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While we're busy contemplating war, there remains the other crusty edges of American society, this one I see playing out in ways that often undermine the very best of us. They call it #ageism. And it's misguided. lorrainedevonwilke.substack.com/p/ageism-the...

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While we're busy contemplating war, there remains the other crusty edges of American society, this one I see playing out in ways that often undermine the very best of us. They call it #ageism. And it's misguided. lorrainedevonwilke.substack.com/p/ageism-the...

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Kirkus Reviews: “Prose is chatty & fluid, the music industry material & LA setting add fun color, but readers will most appreciate the attention Wilke pays to her characters’ inner lives. A finely crafted novel about sidelined dreams & second chances." 📚💙 #booksky www.amazon.com/Chick-Singer...

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A fascinating online magazine, Habitat To Art, invited me to write about the journey to my latest novel. Titled, "A ‘Chick Singer’ Reflects on Dreams, Heartache & Renegotiation," i hope you enjoy the read! Thank you, Laura Wagner for the invitation & platform. Both are appreciated! 📚💙 #booksky

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Honoring Juneteenth... "A holiday celebrated to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. First celebrated in TX on this date in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, enslaved people were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation."

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A fascinating online magazine, Habitat To Art, invited me to write about the journey to my latest novel. Titled, "A ‘Chick Singer’ Reflects on Dreams, Heartache & Renegotiation," i hope you enjoy the read! Thank you, Laura Wagner for the invitation & platform. Both are appreciated! 📚💙 #booksky

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Mass protests in 2020 hurt Trump. The reactionary effort to paint the left as violent didn't effect the election but has become ingrained in the right-wing bubble (as seen with the MN killings). One way to permeate that bubble? Local protests. Gift link: wapo.st/3SOEv6e

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Love all of these, but this one from LA (I was in that crowd!) is my favorite! Photos: ‘No Kings’ Protests Across America www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

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One man wearing an Inforwars shirt kept yelling “bring out the tanks!!” and complained that “people got no energy out here.” https://trib.al/zLkeQZd

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First encounter with the National Guard in DTLA: He said, “Good morning.” I said, “You shouldn’t be here.” He said, “I agree.” And there you have it. 😑 #NoKings

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"I won’t soon forget this tweet (which Musk took down after it caused an uproar): 'Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.'" https://trib.al/FlSGBZl

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I don't know whose art this is (if you do, please put it in comments), but it's beautiful & says everything about what's going on in my city of LA & across our country. Inept toadies may unleash Trump's dream of fascism, but compassionate people protest & protect. TY! Let's ALL be out there on 6.14!

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Find the "No Kings" march going on in your area & sign up; it's a nationwide protest of the onslaught of Trumpian BS, including his self-aggrandizing, naziesque military parade celebrating his birthday on 6/14. Let's make BIG noise & some good trouble! www.nokings.org

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This song, this whole album, ALL his albums, have soundtracked so, SO many seminal moments & eras of my life. Sly Stone was epic, a genius; a brilliant musical innovator and he will be missed. RIP, Sly. THANK YOU for the music... Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)... 💔❤️ youtu.be/GZrsNne4XhM?...

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This song, this whole album, ALL his albums, have soundtracked so, SO many seminal moments & eras of my life. Sly Stone was epic, a genius; a brilliant musical innovator and he will be missed. RIP, Sly. THANK YOU for the music... Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)... 💔❤️ youtu.be/GZrsNne4XhM?...

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Find the "No Kings" march going on in your area & sign up; it's a nationwide protest of the onslaught of Trumpian BS, including his self-aggrandizing, naziesque military parade celebrating his birthday on 6/14. Let's make BIG noise & some good trouble! www.nokings.org

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I don't know whose art this is (if you do, please put it in comments), but it's beautiful & says everything about what's going on in my city of LA & across our country. Inept toadies may unleash Trump's dream of fascism, but compassionate people protest & protect. TY! Let's ALL be out there on 6.14!

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The situation in Los Angeles is about to plunge us into a national emergency, except the people that normally solve national emergencies are the ones creating it.

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Between Pope Leo's brilliantly-timed Mass next Saturday & the "No Kings" marches scheduled across the country, I hope media tears their eyes away from Trump's "vanity parade" to cover what the majority of Americans will be paying attention to. GO, Leo! www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

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We’ve spent days now watching two of the most noxious, notorious men in America hissy-fit like hysterics in a public divorce & while there’s schadenfreude in witnessing deeply unlikeable people go for each other’s throats, the drama makes a pathetic statement about the state of our politics...

