On the surface and in essence I think she is right, but in between the surface and the essence there is a lot of unnecessary philosophizing that gets in the way of seeing clearly. With simple openness the essence can be seen on the surface

In a sane administration, the FBI Director doesn’t go on the morning news to prove he’s not a drunk, the Defense Secretary doesn’t quote Tarantino to prove he’s a man of God, and the President doesn’t take multiple cognitive exams to prove he’s not insane.

Interesting bit from a speech Cory Booker gave yesterday at the Michigan Democratic Women's Caucus in Detroit: (Full speech here: www.c-span.org/program/camp...)

So the United States of America is once again openly threatening to commit war crimes. If these illegal orders are issued, will our military officers set aside their honor and obey them? I fear they will, to our nation's dishonor and shame

Himalayan range, 2026.

𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐,
𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏
𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜—

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖..

𝚄𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎,
𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐,
𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚛..

𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐,
𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗
𝚞𝚗𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏.

#SeeingTruth
#Photography

Springtime in the Cotswolds, England.
No photographer mentioned.
Good morning

Of course he's not backing down. "The gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church" is what all bishops believe, and they will not be intimidated by mere political figures, especially those who produce injustice and wage war

Pope Leo XIV: Jesus told us, blessed are the peacemakers. But woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, or political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.

Photo of a sunrise in oranges, reds and pinks. Outlines of trees can be seen

Good morning from NY! ❤️🥹

Last night's sunset was not one of the more spectacular, but I did catch a Peregrine Falcon in the frame. There is a restoration program for Peregrine Falcons in the Shenandoah National Park and we see them all the time here.

#sunset #peregrine #falcon #colors #mountains #landscape

Cosmic Awakening

"What happened in Hungary is that Magyar, who's now going to be the prime minister, went out in the country and basically explained how the corruption and criminality affected people in their everyday lives. And that's what's happening here."

A recent convert who prefers Trump to the Bishop of Rome, he is shallow, unprincipled, and his fate is tethered to the worst president in U.S. history, a pathetic figure in a deep free fall

Inflation was coming down in the United States—and then Trump’s tariffs happened.

Mystic art image of young women fused in nature. From Pinterest

'Everyplace is a soul-centric sacred space, comrades; when we live and move and breathe in the gentle embrace of blessed grace.'

a single bare tree is growing in the water of the wetlands. there are mountains in the background.

“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery – air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’” — Sylvia Plath

There are a small number of bad players who exploit insider knowledge, but most "investors" are 1) computer programs behaving according to design and the inputs fed to them, and 2) a large pool of human investors "gambling" with insufficient knowledge and a degree of sheer hope

Swinging tides fulfill moon’s pull.

#7syllablesentence #swing #blueskypoets #nature #adriatic #sea #photography

Sunset tonight as viewed through the bedroom window in my cottage. The view is better if I hike a bit to the edge of the north pasture with an unobscured view of the mountains in the distance but sometimes I'm satisfied with this view.

#sunset #landscape #colors #nature

Leaked video from the yesterday’s mar-a-lago election night watch party ..

A vertical photograph of a forest scene with dramatic, atmospheric lighting. Strong, warm sunbeams stream through the trees, creating long, distinct rays of light that cut through a soft mist. Two large, dark tree trunks frame the view in the immediate foreground. The light intensely illuminates a patch of green undergrowth and foliage in the center, while the background consists of numerous tree trunks silhouetted against a bright, hazy golden glow.

​Found the same light that shines in your eyes 🤍

#nature #forest #photography #sun #sunrise #wander

A bright green aurora ribbon arcs across a deep blue night sky over Fairbanks, Alaska in early January. A brilliant full or nearly full moon shines at center frame where the aurora ribbon crosses near it, with a starburst coma aberration pattern radiating from the moon. A flare ghost from the moon is visible to the lower left. Hoarfrost covered birch and spruce trees fill the lower third of the frame, their heavily laden branches glowing white in the moonlight. Stars are visible in the darker portions of the sky.

Aurora and moon over a Fairbanks hoarfrost-covered forest in January.

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#alaska #aurora #fairbanks #northernlights #auroraborealis

Tree after sunset with purplish sky. White clouds backlit by the moon. Stars and planets seen dotting the sky.

The moon with some clouds and stars and a nice tree silhouette.

#moon #astronomy #sunset #love

Hungary has chosen Europe.

Europe has always chosen Hungary.

A country reclaims its European path.

The Union grows stronger.

A moment caught between shadow and shine.

Let the light rewrite your day,
where the impossible
becomes possible…

#SkyDreaming #photography
#ArtInNature #westcoast #Nature

Too many Americans failed to understand how well Biden managed the inflation caused, not by his policies, but largely by the fact that post-Covid demand rose faster than supply. The GOP exploited this lack of understanding

A dark band of cloud, backlit by the sun, hangs in a yellow & grey sky. The muted horizon is capped by grey & white clouds. The foreground is shadowy outlines of conifers. The whole scene has a warm sunny morning glow to it.

#Sunrise #ColourADay #YellowSunday A bright Sunday sunrise to start the day off.

Moon joy

So killing their spiritual leader, bombing an elementary school, threatening to wipe out their civilization, referring to it as a Christian holy war, and sending Mr. Personality Vance to negotiate didn’t get things resolved?