Wow of the day.

01/07/2026

No one had told me. There was no call, no alert, no note: https://elejrnl.com?p=4217710

12/19/2025

Having a roller coaster of a year? Read "2 Calming Quotes for Anyone Entering the New Year on Shaky Ground." on 🐘⁠ https://elejrnl.com?p=4229605

10/24/2025

Timeless. Read it here >>

Selena Gomez in a bikini. No photoshop (so it seems). No editing out of her curves. That's it. That's the

10/18/2025

Photos by Waylon from the last No Kings: https://www.elephantjournal.com/2025/06/in-trump-country-heres-what-a-no-kings-protest-looks-like-photos/

09/01/2025

The longtime singer laureate of Ireland, activist on Palestine, and a primordial love song. As one youtube comment noted, so grateful to have discovered him—if only I'd done so many decades earli...

08/26/2025

https://www.elephantjournal.com/2022/01/when-a-best-friendship-dies-though-the-best-friend-lives/

"You can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails." ~ Yiddish proverb

When a best friendship dies
though the best friend lives
it’s time to let go.
Letting go is the snap of a dry twig, a kick in the shins—
it hurts. But it’s necessary. Move on. No more communication, no more reaching out.
But, too, remain open: https://www.elephantjournal.com/2022/01/when-a-best-friendship-dies-though-the-best-friend-lives/

08/24/2025

As one youtube comment noted, so grateful to have discovered him—if only I'd done so many decades earlier. Sitting here on a cool nearly cold August Sunday, outside the Athenaeum in Indianapolis, r...

07/06/2025

It's the Dalai Lama's 90th Birthday today!

06/16/2025

"If I am to understand…that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin..."

With Ariel mermaiding about again, and Rings of Power by Amazon (ugh, it's like Mordor doing a doc on the Shire) out, folks are talking about diversity, and representation, and lack thereof. So, lest...

05/14/2025

"As men, we don’t get the privilege of waking up one day feeling like a stranger has hijacked our body. We don’t get to experience our internal thermostat going full nuclear meltdown at 3 a.m. We don’t suddenly find ourselves standing in the kitchen, crying over a f**king tea bag for no apparent reason. But our partners do. And the worst thing we can do is stand there looking confused..."

Read it here 👉 https://elejrnl.com?p=4149999

05/12/2025

Quality, eco, sustainable vs cheap and plastic and crap:

I am not a minimalist. I don't value empty rooms. I don't like clutter, either. I like a cozy, spacious, bright, cheerful home.

05/08/2025

Introducing...Pope Leo! The first American Pope!

There was a lot of jockeying for conservative, extremist, far-right influence over the choice of the next pope. Thankfully, instead, the conclave chose one, if more centrist that Francis, who had Fran...