Sandra Westgate
@foxtongirl.bsky.social
Substack @souvenirs23
performing arts DGF patron
writer short fiction poetry
#vss365 #blueskyrelay groups
Life is a songbird 🕊
Antipodes 💚 Married 💞
performing arts DGF patron
writer short fiction poetry
#vss365 #blueskyrelay groups
Life is a songbird 🕊
Antipodes 💚 Married 💞
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Sandra Westgate
@foxtongirl.bsky.social
· Mar 29
Reposted by Sandra Westgate
The Trump Administration is legally required to pay every federal worker at the end of any shutdown without exception. The law is not ambiguous, it clearly bars this wanton cruelty and if Trump pursues it he will lose.
Breaking news: The Trump administration is sending messages to federal staff suggesting only those who are working during the government shutdown will be paid when it ends, despite a 2019 law that guarantees pay to furloughed employees, too.
Administration hints furloughed workers may not be paid after shutdown
Agencies are sending messages indicating that workers who are on the job will be paid when the government reopens — with no mention of those on furlough, despite a 2019 law protecting their wages.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Trump Administration is legally required to pay every federal worker at the end of any shutdown without exception. The law is not ambiguous, it clearly bars this wanton cruelty and if Trump pursues it he will lose.
This, per a FB friend...
Emperor Trump?
Emperor Trump?
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This, per a FB friend...
Emperor Trump?
Emperor Trump?
Reposted by Sandra Westgate
Reposted by Sandra Westgate
Three eventualities were planned for, but never spoken of: the rising of the river that floods the moon of mourning; crocus calls through the hill mists in counterpoint; an echo of hollow peasant laughter in hungry silos. Soon the city would forget, but never the soil.
#vss365 - eventuality
#vss365 - eventuality
September 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Three eventualities were planned for, but never spoken of: the rising of the river that floods the moon of mourning; crocus calls through the hill mists in counterpoint; an echo of hollow peasant laughter in hungry silos. Soon the city would forget, but never the soil.
#vss365 - eventuality
#vss365 - eventuality
September 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Reposted by Sandra Westgate
Tree Frog
Come hither, blip
Little green pocket
Bouncing on pips
Hopping caprice, clinging to stem
Your compactness, a gem.
Popped plums for eyes. Licked lollipop red
With clammy verve, gnats fill your purse
Then curl beneath, your favorite leaf
Sticky comma fast asleep
#vss365 #revise
Come hither, blip
Little green pocket
Bouncing on pips
Hopping caprice, clinging to stem
Your compactness, a gem.
Popped plums for eyes. Licked lollipop red
With clammy verve, gnats fill your purse
Then curl beneath, your favorite leaf
Sticky comma fast asleep
#vss365 #revise
September 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
#vss365
Call it an 11th hour turn on a dime
#capricious her middle name
confusion her game
You'd think a mother would know her daughter
she, my literary enigma
well versed in Shakespeare
theatèr trained
drama queen
Hey it's okay, girl
this mother has seen it all
as will you
once you begin real life
Call it an 11th hour turn on a dime
#capricious her middle name
confusion her game
You'd think a mother would know her daughter
she, my literary enigma
well versed in Shakespeare
theatèr trained
drama queen
Hey it's okay, girl
this mother has seen it all
as will you
once you begin real life
September 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
#vss365
Call it an 11th hour turn on a dime
#capricious her middle name
confusion her game
You'd think a mother would know her daughter
she, my literary enigma
well versed in Shakespeare
theatèr trained
drama queen
Hey it's okay, girl
this mother has seen it all
as will you
once you begin real life
Call it an 11th hour turn on a dime
#capricious her middle name
confusion her game
You'd think a mother would know her daughter
she, my literary enigma
well versed in Shakespeare
theatèr trained
drama queen
Hey it's okay, girl
this mother has seen it all
as will you
once you begin real life
September 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Reposted by Sandra Westgate
My niece Gracie Lou has made it all the way to Round 3 of the Shoals City Showdown!!
