On aging

 I've been enjoying Lloyd Kahn's substack writing for about a year now.

And he's definitely a character! A builder, archietct, publisher, adventurer, and good voice for many of the things I value...aging well for one. He's 91.

On his substack he said:

Holy cow!

I get a lot of requests to do videos, podcasts, interviews, etc. these days, And I turn most of them down. But I decided to do this one because Sierra Clarke, who does videos on older people, said she’d skateboard with me and also take a mud bath.

So I spent the day with Sierra, a film crew who flew in from Denver, and her assistant.

But I wasn’t prepared for this. Over 2 million views, 3000 comments, 40,000 ”likes…”

I hope you enjoy watching them...and fast forward through any parts that are boring to you...I did.

Incidentally his substack is called: 

Live From California with Lloyd Kahn

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At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.

JEAN HOUSTON

Precariousness of our lives

 This week has moved toward the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the USA by terrorists.

Of course it can happen again, even with all the safeguards Homeland Security has put in place.

Of course with a mad man in the White House, he is asking for something extreme to happen.

But each day I wake up and am grateful for the life I have. Clean air.

Oh you don't know how important that is...just take a deep breath and think about how hard it might be if you coughed with each intake.

And clean water. 

From the internet

Gratitude list continues...

And homes. And food. And neighbors who look out for each other.

And friendships across the miles.

And the internet which connects us to each other quickly, effortlessly.

Phones. Cars. Planes.

OK, so much I am grateful for.

Boom, 9/11 happened.

Here's short documentary about the people who escaped Manhattan Island on 9/11 by water, narrated by Tom Hanks.

More people were transported by water that day than in the evacuation of Dunkirk.

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And if it’s true we are alone, we are alone together, the way blades of grass are alone, but exist as a field.

ROSEMERRY WAHTOLA TROMMER

Get your cape and imagination going!

 

Today's art

Hope Memorial Bridge guardians of traffic by Henry Hering and architect Frank Walker , Cleveland OH

by Michael Ryno in Hanksville, UT, using a puddle

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Positive thinking dramatically increases your chances of success in any endeavor.

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Dr. Amy Acton, a Democrat running for governor of Ohio, was attacked on Sept 6 by Patrick Havas (who was later found to be armed) at a state fair on Sunday. She wasn't hurt, but several elders were pushed to the ground as he was apprehended.

The Incident: An individual armed with multiple weapons lunged toward Dr. Acton while she was speaking, knocking volunteers to the ground before being subdued and taken into custody on-site.

Police say Havas was carrying two handguns, a Taser and brass knuckles, although he never drew the weapons.

Havas, who is a registered Republican, was arrested on two counts of assault and one count of disorderly conduct. He was released with $5000 bond.

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Acton was not harmed. She wasn't even touched and it would seem that Havas didn't even come close to her.

Acton was a consummate professional as she remained at the Canfield Fair to treat one of the injured after 38-year-old Patrick Havas forced his way through the Democratic Party tent toward her on Sunday.

Havas is a resident of Canfield (where the fair was being held.) He's also the brother of Andrew Havas, someone who Acton publicly named as donating $10,000 to the Ramaswamy campaign, Acton's political rival.

(also...Elon Musk has also chipped in $5 million for Ramaswamy. Don’t think for a moment these people give a hoot about lowering your gasoline prices and grocery bills.)

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The attack on Dr. Amy Acton was perpetrated by the brother of Andrew Havas, a former Franklin County chairman for GOP Senator Jon Husted, who resigned for pedophilia earlier this year.

According to court records reviewed by NBC News, Andrew Havas pleaded guilty in 2009 in a case involving a 15-year-old in Ohio’s Mahoning County. He was originally charged with sexual misconduct with a minor, and the charge was later reduced to a single misdemeanor assault count, NBC reported. A 2008 criminal complaint accused him of “being reckless” as to the minor’s age. NBC reported that Havas, who was 22 at the time, was sentenced to 90 days in jail and served his sentence in the Mahoning County jail from May to August 2009.

And who is Senator John Husted? Husted is Ohio’s former lieutenant governor, appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine in early 2025 to fill the Senate seat vacated by Vice President JD Vance. 

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One of my sons and his wife are campaigning for Democrats running for various seats in Ohio politics.

This and that Tuesday

 

Today's art:

"My intuitive brodery"

Slow Stitching embroidery by Catherine Herremans

Robert Hubble asks us to remember that:

Our job is to remain on task, ensuring that the midterms are a wave election for Democrats.

The Republican Party will hold a “mid-term convention” in Texas that will feature keynote speeches by JD Vance and Trump. The speeches will be filled with lies that will attempt to pit Americans against each other and conceal Trump’s failing agenda. They will seek to generate Democratic infighting over the fact that a handful of Democratic nominees are members of the Democratic Socialists of America who want to provide healthcare for all Americans by taxing the billionaires. The press will dutifully repeat Trump’s accusations without bothering to note that the man claiming that DSA members are a threat to democracy is the only president in American history who sought to stage a coup.

and:

Memorials marking the terrorist attack on September 11 will take place on Friday, which will give right-wing agitators an opportunity to spread Islamophobic lies by attacking Zohran Mamdani and Abdul El-Sayed. 

 ...Rather than wince and cringe as Trump and Vance spew their lies, we should trust that most voters can see through the lies, and many voters will be offended and disgusted. We don’t need every MAGA voter to win; only enough of them to help flip a handful of “stretch” races for Democrats that will ensure the blue wave reaches historic proportions. 

Please search for Robert Hubble's newsletter.

We are the Lady Liberties in Saranac Lake, New York. We are a pop-up art happening that take to the streets in our homemade outfits when the spirit moves us

Robert posted lots of other's photos of the various demonstrators all over the country, which have been submitted to him.

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There is a difference

between happiness and wisdom:

one who thinks himself the happiest

is really so; but he that thinks

himself the wisest is

generally the greatest fool.

Sir Francis Bacon