I've heard of Georgian Court. My mom had a friend in Lakewood.

George Gould sounds familiar. I will have to look him up.

Gotta run, wife is calling me...

have a nice night!

Yes, sometimes companies and private groups can really help folks.

I think government is just a template for business deals and rich folks getting richer. Not much else.

Magical moment at the ballpark. 🌈

Find a Food Bank | Seattle Food Committee

Seattle Food banks:

www.seattlefoodcommittee.org/find-a-food-...

Feeding America

www.feedingamerica.org

A nationwide network of more than 200 food banks

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Feeding America - Washington State

www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-am...

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Feeding America has a 95% rating through Charity Navigator

www.charitynavigator.org/ein/363673599

#Hunger
#SNAP

Dave Cline at VVAW's 35th Aniversary - Part 1 YouTube video by Jeff Machota

Your Dad was an honorable man.

I used to be a staff person at Peace Action, one of the big national peace groups.

Here's a clip of one of our guys from VVAW, Dave Cline:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=82jL...

One of my favorite things about tennis is the handshakes at the end of a match and how many pros are so gracious to each other.

LOVE this gal! 16 years old...solo sailed around the entire globe.

Total warrior.

LOVE this gal! 16 years old...solo sailed around the entire globe.

Total warrior.

A Conversation with DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy (1994) #startrek #startrektos #drmccoy YouTube video by Life Arts Network

funny, thanks.

Good interview:

A Conversation with DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy (1994)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGYx...

oh, I am sure you are right.

Just a way of saying to folks...hey, be prepared.

Got hit very hard by hurricane Sandy.

Lost power for 9 days.

Wound up in the ER at Overlook.

I guess the water supply got overrun and tainted.

Put me on Cipro, Flagyl and Dilaudid.

You know, it's weird. Now that I think about it. Also went to a very WASPY college - Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. Lot of old money folks there also.

Went to school with Lee Bristol (Bristol Myers). He thought I was a dirty hippie idiot, until we both were pals of the campus dog.

re poetry:

Short collection of Japanese Haiku. This was printed by the art book small press, Peter Pauper, 1955

Must Springtime Fade?
Then Cry All Birds
And Fishes Cold Pale Eyes Pour Tears

- Basho

Basho, Buson, Issa, more...

online, all free...

sacred-texts.com/shi/jh/jh02....

neat stuff. My brother was a working archaeologist for a few years. Lot of Native American sites. Fire pits. Some as old as 10,000 years.

California: GDP has surged 40%, totaling more than $4 trillion, since Governor Newsom took office in January 2019. Compare that to China's 32% GDP growth and Germany's 16% GDP increase over the same time period.

Off the charts.

Langston Hughes - "The Weary Blues" on CBUT, 1958 YouTube video by vanalogue

Also from 1958...

I thought you might like this one:

Langston Hughes - Performing his poem, "The Weary Blues"

On Canadian TV, 1958

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM7H...

Billie Holiday - Summertime YouTube video by Okmusix

just the best, the absolute best!

Billie Holiday - Summertime

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYUq...

We are Jewish on both sides. But I played a weirder sport:

Platform Tennis. Big in New England. Very WASPY sport.

Once played a tournament at an active polo club outside of Boston.

Old money people.

I don't know, everyone was very nice to me...had zero bad experiences there.

See the first close-up photos of the moon from NASA's Artemis II mission The crew spent about seven hours circling the moon, taking photographs and making observations of never-before-seen features.

See the first close-up photos of the moon from NASA's Artemis II mission:

On flooding:

www.ready.gov/floods

On flooding:

www.ready.gov/floods

The British government has banned Kayne West from entering the country to play a series of concerts because of his history of antisemitism. The festival he was due to headline is now canceled.

Greek utility completes 2.13 GW solar cluster at former coal mine Greece’s PPC Group has finished construction of its 2.13 GW solar portfolio in northern Greece. The company is now working on its third large-scale battery storage facility in the area, with plans for...

There's something just so brilliant about coal mines being directly replaced with solar farms
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/07/g...

How Herb and Dorothy Vogel Built One of the Greatest Modern Art Collections—and Then Gave It All Away | National Gallery of Art These unassuming art collectors fit more than 4,000 works in their tiny New York City apartment, all while working as a librarian and postal clerk.

In Art News...

The Incredible Story of the Vogels...

How Herb and Dorothy Vogel Built One of the Greatest Modern Art Collections—and Then Gave It All Away

www.nga.gov/stories/arti...

#Art
#Vogels

10 Yiddish Curses You Wouldn't Wish on Your Worst Enemy | Aish Ten wickedly clever Yiddish curses—hilarious, biting, and too good to use (almost).

another bit of fun:

Yiddish Curses

“You should be turned into a blintze, and a cat should eat you.”

“May all your teeth fall out, except one. And may that one have a painful toothache.”

and more:

aish.com/10-yiddish-c...

#Comedy
#Humor
#Yiddish
#Cats
#CatsOfBlueSky

Bit of fun:

Haiku for Jews

www.gluckman.com/harry/Jewish...

#Comedy
#Haiku
#Jews

10 Yiddish Curses You Wouldn't Wish on Your Worst Enemy | Aish Ten wickedly clever Yiddish curses—hilarious, biting, and too good to use (almost).

The Yiddish curses are some fun too:

Vern zol fun dir a blintshik un di kats zol dikh kayn.

“You should be turned into a blintze, and a cat should eat you.”

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“May all your teeth fall out, except one. And may that one have a painful toothache.”

and more:

aish.com/10-yiddish-c...

bit of comedy fun:

Haiku for Jews:

www.gluckman.com/harry/Jewish...

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We are Sephardic on Dad's side, Ashkenazi on mom's.

Same here. Dad's side literally chased out of Spain during the Inquistion. Then did a tour through Europe.

I know we were in France, finally settling in the Leipzig area of Germany. Some got out in the 20s, most didn't.