Cat stuff, picked up from around the interwebs (hat tip/Viva).

Nothing important, just some humor and cuteness. Starting with a bunch of AI images of our next President, with cats, when we heard about the Haitian criminal migrants eating people’s pet cats. Gotta have a Catturd one! Next, some funny cat cartoons. What cat owner hasn’t been in this spot? And just some feline beauty. …

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An Aurora Borealis Story, with a side of Sunset

Last night, the world was alight, in more ways than one. Twitter was full to the brim with posts showing the Aurora, caused by a huge solar storm, from all over the globe, North and South (Aurora Australis), East and West. In the US, members from Montana to Alabama posted photos and videos of bright …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #290: Going around in Circles

Just look around you! How many circles are there? They are everywhere! I am driving in circles every day, though Audi calls them The Rings. I looked up while in the Everett Public Library, and what did I see, but some brightly-colored glass circles. OK, Tina, here are some for you. Seattle's Great Wheel How's …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #126: Alphabet, Subjects beginning with the Letter “A”

This week's challenge turns out to be more difficult than I had anticipated.  I had lots of subjects in mind, but then thought a little harder.  With all the very upsetting things happening in our Nation this year, I have decided that, for me, the most important "A" subject must be, America.  At age 71, …

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See what you’re missing about the world around you. Look up!

When you are walking around your town, or around your city, or around your workplace, many of the people you see walking toward you are either facing straight ahead, walking with purpose to somewhere in particular, probably in a hurry; or walking while staring at the tiny screen of their smartphone (many with earbuds in …

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Coarsening the Culture

It started with an essay in the (supposedly) high-minded publication for Wall Street Journal subscribers, WSJ Magazine.  This comes out every other month in the print edition, and is a slick magazine designed to appeal to high-income readers.  It is filled with ads for expensive clothing, watches, and jewelry, and features stories about people and …

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