Even though it is a grey, cold, late Fall day, this gingko tree floods the kitchen with bright yellow colors every morning until the leaves stop falling.

Sometimes, the place where I live seems surreal.

Wenatchee, in eastern Washington. Upwards of 1,000 people in a formerly red district.

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It is the best time of the year for any college professor. All other issues aside. See you on the barricades.

@retiredami.bsky.social My dog is too big for most dog trailers, so I built one customized for her scale. She is only about 60 lbs but very tall and long. This setup lets me take her down to the river for walks now that she is too old to walk all the way down there on her own power.

Even just a quick stop at the bank parking lot yields some impressive views this time of year.

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We are not a big city, and people here voted roughly 50-50 D and R in the last election, but we have a big turnout filling courthouse square and both sides of the street for two blocks around the square, with most of the cars and trucks driving by honking and waving in support. #youarenotalone

It's a beautiful winter day in eastern Washington, and there is not quite enough snow here on the Columbia Valley floor for skiing, today, but it was enough to keep the trails mostly clear of other users so that I could enjoy some solitary riding in the fresh snow.

looking north toward Canada (about 100 miles away) from my hometown.

Friday morning on the Columbia. Time like a river.

The MLK memorial, depicts a nation divided against itself with a detached portion--the one bearing his likeness--shaped to fit like a keystone, uniting the nation divided against itself. And yet he is too far in advance of where the nation actually remains, broken and divided, far behind his vision.