Dawn Stockbridge Epstein

The Lightkeeper's Dog Trying to save the US Constitution with pixels.

At full tilt on a passion project. Some might say "windmill tilt", but we think there is hope for change in art. Join us?

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My chalkboard with the words: "This is a moral moment. It's not left or right; it's right or wrong." - Cory Booker

Consider the moral consequences of this economic policy. We can't grow our own coffee in the US. We need global markets for our soy and corn. Farmers -- and children! -- in both countries go hungry, if we don't work together. Even Ronald Reagan supported free global trade. It fosters peace.

President of Beauty

How about a break from politics? I'm excited to share that our new website and trailer is up for President of Beauty, our documentary about saxophone great Lester Young. We're nearing completion! Please check it out, sign up for the newsletter, and pass the word? www.PresidentofBeauty.com

"I Know That Voice" Unless we stand together to defend even unpopular causes, the voices of Americans will be silenced, too.

"I Know That Voice"
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That tracks.

Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.

Opinion | Refusing to Carry Out Trump’s Flagrantly Dishonest Orders The Trump administration is trying to bake quid pro quo deal making, coercive tactics, loyalty tests and other dishonorable practices into American government.

Bravo. The editorial board of the NY Times pulls no punches in its call for Adams's resignation. And I respect the principled resistance of the Manhattan’s U.S. attorney's team.

Resistance Training One simple thing we can do to resist against rising darkness: Monetize Hope.

How are you keeping your heart light without losing your will to engage with the issues that matter to you?

Here's a thing I do.

When Canada don't like you -- and she likes everyone...

Biden and Batman: Living in the Joker’s World I regularly teach ethics using The Dark Knight. It’s such a great film — the best superhero movie out there, in my opinion — and it…

"Superheroes should challenge us. Batman’s challenge to us is not to ask us what we’d be willing to do to fight injustice. It’s to ask us what we’d be unwilling to do. It’s to demand that we take a principled stand and to truly stand by it, even when it’s agonizing to hold onto."

Archaeopteryx is my spirit animal. (I like its German name better: Urvogel.) Chagrinned by my childhood error of mistaking a heron for a Pterodactyl, I have accepted that a heron is actually an Urvogel that has lost its sense of "humor".

Stay open to beauty.
Awe really fuels up my tank.

This blows my mind. Support Alt National Park Service. They are doing the good work of protecting our valuable institutions and resources.

The only mandate in any US election is The Constitution.

Claims to the contrary constitute an effort to grab more power than was lawfully granted. Exercise of unlawful power violates the oath of office.

We must stop normalizing this conversation. There is no mandate for tyranny.

The only mandate in any US election is The Constitution.

Claims to the contrary, however absurd, constitute an effort to grab more power than was lawfully granted. Exercise of unlawful power violates the oath of office.

We must stop normalizing this conversation. There is no mandate for tyranny.

Hiya!

Opinion | Chuck Hagel: Why I’m Worried About Our Military Political independence and ethics are the bedrock of our armed forces. Today, I am concerned that both are in danger.

Opinion piece from Chuck Hegel, former Secretary of Defense. Worth a read.

"Political independence and ethics are the bedrock of our military. Today, I am concerned that both are in danger."

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Proust-wannabe.
Feeling skewered. 🤣

I set my coffee down first! hahaha Welcome to the party! ❤️ I'm in pjs, too. A bicoastal pj party!

Birds fly toward a vivid strip of rainbow

If I could give reasons for hope, then you'd have reason to rely on and wouldn't need hope. Hope shrugs at certain death, looks you in the face with love and says, "I've got you". You close your eyes, fall into her arms and, well, hope she really does. When reason fails, hope prevails. I hope.

Scene from an airplane window showing a rosy sky visible above thick clouds.

On days with thick grey cloud cover and no silver linings, it helps to remind myself that above all the dryer-lint dreck, the sun still shines.

Reflections of street light through large-panes glass windows, night sky, stars, lights under trees. Layers of light.

Layers of light seen while trying to capture shooting stars.