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Awareness of the outside world. Christmas in January, but not the Julian/Gregorian calendar explanation. St. James Armenian Church: Why Do We Celebrate on January 6th?. Watertown MA, USA ~~~ Updated Now Page +++ November December 2023 New month. Status remains quo. Wishing you a delightful December. +++ It was either repeat last month, or whineContinue reading “Rolling Into Next Month, State of the Now”

Awareness of the outside world. “Another way of putting this is that, for huge swathes of the American population, essentially all of the gains in life expectancy for the population as a whole over the past generation have been driven by big gains among the relatively well off, while the poor, the working class, andContinue reading “Vest Watch”

Awareness of the outside world. Four-foot, five-inch Globetrotter? Yup. Harlem Globetrotters: Hot Shot Swanson. ~~~ Practice Lesson Onwards!Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. Women Globetrotters? Yup. Harlem Globetrotters: BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE, TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, AND WNBA GREAT, LYNETTE WOODARD, RETURNS TO THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS AS SPECIAL ADVISOR. 2022. ~~~ First effort. Mud. We thought this was impressive. Note dirt around eye. Going back for seconds in wet sand. Pinto! Onwards!Katherine

Art of the outside world. Interimaginary Departures. In particular, check out the departures board. Hat tip to A. ~~~~ SouthsideBirmingham AL, USAOctober 2023 Bham Wiki: Waite’s Comeback Town: The pain of losing a family treasure to an awakening Birmingham, Sher, 2016 Onwards!Katherine

Welcome Mat Domes. Ships. Lava tubes.Space beckons humanity.Follow the poem. No Welcome Mat Unbreathable air,With inhospitable soil,Blown by solar wind. ~~~ Afterword Inspiration, The First “Join the mission and have your name engraved on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft as it travels 1.8 billion miles to explore Europa, an ocean world that may support life.” NASA:Continue reading “Welcome Mat/No Welcome Mat, A Pair of Space Haikus, Fiction”

Awareness of the outside world. Alabama A&M kicked off the parade yesterday. They were joined by Jon Baptiste singing Worship, which contains the lyrics, “We are born the same, Return to that place.” He then declared a day of Unity, Healing, & Celebration. That’s a motto I can get behind. Background, CNN: Macy’s Thanksgiving DayContinue reading “Fall Foliage, Photography”