The founder of a N.C. based grocery chain once told me, “We don’t really want snow, but we love the forecast of snow.”

Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere.

The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.

Fiat lux!

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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

Arthur C. Clarke

“Me and my co-editor…” says the photography editor of the New York Times. When/how did it become okay to use object pronouns as subjects? Woe unto us English majors.

So let me get this straight.

If you apply for a job at a grocery store, you have to undergo a background check.

But, if you apply to be Director of National Intelligence, you don't?

Got it.

Pete Hegseth is a “decorative combat veteran.” That sums it up.

This place got started because we didn’t want to be ruled by a mad king.

I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.

Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.

Moon dressed up as Uranus

Progress.

The daily effects of strong winds, large waves, as well as rising sea levels — which are fueled by human-caused climate change — are causing beaches on the Outer Banks to wash away.