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Coming from Post. All photos mine, unless noted. Like to spend time outdoors. Science lover. Advocate for patients’ voices. Travel IF, and while you can…
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The news is filled with evil deeds by evil people. When we get discouraged, we remember there are so many GOOD people working and volunteering to help others. We won’t let the evil people steal our JOY. We choose to mitigate their evil by helping.
Kindness is free.
Kindness is free.
This seems like a great thread to save and keep on hand.
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This seems like a great thread to save and keep on hand.
Watching a Christmas Carol with Patrick Stewart is one of our must-do holiday traditions.
Scrooge’s words about “decreasing the surplus population” ring particularly true this year and seems to be a goal from those in power.
Scrooge’s words about “decreasing the surplus population” ring particularly true this year and seems to be a goal from those in power.
December 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Watching a Christmas Carol with Patrick Stewart is one of our must-do holiday traditions.
Scrooge’s words about “decreasing the surplus population” ring particularly true this year and seems to be a goal from those in power.
Scrooge’s words about “decreasing the surplus population” ring particularly true this year and seems to be a goal from those in power.
This is a fascinating read. Thanks for the research.
My thought - EVERY policy coming from this wicked administration originates from hate, grievance, and revenge.
My thought - EVERY policy coming from this wicked administration originates from hate, grievance, and revenge.
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is a fascinating read. Thanks for the research.
My thought - EVERY policy coming from this wicked administration originates from hate, grievance, and revenge.
My thought - EVERY policy coming from this wicked administration originates from hate, grievance, and revenge.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekXforXmas
We try to do a Christmas jigsaw puzzle every year. This year it’s a welcome distraction from the news.
#WeekXforXmas
We try to do a Christmas jigsaw puzzle every year. This year it’s a welcome distraction from the news.
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekXforXmas
We try to do a Christmas jigsaw puzzle every year. This year it’s a welcome distraction from the news.
#WeekXforXmas
We try to do a Christmas jigsaw puzzle every year. This year it’s a welcome distraction from the news.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
View from our screened-in porch this morning.
View from our screened-in porch this morning.
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
View from our screened-in porch this morning.
View from our screened-in porch this morning.
Look at this extraordinary picture.
If you haven’t seen the talents of @butterflyguy99.bsky.social yet, you’re in for a real treat.
If you haven’t seen the talents of @butterflyguy99.bsky.social yet, you’re in for a real treat.
Butterfly Season 2025
A Kaleidoscope of butterflies on wild Blue Mistflower
Left to right:
Grey Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Grass Skipper
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
A Kaleidoscope of butterflies on wild Blue Mistflower
Left to right:
Grey Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Grass Skipper
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Look at this extraordinary picture.
If you haven’t seen the talents of @butterflyguy99.bsky.social yet, you’re in for a real treat.
If you haven’t seen the talents of @butterflyguy99.bsky.social yet, you’re in for a real treat.
The news is filled with evil deeds by evil people. When we get discouraged, we remember there are so many GOOD people working and volunteering to help others. We won’t let the evil people steal our JOY. We choose to mitigate their evil by helping.
Kindness is free.
Kindness is free.
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The news is filled with evil deeds by evil people. When we get discouraged, we remember there are so many GOOD people working and volunteering to help others. We won’t let the evil people steal our JOY. We choose to mitigate their evil by helping.
Kindness is free.
Kindness is free.
Morning Bluesky. Didn’t see the Northern Lights last night, but we have a gorgeous sunrise today.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Morning Bluesky. Didn’t see the Northern Lights last night, but we have a gorgeous sunrise today.
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yesterday was the FIRST day of political good news in a year. Excellent work, fellow Virginians!
Wake up, Republicans. Your policies of hate and marginalization aren’t popular.
Wake up, Republicans. Your policies of hate and marginalization aren’t popular.
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Yesterday was the FIRST day of political good news in a year. Excellent work, fellow Virginians!
Wake up, Republicans. Your policies of hate and marginalization aren’t popular.
Wake up, Republicans. Your policies of hate and marginalization aren’t popular.
One data point for those keeping track - over 100 people served at food pantry ministry in 3 hours today. They can only use the pantry once a month. High number? Yes.
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
One data point for those keeping track - over 100 people served at food pantry ministry in 3 hours today. They can only use the pantry once a month. High number? Yes.
This is stunning. Looks like a jeweled headband.
October 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is stunning. Looks like a jeweled headband.
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The government has been shut down for almost a week.
Where’s the House of Representatives? Out of session, because they’re too afraid Democrats will call up a vote to release the Epstein Files.
Where’s the House of Representatives? Out of session, because they’re too afraid Democrats will call up a vote to release the Epstein Files.
October 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The government has been shut down for almost a week.
Where’s the House of Representatives? Out of session, because they’re too afraid Democrats will call up a vote to release the Epstein Files.
Where’s the House of Representatives? Out of session, because they’re too afraid Democrats will call up a vote to release the Epstein Files.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOforOpulent
#Travel - London, September 2023
Spotted at the Victoria and Albert Museum
#WeekOforOpulent
#Travel - London, September 2023
Spotted at the Victoria and Albert Museum
October 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekOforOpulent
#Travel - London, September 2023
Spotted at the Victoria and Albert Museum
#WeekOforOpulent
#Travel - London, September 2023
Spotted at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Bright rays of sun cutting through the clouds above the tree line this morning.
