Kydoimos

I’m so looking forward to summer. I love to ride my bike far out into the countryside and enjoy the fresh air and smells of the prairie. I hope you enjoy the results!

MIDWEST PRAIRIE, Acrylic, 16x16” ©2026 Jim Musil

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In addition to being absolutely brilliant, amazing & charming in her own right, we all know she was raised by a single dad w/4 siblings and that he came to the US bc of persecution bc of his participation in the ‘89 Tiananmen democracy uprising, right?

So good

So good man

Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

Theres a serbian place in milwaukee called three brothers think the grandma makes the potato salad. Id buy buckets if commercially available but I am more so hoping the recipe will endure.

Great poem. Reminds all of what we have lost individually and the universal lesson of spending time with those we love and passing down traditions.

Is there a way to help if we arent local past donating? - your concerned neighbor in WI

Everyone should. Very few do.

Milky Way In Black Opal
16”x16” oil on canvas

As a WI resident proper application of cheese can mitigate these tendencies but not solve them.

Caves like rotten floorboards and stains you, your clothing, the carpet (hopefully your own home) and of course, your pride.

Sun’s still rising. 6”x6” oil.

The competition has billions of dollars, billions of users and deep political connections.

Quit the crabs-in-a-barrel mentality if you care about all of our collective work meaning something in this lifetime.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I have just learned that my Grade 3 teacher, Mrs. Rokne has passed away. She was extremely beloved in my elementary and personally, she is basically entirely responsible for my love of fantasy books.

Jefry Yan! So much fun!

BASEBALL IS THE BEST !!

We can be hard to find if you dont know where to look

When I do promotional events for my book, John Candy: A Life In Comedy, people often ask me to identify, out of the hundreds of interviews I did for the book, who were the most significant. Without hesitation, I tell them, Catherine O’Hara.

No one said he got there just that he was somewhere on the road.

Gjermundbu Helmet (pic my own)

Gjermundbu Helmet, discovered in 9 fragments during WWII in S. Norway, now on display in the National Museum, Oslo

Part of a 10th c. mound burial, alongside sword, mail, and spear fragments, and 4x shield bosses, some spurs, and a few other bits! A v. rich funerary assemblage from the Viking Age

photo of a sketchbook page showing female expression studies. I cropped out the part that looks bad, the artist's trick

photo of a sketchbook page showing studies of the side of knees and lower legs. There is also a shoulder girdle study because this lady had a crazy pectoral to deltoid transition area

photo of a sketchbook page showing various dragon head ideas. There is also a bird dragon creature with spurred wings that mimic a mouth to appear larger than it is. The bottom right shows the pen, a Sailor Fude De Mannen Fountain Pen 40 degree

Doodling with a new pen that has a funny bent tip so you can get really thick or thin lines depending on how you angle it. Highly recommend

Damn

Accurate. If only someone kept us in a room and only brought us intense special interest cases or complex decisions we needed to make on a timeline :) instead of what real life is like haha

"Lets write an article about what people might be thinking is interesting right now. Not so much important or factual but more am informal cowtow to the admin who powered us in, sound good?"

Went to my local library this morning to do a bit of research for my current book project and my goodness such a life-affirming space! There was an adult being taught to read on the next table, children enjoying story time, countless people taking out books. So grateful for our libraries ❤️

15 years ago I borrowed a bulletproof vest from a reporter so I could report from a war zone. I held onto it after I returned.

Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.

He was such a rare and immense collection of knowledge, philosophical spiritual and lived.