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Aries crone emerita. I meme, therefore I am. #Thinker; #writer; #painter; #poet; #digitalart creator (no AI); #photographer; #bird & #dog lover; fierce #liberal; Buddhist-adjacent Catholic-on-strike; 🌈Ally. #Disabled & living life from my couch in sunny #NorCal, but my ❤️ is in #Paris. “Embrace impermanence.” “With fear for our Democracy, I dissent.” #RESIST *SFBA.social Supporter* 🔶OK TO REPOST MEMES🔶

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2026-04-12 22:25:29 UTC

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I was surprised to see last summer’s clematis, which I stuck in the plant cemetery, with new leaves!

2026-04-11 16:33:56 UTC

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I haven’t planted any annuals yet and everything else is well-established. The only things I baby are my bonsai, but only from wind & freezing. All the roses are pretty droopy though…waterlogged.

2026-04-11 05:30:57 UTC

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You win the 2026 blossom contest with this! Beautiful!
🏆

2026-04-11 05:02:17 UTC

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Hi, Deb — we’ve had heavy rain in spurts throughout today with more due over the weekend. Even more fun, we had Texas-level lightning last night, which is very unusual for this area (although I guess ‘usual’ is meaningless now). I watched it for about an hour & it seemed very close. My poor garden is very confused! 😊

2026-04-09 23:10:43 UTC

#Bloomscrolling #photography
90 sq ft of exquisitely perfumed star jasmine.
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2026-04-08 22:26:13 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Wednesday, April 8 🌸🌹
1. Sat in the sun & watched mom, dad & 2 very energetic & agile junior squirrels frolic & eat peanuts. (Not sure when “cute squirrels” become “rodent infestation,” though.) Also found “my” hummingbird asleep on the feeder, & three varieties of butterflies visited today.
2. A few days of wet weather are on their way — always good news in NorCal.
3. I dozed off after the above No. 2 item, so No. 3 will be, “accidental afternoon nap.” 🤣)

2026-04-07 03:50:58 UTC

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Thanks, Deb — nice to see you around again. I hope you’re feeling better and a bit more at peace. 🌷❤️

2026-04-06 20:41:38 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Monday, April 6 🌺🌹 Catching up
1. Watched different parts of Easter Vigil masses from Calif, Sydney, Manhattan & Wash DC. My liturgy cup runneth over & I ♥️ YouTube.
2. Honey-dos done along with a chatty visit with my grandson, who also tactfully discouraged a brunch invitation so I wouldn’t feel obligated to go.
3. Donated my faithful & reliable 1997 car today to a disabled veterans’ group. Hard to see it sail away atop a tow truck, but the irrepressible twins made me laugh-by-text the whole time. Farewell car registration, insurance, maintenance, gas, and recent scaredy-catness driving.

2026-04-04 23:18:39 UTC

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Searching for a peanut or tidbit they hid six months ago.

2026-04-04 20:47:34 UTC

#bloomscrolling #roses #photography
“Ingrid Bergman” hybrid tea rose
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2026-04-04 18:00:04 UTC

#bloomscrolling #roses #photography
“Perfume Magic” hybrid tea rose
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2026-04-02 22:11:55 UTC

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I don’t know…my mom told me it was simply a mispronunciation of “Forcynthia.”

2026-04-02 01:39:20 UTC

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Maybe Hormuz needs ivermectin.

2026-03-28 05:11:26 UTC

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Anecdotally, in the Sacramento Valley, spring blooms have been at least a month earlier than “normal,” and a week earlier than 2025 (which was 3 weeks early). The normal I’m referencing was roughly 2001-2023, looking at Bradford pear trees, tulip trees, & roses. I’ve got blossoms on oleanders now which are not usually seen until late May. Bees & butterflies are here earlier, too , and in greater numbers than the past two years.

2026-03-23 01:57:57 UTC

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You nail it EVERY time!

2026-03-22 21:32:37 UTC

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Still in camo, masked, with tear gas & guns?

