The trees lean closer today

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The photograph was taken on January 14th.

What about using his own words against him? Here is a quote:

Trump is incredibly dangerous. Incredibly dangerous! It’s obvious. He’s corrupt, he’s unstable, he’s reckless. Yemen? Disaster. Putin? Pulling the strings. We’re not safe with him in office. Totally unsafe. We need your help. When are you going to take a stand against this guy? When? He’s got to go. It’s obvious. Everyone agrees.

(Posting title is from the poem Rock Me, Mercy by Yusef Komunyakaa.)

There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me

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The photographs were taken in Helsinki on January 13th.

In the morning the temperature was at -6.5 °C and in the afternoon -9 °C, with heavy wind. I wore several layers when commuting by bicycle, and didn't get cold hands or feet.

I must admire the skill of native English (or perhaps rather American) speakers. For example, the phrase x-in-chief has got lots of use recently, x being substituted by toddler, idiot, c student, swindler, lunatic, etc.

(Posting title is from the song This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie.)

Hold each in turn my wandering eyes

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The photographs were taken on January 12th.

During the night we got 2 cm of wet snow, which stuck into trees, making the landscape white. I walked for two hours, and shoveled snow a little bit. This week I have got 11 hours of exercise, less than usually.

When I started walking, I thought about all the idiotic things done by the baby-carrot fingers so far. Shouldn't some kind of guardian be appointed to keep him out of trouble? How long will this narcissistic show go on, with all the stuttering, posturing and ignorance?

(Posting title is from the poem The Flâneur by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.)