Troy Jackson: Logger who served in the Maine Senate from 2016 to 2024 and 2008 to 2014, serving as its president and majority leader from 2018 to 2024. Mainers are moving forward. And the nation watches with curiosity.

Just finished “Know My Name” by Chanel Miller, an award-winning memoir the Washington Post called a gut-punch that’s blessedly hopeful. One of my favorite editors recommended the book. I finished in 2 days. Just exceptional writing.

Epic erasure artwork by Allisonn Church.

Highly recommend "Project Hail Mary." Ryan Gosling is flawless. Great casting, writing.

NEW: "Injustice Town" is about people who fight for the truth and refuse to give up. Rick Tulsky offers deep examination of public policy that includes land use history, legislative history, political history, criminal justice history, actions of GW Bush, Biden and Trump. Highly recommend.

George Orwell on writing:

“Green Book” won the Oscar in 2019. “Driving the Green Book” is a collection of discussions with Black families who used the guide between 1936-67. Chronicles New York to Detroit to New Orleans route. Powerful U.S. history. Highly recommend. @harperonebooks.bsky.social @detroitnews.com

Picked up this haunting and powerful 234-page novel written in 1994 that “rewards the reader again and again with small but exquisite and unforgettable epiphanies.” (per WaPo) Written by a girl reunited with her parents in the US at age 12 in 1981 — now a grad of Barnard and Columbia.

The book, "One day, everyone will have always been against this" is the title of a non-fiction National Book Award winner about the war in Gaza and the West's response. Riveting work by a Canadian-raised journalist who lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has confirmed the letter below from President Trump is real. Nick Schifrin of @pbsnews.org reported the text was obtained from multiple officials and circulated by NSC staff to European ambassadors. Source: @allenanalysis.bsky.social

Audio books are for walking and driving, when it's not possible to hold a physical book. Currently listening to "In Pieces" by Sally Field. Heartbreaking. Powerful. Highly recommend. (Grateful to have access to Hoopla through my public library.)

Sometimes Christmas comes in September. The gift isn't wrapped under a tree. It arrives in the form of email. ♥️

Your piece is powerful. Thank you for your work. Reminder: "Killers of the Flower Moon" by investigative reporter David Grann (Doubleday, 2017) is riveting, important too.

Good morning from the Thumb Coast. Life is a Rothko painting. @puremichigan1.bsky.social @detroitnews.com @freep.com

Highly recommend Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: "Eyes of the Storm" exhibit at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. Incredible images, video. Powerful to see life through McCartney's lens. @thebeatlespix.bsky.social

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Learn to like dandelions. Note: A Missouri appellate panel Tuesday (May 27) affirmed a trial court's $611M award for three people who claimed their cancer was caused by Bayer unit Monsanto Co.'s Roundup weedkiller.

Only this year did I discover that dandelions are related to sunflowers AND valuable to pollinators. Dandelions are in the Asteraceae family that includes asters, daisies, sunflowers. Pass the word. (And please stop spraying poison in the yard.) @gardeningwell.ie @parents4planet.bsky.social

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Heard David Enrich, @nytimes.com business investigations editor, interviewed on @msnbc.com and pulled into @barnesandnoble.com to buy "Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful." Spotlights free speech, silencing dissent. @harpercollins.bsky.social

No pen. No paper. No laptop. Off the grid for one week. Highly recommend. Same time zone. Different language. Back soon. Great stories in the works.

When your husband sends a photo from work this morning. It’s 28 degrees on the St. Clair River. Guys are working outdoors. #Michigan

Opened email this morning to find these images — sent from Saint Clair, Michigan — with a note: We’re getting a 25% tariff on the sunrise because it comes from Canada. 🇨🇦 🌞

Gorgeous start to this Monday in Michigan. Note: That’s Canada across from Lake Huron. 🇺🇸🇨🇦

How things are going.

Good morning from Fort Gratiot, Michigan. This is a view of Lake Huron. Temp: 1 degree.

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Happy Valentine's Day from Tabitha and Samantha, sisters adopted two years ago from Animal Control when their mom went into hospice. So incredibly loving and snuggly. #adopt

Eagles QB Jalen Hurts re: all-female management team: “It’s something that happened organically. I was seeking out the best, and that’s how it happened.. And honestly, it’s an eye that I don’t have that I’m able to lean on in certain situations. That’s something I value heavily.”

Well, at least the president didn't offer condolences to the Great State of Kansas this year. Note: Chiefs HQ in Missouri.