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JANUARY'S FINAL DAY

Hazy, cloudy, muted tones.

Loving the light.

Warm weekend ahead.

Enjoy.

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WINTERBERRY

IN THE SNOW

Winter's favorite festive color.

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CARTOON FOR THE DAY

The truth can make us laugh out loud.

(Thanks New Yorker.)

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SCHOOLS CLOSED

DUE TO FOG?

Some parts of town yesterday

had schools closed

due to fog!

Didn't know they did that,

but morning visibility was zero.

Just as dangerous as snow and ice.

Maybe more so.

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PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS

Raging fires,

melting ice caps,

extreme weather,

global distress.

And now

locusts take their toll

on Ethiopia.

"In just one day, a swarm of locusts

the size of Paris

can eat the same amount of food 

as half the population of France."

It's happening.

Now.

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HANDLING THE PRINCIPAL

(Mom's in charge.)

Love these New Yorker cartoons.

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SLEDDING ART HILL

Fun for the whole family.

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LOVELY SNOWFALL

The kind of snow

that quietly covers the city.

Large soft flakes

that float and stick.

Maybe snowman

building material.

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WHAT TO WEAR

Waking up,

to overnight ice storm.

Golf shoes!

(Noisy, but effective.)

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COPY WITH SAGE

Checking in

on a warm winter day.

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"BOMBS AWAY"

A FULL SCALE EXHIBIT

BY A. WEIWEI

(2019)

An emotionally troubling exhibit

of full scale renderings of 

43 weapons of mass destruction, 

including the U.S. B-83 

guided nuclear bomb (2019).

Reproduced actual size

at the entrance of his recent

exhibit at the Kemper Museum,

St. Louis.

Very disturbing.

Certainly the artist's intent.

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IN MEMORY OF A

VERY GREAT AMERICAN

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TODAY'S 

"NEW YORKER" CARTOON

Subtlety is sublime.

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MEET "SEWELO"

A 1,758-CARAT ROUGH DIAMOND

and the largest raw diamond discovered

in the last 125 years.

And the second-biggest ever mined

has a new owner . . .

Louis Vuitton,

the French luxury brand company,

owned by LVMH.

How the Sewelo is displayed or

cut into priceless jewelry pieces

remains to be seen.

The sales price has remained undisclosed.

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WOOD FIRED PIZZA

Nothing like the taste of

  hand-thrown pies

in a wood burning oven.

Especially on a cold winter's day.

Yum.

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BANK GUARD

Living in Bogotå.  

An exciting time in my life.

The bank guards holding

sawed-off shotguns.

Drug sniffing dogs.

We always felt safe in 

our Barrio.

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GOOD DAY

TO VISIT THE

GREAT EYE BALL

Sun's out.

Temps warming up.

Felt good to get out

to Laumeier Sculpture Park.

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A LITTLE SNOW,

A LITTLE ICE

It's still fun to discover

winter still-life scenes

in the neighborhood.

Warm one day,

freezing the next.

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AND THE SNOWS RETURN

Thankfully not as bad

as the rest of the country.

(Station Plaza patio,

Kirkwood, Missouri.)

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TWO JEOPARDY CLUES

Anyone?

Alex Trebek's final shows are underway.

We will miss you, Alex.

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AUSTRALIA IS BURNING

18-million acres destroyed. 

Nearly 1-billion animals lost,

with long term damage to

sensitive ecosystems.  

Koalas and kangaroos trapped

with no escape.

What can you do?

1.  gifts.worldwildlife.org

2.  Believe in climate change.

      

As Australia burns, its leaders

are clinging to coal.

It's time to act.

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MY MORNING SMOOTHIE

Berries, carrots, celery,

apple, banana, avocado, 

yogurt, kombucha, almonds,

fresh squeezed oranges.

Great way to start the day!

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THERE'S A NEW STORE

IN TOWN

And if you're into LEGO® 

minifigurines, bricks, sets or toys

this store's for you.

Trade, sell, buy.

For kids of all ages.

(You should see the kids

on weekends, at the

trading tables.)

theminifigshop.com

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GARDEN GLOW

AT MISSOURI BOTANICAL

A million lights

and the garden at night,

with toasty fires to warm you up.

Hope you made it there 

during the holidays,

cause it just closed down

this past weekend.

Such a beautiful sight,

such a beautiful garden.

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FOR MY PHOTOGRAPHER FRIENDS

One of my favorite Gahan Wilson cartoons.

Legendary macabre cartoonist

for Playboy, National Lampoon

and the New Yorker.

He passed away late last year,

and will be missed by many.

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AMAZING ART INSTALLATION

AT THE KEMPER MUSEUM

Exiled Chinese artist and activist

Ai Weiwei (b. 1957)

has installed an impressive exhibit

in the newly refurbished Kemper Museum

at Washington University, St. Louis.

Constructions, installations, sculptures

and photographs, on sensitive themes

raising questions about our 

shared humanity.

Best show I've seen in a long time.

(And free.)

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LOVING POMEGRANATES

So much to love about pomegranates --

Fun to open up (and easy too).

You can eat the seeds,

float them in champagne,

or add them to salads.

They get their vibrant red from polyphenols.

Sky high in antioxidants, 

helping remove "free radicals,"

protecting cells from damage and 

reducing inflammation.

Rich in Vitamin C, so much more

than pasteurized juices.

Cancer preventative, 

Alzheimer's disease protection,

aids digestion,

arthritis relief, 

memory improver,

sports performance enhancer.

Oh yeah

and absolutely delicious.