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Barbara Karp
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graphic design | pasta | chocolate | forest bathing
Wonders in the #MaineWoods.
#LadySlippers in bloom. Nature’s tranquilizers.
May 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Augusta, Maine!
More than 3,000 #handsoff protesters
April 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“Instead, we ought to consider the present moment not so much a reaction to discredited elites, but as an act of self-mutilation committed by a bored, decadent society.” Johnathan V. Last, The Bulwark
@jvl.bsky.social

Totally agree.
January 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Early morning Maine zen.
January 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
There is nothing more intoxicating than the scent of a gardenia. So welcomed, especially on a cold winter’s day.

#gardenia #mainewinter
January 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Prior to 2019, I have had the privilege of watching many Monarchs cycle through their four stages of life in my gardens. Since then, their visits have been sparse.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Monarch butterflies to be added to threatened species list in the US
US Fish and Wildlife Service extends protections to ‘iconic’ insects, who experts say may not survive climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:24 PM
“A member of the conservative People’s Party, Yoon was elected to a five-year presidential term in 2022 after a misogynistic campaign fueled by young men who saw equal rights for women…taking away their own rights and opportunities.”

Sound familiar?

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 3, 2024
For an astonishing six hours today, South Korea underwent an attempted self-coup by its unpopular president, Yoon Suk Yeol, only to see the South Korean people force him to back down as they reasserte...
open.substack.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:10 PM
There are close to 700 special education teachers in ME that are supported by Title 1 funding. That doesn't include ed techs. I know from personal experience how hard they work. If the Dept of Ed is abolished, this will happen across the country: they lose their jobs or our local taxes will go up.
December 2, 2024 at 4:07 PM
A Black Manhattan at #ingoodcompanymaine
#rocklandmainstreet
#midcoastmaine
A pre holiday celebration. Happy turkey day!
November 27, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Restless night. Thinking about injustice. Will I die before sanity returns to America? Doubtful. I find this photo calming. Taken off the bow of the #SchoonerLadona. #Maine
November 26, 2024 at 11:35 AM
There’s going to be a lot of unhappy magats when the great deportation project doesn’t happen…

www.npr.org/2024/11/23/g...

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Trump's deportation vow alarms Texas construction industry
Texas builders warn mass deportations of undocumented migrants could devastate the construction industry, threatening housing and infrastructure work in one of the nation's fastest-growing states.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Forest bathing and all things nature. Maybe an occasional word of thought here and there. Don't expect much else.
#Maine #FullMoon #ShinrinYoku
November 18, 2024 at 2:36 PM