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Just here for the flowers and prose. Occasionally I garden🪴 and write. I paint, read, and drink too much tea 🫖 the rest of the time. 8-5/M-F I create B2B strategy +content. Writer. Thinker. Planner. Marketer.
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I am so gutted by the choice made in the House of Representatives yesterday to not support those in need of medical care, food. Children’s lunch. I don’t even have words. I was crying in today’s calls to my Congress people.

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Little by little, after an initial period of stunned confusion, the broader resistance to President Donald Trump is beginning to wake up.

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The White House said the head of the Department of Government Efficiency is a little-known official named Amy Gleason, not Elon Musk

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I just found a wrapped chocolate heart in my driveway

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Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.

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This light in the AM thing is something I could get used to

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Just make it pretty

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I live with straight up murderers. That mouse had no chance vs the fluffies.

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Always enjoy the small things

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During these dark & destructive times, why it's vital that we "Dwell on the beauty of life." My latest free piece: begininwonder.substack.com/p/the-necess...

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If not you, then who?

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The Department of Defense told its employees to pause responding to emails asking them about their accomplishments last week, as part of a directive by Elon Musk to make the federal workforce more efficient.

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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

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And we are deplaning. Apparently we have a stowaway. (No joke)

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This is not normal

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Read a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in The Atlantic in 1857: “And slow, as in a dream of bliss, / The speechless sufferer turns to kiss / Her shadow, as it falls / Upon the darkening walls.”

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In other travel news, SW communications is a masterclass

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I am not Texas fan - too few rights for women. But I tell you what. Dallas (love field) airport has free menstrual products in the bathrooms. I could get on-board with that)

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Q: How evil do you have to be to cut a Dolly book program? A: Pretty f*cking evil. Solution: Dolly for Prez! Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton... cc @drjengunter.bsky.social

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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees. Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law Time to do things that make him react to you. apnews.com/article/trum...

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The thing about having wonky brain chemistry do that you can only endure through it when it goes wonky. Logic and reason don’t work any more.

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I love when you do something dumb and it loops in your brain forever

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I know things are bleak and scary right now. But I promise you that you - yes YOU - can get through this. You don't have to fight all of this on your own. Find one person you can help, and help them. Make the life of one person better every day. Hold onto your joy. That's how we win.

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Resisters I’m in NOLA. Looking at steamboats on the water and a giant ad for the WWII museum. It’s gonna be a good day. Checked in on my congresspeople social media. And called all 3. This fight for democracy doesn’t have to be your whole life. But we do have to fight.

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The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled--MIT Technology Review Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come. www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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On what grounds was this decision made? Pretty sure she is more qualified to be defense secretary than he is. Wait is he afraid we will realize he’s a Trump-style DEI hire?

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swear to god if this were a movie script the studio would send notes back saying "tone it down, no one's gonna buy this"

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I can hear the steam boats from my room

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You know what NOLA has? A WWII museum. History. Seems appropriate

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No

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A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered by a Chinese researcher. Good thing we are completely prepared this time. www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...

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Next time I speak somewhere, I’m asking for a pick up car. Person with my name on a sign schlepping my luggage to a nice car.

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I stitch our fragile kinship tight Unanswered calls, ignored invites. A tapestry I weave alone, Each thread a sigh, each knot a stone. Resentment blooms in silent hours, While love wilts, neglected flowers. This bridge I build with aching hands Would silence swallow unmet demands? #Poetry #Poem

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Ahem

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Travelogue My cab driver told me I’m beautiful. TSA kept asking if I emptied my pockets. Ma’am, I’m wearing a dress and tights. I have no pockets. 🤷‍♀️

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Reached out to my MI Republican rep. Will he bite?

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It's one of those days, vacuum died and now the microwave is a doorstop. Could use a job or freelance gig. Marketing communications writing, article or memoir ghostwriting. Any leads?

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Breaking news: Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially throwing the mail provider and trillions of dollars of ecommerce transactions into turmoil.

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Republicans just confirmed January 6 supporter Kash Patel to be FBI Director. Patel is an election denier who has promised “offensive operations” to “come after” journalists and Trump’s political opponents.

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share.newsbreak.com/bme4kx29 How sad. Indiana wants to stop free books for kids. #FUINDIANA

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For Otter, morning was a time to transition into the day. Not starting too abruptly, preferring a little reflection time. Time to contemplate what lay ahead, the joys that came before, and most importantly, this moment she was in. On reflection, she thought mornings were really quite lovely.

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