What a weirdo #TheFelon is. The day that cognitive exams become mandatory for anyone running for POTUS or VP is the day that HE should mandatorily undergo a strong and meaningful exam administered by doctors who are NOT associated with him in any way, shape, or form.

New Year's Eve Kittens (c) 2025 Lif Strand #Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #cats ko-fi.com/i/IV7V21RFV3Q

When parody is realler than life t.co/4Sz2OyzYBm

www.lifstrand.com/critters/ Because I can always find something to scribble about instead of editing my manuscript.

Ahem. New Year's Eve is no time to be making resolutions. Just sayin'. www.lifstrand.com/resolutions-...

Putin's trying one-upsmanship over Trump for Trump's East Wing demolition.

We sure have a lot of experts analyzing what's happening. What we NEED to start seeing is experts discussing what ACTION can be realistically taken & what the steps are. Talk is cheap. ACTION is what matters. PedoFelon talks a lot of nonsense but it's his actions that are killing democracy.

When Sadie needs to go out, she doesn't mince words. Well, okay, not so much words as actions. She finds her leash then brings it to me, throwing it up in the air then catching it, dropping it, and grabbing another part of the leash if the first action hasn't gotten me away from my desk. #dog

News: Sadie has joined the Strand gang

Merry Happy!

Sorry, clarification - I have an immediate need for an Illustration to go with a translation of my short story Children of Dagon and wondered if anyone here had a piece showing a seal/human creature - ideally with a ruined city landscape - ready to go, that I could haggle for. Should be SFW

Lesbians have been saying this for forever but happy to see more women get the courage to just be. www.instagram.com/reel/DReH0Pz...

Astounding! I addressed the envelopes of the cards I'm sending this year. New Year's wishes cards. I hope I can get the cards themselves written & signed before Valentine's day this year. #Humbug

There better be ZERO public funds spent on anything like that. I mean, the damned ballroom isn't enough for him?

This doesn't apply to just books! bsky.app/profile/pype...

A tangle of kittens Hard to tell which paws and tails belong to which kittens (Daisy & Poppy at 5 1/2 months) (c) 2025 Lif Strand #Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #cats ko-fi.com/i/IW7W51QEGWL

For those who are out there on the front lines, risking their freedom for all of us, it might be a good idea to investigate www.phreeli.com so that if you get 'detained' by the fascists your phone-use privacy will be protected.

So does anybody know about actualhuman dot social? They want a one-time small fee to join which I don't mind but then they want stuff like uploaded documents. I don't trust that at all.

OK all you cat walkers - I'm looking for recommendations for cat harnesses. My kittens are 4 1/2 months old, so I'd like adjustable. TIA! #kittens

If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.

Went to bsky just now and it asked for my DOB. What's with that? No biggie - I started using a phony birthdate for anything that wasn't official business years and years ago, and that's what I used today.

No passing zone A layered & colorized image that started with a photo of the road going into town. (c) 2025 Lif Strand #photography ko-fi.com/i/IP5P51PXEVS

I was looking for a white oil paint pen or marker, poking through every place I could have possibly stashed one, when I came across an art supply box I haven't seen in years. I'm going through it now, forcing myself to throw away dried out markers & pens with no ink left. It's breaking my heart.

@tkingfisher.com I want to get an autographed copy of Snake-Eater (actually I want two). Will you be doing any signings in Abq soon?

@authorsguild.org are US Copyright Registrations taking longer than usual right now? I've been waiting for mine for over 3 months. According to them, my status is Pending, so does that just mean they're slow readers? Thanks!

“At stake: Billions of dollars and, potentially, OpenAI’s defense in the case.“

My sister's latest incredible art piece (unfinished in this photo) #artadventcalendar

2.8 mile walk this a.m. 73 photos taken. Puddles, ice, bones, dead branches, poop (coyote?), shadows, badger burrow, rocks, dead bugs, and odd bit of wood with nails driven into it that got deposited by a flood last summer or the summer before. Pretty typical photo choices for me.

You just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you. (Huh. Well, I went out happy and full)

These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?

Cranberry/orange/jalapeno relish - yummy! #recipe in ALT text Enjoy!

DOGE wasn't a failure. It was quite successful at trashing government agencies, stealing data, & shuttling a huge amount of $ to Musk. Its goals were achieved & now that they've ransacked as much as they can they don't need DOGE anymore. Also #EpsteinFiles

Fox Mountain The 9383' mountain as seen from 14 miles away at 7200', on US 60 in Catron County NM (c) 2025 Lif Strand #Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #Mountain ko-fi.com/i/II2I71OY8EU

Peace deals when there is no peace that comes from them get no prizes.

They say people blame others for their own faults. Therefore we could take this statement to be an admission of guilt.

I'm guessing that if the GOP lets Trump get taken down by the #EpsteinFiles, that means they figure he's of no use to them anymore and they're on to phase two or ten or whatever. I wish we could just impeach, convict, and lock up the whole lot of them in one fell swoop.

Things that dictators do: ban books, control media, restrict sharing of information in order to make propaganda more real. Bay Area nature writer says his book is being banned from Yosemite share.google/5c4w4l3J4vh9...

Northern lights (Aurora with bush) So magical seeing the Aurora Borealis all the way down here in New Mexico... but then, this IS the Land of Enchantment. (c) 2025 Lif Strand #Gaia #PhotoArt #DailyPhoto #Aurora ko-fi.com/i/ID1D71OCFF5

Headlines: Government shutdown reaches its 40th day Lets fire them all & put them in "protective custody" until their trial dates. Replace them with sensible non-politically oriented legislators & agency heads? Also, use Federal Marshalls to fetch the #EpsteinFiles for the new US Attorney General.

Is there some mechanism for US voters to directly vote out political appointees? I think at this point a lot of people would appreciate a supreme court that is guided by the US Constitution and not by El Supremo. #EpsteinFiles

photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty

It is my hope that we start thinking about how to rebuild and sustain a nation where the government is of, by, and for the people is it was meant to be.

#BoycottSpotify? Am I the only person left on the planet who buys music directly from the musicians?

I wanted to see if I could start letting the kittens into the catio, but I also wanted to be sure they could not stick their heads through the chain link fence. Well I guess they have to grow a little larger.

My from-scratch #sourdough starter is 3 days old today and looking good. Just equal amounts of organic rye flour and well water. I'm following a Ben Starr recipe. I use his recipe for my bread dough as well, it's no-knead, which is all I have baked for the past year.

I like pickled herring in sour cream. I don't like the aftertaste of fish. Tapioca pudding is my palate cleanser. Just occured to me that tapioca boba (not shown) looks an awful lot like fish eggs. Just sayin'. 🤣 I takes my joy where I finds it.

The canyon towhees have discovered the pleasure of kitten torment.

I really love #scam book review offers. Sure, they use names of existing people in the book world, but it's so obvious a ruse that there's no way to be sucked in by that. But the AI chat come-ons are marvelous! Even though they're just my own back cover & blurbs reworded, they are fun to read! 👏👍🤣

Trump is preparing for all-out war in the Caribbean. Mike Johnson is enabling him. I'm guessing this is one more ploy to avoid the #EpsteinFiles because those files will rid us of the domestic terrorism of our current federal government.