Integrated Lights is my blog, which I write from here, where I live, which is Palm Desert, California. I’m writing in a blog because no matter how much I’ve sometimes wanted to, I just don’t like social media, and I also find that I miss Web 1.0. So, writing a blog, rather than socially mediating, seems like the way to go if I’d like to make what’s on my mind and what I’m doing generally accessible to others.

One of my favorite things to do, and this is really a simple pleasure, is walk in my neighborhood during the after-work, before-dinner hours. And at this time of year that’s hard to do. Today is July 3, 2024 and if it’s not rightaway clear why it’s hard to take a walk at the end of the day here, just check the news. Because maybe you’re a little bit avoiding that these days like I am.

Every spring or summer there is a plant in my neighboorhood that emerges in a new form, blooming its bloom for the year, that causes it to resemble a friendly alien. So I am always on the lookout for that plant on my walks, and this year’s emergence is shown above. I found him on an unexpectedly cool evening just couple of weeks ago. Feel free to add googly eyes. (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/30/us/boston-t-train-googly-eyes.html)