Mark

@JamesLucasIT I visited there in 2016. I loved Etretat!

Claude Monet painted the same stretch of cliff more than ninety times. The place is Étretat, a small fishing village on the coast of Normandy, where the chalk cliffs fall into the sea in great arches and a single spire of rock, the Aiguille, stands alone in the water. Monet had known the place since childhood. He grew up in Normandy, and these cliffs were among the first landscapes he ever saw... He returned to paint them again and again. He worked through the 1880s in front of the same rock formations, and across that time he produced more than ninety canvases of them: the cliffs at dawn, at sunset, under storm, under calm, in winter light and in the gold of a clear evening. In his letters to Alice, the woman he would later marry, he described the agony of it: the weather turning, the tide rising, the sun moving, the colour he had begun to capture vanishing before he could finish. He often worked on several canvases at once, switching between them as the conditions changed, racing each one against the hour. In a letter to his friend Frédéric Bazille he wrote: "It is beautiful here in Etretat. Every day I discover even more beautiful things. It is intoxicating me, and I want to paint it all, my head is bursting. I want to fight, scratch it off, start again, because I start to see and understand. It seems to me as if I can see nature and I can catch it all." The cliffs of Étretat had stood for millions of years and would look, to most people, the same on any given day. Monet saw that they were never the same even for two minutes. He stood on that shore and tried to hold, on canvas, something that exists only for an instant and then is gone forever. And that's exactly what those paintings really are: 90 attempts to keep a single, vanishing moment of light from disappearing. As Dylan Thomas once wrote: "Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light." -- -- -- If you want a deeper dive into the craft of painting, I recently wrote a piece exploring it in detail. You can read it here: james-lucas.com/p/the-most-imp… And if you'd like to support my work, a paid subscription is what makes it possible: James-lucas.com/welcome

@TrojanFBx Keith Jackson and it’s not even close

Some legends here. But Gus Johnson is the ultimate hype man

@damone_mike Never owned any of their albums but I love this band. Every single I heard on the radio was a banger!

Stunt On ‘Em Coach!!

@JulieChangRE Migraines from stress. Migraines from diminishing stress. Can’t catch a break! My wife gets them as well. 😑

@mlhochberg Thanks. Had a lot of stress in recent months and apparently the decline of stress can also trigger migraines lol ffs

Neighbor made smoked pork belly for tacos I took mine to go. Been having migraines and just over people

@3YearLetterman @RepJackKimble @Leonard_AFCM No notes. Would read again

This is just a remarkable performance today by @RepJackKimble

@TheLongInvest Yes

Would you wait 12 months for a position to jump 100% in 5 weeks?

@DodgersNation I live in San Diego. Anyone interested in going to see him play in TJ, let me know! I’m definitely catching a game there at some point this summer.

Justin Turner opted to sign with the Toros de Tijuana baseball club this season, despite coaching and managing opportunities being on the table. The Dodgers champion says he’s going to play until someone rips his jersey off of him. “I definitely think I’ll remain in the game for a long time.” Via @samblum3 @dennistlin (🔗: nytimes.com/athletic/72808… )

Holy Smokes! This is great!

@ClintHurdle13 @AdrianMedina_16 Thank you for sharing!

I kept this story in my pocket for a long time.... In Pittsburgh, September 15th is Roberto Clemente Day. Every year the whole organization fans out across the city. It's like Christmas. Roberto's family is there, Vera and the boys. My first year as manager was 2011. We celebrated. We shook hands and moved on. We didn't win. 19 consecutive losing seasons. 2012 rolls around. Same day, same celebration. We had another losing season, our 20th consecutive. After the ceremony, Roberto Jr. walked over. "My mom wants to talk to you." We went into the dugout. Me, Vera, and her three sons. She spoke in Spanish. I played four years of winter ball so I understood enough. She wasn't angry, but she was passionate. And I kept hearing Roberto's number come up. Roberto Jr. translated. "My mother wants you to know that there cannot be a 21st losing season. That was Roberto's number. It would be a disgrace to his legacy." She was staring right at me. Before I could even think about what to say, words came out of my mouth: "I promise you, Vera. That won't happen." Roberto Jr. looked at me and said, "You made my mom a promise. I hope you can keep it." I said, "I hope I can keep it too." I didn't tell my coaches. I didn't tell the players. I told my wife. That was it. The next year, 2013, we broke the consecutive seasons losing streak. Ended it at 20. On Roberto Clemente Day that September, Vera came walking across that field. And I probably got one of the most meaningful hugs I've ever received in my life. The players did all the heavy lifting. I just got the hug. Some promises are worth making before you know if you can keep them. @Pirates

@JulieChangRE I love jacaranda trees! But I'm glad that I don't have one one my property. They sure do leave a mess when they shed their flowers.

Jacaranda trees are the official tree of San Diego Walked by this beauty this week

@mistressdivy She sounds amazing! Hope that she gets picked up by someone soon!

Well played 🤣

Looks like fun!

@SchraderOn3 @CoachChadSavage @On3USC Atta Boy!! Fight On Big Uce!! ✌️✌️✌️✌️

#USC Flew Down to San Diego (CA) Tuesday Afternoon to See 5⭐️ Commit Honor Fa’alave-Johnson at Cathedral Catholic ✌🏼 THE LATEST: on3.com/boards/threads… via @On3USC

@MissKayCJr Happy Belated Mother’s Day! I hope that you had a great weekend!

Life just been life🌸✨🌸

@SleeperDodgers Honestly, it’s bad. So far… lots of time left though.

What are your honest thoughts on Shohei Ohtani’s season so far? 🤔

@caliaggie1 @Daygofootball Yessir! Jake and Ryno are ballers! And great kids!

But the straw that stirs the drink is a San Diego kid from Madison HS and his little brother. Shout-out the Jackson brothers

@sdutkirKDKenney @KamBrothers My memories with him are a blessing.

Thinking of Tony Gwynn on what would have been his 66th birthday. Will start with something I always enjoy sharing — this Gwynn weather map the San Diego Union-Tribune did to honor him. Forecast called for reign.

@Emotion78687 Loved this band when I was in middle school! Saw them live for the Black Celebration Tour in 86. Good times! Great memories!!

F’ing amazing! Brings back so many memories.