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Why am I soft in the middle? The rest of my life is so hard.

Zucchini the size of a large adult forearm
Zucchini has completely escaped the containment of the raised bed, it’s probably 4 ft tall and 5 ft wide, producing a dozen fruits a week, and I have to keep pruning so the peppers and artichoke planted next to it get at least some sunlight
Flat rectangular loaf (is that even the right word?) of focaccia with green swirls of garlic scapes studding the top and a large pat of butter with green flecks next to it
Four mid sized cucumbers (not the only four, maybe not even the biggest four)
Three reasonably sized zucchini! One maybe could have waited another day, but as previously established, patience is not one of my defining virtues.
Bowl of ditalini and peas topped with shaved Parmesan, I promise it looks better than this description sounds
Raised bed in early June, looking good but tidy, clear distinctions between all plants.
Spoiler, it’s HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Grand Hotel Ornate chain hotel featuring a dining room and an outdoor pool, plus gardens and a tea service. Photos
On the left, a tiny plant in a 4” pot with a few small leaves; on the right a large plant with giant leaves, threatening to take over its part of the raised bed
Window at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor center with neon text: IN THE NAME OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE ME, I PLEDGE TO BE BRAVE, TO BE TRUE TO MYSELF, AND TO FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR EQUALITY.
A curving coastline of rocky bluffs topped with a variety of trees on the left, beautiful blue green water extending to the horizon on the right
A raised garden bed with a bunch of upside down boxes and pots covering plants to keep the frost away
Ten day forecast with 42F as the lowest low
Headline: Upstate NY man ends legal battle with the state for his 'emotional support' pet alligator Published: Apr. 09, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
Skein of plied handspun yarn in shades of purple, blue, pink, and turquoise
[1939?] We are witnessing in America today a growing antagonism toward the alien and the foreign-born. This antagonism always appears in times of industrial crises, [when competition for jobs is keen and the labor market is ?]. With conditions continuing as they are, the alien is likely to become our national scapegoat. This antagonism, fortunately, is not shared by the majority of the people of this country; certainly not by those who realize that immigrants are human beings like the rest of us, no better, no worse. After all, the whole history of America is that the immigrant of today is the American of tomorrow. That history began with the first immigrants who landed in America and it is continuing today with the immigrants who…
Blue and purple singles on a spinning wheel bobbin
Photos of what are alleged to be Seth Morris and Marc Evan Jackson, but I’m pretty sure it’s a lie and they’re the same person.
Epstein files search page with the last name (Dubrin) of the author of the book in the previous tweet (10 minute guide to not being in the Epstein files) in the search bar and no results.
Footnote to a musical score, I didn’t include enough for anyone to tell what but it’s R. Schumann’s Arabesque, reading: *This section, which is, in the editor's opinion, needlessly repetitious, may be omitted.
Ad with a drawing of Snoopy for: TOOMEY ABBOTT GROCETERIA Between Brewster and Boland Halls Street Level-Toomey Abbott Complex OPEN EVENINGS TILL 8. . . BUT NEVER ON SUNDAY Good Luck Orangemen!!! STOP IN and see us for your groceries and beverages at prices that will keep you out of the dog house.
Stairs up to a landing where a cat lurks behind the railing, surveying his domain
Nothing but sad grey clouds
Weather forecast of either clouds or rain for the whole evening
Gorgeous (if I do say so myself) off white circular lace piece pinned to blocking mats
Still from For All Mankind of people in homemade duct tape spacesuits attempting to prevent nuclear meltdown on the moon. IYKYK, I’m not out here posting spoilers.
Lovely view of Otsego Lake nestled in between hills with a bird soaring overhead taken from Glimmerglass State Park between shows at the Glimmerglass Festival, one of which was Sunday in the Park With George, though I was technically there on Saturday and George wasn’t with me.
Kombucha girl pondering the relative merits of reel mowers (the kind I have recently learned works like scissors) as hard work or, as I’ve noticed many stores have tried to make a selling point, exercise!
Title card from Bea Nettles’ Mountain Dream Tarot
A glorious arch of brutalist blocks over a very clean metro stop platform
Long tall waterfall with high gorge walls extending on either side (Taughannock Falls)
Him: I love your tenacity! Me: Well, it’s either tenacity or homelessness!
The word “Matrilineality” marked as misspelled in a Word doc with a suggest correction of “Patrilineality.” Oddly, in the context of this alt text, matrilineality is fine while patrilineality is marked as misspelled with no suggested correction available. BlueSky > Microsoft
Among the women who in history brightest have shone Are those who have left the men’s affairs alone Who in their homes have found their proper places And sought not in crowds to show their faces We see you seek a different line You are too bold to be my Valentine.
Peaks of ice and snow along the Lake Ontario shore with whitecaps in the background, a dramatic stormy sky, and a sign reading “Beach Closed” in the foreground
A letter from 1840 advocating you stick a slightly softened tallow candle right on up your bum to cure your piles. Or maybe inject a decoction of comfrey root. Please don’t let RFK Jr. read this, he might get some terrifying new ideas…
Duet and Chorus titled “How Beautiful Are the Feet” from The Messiah
Cheese and crackers and nuts and fruit arranged nicely but not professionally on a white board
A library book cart with the number six painted on the side.
Pale green light at the bottom with majority magenta in the top two thirds of the image
At the bottom of a hand written letter: I am greatly annoyed