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rainy porch floor

It Rains

My previous Moment of Joy was rain and snow on my front porch. Today it is just rain. But sometimes, when you have a full

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Pancakes and Play Writing

While cooking pancakes I had one of them profound thoughts that I needed to document and share… Occurred to me that there might be a

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Rain on Snow

I realize that rain splattered snow on your front porch might not evoke feelings of joy in you, but I found the pattern utterly lovely

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February 17 and 24, 2025

This is the 100th anniversary issue, with MULTIPLE covers by Rea Irvin (who created the original signature Eustace Tilley character, the classic NY character looking

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February 10, 2025

Tom Gauld did the cover for this issue, the dreary day with the warm inside scene. Be sure to click that link and visit his

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February 3, 2025

Kadir Nelson created the cover art with pigeons flying around a person who seems to be on a rooftop. The online edition indicates that this

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Thoughts for Buffalo

Here is a thought for my family and friends in Buffalo that are shaking their heads in disbelief that the Bills have once again been

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January 27, 2025

This is the issue with a cover by Till Lauer showing palms trees against deep red, presumably flames. This is about the LA fires, but

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Patches the Pig in the Snow

I feel kinda bad taking joy at the obvious consternation that Patches the Painted Pig is expressing. Patches lives on my front lawn, sharing it

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Turkeys at My Door

I am aware that, for most people, having turkeys standing on your front porch, knocking on your door, demanding food, and pooping on your deck

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January 20, 2025

This is the issue with a cover by Barry Blitt showing Musk taking the oath of office along with Trump. (We suggest you click that

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January 13, 2025

This is the issue with a cover by Roz Chast, which, to be honest I didn’t entirely understand, but I loved it anyway. This page

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Leaf Visitors

Christmas day walk: I stopped to admire a leaf in snow on ice when I noticed that a fellow creature has also passed by. Season’s

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Hemingway with cat

Hemingway’s Cat

Here I am wondering why I have published few Moments of Joy this year. Maybe because the weight of the endless election season and a

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Cloud

Not a bubbling over moment of joy, just a quiet one. But that one cloud demanded a photo and I was hardly going to refuse.

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