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@mpgrenier.bsky.social

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2nd generation in media, following in the footsteps of my mom (in the header): Ward’s Automotive Reports, Detroit News, Wall Street Journal & Bloomberg News (retired)

Pictures of Ken Osmond and Bill Clinton
A person in the New York City No Kings crowd holds up a sign that reads “Eggs are expensive because all the chicken are in Congress!!“
A dog in a gray padded backpack-like carrier with a F*ck Trump sticker at the NYC #NoKings march.
Empty vegetable bins at Whole Foods
A tall pine tree with a crooked trunk leans over even further as snow coats its branches
Baiul did not compete in compulsory figures during her major international championship years because they were eliminated after the 1990 season, and she won Worlds in 1993 and the Olympics in 1994.
An orange cat lying down facing away from the camera with black-eyed Susan flowers behind it
A turkey in the grass
Snow-covered bushes and concrete seats in front of a building
Boots in snow with snow on the tops
Squirrel with very fluffy tail bent over its back
A bright orange-red sunset filling the sky over the city
An older woman in a wheelchair holds up a sign with a drawing of hands reaching down and grabbing a baby away from a distraught mother. It reads “Don’t tear families apart.”
The crowd passes below a billboard promoting the Carter Center with a picture of Jimmy Carter. People are holding signs reading “This is what democracy looks like.“
A man in a red crown and robe with a dog wearing red ribbons
Two yellow roses with raindrops
Closeup of a bee on a yellow marigold
A white flower
Tribute lights for September 11
The Man at Burning Man under colorful fireworks
Quotes from the book: Listening to “Emperor of Rome” by Mary Beard, and her description of Elagabalus (ruler from age 14 to his assassination at 18) sounds scarily familiar: ”… gratuitous luxury …” “… quirky, and costly, self-indulgence …” “… tried to make nature itself bend to his will …” “… a nightmare of deception, in which truth and falsehood were repeatedly confused and confounded.” “The power of the [leader] stopped at nothing. It warped the senses and it thrived in malevolent chaos” “He turned facts and fiction upside down, creating a topsy-turvy world in which no one could know who (or what) was play acting, A corrupt autocracy was all smoke and distorting mirrors. … a fake life.”
A wooden green lawn chair beneath a pink-flowering vine over a shady bower on a sunny day
Two yellow roses, one with a bee tucked inside
An outdoor thermometer with the temperature hand pointing straight down, well beyond the highest reading of 120
A bright pink floribunda rose with four tightly compacted blossoms
A roughly triangular rock with crinoid and other bits of fossils
A small wooden building in the country whose door is almost completely obscured by bushes
A pug dog in a red baby-carriage-like dog carrier staring up at me. A package of tissues is between its front paws.
Two boats of significantly different sizes past each other on a river
Side view of a tabby cat with a circle on its right side that has a streak in the middle
Two bees in a yellow rose
People sitting on a gentle grassy slope with a bridge and cityscape in the background
Purple clematis
Bright pink peonies with centers of yellow and white stamens
A photo of a squirrel in profile with a fluffy tail holding a small ear of corn to its mouth
Interior of lobby with barrel ceiling painted with blue, red and gold diamonds, archway several stories high in the background
A brown Giant Owl Butterfly hanging from a large green leaf with a gold and brown “eye” marking on it/ wings
Blue Great Morman butterfly
An orange and white cat lying on fall leaves next to a fence
A peach-and-white cat sleeping in a pile of Christmas wrappings and bows
A black cat with brown flecks in its fur is staring into the camera and only half its face is in view.
A black cat with long white fur under its chin and grey patches in its very thick coat sitting behind a chain-link fence in front of a brick wall
A pudgy tabby cat staring ahead sitting on a gray tile floor
Very fluffy orange and white cat on a rug stretched out with its belly exposed
An orange cat napping on a brick patio underneath white flower clusters on long stalks
A gray, black & white cat sitting on a simple wooden bench.
Fluffy and slightly bedraggled orange cat sitting in front of the opened door to a store, under a round blue NY lottery sign.
White cat with green eyes in a box
An orange cat in profile with a glowing outline from the sun
Three fall trees by water in bright sunshine with red and yellow leaves