2026-03-20 20:19:28 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #bloomscrolling #photography #naturephotography
Friday, March 20 🌿🌷 Vernal Equinox
1. Two pieces of “Peace” hybrid tea rose that bloomed to full flower overnight (they were tight buds at sundown Thursday).
2. Safe trip to the hairdresser, no dragons, no alligators, no pterodactyls. The last time I’ll drive anywhere after 68 years. Yay!
3. Another glorious sunshiny day with raucous birdsong for this first day of spring. Alleluia!
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2026-03-18 21:19:12 UTC

#photography #bloomscrolling
Double Delight hybrid tea rose
(First bloom of 2026, jumping the usual season by a month)
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2026-03-15 19:01:08 UTC

#SilentSunday #photography #Paris #bloomscrolling
Jardin Des Plantes, Paris (2010)
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2026-03-14 23:58:10 UTC

https://youtube.com/watch?v=A7beOap2VhQ&si=zyL_lCwVdRtyIxwj
Bottlenose dolphins at play/dinner at Pacifica’s coast, just south of SF. (Gorgeous footage about 2:48)
From YouTube channel live cams, “Chamberlin Nature”
Alt txt: Video shows four bottlenose dolphins swimming, diving & surfacing in gray-green ocean waves.

2026-03-14 18:10:38 UTC

Ollie (big) & Otis (little) say good morning & have a great weekend!
(Granddaughter number 3’s doggies)
#dogsofmastodon #daschshund
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2026-03-14 05:11:33 UTC

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Magnificent birds!

2026-03-12 06:13:42 UTC

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I’m gonna add…the USA/American electorate (and non-voters) for giving 45 a second run at the presidency after 30,000 documented lies, migrant family separation with no reunification plan, a scandal-ridden first term, two impeachments, a violent insurrection to pervert the valid results of 2020, 34 felony convictions as well as sexual abuse civil action, and the 2024 campaign riddled with racism and bullshit.

2026-03-11 22:34:45 UTC

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We had
1) The 2016 election tainted for Trump by Russia (& he lost the popular vote)
2) A term that included 30,000+ documented lies, 2 impeachments, migrant families separated with no reunification plan, mis-managed Covid pandemic, SCOTUS nominations where nominees lied in confirmation hearings, and
3) An insurrection conspiracy to overturn 2020 election, with violence incited by POTUS & pals
4) 34 FELONY convictions in NY
…..and they voted for him AGAIN and now whine about broken promises!
#ImpeachTrump
#NoWar
#NoKings

2026-03-01 21:47:18 UTC

0047 must have discovered the secret section in our Constitution that endows a U.S. President with the rights to carry out assassinations, extra-judicial civilian murders, deportation without due process, and unchecked corruption.
I think it was the same section wherein “presidential immunity” was detailed.
#ReformSCOTUS
#StopTrumpNow
#ImpeachTrump

2026-02-11 20:48:16 UTC

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Kind of ironic considering POTUS has 34 felony convictions.

2026-02-08 19:50:25 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #Procreate
Sunday, Feb 8 ⛷️
1. Expecting a Costco rotisserie chicken fly-by soon (delivered by my visiting DIL, who’s been caring for her injured mom this week).
2. Finished a digital painting awhile ago & hated it, but after letting it marinate, I’ve decided I kinda like it. Original art, not resourced from a photo, for a change.
3. I’ve had doors & windows open for the last three sunny days — but rain is in the forecast.
4. Bonus: All these little hummingbirds, sparrows, finches, tits, jays, doves, & squirrels that come to feed make me HAPPY! 😬
https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/116/036/703/567/609/714/original/156ec50b1ebd0f34.jpeg

2026-02-06 19:10:04 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Friday, Feb 6 🌤️
1. Subscribed to a bundle of Peacock/AppleTV, which translates to the Olympics (on mute) and binging shows everyone seems to like — for a month, $20.
2. Found an extraordinary YouTube documentary on nomadic life in the Himalaya:
https://youtu.be/DrUNc02rbeQ?si=sDu9aK-XVldlxKYr
3. One of “my” scrub Jays and a fat squirrel queued at the back slider this morning, annoyed that I was late with their peanuts & seed.

2026-01-26 18:42:25 UTC

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Gorgeous! 👏👏👏👏

2026-01-21 21:13:30 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Wednesday, Jan 21 🌫️ (fog emoji?)
1. No kids or grandkids are traveling on this one day! (It worries me & I can’t help it.)
2. I bought a Costco membership for my local g’daughter, with the promise of rotisserie chickens frequently appearing in my freezer.
3. Visiting NC son remarked last week that I have a “very nice, stress-free life.” He’s right, and I’m very grateful for it!

