A closeup of a delicate pink peony blossom

My peony plant produced only one flower this year, but she’s spectacular!

Really thrilled to be living in the EWR flight path these days. 😳😱🤬

I’m not one for panic buying because it feels like this is all just a work. But I just bought my kid’s usual shoes in the next couple of sizes.

The payment actually belonged to a complete stranger! So obvs I want to make sure this person gets paid. The bank has me dispute the credit - done. But it could still take 45 days for this to get resolved! Fingers crossed this gets resolved much faster than that.(2 of 2)

Hey fellow Americans - be sure to watch your accounts closely. DOGE may have really screwed things up for federal retirees. Treasury sent me someone else’s retirement payment by mistake this month. So I called my bank thinking they sent a family member’s payments my way... (1 of 2)

This Earth day I am incredibly grateful for being able to connect with my colleagues around the world on our shared goals of doing the right thing. It has really helped renew my faith that there’s still good people during this bad time.

As I struggled to open a bottle of allergy pills this AM, Andy Rooney’s voice pops back into my head once again asking me if I’ve ever wondered why they put so much cotton in the bottle. Goddamn it man, it’s been over 40 years - has the answer ever changed?

A drought damaged pink camellia blossom on a fragile young plant.

My tiny little camellia plant finally bloomed for the first time, a blossom she’s been growing since last August. She has a bit of damage from the cruelty of a gang of menacing squirrels and last Autumn’s drought. But her resiliency and perseverance gives me hope in these dark times.

Little Whiteface and a cloud inversion. Conifer trees dusted with a little snow, soft surfy turns await!

My intuition for spring 🏂conditions has been 🔥. Forecast was for rain and ice but my gut told me Whiteface would get snow. Up we went, and we were not disappointed. A half foot fell overnight and early that morning! Soft surfy turns and bumps all day! ❄️❄️❄️

That’s part of my job too - I’ve been tracking and advising on implementation of the EU’s sustainability regulations and directives. Small world!

Ah! Something I can answer - if you have budget to spend - Chanel biphase eye makeup remover. If budget sensitive - the Ordinary squalane cleanser. Mid range - Clinique take the day off biphase eye makeup remover. Disclaimer/disclosure - I worked for/ and work for the companies mentioned.

Bluebird spring ski day with a side of moguls.

A had the day off school, so I took off work and we headed up to Belleayre for a perfect spring ski day!

Vance is shaded as a gaper in Vermont.

Vance is encouraged to ski his treacherous jeans-wearing ass elsewhere.

Vermont is keeping it real icy!

RIP David Johansen, The New York Dolls have been on my permanent playlist since forever. Best Ghost of Christmas Past ever. Ni-ah-gah-rah Falls.

There are times that give you hope, and there are times that make you think you may be in the beginning of a Buñuel film. I don’t think I have the grace to know the difference.

A kid in a pink ski coat, a red ski school vest, and a bright blue helmet stands rosy-cheeked and smiling. A snowy larch forest fills the background in Montgenèvre, FR. Photo credit: Photo Contact

Smiles on a powder day in Montgenèvre, FR (photo credit: Photo Contact)

Another day, another violation of our Constitution. Does EU want us? I’m an expert in ESG & CSR w/ exp. in the EU Green deal for multinat’l corps.; Kevin is an excellent ad/film/vid director, producer & proj. mgr., A can be a ringer for your national dev. ski, basketball, and fitba teams. HMU!

View from the top of Les Gondrans, Montgenevre, France. But that might be Italy shining bright in the distance.

View from the top of Les Gondrans, Montgenevre, France.

In which our mischievous daughter beats her dad in apres ski foosball. She pities the foos.

A pities the foo(s). Apres ski en France.

Omg, I hope you are on the mend and recover quickly. How awful! Btw. I totally remember your impalement, that was aaaages ago! Glad you’re still with us!

Are you watching the Superbowl? Why? Is it because Kendrick is doing the halftime show? Do they serve the ads or do you get local ads instead? Omg I wonder what the local ads would be like?!?! It can’t be because of the football…

Still trapped in JFK, on my belated 50th bday trip. Honestly just enjoying the forced slowdown in this weird little spot of the universe where space and time seem wobbly, but it still feels very much like home.

I love it!

That storm was unreal! It must have absorbed all the water in the Great Lakes!

This one’s just a vacation, but yeah def. thinking about getting out of Dodge more generally. Shit’s scary these days.

Normally I’m all about the snowstorms, but this time not so much. Serves me right for trying to leave the northeastern US during a La Niña winter.

Blizzard conditions on the airport runway, as we taxied around JFK, past plows and deicing equipment.

We did not escape NY last night… spending 24 hours in airportland instead!

This is on constant rotation in my running playlist!

Godawful week. But a great big box of Girl Scout cookies arrived on my doorstep, courtesy of my enterprising young niece. It’s good to know that in these dark times the Girl Scouts are out there getting things done and building our next generation of leaders!

I can’t imagine what federal workers and their families are going through right now. I am so sorry they are being put through the wringer like this. They are unsung hardworking people who perform valuable services to us all. They deserve better than this.