Susan Branch
@dearsusanbranch.bsky.social
Happy gene, NY Times bestselling author, watercolor artist, love Joe, girlfriends, cooking, my central coast garden, riding train & QM2 to England❤️ Heart of the Home. www.susanbranch.com
Transferred b’days to new calendar, took down Xmas tree, played w/new faux fireplace mantle, walked outside in the GREEN, and today? I’m being interviewed by Santa Barbara Blue Dot Living Magazine! Best part, it’s interviewer’s FIRST interview, he is 15, and his mom is driving him up here! Cutest!🌟
January 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Transferred b’days to new calendar, took down Xmas tree, played w/new faux fireplace mantle, walked outside in the GREEN, and today? I’m being interviewed by Santa Barbara Blue Dot Living Magazine! Best part, it’s interviewer’s FIRST interview, he is 15, and his mom is driving him up here! Cutest!🌟
The President told the oil companies about the Venezuelan invasion (but not Congress, representatives of all of us, our country.)“They were all in,” said Trump. 😭
January 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The President told the oil companies about the Venezuelan invasion (but not Congress, representatives of all of us, our country.)“They were all in,” said Trump. 😭
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My main takeaway from the Jack Smith testimony: we should push our presidential candidate to make him Attorney General in 2029.
January 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
My main takeaway from the Jack Smith testimony: we should push our presidential candidate to make him Attorney General in 2029.
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Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
Interesting take on getting rid of Citizens United. 👏
Friends — Here's one "big idea" for how we can start to fix the system in 2026. Let me know your thoughts.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
December 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Interesting take on getting rid of Citizens United. 👏
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Those observing Christmas are celebrating a family of asylum seekers. If there is indeed a "War on Christmas," it's being waged by those trying to make our country less safe for the poor, for the marginalized, and for refugees.
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Those observing Christmas are celebrating a family of asylum seekers. If there is indeed a "War on Christmas," it's being waged by those trying to make our country less safe for the poor, for the marginalized, and for refugees.
Merry Christmas Eve… God bless us one and all.💝💝💝💝💝💝💝
December 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Merry Christmas Eve… God bless us one and all.💝💝💝💝💝💝💝
While everyone else is playing in the snow, living in a Christmas card, here on Central Coast of California we’re walking the beach and going to farmers market! Still merry and bright! Bloom where you’re planted!! (Beauty contest, gorgeous Protea flowers!!! and BLUE eyes!💖)
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
While everyone else is playing in the snow, living in a Christmas card, here on Central Coast of California we’re walking the beach and going to farmers market! Still merry and bright! Bloom where you’re planted!! (Beauty contest, gorgeous Protea flowers!!! and BLUE eyes!💖)
So much if what he was will go on bringing light forever. #RobReiner
“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
So much if what he was will go on bringing light forever. #RobReiner
Okay, my new “fireplace” is in. Doesn’t even need actual fire 🔥 to warm up the room. It’s permanent now, on a large mirrored wall on the other side of our dining table!!! I am in mad wob! With it, and with guy who made it! I laugh every time I look over there!! Transformed!🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Okay, my new “fireplace” is in. Doesn’t even need actual fire 🔥 to warm up the room. It’s permanent now, on a large mirrored wall on the other side of our dining table!!! I am in mad wob! With it, and with guy who made it! I laugh every time I look over there!! Transformed!🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
We don’t really NEED a fireplace, not here in our part of CA, but EVERYONE needs a mantle!💖 So Joe is building me one. 💫Making me a little Christmas nook. And for year-round decor in the dining room! I’ll send more pics soon!
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We don’t really NEED a fireplace, not here in our part of CA, but EVERYONE needs a mantle!💖 So Joe is building me one. 💫Making me a little Christmas nook. And for year-round decor in the dining room! I’ll send more pics soon!
Listen!
We are so blessed in America to have free elections; if we all pay attention, & educate ourselves, we have the power to FIX this.
We are so blessed in America to have free elections; if we all pay attention, & educate ourselves, we have the power to FIX this.
OUR SOCIETY IS RUN BY INSANE PEOPLE FOR INSANE OBJECTIVES
I think they're all insane, you know, but I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that, you know? That's what's insane about it. I mean, don't you agree? #powertothepeople
I think they're all insane, you know, but I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that, you know? That's what's insane about it. I mean, don't you agree? #powertothepeople
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Listen!
We are so blessed in America to have free elections; if we all pay attention, & educate ourselves, we have the power to FIX this.
We are so blessed in America to have free elections; if we all pay attention, & educate ourselves, we have the power to FIX this.
Everyday is #Caturday❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Everyday is #Caturday❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
We are LOVING PBS, The American Revolution, another genius Ken Burns production.🎇 Are you watching?👏👏We thought we knew it all, but we were wrong! So good!!🇺🇸No wonder the rest of the world waits on pins and needles to see if our story will continue! 🇺🇸
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We are LOVING PBS, The American Revolution, another genius Ken Burns production.🎇 Are you watching?👏👏We thought we knew it all, but we were wrong! So good!!🇺🇸No wonder the rest of the world waits on pins and needles to see if our story will continue! 🇺🇸
Driving an hour south yesterday on California 101… stunningly pretty!
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Driving an hour south yesterday on California 101… stunningly pretty!
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Look what came in!! My new dish towel! So happy with it, luv-lee color, fabric, good size, red stripes on both sides, absorbent, and festive!😆 Read more at susanbranch.com and click on shopping. ❌⭕️
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Look what came in!! My new dish towel! So happy with it, luv-lee color, fabric, good size, red stripes on both sides, absorbent, and festive!😆 Read more at susanbranch.com and click on shopping. ❌⭕️
How come monsters don’t eat ghosts???
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Because they taste like sheet. 😝 😅🤣
🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
Because they taste like sheet. 😝 😅🤣
October 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
How come monsters don’t eat ghosts???
🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
Because they taste like sheet. 😝 😅🤣
🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
Because they taste like sheet. 😝 😅🤣
I love him so much… he stood guard over Halloween in our neighborhood from our front 2nd story bedroom window for at least 15 years! 👻 #Casper #Halloween #Tradition
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I love him so much… he stood guard over Halloween in our neighborhood from our front 2nd story bedroom window for at least 15 years! 👻 #Casper #Halloween #Tradition
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My art project is ready !
One sign for me and one sign for honey 🐸🫶🐸
One sign for me and one sign for honey 🐸🫶🐸
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My art project is ready !
One sign for me and one sign for honey 🐸🫶🐸
One sign for me and one sign for honey 🐸🫶🐸
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It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
Waaaaaah! 😪 Way too soon! We should have a Diane Keaton party and everyone come dressed like Diane Keaton, and celebrate her life and all our memories she was part of. Very sad to see her gone.😔
October 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Waaaaaah! 😪 Way too soon! We should have a Diane Keaton party and everyone come dressed like Diane Keaton, and celebrate her life and all our memories she was part of. Very sad to see her gone.😔
I’ve been watching this butterfly chrysalis hanging from my birdbath… yesterday it was EMPTY!😱 I’m new at this so I thought something got it. But no, just below it, supping on yarrow, there it was!💃🏻 We grow butterflies in our butterfly #garden You’re welcome earth, it’s the least we can do. 💞💞💞
October 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I’ve been watching this butterfly chrysalis hanging from my birdbath… yesterday it was EMPTY!😱 I’m new at this so I thought something got it. But no, just below it, supping on yarrow, there it was!💃🏻 We grow butterflies in our butterfly #garden You’re welcome earth, it’s the least we can do. 💞💞💞
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