2026-01-19 19:19:12 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Monday, Jan 19 💐
1. Perfect visit last week with my NC son, who just flew to Philly to pick up his new Porsche & begin the long drive home. He’s thrilled; I’m nervous but thrilled for him.
2. Long, lazy, sleepy day yesterday, recovering from son’s visit. (I don’t have to dress or speak again for weeks.)
3. Excellent annual visit to the doc; results earned a lollipop. 🍭

2026-01-19 18:27:18 UTC

There exists a vast chasm between Justices of SCOTUS, Members of Congress, Cabinet Secretaries, military leadership KNOWING the requirements of the Constitution — and having the integrity, courage & patriotism to honor their Oaths and apply those principles in this era of intentional defiance, corruption and chaos.
Compliance becomes collaboration becomes evil without character and fortitude.
#FuckICE
#ICEout
#StopTrump
#ImpeachNoem
#ImpeachTrump
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2026-01-18 06:05:46 UTC

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Creepy!

2026-01-09 14:37:58 UTC

With the level of institutional lying rising daily, it occurred to me that the sworn/affirmed statement made by every person testifying in every US court action (“…to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth…”) should be added to every oath of office or position of service, and that this portion of their oath be actionable as criminal when broken.
The first official actions 45/47 performed were his oaths of Office — immediate lies. What we’re seeing as governmental policy over ICE actions (and Venezuela & personal data capture & use, etc.) are officially sanctioned lies.
There is no democracy, no Republic, no gov’t without the TRUTH.
#abolishICE
#StopTrumpNow
#truth

2026-01-08 02:04:54 UTC

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I dunno about anyone else, but with the lack of rigorous food inspections as in days of yore, I’m not going back to (nor doubling) my former meat and dairy intake.
As an aside, ground beef in a mid-range NorCal chain sells for $9-13 per lb. Frozen halibut is $27.95 for two 6-oz filets. Whole milk is $3.48-7.49 for a half-gallon.
Maybe Kennedy can afford that; I can’t.

2026-01-05 23:04:05 UTC

I swear if Apple introduced a device to automatically clean my reading glasses, I’d buy it.

2026-01-05 22:38:25 UTC

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Beautiful!

2026-01-05 21:37:40 UTC

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Please don’t lecture me. I know (and you should know) exactly who and what she is and what her probable future political agenda is. This media amnesia and whitewashing of the worst of the worst follows their pattern of convenient faux memory and pretend rehabilitation while the principals’ influence and corruption expand and destroy. Compare her net worth from before & after her time in Congress, look at her documented comments and conspiracy theories, and consider the regime she has supported for years. Wake up.

2026-01-05 20:33:30 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Monday, Jan 5☔️
1. Grandson visited yesterday, eagerly de-holidayed my house then stayed for dinner.
2. My yard is so soggy from weeks of rain I can’t get to the bird feeder, so I’m treating them to seed on my lawn. I can already feel the weeds growing.
3. Thanks to the same grandson, I now have a daylight therapy lamp to shine away the winter glum. 😣

2026-01-05 16:36:35 UTC

I hate to be bitchy before I’m even out of bed, but MTG is officially out of Congress now, so can we maybe STFU about her newly-found “wisdom” now? (Thanks) 😵‍💫
This is who she is & always has been:
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greenes-10-most-outrageous-quotes-this-year-1769407
https://www.advocate.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-worst-moments

2026-01-04 01:47:44 UTC

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Heck, yes! I haven’t watched Trump for a lonnng time, but I watched about 15 minutes today & found his weakened mental acuity really alarming — so who is pulling the strings on this illegal action? Raiding a sovereign country & kidnapping a president (even that one) WITHOUT even the Gang of 8’s knowledge solidifies 47’s title as dictator, as far as I’m concerned. There’s no law he respects, no motive but greed, no awareness of the value of anyone on this planet but himself. That’s the scary part for me, my family, and everyone else at his mercy — and we have no champions in SCOTUS or Congress. 😱

2026-01-03 20:17:28 UTC

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How many “Oopsies!” and do-overs did we read about during the DOGE debacle? They undid almost as much as they did-did. They’re even now rehiring through the front door as they’re laying off others through the rear door — not to mention the many, many lawsuits the gov’t has lost due to errors and sheer incompetency (and illegal acts).
The DC clusterfuck will now extend to the rest of the hemisphere.

