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Living in the heartland of the USA. My posts share a moment in my rural American life, insights from my R.N & MPH public health careers and thoughts on what we're all dealing with!
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They wont Stop. . . Until we make them!

Lest we forget. I visited the Wall. Classmate Ron Clark 🇺🇸

A message from the Ukraine Library Association concerning the cancellation of their forthcoming conference. it basically says "We will reschedule just as soon as we have finished vanquishing our invaders". Ukrainian Librarians we are with you. G. Vermie, Iowa Library Association.

I'm not in her district but I've been a fan since she beat Republican Jake Chapman whose big "accomplishment" was bringing us year round 24-7 neighborhood fireworks and famously said teachers have a "sinister" agenda. She will work hard to win this IA-03 congressional seat. Super excited! #iowa

Neverrrrrrrrrrr

Sunset from a central Iowa farm. Photos from the farm calm & inspire me.

Do not try to reason with idiots. Just walk- no run away. You can’t save them. They will drag you down & try to make you doubt yourself.

This www.instagram.com/share/_-K7tZ...

International Women’s Day 2025 - We’re everywhere, we do everything, we keep going. ❤️‍🔥

#Trump First, Trump defunded the University of Iowa’s celebrated International Writing Program. Today he withdrew funding for graduate school scholars at Iowa State University. This forced the school to rescind admissions. Why does Trump hate the educated? www.kcrg.com/2025/03/07/i...

The bravest man in the world was bullied yesterday while in the USA White House. Regardless, his legend will stand.

Iowa Senators that voted to remove Trans & Gender nonconforming people from the Civil Rights Act: Contact: 515.281.3371

Do you know the meaning of “ fourteen words”? This is a short but insightful article :( www.adl.org/resources/ha...?

Glad he’s not near my public library. Freak!

Iowa Immunizes is celebrating 5 years as a coalition.The vision is a future where vaccine preventable diseases are a thing of the past. Thank you Dr. Ratner and yay for “nothing happening”!

On INSTAGRAM today:

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

A little more analysis following today’s Slate piece. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Seconding this! Let Davis Read (letdavisread.org) wouldn’t exist without @everylibrary.bsky.social and @pbromberg.bsky.social. The fight against book bans in Davis County, Utah isn’t over yet, but it really helps knowing there are organizations and people willing to share their expertise.

It was an enchanting October night with stars, planets & the Aurora above the barn. (iPhone camera no enhancements)

Hello! Another day on a farm in central IA. Thinking how best to rekindle grassroots advocacy & connect with like-thinkers.