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Ora Tor
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Civil War historian & Wide Awake. Prefers democracy (system) & republic (state). Kind to nonhumans. Retired from social studies, financial analysis, & small business. Traveled over 50k US miles for my research. Nature knows best & intends no ill will.
A favorite album of all time. Every song is spectacular. Treat The Kids Right, Roots Radical, & Peace Officer though!
Peace officer: are you a warrior, a warrior? Why you carrying so much ammunition, more than an aircraft carrier?

Little changed from Inner City Blues, & Jimmy knew it.

#jimmycliff
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Jacob Lawrence
War Series: Going Home
1947
#art
#painting
#war
#cominghome
#midcenturymodern
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Balmorhea State Park, west Texas. The park showcases a New Deal CCC project that's reported to be the world’s largest spring-fed pool: "3.5-million-US-gallon (13,000 m3); a constant flow of 22 to 28 million US gallons (110,000 m3); water temp ~72°F/22°C ..."
#photo
#photography
#pool
#water
#parks
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Baby cloud blanket clings to momma mountains.
Our Earth is the magic we seek.
And so are we.

#mountains
#RockyMountains
#trains
#travel
#photo
#photography
#EastCoastKin
#America
#love
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Old Faithful ~10:32 a.m. on a June day under the big sky.

#Yellowstone
#YellowstoneNP
#photo
#photography
#EastCoastKin
#travel
#mountain
#OldFaithful
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago, which is located just 11 kilometers from Venezuela at its closest point, announced a few days ago that they would be holding joint military exercises with the US for the second time."
#Venezuela
#TrinidadandTobago

www.infomoney.com.br/mundo/venezu...
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ME GOP Laurel Libby = bad for Maine, & water seeks its own level, so of course she's aligned with Collins & nat'l GOP for millions of dollars & a PAC.
mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/17/l...

#Maine
#MEpolitics
#GOP
@janetmillsforme.bsky.social
@grahamformaine.bsky.social
@davidcostello.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Route 66 to Oatman AZ. Those hills hide the little community, and this stretch of the Mother Road has vehicle size limits.

#Route66
#MotherRoad
#highway
#photography
#photo
#landscape
#America
#ModelT
#ModelA
#EastCoastKin
#travel
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Textures of the Grand Prismatic and every single thing around it.
Yellowstone NP
June 2017

#photography
#photo
#YellowstoneNationalPark
#landscape
#travel
#EastCoastKin
#nature
#water
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Mare's tails and fish scales, and the rain'll come in 12 to 36.

#Maine
#photo
#photography
#landscape
#sky
#EastCoastKin
#clouds
#travel
#oldroad
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Bongino pretty much advertising he has reasons for anxiety.
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Try again.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
No, she has not said that. I reside in the state and disagree with the OP. Mills sat in the same room with Trump and told him to his face she'd see him court. I don't buy that she'd cave and reopen, and her post on here yesterday literally says for Democrats to fight.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
One of my great pumpkins waited all night for the full moon.

Northern New England November
#ForestFriday
#November
#Autumn
#sky
#moon
#shadows
#clouds
#photography
#myphotos
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
And the rainbow hangs on for all of us, whether we happen to catch it or not.

Just south of Bozeman.
#MT
#montana
#photography
#rainbow
#travel
#clouds
#sky
#hope
#love
#myphotography
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Dam!
Sure am off kilter.
Yellowtail Dam
Bighorn Canyon
around the way from John Bozeman's trail

#MT
#montana
#photos
#photography
#landscape
#travel
#myphotos
#EastCoastKin
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Me being a historian in the presence of some of my kin has made them view our exchanges as a competition, or I am not allowed to talk about my craft with them--these are my choices with certain members of family, and they, to the last one, vote Trump since '16 and conservative always.
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Small biz is reportedly responsible for 80% of US jobs.
Here's a small biz outlook update:
"September 2025: Small Business Optimism Declines in September"

www.nfib.com/news/monthly...
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM