A very stern orange cat

And sometimes after every little thing you do, they’ll look at you like this.

S2 E9 The Weight & The Gift: A Caregiver’s Story In this heartfelt episode of Dawn of a Story, I welcome Dana Barnes to discuss the profound journey of caregiving—the weight it carries and the unexpected gifts it offers. Our conversation explores personal stories, advocacy, boundaries, grief, and the transformative power of presence. If you'd like to read Dana's written work: Substack - https://open.substack.com/pub/dbarnesedit/p/the-living-phase?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Blue Sky - https://dbaredit.bsky.social/ 🟡 Where to listen: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/46CEsDYnEIx2j5uBSdOAGc 🟡 Want to share your story on the show? Reach out at https://dawnofastory.com/ 🟡 Subscribe for weekly episodes featuring voices who are ready to share the stories that shaped them. 🟡 Connect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawnofastory/ Website: https://dawnofastory.com/ 🎵 Music I use: Bensound License code: VDEWV69WDVTTNHJF Artist: Roman Senyk #DawnOfAStory #CaregiversStory #LoveInAction #StrengthInCompassion #StorytellingPodcast

Almost 500 people have pressed play on the podcast. And I don’t have 450+ friends. I’ve read that YouTube starts to suggest videos after 400 views. Watch, comment, or share if it’s of value to you and help it reach fellow caregivers. Here’s to normalizing caregiving!

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Sigh.

I’m reading the excellent Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick. It’s about North Korea. So much is disturbing here, but on my lazy Sunday where I can float and putter, I read this sentence, “…apartment buildings were equipped with loudspeakers in the individual units to broadcast community notices.”

Yes! He even has a calendar. We have some postcards.

Ok on the bird butt kick, are you familiar with the work of Tommy Siegel?

A very stern orange cat

He loves me. He so loves me not. This cat gives stern face better than most.

Dream-pop at its most divine: Cocteau Twins’ 20 greatest songs – ranked! Forty years on from the release of their Victorialand album, we rank the Scottish band’s 20 best tracks, from goth beginnings to weightless masterpieces

I need time with this article and my stereo.

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

My first thought was that she will be a very interesting mother.

Last night, I was like 90 years old when I had to go to the car in the middle of a great Dead Meadow show to sleep.

She’s amazing. I just saw some of her work in a surrealist exhibit in Dallas. It was hard to walk away.

Sleeping orange cat with paw on his head

If this Dead Meadow show goes past 9 p.m., this is gonna be me.

How cool! Happy birthday!

I’m looking forward to my week. It’s my husband’s birthday week. We usually focus on experience presents but I also bought him a glow-in-the-dark sweatshirt from an illustrator he loves. If I get somewhere on my creative project tonight, I’ll feel even better starting the week. What about you?

I worked in college radio too, and we had a volunteer screening team to help and everything, and it was still difficult to catch. Palace Brothers almost got by me once.

View from the top of a photo cube that says Happy Mother’s Day with a photo of three people, two with hands on another’s shoulder. The original photo could be nice, but the photo cube looks sinister to me, especially from the top and especially at a mall gift kiosk.

Anyone else creeped out by those custom photo cubes at the mall?

Very furry orange cat on his perch looking out a window

#Caturday fur show-off

Poetry On the Air: WNYC and the Sound of Verse in New York Part 1: 1927–1950 — NYC Department of Records & Information Services During the seven decades of municipal ownership, both celebrated and obscure poets found their way to WNYC’s microphone. Some programs introduced listeners to canonical voices such as Robert Frost, Ma...

Check out Poetry on the Air on WNYC Radio (Part One, 1927-1950).

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Thanks for posting. Somehow I had never heard of her.

Week in wildlife: a meep-meep roadrunner, a new frog species and Orkney voles This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

I wish they wouldn’t show a dead whale, but there are so many great photos and captions this week.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I’m really enjoying listening to this show even though I overplayed “Lips Like Sugar” as a commercial alternative DJ in Austin in the early ‘90s. It wasn’t my doing. Great show!

World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan’s death while soliciting crypto donations

It’s too early in the morning for my brain to process this headline.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Me too! I already fell for something.

This reminds me of when I fell on a table of cacti while house sitting.

A Secretary bird which is a bird of prey native to Africa.

A Secretary bird which is a bird of prey native to Africa.

Orange cat on his perch looking back at amateur photographer/cat mom through spiky fur

Happy #Caturday

Oh my god, the alt text is a gift. 😹

I was so flustered with this one that I entered the same word I thought wasn’t a word twice! I got it in 6, but I had to take a long break.

Beautiful photos and the interesting stories behind them. Well worth checking out. I live in Texas and was here during the 2021 freeze but had never heard of the rescue of over 5,000 sea turtles that could not regulate their body temperature.

www.worldnaturephotographyawards.com/winners-2026

A pair of young Kestrels on a their nesting post keeping cool by panting.

A pair of young Kestrels keeping cool. #BirdOfTheDay #OpenBeak #Birds