Gardener’s House at Antibes, 1888. Claude Monet. Oil on canvas.

Thanks. That is wonderful. Never allow anyone to diminish who you are or steal all of your wonderful qualities. Shine brightly and be proud of who you created yourself to be. 💞 I am glad it is magical. Thank you, I will make my own magic and attract the moments I need.

Chasing the Light, 2018. Shane Russeck.

Good Morning Sky. 👋👋☕☕

Fall nature

It was the deep, almost humorous patience that allows love to survive the daily irritations of being human together.

When Marguerite Duras said that one must be very fond of men to love them, she wasn’t being cruel or cynical. She was being honest. She was pointing to the gap between affection and endurance, that strange space where love actually lives. Fondness, for her, wasn’t a shallow liking.

❤️

If you’re smart you will

Funny how that works. Goodness is infectious!

Giggles afoot. More giggles to come.

Cloudy with a chance of giggles here in the future.

Pssst! Yes, you.

“Lies are often much more plausible, more appealing to reason, than reality, since the liar has the great advantage of knowing beforehand what the audience wishes or expects to hear." Hannah Arendt, Reflections on the Pentagon Paper, 1971.

Drinking V-8 in a wine glass because why not.

Kindness is the greatest thing we can gift to others, so let's make each day about reaching out to those you might need it the most. So, please share to encourage those who you feel might not always adhere to this sentiment.

Sun is shining. So will I. Share your light, someone somewhere needs it. And that someone may be you.

"Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost." Milan Kundera. The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

In Vermont, students can submit names for the state's snowplows. The "Vermonster" and "Plowy McPlow Face" are classic names. vtrans.vermont.gov/name-a-plow

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” — Leo Tolstoy

Share something that reminds you of your childhood...🖤

I want to be Emma Thompson when I grow up. Or a panda.

I mean, Tig Notaro in The Morning Show is THE best.

“We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own.” Wangari Maathai

"Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.” The Dalai Lama.

"When you observe your thoughts, emotions, and habits without judgment, their lower vibrations lose power. In this light of consciousness, the unnecessary burns away, leaving only what is true. Awareness purifies." ~ Kalijbanks

"What a strange looking four-legged Heron that is" 💭🦖

Frost on the grass. Sun shining. A day of being and mirth-making. Oh the possibilities.

My favorite painter. <happysigh>

Another day at a museum. Art is life.

They can’t stop us from feeding each other.

Winter night blue sky.

"The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light." James Baldwin

Akibiyori 秋日和 (autumn day) from Asahi camera アサヒカメラ magazine selected works - Mie 三重 prefecture, Japan - December 1937.

AMAZING idea and great pitch‼️ Put them in all airports‼️

Sandwich Guy beat the wrap - some heroes wear capes, others toss subs.

There exist articles of impeachment that need to be implemented.

“You should have noticed by now, sometimes a monster looks just like any other man.” ― Helen Maryles Shankman, In the Land of Armadillos: Stories #NowReading

"I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other." Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet.

All of this.

Everyone’s talking about Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey — but the real sleeper story is Mississippi. Democrats flipped multiple legislative seats and broke the GOP supermajority in the State Senate. In deep-red Mississippi! That’s news too — and it says something big is shifting.

Ella for the win!

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