A cluster of bright yellow daffodils in the front, another cluster with white petals in the far left. Finally feels like spring!

Spring flowers bring me joy! #flowers #daffodils

Reading matters

Why does fiction matter?

Because stories can sharpen the way we understand other people.

A meta-analysis found that reading fiction has a small but positive effect on social cognition. Including our ability to interpret emotions, motives, and inner lives.

⏰📚💙📚🎧 #books #reading #fiction

Maldives Sunset

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama read a picture book to a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh with a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh.

Children hug Mayor Mamdani.

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. 

In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

Cats and dogs who are besties.

🐶💛😻

#dog #cat #friendships

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with April 5 data
- Kingston, London, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, PEI, QC, SK, YT

wwater.ca

Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

Cyril Cox (b.1958)
Mid Summer Stream.
acrylic on canvas.

The Blues…🌺 #BeachLife

I need a break….

Today on Bluesky.

A path through a sea of bluebells

Walk with me in our English Bluebell Woodland

Pink hyacinth with dark red roses in the background. Daffodils across the top of the frame are mostly cut off. The focus is on the hyacinths.

Spring flowers. #pink #flowers

A dense planting of pink, salmon and red tulips with water droplets from the rain.

After the rain. #tulips #flowers #pink

A patch of dark pink irises in a garden bed

Woke up to my favorite irises opening 🥰

Somewhere beyond the Distance…🌺
#BeachLife

A group of brilliant yellow daffodils sway in the wind with a urban building in the background.

The urban garden. #spring #daffodils

On the way back down. Sunrise this morning from Glastonbury Tor.

Today’s Montana dirt road view of Emigrant Peak.

Waves on a grey sea coming in over a smooth sandy beach. Grey clouds bunch overhead.

The North Sea earlier today. It's a lot more drafty than it looks.

Image is of several books in a trash bin. Text reads: The People Who Don't Read Books Identifying as someone who categorically rejects books suggests a much larger deficiency of character.

"I am not a fan of books.” ~ Kanye West
#Booksky

Dad Guy says today marks 5 years I’ve been family. I’ve been a big hit. And I know I’m loved. That’s why I’m so happy all of the time. ❤️

GAME CHANGER: Montana just found the "exit ramp" to kill Citizens United. They aren't waiting for the Supreme Court—they’re going around them. 74% of voters are on board and corporate lawyers are PANICKING. This is how we win. 🏔️💸 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/army-secre...

Sometimes vaccine efficacy is subtle. Sometimes it isn’t. Graph showing the number of measles cases after the 1st and 2nd MMR vaccines were recommended.

@drneilstone.bsky.social

Jim Holland (American Artist, born 1955)
"Green Room", 2011.
Oil on Canvas

Wastewater Virus Signals graph for Ontario

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with March 29 data
- Kingston, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, MB, QC, SK

wwater.ca

Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

I hope this succeeds on the ballot and other states follow to remove this blight on the election process. Way to go, Montana!

A screenshot of a release about the Montana state court decision to uphold ballot measures

Absolutely brilliant move by the Montana State Supreme Court for effectively neutering groups like Citizens United from pouring buckets of money into elections. The MSSC decision was immediately challenged, only to be sent packing with another 7-0 decision.
This is the way. #darkmoney #elections

At the beach.

#Scape

Three fishing boats rest on a flat aqua ocean with some charter boats in the distance. A large white cloud dominated the sky of solid blue. It is an exceptionally bright sunny day.

Fishing boats on a calm sea.
#dominican #ocean #seascape #tranquility #nature #photography

I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️