Be kind. Do something nice. To others and to yourself. These are difficult times. And difficult times call for empathy, humility, and community. — Happy Thanksgiving, may better days lie ahead.

20 year-old National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom has died from her gunshot wounds. May she rest in peace.

Purcy, waiting for his shares of roasted turkey, 2015

No pies, but I got a few of these 😋

CNN: shooter was granted asylum in April 2025 under Trump: www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...

Multiple media outlets: Shooter is Afghan national who immigrated to US in 2021.

Violence is part of the problem, not a solution. These guard members were serving away from home on a mission they did not control: Live Updates: Two National Guard Members in Critical Condition After Shooting Near White House www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

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art: Lucy Almey Bird

😳🙌🏻 www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Internal DHS data: Gun and drug arrests and seizures way down as agents diverted to immigration cases. More on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig...

Sunday night's waxing crescent Moon low over the lit Manhattan skyline. 🌙

Let’s start at the top. Not just once but twice, Donald Trump put his hand on a Bible and swore to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” He’s been violating that oath, and lying nonstop in all conceivable venues, ever since. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-admi...

Wishing every one a calm, peaceful week of Thanksgiving. Find your blessings and be grateful. Be good to you in whatever way you find joyful. ❤️ pattye

For my crochet friends. This is how it started, this is how it ended. Fluffy Merino/Cashmere blend. I had received one small skein as a Christmas gift from a girlfriend. When your cat is your only model. Purcy on New Year’s Day 2015.

How you know that your cat is glad to be home from the vet. Purcy on Nov 24, 2014

At my last job I worked on the top (5th) floor of the Westinghouse Energy Center. But my photos always looked like I was on the 100th floor. This was from my cubicle

This gorgeous Red-Tailed hawk just landed in the tree right outside my window with his little bird lunch. Never had one come this close to my house before. November 24, 2023

Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed. Cases can be refiled.

art: Loré Pemberton

The hat I made this weekend. For my next door neighbor that has to walk her doggo in this cold weather. 🥰

This is really good

3 day baby Moon in my backyard

So many rainbows in my livingroom 🌈🌈🌈

„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences. It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.

Since I made mention of him in an earlier post today, this was my Loelle (pronounced Low-Elle) he was a mainecoon kitty. He had a good life of 14 years. This was in 2001, in my backyard

I’m still on hellsite twitter for just one reason

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artwork: Anna Speshilova

The EXACT way that abusers control their victims

Amazing thermal video!

🙏🏻 Je suis éternellement reconnaissante aux anges qui m'ont aidée. Vous ne mesurerez jamais votre impact ❤️ “What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?” ~ George Eliot art: Lore Pemberton

The 2 day baby crescent is usually the first you can see after New Moon. Setting tonight at 6:21pm ET, you have to move fast after sunset to capture her. We are clouded over but a teensy window opened miraculously and there she was, golden and stunning 🙌🏻❤️

SEEN TODAY IN WASHINGTON, DC MASSIVE PROTEST TO REMOVE THE REGIME IN OFFICE

Golden Hour in my backyard

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