Barbara Clark 🚫 👑
@spiritedstrider.bsky.social
Native Iowan, civic minded retired higher ed international educator. Former New Yorker. Blogger with tips on living a more joyful life. Girl mom. Animal lover, especially cats. #TeamPete Huge Iowa Hawkeye fan 💛🖤 My DM’s are disabled! 💙🦋
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BREAKING: We, alongside the ACLU and NYCLU, filed a lawsuit today seeking the immediate release of an Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinion and other documents related to President Trump’s illegal lethal strikes on civilian boats in international waters.
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BREAKING: We, alongside the ACLU and NYCLU, filed a lawsuit today seeking the immediate release of an Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinion and other documents related to President Trump’s illegal lethal strikes on civilian boats in international waters.
It’s Taco Tuesday!
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December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It’s Taco Tuesday!
Good morning! I warmed up the fireplace! Have a good day!
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December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Good morning! I warmed up the fireplace! Have a good day!
Congratulations to the Iowa #Hawkeyes men and women’s 🏀 teams on their decisive victories yesterday! And congrats to the Indiana Hoosiers 🏈 team for winning the B1G Championship!
December 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Congratulations to the Iowa #Hawkeyes men and women’s 🏀 teams on their decisive victories yesterday! And congrats to the Indiana Hoosiers 🏈 team for winning the B1G Championship!
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The Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution and the Gettysburg Address. Liberty and equality for all in a constitutional republic. Not blood and soil nationalism. America is not an ethnostate where your rights depend on ancestry.
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution and the Gettysburg Address. Liberty and equality for all in a constitutional republic. Not blood and soil nationalism. America is not an ethnostate where your rights depend on ancestry.
It’s not yet officially winter but you wouldn’t know it by the frigid temps today. Bundle up!
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December 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It’s not yet officially winter but you wouldn’t know it by the frigid temps today. Bundle up!
It’s Wednesday so that means it’s Humpday!
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December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It’s Wednesday so that means it’s Humpday!
Good morning! And have a good day!
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December 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Good morning! And have a good day!
Good Monday morning!
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December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Good Monday morning!
Such a great win for the #Hawkeyes yesterday against Nebraska! We’re all snowed in here so nothing to do but watch college football today.
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Such a great win for the #Hawkeyes yesterday against Nebraska! We’re all snowed in here so nothing to do but watch college football today.
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“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not Democrats. Not sedition.
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not Democrats. Not sedition.
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not Democrats. Not sedition.
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not Democrats. Not sedition.
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍽
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍽
Nice showing last night for the Iowa #Hawkeyes men’s basketball team! Ben Stirtz and Cooper Koch really showed out. I’m feeling optimistic about the team although a tough Big10 schedule awaits!
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November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Nice showing last night for the Iowa #Hawkeyes men’s basketball team! Ben Stirtz and Cooper Koch really showed out. I’m feeling optimistic about the team although a tough Big10 schedule awaits!
Good morning! That wind out there sure is howling this morning!
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November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Good morning! That wind out there sure is howling this morning!
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❗️RETWEET if you stand with President 🇺🇦Zelensky!
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
❗️RETWEET if you stand with President 🇺🇦Zelensky!
Good morning! Time for coffee!
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November 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Good morning! Time for coffee!
So close! This represents every Iowa football loss this season. Frustrating! But once a Hawkeye, Always a Hawkeye! Go Hawks!
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November 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
So close! This represents every Iowa football loss this season. Frustrating! But once a Hawkeye, Always a Hawkeye! Go Hawks!
seeing the forecast for the Iowa game at USC, I’m glad now that I didn’t fly out there to watch it in person. Looks like a monsoon is hitting southern CA! Go Hawks!
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November 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
seeing the forecast for the Iowa game at USC, I’m glad now that I didn’t fly out there to watch it in person. Looks like a monsoon is hitting southern CA! Go Hawks!
It’s a sad morning for our U.S. penny. RIP
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It’s a sad morning for our U.S. penny. RIP