Elegant Newt

Polls are closing; now the waiting begins.

Polls are open.

GOWER
Enough, Captain. You have astonished him.

— Henry V Act 5 Scene 1 by William Shakespeare

Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength.

— The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary…

— “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe

Before

An uncooked pizza on a board with a bowl of raw spinach leaves in the background.

After 🍕

So we got a little snow.

Yard of a house with a hedge and small tree covered in icy snow.

Herring River estuary on a rainy day.

Herring River and another forest path.

View of a salt marsh with a stream though the reeds, trees set back from the bank, and a gray cloudy sky above.

View of a forest path covered in brown leaves with trees on either side.

Forest paths.

View of an autumn forest with bare branched aspen trunks in the foreground and pine trees in the background.

View of an autumn forest from beneath the pins with only a few leaves on the branches in the background.

View of a narrow trail through an autumn forest.

This is what I’ve been thinking the past four years: New York Times

Back on the Cape.

Bank of a tidal creek with a bit of corroded machinery on the cobble in the foreground.

Steps leading up a small hill into a pine forest, with sunlight streaming through the branches.

View of a wooden bridge over a creek, with buildings and a white church steeple on the far bank.

View of a tidal creek from a small hill, with tree trunks in the foreground.

Broccoli and sausage, before and after. 🍕

Close up of broccoli and sausage in a skillet on top of a stove.

Since I’ve already cast my vote I don’t feel the need to watch or even pay attention to the debate/debacle which is taking place this evening.

Waiting impatiently for the first public release of photos from OSIRIS-REx touch-and-go asteroid “landing.”

New avatar!

View of a small pond, with a mix of green and red leaves on the trees, and a group of three dark tree trunks on the left.

Turkey pepperoni on top this week. 🍕

A small pepperoni pizza on a cooling rack.

Should I start cross-posting to Twitter? Assuming that it starts working again…

Twitter is down and I’m anxious I’m going to miss something! Send help.

View from below of tree branches with a mix of green, red and yellow leaves, with the sun shining behind in a clear blue sky.

My ballot has been “accepted” which means that it’s in the system and will be counted…but not until election day. That day can’t come soon enough.

Rainbow adirondack chairs in Belmont, MA, 5:30 PM EDT (UTC-4) for A Day in the Life. Sharing snapshots from neighborhood walks and viewing similar photos from around the world helps keep me connected in these crazy times.

The side of a brick building with steam escaping from some pipes on the side, with picnic tables and adirondack chairs chairs on the lawn in front.

Close up of a glass sculpture, a yellow globe rising from a green and brown base, lit from above with a dark background.

There is a drop box outside town hall, ballot has been delivered!