Night, all. Began slow reading Dickens’ Bleak House with #APStogether 48 days ago, turned last page today. Slow reads give you time to “read writing.” A great English mystery novel. Dickens visited EA Poe on his tour of the US. 1/2

The ? to be asked is why some anonymous person thought it necessary to create these videos. Who is the intended audience? Will they have any bearing - I doubt it - on councilmanic decision-making? Reminiscent of politico Julius Henson's 2010 Election Day black vote suppression robocalls.

It was also Black Friday for Maggie. A nice brown empty package making very crisp sounds.

Mr & Mrs Cardinal stopped by for a feed, ruffling their feathers at a gang of juncos with the same idea.

An early morning run in unexpected hail. Towels by the back door.

the night of the hunter

wag o the morn to you all

Night, all. Wearing my sweater to bed tonight. 🥶🐾🐾

All these thanksgiving dinner photos but where the hell is the sauerkraut? It's a shonda I tell you. www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/food...

Thanksgiving Parade, Charles St., Baltimore, circa 1953. I’m the little girl who later lived in Homewood House (seen in the first pic) as a JHU grad student.

it also deprives legislators of this feedback! I would explain the law to applicants and then send them to their councilmembers to ask for a change in the zoning law & got so many emails and calls from CMs ranging from confused to hostile.

Night, all. Exhaustion set in early, Maggie and her Stuffie Posse having had to make several inspection trips to the club chair by a front window on hearing the slate roofers working across the street.

“I’m worried about Frank these days. … It seems he just can’t unwind.”

Morning, all. The Joy of Dogging.

Night, all, from Maggie the Stealthful.

I’m proud to call Becky a friend and if you read anything about the Housing Options & Opportunity Act (Besides what yours truly has been working on, then holding off on to see how heavily amended it gets), make it this. www.baltimorebrew.com/2025/11/24/b...

This article on public participation in land use/planning decision-making bears on the current Baltimore City debate about a broad-reaching residential zoning bill. In short, is more participation better than a clearer definition about the purpose of public participation?

On to LUT & a couple individual rezonings on E. West St. (Lol) from @zacblanchardd11.bsky.social & W. Fayette St. from John Bullock. Some of those variances have now been made redundant by recent legislation, as @electryandorsey.bsky.social notes. Hopefully we'll see even more of that soon....

Pile o yams

Why Mother thank you for loading this wagon full of things to pick and choose from and take back to my nests.

Night, all. Maggie showing her smarts by using sofa as balance to investigate the contents of a bowl.

Around 6:30 pm of late, I am thinking it's at least 10:30 pm.

Me: Here I am in my gym clothes but the sun is out and it may be one of the last almost pleasant days to finalize yard clean up. Maggie: And a walk!

Morning, all. Bacon, you say?

sunrise

Night, all.

a little night music youtu.be/G6wLf0ucCaY?...

Trump is going to start saying Inshallah in his group chats

Contractor back this morn for some cleanup. Maggie deserving of a reserve stuffie posse (all thrifted, fabric eyes). Pluto, I think, a good tail and long ears with which to self-comfort.

what madness is this?

Good morning, all, from Dame Maggie Smith Her Demureness.

Night,all. Exhausted, many repair decisions. Hole in bathroom floor. Maggie gets a B for being mostly chill. Work noise reactions were “unrebarkable.” Barking mostly when contractor came upstairs or we were talking about matters.

If you're a certain age you remember exactly where you were 62 years ago when you heard the news.

Morning, all. Maggie the Sleepy-Eyed's choice of overnight lair is always an indication of early morning temps. 🌡️🧤🐾🐾

Night, all. New bathroom contractor coming tomorrow (long story) to rip up floor so plumber can replace pipes that burst during the couldest day of this year. Maggie claims yet another space.

Maggie stopped to listen to the sounds of the new HVAC at our neighborhood library, the Govans branch of @prattlibrary. Soon to reopen! 📚🐾

Morning, all. Saw our breaths this morning.

Night, all. Maggie the Cineaste’s homage to “death to smoochy.” 🤪🎥🐾🪦

Bought this $4 throw as a lap warmer for the car and threw it by the downstairs door for a wash, but Maggie the Artful Dodger has other plans for it.

Morning, all.

Night, all. Maggie's stuffie posse unicorn standing sentry, a duty not to relinquished even though Maggie chewed its horn off during her early days of living with the Human.

Morning, all.

Night, all. Fed” up with the Human’s withholding of real food treats 7/days running, Maggie the Stealth lept on the sofa and grabbed a bit of meat on the fork just as said Human opened her mouth. Mug shot. No remorse.

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The wind, Mother. The damned wind.

The thing about waking up hours before your usual time is the programmed thermostat heat hasn't yet come on so you stay in bed and try to go back to sleep.