A fantastic music contest for new artists in the legendary music city.
This is the last online round and voting is open now. if you enjoy what she does let her know!!
www.shoalscityshowdown.org/vote
A fantastic music contest for new artists in the legendary music city.
This is the last online round and voting is open now. if you enjoy what she does let her know!!
www.shoalscityshowdown.org/vote
Vote — Shoals City Showdown
www.shoalscityshowdown.org
September 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My niece Gracie Lou has made it all the way to Round 3 of the Shoals City Showdown!!
A fantastic music contest for new artists in the legendary music city.
This is the last online round and voting is open now. if you enjoy what she does let her know!!
www.shoalscityshowdown.org/vote
A fantastic music contest for new artists in the legendary music city.
This is the last online round and voting is open now. if you enjoy what she does let her know!!
www.shoalscityshowdown.org/vote
Reposted by Sandra Westgate
We can fight back.
And we can win.
And we can win.
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We can fight back.
And we can win.
And we can win.
Reposted by Sandra Westgate
Here is why Jimmy Kimmel will be back on the air tomorrow night! I cannot wait to watch him again!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Pinks #DV1
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Pinks #DV1
BREAKING NEWS!!!
If you haven’t been paying attention to Disney’s stock price since they fired Jimmy Kimmel, then be prepared to be shocked. Millions of fans are dumping their subscriptions and are boycotting the company.
Pls REPOST!
#news #politics #breakingnews
If you haven’t been paying attention to Disney’s stock price since they fired Jimmy Kimmel, then be prepared to be shocked. Millions of fans are dumping their subscriptions and are boycotting the company.
Pls REPOST!
#news #politics #breakingnews
September 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Here is why Jimmy Kimmel will be back on the air tomorrow night! I cannot wait to watch him again!
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Pinks #DV1
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Pinks #DV1
#vss365
The #synthesis of
pure emotionalism
weaved into deep
poetic thoughts
The songwriter
begins his piece
with a rush of orchestral
overture
Stunned into silence
& wooed by lush
lyrical performances
the audience hears songs that speak from his heart
youtu.be/ePrQFaB50w0?...
The #synthesis of
pure emotionalism
weaved into deep
poetic thoughts
The songwriter
begins his piece
with a rush of orchestral
overture
Stunned into silence
& wooed by lush
lyrical performances
the audience hears songs that speak from his heart
youtu.be/ePrQFaB50w0?...
Nether Lands - Dan Fogelberg
YouTube video by merhlin
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#vss365
The #synthesis of
pure emotionalism
weaved into deep
poetic thoughts
The songwriter
begins his piece
with a rush of orchestral
overture
Stunned into silence
& wooed by lush
lyrical performances
the audience hears songs that speak from his heart
youtu.be/ePrQFaB50w0?...
The #synthesis of
pure emotionalism
weaved into deep
poetic thoughts
The songwriter
begins his piece
with a rush of orchestral
overture
Stunned into silence
& wooed by lush
lyrical performances
the audience hears songs that speak from his heart
youtu.be/ePrQFaB50w0?...
September 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
#vss365
Anxiety
talk myself into it easy
can't bounce out of it, though
Modern day triggers
most live on our devices
the rest
live in our heads
Emotional brain #conspires > logical brain
neurons fire excitedly
emotions emerge supreme
So, close down the news
it's all bad
God, are you up there?
Anxiety
talk myself into it easy
can't bounce out of it, though
Modern day triggers
most live on our devices
the rest
live in our heads
Emotional brain #conspires > logical brain
neurons fire excitedly
emotions emerge supreme
So, close down the news
it's all bad
God, are you up there?
September 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#vss365
Anxiety
talk myself into it easy
can't bounce out of it, though
Modern day triggers
most live on our devices
the rest
live in our heads
Emotional brain #conspires > logical brain
neurons fire excitedly
emotions emerge supreme
So, close down the news
it's all bad
God, are you up there?