2025-12-27 16:21:04 UTC

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Congrats! 🥳👏👏👏👏

2025-12-22 22:33:26 UTC

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We’ll see.

2025-12-22 21:20:19 UTC

Tell us your secret — Favorite Holiday Movie?

2025-12-20 19:20:36 UTC

#ArtAdventCalendar #haiga #haiku #zen #digitalart
Day 20 - haiku/haiga
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2025-12-20 19:12:39 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Saturday, Dec 20🎄🎓
1. 500-pound weight lifted from my shoulders in deciding not to travel to my sons’ homes in NC/AZ in April. Whew!
2. Still got a Real ID for use when I stop driving in the spring. (Those 4 miles per month wear me out. 😜) CA’s DMV was surprisingly efficient & almost fun.
3. NC son sent a huge box of delicious soups from SpoonfulOfComfort.com. Recommend 10/10 for distance gift-giving. Plus, it comes with a ladle!

2025-12-16 21:29:18 UTC

#ArtAdventCalendar #art #acrylicpouring #mastoart
Day 16 - Acrylic Fluid Art, “Autumn Leaves”
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2025-12-15 17:15:38 UTC

#ArtAdventCalendar #AcrylicPour #FluidArt
Day 15 — Acrylic Pour Painting
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2025-12-13 19:30:27 UTC

#ArtAdventCalendar #art #digitalart #procreate #mastoart #seascape
Day 13 - Afternoon At The Beach
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2025-12-09 18:10:27 UTC

#ArtAdventCalendar #art #digitalart #procreate #mastoart
Day 9 - Autumn Ginkgo Branch
https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/690/919/820/010/018/original/4be0634a6de967b3.jpeg

2025-12-07 17:52:16 UTC

#SilentSunday #photography #naturephotography #BryceCanyonNationalPark
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2025-12-07 05:15:59 UTC

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Creepy!

2025-12-07 02:20:09 UTC

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Who’s checking every piece of mail and/or every commercial delivery truck?

2025-12-06 18:32:16 UTC

#ArtAdventCalendar #art #digitalart #procreate #mastoart #PiZap
Day 6
Have seven Christmas hummingbirds!
https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/674/023/485/228/994/original/362f671612b4bfaa.jpeg

2025-12-03 17:07:00 UTC

#ArtAdventCalendar #Procreate #art #digitalart #AlcoholInk
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2025-11-30 18:44:33 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #Procreate #digitalart
Sunday, Nov 30🍁
1. This month is OVER, and for me that’s one good thing. (Even Jo from “Little Women” hated November.)
2. Grandson set up & decorated my new Xmas tree, which is now adorned in bird ornaments, silk gardenias & baby’s breath. My only job was supervisor.🎄Happy Advent to all who participate.
3. Finished a Procreate painting from a source photo I’ve saved since 2018.
https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/640/065/174/244/839/original/b594fb4590146d66.jpg

2025-11-25 23:31:11 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #birdsofmastodon #albatross
Tuesday, Nov 25🍁
1. A Japanese maple, which I raised from a seedling & now lives in a container just outside my bedroom window, turned bright scarlet almost overnight.
2. Homemade oatmeal with raisins & a bit of pumpkin Coffeemate.
3. The NZ DOC has chosen their Royal cam albatross couple for this season; the pair have mated & produced a fertile egg, due to hatch around Jan 25. Pic below is the female, who looks sleepy, content, & pleased to be incubating. 😊
(Video pic from Cornell Labs & NZ DOC via “Lady Hawk” YouTube channel).
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2025-11-23 19:16:52 UTC

#SilentSunday #photography #naturephotography #France
#Giverny #Stunday #Monet
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2025-11-11 23:54:00 UTC

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Look in any realistic, contemporary dictionary for the word “corrupt” and you’ll find ‘SCOTUS’ first.

