to create something beautiful that is “we” that is “us.” I’m in.

I think the dude on the trellis is Homelander. There’s another boy I’ve named Soldier Boy. He’s not around at the moment or else his greedy ass would be in the feeder and he’d chase everyone else away.

There were feathers in my yard this morning indicative of nocturnal hunting (always saddens me even though I get it…). I do spy a new nest. I hope she survives; last lady perished to a cat despite my efforts to chase it off. I buried her under my New Dawn climbing rose…trying to get a pic of her…

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Jane Fonda just laid out how authoritarianism operates: war is a distraction technique to strip rights at home while focusing eyes abroad. Manufactured conflict is about power consolidation. If you cannot see through the blatant playbook by now, you are willfully blind.

It's shocking, but not surprising, to find dog whistles and coded language in the official Idaho GOP platform. We can show them it's unacceptable and that everyone is welcome in Idaho. cliff-for-idaho.org/newsletter/

I’m dreaming/window shopping hot tubs online. I do this about once a year. I think my back would like it. Then, with a sigh, I say maybe someday…😅

I find it amusing to watch videos of you tubers visiting Boise.

WIP Got it inked today and a little color before class end…I thought I was in over my head but am surprised by how well it’s going (knock on wood😅) #stilllife #watecolor #art

I awoke this morning really wanting to sever ties to life online…to remove myself from a toxic environment. Yet, here I am checking into the world, the new world, so to speak.

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Obama Appreciation Day June 14, 2026

A small number of far right agitators were overwhelmingly surrounded and forced to flee Brighton today after thousands of antifascists assembled in the city.

MSNow has begun a Tarpwatch—and understandably so. Trump has now put a *barricade* around the scaffolding and had the tarp affixed to the *sides* of the scaffold so no one can see Kennedy's name on a building that *legally must have that name on it*. This will go back to court.

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My phone just played me the past decade of my life in photos…lots of artwork, amateur photography (with my iPhone), lots of home improvement, lots of Christmas decor…my girlies featured most prominently…I think I have 11,000 photos of my girls…

This is a real doozy narration, chronicling the flagrant corruption 😲 @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Well, the Orange Menace is quite the carnival barker so…

Hmmmm, I feel like this one is too ambitious and I’m over my head. It’s a lot for watercolor…also, the little dish has been the bane of my existence trying to draw it and get the proportion and perspective right 😣 I’m going to stop futzing with it now, revisit it tomorrow😔

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There’s a step ladder and catmint plant out in front of my house. I put a “free” sign on it. I dropped the ladder so it doesn’t open/close super easily. It does ok if one uses the middle step to open/close. It probably would work fine if someone took the time to see wear the issue is/fix it.

A friend from #McCall who’s visiting DC sent this this morning.

Excellent chat this morning: Kennedy Center, Knicks, UFC… @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social “We Moment” 😉