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William Bennett
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Retired physician. Reading “Troilus and Cressida.” Somerville, Mass.
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Luis Meléndez, 1716-1780.
An 18th-century still life of brown plums tumbled in front of a white ceramic pitcher and a golden loaf of bread, with a few green figs in a corner.
November 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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A friend’s new puppy
Puppy in a light green halter, holding a white chew toy. The puppy has a dark nose and coarse brown fur. The same puppy, still in his halter resting on a cushion and looking straight at the camera. A small toy is near him.
October 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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A last one from today.
Late-blooming garden chrysanthemums with simple, daisy-like blossoms, pale peachy color, in front of a deep red Japanese maple.
October 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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From this afternoon’s walk.
A few kacecap hydrangeas, a bluish red, with a stem of prairie bluestar at the lower right. Mophead hydrangeas, mauve, leaning against a bamboo support. A milkweed pod releasing its seeds
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Many pale yellow, tubular flowers of brugmansia above bright red begonia flowers nestled in light green ipomoea foliage.
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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A single white night-blooming cereus, technically Epiphyllum oxypetalum, a large white flower with a halo of pointy petals behind a group forming a cup, with many yellow stamens in the center. Photograph taken at 10:40 p.m.
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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A cluster of orange dahlias with warm yellow in the center petals.
October 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Clusters of small purple berries on an American spikenard.
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Two dahlia blossoms in a range of peach/orange tones.
October 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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A cardboard caricature of Trump: large orange face, smaller body with blue suit and red tie. The mouth is wide open and “LIES” is printed in yellow. “VENOM” appears in that space in the second photo. See description with other photo.
October 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Boston
A large, four-sided sign shaped like a milk bottle with “Missing Person” panels on the sides. The two in this picture have “SUPREME COURT’S CREDIBILITY” and “DEMOCRACY” as missing. Picture from Boston Common.
October 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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But once in a while, while strolling in Murray Hill, the car is essential. As is the public art.
A photograph taken in Murray Hill, Manhattan, of a sculpture of a woman wearing a bathing cap; in front of her is a car stopped at a light. It looks as though the woman in the sculpture is sunning atop the stopped car.
September 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Davis Square, Somerville, MA.
Two people standing at a big intersection in Somerville, Massachusetts, and holding a mostly orange banner sign: “The Trump Fascist Regime MUST GO NOW!!!” At the top is a URL: RefuseFascism.org.
September 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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The view from my chair in the garden this afternoon.
View of a garden, mostly container plants in the foreground, a couple with purple foliage, a bright orange begonia blossom low in the field, red cardinal flowers in the distance, a range of textures in the foliage.
August 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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From Heather Cox Richardson’s August 27 newsletter.
Text from HCR’s newsletter describing ICE abuse of firefighters in Washington state.
August 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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How is this a “deal”? How does it “shift” anything to Zelenskyy?
August 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Bald-faced hornet drinking from birdbath.
A mostly black, rather chunky wasp with three yellow stripes on her butt, sipping water from a brown concrete birdbath.
August 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Cardinalis cardinalis in birdbath next to stand of Lobelia cardinalis.
Red male cardinal in birdbath next to a stand of red cardinal flower.
August 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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A gift, left on the steps last night.
A picture of a small posy, with one white daisy tucked into a cloud of pale purple and soft greens.
July 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Stewartia monadelpha, a few minutes ago.
June 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Stewartia pseudocamellia, just now.
June 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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A snippet of Boston No Kings/Pride
June 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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At Boston No Kings/Pride
June 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Doing my small part in Boston.
June 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Meanwhile, on the #MBTA in Boston, cars full of this exploitative excrement.
June 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM