Picked up a fave black tea at United Noodles in Minneapolis. Chinese Lichee adds a pleasant fruit flavor—almost as nice as the incredible Currant Black Tea from Grand Fete in Hudson, Wisconsin. Good alternatives to swigging my morning coffee.

Encountered this discarded sign outside a bus stop along Minnehaha & East Lake near our abandoned Minneapolis Police station.

Didn’t pay off?

Spring Equinox Sunset over East Lake Street, Minneapolis looking straight West. A bit stratified on horizon — clearer years, I capture a Yellow Ball hitting the pavements

Nine inches of heavy snow atop freezing rain in Minneapolis makes for lots of icicles and snow shelves.

“Remove trust and the ecosystems start to collapse,” writes Thomas Friedman in yesterday’s NYT. Seems so true of many areas of our world. From WordPress turning on it’s community to trade wars between partnering countries. We are losing our grasp on Sustainability, where we need to focus.

Commercial book publishing is such a tight industry, nice to see a little change.

Blurbing on the backs of books is “an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem that often rewards connections over talent.” So says Simon & Schuster publisher Sean Manning.[^1]: Publishers Weekly

Drupal 11 was an easy install on Cloudways. Will play in the demo app for a while, then eventually load the new CMS on top. Been a while since using Drupal. Hoping for the ideal UXs for both admin & users. Could be a sweet off-ramp from WordPress drama.

The WordPress Morph is a WordPress Advisory 2025 for my consulting clients. WordPress enters 2025 disrupting the global ecosystem powering 42% of the web. Users need options for safe and continuing web services. Word & Image explores options:

wordimage.com/blog/wordpress-advisory/

Just saying No to #WPdrama and yes to #DrupalCMS ‘cause FLOSS & AX both really matter.

After being sick much of November, putting an old cat to rest, getting stomach flu from Thanksgiving, and worrying about where Health Care is headed in this country, hoping to get back to some normal business this month.