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Ozarks nature poet! Waterfalls, kayaks, caves, fossils, shining shells that raccoons leave by the river. I like walking my cat on a leash (!) and scribbling in mudproof notebooks. Author of Follow: Poems and author in Wild Muse: Ozarks Nature Poetry
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On Caturday we don't worry about a little snow. We prowl.

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The #Caturday sunbeam claims two more victims. Resistance is futile

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a few snowflakes drift downstream with me

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this history is drilled in so hard for those of us who grew up a state that fought the Revolutionary War lol it's really not a game!

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A freeze on the hiring and onboarding of thousands of federal firefighters could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain tells @nbcnews.com.

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When the beacon of democracy isn’t us. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

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Math is hard

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Elon Musk is making wild claims that #DOGE has found evidence of massive Social Security fraud.... The reality is that Musk's young engineers don't seem to be able to understand COBOL databases while Musk is misrepresenting the Social Security data www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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Trump is bad for #birds.

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Have a peaceful Caturday evening. Penny will demonstrate how this can be done.

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Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.

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Buckbrush and an old battlefield. Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Missouri

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I painted y’all a Valentine!

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It’s only been three weeks, but already I am exhausted by my own fury. I emailed Kate DiCamillo and asked for help. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...

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www.youtube.com/usgs/live The lava fountains are back! I love them because they're way more powerful than whatever dumpster fire Trumpy-boy can cook up.

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The moment we say it's ok to violate the law to shut down one agency – we say it's ok to violate the law to shut down anything.

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Creeping Forget-Me-Not (Cynoglossum omphaloides). Mary Delany, 1776. Collage and watercolor. © The Trustees of the British Museum. 🌿 #BlueMonday #Gardening #SciArt 🌱

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The @pandemiccenter.bsky.social sends a weekly email with infectious diseases info. They're a valuable resource when the convicted felon Trump regime is actively restricting important public health info to be provided in a timely manner to the public.

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Why live in the world when one can live in the Willows

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C.D.C.’s AtlasPlus, which holds 20 years of surveillance data for H.I.V., tuberculosis, hepatitis B and other diseases, is missing. By Roni Rabin and Apoorva Mandavilli www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/h...

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Mountain lion tracks and trackways on the mine tailing sand dune at Ruby, AZ!🐾🐱 #arizona #wildlife #mountainlion #borderlands

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Got to see Billy Collins last night and they say to never meet your heroes. I’ve found this often to be true, except when it comes to poets, who are, to a person, absolutely wonderful.

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It feels so strange that other planets have multiple moons. Or no moon! I understand the science behind it, but also each planet should get one standard-issue moon.

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A day that became hard to tell up from down, southern Florida.

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There's guns across the river about to pound you There's a lawman on your trail like to surround you Bounty hunters are dancing all around you Billy, they don't like you to be so free. Billy 4 - Bob Dylan youtu.be/BLp-Mp8GfMw?...

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The bells of evening have rung There’s blasphemy on every tongue Let them say that I walked in fair nature’s light And that I was loyal to truth and to right ‘Cross the Green Mountain - Bob Dylan youtu.be/nMzZufZrbKU?...

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Some peaceful energy for the timeline. 🪶 🌿

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Something good happened in Tucson today — rain! The desert & the mountains are grateful, for the brief, fragrant moisture . 🌵🌧️💙

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Aborted takeoffs, sweltering heat, emergency exits and shackled deportees on a wing. Inside the chaotic deportation flight to Brazil: w/ @juhfaddul.bsky.social nyti.ms/4ggT0ZS

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Chilly but lovely. Winter doing its thing 🌿

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Other work of the Ladybird artists Woodblock print ‘Kingfisher’ Artist: Allen Seaby

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Right out of the gate they are detaining U.S. citizens and saying their “papers”are fake. It was always a lie.

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I know this sentiment is well shared, but every once in a while I think about how beautifully powerful and inspiring these paintings are.

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Be fanciful. Be whimsical. Be childlike. Be curious. Lose yourself in daydreams & you will never lose your sense of wonder.

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Today’s view of a side channel of the Yellowstone River from Livingston, Montana.

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