Hello my dearest friends 🙂 I’ve been absent for a little while, but for good reason, I promise. We had our daughter last Monday!!! Penelope Grace. She is the sweetest, most precious little lady I have ever laid eyes on. And as I’m typing this on my phone, sweet Penny is napping on my chest…

. . . or not long enough? The Malingering seven long months convalescing like some earth bound wraith  unwelcomed upon consecrated ground whilst circling the deepest abyss of some malevolent virus to which I had no resistance hellbent on my imminent death in my weakness in the darkness faith put to the test with a…

Photo by Mary K. Doyle *** Relax with an inspirational, uplifting, and beautiful book to look at and read. Tranquility. Transformation. Transcendence. The Enchanting Promises of Public Gardens Friday Photo–Amalfi Coast

Huffing and puffing the monster roars towards him, the dragon festooned in belching smoke clouds. The sunny day is soon obscured with the sooty darkness. On the railway bridge the five-year-old boy ducks up and down, jumping with sheer excitement and terror. He holds fast to the iron-wrought railings seeking safety from the exposed platform…

The last leaves are golden, most have already flown. Branches hang bare beneath ashen skies. Not so different from when you climbed, hand over slow hand, waging a war inside your young mind. One leaf breaks free, hangs on a moment, before leaping into the maelstrom. I imagine a short fall, sharp jerk and silence;…

From ClimateREALISM By Linnea Lueken A recent article in Forbes, titled “Climate Change’s Toll On Global Agriculture: A Looming Crisis,” claims that climate change is “wreaking havoc” on cocoa, olive oil, rice, and soybeans. This is false. Certain regions, like those the author Monica Sanders focuses on, are seeing bad seasons for these crops, but…

Thousands of tourists have been forced to flee Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies after hundreds of wildfires broke out. Alberta province is in the grip of a scorching heatwave that has set off a chain of fires, causing mayhem and panic. Huge tailbacks of cars clogged the roads out of Jasper, as desperate……

Thousands of tourists have been forced to flee Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies after hundreds of wildfires broke out. Alberta province is in the grip of a scorching heatwave that has set off a chain of fires, causing mayhem and panic. Huge tailbacks of cars clogged the roads out of Jasper, as desperate……

Thousands of tourists have been forced to flee Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies after hundreds of wildfires broke out. Alberta province is in the grip of a scorching heatwave that has set off a chain of fires, causing mayhem and panic. Huge tailbacks of cars clogged the roads out of Jasper, as desperate……

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/23/nx-s1-5049729/secret-service-director-resigns-after-getting-grilled-by-congress

“Vance’s” https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2024/07/23/g-s1-12513/economic-mind-jd-vance#:~:text=most%20illustrative%20of-,Vance%27s,-break%20from%20Reagan

https://people.com/hailey-bieber-hired-a-private-chef-to-prepare-dinners-during-her-pregnancy-8682143

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/browsing/google-reverses-its-stance-on-deprecating-third-party-cookies-in-chrome-but-users-get-an-option-to-disable-the-crumbs

https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/07/23/heres-why-danaher-stock-surged-today/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c729598n1d4o

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/hailey-bieber-shares-unusual-pregnancy-33308737

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-rally-shooting-biden-harris-b2584553.html

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/23/nx-s1-5049691/secret-service-director-steps-down-following-interrogation-over-the-attempted-assassination-of-trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/us/politics/katharine-graham-house-georgetown.html

https://www.foxnews.com/world/eu-turns-up-pressure-hungarys-orban-over-his-peace-mission-russia-china

https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-arrested-written-threats-kill-trump-vance-days-after-assassination-attempt?intcmp=tw_fnc

https://nypost.com/2024/07/23/us-news/trump-shooter-thomas-matthew-crooks-father-speaks-out-for-first-time-after-son-tried-to-assassinate-former-president/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07837-8

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jul/23/conservative-leadership-james-cleverly-labour-keir-starmer-uk-politics-latest-news-updates

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jul/23/conservative-leadership-james-cleverly-labour-keir-starmer-uk-politics-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-669faf7e8f0804734c48d3a7#block-669faf7e8f0804734c48d3a7

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jul/23/conservative-leadership-james-cleverly-labour-keir-starmer-uk-politics-latest-news-updates

https://www.newsweek.com/meghan-markle-prince-harry-espys-1927560

Let’s WING it this week and focus on things with wings. Sunday Stills: On the #Wing

How many times are you baking something and you feel the need to open the oven door to see how it is doing? I know I have been guilty of that. Check out how the oven door can change what you are baking. http://www.InDianesKitchen.com Did You Know – Oven Door

‭1 John 4:19 KJV‬ [19] We love him, because he first loved us. https://bible.com/bible/1/1jn.4.19.KJV

https://www.newsweek.com/prince-harry-invictus-games-britain-announcement-2027-1928598

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy941p14j0jo

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-harris-campaign-drop-off-b2584073.html

https://nypost.com/2024/07/22/us-news/netanyahu-meeting-with-biden-scrapped-as-president-recovers-from-covid-reports/

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/21/delta-offers-crews-double-pay-to-staff-flights-after-it-outage.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fearing-trump-victory-new-migrant-caravan-sets-off-towards-us-border

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/22/us/politics/kimberly-cheatle-secret-service-hearing.html

Length of stay: 1 dayVisited: May 2024 Petroglyph National Monument is located on the west side of Albuquerque. It protects one of the largest collections of petroglyphs in North America. These rock carvings have been etched onto the volcanic rocks, mainly by the ancestral Pueblo people, hundreds of years ago. There are four sections within…

Tanka Tuesday This is last week’s shadorma that I didn’t manage to post in time for the challenge last week. We had a very cold spell for a few days. Dracula’s companion (shadorma) Cold, so cold Bitter wind bites deep Needle like Incisors Dracula’s invisible Icy companion This week has been much nicer weather and…

Was it neglectthat rendered usso useless?joints collapsing,minds scatteringmovement minimal… That which we no longer tend toloses lustre – less profit to reap When we store our dreams in corners –time usurping promises,visions asleep –the fallout is too steep Cherishment is what is neededfor self, for hopes, for all life. (Image my own) Neglect?