2026 Combined Disasters. More than 2 extreme hazards & disasters strike at the exact same time. The total harm is much worse than the sum of each separate event. Stupidity makes everything worse & this lying administration & their zombie followers will blame Biden.

“The far right is really amazing in their distortion of reality”. Some segments of the left got us here too

"You know in high school, if you didn't believe in science and history it was called failing" - Michelle Wolf

The mind is a garden where the thought flowers grow. The thoughts that you think are the seeds that you sow. Every kind, loving thought bears a kind, loving deed, A thought that is selfish is just like a weed Plant loving thoughts thick in a row there won't be any room for weed thoughts to grow

Habits are like muscles, the more you use them the stronger they get. Applies to critical thinking too.

Freedom involves caring about others, living in truth & acting with integrity. It’s not patriotic to be loyal to a greedy liar. Spend time doing what? What you need & what you love. Life is better when learning how to be healthy & how to help others.

Corruption of the worst administration abuses entrusted power for personal gain & undermines the public good and institutional trust. I’m thankful for people who care & time spent hiking.

2 days until the halfway point in 2026. A stitch in time, saves nine.

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" Mutual respect and positive relationships Be kind

"It's never wrong to do the right thing" - attributed to Mark Twain, but still true

Honesty is the best policy & Two wrongs don’t make a right

People across the political spectrum are feeling outrage that while families in Georgia are made to pay more and more for everything, the First Family is pocketing vast sums of money from all over the world.

"The time is always right to do what is right." — Martin Luther King Jr. Integrity and prevention go together to prevent a lot of unnecessary collateral damage.

Fog By Carl Sandburg 1878-1967 The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.

I strongly believe that an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of remediation & that Integrity is part of the solution to every problem

🌻 sunflower 🌻 July 12th 2024

Be observant if you would have a pure heart, for something is born to you in the consequence of every action, every decision. Pause in the space between stimulus & response, stand back and look at several angles. These thoughts have helped over time.

a little candle can provide light & push back against darkness

The reason truth is stranger than fiction is that there is less of it.

Pick leaders who are honest. Lying erodes public trust, hinders informed decision-making by citizens, & undermines the integrity and stability of government. When leaders lie, it creates a wide range of negative consequences for society.

LEAVES Trees stand for years & weather many storms. Technology was influential in the LAST election. Leaves blow in the wind & float down the stream. A trout waits for a meal & ignores the leaves. The leaves decay & feed the insects that become food for the fish.

I prefer algorithms where people care about history, science, facts, truth, integrity & each other.

Books vs social media; While books foster deeper cognitive processes, critical thinking & sustained attention, social media is fun & informing, yet can lead to shorter attention spans, shallower engagement, and poor moods due to its addictive design and exposure to fragmented, polarizing content.

Integrity refers to being honest, trustworthy, and reliable. Leaders with integrity practice what they preach and own up to their mistakes, as opposed to hiding them, blaming Biden or making excuses.

Female longhorn beetles, primarily use their antennae to find dying trees that are suitable egg-laying sites. Male longhorn beetles primarily use their long antennae find females.

Truth and Love matter more than anything. Perspectives matter, so for the rest of my life, my phone will be off more than on.

Returned from camping. It was so fun to not bring a cell phone for two weeks. Brought a book instead. So enjoyable. I want to be more caring for those in my circle of influence.

A clean sky is blue. Loving your neighbor includes caring for future generations. The environment matters. I love hiking mountain trails under a bright blue sky.

The greedy want economic growth like we had after WWII. They want money more than they care about anyone. Electing a lying conman was never going to help anyone except the greedy people with no integrity. Live with integrity Love your neighbor Enjoy today Speak truth