"Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope. We’ll need writers who can remember freedom.

–Ursula K. Le Guin"

Last year, Wonder Woman took her sister on a trip to Scotland to celebrate her recovery from cancer. They toured the Isle of Skye and sent me this wonderful sunset picture. Enjoy.

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Wonder Woman had to cut her planned run short - because her water bottles froze in the 15-degree temperature. Except she never calls them water bottles. It’s always “my hydration” She doesn’t eat while training either. She follows her “nutrition plan.”

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At certain times of the year, because of the way the barriers islands off the NC coast are positioned, you can catch the sunrise and the sunset in the Atlantic Ocean. This is a sunrise at Kure Beach.

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In a year on Micro.blog I’ve only blocked two people: one was a wealthy blogger who posts nothing but his own paywalled content and the other was attacking people for calling out the fash. I think that’s a pretty good record.

One of the mysterious Carolina Bays that lie scattered across the south. - About Carolina Bays https://linkage.lol/carolina-bays/

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Another day ends as the sun sets over beautiful North Carolina. One less day of the present political nightmare to get through.

"I’m seeing a lot of straight, white male voices who can’t be bothered with how upset some people are by the new reality. Adopting a “look at me, I’m stoic” attitude is the definition of privilege. People freaking out are not being performative, nor are they part of an outrage machine. Attempting to delegitimize the way people feel one day into the new regime is messed up - Me"

I spend a lot of time on my deck. Through the years, I’ve gotten to know many of the tree rats who live in the massive old oak trees in my back yard.