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Author of Weaver’s Knot: Poems, the novel Eve’s Garden, Sa-co-ni-ge: Poems from the Southern Appalachians, and Bird Talk. Editor of the Jane’s Stories anthologies. Community Historian, Feminist, editor of The Inspiration Shelf.
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While so many are spending time here raving about a certain politician’s corruption and venality, some politicians, like Senator Chris Murphy, are throwing sand in the gears of the Senate by making GOP senators vote on every piece of the BBB, on the record. Let us praise them for doing good.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
While so many are spending time here raving about a certain politician’s corruption and venality, some politicians, like Senator Chris Murphy, are throwing sand in the gears of the Senate by making GOP senators vote on every piece of the BBB, on the record. Let us praise them for doing good.
Gotta say, Cynthia Erivo is one boss woman on and off the stage and set. And she can sing like the sweetest bird.
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Gotta say, Cynthia Erivo is one boss woman on and off the stage and set. And she can sing like the sweetest bird.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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I don’t know whether to smile
or cry about this. Hurray for the stores and volunteers, but they shouldn’t have to, you know?
I don’t know whether to smile
or cry about this. Hurray for the stores and volunteers, but they shouldn’t have to, you know?
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
I don’t know whether to smile
or cry about this. Hurray for the stores and volunteers, but they shouldn’t have to, you know?
I don’t know whether to smile
or cry about this. Hurray for the stores and volunteers, but they shouldn’t have to, you know?
This, added to news about China’s lower CO2 emissions, makes a very cold day in SC a little warmer.
🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This, added to news about China’s lower CO2 emissions, makes a very cold day in SC a little warmer.
I understand being pissed. But blaming all Dems for the betrayal of seven (plus King[I] is not the answer. All but the following (upper right), including Schumer, voted “no.” Hassan, Sheen, and King brokered the deal.
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I understand being pissed. But blaming all Dems for the betrayal of seven (plus King[I] is not the answer. All but the following (upper right), including Schumer, voted “no.” Hassan, Sheen, and King brokered the deal.
Thank heavens for the judges who see through ICE lies. apple.news/ADZJmMZrNT5m...
Judge Blasts ICE’s ‘Fictional’ Attempt to Jail Man for 20 Years Over Goon’s Self-Inflicted Injury — The Daily Beast
A Republican-appointed judge was appalled by the “outrageous” conduct of ICE and the Trump administration.
apple.news
November 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Thank heavens for the judges who see through ICE lies. apple.news/ADZJmMZrNT5m...
Listen up!
ALSO JUST BECAUSE WE DID WELL THIS YEAR DOESN’T MEAN WE STAY HOME NEXT YEAR.
That one’s arguably even more important.
That one’s arguably even more important.
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Listen up!
If Dems learn anything from Mamdani’s victory, I hope it’s this: Be audacious in defense of the people!
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If Dems learn anything from Mamdani’s victory, I hope it’s this: Be audacious in defense of the people!
So true! Yamamoto, Ohtani, Hernandez—and more! Hurray for the Dodgers and so very sorry, Toronto Blue Jays—you played well.
Baseball, like everything else in the US, would be way more boring without any foreign-born people.
November 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
So true! Yamamoto, Ohtani, Hernandez—and more! Hurray for the Dodgers and so very sorry, Toronto Blue Jays—you played well.
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Baseball, like everything else in the US, would be way more boring without any foreign-born people.
November 2, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Baseball, like everything else in the US, would be way more boring without any foreign-born people.
This is an important point.
When you see a smart person thoroughly invested in repeatedly misunderstanding something important, understand that it’s not so much about their capacity to comprehend. Their ignorance is a tool to discipline & control the thoughts and actions YOU are allowed to have.
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This is an important point.
Indeed
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Indeed
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ALLEGORY Poetry Contest (Get poem made into a movie. Every submission gets a poetry video reading.)
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Submit via Submittable: wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/34013...
Accepting any poetry in any genre or length that’s about ALLEGORY in any way.
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Submit via Submittable: wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/34013...
