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@paulainslo.bsky.social
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GenXer who might be sick of your shit. Midwesterner still acclimating to the wild,wild west. Breast cancer survivor. Hate that old white men made the retirement age later instead of 55.
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I am more of a doer than an organizer, so for the second Saturday in a row, I was a protester of one in Nipomo, CA. And my own photographer.
Old fat lady’s head and shoulders, covered by a hat, wearing sunglasses and a black top, and a partial view of my sign, in front of a building with a palm tree beside it. The sign I carried - SAVE OUR PARKS AND FORESTS So much to protest…so little room on this sign, with two pictures from Yosemite.
April 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Mine hasn’t bloomed in years!
View of a white calla lily, outdoors, with a yellow stamen, and its leaves, from above, surrounded on two sides by a cedar fence.
April 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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It was the worst of times. It was the most absurd of times.
A meme, ala Oregon Trail, but instead of a covered wagon, it’s a cybertruck, with the caption, “” YOU HAVE DIED OF DYSENTERY”
April 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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I’ve protested before (2011, Wisconsin), but this is the first sign I’ve made.

(I’m kind of proud)
On white poster board, 4 1/2” letters spelling out: in red - SAVE OUR, in brown PARKS, in black AND, in green FORESTS. underneath, in smaller lettering reads, so much to protest…so little room on this sign.
April 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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A couple of photos from my couple of trips to Yosemite National Park.

#saveourparks
Picture of a view from inside the sunroom at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. Two lamps sit on either side of the frame, in front of two large-paned windows. There is a reflection of a lit chandelier in the center pane. Outside the window is January grass, some fence posts, some old growth evergreens with a couple of trees that have lost their leaves. Behind that is an amazing sheer side of a rock formation. Waffles the Bear, adopted/purchased from our hotel room in the Ahwahnee in 2019, on a photo shoot. He’s a black bear, with light brown paws and snoot, and a black nose. Here, he’s found an icy puddle on some rock, and is looking at his reflection thru the pine needles.
April 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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I pulled out my bling and wore it yesterday.
Dark metal circle pendant, featuring the Wisconsin state with a fist in the center, suggesting strength in solidarity, on a chain, on a light stone countertop.
April 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I saw this once I got home from work tonight. Too late to hug coworkers, so I hugged my neighbor instead. And my husband, but no text exchange to share.
Screen shot of a text message exchange. “That hug was so nice, thank you! You’re an angel! Kissy, winky face emoji” “It was just what I needed to turn my snappy self into a decent human. Thank YOU!”
March 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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March 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Blue and yellow box, representing the Ukrainian flag with the following text, “If Russia stops fighting, there will be no war” Then a picture of a sunflower. “If Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine”
March 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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I have a Biscuits. 😻
February 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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We got a new dishwasher today.

#cats
A pile of cat toys - many assorted colored, plastic springs, a couple of sparkly poof balls, one dirty white mouse, one black mouse, the stopper to my gravy cup - in the center of a brown granite counter top. To the left is a pile of dishwater papers - yellow ENERG⬇️GUIDE on top. Sliver of a cardboard equipment box on the far left. To the right is a dingy white washcloth with a dingy bouncy ball on top.
February 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Happiness is having a cat heater bed on the back of your chair. When he gets sufficiently warm, I get to rub a warm belly.

#cat #oliver
Just a smidge of the left side of my head, wearing reading glasses. Behind me, is the face and front of an orange-striped, long-haired, tabby cat, with a mane. His eyes are closed and he’s laying on a light brown mat, with the non-removable tag still attached, on top of a dark brown chair. Behind him is the inside of a white lampshade.
January 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Winter on the Central Coast, CA. If we’re lucky, it rains. When it rains, we get blooms.

#centralcoastca #rose
Fully open, bright pink with yellow interior rose, covered with raindrops. Hint of a sun ray shining on the upper right side of the rose. The background is weeds, but they’re mostly blurred.
January 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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This was the view out the window of our hotel room at the Ahwahnee this week back in 2019. I will fight to make sure I get to go again.
French press coffee pot and a white bag of HoneyCo coffee beans on a window sill at the Ahwahnee Hotel, overlooking a slice of tiled roof in the lower right foreground, tall, thin evergreen trees straight ahead, and snow dusted, rocky mountain ridges not too far behind.
January 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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January 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Your recipe for French Onion Lentils and Farro was all over the Rancho Gordo fb page a couple of weeks ago. We are allium-free, so with some suggestions, came up with this three mushroom, red pepper, artichoke, and preserved lemon lentil and farro bake. 100% will make again!
January 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM