Photos for a Thursday

In keeping with my blog break, here’s a link from “The Big Picture,” which tells news stories in photographs — but I’ll warn you that it might break your heart. It’s photos of what BP’s oil spill has done to the Gulf of Mexico. Some of them are gorgeous and all of them are depressing…. Read more »

Hope

I cannot seem to wipe the smile off my face. It has been such a stressful few months. It has been a stressful eight years. And the stress is bound to continue, of course, no matter how wonderful our president-elect is. This is the world. But for today, at least, in honor of a magnificent… Read more »