Accepting any poetry in any genre or length that’s about ALLEGORY in any way.
ALLEGORY Poetry Contest (Get poem made into a movie. Every submission gets a poetry video reading.)
Accepting any poetry in any genre or length that’s about ALLEGORY in any way. All poems will be posted on this network. Over 95,000 unique visitors a day. The winning poem will have their poe…
festivalforpoetry.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
ALLEGORY Poetry Contest (Get poem made into a movie. Every submission gets a poetry video reading.)
festivalforpoetry.com/allegory-poe...
Submit via Submittable: wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/34013...
Accepting any poetry in any genre or length that’s about ALLEGORY in any way.
festivalforpoetry.com/allegory-poe...
Submit via Submittable: wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/34013...
Accepting any poetry in any genre or length that’s about ALLEGORY in any way.
Because corporations are paying his way?
Why is Trump's socialism okay while Mamdani's socialism is scaaaary? The answer might not surprise you.
Read about it in today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-nuc...
Read about it in today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-nuc...
October 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Because corporations are paying his way?
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🚨BREAKING: Democrats won a major legal victory Friday as a federal district court permanently enjoined the U.S. Election Assistance Commission from implementing the provision in Donald Trump’s executive order demanding a proof-of-citizenship requirement on the federal voter registration form.
In Big Win for Voters and Democrats, Court Blocks Trump’s Demand for Voter ID on Registration Form
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🚨BREAKING: Democrats won a major legal victory Friday as a federal district court permanently enjoined the U.S. Election Assistance Commission from implementing the provision in Donald Trump’s executive order demanding a proof-of-citizenship requirement on the federal voter registration form.
When the hawks are out, the squirrels beat Olympic records.
October 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
When the hawks are out, the squirrels beat Olympic records.
Happy Halloween from our house to yours!
Alt text:
The front porch is lit with orange lights and pumpkins and a woman waits with a small, fluffy dog on her lap for trick or treaters to come.
Alt text:
The front porch is lit with orange lights and pumpkins and a woman waits with a small, fluffy dog on her lap for trick or treaters to come.
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Happy Halloween from our house to yours!
Alt text:
The front porch is lit with orange lights and pumpkins and a woman waits with a small, fluffy dog on her lap for trick or treaters to come.
Alt text:
The front porch is lit with orange lights and pumpkins and a woman waits with a small, fluffy dog on her lap for trick or treaters to come.
My life as a writer: Write sporadically, then furiously as an idea comes, then frantically as a publisher expresses interest, then I come out of my shell for the launch and readings, then I climb back into my shell and writer sporadically, then. . . .
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My life as a writer: Write sporadically, then furiously as an idea comes, then frantically as a publisher expresses interest, then I come out of my shell for the launch and readings, then I climb back into my shell and writer sporadically, then. . . .
You’ve seen that post from Trump advisor, Mike Davis, telling SNAP recipients to “get off your fat, ghetto asses.” What he and Trump won’t say: Abt 37% of SNAP recipients are white, 26% are Black, 16% are Latino. Most are children, elderly, or people with a disability. Racism grows on lies.
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
You’ve seen that post from Trump advisor, Mike Davis, telling SNAP recipients to “get off your fat, ghetto asses.” What he and Trump won’t say: Abt 37% of SNAP recipients are white, 26% are Black, 16% are Latino. Most are children, elderly, or people with a disability. Racism grows on lies.
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This is great work, America but I know we can do better.
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is great work, America but I know we can do better.
I wrote about what I saw and learned in the civil rights movement that might sustain us today—and one person who is bearing us foreword today.
“We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.”— Ella Baker
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“We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.”— Ella Baker
youtu.be/U6Uus--gFrc
Sweet honey in the rock - Ella's Song
YouTube video by Geepereet
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October 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I wrote about what I saw and learned in the civil rights movement that might sustain us today—and one person who is bearing us foreword today.
“We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.”— Ella Baker
youtu.be/U6Uus--gFrc
“We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.”— Ella Baker
youtu.be/U6Uus--gFrc