An e-bike odometer reading 5000 miles

A pink epiphyllum (orchid cactus) blossom

A doubly auspicious day!

They have wild parties under the refrigerator, and then I walk in and they’re scrambling to turn down the music and hide the bong

This happens when we go in or out of our kitchen

Now THIS is cool!

Heroic librarian, born on this day in 1906, brought light to Japanese children in internment camps Breed, San Diego's city librarian for 25 years, became a connection to children she met on the job after they were sent away to the camps.

A good article about a rad librarian (is there any other kind?)
timesofsandiego.com/education/20...

I don’t think she thought my custom made up for the incredibly lucrative foot traffic she claims has vanished because people don’t walk from the local restaurants to their parked cars any more.

Even though *I* actually exist!

I have done business there and told her point blank that I go there BECAUSE of the bike lanes. Before they were put in I was always getting squeezed between traffic & parked cars. And I never drove because even then parking was a stressful PITA.

One was an editor. The other was an editor.

I am also an editor.

Huh.

Great article! Well done!

Join us! Interfaith group offering moral and spiritual support to migrants. Accompanying, listening, supporting, and bearing witness.

Done! I noted that several times in the last 12 months I have seen dangerous interactions involving ebikes at crosswalks and intersections. Every single time, I was on an ebike and the person who nearly hit me was driving a car.

Oh god--I am more than fifteen years past my summer camp signup days and I just had a VISCERAL somatic reaction to the very words.

Sending love and strength. Now going to breathe into a paper bag for a few minutes.

Saw this for the first time a couple weeks ago. LOVED the scene where EGR's (majorly gay-coded) henchman persuades him to wear a tux to his meeting with Big Boy. And the extended shot of EGR backing away from the camera, realizing that all his dreams of power are crumbling! Amazing!

1) Yes!
2) Yes! (not on the street, but definitely in nearby canyons & open space)

I'm in California

It was such a powerful & uplifting event--thanks for your reporting!

60! Learned to draw cool S in middle school. (Los Angeles)

Snickersnee
Kedgeree
Dungaree
Bumblebee

Yes!

Snort

L'odeur de ma terre YouTube video by Emeline Michel - Topic

#LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Day 7: Country

Emeline Michele
L’odeur de ma terre

A bop!

“Se pa on paradi/Mais c′est mon pays!
…
Après la tempête/On fera la fête”

(It’s not paradise, but it’s my country
…
After the tempest we’ll celebrate!)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz8d...

Age 8 or 9. Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. Just kinda never stopped? Still in So Cal.

Ángela Aguilar - La Llorona (Video Oficial) YouTube video by Angela Aguilar Oficial

#LyricsPrompt
Day 2: River

Ángela Aguilar: “La Llorona”

Ay, de mí Llorona, Llorona, Llorona
Llévame al río

Tápame con tu rebozo, Llorona
Porque me muero de frío

(Woe is me, Llorona/take me to the river
Cover me with your shawl, Llorona/For I'm dying of cold)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5z9...

We are out of candy (about 215 trick or treaters so far and more still out there). Retreating indoors for bean soup with the lights off.

Co-sign!

"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."

Thanks for providing the space to vent!

It's so frustrating--so much of what they claim to want would be *helped* by having more housing. Want to "help people stay rooted long term"? Have more diverse housing stock in the neighborhood so seniors can downsize! Want to "build fire safety and resilience?" GROW YOUR TAX BASE!

Ugh. I had a brief conversation with one of those folks and gave them an EARFUL. And then had the pleasure of pointing to the neighbor's two giant ADUs looming over my back yard and saying THOSE ARE GOOD ACTUALLY.

(I was about to put on my "Viviendas Para Todes" Tshirt and head over to the event, before I saw that it was last week....)

I live in this neighborhood! I *WANT* more housing near me! More people on the street! More support for local business & community spaces! More riders for local transit! More kids! THAT's what makes a vibrant community, not some redlined fantasy frozen in amber.