The erstwhile brook behind my house… there is a tiny glint of water visible. They dry weather has been insane.

Xopher and I on a happier, sunnier day in Newport RI.

We spent three nights in Newport and two in the outer part of Boston. The last day in Newport we did the famous “Cliff Walk” where I tripped and fell on my knee, which hurts. My biking days might be over for the year.

Ezra Klein:

“We are going to have to live here with one another. There will be no fever that breaks, no permanent victory that routs or quiets those who disagree with us. I have watched many on both sides entertain the illusion that there would be, either through the power of social shame and cultural pressure or the force the state could bring to bear on those it seeks to silence. It won’t work. It can’t work. It would not be better if it did. That would not be a free country.

Much of what I would describe as Kirk’s worst moments were standard-fare MAGA Republicanism. And the leader of that movement is the president of the United States. He is now in the White House, having won about half the country’s votes in the last election. We are going to have to live here with one another, believing what we believe, disagreeing in the ways we disagree.”

One little pumpkin I managed to save from being eaten by goats (at least until after Halloween)… and some little carrots I saved from being eaten by bunnies.

Free poster we got thrifting the day after we saw Dylan. I elevated it with a $12 frame. Now it will inspire me daily in my office/playroom.

It’s not June, it’s late summer when things are really bustin’ out all over.

Most every year we bike one of our favorite routes, a little 1-hour loop from Bristol to Monkton & back. I adore this ride!

Taken on the Adirondack Rail Trail!

The Beatles in 1967:

The Stones in 1967:

The Band in 1967: