My sister is on her way to my house!! We are going to see Josh Johnson in concert in Greensboro tomorrow. (Our husbands get to come, too, because we're nice like that.) 🥳 My house hasn't been this clean since we paid someone to do it. And it may be cleaner, now.

We were just dicussing this. Chuck's take is that it won't be a library; it will be a theme park. I can't disagree with that.

I love how plants decide they like changing their colors. klparmley.com/2026/06/19/f...

Experimental art klparmley.com/2026/06/17/o...

I swear I’m going to start looking at humidity instead of temperature. Today was lovely and temps were over 80. But humidity was in the 30s.

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Today I started Stone and Sky, the 10th book in the Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovich. Spawn and I have fun sharing this. www.librarything.com/work/book/31...

We’ve had a gentle, but consistent rain at my house for nearly 30 minutes.

It looks like our Big Leaf Magnolia is dying. Maybe the rice paper bush, too. We assume it's the drought and, maybe, the heat. The Plant Hardiness Zone map maintained by the USDA is about cold, not about heat. This house has moved from 7a when I bought it 22 years ago to 8a now.

🔭 10 Days of Venus and Jupiter Image Credit & Copyright: Aditya Pawar ap260614

I love smoked salmon. But, I hate burping it.

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It doesn't seem like it's been that long.

I flipped over to Grady Hendrix' We Sold Our Souls this morning. It isn't his best but I haven't quit yet. It's just kind of slow getting to the action.

There’s a reason they’re targeting libraries. They don’t want you educated. They don’t want you to have a nuanced view of history. Or to read novels that will give you empathy. Or to know about inspiring women, Black or LGBTQ people. They want you intellectually small and easy to manipulate.

I finished Project Hail Mary. (For the third time.) Now, I'm reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. www.librarything.com/work/1430016...

Hey, @oregongenee.bsky.social !!

@virtuallyv.bsky.social How close are you to Yorkshire?

I found this person on Tumblr. She posts photos from Zillow and real estate listings giving the location and priced asked at the time she found it. Giving a peek at designs and such. It has reminded me how happy I am to only have to maintain my little house. linktr.ee/househuntingblog

No more regulations for anything! All recreational drugs are fine! Grow whatever you want! Psilocybin is fine. Marijuana? Sure! Opium poppies? NO problem. Sell to anyone! Its fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.

I rearranged the pots around my water garden. The cinnamon fern was burning up where it was. So, it’s been transplanted and everything else has been shifted a little.

“I believe the purpose of an artist is to move the crowd,” says Marvin Wade. “And my hope is that everyone watching our film will be moved in some way.”

www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/k... Starting at 4:00 on a Monday. I kinda wanna watch to see him booed.

More to come to be sure

Books!! I've been sticking with short stories to read with my eyes lately. Margaret Atwood's Stone Mattress is good. (I haven't finished it yet.) The first 4 stories are connected in an interesting way. The MC of the second story is a side character from the first story. 1/

I feel a nap coming on.

Slightly different than our president

We are NOT going to discuss the fact that I would obviously rather mess with plants in 93ºF/34ºC heat than to clean the bathroom. I have posted this publicly to shame myself into getting on with it.

It's cleanout-the-fridge dinner chez nous. (I think we're going to have to run the dishwasher just to handle all the little storage containers.) I have done all the laundry, put fresh sheets on my bed and I'm about to go clean the bathroom.

😲. nuwahanfu.com/blogs/news/d.... Too cool!

I can be such a flake. (This going to be long.) In March of 2020, I decided to learn to crochet doing a Block-a-month subscription that would send me yarn, paper instructions and access to video tutorials. I made an afghan. Then I made 2 more blankets that didn't use a pattern, just... 1/9

The beautiful Victory Crown Pigeon - New Guinea region, with her chick. The crowned pigeon is the largest pigeon on earth.

Why did restaurants switch to calling sandwiches "handhelds"?

Seen in Asheville. "Cherokee Home"

Flower power 😁 waltermagazine.com/home/beckoni...

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Yikes!!

Second fuchsia in the ground. It's not even 10am and I"m already sweaty and gross. I still need to finish cleaning up my mess. But, I'm hydrating and cooling off first. That may be it for the day.

Everything old is new again. Irving Berlin wrote "When the Man is Dead and Gone," about Hitler to give people hope. Lizzy and the Triggermen performed it now for the same reason. Source: YouTube share.google/cAGOYDqdZ6V2...

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If you are a fan of Project Hail Mary, this is fanfic is very good. If you haven't read it or seen it, this isn't for you because of spoilers. archiveofourown.org/works/559996...

OMFG. SNL would not have come up with something this stupid.

I'm doing a project. I have had a flame calla lily for several years. I started taking a picture a day of it when it first opened on 5/25. It's not finished changing. I"m planning on a photo dump when it it finaly turns its black face to the ground. Yes. This is a tease. You know who you are.

Vermiculture!!

“It does feel like we are alone in an ocean,” he said. You’ve got to read this. 👇

People finding a way forward. www.theassemblync.com/news/inside-...