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penelope-merrell.bsky.social
@penelope-merrell.bsky.social
LESFIC Novella Award winner for "Takes and Tales." Illustrator and author of a number of children's books.
Books on Amazon @ https://www.amazon.com/author/penelopemerrell
Costume in the manner of Josephine Baker. Stunning.
Austrian dancer, choreographer, actress and painter Tilly Losch, in a scene from the show Wake Up And Dream, April 1929

#TillyLosch #ModernDance #Photography
February 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Kudos to Jennifer Jenkins for her wisdom and decision. Assume she sees Vindman is a stronger candidate.
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Y E S !!
Obama is not mentioned in the Epstein files
Kamala Harris is not mentioned
Joe Biden is not mentioned
February 1, 2026 at 9:04 PM
It's easier to convince them that those "illegals" are the culprits --taking all the jobs while using all the safety nets.
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I suspect the ancient spirits remind our cats that they were once worshiped.
I was working on my paint by number when Mortimer suddenly decided he needed to be held. Such a sweet baby
February 1, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Liam's traumatic incarceration launched a 1000 demonstrations.
Thank Christ. Liam and his dad are back home.

Eat shit, ICE. 🖕🧊
February 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Joaquin Castro accompanied the Ramos' return trip.
February 1, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Delightful. My cat has found out if she steps on the touch-pad, the computer screen registers. Then she paws at it but can't figure out how to make the cursor appear. Thank goodness.
American composer Philip Glass born on this day in Baltimore in 1937.
#PhilipGlass #BOTD

Philip Glass, 1987, photographed by Ebet Roberts.
February 1, 2026 at 8:41 PM
There is an old saying to the effect: Don't preach to pigs. It's a waste of your time and annoys the pigs. (Though annoying the pigs can be a good idea.)
Why haven't they taken that phone away from him yet?

Oh hang on

The more he messages the more he looks like the dolt he really is
The ignorance stupidity
of climate deniers exposed ...
February 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Caturday: playing "where's my Gata?"
January 31, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Cannily, Melania married her ticket to the "good life". I thought this doc was a stupid idea -- then remembered the $40,000,000.
The reviews for “Melania” are going to be far more entertaining than the movie. What a fabulous headline:
January 30, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Umm -- What makes a movie a true flop? One opens this weekend. Heard it was subtitled sluts and nuts.
#nowwatching
Frankenhooker (1990)
What makes a movie become a true film? Frank Henenlotter knows, and he puts it on screen.

Okay, forgive me for this one but I love Frankenhooker. Its the perfect amount of schlock and horror. Really, the plot's in the title.

Who else has seen this one?
Any love?
January 29, 2026 at 12:52 AM
An honest-to-God ice palace. WOW
Good Afternoon✨
January 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I wonder how ICE agents manage to face their families.
Good.
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
January 27, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Second degree murder.
January 27, 2026 at 7:06 PM
And ICE?? Paid, protected, agitators and murderers.
Always self-owned irony with these fake news people. 🤦‍♂️
January 27, 2026 at 6:38 PM
This should be the "Kent State" moment for both political parties and the country, but especially the DEMOCRATIC WING!!
I’ll add a third. These are people who have no fear of swearing an oath that they will violate, because they hate their fellow Americans more than they love their country.
We will win, but it’s going to be ugly. But they really aren’t going to change course despite how unpopular it makes them. Between JD last night and this, if there are two things the Trump staffers believe in: it’s corruption and racism.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Caturday: Yes, she is watching too much TV.
January 24, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Where is buddy, Elon?
January 23, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Reposted
January 22, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Gosh, George, Icebergerland is just east of ConfefeLectorberder and Hannibal Palmer is the president.
Greenland, Iceland, Iceberg, Greenberg, Goldberg, Hamberg, Hamberder, Covfefe, Arnold Palmer, Hannibal Lecter, Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV, Giraffe, Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!
January 21, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The E. U. needs take this psycho seriously and prepare to counter an invasion of Greenland. His ambitions may seem like a joke. That was the misguided path of Neville Chamberlain.
January 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Maybe this means the TV is on too many hours a day.
January 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Our final kindness is to make the hard decision they can't make for themselves.
The final kindness we can provide our animal companions is preventing the pain and confusion of inevitable decline. French Fries was a good cat.
January 18, 2026 at 10:20 PM