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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.—Langston Hughes #NaturePhotography #Ultrarunning #ButDidYouDie #PNW

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Being in nature. #NaturePhotography #TinyBouquet

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The introvert walks inward, where nothing shouts. A beam of light, a blank page, the hush of wind is enough to feel alive. They live like one listens to a secret, gently and without interrupting the world. #blackandwhitephotography

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"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare." ----audre lorde #NaturePhotography #4LeafClover #AlwaysLucky

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"You write...to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it."

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"If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it." Zora Neale Hurston #StreetArt #Resist

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"If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased.”-Maya Angelou

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And now 52% of Argentina's lives in poverty. Of which 18% live in extreme poverty.

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But we also need literacy! Otherwise, books are mere kindling. #Literacy #KnowledgeIsPower

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"every aspect of the American economy has profited from immigrants." ---JFK

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"You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. ---So use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it." ---Maya Angelou #NaturePhotography

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A dose of calm amid the chaos. If you’re feeling exhausted, anxious or lost, allow yourself a moment to pause and come back to your breathing. Slow and steady. I know it may not help much, but even a small amount of calm can soothe the heart. May your evening be peaceful, my friends. 😊 #calm #peace

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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin Subscribe my youtube channel youtube.com/@literarypea...

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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"When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome." - Wilma Rudolph, Olympic champion sprinter.

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"Without community, there is no liberation." -Audre Lorde

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Researching and so re-reading “Back to Slavery” by Du Bois about the fall of Reconstruction, and, just whew.

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"Dream a little before you think." -Toni Morrison #Nature #Photography

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"No sun outlasts its sunset, but it will rise again and bring the dawn." ---Maya Angelou #Nature #Photography

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Super Bowl Half-time Show Review!

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This cannot be posted enough!

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The sun still rose today. #NaturePhotography #AppalachianTrail #Tennessee

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No matter what, nature continues onward. #NaturePhotography

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