I hope you like them. I laugh mostly but there is a passage in the third one that had my sobbing like I’ve never have from written words.

Stunning. So stunning! Off topic but Sherlock as in audio books? And through what audio? Just curious because I listen to books when I paint. My favorite so far has been The Thursday Murder Club series.

Framed one third of the show “The Blind Mind”
Today. #aphantasiaartist

Conservation Pledge from US Agricultural Forest service

I found this while cleaning out some old things. Thought of you guys.

Counting Sheep at the Harbor View Cafe. Oil on Canvas 20x20

Counting Sheep at the Harbor View Cafe (WIP)

May 14, 2025 On May 8, political scientists Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, and Daniel Ziblatt published an op-ed in the New York Times reminding readers that most modern authoritarian leaders are elected.

May 15, 2025

Nicely done!

AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?

Un immense livre en train d’être brûlé par des petits personnages avec marqué « I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books »

Good Night World

After they fired the tall
woman in Florida, I doubt my sorry butt will ever go back to Walmart. I was limiting my trips there as it was but that crossed the line for me.

Same!

Both in progress. #oilpainting #screenprinting

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

A suggestion; when placing overlays of text try not to cover the images we might want to see.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH LIVE: Sen. Cory Booker protests Trump’s agenda in marathon Senate speech

If you have a chance, check out Sen. Corey Booker speaking live now. He's on fire and making history as one of the longest speeches on the Senate floor. History in the making.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tQn...

Art studio space with easel and several paintings at different stages.

Current state of my studio space. Only one painting is finished!

Yep. Don’t forget there were four other authors to that bill

Thank you for this update. I wrote to Utke and Hoffman about this issue and how important it was to dismiss the language introduced.

How about Brrrr-bon? 🥶😆

Too bad I don't read acronym. I might understand what this is about.

How many paintings are a work in progress yet? I think I have 5 and this one is calling me to finish it up!

The Department of Veterans Affairs is making sweeping cuts to contracts, with the Trump administration asserting that core services will remain unaffected.

Work in progress #oilpainting

Liberty at Maiden Rock
2025
#oilpainting
48” x 48”
allegory of Lady Liberty who looks for Democracy and like the legend of Winona, daughter of Chief Wabasha who was told falsely that her love died, decides to take her own life by leaping off the bluff rather than marry a man she didn’t love.

🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

Noted and heard. I don’t know if we have name yet, but I too am a supporter of Canada,it’s people. I’ve had the privilege of traveling to Nova Scotia, PEI. Saw the tall ships in Quebec City and the G Prix in Montreal. I can’t think of a worse thing to do to our neighbors and friends.

Moving along.

President Trump is considering declaring a national “economic emergency” to justify implementing a series of universal tariffs and establishing the Department of Government Efficiency.

Trump is considering executive action to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education