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Me: “No? I simply said that it existed and has a real world impact?”

James Ensor (1860-1949), “Untitled (Masked Ball)” ca. 1890. Oil on canvas. From The Menil Collection.

Now blooming in the garden: Allegheny monkeyflower, Mimulus ringens.

In Ukrainian folklore kharakternyk is a Zaporozhian Cossack that is believed to have magic powers, it can vary from person to person, but the most interesting power I can remember from my childhood was the ability to turn into different animals to escape death. There’s something very romantic about being so elusive and hard to kill that people believe you’re a wizard… Nevertheless, this is Nestor Nebizhchyk (Nestor the Undead). You can guess why he’s called that.

*Unveiling blue plaque to commemorate British actor and theatre director Sir John Gielgud

Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, Alexandria, Egypt

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Also most people don't know how to recognize plants and their rightwing thinking when they see it, because they were usually raised by rightwingers or close, and didn't havr the teaching to spot it. Sorry. We have an uphill slog with that one.

Lil brushy brush. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Terry Pratchett, "The Gnomes from Home," 1970s-80s, republished in A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories, 2023.

Ukrainian ceramics artist Frosyna Mishchenko with her work, 1990s

Baby elephant playing in the water hole.

(With his daughter -- see how quickly passing can happen.)

Bok Tower Gardens, FL

Stone Details on the Notre Dame