“The closest thing we can get to a crystal ball is history.”
— Jennifer Lawrence
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Tonight, friends, we have yet another supermoon, the brightest of the year. This month is the Beaver Moon.
The biggest, brightest Supermoon of 2025 rises Tuesday night – The Weather Network
Overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, November 4-5, the Sun, Earth, and Moon will align in syzygy, with the Earth-facing side of the Moon fully illuminated by the Sun.
So last night, tonight, and tomorrow all showcase the moon at its best. I don’t know about you, but I do not get tired of that big bright ball in the sky getting even bigger and brighter.
If you don’t either, look up!
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It’s Election Day in the US! Want to have a say in your community and its policies, in who represents you and for what? Voting is all this and more.
Haven’t voted yet? There’s still lots of time.
Need info on where or how to vote? These sites have you covered:
And if you have additional questions or run into issues, there’s also this election protection hotline (complete with memorable phone numbers!): 866ourvote.org
- English 866-OUR-VOTE: 866-687-8683
- Spanish/English 888-VE-Y-VOTA: 888-839-8682
- Asian Languages/English 888-API-VOTE: 888-274-8683
- Arabic/English 844-YALLA-US: 844-925-5287
Sally forth, citizens, and be heard!
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“The gifts you possess can lift you up or pull you down; it all depends on how you use them.”
— Arthur C. Brooks
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My office is filled with random yet interesting items. Maybe a color caught my eye, or a puzzle, or a map (or a bit of pottery, a magic wand, a decoder ring, a set of travel watercolors, or or or). All things that spark my creativity or capture an experience I want to remember.
For example: Mr Man and I had a special dinner a while back.
Appetizer: mussels steamed with a great deal of garlic and a perfectly reasonable amount of white wine.
Flavor: excellent.
Bonus: an unexpected gift, the tiniest pearl I have ever seen.
Taking a picture of it was a challenge, it’s that small.
I keep it in memory of that night. It’s worth nothing, and everything.
“But the pearls were accidents, and the finding of one was luck, a little pat on the back by God or the gods both.”
– John Steinbeck
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Today, a story by the excellent Arthur H. Manners. Dark, yes, but with a beautiful thread of hope.
Woodsong – Flash Fiction Online
It hit me last night, as a chorus of woodsong filled our hiding spot: we’re never getting out of here.
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Live this moment
Feel this day this sun this breath
I loved those things too.
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Some days you just need to watch a baby elephant play with a pumpkin. If today is that sort of day for you, you’re welcome!
A baby elephant stole the show at Oregon Zoo’s pumpkin-smashing event | AP News
A baby elephant at the Oregon Zoo had more tricks than treats to show when handlers gave it a small pumpkin to play with during an annual fall event where giant elephants smash half-ton pumpkins.
Freaking adorable.
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Sometimes a story seed comes to me, and while it doesn’t always grow into a full-fledged story, it’s often expressed in the form of its own small poem. Like this.
Can We Make a Deal?
My alien mind
In this animal body
Which wins, in the end?
And since today is National Cat Day in the US, let’s make that animal a kitty.
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Some days seem designed to deliver a lesson. I won’t go into the sadly uninteresting and happily trifling details, but today’s lesson for me?
Time comes for us all. Don’t put stuff off!
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