I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Summerville” - sign up now to join me! Hopefully feeling better by then, now I need a sign... www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Some mural artwork from the mountains of North Carolina. Wilkesboro, West Jefferson (with Pam representing the Lowcountry in the foreground), Bryson City, and Asheville.

Pretty long read but I found it very it very interesting. Surprise spoiler alert - in this instance, Nixon was a good guy... insideclimatenews.org/news/0510202...

Book nine of my Vonnegut infusion-reunion. Finally got to his first novel from way back in 1952. So far good but a different feel than l’m used to from his books. We’ll see how it turns out. #booksky

Picked this up Goodwill a while ago. Though almost 30 y/o it was beautifully written, full of humor and history. Definitely recommend it. A Goodwill drawback though, I was extremely allergic to the book, and couldn’t wipe off whatever was getting to me. Previous owner must have been a cat. #booksky

The comments are hilarious too.

Jane Goodall's final lesson open.substack.com/pub/talkingc...

Daily goals. Me to me: "Cook the damn asparagus you bought four days ago"! Asparagus to me: "Oh, spear me the outrage"!

“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.” KVJr nationaltoday.com/national-be-....

Just a reminder, the deadline to register for this year's election in South Carolina is October 5th (tomorrow). If you moved to a new county, you must register in your new county to vote on November 4th. Register at scvotes.gov www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/sc-news/2025...

Today is World Animal Day. This year's theme is "Save Animals, Save the Planet"! Shouldn't that be the theme every year? Every day? www.worldanimalday.org.uk/world-animal...

I had to opt out of my early voting gig that I've been doing since 2018 right after retiring from the state. The cumulative effects of chemo did me in. I'm going to miss the North Charleston team and everyone at CCBVRE. Team photo from 2023 - I'm on the lower right. On to next year's midterms.

Desperately trying to escape the shopping center.

I guess I'll be venturing out into the world (Charleston) in November. #charlestonliteraryfestival www.citypapertickets.com/events/17229...

Climate change reporting in the is certainly suppressed by well-funded propaganda from the wealthy, global industry that created the problem. However, there's also been an inadvertent systemic shift in US MSM reporting over the past 50 years toward general isolationism.

Just found out today is National North Carolina Day. A few shots from our upstairs neighbor and my favorite place to be. Signs along fence on a street in Asheville, Mural of Roberta Flack in Black Mountain, view from Wayah Bald fire tower in Franklin, and Appalachian Trail near Carvers Gap NC/TN.

Book 8 of my Vonnegut infusion reunion. Not from this book: “When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, ‘If this isn’t nice, what is?’” -KV #booksky

We didn't have color TV back then. Buying our first one was a momentous occasion. And here these guys are flying around in cars... cordcuttersnews.com/63-years-ago...

The Day Humanity Fixed the Sky open.substack.com/pub/theclima...

This is pretty cool and not a super long read. I've been lucky to have an old botany professor of mine guide a group of us through a very similar habitat in a Carolina Bay not far from here, with a variety of carnivorous plants. The flytrap's habitat is further north around the SC/NC border.

My first Bluesky post was photos and clippings of the 35th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo landing near Charleston, SC. So today is my anniversary. We escaped up to Greenville and came back to needing a new place to live. Found this booklet recently - I guess we evacuated through the gift shop...

Activated this because the grandkids were over and wanted to watch it, and I thought I'd eventually watch the Beatles Let it Be sessions. But now I find myself in times of trouble...

Book seven of my Vonnegut infusion reunion. Published in 1959, it’s my earliest one so far. Unfortunately I think I’ll run out of books before I run out of infusions… #booksky

Years ago Pam, Corey and I took a trip up to visit my home town. It was Corey's first time in NYC and first time on a plane. Views from the observation deck of the Empire State Building and the Staten Island Ferry. Must have been rough waters in the harbor...

Perhaps the most important story you've never heard about. Why? Take a breath. apnews.com/article/phyt...

This hits close to home. We were talking about this yesterday on my drive into Charleston to the Medical University of South Carolina. The evidence of flooding the day before from a small storm was everywhere. www.theguardian.com/environment/....

Theraspheres Inplantation, which is putting microscopic radioactive beads through a catheter in my wrist to the hepatic artery which attack the tumor. Cool stuff, except for the having it done part. Anyway, this is my good arm. I would stand clear of me...

Sunset after the storm. Summerville, South Carolina.

Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. -The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

So I was trying to gradually get my butt accustomed to indoor cycling and was about to reach my limit for the day when all of a sudden LA Woman comes on the sound system. Now I'm hobbling out the "doors" wearing a yellow jersey...

I had not heard of this before, (apparently by design) but I did some digging. lailluminator.com/2024/09/02/l...

Stephanie Kilgast's work is clean, detailed, & vibrant. Painting with watercolor & ink, drawing inspiration from natural forms, her artwork is an ode to nature and its current biodiversity. She also sculpts using discarded items, calling attention to recycling & climate change.

Some photos from this morning's Workers Over Billionaires Labor Day Rally in Hanahan, South Carolina.

A reminder that I'm living right on top of this fault. Summerville has grown dramatically in the 45 years I've been in the Lowcountry, let alone since 1886. A quake like this would be a problem. Also on today's date - National South Carolina Day. abcnews4.com/news/local/g...

The weeds beg to differ...

Anhinga checking out the fishing forecast with a Black Swan. - Swan Lake, Sumter, South Carolina. #Birds

50501 People’s Movement to Host "Workers Over Billionaires" Labor Day Protest holycitysinner.com/politics/505...

Book six of my Vonnegut infusion-reunion. Again I don’t remember it at all. I try to read these in two days because the second day after infusion the drugs really hit me hard and comprehension is a struggle. Luckily they’re mostly quick reads and hard to put down.

Mallards on an evening stroll through the neighborhood - Summerville, South Carolina. #Birds

I don't miss this, although parts of Summerville are underwater also. Just wet where I am #climateaction www.newsweek.com/urgent-flash...

We Made a Graph open.substack.com/pub/climatet...

Some sound from yesterday evening at Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site in Charleston South Carolina. You may have to unmute it. #Birds

Thank you @coveringclimatenow.org for the shout out about our new book Rising Waters! mailchi.mp/coveringclim...

I was invited to the T-shirt design reveal for the 2026 Cooper River Bridge Run 10K at Charles Towne Landing in Charleston SC. I noticed a cool pond on the way in and went to check it out when I left. I've never seen anything like this, hundreds of wading birds in the trees. Amazing sounds, #Birds

Interesting, short piece. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

“In the timeless battle of good vs evil, can evil be forgiven or must it be defeated? Or somehow both? What are our individual obligations? What are we called to do?” www.oklahoman.com/story/opinio...