Today we met Paul, an 88-year-old from Saint Paul, #Minnesota. Yes, he bikes at home in MN as well as when visiting Monterey. For more examples of #perennials aka #elders who help change misperceptions about #aging, see https://bikemonterey.org/perennials-biking-monterey-county.html.

Others we paused to chat with on our Jan 31 ride into town: Bo of the #Salinas Valley’s Schoch Family Farm (at Del Monte Center farmer’s market https://bikemonterey.org/monterey-county-farmers-market-locations.html); Isabel Orejel (at First Presbyterian #Church, Monterey https://bikemonterey.org/rest-stop-tip-jay-bartow-memorial-garden-monterey.html); Mikaela Heimer (at Whole #Dog Radiance on Casa Verde, the sister of Dani https://bikemonterey.org/youth-who-bike-dani.html—yes, both #sisters #bike); Erios (at Portola #Hotel’s #valet station https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/valet-parking-service-for-cyclists); staff of Adventures by the Sea near Custom House Plaza (https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/bicycle-rentals-guided-tours); Neal, a City of #Monterey #Parking Enforcement Officer patrolling Garden Rd (we were both appreciating the #rain beginning to fall https://bikemonterey.org/rainy-weather-tips-for-people-who-bike.html).

Wanna chat online with people who bike? One way to connect: #BikeNite @bikenite on Mastodon.

"Let's make a cozy scarf together, sister!"
そうそう編み方そんな感じ。

https://x.gd/QNl7D

Girls' Synchronized Napping on the Dower Bed. #dogs #canines #doglover #doglovers #dogphotographer #pets #furbabies #furbaby #siblings #sisters

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vf5MThSniiY

For all my #brothers and #sisters who have legitimate, deeply held concerns about the #Gaza #genocide by the government of #Netanyahu and the #IDF. I agree with you, and #Bernie agrees with you. We should not continue funding it. We should be pressing #President #Biden and VP #Harris to use every ounce of influence they have with the #Israeli government to end this war today.

At the same time, the best chance the #Palestinian people have to survive and recover and eventually thrive will be with #KamalaHarris as #POTUS.

Please #vote for Harris, and then join Bernie and me and all the others who oppose this genocide in a full court press on the remaining months of the Biden admin and the incoming and future Harris admin to #stopBibi.

#Tips for #comingout, from one #queer person to another

After #hiding in the #shadows or being #lost to #history, #queer people have experienced a #Renaissance of sorts in the last few decades. That isn’t to say #life is easy and dandy, as evidenced by the #oppression of our #transgender #brothers and #sisters, and the fact we still get those #looks from #straightpeople.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #ComingOut #Society #Representation #Culture

https://www.thefocus.news/lifestyle/9-tips-for-coming-out-from-one-queer-person-to-another/

#Celebrating #FireIsland’s #fabled “#InvasionofthePines”

On July 4, 1976 — the #UnitedStates #Bicentennial — a group of #CherryGrove #residents in their best #drag sailed west along the #GreatSouthBay to #FireIslandPinesHarbor. They docked and stood in #solidarity with their #sisters, declaring that #discrimination would never be tolerated again.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #NewYork #FireIsland #Entertainment #Drag #DragQueens #Representation #Culture

https://www.huckmag.com/article/celebrating-fire-islands-fabled-invasion-of-the-pines

Thought I'd share a little Halloween fun this morning, Happy Monday!
Available Here..https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/three-witch-sisters-tina-lecour.html

Aww I love this #MythologyMonday theme (esp. since I was just with *both* my #Sisters IRL last weekend!)

Shout out to the 7 Sisters known as the #Pleaides who live now as stars in the night sky b/c #Orion is the WORRRSST!

We did an episode about the #astronomy & #myth of this #asterism earlier this season

#Myth #Mythology #GreekMythology #Space #podcast #NationalSisterDay #Sister

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(Greek_mythology)#/media/File:The_Pleiades_(Elihu_Vedder).jpg

#MythologyMonday

The Book of Ruth in the Old Testament is the story of three women. Naomi marries a man and has two sons, and the two sons marry Ruth and Orpah. Then all the men die. They were only introduced as a patriarchal veneer. (The sons names, Mahlon and Kilion, roughly translate as 'sickly' and 'deathly').

The sisterly and motherly relations between the women are the main story. Naomi wishes to go home to Israel, and tells her daughters-in-law to turn back and go to their clans. Orpah complies (her name means nape of the neck), but Ruth says she will follow Naomi: "Your people shall be my people, and your God my God". These days, converting to Judaism is much more complex.

Naomi ultimately helps Ruth bag a nice Jewish boy. They get married, and Ruth goes on to be an ancestor of King David. (Back to men at the end of the story, so it will be suitable for the patriarchal bible.)

#photography #fotografía #fotografie #bloomscrolling #flowers #flowerphotography #florespondence #FlowersOfMastodon #nature #naturephotography #sisters #closeup #filltheframe
#LauraCochranPhotography

#WeAreYourRobots, Two #Sisters Find a Box of #Lesbian #Erotica in the #Woods, More in #RattlestickTheater's 2024-2025 #Season.

The #company's "#OntheRoad" #season will allow for #renovations to enhance #accessibility at its #OffBroadway home.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #Representation #Culture

https://playbill.com/article/we-are-your-robots-two-sisters-find-a-box-of-lesbian-erotica-in-the-woods-more-in-rattlestick-theaters-2024-2025-season

More Muppet Show resemblances (:

Do you agree?

#photography #fotografía #fotografie #bloomscrolling #flowers #flowerphotography #florespondence #tropical #Nature #sisters #naturephotography #closeup
#LauraCochranPhotography

Glorious afternoon.

#Caturday
#CatsOfMastodon
#catstodon
#sisters
#EveryDayIsCaturday

No #Man's #Sky is such a great game. And I love the name too.

What could be better than a vast #universe devoid of people sexually harassing you or speaking over you?

May all my #sisters and #enby siblings find their No Man's Sky, AKA Only #Woman's (and Enby's) Sky.

#NoMansSky #NoMansSkyOrbital #feminism

Is this a joke? Maybe. Stop using "man" as shorthand for "all human beings," and I'll think about it. ​

My Little Sister (2017) [5 min] by Chang Ting-Xuan (張庭瑄) | #Taiwan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnCC0r3bJOw