White-soled "dress sneakers" are an abomination.

Still processing all the wonderful things about Artemis, but my take of the moment is that I've never witnessed such a WWASOAD?* moment as weeping and embracing your traveling companion after you've named a bright spot on the Moon for his lost love. *What Would Aragorn, Son of Arathorn Do?

Literally still on listserv emails today. Mostly regular fonts, though.

Still processing all the wonderful things about Artemis, but my take of the moment is that I've never witnessed such a WWASOAD?* moment as weeping and embracing your traveling companion after you've named a bright spot on the Moon for his lost love. *What Would Aragorn, Son of Arathorn Do?

“The peasants you kill are your own brothers and sisters. … No soldier is obliged to obey a law contrary to the law of God. In the name of God, in the name of our tormented people, I beseech you, I implore you; in the name of God I command you to stop the repression.” - St. Óscar Romero

Come on then, and remove him.

In Korea, when the president declared martial law after midnight and erected barricades in Seoul, congressional reps from all parties ran into the streets, yanked ak47s from the army at the barricades, broke down the locked door to Congress, repealed the martial law order, and arrested the president

I missed this moment, and only found out why my kids were yelling at the TV later.

Realizing that some of my inexplicable sadness about the Artemis II stuff is that it feels like a trans-dimensional communication from an America that took a different path and chose joy instead of fear and hate.

Getting a little crowded up there.

The pelicans of the house have straggled back in from the wilderness. (Me, the teen, and the 9yo made it back from Tenebrae.)

It's getting to the point where I almost don't want to share things written by priests, no matter how good, because I don't want to inadvertantly contribute to them gaining celebrity, and we all know where that leads.

hmm

A few people have replied to my Artemis posts with links to Gil Scott-Heron's "Whitey on the Moon." Here's a story from Space.com about Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, currently en route to fly around the Moon, and his connection to that piece. www.space.com/space-explor...

At Kennedy Space Center astronauts have to take elevators to the top of launch pad towers in order to enter their space capsules before lift off. This is the elevator panel at Pad 39A.

Coming up in my woods: celandine poppy, Virginia bluebells, toadshade, and one very striking mushroom.

this guy rules

Can't overemphasize the importance of pursuing your hobbies even when you're in the thick of childrearing. It's incredibly frustrating to get anything done, and thus, someday when they're gone, you'll be so glad to actually do those things that you won't be tempted to interfere with their lives.

This. Is. Murder. Even. If. No. One. Calls. It. That.

I'm expecting a wheelbarrow-full of pardons for insider trading on January 19, 2029. Note that the prospect of those pardons helps to keep subordinates in line. Corrupt-cop style, make sure that lots of people get a little taste, then make clear that the pardon depends on continued loyalty.

I'm starting to see policies shifting in smaller corners that care about facts, too. A native plant group I'm in that has actual naturalists as admins just said they won't approve any suspected-AI posts as of this week.

Things I might actually want from AI: the ability to snap a picture of a bookshelf (particularly a kids bookshelf) and then search it for a title.

One thing to love/hate about daffodils is that they flop over at the first stiff breeze (and there always is a stiff breeze). *snaps fingers* Gosh darn, guess I'll have to bring you all inside!

After years of attacking mail-in voting, Trump voted by mail in today’s special election.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

There was ONE ATC in the tower at LGA during last night's crash. ONE ATC, at LGA!, dealing w ALL air and ground traffic, including a plane filling w a strange smell and no gate to return to. The Pentagon wants $200B for a vanity war, but our ATC towers are empty. Budgets are moral documents.

4yo has been experimenting with how long you have to wait between times of asking, "What are you doing under there?" This morning, he finally got me again.

Me now that Brent crude oil is up 50%

Can't recommend hellebores enough, if you're a fan of creepy goth flowers (complimentary).

Husband is trying to convince the 4yo to tie his hair back before he plays outside. "Do you want to look like the history guys that made America?"

My people immigrated from Guernsey. Before the revolution. The only heritage we had was the need for freedom from tyranny. That’s the only heritage anyone coming here from anywhere needs as far as I’m concerned.

“I think we’re off to a great start.” New York City Archbishop Ronald Hicks describes his new friendship with Mayor Mamdani.

Look, you'll just have to take my word for it that the redbud trees against the snowmelt-darkened mountainsides near the NC-TN border were really striking.

Exodus 23,9 “You shall not oppress a stranger; you know the heart of a stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” God desires a people who, once freed from the oppression of Pharaoh, will resist the temptation to act like Pharaoh once they have the power to do so.

Three Pinewood Derby kits, two bad wheels. What the heck?

This. The image is of graves being dug for the girls killed when the U.S. bombed their school.

Me, dumb and politically correct: Firing on unarmed ships or double-tap military strikes on schools are bad things.

My main email is old enough to drink, and when I went looking to verify that date, I found Blogger comment notifications, and Best Buy service requests for my Compaq Presario.

Looked up from my sewing and thought I'd stumbled into a Gothic Horror novel.

Ridiculous late-night mom projects.

Ridiculous late-night mom projects.

Mom, come pick me up, the best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity.

I see someone let Marty Haugen's crazy nephew behind a mike so he can tell us how awesome war crimes are again. I'm so over this timeline.

A kid stuck this on my back and ... yeah, guess I can't argue.

> @covie93.bsky.social

Say it with me: Operation Epstein Fury

Homemade chips with the fish tonight, anyway. I don't deep-fry basically ever, but @smittenkitchen.bsky.social Easiest French Fries are as-advertised, and most importantly, don't make my house smell like oil for the next week.

@aldiusa.bsky.social 's math ain't mathing here:

this is what they said it would be like under socialism

All the times I've heard people complain Scouting America (formerly Boy Scouts) was "too woke" for them, and now I get this in a newsletter: "As part of Scouting America’s commitment to comply with Executive Order 14173, we will be discontinuing the Citizenship in Society merit badge."