happy bday Australian poet Peter Porter, b.1929.

“Answers to all the problems that there are,
Except the love that kills, the death that lives.”

Happy Valentine’s Day 💛

The Weight of Grief: Finding Light in the Darkness - Buddhistdoor Global Margaret Meloni offers a compassionate guide to navigating grief through Buddhist wisdom and gentle reflection.

BDG feature: The Weight of Grief: Finding Light in the Darkness

🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/23e8jb4w

#Buddhism #BuddhistPractice #Acceptance #Darkness #Death #Dying #Suffering #Grief #Loss #Mourning #Equanimity #Impermanence #Love #LovingKindness #Metta #EmotionalWellBeing

"Choosing between itemized deductions and the standard deduction is usually a matter of math."
#Retired should track #Medicare, RX & Late Enrollment Penalty, Dental, LTH Premiums, and annual (IRMAA) Income - Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts.
Quantify especially when health expense is high.

"With refunds likely bigger, but fixes harder, accuracy—not speed—is what actually gets you across the finish line."
Read @taxgirl below to learn:
1. How easy it is for IRS technology to find errors in your #tax return, and
2. How backed up the IRS is and how much help is available to fix it

With snow and ice in so many places, and for so long, this is a fun graphic. Thx.

Thursday silly 😛
Got the mittens ready 🧤

happy bday civil rights leader/teacher Florida Ruffin Ridley, b.1861, Boston, she was one of first black public school teachers in Boston.

"All that we ask for is justice, not mercy or palliation—simple justice. Surely that is not too much for loyal citizens to demand."

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“Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us.” - José Martí, Cuban philosopher/writer, born 1/28/1853

When #Grief comes to visit, I find comfort and wisdom in words.

"#Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply."
- Vicki Baum, Austrian-born writer, born 1/24/1888

"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."
- Francis Bacon, English philosopher/statesman, born 1/22/1561

"The ultimate form of optimization is elimination. Nothing is more effective than removing the ineffective."- @JamesClear
Doing the job right helps to prevent doing it again.
Compare forms used on your 2024 #tax return to forms needed for your 2025 #taxes.
Match before file.

Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist, famously said,
"What you resist not only persists, but will grow in size"

Let's apply that to the Loryn Brantz poem below:
Love Resists Hate
Faith Resists Fear
Education Resists Misinformation
Community Resists Poor Leadership
and Joy exists as Love not negativity?❤️

Hi Jason, I found you because you liked something I posted, Then I saw we both spend time in the same geographic area and read a few of your posts. This post was intriguing. Curious how a pacifist and a conscientious objector connect to you? Also liked your Jerry Garcia post. Grew up near SF.

WHAT WE’RE THINKING ABOUT IS A PEACEFUL PLANET. WE’RE NOT THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. WE’RE NOT THINKING ABOUT ANY KIND OF POWER. WE’RE NOT THINKING ABOUT ANY KIND OF STRUGGLES. WE’RE NOT THINKING ABOUT REVOLUTION OR WAR OR ANY OF THAT. THAT’S NOT WHAT WE WANT. NOBODY WANTS TO GET HURT. NOBODY WANTS TO HURT ANYBODY. WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AN UNCLUTTERED LIFE. A SIMPLE LIFE, A GOOD LIFE. AND THINK ABOUT MOVING THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE AHEAD A STEP, OR A FEW STEPS. — Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia on thinking about a peaceful planet

RIP Bobby

Are you ready for #tax season? Is your P&L ready?
Individual #IRS Form 1040 - Schedules C and E can be filed next Monday January 26, 2026. #taxes

Are your Small Business, Gig, Freelance, or Landlord financial records in Good, Better, or Best shape?

“I have woven a parachute out of everything broken."
- William Stafford, poet, born 1/16/1914, Hutchinson, KS

“The #truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.”

- Don Quixote, 1st modern novel, by Miguel de Cervantes, is published OTD in 1605.

#IRS Form 4547 is a single page, but it serves two distinct functions:
1. It allows an Authorized individual to Elect to open an initial Trump Account for a Qualifying child.
2. It provides a separate Election to Request the $1,000 federal pilot program contribution, if the child is Eligible.

Sharing! Thank you to the heart-filled Matthew Dowd.

Just because you feel like data on your device is personal (and therefore private) doesn’t make it so. Venkat Balasubramani, says that if an employee is using a work-supplied laptop or cell phone, their expectation of privacy under U.S. law should be “low-to-zero.” - @taxgirl.bsky.social

Good morning MJD.
Reminds me of this favorite quote.

10 Words of Wisdom by #Gandi

I believe and advocate #2: "What you think you become"
and have helped people with this process for 20+ yrs.
I live #3. I have had two Heart Moments with "strangers" since Christmas when I asked do you want a hug? Yes. Hearts share. People connect ❤️

We've only just begun"
Back to lai's?

IRS Sets January 26 Start For 2026 Tax Filing Season As Tax Law Changes Take Effect IRS has announced that the 2026 filing season will begin January 26, when tax law changes enacted in 2025, including no tax on tips and no tax on overtime, take effect.

The IRS has announced that the 2026 filing season will begin January 26, when tax law changes enacted in 2025 take effect. Some questions remain about the changes, and further IRS guidance is expected.

www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

RIP German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, died today 1786.

"Love the beautiful, seek out the true. Wish for the good, and the best do."

Dec. 31 life and financial moves that could affect your full year's taxes There's not much of 2025 left, but you still might be able to make some moves by Dec. 31 that could reduce this year's tax bill.

There's not much of 2025 left, but you still might be able to make some moves by Dec. 31 that could reduce this year's tax bill.
dontmesswithtaxes.com/dec-31-life-...

This was my last Christmas in my Father's home. My Christmas Cactus gave me a beautiful parting show. This is the 4yo Mama plant. Christmas Cactus love my dads back yard weather and sun combo. I think Jason might have sprinkled Angel Dust on them 3 years ago. Only God knows. ❤️

God knows your heart.

“Art is how we decorate space;
Music is how we decorate time.”
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist/poet , born 12/22/1960, NYC, died way too young at 27 of overdose.