Houston Diwali celebration with colleagues who also happen to be great friends. ✨

Know what I like about Bluesky? I don’t have fake AI lies crammed into my face. This morning on fb, @maddow.msnbc.com was telling me I needed to put pink salt in my water to lose 6 pounds in 24 hours. Yes, yes, yes, we all know about the ocean-front property in Arizona. Social media is dangerous.

Saturday run in the rain. I wanted to sleep longer, but I was afraid the predicted thunderstorm would have me trapped inside all weekend. I am determined to regain my cardio strength! I can’t miss a day!! And of course, Yona was happy to see me back at the house.

I’m currently in a dual scientist/administrator role and today I got to be a scientist at the bench all day. 🧪👩‍🔬🔬

The white Hokas are getting dirty. ;-)

I ran sans music today. Here’s my smile at the end. When you are so out of shape, you see big improvements fast. 😂 I still have work to do to reach the fitness level I am accustomed to.

I didn’t protest this weekend, but I damn sure voted and this is what really makes a difference. Harris County, Texas: Prop12 - NO! Gov Abbott, you don’t get to run our courts. Those are independent entities Prop 14 - YES! We will fund dementia research

Another day done. My legs were heavy when I started, and exhilarated afterwards. Yona was here to greet me when I showed up all sweaty. 🐾

Finished this today. I’m DONE. Done with anger. Done with trying to understand. Done with trying to connect. I am finally done with it all.

I’m enjoying “fall” in Texas. My power is getting stronger. Last year I began running again after a foot injury. Consistency was hard! That foot isn’t giving me trouble anymore, but my left leg isn’t as strong as the right and I feel it. My goal is to have my 120 power and endurance back by spring.

Me and Ketan, my best friend from grad school days. This was around 2010. He moved to Canada during Trump’s first term in office.

Today’s run. I’m not too far away from where I left off last spring. My guideline is 30 minutes, a minimum of 3 times a week, with a heart rate maintained between 140 and 160 bpm. I’m glad running temps are back! It maintains my sanity. 😇

I didn’t go to a protest today. I’m dealing with too many personal issues that are making me angry, and that’s not the vibe that was going to help anything in our country, so I dealt with my emotions in my own space. Instead, I went to see this movie. “The truth shall make you free” John 8:32

New Hokas for a new run season as Houston cools down. I did 3 laps around the neighborhood while chatting with a friend as a season warm up to daily runs again. My body has missed this!

2 takeaways: 1. Despite all the imperfections, the US government is run by its ordinary citizens at all levels, who’s families pay the consequences of decisions we make collectively. 2. Russia REALLY wants to consolidate US leadership into a handful of malleable individuals. KEEP SHOWING UP!

I was in my early 20’s when I came home to my parents’ home that faced Epstein island. No one knew exactly what was happening, but they saw the young girls being transported there, so yeah, everyone knew. The bad example had effects on the community. Teachers gave A’s for sex with their students.

Columbus Landing Beach - St. Croix, US Virgin Islnds MY HOME

Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs.

Big brother Baloo picked out a birthday cake for Yona

Yona celebrating Halloween in her festive dog shirt and demon eyes

Salt Fish & Johnny Cake wars in the USVI I grew up on St. Croix, and in my college years my parents moved to St. Thomas. St. Croix wins this contest hands down! And IMO, its even better than Jamaican journey cake. *If you threw in Puerto Rican Johnny cake, I’d rank them 2nd to Cruzan cakes. ;-)

When the world isn’t what you like, you have to BE what you wish it was.

Baloo joined Mom and I for lunch out today, while Yona and Katniss napped together. #skypetfamily

My parents used to host Navy League parties at their house in Red Hook. This visit is nothing like those past visits. In the past, we didn’t kill civilians in international waters surrounding our territory. viconsortium.com/vi-community...

Game day! Go Texans! 🏈

I learned today that Kamala was in Houston after Hurricane Beryl, the surprise storm that did so much damage to our property. It would have been reassuring to have known that then. We were feeling so abandoned for so long without power and living in such a mess!

The time has arrived where they will begin eating their own. They were ready with their Project 2025 Plan. Now we should be ready with our plan. Does it exist? Or are we still pointing fingers? Now is the time to get ready with how to create a society with empathy, equality, and opportunity.

Is it just me, or are fb targeted videos with divisive cultural agendas on overdrive for everyone? I don’t follow or like things that are showing up in my feed today, yet those hateful messages are the dominant content.

@canela7391.bsky.social Thanks for being here!

So my cousin in Oklahoma with the brain tumor found on Labor Day - diagnosis is glioblastoma.

Off to a gala to reward children’s reading achievements with new bikes - Education is important!!!!

A fun night at the theater 🎭

Oppenheimer Beach, St. John USVI As kid, I felt trapped and alienated here. Yes, its beautiful, but I craved being where things were happening. As an adult, I understand why the scientist who built the atomic bomb chose to live here.

My years as a graduate student and employee in AggieLand showed me how extreme the conservative movement can get. They are not to be underestimated. Yet I cherish my years there, because it reveals who you are, and I found some of my best friends there. www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/u...

There was a beautiful rainbow above my pool that set the tone for an invigorating evening swim with the promise of a bright future if we just keep swimming.

Here’s a great read about on what is happening to American research. Its not limited to cancer research. Every NIH-funded scientist has been touched by it, and they are proposing more drastic legislation for this coming year. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Yona has lots of adventures. Most of them are fun and thrilling. But not this one. Knee surgery is something she would have chosen to miss out on.

Be deliberate about what you give oxygen to in your thoughts, your words, and your actions. When you are reactive instead of goal-oriented, give your emotions space to expand privately. Only enter the crowd again after you have reflected and regained your composure.

I’m choosing an hour of quietness with a book before going to bed. Sometimes its better to shut up for a while and just breathe.

My favorite pic of the week - Mom outside with Yona and Baloo. Healing from knee replacement surgery is slower than she would like, but faster than a lot of patients. She feels miserable, but is doing great! She’ll be back to normal by this time next month, better than ever.

This weekend’s $5 purchase. The first time I heard “Right Here Waiting” my best friend and I instantly fell in love with the piano intro. We rushed to the mall to buy the cassette, then off to the skating rink to choreograph new routines that included toe steps to the intro. I was 9 years old.

FYI - new covid and flu vaccines are free and easily available for all ages at Walgreens and CVS in Houston. Walk-ins welcome. They ask for name and DOB and that’s it. Covid is rampant in Texas - go get vaccinated! Apparently, we currently have easier access than many parts of the country.

Isn’t he beautiful 🤩

Why are people saying they want socialism? Because MAGA refers to public education, universal healthcare, livable wages, and retirement programs as socialism to demonize these basic rights to a healthy life. So rather than fight the accusation- people say “then give me socialism!”

This post earned me a spot on the MAGA infiltrator list. That’s amusing - when more of what I had in mind as “the enemy” was Russia, not so much MAGA. MAGA is made up of my douchebag cousins who are flailing from their own life choices and now can’t figure out which way is up or down.

“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves….

A happy moment in Galveston, Tx. 🤎🧡

As a scientist in Texas, my fantasy is to open a coffee/wine bar, chat with patrons, and hang my artwork on the wall until I get someone drunk enough to buy it. Somehow I think I could have a bigger effect on the world by talking to people instead of curing disease.

Are US ships doing what they claim to be doing in the Caribbean? If so, this is the heart of our drug/immigration problem. However, historically, its all show. They make deals to let some things be caught, while the bigger fish swim wherever they want. viconsortium.com/vi-caribbean...