I had a similar experience. 20+ years with brilliant diagnostician. I found someone else but it’s just not the same. Good luck.

One of my all time favorite books.

"I grew up across the street from a public library, and it was the only place my mom would let me go on my own. It was my second home, and I read everything that I could get."
~ Tracy Chapman
Chapman by Nicholas Albrecht
#Booksky

Don’t forget Lady Sings the Blues!

I love these guys.

An angioplasty?

Northern Flicker a large, ground-feeding #woodpecker found across North America. Unlike most woodpeckers, it often forages on the ground for ants & beetles. Photo Northwoods, Central Park, NYC #birdseenin2026 markscheflen.com #northernflickers #centralparknyc #springmigration #biodiversity #birds

Stunners! Great capture!

Listened to this album in college. A lot.

Love his work. 😢

That was the bravest, kindest, hardest thing to do.

That’s a wonderful gift you are giving him.

Photo of a round, orange lichen growing flat on dark grey rock. Lichen is comprised of numerous tightly packed branches radiating outward from the middle. Middle of the lichen is covered in hundreds of small orange discs.

Rusavskia elegans #lichen. About 3cm in diameter. #Yellowknife, NWT, Canada.
#fungi #fungifriends

I took a seminar in aphasia and remember the professor saying “ a stroke makes the person more like themselves.” A stroke frequently leads to disinhibition.

Playdopourri

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideView, birds that are side on to the camera, the Alt theme is #Yellow, any bird with Yellow in it's plumage. Here's a Plieated Woodpecker at the F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm in Akron, Ohio

Cycling in Dublin for commuting rises 50% as most residents back more bike lanes Residents of Ireland’s five main cities want more space for cyclists, even at the expense of cars

WE CAN HAVE NICE THINGS!

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

A female northern flicker sits on a bird feeder hanger above a half eaten suet.

A flighty Northern Flicker deciding whether my presence will prevent her from eating.

📷 Olympus C-740 Ultra-Zoom
#birds #shittycamerachallenge

An expressive watercolour painting of two kingfishers

Wowee, 5k followers (up from 700 4 weeks ago!, a huge thank you to you all for your wonderful support 🫶🏻

As a thank you, I’ve applied a 15% automatic discount on my shop which is applied at checkout 🥰 This discount is live from now until 4pm this Wednesday GMT.

#watercolours #birdart 🪶 #kingfisher

An expressive watercolour of a house sparrow

Back to my expressive bird collection, this is a male house sparrow. He was perched on my stone garden wall waiting for a turn on the bird feeder.

#watercolours #birdart 🪶

If you’re a woman, it’s not as funny.

"The classic novels of totalitarianism warned of the domination of screens, the suppression of books, the narrowing of vocabularies, and the associated difficulties of thought....so get the screens out of your room and surround yourself with books."
--Chapter 9 of On Tyranny

Macro photograph of a pink stargazer Lily

Who needs to see a Stargazer Lily today?
(Lilium 'Stargazer')
#photography #art
#flowers #bloomscroll

Good grief. Everyone knows they were just friends.

Wonderful. Just wonderful. An amazing story of perseverance.

Opinion | You’re Paying 90% of Trump’s Tariffs So the New York Federal Reserve says in the latest look at import prices.

Donald Trump doesn’t know how the economy works, so don’t be surprised that he’s lying to you about tariffs. www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tar...

“Duvall never plays the same character twice, and he makes other actors look good. He brings a quality to his listening, his reactions, that charges a scene even when he’s not talking.” – Roger Ebert

@barackobama.bsky.social: "Bad Bunny's halftime show... This is what a community is. People who did not speak Spanish and have never been to Puerto Rico saw that elderly woman serving a drink and the kids dancing with their grandmas... There's room for everybody here. That I think is where we win."