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robindwheeler.bsky.social
Writer in need of a job, traveler, empty nester, Leftist, music-loving Gen X squirrel lady with a lot of tattoos and not a lot of patience. Biding my time in the STL area, IL side. Writings at robind.substack.com. Greg Dulli’s future ex-wife. Wilco rules.
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Representation matters. Padilla was the first senator (of a grand total of 2) to accept @ufw.bsky.social's “Take Our Jobs” initiative to go pick with them for a day. southkernsol.org/2022/06/10/i...

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Here’s the full episode jimacosta.substack.com/p/padilla-de...

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What happened to Senator Padilla is absolutely DISGUSTING. Point blank, period. This shit is out of control. Another elected official disrespected while doing their job. (1/2)

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Brian Wilson helped me become a traveler. Godspeed. open.substack.com/pub/6daysont...

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When preconceived notions go right, and how they can go wrong. open.substack.com/pub/6daysont...

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We lost Anthony Bourdain seven years ago yesterday. What made him important to you? open.substack.com/pub/6daysont...

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We lost Anthony Bourdain seven years ago today. Viva Bourdain! open.substack.com/pub/6daysont...

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Deploying the military on U.S. soil as law enforcement against Americans was on page 555 of Project 2025. So don’t say “I didn’t vote for this,” because you did. This isn’t a response. This was always their plan.

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Let’s eat a bunch of sandwiches in L.A. open.substack.com/pub/6daysont...

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Meeting sinners and ghosts in Mississippi. Oxford, Clarksdale, Parchman, and Jackson featured on 6 Days on the Road: 6daysontheroad.substack.com/p/sinners-an...

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New writing venture debuted this week! 6 Days on the Road are my travel chronicles. Get started with the birth of the world’s dumbest tramp stamp in New Orleans: open.substack.com/pub/6daysont...

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I have a lot of followers I never hear from. Most are probably bots, which is why I don’t post often. But I’m an unemployed writer and need an audience and income. Would y’all read a travel blog by me, geared for the weird ways I travel?

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In rural Mississippi I followed the signs to the site of the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash and I shit you not, a bald eagle flew past me while I was there. FREEBIRD!!!

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Twice today I’ve had opportunities to yell, “Good lookin’ hound dog!” at people in New Orleans who were just trying to walk their dogs in peace.

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Grazing my way through NOLA, pausing for a tramp stamp addition and Wilco show.

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Best name for a bakery in Memphis: Hustle and Dough.

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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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My granny always fed possums, and she named them all Blossom. Did this for years. Took a lot of teasing. But now I’m 52 with a squirrel feeder and my Squirrelfriends Margaret and Betty, and I get that Granny wasn’t nuts—it’s just that this shit is a LOT of fun.

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Every time I delete a huge wall of text in my manuscript I mentally yell, “Kill your babies!” Which I really need to change to “Kill your darlings!” Anyway, I need beta readers. If you’re interested, holler at me. No baby-killing required.

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Never forget that Eric Clapton has always been such an asshole that an entire anti-racist movement was created because of garbage that spewed out of his white mouth in the ‘70s. Today in my unemployment I’m learning about Rock Against Racism.

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Writing about that day in 2012 when @billybragg.bsky.social and I talked about Woody Guthrie for the first time. What a life-changing moment this was. And continues to be. Woody’s road is a long one.

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Happy First Local Asparagus of the Year Day!!

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Got an Astro reading by @felixidocious.bsky.social this Easter while my 21-year-old took it upon themselves to attend their first-ever church service (Unitarian). I do love new traditions.

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During a butt massage I taught a young physical therapist about the Dust Bowl and Woody Guthrie. While I’m used to introducing Woody, it’s wild how many people don’t know about the Dust Bowl. Recent history that directly influenced what’s happening now. But that’s the problem, right?

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We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

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@duckworth.senate.gov @budzinski.house.gov Tell Dick while you’re at it.

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Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

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