Anxiety
talk myself into it easy
can't bounce out of it, though
Modern day triggers
most live on our devices
the rest
live in our heads
Emotional brain #conspires > logical brain
neurons fire excitedly
emotions emerge supreme
So, close down the news
it's all bad
God, are you up there?
#vss365
At 17
you took the #reins
no qualms
He guided out
you let him
his land
his territory
Upon return
you gently persuaded
set the pace
reined in his enthusiasm
checked your emotions
left them atop the hills
Horse & rider
is there a more beautiful symmetry
This ride was for Steve ♡
& Alex 🐴
At 17
you took the #reins
no qualms
He guided out
you let him
his land
his territory
Upon return
you gently persuaded
set the pace
reined in his enthusiasm
checked your emotions
left them atop the hills
Horse & rider
is there a more beautiful symmetry
This ride was for Steve ♡
& Alex 🐴
September 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Reposted by Sandra Westgate
You trusted me.
The #vss365 prompt for 15 September is: Rein.
“You gave too much #rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.” (Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles)
#prompt #rein
The #vss365 prompt for 15 September is: Rein.
“You gave too much #rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.” (Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles)
#prompt #rein
September 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Reposted by Sandra Westgate
*80 percent* drop in mail to the US because Trump is taxing every single small package anyone might want to send someone here
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
*80 percent* drop in mail to the US because Trump is taxing every single small package anyone might want to send someone here
Reposted by Sandra Westgate
It's getting harder to shock America, but Trump managed this weekend with a crude, fiery threat to wage war on Chicago
But a massive street protest Saturday, backed by a strong governor, shows Chicago isn't having it
Did Trump pick the wrong fight? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
But a massive street protest Saturday, backed by a strong governor, shows Chicago isn't having it
Did Trump pick the wrong fight? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
Trump wants to make war on Chicago. He picked the wrong fight
President Trump's stunning online threat against America's third-largest city will test the power of the resistance.
www.inquirer.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's getting harder to shock America, but Trump managed this weekend with a crude, fiery threat to wage war on Chicago
But a massive street protest Saturday, backed by a strong governor, shows Chicago isn't having it
Did Trump pick the wrong fight? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
But a massive street protest Saturday, backed by a strong governor, shows Chicago isn't having it
Did Trump pick the wrong fight? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
Kiwis will have to pay more to visit the US | Stuff share.google/bKBBAJ1wSiYS...
It’s going to cost more for Kiwis to visit the US
The cost of the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA) is nearly doubling at the end of September.
share.google
September 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Kiwis will have to pay more to visit the US | Stuff share.google/bKBBAJ1wSiYS...
Reposted by Sandra Westgate
"KELLCEY is a story everyone should read. This narrative about the effects of a brutal sexual attack on a teenage girl is timeless. Rape is not just a horrible, traumatizing experience, it changes a victim’s life forever".
www.amazon.com/Kellcey-Kace...
www.amazon.com/Kellcey-Kace...
February 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"KELLCEY is a story everyone should read. This narrative about the effects of a brutal sexual attack on a teenage girl is timeless. Rape is not just a horrible, traumatizing experience, it changes a victim’s life forever".
www.amazon.com/Kellcey-Kace...
www.amazon.com/Kellcey-Kace...
Reposted by Sandra Westgate
"One is a book about author Kacey Kells' personal triumph over adversity.
The other is a book about womens triumphs through the ages.
Must read books !!"
KELLCEY: www.amazon.com/Kellcey-Kace...
His Story of Women: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BB5QQ987/
The other is a book about womens triumphs through the ages.
Must read books !!"
KELLCEY: www.amazon.com/Kellcey-Kace...
His Story of Women: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BB5QQ987/
June 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"One is a book about author Kacey Kells' personal triumph over adversity.
The other is a book about womens triumphs through the ages.
Must read books !!"
KELLCEY: www.amazon.com/Kellcey-Kace...
His Story of Women: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BB5QQ987/
The other is a book about womens triumphs through the ages.
Must read books !!"
KELLCEY: www.amazon.com/Kellcey-Kace...
His Story of Women: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BB5QQ987/