Wow of the day.

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...

04/18/2025

When they tell you that you can't do something.

Accept yourself—then love yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXIapH9kc20 Stretching Beauty: Ballerina Misty Copeland on Her Body Struggles. For those interested, there's a documentary abou...

04/16/2025

"Peacefully murdered by words."

Pre-judgement—you know, prejudice—is easy. It's fun. It feels powerful. Because you're not having to do any work, you're not having to exercise the muscle of your brain or heart or openmindedness