Yesterday was Ian’s first day of full time school since March 2020. I think it’s going to stick, so…. time to get back to work. Really happy.

My jaw is still on the ground about the TX abortion law. I don’t have anything original to say; there are those with a real expertise on this issue, so I’ll let them do their thing.

Taliban propaganda is frightening and effective at the same time. I’m not sure that the NYT should run those videos, even with a disclaimer at the end. Especially, when stuff like this is happening.

Over the past ten years, we have lost real progressivism — focus and attention on the groups of people that need help and issues that need attention — to the easier (and free) focus on the Trump Buffoon and COVID hysteria. It’s time to return to our roots. Here’s a great article about rural education by Casey Parks. I want more of this.

Cooking: Made last year’s viral feta/cherry tomato pasta dish, because we have so, so, so many garden tomatoes to use up. Tonight is more sheet pan chicken.

Home: I haven’t written up a before/after post about the siding on our house yet, because I’m waiting for the landscaper to pop in some shrubs into the front of the house. That’s happening next Monday. But if you want to see some teaser pictures, look here.

Travel: Steve and Ian and I went to the Met Museum of art last Monday. I was really attracted to the deep colors on the walls and art. Great exhibit on the art during the era of the Medici. Some pictures here. Afterwards, we got a bite in one of those dive Irish pubs on the Upper East Side that still haven’t been swallowed up by development. On Saturday, we’re going down to the beach for a week.