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Delighted to experience a quintessential Berkeley event: Bobby McFerrin's Circlesongs at The Freight. "For Bobby, Circlesongs is not a concert or a performance; it's a service to create a singing space that's without words, genres or pre-existing knowledge." secure.thefreight.org/overview/11803

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Delighted to experience a quintessential Berkeley event: Bobby McFerrin's Circlesongs at The Freight. "For Bobby, Circlesongs is not a concert or a performance; it's a service to create a singing space that's without words, genres or pre-existing knowledge." secure.thefreight.org/overview/11803

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It's been a good book week: the Bay Area Book Festival, Bookshop West Portal tonight; the review from Publishers Weekly ... THANK YOU, all! www.amazon.com/Chick-Singer... #WritingCommmunity #IndieAuthor #Books #booksky 📚💙 @sibyllinepress.bsky.social

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We women authors of @sibyllinepress.bsky.social were all over the Bay Area Book Festival and it was great fun, meeting each other, meeting readers, selling our books. It's so true: books bring people together; that's a fact! 📚💙 #Booksky

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Public art/SF: “R-Evolution” is a 45' sculpture symbolizing feminine strength & liberation; features 16 motors in her chest to simulate breathing & demonstrate how her energy radiates into the world by involuntary forces.” Utterly amazing to stand under & gaze up at her… building180.com/r-evolution

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Public art/SF: “R-Evolution” is a 45' sculpture symbolizing feminine strength & liberation; features 16 motors in her chest to simulate breathing & demonstrate how her energy radiates into the world by involuntary forces.” Utterly amazing to stand under & gaze up at her… building180.com/r-evolution

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Driving in SF makes clear that #AI has taken over the city by the Bay. I’d go so far as to say 80% of roadside placards exalted the unlimited benefits of granting robots the keys to every kingdom and I gotta tell ya, my alarm bells are ringing. #jobs

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It's #Book time in SF! Bay Area Book Festival 6/1; I'm signing btw 12 & 1, Booth 104. Come on by! The following Tuesday, 6/3, 7:00 pm, I'm at Bookshop West Portal. Should be a fun, robust conversation about our books, with short readings from each. Look forward to seeing you there! #booksky 💙📚

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For your TBR pile! booksbywomen.org/recommended-... @pkennedywrites.bsky.social @lorrainedevonwilke.bsky.social @nicolakrausauthor.bsky.social @bdavis-author.bsky.social @leeupton.bsky.social

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Have an emotional weekend coming up, a gathering to celebrate a life, one that meant a lot to me. Wanted to say a few words about that, about her... ❤️

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Need a new read for your Memorial Day weekend? Got one for you... www.amazon.com/Chick-Singer... 💙📚 #booksky

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Courtesy of Speaker Johnson, House GOP, Trump & every greedy member of the GOP. Thank you, @adamdthompson.bsky.social ...sadly spot on.

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Courtesy of Speaker Johnson, House GOP, Trump & every greedy member of the GOP. Thank you, @adamdthompson.bsky.social ...sadly spot on.

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I love these women and hope other authors check them out. @womenwriters.bsky.social #BookSky📚💙

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This is a very cool organization run by the generous & supportive Barbara Bos who chatted with me in an interview of eclectic and interesting questions. Sharing it for your reading enjoyment & cuz I bet you all want to know what my "six-word memoir" would be, right? 😄 TY, Barbara & WomenWriters!

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Bay Area friends, come join us as we discuss "Women's Voices & the Path to Publishing," sharing about and reading from our newly released books. A free event at: Bookshop West Portal Tuesday, June 3rd @ 7:00 pm 80 W Portal Ave, San Francisco, CA 94127 (415) 564-8080

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Bay Area friends, come join us as we discuss "Women's Voices & the Path to Publishing," sharing about and reading from our newly released books. A free event at: Bookshop West Portal Tuesday, June 3rd @ 7:00 pm 80 W Portal Ave, San Francisco, CA 94127 (415) 564-8080

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As we traverse the insanity of our current world, there's always a discussion about how to stay healthy enough to endure the battle. We can yell "fuck cancer!" but when it comes to taking care of ourselves, well, there's pondering to be done. Read on. lorrainedevonwilke.substack.com/p/trying-to-...

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Seen on Facebook ... gotta love it!

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Surviving the brokenness of Trump, etc., is not unlike surviving Covid, another deadly disease. The vaccine is action & resistance: take care of yourself, your friends & family; do good, share love, get involved, VOTE, stand up, speak out; survive. It WILL end, we WILL transcend.

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Surviving the brokenness of Trump, etc., is not unlike surviving Covid, another deadly disease. The vaccine is action & resistance: take care of yourself, your friends & family; do good, share love, get involved, VOTE, stand up, speak out; survive. It WILL end, we WILL transcend.

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"At the heart of Chick Singer—more so even than the music that suffuses it—is the main character's personal journey to reconnect with her daughter & her own past, & through doing so attempt to change her current trajectory into the future." A perfect Mother's Day gift. www.amazon.com/Chick-Singer...

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As an artist/activist, I applaud: Actors from Trump's "favorite musical" refuse to toady to his takeover of the Kennedy Center & Ric Grenell— the ridiculously appointed "interim director"—is NOT happy. Brava/bravo to all involved! #performanceprotest. open.substack.com/pub/lorraine...

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Someone sent this pic to me as accompaniment to my latest article. Fits perfectly, wouldn’t you say? 😁 -- In the Sandwich That Is North America, We Are the Baloney in the Middle lorrainedevonwilke.substack.com/p/in-the-san...

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The lovely month of May is upon us & "LA Life" features one of my fave photos to illustrate this edition of The Three Tomatoes. If you haven't perused before, there is SO much useful information w/great suggestions for places to eat, shop, visit, so ENJOY! www.thethreetomatoes.com/la-life-is-l...

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