2025-11-08 20:57:50 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #Procreate #DigitalArt
Saturday, Nov 8🍁
1. I’ve mastered 20-minute fried rice with any meat, any veg, using frozen mirepoix as the base. So. Damn. Good. Oyster sauce is magic!
2. Local g’daughter & partner flew to AZ to visit parents & got embroiled in the mess that is air travel now, but luckily arrived safely.
3. Finished my Big Sur digital painting (with Procreate). The viewpoint is facing northwest, which is an unusual pictorial aspect for the area.
https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/115/516/058/184/887/969/original/3fe1fc4cb863130c.jpeg

2025-11-08 05:14:49 UTC

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Love it! ❤️

2025-11-07 18:59:04 UTC

USAID CUTS
MEDICAID CUTS
SNAP & CHIP CUTS
SS DISABILITY CUTS
ACA CUTS
ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING & PROJECT CUTS
EDUCATION CUTS
GREEN ENERGY CUTS
ASYLUM CUTS
DACA & IMMIGRANT PROTECTION CUTS
NASA CUTS
NSF CUTS
(AND EVERYTHING ELSE BUT ❌TAX CUTS ❌ FOR BILLIONAIRES & MEGA-CORPORATIONS)
#StopTrumpNow
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2025-11-07 15:56:54 UTC

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LOL! You obviously got the “i don’t give a fuck what you want” version on an interim upgrade. I can’t get my calendars to reliably synch between iPad & iPhone no matter what I do.
Sorry — didn’t mean to be that know-it-all person (I just ran into a related setting the other day…) Good luck!

2025-11-07 06:58:11 UTC

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Change it in “Focus” settings.

2025-11-06 21:48:15 UTC

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What’s the “new” word for groceries, one wonders?
Nutrition chunks?
Poop prep?
Gastronomical fuel?

2025-11-05 00:39:10 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Tuesday, Nov 4 🍁
1. Feel 100% better than Miserable Monday as I got adequate sleep last night.
2. A bit of rain on its way…clouds are already rolling in & neighborhood trees are doing the mambo.
3. Eldest g’daughter performed her first solo veterinary surgery, with high praise from the proctor; No. 2 g’daughter just launched an excellent website for moonlighting projects in her field; No. 3 g’daughter is ready to take her Board exams in pediatric respiratory therapy. 😬

2025-11-02 15:26:07 UTC

#SilentSunday #photography #naturephotography
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2025-10-30 00:59:10 UTC

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(Grafton’s alphabet mysteries were a strong motivation for me to resign my IT position & start my own business.)
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2025-10-28 23:29:24 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Tuesday, Oct 28🎃
1. Even retired, Mondays suck (they must be intrinsically cursed), while TODAY has been great!
2. Caught up with an old friend on a very long phone call. (She lives a mile away but we rarely get together.)
3. Homemade chicken fried rice for dinner, AND I’m making progress on my Big Sur painting, AND I got a bunch of excellent free Procreate stuff online! 🥳🎈

2025-10-27 21:29:43 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Monday, Oct 27 🎃
1. Fun afternoon & dinner yesterday with my grandson.
2. I raided my library of Thomas Merton books last Friday and have re-read (for the umpteenth time) two so far. Fabulous writer; inspired theologian!
3. Pretty sure I’m going to be allowed to skip everyone’s Thanksgiving dinner this year, without penalty. 😬 (I see halibut & a yam in my future…)

2025-10-26 19:28:27 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Sunday, Oct 26🎃
1. Waking up to rain (real, not YouTube) is delicious!
2. Actually sleeping long enough to wake up cheerful is also wonderful. My mood is directly proportional to the minutes of 💤💤 I get.
3. Working on a Procreate painting of Big Sur & “drifted off with the fairies” for 3 hours — the same trance I used to experience while writing. (3 hours = 1 rocky cliff. The Big Sur coast is a marathon!)
4. Bonus: my son filmed & texted a video of the roads leading up to & through his rural-ish NC neighborhood — very beautiful & very autumnal.

