A friend, hopelesly, said: "Well, my father survived the Great Depression." And I answered:" My parents survived WW2, in air raid cellars and fear, every day. That does not mean I care to repeat that."
And yes, we need to hold on to much more than just survival!

A friend and fellow resident of small town Minnesota,was talking to me about the hiring freeze at the local Soils Lab, and the effects for the lab, all collaborators , the important aero fuel research done there. I had no answers. But we took a moment to give each other courage. Courage, folks.

Bubble wisdom:
The colors of a reflection are shaped by the medium that reflects.
True - if these colors were not already contained in the light from the sky they would not appear in the reflection. But the medium selected which ones to cut out, and which ones to enhance.

I ventured into the -10F cold last night to photograph the planets. To the southwest we have Saturn, Venus, and Neptune; Mars, Jupiter, Uranus are up easterly. Mercury might join above the horizon in a few days.
I was asked: What does this mean for humanity?
My answer: Nothing.

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Bumbling my way into Bluesky. Every blue sky looks much better with a graupelgewitter. Not sure I need more distractions, though.