Yeowch!

Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.

Holy. Shit.

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A man with gray hair and glasses, wearing a brown jacket and dark pants, is crouching on a beach near the water. He is holding a mallet and appears to be attempting to hammer nails into the sand close to the water's edge. Several nails are already partially embedded in the sand, and waves are approaching them.

Me, with a deadline, doing absolutely everything except what I need to do

Snowy Egret featuring black toenails on golden slippers Sanibel Island, 1990

Remember to get your toes done for beach season

Royal Tern, Sanibel Island 1990

If Danny de Vito was a bird

BIRDS

List of a dozen birds I haven't seen in years

From my NYS list (which is 95% of my life list):

If B Dylan Hollis is pre-serum Steve Rogers, blumineck is circus-era Clint Barton

As far from trump as possible. She's too busy raising young Nero

I love the fantastical garments but oh, that simple dark bronze gown at :45 😍

Shades of Ed Koch - "How'm I doin'?"

To remember him at his happiest, take a long walk with someone you love.
Donate to your local library or conservation cause. Stop and
really look at a tree, or a rock, or a frog. Play some classic rock - play it loud, and sing along."

His particular
cause was ensuring public access to the waterfront, often
conflicting with developers. Bill and Naomi were married 35
years. He conveyed his love of the outdoors to all who knew him, particularly his children. At Bill's request, there will be no memorial service.

He met his future wife Naomi Lloyd on a fullmoon bird walk. They married in 1990 and had two children, Lillian and Randall . Shortly after their marriage Bill and Naomi moved to Rensselaer County when Bill took a job with NYS Department of State protecting tidal waterways.

from summer lunch programs in Brooklyn to
inspecting public housing for HUD and being a park ranger in Texas. He found his dream job as an Urban Park Ranger in
Manhattan and the Bronx introducing urban kids and families to
the natural world.

William Feldhusen, 70, died at his home in West Sand Lake NY
after a short fierce battle with cancer. Born and raised in the
Bronx, after graduating from Stony Brook University Bill entered
on a career of public service working to make peoples' lives safer and better,

Bill Feldhusen about 10 years ago at Thacher Park

Bill passed away this morning just before 8. At home, in his own bed, just as he wanted.

"William Theodore Feldhusen, 2/10/1055 - 6/4/2025 Beloved husband, loving father, friend to all wild things and
places.

Sarah McLachlan - Hold On (Live from Mirrorball) YouTube video by nettwerkbackstage

and love the light that brings a smile across your face

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He's like Le Guin in the clarity and unflourished grace of his style

In Suspect Terrain, by John McPhee -

You'd think with all the books in this house it would be no problem to find something for me to read to Bill to distract him. BUT. After much searching I pulled this out and found to my pleasure that McPhee writes very read-aloudable prose. Good cadence and spacing for breath

Lowly Worm driving his apple car. On the side is written "My other car is RFK Jr's brain"

No arguably about it

Imagine these mounted en tremblant on an elaborate hair ornament snapping shut and open
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attn @juliethecranky.bsky.social

WHY is there no edit function

"Adventure is just bad planning." -- Road Amundsen

Zygocactus almost in bloom

My Taxes Cactus filed for an extension this year

Oops I mean RenssCo

And today it's a pair of Sandhill Cranes in RennsCo.

Seriously, birding is all that's keeping me sane

Trumpeter Swan showing its distinctive head profile

Trumpeter Swan in my neighborhood

#birdsky

Cover of When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi, with an astronaut standing on a swiss cheese moon

I liked about 95% of Scalzi's latest, thought the end faltered. I enjoyed the structure of many changing POV narratives rather than conventional single-character

#fantasyfaction #sciencefiction #booksky