A stream with snowy banks and sunset

Yeah, from this morning. We now have a good amount of snow building up on top of all the ice

Picture of an almost full moon casting tree shadows on snow

Image of a fallen branch casting a shadow on fresh snow

A Coup Is In Progress In America A coup is underway in the United States, and we must stop pretending otherwise. The signs are unmistakable and accelerating: in just the past 48 hours, Elon Musk’s DOGE commission has seized …

Read. Share. Talk. Act.

We are well past the time for attempted head-in-the-sand or thinking it is someone else's problem. If you somehow think you are not impacted, you are wrong.

Read. Share. Talk. Act.

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From a friend.

Photo of a cat squinting and scowling at the camera. She disapproves.

Yes. That about sums it up.

Picture of an orange cat laying in front of a woodstove

Birch has learned to appreciate the woodstove

The federal government of this country can declare and order all it wants. I have put up with and pushed through the same shitty fussing and fuming from a vast variety of pulpits. And I still exist. I will exist.

I am going to fucking shine.

Picture of a house just visible in snowy woods

It was hardly snowing when I started up the driveway.

Image of a black cat reaching up over a knee dressed in black jeans to steal the pair of glasses resting on that knee

Little goblin popping up and stealing my glasses.

I like the way you think

Image of a book by Juliet E. McKenna titled Different Times and Other Places

I have a lot of work to do.

But this arrived, and I am so excited to settle in and read.

Its been a bit quiet in here, as I have been doing a lot of rambling (130 miles in the last month) instead of typing.

Thank you for putting that together!

Picture of two people in a coffee house behind a counter. A box of soaps in on the counter. One person is happily sniffing a soap

One of the best parts about doing what I do is being able to drop boxes of Twigloo Farms treats off with folks. In this case, my beloved local coffee roastery.

Image of two authors standing in front of a wide river

Image of a masked author with pastel hair wearing a convention badge

Image of books on a table

Back from WFC and dusting this account off to prepare for regular use.

Image of a black cat laying sadly next to a tennis ball

Someone is sad that I am still at my desk working instead of playing ball.

Mondays.

A black cat laying in a box with peaches

CSA day is Hawthorn's favorite day.