2025-10-26 01:17:45 UTC

#SilentSunday #naturephotography #photography #AZ
(Click for full effect)
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2025-10-24 02:46:14 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #birds #albatross
Thursday, Oct 23 🎃
1. Sat in the sunshine today and watched the squirrels, adult jays, hummingbirds, and assorted little birds enjoy their afternoon.
2. Clean house, clean sheets — grateful that I have excellent help.
3. (Pic below) This pair of gorgeous albatrosses have already mated since their return to Pukekura, NZ, & the 2025 cam chick is more than halfway to South America (3600+ miles already) — plus, the popular eagle cam couples across the U.S. are nesting. Bird joy! (Pic captured from “Lady Hawk” YouTube channel, Cornell Labs, & NZ DOC)
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2025-10-23 20:20:12 UTC

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We slipped through one of Brian Greene’s alternate-universe membranes during Millennial celebrations.

2025-10-23 04:53:12 UTC

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#EpsteinBallroom

2025-10-21 18:24:13 UTC

There’s a lot of hope & enthusiasm going around since 10/18. Organizers & involved, committed people are strategizing the most effective ways to forge ahead to save our Republic.
There are many complex factors that got us into this alarming mess — including many that we can’t control.
One thing we can drastically improve,
One effort we can ALL work for,
Is REGISTERING NEW VOTERS AND GETTING OUT THE VOTE!
🚨Voter turnout hasn’t exceeded 63% in over 100 years. Midterms average under 40%. These are disgraceful stats but are also something we can work on.
🚨#NoKings MUST include Registering and #GOTV in future efforts, or this will all be both a wasted effort & a disaster for the nation.
@indivisibleteam
@ezralevin
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2025-10-11 18:54:50 UTC

Diane Keaton, RIP 😢

2025-10-11 17:33:23 UTC

#SilentSunday #photography #landscapephotography #mountains #Montblanc
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2025-10-10 16:27:04 UTC

San Franciscans…You have a gorgeous #Friday to enjoy!
(Posted 9:26 am. Pacifica Pier, Chamberlin Nature YouTube channel)
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2025-10-09 20:52:29 UTC

#Doorsday #photography #France
Amiens Cathedral, France (2010)
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2025-10-09 00:16:37 UTC

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The Party of pro-life, right?
I guess those embryos just got too big & old to care about anymore.

2025-10-08 19:13:16 UTC

#3goodthings #3goodthings
Wednesday, Oct 8 🎃
1. All the trees and giant shrubs are in motion today as a weather system sneaks down from the north; my house feels cozy & safe. Rain expected soon, if luck holds.
2. Going to make chicken & wild rice soup later…yum. 🥣
3. Binging the UK version of ”Professor T” on PBS. Not as wacky as the older Belgian version but excellent nevertheless. (I don’t miss you, HULU!)
(I first posted this as “private,” sorry! Duh!)

2025-10-08 18:04:39 UTC

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I lived in the Salinas Valley for 45 years (“The Salad Bowl Of The Nation”).
Good luck to 47’s regime if they think lowering wages for foreign ag workers will incentivize ANY “homegrown” laborers to work in the fields under conditions endemic to the job.
Also, good luck to American veggie eaters who want fresh produce. Supplies are dwindling and prices are beyond belief, even in CA, where refrigerated shipping costs are minimal. (I tried 3 stores last week in Sacramento and there was no romaine or leaf lettuce, and tomatoes & avocados were $2 each.)
AND…every business in every town where agriculture is the primary industry will soon be struggling. Retail & service businesses all depend on that foundation of growing/harvesting/shipping.
He’s too stupid to make the connection between deporting workers & a failing economy. This move will be the pinnacle of FAFO.
#StopTrumpNow

2025-10-07 18:02:16 UTC

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Meanwhile kids are DYING from whooping cough (pertussis) and measles — and measles was considered eradicated until recently.
Stupidity is literally killing Americans.

