(((Cindy Weinstein)))

#3GoodThings (The yellow flower edition)

1. #Gazanias
2. #Hibiscus
3. #Mallow

The #yellow is calling me today (obviously). How about you? Any particular color or flower in your #garden feeling especially special?

#Bloomscrolling #flower #Gardening

#3GoodThings (some favorite literary quotations)

1. "I would prefer not to." Herman Melville, "Bartleby the Scrivener"

2. "Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!" Henry James, The Art of Fiction

3. "There, rest. No more suffering for you. I know where you’ve gone, it’s good." Allen Ginsberg, "Kaddish"

What are some of your favorites?

#Books #Humanities

#3GoodThings (In honor of National #Coffee Day, I wanted to share some memories of ☕ . I have many more. Anyone else want to share?)

1. When I was learning how to drive (when driver's ed used to be free in HS), my mom would let me practice by letting me drive to Friendly's where I grew to love coffee. Lots of it.

2. Sitting @ the Dunkin' Donuts in Cedar Grove, #NJ w/my Dad. Eating donuts, drinking coffee, connecting.

3. Writing my dissertation in #Berkeley w/Peets. 1 cup per page!

#3GoodThings (The 6:30 am #LA edition)

1. It rained! 🌧️

2. Delicious 1st cup -- pour-over -- of morning jo. ☕

3. Slept well. 💤

#3goodthings (The I💜 LA edition)

1. Met a dog & her human. The dog's name? Foxy Lady. I asked, after Hendrix? She said yes. I then said that I call the purple row of plants in my garden Purple Haze.

2. Went to the Persian store on Ventura (Sabeez/next to Uncle Bernie's deli) & got delicious food for dinner.

3. Talked to a neighbor about gardens. Her mallow was suffering but she didn't know from what. She described the problem & I told her it was scale & what to do. We bonded over CA natives.

#3Goodthings (the in my office edition)

1. A beautiful gift given to me by a colleague. ❤️

2. A Surrealist inspired Hello Kitty mug. ☕

3. A favorite restaurant, more like a dive, in Madrid. Falaferia. There's also a Hummuseria but it's fancier. 🧆

P.S. I hope you can see the images (if you can, would someone who replies let me know?). I can't see the pics because my instance still isn't showing them. 😟

#3GoodThings (rewatched the brilliant, Magnolia)

1. Its critique of toxic masculinity. Tom Cruise is astonishing.

2. Its critique of Hollywood's abuse of children. The damage caused, mostly by fathers, is captured by the grotesque, plague-ish scene of the raining frogs. The cancer that courses though the bodies of the characters is another plague.

3. Its magnificent script/acting/score. Cruise, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Melora Walters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72fDsC2kX7g

#3GoodThings

1. Got my flu/COVID #vaccinations, & the tetanus for good measure. FU #RFK.

2. Ready to lay the golden-colored decomposed granite on the parkway, which is that bit of yard btw. the sidewalk & street. It took months to remove the St. Augustine (and its carpet) & to prepare the ground. It will look a little like the desert, which my husband loves.

3. Tomorrow, my favorite nursery (Lincoln) is having its fall 20% off sale. Will purchase CA natives to plant w/DG as background.

#3goodthings

1. Writing postcards to #Michigan voters to get out the #vote (for the righteous Dr. Abdul #El-Sayed).

2. Made cauliflower rice w/some ghee in it. Really good. Thanks #TJs.

3. Making progress on laying the decomposed granite (a beautiful, golden desert hue).

#3GoodThings

1. Did a hard refresh of my instance and can now once again see images of my favorite #hashtags, #DogsOfMastodon and #Bloomscrolling! Thank you @lexipenia@zirk.us.

2. Talked about #teaching yesterday to a group of postdocs and faculty. It was fun.

3. My kids had a great time selling their #plants at the Rose Bowl flea market in #Pasadena. Here's a cute IG post about it.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdT8g8bN2Xp/

#3goodthings

1. Finished painting the kitchen. Mostly cabinets (1923 house). What a job but it sure looks pretty!

2. Went to favorite Persian plan on Ventura -- Sabzee. Check it out next time you're in Encino.

3. Saw my dear cousin and ate kishka at Uncle Bernie's, also on Ventura.

#3GoodThings (#SF & the #brain)

1. Was @ #UCSF yesterday & learned a bunch of cool things about the #brain & vision, specifically visual processing, which happens (from what I understand) in the occipital lobe. This info. will find its way into my WIP on #gardening.

2. Walked 8 miles each day. The beauty of the bay & the bridges never ceases to amaze me, aka gives my brain a nice shot of #serotonin.

3. Being a student again & having the best #neurologists share their time & expertise.