Blue sky, blue river, green grass and trees on both banks. Maybe a few cherry blossoms left.

Crossing the Schuylkill, Spring has sprung edition

A 10 second retreat, inspired by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Monoshone Creek in Rittenhouse Town.

Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

Thomas Raymond Kelly

'In this humanistic age we suppose man is the initiator and God is the responder. But the living Christ within us is the initiator and we are the responders. God the Lover, the accuser, the revealer of light and darkness presses within us. ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock.’ (Thomas R. Kelly).

I'm teaching on this wonderful course alongside the fabulous @lilyrchadwick.bsky.social. If you would like a supportive space to reflect on Hannah Arendt's work, learn about #active #hope, or delve more deeply into the contemporary dimensions of #Quaker witness, this might be the course for you. 🌏☮️

Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani sing ‘Wheels on the Bus’ to kids in NYC

Maybe it's just a pretext to meet the famous author

I love this idea of posting new words you learn.

Schuylkill River, seen from the eastbound train tracks

Crossing the Schuylkill, back-again-so-soon edition

A river seen through bare trees under a grey sky with a road in the foreground

Crossing the Schuylkill, warming up edition

"Light Fossils" dinosaur light painting by artist Darren Pearson, known as Darius Twin, using a unique photography technique.

The artwork is created using long-exposure photography, where the camera shutter remains open while the artist moves handheld lights to "draw" the figures in real-time.

Called my Senators and Rep today. Usually I send emails. But today seemed more urgent. What are Senators @fetterman.senate.gov and McCormick and Rep Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social doing TODAY to stop this illegal, ill-planned war from going nuclear? I'd like to know.

Same. Better safe than sorry?

It is not an accident that the first cabinet members facing consequences are women.

Pope Leo is going full TWAIL and I am here for it.

At PHL three hours before my flight this afternoon. No line at all at security in Terminal A. The TSA information on the PHL website is great. www.phl.org

Grey water in the river, grey skies, early view of pale pink cherry tree blossoms

Crossing the Schuylkill, March skies edition

Could the federal government offer $50,000 signing bonuses for new air traffic controllers? That might help the situation.

Opinion | The Evolutionary Brilliance of the Baby Giggle

Baby laughter is good for what ails us. Keep the sound on while reading this. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

T. Kingfisher Says Spite Is the Ideal Inspiration

The NY Times has a fun interview with @tkingfisher.com that is both too brief and very on brand. You can hear her speaking voice clearly in the text.

The interview includes shout outs to two foundational authors in my life: @diane.dianeduane.com and Janet Kagan.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...

I don't make the rules

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Success of a sort? I have reached the stage of being scammed as a woman in business "We are delighted to invite you to be featured...The Most Influential...exceptional women leaders who are redefining success...

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Join us tonight for the March First Monday Lecture with Welling Hall on "Things of Beauty" where she will share her journey of becoming an artist through her witness against atrocity as both a spiritual and political act. Register for free to attend in person or online pendlehill.org/calendar/thi...

REMINDER: ANYONE CAN NOMINATE. YES THAT MEANS YOU.

I want to write a country music song about finding courage in the bottom of a coffee cup.

This Week in the World: No War with Iran | Friends Committee On National Legislation War is not the answer, and diplomacy is still possible and necessary.

Congress must exert its constitutional authority to stop another disastrous forever war before it starts.

This Christian Nationalism study from @prri.org is simultaneously fascinating and frightening. It is definitely worth your time. prri.org/research/map...

Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.

@ctmathewes.bsky.social I think this is for you