Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing? Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.

Another piece for The Ethel about a woman who has learned a lot since her husband passed. She has learned tangible skills but also learned how to go to a farmer’s market alone and enjoy it. Thanks again, Jenny!

After Losing 2 Beloved Dogs, Here’s What I Think New illustration for The Ethel about the author’s reluctance to get another dog when her remaining dog passes away. Thanks to Jenny for the assignment!

Two more @postopinions.bsky.social Letters illustrations! The first not seniors shouldn’t have to leave their homes to fix the housing supply and the second about why people are choosing not to have children.

Listen, birthday wishes are always appreciated, but I’m not really sure I need a phone call from my compounding pharmacy to tell me happy birthday.

In matters that don’t matter, I’m taking the side of not taking a side. New illustration for @postopinions.bsky.social for a piece by Peter Mehlman about why we don’t all need to have an opinion on everything. wapo.st/4nCpSQY

Another @postopinions.bsky.social Letters illustration I forgot to post! This one on free speech in America.

Morticia like me: Coping with a breast cancer comeback New animated illustration for @postopinions.bsky.social about writer Joanne Gruber’s approach to the return of her breast cancer. wapo.st/4norDkQ

Parents alone can’t police the internet. Believe me, I tried. A moody animated illustration for @postopinions.bsky.social for a piece by Dr. Jean Twenge about why parents can’t be on their own when it comes to internet safety. wapo.st/4nOaelx

Playing BoTW again after ToTK means I am now LIVID when it rains in BoTW. And we all know how much it rains in that game.

Sunday @postopinions.bsky.social Letters illustration about how fans are feeling about watching football now that the risks to the players’ long term health is undeniable. Do you feel guilty watching?

How to help your parents tell their amazing stories New illustration for @aarpfoundation.bsky.social about the wonderful stories your parents have to tell if only you would ask. Thanks to Lesley for great AD work.

Another Sunday Letters illustration for @postopinions.bsky.social about whether or not college is worth it.

Last weekend’s @postopinions.bsky.social Sunday Letters illustration about the federal takeover of DC.

Am I a #swiftie? No. But did I make this fun photo illustration about their engagement for @postopinions.bsky.social? Yes indeed.

Some months ago, @michellekondrich.bsky.social and I worked on a little photoillustration for a story, but it did not end up working with the text. Because news are cyclical, we could bring it back with the news of the federal takeover of the DC police www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The words we hate New @postopinions.bsky.social Sunday Letters illustration about misused words that people hate. wapo.st/410iSnV

Bring back the presidential fitness test New animated illustration for @postopinions.bsky.social for an editorial about the return of the presidential physical fitness test. Thanks to my 10 year old for the reference modeling! wapo.st/45nNhOp #PresidentialFitnessTest

Avoiding screens makes me truly creative New Sunday @postopinions.bsky.social Letters illustration about what life can be like when you avoid screens and social media. wapo.st/4flncUM

Illustration for AARP to accompany a piece by Dallas Jenkins on his show “The Chosen.”

We’ve made sharks into monsters New illustration for @postopinions.bsky.social about how we have unfairly vilified sharks ever since the days of #JAWS when we should be more focused on their conservation. wapo.st/41cG8Pu

The spring our porch pillows came under attack Fun new fish crow illustration for @postopinions.bsky.social about crows that taught each other how to harvest patio furniture fluff. wapo.st/44E4l3A

The Personality Trait That Was Paralyzing Me New illustration for The Ethel about learning to overcome people pleasing tendencies (and get the soft serve you really want!). Thanks to Jenny for the fun assignment! www.aarpethel.com/relationship...

Do you find that Distress Bell causes distress? Or does Distress Bell ease distress?

A Poem by Christopher Kondrich: ‘For Now’ @theatlantic.com

Really fun illustration for AARP about what the author learned about growing older from #JAWS. Thanks to Devan for the quick and somewhat silly assignment!

Human artists, Use one piece to convince people to follow you!

AirBnB and Vrbo are going downhill like a hippo on a water slide New illustration for @postopinions.bsky.social piece by Rick Reilly about how disappointing most short term rentals are these days. wapo.st/4laZsnM

‘You’re there to dad.’ Five fathers on how they learned to parent. You know, my husband is such an amazing dad, I decided to use his early fatherhood days as direct inspiration for the @postopinions.bsky.social Sunday Letters illustration. wapo.st/3Tn0G3x

13 students on what studying history taught them about the present New Sunday letters illustration for @postopinions.bsky.social

Here are the people Trump doesn’t want to exist Final illustration collab with @ashendruk.com for @postopinions.bsky.social about Trump’s removal of people of color, LGBTQA people, women and others from administrative existence. wapo.st/3Hs6XZb

A roundup of Sunday Letters illustrations for @postopinions that I forgot to post! How to help autistic families Advice for friendship later in life How to celebrate Memorial Day

Parents can defeat the smartphone epidemic. They can’t do it alone. New animated illustration for a @postopinions.bsky.social piece by Clare Morell on how parents can collectively keep kids off screens. wapo.st/43BlJUJ

OH WELL.

2. Danielle Kunitz and Yan Wu from our Opinions visual team worked with artist Andre Limauro on a column about his Georgetown installation about flooding - and made it interactive! www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

My piece from last week in print @postopinions.bsky.social I’m fortunate I was able to have it in print just as I had hoped it would look. And good luck photographing paper on the floor when you also have a cat. Photo feat. Kirby Mimosa Kondrich.

My comic piece on time and aging is in print @postopinions.bsky.social today AND in color! I’m on vacation at the moment but will grab a photo of the actual print page next week.

3. @michellekondrich.bsky.social illustrated column about the relationship between her daughter and her father www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...

I am absolutely thrilled to share this piece I created that is online now @postopinions.bsky.social It looks much better online so please go check it out. It’s a very personal piece about aging and time that stems from an experience I had with my daughter and my dad last summer. wapo.st/3SELWwA

A couple of @postopinions.bsky.social Letters illustrations I forgot to post! One on student loan debt and the other on how the government should help families with autism.

Don’t push moms out of the picture Sharing this piece I wrote and illustrated for @postopinions.bsky.social on Mother’s Day last year. Don’t just take her picture today, take it all year round! wapo.st/3GL2yAl

I’m very excited to announce that this piece for @postopinions.bsky.social is a Selected Winner for this year’s American Illustration book and exhibition. Thank you so much to Mark Heflin and the jury for choosing my work! Hoping to make the trip up for the party this time.

All the joys of aging @postopinions.bsky.social readers respond to @annelamott.bsky.social essays on aging. New Letters illustration! wapo.st/3XZPQU1

Please break up with your AI lover Really fun new illustration for a @postopinions.bsky.social piece about AI lovers and why they lack a key ingredient in a satisfying relationship (no, not THAT). wapo.st/3GaZLQk

Can we #Romaticize our way out of this dumpster fire called life? New illustration for a @postopinions.bsky.social piece by Monica Hesse about the trend to #romanticizeyourlife. wapo.st/4iRoaZM

Idealism isn’t for everyone. But these ideals could be. This week’s Sunday Letters illustration for @postopinions.bsky.social. wapo.st/3R2NMXt

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