Sally Wilkins
@berriesandbooks.bsky.social
Catholic. Writer, teacher, Nana.
Kidlit folks - a special opportunity this fall: highlightsfoundation.secure.retreat.guru/program/kind...
Limited space available, should be a wonderful, creative and nurturing time. #kidlit
Limited space available, should be a wonderful, creative and nurturing time. #kidlit
July 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Kidlit folks - a special opportunity this fall: highlightsfoundation.secure.retreat.guru/program/kind...
Limited space available, should be a wonderful, creative and nurturing time. #kidlit
Limited space available, should be a wonderful, creative and nurturing time. #kidlit
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It is time - past time - for people of good will to stand up. Especially if they claim to be Christians.
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(Bishop Evelio Menjivar is an auxiliary bishop in DC. He grew up in El Salvador. Here he invokes the memory of St. Óscar Romero.)
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(Bishop Evelio Menjivar is an auxiliary bishop in DC. He grew up in El Salvador. Here he invokes the memory of St. Óscar Romero.)
This Ordeal is the Passion - Catholic Standard
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April 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It is time - past time - for people of good will to stand up. Especially if they claim to be Christians.
www.cathstan.org/voices/this-...
(Bishop Evelio Menjivar is an auxiliary bishop in DC. He grew up in El Salvador. Here he invokes the memory of St. Óscar Romero.)
www.cathstan.org/voices/this-...
(Bishop Evelio Menjivar is an auxiliary bishop in DC. He grew up in El Salvador. Here he invokes the memory of St. Óscar Romero.)
Beautifully expressed lament. wherepeteris.com/when-the-sca...
When the Scales Fell from Our Conservative Catholic Eyes
There’s something that many right-wing Catholics—especially those who fiercely oppose Pope Francis—don’t seem to understand about people like me: we were once part of their world. We admired the same ...
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March 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Beautifully expressed lament. wherepeteris.com/when-the-sca...
I'm seeing a definite uptick in anti-catholic rhetoric in my social media feeds. This isn't surprising. American White Nationalism has always been anti-catholic. But I suspect it may come as a shock to some of my confreres when they discover the leopard they got in bed with is eating their faces.
March 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I'm seeing a definite uptick in anti-catholic rhetoric in my social media feeds. This isn't surprising. American White Nationalism has always been anti-catholic. But I suspect it may come as a shock to some of my confreres when they discover the leopard they got in bed with is eating their faces.
When you are intent on dismantling the Constitution, you might as well start with the First Amendment.
NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Comments About Trump
The broadcaster placed a longtime journalist on leave amid growing concerns about its editorial independence.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
When you are intent on dismantling the Constitution, you might as well start with the First Amendment.
A glimmer of hope
“European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said: ‘Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.’”
‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
France, Germany and Poland all make prompt declarations of support as Europe fears Trump’s alignment with Putin.
www.politico.eu
March 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A glimmer of hope
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If only there was a vaccine that could somehow protect you from both!
Rubella case in Texas: www.tpr.org/education/20...
San Antonio-area charter school now says they have a case of rubella, not measles
Officials at Legacy Traditional School – Cibolo said Thursday they had confirmed a measles case in a first-grade classroom. They later said the case was actually rubella.
www.tpr.org
March 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
If only there was a vaccine that could somehow protect you from both!
We are being sold to the Ruskis.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
It is important that people understand and accept as fact that our government is compromised. I don't mean compromised in some cloak-and-dagger sense, I simply mean that this government no longer accepts core democratic principles and is angling toward an autocracy that's part of a New Axis of Evil.
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
We are being sold to the Ruskis.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
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“I am ashamed for my nation; even if Congress acts to support and aid Ukraine, it cannot restore the American honor lost today.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social captures this shameful episode and treatment of an ally.
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social captures this shameful episode and treatment of an ally.
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It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“I am ashamed for my nation; even if Congress acts to support and aid Ukraine, it cannot restore the American honor lost today.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social captures this shameful episode and treatment of an ally.
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
@radiofreetom.bsky.social captures this shameful episode and treatment of an ally.
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
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Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times.
“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
February 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times.
“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
“In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”
I needed to file a report with the USDA by 31 January. I have not received an email to any of my emails. Have they all been dismissed and locked out of their emails? IDK. Am I out-of-compliance because I haven't been able to file the report? IDK.
More on next rock
More on next rock
February 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I needed to file a report with the USDA by 31 January. I have not received an email to any of my emails. Have they all been dismissed and locked out of their emails? IDK. Am I out-of-compliance because I haven't been able to file the report? IDK.
More on next rock
More on next rock
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REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!
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Just looking at the events of *this one day* compels the conclusion that the United States Government is being run by morons, psychos, invertebrates, and crooks.
February 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Just looking at the events of *this one day* compels the conclusion that the United States Government is being run by morons, psychos, invertebrates, and crooks.
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Emergency Video: Where are the Dems and what is the message?! Oppose this agenda now! Come back from vacation!
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Emergency Video (Extreme Emergency) Jan 2025
WHERE IS DEMOCRATIC MESSAGING AND FIGHT?!
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January 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Emergency Video: Where are the Dems and what is the message?! Oppose this agenda now! Come back from vacation!
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The cross is to carry.
To lift high.
To die to self upon.
To contemplate.
To help each other bear.
To place between yourself and the powers of evil.
To embrace, spurning to shame.
It's not a star for your sneetch belly.
It's blasphemy to wear it to justify your cruelty.
To lift high.
To die to self upon.
To contemplate.
To help each other bear.
To place between yourself and the powers of evil.
To embrace, spurning to shame.
It's not a star for your sneetch belly.
It's blasphemy to wear it to justify your cruelty.
I turned on the WH press briefing just long enough to the see the new press secretary wearing a huge cross hanging around her neck.
I wept.
I wept.
January 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The cross is to carry.
To lift high.
To die to self upon.
To contemplate.
To help each other bear.
To place between yourself and the powers of evil.
To embrace, spurning to shame.
It's not a star for your sneetch belly.
It's blasphemy to wear it to justify your cruelty.
To lift high.
To die to self upon.
To contemplate.
To help each other bear.
To place between yourself and the powers of evil.
To embrace, spurning to shame.
It's not a star for your sneetch belly.
It's blasphemy to wear it to justify your cruelty.
So - in my church the Episcopal bishop is not, canonically, a bishop. But I can nevertheless thank her for her prophetical statement "of Truth to Power."
January 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
So - in my church the Episcopal bishop is not, canonically, a bishop. But I can nevertheless thank her for her prophetical statement "of Truth to Power."
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"Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true (1957)." #MLK
January 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true (1957)." #MLK
I walked into the woods on a stunningly beautiful morning fresh snow, bright blue sky. Little bit of bird song. I really didn't want to walk out again. Trying not to be terrified.
January 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I walked into the woods on a stunningly beautiful morning fresh snow, bright blue sky. Little bit of bird song. I really didn't want to walk out again. Trying not to be terrified.
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Middle Grade books are full of overlooked treasures because people consider them "for kids". Middle Grade books are for EVERYONE! 💙📚
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જ⁀➴ What bookish opinion will you go to your grave defending?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
જ⁀➴ What bookish opinion will you go to your grave defending?
#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
November 23, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Middle Grade books are full of overlooked treasures because people consider them "for kids". Middle Grade books are for EVERYONE! 💙📚