Some people paint their loneliness in a pastel watercolor wash, they hint at it. I wield it like a sledgehammer; expressing my gratitude to someone like this: "I appreciate you hard. SO hard." It's mainly stupid, somewhat effective. I double blink and resume my day. Age does have its advantages.

Inside and outside is a blunt sort of a feeling, the kind that used to pierce but now rests like a floating leaf, adjusting will to way.

The rain chain is full; at last, we have snow worthy of the name.

My entire life in one cartoon, you might ask? This little masterwork, from the latest Private Eye.

one time i spent 12 weeks gaining the trust of a squirrel & when i was finally able to get close enough to its ear i whispered, “i don’t even know how your kind got on that ark.”

How are you gonna put Kool & The Gang on a JUNGLE themed float and then they play Celebration?? We were all robbed of Jungle Boogie at the Macy’s Parade and someone needs to be held accountable.

Moments where I feel both aged and fragile, and then immature at the same time. As if there really should be someone far more practical and 'grown-up' nearby to bundle up my broken pieces and give me them back in some ordered form.

"Every life saved is a quiet revolution." The words passed me by on a reel I now can't find, but folks we have to keep these words close. They're the ones that will allow us to see worth in effort no matter how little impact it makes on a larger society. Small acts. One at a time. Done with love.

"Third World" is of course just a not very subtle way of saying "Countries with majority non-white people", and pretty much always has been.

57 minutes until sunset, driving down a gravel road and hoping the deer stay clear as he pretends there's no work in the morning.

In a bid to return to post Thanksgiving normalcy, I'm drinking tea and crying over the Christmas episode of Dragnet circa 1970.

I have a cat whom I love dearly. However, my favorite cat was the one who looked like a Pilgrim and would go to the door to be let out so she could shit under the best looking pine tree in the neighborhood. BTW, Happy Thanksgiving.

I mourn what wasn't and lament what should've been.

When they say the sky is darkest before dawn, it is not necessarily a bad thing. The birds sing timeless songs as the sky grows lighter; the moon and stars exit to the orange-glow promise of sunrise. The quiet perfection of daybreak lasts as long as my last swallow of coffee and I savor them both.

From silence impart The song of her heart became the sound of her voice The song of her voice Became my music of choice

The holiest of all Easter egg hunts.

Dead eyed and sarcastic, the woman flips her screen around in a sledge hammer subtle style tip hint. In an equally subtle manner, I ask this: If I tip you for pouring my coffee, will you give me a cookie because I'm a pretty good customer? She said no. I guess now we're in a standoff.

fuck the mute button we need an ancient curse button

I will still write a check at the grocery store. Mess with me, and I'll make sure to break off the tip of the quill before I fill in the amount.

Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy. All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.

You’re not really married until you celibate birthdays.

She watches for hours.

made a thing

Spot the deer. 🥰

"So I decided to become a midwife… I wanted to deliver a thousand babies. And as each one arrives, especially the little girls, I’ll be there first to whisper into her tender little ear: REBEL! REBEL!” Emma Goldman

Ran into Derek the Invisble Nudist again. He's started wearing boots since the broken glass and dog shit incident, though.

Two people who like the same foods are called taste buds.

It's the end of the day, and as I'm sipping hot tea sweetened with Ohio honey, I'm savoring the cinnamon flavor lingering in the back of my throat. Its goodness doesn't seem to be enough to prevent *oh what the fuck* from being one of my last coherent thoughts of the evening.

This is gonna be the app that finally makes all my dreams come true, I can feel it

My wife took this picture yesterday and I can’t stop looking at it

Hello, my name is Paula and I can't stop making chicken soup.

I was dyeing, only to surrender to my natural hair color. At that point, leg shaving replaced root touch-ups as the thing I hated most. Now that I rarely do that, plucking my errant beard hairs annoys me to no end. The long and short of it is that hair is out to get me.

When starting a family, they don't prepare you for how you'll feel when your children are old enough for their own nostalgia.

@silversnapples.bsky.social @silversnapples!!!! I'm so happy to see you here :)

Sunlight glinted off the umpteen peppermint patty wrappers that fell out of my pocket. I hope I win the HOA's Holiday Decorations contest.

Cat: *purring away, stuffed inside my hoodie* Me: Haha, aw...heart murmerings.

When a cat isn't a snow bunny

AARP headline: Where Have All the Doctors Gone? When will our elected officials do something about the single biggest problem in America? Rising mortality rates, generally falling health rates of our citizens. Single biggest cause of bankruptcy. That’s right I’m talking about Health Insurers.

I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣

Everybody's so fussy. Did you ever stop to think that making snow angels face down just feels better to some of us?

I went to two different stores for two different things and both times they said I have to order it online. Call me old fashioned but I liked it when you could buy stuff at an actual store.

Can't believe I was thinking about turning off DMs today.

Fuck this yea-- ope, not yet.

RIP Jimmy Carter.

When you're old, you miss things like calling time and tempature, and sitting by the alley as the city sprayed DDT on the weeds. The overspray felt like heaven on those pre global warmed summer days.

We don't call it Xbox in our house. We call it by it's full and proper name, Christbox.

Excellent ! #UFOSKY youtu.be/rIKlPC6JiwQ?...

I laugh when I shouldn't sometimes. It's how I've survived so far.

Peace, love, and onion rings