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Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am. Food, gardening, family, PNW, Stardew Valley, books, football, puzzles, lifelong pessimist now hoping and working for the best (because the alternative is too awful to imagine).
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Flynn has brought me a very tiny stick and hopes I'll throw it for him. And oops, he's already broken it in half so now it's even tinier.

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What a glorious afternoon. The little apple tree is blossoming and the bees are in their element. #spring #pnw #bloom

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I appreciate when users post an explanation like this.

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Flynn's hanging out watching me cook dinner. He's so casual. #dogsofbluesky #heeler #cattledog #acd

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Yep!

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Such a beautiful afternoon! Flynn was delighted to play outside in the sun and not have to be toweled off afterwards!

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Maybe not the best for my mental health these days but here's what's on the coffee table this week. It's definitely a mood.

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Since we’re all talking about it I want to blow up a real female space pioneer, Mae Jemison, an actual astronaut. She’s a graduate of Stanford and Cornel Medical School, served in the peace corps, started an educational nonprofit, and worked for the CDC researching vaccines. That’s a woman in space

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Put another 85 miles on the #Speed400. I had a great time; the bugs were not as lucky.

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Male house finch at the feeder today must have been eating his Wheaties, showing beautiful red-pink plumage today!

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Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

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A couple of house finches at the feeder for breakfast today. Very pale red forehead and brows on the male; diet dependent, I understand.

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Oregonians showed up yesterday to send the powerful message to Trump that we are speaking up and pushing back. There's a long road ahead, but cracks are starting to form in their attack on America. Huge thanks to everyone who showed up to push the pendulum back to a better America.

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Inaugural ride of my new Speed 400. 115 miles in the saddle today, all of them with a grin on my face. Flickable little devil! #motosky #triumph #speed400

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#Wordle 1,386 3/6* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Acceptable.

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#Wordle 1,385 5/6* ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 *shakes fist*

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#Wordle 1,384 4/6* ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ratfarts! 😠

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I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

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A young pine siskin with flashy stripes just showed up at the feeder. As if that wasn't enough lovely plumage, a female Northern flicker then arrived to stare in at me, dissatisfied with the lack of suet. "Do better," she said, and flew off.

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During a sunny break in the rain this morning I watched an American Robin doing battle with a stout earthworm. The worm gave it a valiant effort but in the end, gulp gulp gulp and down the robin's gullet he went.

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#Wordle 1,383 3/6* 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Dang it.

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Top Gun, of course, and my husband really liked Tombstone, but my favorite will always be Top Secret!

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The Speed 400 has officially joined our stable. Good weather expected this weekend and I've got a full tank of gas. Time to ride! #triumph #motosky #motorcycle

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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

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Just got off work and damned if he isn't still going.

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I mean, it's got to be performance art at this point. Nobody is that immune to cognitive dissonance. Right? Sigh.

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Cory Booker is going strong this morning.

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