2025-10-06 00:26:24 UTC

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I’ll jump onboard any effort to be welcoming on Mastodon just as soon as someone explains to me how we are to know someone’s ethnicity on what is essentially an anonymous platform.
Detect by username? Nope, aliases used.
Detect by verified identification? Nope, not here.
Detect by avatar? Nope. (I’m not a Bichon Frise)
Trust in a profile? Possible, if one believes everything they read.
I don’t accept whatever accusations & blame you’re passing out like Halloween jelly beans. I have NO idea who Fedizens are IRL, unless they’ve shared public info or are well-known mini-celebrities.
I could be HRC for all anyone knows. 😡

2025-10-05 18:27:12 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #digitalart #Tibet
Sunday, Oct 5🎃
1. A widespread internet outage yesterday gave us all forced respite even from TV, earning an 80/20% happy accident score from me.
2. Visit from my charming & chatty grandson & Mexican dinner delivery treat. 🌮
3. Finished the digital (Procreate) painting of Tibetan prayer flags. (The source was an uncredited East Asian newspaper pic, which turned out to be AI, so I figure my copy with artistic changes cancels out both the AI evil and plagiarism. 😝)
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2025-10-05 15:16:50 UTC

#SilentSunday #photography #seascape #Australia #kangarooIsland
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2025-10-02 02:23:18 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Wednesday, Oct 1🎃
1. Rain expected tonight & tomorrow…
2. Today was a very weird day, but I’m so grateful to have the time & space to just let it be weird.
3. I emailed Procreate support last week about a bug in their recent upgrade, & in her reply today the CSR said “she is sad” that the problem impacted me. The company is in Tasmania & now I’m more hooked than ever on that part of our world! She also helped resolve the issue. 😬

2025-09-30 19:28:41 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Tuesday, Sep 30🍁
1. Surprise visit from my vagabond DIL, who brought me white chocolate truffles. (All visitors must pay tribute to the matriarch. 😝)
2. Actually excited to get out of bed today to work on my latest painting (a Himalayan landscape with floating Tibetan prayer flags…).
3. I’ve been watching this (Buddhist) video often for at least a month & I’m posting its link for any of you who may be, as I am, freaking out over our dire political mess. It’s helped my mood, attitude & blood pressure — maybe it will help to calm you too. I promise there’s not one word about any religion.
https://youtu.be/-GQ6HTofYgY?si=jPRnSVIaT40RYeVr

2025-09-28 15:08:14 UTC

#SilentSunday #photography #Oz #seascape
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2025-09-26 21:43:46 UTC

#WindowFriday #Paris #photography
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2025-09-26 20:26:22 UTC

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Thanks for posting!

2025-09-20 01:44:30 UTC

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Just amplifying your thought that one election changed everything — but the 80 million who abstained made the real difference.

2025-09-19 17:36:00 UTC

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One presidential election lacking 80,000,000 voters.
Eighty million eligible voters.

2025-09-18 00:12:52 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings
Wednesday, Sep 17🍁
1. This year’s Northern Royal albatross has fledged successfully. She was one of the more entertaining & vocal of the chicks I’ve watched over five years via that cam — and was definitely daddy’s girl. Next hatch will be the end of January.
2. Made some art & wrote a letter for a celebratory book being compiled for a good friend’s birthday.
3. Unexpected visit from my g’daughter, who is so much fun to talk with — another gifted Aquarian! ♒️

2025-09-15 22:56:34 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #birds #albatross
Monday, Sep 15🍁
1. My last well-intentioned summer visitor has departed (to Paris!), and I finally feel unencumbered, able to breathe, free.
2. My key lime tree has begun to flower & fruit, even after 25 years in the same container. 🍋‍🟩
3. A few of the NZ albatross chicks have already fledged, and the Royal cam chick is getting close, with long sessions of practice hop & hover in the gusty spring winds (40-55 knots). She is seen on the left below, greeting dad who has come to feed her.
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2025-09-12 21:21:51 UTC

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4chan has been known to be the cesspool of the internet underworld for YEARS.

2025-09-05 00:23:43 UTC

#truth
#StopTrumpNow
#EpsteinFiles
#hhs
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2025-08-28 16:41:59 UTC

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #digitalart #Procreate
Thursday, Aug 28🌺
1. Vagabond son & DIL flew into town for a quick visit, & there will be family gatherings with grandkids & in-laws. 🎈🥳
2. So grateful for texting! Even tho’ they both live across country, my twins & I stay connected with daily (very funny & rude) texts.
3. After a hiatus, I’ve returned to immersion in fascinating geology videos from Prof. Nick Zentner & others on YouTube. (I wish I’d known I loved this science in college!)
4. Bonus: I’ve not done much painting in watercolor, but had fun with this (not AI, done with Procreate from a tutorial).
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