Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv

@drmlb.bsky.social

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Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Medical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine. Pediatric surgeon, theologian and UCC pastor, healer of healers, and maker of good trouble.

Quote from Dale Partridge
A pile of vegetables and fruit bought at the farmer's market
"Summons" by Aurora Levins Morales Source - https://readalittlepoetry.com/2025/12/19/summons-by-aurora-levins-morales/
Weather at 5pm in Houston
Tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, basalmic vinegar, olive oil
A photo of the salad
A photo of varied summer produce bought today at our farmer's market
Screen grab (literally) of the changes.
A tricolor heron standing in water
A pickle champs sherbet container. Pickle flavored sherbet!
A photo of a dark storm over a wheat field
Two adjacent rows in a theater labeled “N” and “P”
Beautiful ivory colored flowers with red centers (bicolored iris I think)
Morning sun on the Gulf (of Mexico) coast
A poem by adrienne maree brown
A post from art, but make it sports of Bosch painting called the garden of earthly delights
The TV screen showing the view from Orion of half the moon lit up
Sunrise over the ocean
The ultimate in chill (dog on a couch)
Quote from Sinclair Lewis
Poem by Rainer Marie Rilke
Political cartoon with media focused on a small group of people holding a sign that says “Hate” and ignoring a huge group of people holding signs of hope and love.
A woman with a sign on her back that says “Free balls for Republicans” (with two tennis balls glued to the top of the sign)
A man holding a protest sign that says “Tortas never hurt anyone”
A woman holding a protest sign that says “No sign is big enough to list all the reasons I’m here”
Three women with a sign in front of a group holding a sign that says No Kings No Masters
Posts from Obama and Trump about Robert Mueller’s death
A quote from Kaira Jewel LIngo
A military officer says to another officer "As Commander of Questionable Operations, you'll be reporting directly to the Secretary of Evolving Explanations". Published today.
A political cartoon published today in the Houston Chronicle. It shows a voice bubble comeing from the White House "The war will be over in a month" in the background. In the foreground is a busy freeway. Under the freeway are 3 people without homes and a sign that says "VET PLEASE HELP."
A diamond cross on the neck of an elected American politician
A photo of a diamond cross around the neck of an elected official
Broken glass from a bomb, shattered around a child’s plastic slide
A black and white cat
A photo of a base of a large tree with a plant nestled between two roots that has a small yellow flower blooming. Joy is a form of resistance.
A cartoon showing two cats sitting in front of a TV showing Kristi Noem at a podium. One cat says "First she came for the puppy dogs, and I did not speak out, because I was not a puppy dog." The artist is Paul Noth.
A cat looks at the camera
A small plastic and naked baby (always in a King Cake) that is gripping the corner of a slice of King Cake
Large cheese board (from two days ago, but I think cheese day is a season 😁)
Black and white cat looking out from underneath a blanket