TIL chocolate chip cookies were invented less than 100 years ago (in 1938) by Ruth Graves Wakefield.

The kindness you give never disappears. Even if it feels unseen, your warmth lightens the world. A smile, a gentle word-someone needed it. Keep showing up with love. You’re planting seeds that will bloom in ways you may never fully see.

Mrs Bear returned from her expedition, and her friends gave her presents to pass on to me –

Re: book 1 – Napier found Bigfoot evidence inconclusive-no hard proof the creature was real. Still, he saw the indirect evidence, especially footprints, as compelling enough not to dismiss it outright. He believed the subject deserved serious study.

You know what would be really “tough on crime”? Living wages, fully funded schools, affordable housing, universal healthcare, and maybe a little empathy for those in need.

Really enjoying the sound of this band right now –

Redd & the Paper Flowers

Learning about Iron Age coins. I love that the person in charge is called “curator of hoards,” and I suspect that she is actually a dragon in disguise.

youtu.be/-4YC1VKLLP4

Just got home from the Y, and asked Pearl if she missed me.

Her response? “Meh.”

RUDE

and now a quick shoutout for Goth Style Icon Beatrice Arthur

now imagining Bea singing “Happy House” on a network TV special, and lamenting the World That Should’ve Been

Sorry, man, I need to head out. I crossed my eyes and accidentally saw the labyrinth that hides in plain sight. You know the one.

JFC. Even after what the Trump regime has done to LA, the state of California, both Schiff & Padilla (!!) decided to vote with Republicans to give Trump a massive gift on crypto.

Same goes for Gillibrand and NY.

Also shame on Booker, Kim & Warnock.

A disgraceful list – especially this week.