Moonrise, Zabriskie Point #photography #photosky #landscapephotography #deathvalley #california #moonrise #oc

Birthday Postcards: Corkagh Mornings & Liffey Days #art #painting #impressionism #pointillism #dublin #ireland #digitalart #artsky #blueskyart #oc

For my late husband's birthday today, some solo improv #piano. The underlying "concept" is that I was improvising to the thought of the walks I used to take through downtown Dublin with him, playing spontaneously* while recreating such a walk in my mind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdi...

Baldongan Castle, Ireland #photography #photosky #landscapephotography #castle #architecture #ireland #b&w #blackandwhite #oc

Reprise #poetry #blueskypoets #writing #widowhood #grief #love

Rain Leaves #photography #photosky #autumn #solitude #depression #macrophotography #naturephotography #sepia #oc

Stillwater Fall #photography #photosky #autumn #fall #wisconsin #oc #naturephotography #landscapephotography #blueskyart

Passersby (For K.) #photography #photosky #statuary #crucifix #b&w #carmelmission #california #stfrancis #jesus #oc

Three Dunes, Death Valley #photography #photosky #naturephotography #b&w #blackandwhite #monochrome #california #blueskyart #oc

Thermonuclear Flower (for @baddaywithacamera.bsky.social) #photography #macrophotography #naturephotography #photomacrography #macro #abstract #photosky #art #oc

Patience #poetry #blueskypoets #writing #bible #bookofjob #grief

Sonder / Scene From An Unfinished Film #photography #photosky #cinematography #dublin #ireland #nightphotography #streetphotography #blueskyart #oc

When Shall We Three Meet Again #art #painting #selfportrait #mortality #grief #impressionism #digitalart #artsky #blueskyart #oc

The Sanven Angel, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis #photography #photosky #indianapolis #indiana #b&w #statuary #crownhill #cemetery #grave #halloween #oc

Christ Church Crypt, Dublin, Ireland. #photography #photosky #statuary #christchurch #dublin #ireland #crypt #grave #halloween #b&w #oc

I've been planning & poking at a memoir of the early days of being online (I started in 1985, before the web was even invented, and blogged since '94). Don't know if I'll ever have the strength to finish it, but this is a great snapshot of what the gold rush days were like.

My sister/caretaker just got back from our local food bank. Thank you *so* much to everyone who's been volunteering and donating food to help all of us caught in this cruel insanity. Your spirits helped heal ours today. 🙏

A Show of Hands #photography #photosky #nature #naturephotography #doubleexposure #surreal #abstract #hand #b&w #oc

I rely on SNAP. My state has announced it's halting SNAP if the shutdown continues past Oct 27. We're *already* living on the bare minimum of food and having to pick-&-choose necessities, and I have a ton of meds I need to take with food daily. I thought I couldn't get any more afraid, but I am now.

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.” - Gandhi

"Antifa" is short for "anti-fascist": something I grew up believing all Americans are *supposed* to be. I was fed lies & omissions in history, but I hold THAT to be true. As a mostly-lifelong Texan, my heart's w/ everyone marching at our capitol & around the US. Love, power, & #NoKings now or ever.

Train tracks at Sandymount, Ireland. #photography #photosky #cityphotography #dublin #ireland #train #traintracks #b&w #oc

25 years ago today, I finished v1.0 of Greymatter — the software that changed my life in some... mixed ways, changed the web a lil bit, & "came back" to save my home & life in 2022. (I'll share links about that below.) Happy birthday, you silly, scary, life-exploding, bittersweet child o' mine.

Self Less #art #painting #selfportrait #depression #bipolar #grief #impressionism #digitalart #artsky #blueskyart #oc

My late husband lived & breathed this movie. He was once part of a drag group that did performances to it in theaters, collected everything he could, went by Franknfurter online. We even had "I'm Going Home" played at his funeral. Hope you're celebrating today, Barry. 👄

My blog, and everything in my life that grew out of it, would not exist if not for you and your work. I am so grateful that you are part of my story. It means so much to me that you still read my blog. <3

SR 190, California. #photography #photosky #landscape #highway #road #b&w

Psalm 2025 #poetry #blueskypoets #writing

Dear man in the MAGA Pride shirt who called me a fag today in the hospital waiting room while I was wearing *my* 🏳️‍🌈 pride shirt: I may not understand *your* pride any more than you understood mine, but I still want to hope we can both someday have pride in *each other* as basic human beings again. ❤️

"Celebrated" my 51st birthday today with my 4th visit to the ER this year. As broken as I am in body and heart, I pray to begin the next year of my life holding onto the audacity of *some* hope.

Being a marginalized person from the deep south has always felt like being abandoned twice: first by our own corrupt conservative politicians, then a second time by liberals who think we deserve to suffer and die for being born in the wrong place.

Just because. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoXs...

This has been happening on my block, in the creek I've lived across the road from for most of my life. Between this, medical & financial trauma, and <waves hands at everything>, I'm feeling broken beyond words.

Random memories from my former home in Los Angeles. Sending love to everyone standing up against fascism there and everywhere. 🕯 #photography #photosky #losangeles #california #montage

My sister's hand holding mine in the ER. Reposting this for #WorldCaringDay today in her honor, since she's also my caretaker, and without her I wouldn't still be here. #painting #artsky #art #digitalart #blueskyart #hands

All Is Calm, All Is Bright #painting #artsky #dublin #ireland #night #impressionism

Variations On An ER #photography #photosky #multipleexposure #streetphotography #abstract #er #hospital

I had a suicide last night because of this bill and I know of several disabled folks who have the same plans if it passes the senate because they will lose everything. I cannot even send them to the hospital because they will just be released in 72 hours with a 50k bill they cannot pay

County Wicklow, Ireland. #photography #photosky #landscape #ireland

Nightswimming. #photography #photosky #swimming #ocean #california #b&w

By now I'm used to living in fear of losing my life-dependent Medicaid. But I'll never get used to the greed and willful cruelty driving it.

Fairytale of Temple Bar. My attempt at an "Irish Edward Hopper" mood. #painting #artsky #art #digitalart #blueskyart #dublin #ireland

Five years this month. I miss you beyond words, Mom. The silence is just a little louder today.

#poetry #blueskypoets #writing #disability #grief

As an autistic mentally-ill shut-in who started blogging 30 years ago, the net was a literal lifeline for me. Back then like-minded souls found each other organically, but now it feels we have to do so *perfomatively* to be heard above the algorithms, and autism & performativeness don't mix well.

Happy birthday, Catherine. 💔

The ER at 1:15 AM, April 2025. #photography #photosky #hospital #b&w

I ran the first web forum for fellow male survivors of sexual abuse. I've spoken to hundreds of men who survived abuse by Catholic priests, & in many cases had their lives devastated by speaking out. When *they* can all forgive the Church, I will too. Until then, I'm with Sinead O'Connor on this.