Animals
Bird "poem":
Art
Ganked from https://tao-talk.com/2025/10/27/dverse-halloween-haibun-monday/ (and if you like haibun, there are some nice ones). I'm not sure I believe it, but it's splendid!
Excuses, Non-Tenable
Robby Starbuck claims that charges against him were simply made up by Google--as if someone typed possible criminal charges against a person, and the person's name, into the search bar and the plagiarism-bot just wrote a piece of fiction about a whole criminal case that never happened. To find out whether that's possible I just searched for "Gavin Newsom child porn charges," "Gavin Newsom bestiality charges," and "Is Gavin Newsom a horse thief." Google defended Newsom every time, though "Gavin Newsom bestiality charges" yielded a report that he'd cheated on his wife in a more normal way.
I then tried "Priscilla King embezzlement charges" and "Priscilla King DUI charges." Google didn't make up anything outrageous about me, either. The name "Priscilla King" is less unusual than the name "Gavin Newsom." Several people are called Priscilla King in real life and, regrettably, one in eastern Virginia (about half my age) was arrested for driving under the influence, during the present year, and another young woman by that name was picked up by police for being homeless. Anyway, it's nice to know that Gavin Newsom is not a horse thief, and that it's unlikely that Google's plagiarism-bot would make up any awful stories about Robby Starbuck, either.
Hurricane
Conspiracy theories about the Monster are circulating. This rogue meteorologist with the deliberately annoying voice is no fan of the Censored News Initiative, so when he says the conspiracy theories in this case are silly, I incline to believe they are.
Mercy Chefs dot com are legitimate and are in Jamaica. Other legitimate charities are on other islands. We could really have used Twitter now, but it looks as if you may have to stick with e-mail for updates on places, people, and organizations you know. And prayers.
Literature
Jamie Wilson is working to build one publishing house that will read manuscripts by--and for!--White men. Their web site is still under construction and they still lean heavily on Substack, but they're worth watching.
Specific poem. This is Christian, and worth reading even if you're not a Christian because it's a .
fresh yet classic sonnet.
Politics
Ilhan Omar's best photo?
[Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta, Associated Press]
The beige in that scarf may not be the ideal match for her complexion--very few people actually look their best in beige--but Rep. Omar declared loyalty to the United States and even support for the President she so often opposes, so this may be the way some people want to remember her best.
Tourism
This is a lazy Boomer's view of Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. This web site would like to see some younger people's pictures of the hiking trails.
Photo by Cathy Kennedy.
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