October 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Bright rays of sun cutting through the clouds above the tree line this morning.
View from a hike on Sharp Top Trail a few weeks ago. Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia.
Needed a timeline cleanse from the relentless bad news. This seems to be a repeating theme in 2025.
Needed a timeline cleanse from the relentless bad news. This seems to be a repeating theme in 2025.
October 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
View from a hike on Sharp Top Trail a few weeks ago. Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia.
Needed a timeline cleanse from the relentless bad news. This seems to be a repeating theme in 2025.
Needed a timeline cleanse from the relentless bad news. This seems to be a repeating theme in 2025.
Senator Warner, please start calling out the VA GOP reps lying about this by name. Put this on X, Truth Social. Get the word out to GOP voters.
If possible, please give interviews on local Virginia TV stations, on AM radio, and have the Dems take out full page ads in VA newspapers.
Thank you.
If possible, please give interviews on local Virginia TV stations, on AM radio, and have the Dems take out full page ads in VA newspapers.
Thank you.
Next year, a lot of folks are going to see their premiums go up $1,000 or more per month because of a Republican policy.
If you start having to pay $1,000 extra every month, what will you stop being able to afford?
This is what Democrats are fighting to stop.
If you start having to pay $1,000 extra every month, what will you stop being able to afford?
This is what Democrats are fighting to stop.
October 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Senator Warner, please start calling out the VA GOP reps lying about this by name. Put this on X, Truth Social. Get the word out to GOP voters.
If possible, please give interviews on local Virginia TV stations, on AM radio, and have the Dems take out full page ads in VA newspapers.
Thank you.
If possible, please give interviews on local Virginia TV stations, on AM radio, and have the Dems take out full page ads in VA newspapers.
Thank you.
Thank you, Rick Steves, for sharing this important thread, and the work you do to try to help alleviate poverty (in addition to your great travel guides).
Highly recommend for those who believe “loving our neighbors” is essential.
Highly recommend for those who believe “loving our neighbors” is essential.
Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it.
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What Extreme Poverty Looks Like
Ten percent of humanity struggles to live on under $2 a day. That, and the gap between the extremely poor and the more privileged, is important to see.
classroom.ricksteves.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Thank you, Rick Steves, for sharing this important thread, and the work you do to try to help alleviate poverty (in addition to your great travel guides).
Highly recommend for those who believe “loving our neighbors” is essential.
Highly recommend for those who believe “loving our neighbors” is essential.
Current conundrum - leave the planter outside all winter so the squirrel can find its buried treasures later, or remove spent dill and move planter inside?
Decision made - planter stays outside. Dill stays in planter, maybe to return next spring. 🌱
Decision made - planter stays outside. Dill stays in planter, maybe to return next spring. 🌱
October 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Current conundrum - leave the planter outside all winter so the squirrel can find its buried treasures later, or remove spent dill and move planter inside?
Decision made - planter stays outside. Dill stays in planter, maybe to return next spring. 🌱
Decision made - planter stays outside. Dill stays in planter, maybe to return next spring. 🌱
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekNforNight
#Travel - Port of Algiers, Algeria - December 2024.
Now, MORE THAN EVER, travel IF, and while you can.
#WeekNforNight
#Travel - Port of Algiers, Algeria - December 2024.
Now, MORE THAN EVER, travel IF, and while you can.
September 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekNforNight
#Travel - Port of Algiers, Algeria - December 2024.
Now, MORE THAN EVER, travel IF, and while you can.
#WeekNforNight
#Travel - Port of Algiers, Algeria - December 2024.
Now, MORE THAN EVER, travel IF, and while you can.
Last defiant flowering of the zinnia - chewed down to twigs twice this year by the deer. 🌱
September 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Last defiant flowering of the zinnia - chewed down to twigs twice this year by the deer. 🌱
The butterfly population has exploded again as I expected it might. Dual peak this year of late Aug and late Sept.
Trio of Eastern Tailed-Blue butterflies on wild Blue Mistflower. I estimate several hundred of them right now. Macro lens shot of Cupido comyntas.
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
Trio of Eastern Tailed-Blue butterflies on wild Blue Mistflower. I estimate several hundred of them right now. Macro lens shot of Cupido comyntas.
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekMforMemories
Adapted my late mother-in-law’s recipe for nut rolls and make them almost every year. She would make them every Easter and Christmas. Pic of slice.
#WeekMforMemories
Adapted my late mother-in-law’s recipe for nut rolls and make them almost every year. She would make them every Easter and Christmas. Pic of slice.
September 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekMforMemories
Adapted my late mother-in-law’s recipe for nut rolls and make them almost every year. She would make them every Easter and Christmas. Pic of slice.
#WeekMforMemories
Adapted my late mother-in-law’s recipe for nut rolls and make them almost every year. She would make them every Easter and Christmas. Pic of slice.