I just learned about the City of San Antonio's Public Arts database - artcollection.sa.gov/Browse/artwo...

""Don't look for happiness. Look for meaning." — Ryan Holiday

"Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better." ~ Flannery O'Connor

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." — Jimi Hendrix

www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...

NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll

An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.

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“In each of us, there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone.” - John F. Kennedy

"I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment." ~ Audrey Hepburn

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" ~ Mary Oliver

Happy Women's Equality Day - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%2... #women #vote #equality

Women's Equality Day - Wikipedia

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I'm attending Solar United Neighbors's event, “Neighbors Co-op Info Session” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/solarunitedn...

Neighbors Co-op Info Session · Solar United Neighbors

Help your community go solar with confidence by leading a Neighbors Co-op! Through the co-op model, Solar United Neighbors has helped over 11,000 families go solar. We are launching a new program, N...

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I'm attending Solar United Neighbors's event, “Neighbors Co-op Info Session” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/solarunitedn...

Neighbors Co-op Info Session · Solar United Neighbors

Help your community go solar with confidence by leading a Neighbors Co-op! Through the co-op model, Solar United Neighbors has helped over 11,000 families go solar. We are launching a new program, N...

mobilize.us

"Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy." — James Clear

"The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out." ~ James Baldwin

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Protect America's Roadless Forests – Tell Congress to Act 🌲. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...

Protect America's Roadless Forests – Tell Congress to Act 🌲

Some of America’s wildest national forest lands remain free from permanent roads and large-scale industrial development. These roadless forests provide vital habitat for endangered and threatened wild...

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"If you do what is easy, your life will be hard. If you do what is hard, your life will be easy." — Les Brown

Has anyone attended this event? Is it worthwhile? feverup.com/m/665850

Smithsonian Starstruck in San Antonio - Tickets | Fever

Go on an extraordinary VR journey through the cosmos, from dazzling galaxies to the edge of a black hole, right here in San Antonio. Get your tickets!

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"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." - Ursula K. Le Guin [This seems similar to what Buddha said: "It is better to travel well than to arrive."]

I put together this playlist representing songs that were popular between 1993-2026, the years I was employed at St. Mary's University. I used an instrumental version in most cases to avoid objectionable lyrics. Enjoy! #songs youtube.com/playlist?lis...

1993-2026 Instrumental - YouTube

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I just took action with @CovenantForOurFuture: A Multi-Faith Call for a Just and Prosperous Future for All. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/a-mult...

"Try not to become someone of success, but rather try to become someone of value." — Albert Einstein

Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?

My colleagues organized a Retirement Party for me last Friday. I'm grateful to all who attended and participated and to each person who made the party a reality. Enjoy these photos! #WithGratitude #Retirement #Rewirement mediaspace.stmarytx.edu/media/Dianes...

Diane's Retirement Party pics

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"It is better to travel well than to arrive." - Buddha

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. - Rumi

Tariffs implemented strategically like Biden did with the CHIPS ACT dramatically improved manufacturing and our independence from China. Trump decided to implement tariffs in an erratic self dealing manner. The result: business sectors paralyzed because of the uncertainty.

This TX-NM-AZ methane pipeline would enable data centers and harm communities. Let's stop it. act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...

Today is my penultimate work day at my current job.

"What you resist, persists." — Carl Jung

"The wound is the place where the light enters you." — Rumi

"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say." - Anais Nin