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Joyful Song
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You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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I have stickers.
Gift tag sticker that reads " don't get too excited. The box is from something else.'
December 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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The final candles for Chanukah this year have been lit. Now it is up to us to keep the lights alive.
A white ceramic chanukiah painted in blues, greens, reds, and sienna, with a stylized depiction of buildings in Jerusalem and a lot of little pomegranates. Eight candles and the shamash are lit for the eighth and final night of Chanukah in 5786.
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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The 7th night, and some lights are burning very brightly!
A white rock plucked from a Berkshire stream was made into a chanukiah using metal hardware store bits, and now holds lit blue and white candles for the seventh night of Chanukah. One candle has a very tall flame.
December 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Night 6.
A square silver chanukiah with 6 candles and the shamash, or helper candle, lit for the sixth night of Chanukah and reflected in a window. Other Chanukah menorahs are in the background. Light against the darkness.
December 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Bethany won't let her sister inside this one.
A fluffy gray tabby cat protecting her territory inside a cat toy hoop tunnel from her tabby sister.
December 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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This is Bethany's sister, Pyper. She wants to thank Taco's person, @tacothecat.bsky.social for showing me the ropes
December 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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These is my grand cat, Bethany. She would like to thank cat toy influencer BL @emmettdoog.bsky.social her help with choosing a toy she now lives inside.
Fluffy gray tabby cat in a yellow hoop tunnel toy.
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Night 5. The lights still shine.
A branching black ceramic chanukiah with colorful designs holds the lit candles for the 5th night of Chanukah.
December 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Don't let the lights go out.
A white ceramic chanukiah painted in blues, greens, reds, and sienna, with a stylized depiction of buildings in Jerusalem and a lot of little pomegranates.
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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More light for the third night helps us help each other to live safe and free.
A white rock plucked from a Berkshire stream was made into a chanukiah using metal hardware store bits, and now holds lit blue and white candles for the third night of Chanukah.
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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On the second night, increase the light.
A black ceramic chanukiah with colorful patterns on its branches, holding purple and blue lit candles for the second night of Chanukah. The flames are reflected in a window.
December 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Chag Chanukah sameach.
Keep increasing the light in the world.
A square silver chanukiah with one candle and the shamash, or helper candle, lit for the first night of Chanukah and reflected in a window. Other Chanukah menorahs and a yellow dreidel are in the background. Light against the darkness.
December 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Solidarity.
Maple syrup from Canada in a can with a drawing of a sugar shack, a horse pulling barrels on a sled, and a tree being tapped.
October 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Northampton MA
I love the real America and I want it back.
October 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Sign for no kings protest that says I love the real America and I want it back.
October 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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How gorgeous are these? I get a bouquet each week in the summer and early fall, grown by Hannah at White House Farm in Southampton MA, and they are always so beautiful.
Bouquet of summer flowers with yellow sunflowers, pink stattice and zinnias, yellow marigolds, blue globe thistle and more.
August 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Winston.
Winston, a very large very floofy sheepdog.
August 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Kiki and Elvis are more polite...
While eating pizza, a dog owner tests their dogs' temperaments by pretending to collapse on the floor. Instead of showing concern for their person, the dogs look at each other and race to eat the pizza.
July 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Kiki and Elvis need this for their beach blanket!

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A speaker shaped and painted to look like a corgi.
June 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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The bar is set low, yet the offer is tempting.
A poster showing a smiling and waving man dressed like a Canadian lumberjack with the words "Visit Canada. We won't throw you into an El Salvadoran gulag without due process!"
April 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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From @artcandee.bsky.social
Photo of protester holding a sign that reads "so dire even the introverts are here".
March 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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As times get tougher for many, if you are considering donations to a food bank, this post by Fara Kaufman on the other place is good to consider. Adding that cash is the most welcome so banks can buy what they need, and some folks do like to get mac&cheese, with other things.
A list of things to consider when making food bank donations. 1. Everyone donates Kraft Mac and Cheese in the box. They can rarely use it because it needs milk and butter which is hard to get from regular food banks. 2. Boxed milk is a treasure, as kids need it for cereal which they also get a lot of. 3. Everyone donates pasta sauce and spaghetti noodles. 4. They cannot eat all the awesome canned veggies and soup unless you put a can opener in too or buy pop tops. 5. Oil is a luxury but needed for Rice a-Roni which they also get a lot of. 6. Spices or salt and pepper would be a real Christmas gift. 7. Tea bags and coffee make them feel like you care. 8. Sugar and flour are treats. 9. They fawn over fresh produce donated by farmers and grocery stores. 10. Seeds are cool in Spring and Summer because growing can be easy for some. 11. They rarely get fresh meat. 12. Tuna and crackers make a good lunch. 13. Hamburger Helper goes nowhere without ground beef. 14. They get lots of peanut butter and jelly but usually not sandwich bread. 15. Butter or margarine is nice too. 16. Eggs are a real commodity. 17. Cake mix and frosting makes it possible to make a child’s birthday cake. 18. Dishwashing detergent is very expensive and is always appreciated. 19. Feminine hygiene products are a luxury and women will cry over that. 20. Everyone loves Stove Top Stuffing.
March 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Just saw this.🤔😅
A cartoon by Len Hawkins. At a funeral, the minister says, "A keen DIY enthusiast, he would take on the most difficult of projects with just the aid of online tutorials... which brings us here today."
February 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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And his mom is in the February Reader's Digest!
A Twitter post from Sophie Vershbow printed in the Reader's Digest: Devastating to realize that the way to finish work you don't want to do is to just sit down and do it and then it will be done.
January 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I made this in the months after October 7, 2023. On the base is a quote attributed to Rabbi Nachman, translated here as "All the world is a very narrow bridge and the key is not to lose yourself to fear."
It just never stops being true.
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A found object construction of 2 tall antique spools attached to a board covered in aerial landscape paper. The spools are connected by linked antique keys, joined in the middle by a lock and key. A small wooden figure with arms upraised is atop the lock.
January 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM