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giele.bsky.social
Proud American citizen, German immigrant, Democrat. Remembering AngeloBCollie, wherever I am.
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I see people standing together against injustice, unafraid of those who are better armed, unafraid of politicians who threaten to call on citizen soldiers to fight their fellow citizens. And that gives me hope. - Leland Dirks There’s something happening here.

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There is no boundary between heaven and earth unless we believe in one. - Leland Dirks And I don’t have to travel far Or wrack my brain for hours To know exactly where you are… There, behind the sunflowers. Remembering #AngeloBCollie. 💛

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And money. Don’t forget money.

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I’m no longer counting weeks as a measure (did someone say it’s been sixty?) Of time since I learned he had entered Heaven (it’s not like I really still miss him). Always missing, Always remembering #AngeloBCollie

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

You’ve got to be kidding. But of course, you’re not. Call your rep.

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She dropped a seed into the hole and covered it. A hundred times…she repeated this… She would sleep well this night, for it was not sunflowers she had planted. It was hope. And it was good. - Leland Dirks

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Sometimes life is like that. People enter our lives when we need them, and they depart when they need to. Whether we’re ready or not for them to leave. - Leland Dirks

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But why do we feel such awe whenever we see a rainbow? …I think that’s what I have to find out…I think I have to understand rainbows. - Leland Dirks

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

And I hope you know joy. ~ Leland Dirks

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

I know that the wilderness gives us space to know ourselves, and God, if we take the time to listen. - Leland Dirks

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

I need not show my teeth to smile; a millimeter of lip can move and be enough, if you’re paying attention, and if you’re not, well, it doesn’t matter then. - Leland Dirks

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Because he loved dad jokes, terrible puns, and Bugs Bunny… What would it be called if Elmer tampered with Bugs’ mail? - A fudderal crime. 😬 Remembering #AngeloBCollie. 💕

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Now, when we walk, I stop to rest, and I see gratitude in his eyes, looking up as he leans into me. The clock is ticking. I know this. Time seems to flow faster now, but all we have ever really had is today, a string of todays. - Leland Dirks

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

He was lonesome. He missed his buddy Angelo. He was going nuts and hadn’t laughed forever. And because I was the cutest dog at the shelter. He was a soft touch. I just walked up to the fence and started licking his hand. He knew he wanted me. - Maggie Dirks

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

The incompetence of this administration is breathtaking. God help us all.

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