Kathy Johnson Clarke, OLY
@kjcgym.bsky.social
Retired ABC/ESPN Commentator, Olympic 🤸♀️ Medalist, and eternal optimist hoping for a healthy planet, equality, equity, unity, peace & love.
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I can no longer work beam, much less feel comfortable on one, but that feeling of being centered, grounded, calm, aggressive, firm but fluid and prepared to adjust remains. I can feel its straightforward path and its precarious edges. The apprehension. The serenity. Life is a balance beam.
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May 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Breaking News: The Supreme Court instructed the government to take steps to return a Salvadoran migrant it had wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador.
Supreme Court Sides With Wrongly Deported Migrant
A trial judge had ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, from a notorious prison in El Salvador.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Breaking News: The Supreme Court instructed the government to take steps to return a Salvadoran migrant it had wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador.
I would love to hear your favorite moments, routines, skills, performances, or anything qualitative rather than quantitative, (in other words, not about over scoring) from this #NCAAGym season! Tell me what you LOVED, made you feel good, and/or look forward to at Nationals! Let's get a thread going!
April 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I would love to hear your favorite moments, routines, skills, performances, or anything qualitative rather than quantitative, (in other words, not about over scoring) from this #NCAAGym season! Tell me what you LOVED, made you feel good, and/or look forward to at Nationals! Let's get a thread going!
I can no longer work beam, much less feel comfortable on one, but that feeling of being centered, grounded, calm, aggressive, firm but fluid and prepared to adjust remains. I can feel its straightforward path and its precarious edges. The apprehension. The serenity. Life is a balance beam.
April 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I can no longer work beam, much less feel comfortable on one, but that feeling of being centered, grounded, calm, aggressive, firm but fluid and prepared to adjust remains. I can feel its straightforward path and its precarious edges. The apprehension. The serenity. Life is a balance beam.
Reposted by Kathy Johnson Clarke, OLY
On Being in Community joycevance.substack.com/p/on-being-i...
February 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
On Being in Community joycevance.substack.com/p/on-being-i...
Dear America,
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Dear America,
What a dystopian nightmare. My heart goes out to all the federal agencies and government workers whose public service, lives and their families' lives are being carelessly, recklessly, dangerously, ILLEGALLY dismantled by our "dear leader" and his evil "genius."
February 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
What a dystopian nightmare. My heart goes out to all the federal agencies and government workers whose public service, lives and their families' lives are being carelessly, recklessly, dangerously, ILLEGALLY dismantled by our "dear leader" and his evil "genius."
Rest in pieces, Big Elly 🤣
February 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Rest in pieces, Big Elly 🤣
I treasure the memories and am thankful for all of you out there in the gymternet. I miss seeing Bart each week, but our friendship and colorful conversations continue. I miss our broadcast team, gymnasts, coaches, seeing gymnastics, and all of you. You guys are the best!
Keep calm and beam on!
KJC
Keep calm and beam on!
KJC
Raise your hand if you miss the #NCAAGym broadcast team of Bart Conner and @kjcgym.bsky.social. 🙋♂️
February 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I treasure the memories and am thankful for all of you out there in the gymternet. I miss seeing Bart each week, but our friendship and colorful conversations continue. I miss our broadcast team, gymnasts, coaches, seeing gymnastics, and all of you. You guys are the best!
Keep calm and beam on!
KJC
Keep calm and beam on!
KJC
Reposted by Kathy Johnson Clarke, OLY
Mandatory reading from @hcrichardson.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 24, 2025
“NUTS!”
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January 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Mandatory reading from @hcrichardson.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Let me know what I miss!!
January 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Let me know what I miss!!
Good grief.
The Trump administration, moving quickly to clamp down on health and science agencies, has canceled a string of scientific meetings and instructed federal health officials to refrain from all public communications.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/h...
Trump Administration Temporarily Mutes Federal Health Officials (Gift Article)
Scientific meetings were canceled, and research data on the bird flu outbreak was delayed, amid confusion over the directive.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Good grief.
Thank you, Bishop Mariann Budde, for speaking human decency to power! You have an army of support out here.
“I had a feeling that there were people watching what was happening and wondering, Was anyone going to say anything?” Bishop Mariann Budde explained. “Was anyone going to say anything about the turn the country’s taking?”
So, she took a breath, and spoke.
So, she took a breath, and spoke.
The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Thank you, Bishop Mariann Budde, for speaking human decency to power! You have an army of support out here.
Our sweet babies, Willow and Finneas! ❤️❤️
January 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Our sweet babies, Willow and Finneas! ❤️❤️
Perfectly and prophetically (we hope) juxtaposed to the "I Have a Dream" piece of art is our dear friend, Marc Ross's painting entitled, "The Dreamer Awakes." Keep dreaming, keep believing, keep striving (and voting) for a brighter future for everyone, not just the privileged or fortunate few.
January 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Perfectly and prophetically (we hope) juxtaposed to the "I Have a Dream" piece of art is our dear friend, Marc Ross's painting entitled, "The Dreamer Awakes." Keep dreaming, keep believing, keep striving (and voting) for a brighter future for everyone, not just the privileged or fortunate few.
What did you do yesterday?
We celebrated Martin Luther King Day being productive (this art canvas photo of his "I Have a Dream" speech is displayed above our entryway) taking on an all-day project repositioning/rehanging our living room curtains 😊. It helps me get through hard days.
We celebrated Martin Luther King Day being productive (this art canvas photo of his "I Have a Dream" speech is displayed above our entryway) taking on an all-day project repositioning/rehanging our living room curtains 😊. It helps me get through hard days.
January 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What did you do yesterday?
We celebrated Martin Luther King Day being productive (this art canvas photo of his "I Have a Dream" speech is displayed above our entryway) taking on an all-day project repositioning/rehanging our living room curtains 😊. It helps me get through hard days.
We celebrated Martin Luther King Day being productive (this art canvas photo of his "I Have a Dream" speech is displayed above our entryway) taking on an all-day project repositioning/rehanging our living room curtains 😊. It helps me get through hard days.
Well, what better day to begin "blue-skying" than Martin Luther King Day!
Hello everyone! 👋🥰
Hello everyone! 👋🥰
January 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Well, what better day to begin "blue-skying" than Martin Luther King Day!
Hello everyone! 👋🥰
Hello everyone! 👋🥰