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Poet, memoirist, translator, and traveler...author of multiple books, including my latest: Museum of Objects Burned by the Souls in Purgatory (Alice James Books) https://www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/museum-of-objects-burned-by-souls-in-purgatory?srslt
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The perfect Easter Caturday photo doesn’t exi—

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The birds in my yard today:

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Roses are red. Turn off that damn leaf blower!

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4 different ospreys today. They clearly have arrived for the summer. #birds

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Roses are red. Park your boat in this marina.

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Eastern phoebe and great egrets arrived on Back Cove today. And the buffleheads and mergansers are still hanging around. #birds

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Market update:

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Inside of you are two wolves

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I think they should go full British and burn down the White House, but that's just me.

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Dude’s so rich he bought himself an exemption from self-awareness.

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Me: you can never be _too_ comfortable. My cat: hold my beer.

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i.e. since the last time he was President…

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Ladies, have you destroyed yourselves with unyielding persistence and intensity yet? No? What are you waiting for?

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I guess LePen is not mightier than LeSword. Good night. Tip your servers.

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"Maybe they'll rename it after him, and we can finally be free" -- Dunning and Kruger

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Roses are red. In Spring, the trees are re-borning.

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Me in the national security group chat:

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Anyplace with magnificent frigate birds is acceptable in my book.

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La finale

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Current mood

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Current mood

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My dead? Grateful.

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Purple was crap today.

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Heading back to Costa Rica because somebody has to…

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The one thing that the legitimately smart I know talk about is how little they know. Experts understand that the world of knowledge is vast and complicated and there are always people out there who know things you don’t.

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“Like how can you be a remotely competent historian without insisting upon a Great Man interpretation that actual historians rejected ages ago?”

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My nationality is now anti-American.

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My governor is cooler than yours. #whatlifeislikeinMaine #2

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My governor is cooler than yours. #whatlifeiikeinMaine

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Me, currently.

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Yesterday’s barred owl

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Current mood.

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Post yourself as a drink:

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