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Late Bloomer Jim
@latebloomerjim.bsky.social
Late bloomer artist. #RettSyndrome dad. Retired healthcare consultant.
Will work for sushi.
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#blueskyartshow #evening

My painting inspired by Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man”.

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
With one hand waving free
Silhouetted by the sea
Circled by the circus sands
With all memory and fate
Driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Here’s my contribution to the #Blueskyartshow with today’s theme of #angles. It’s my “Trabuco General Store”, 16” x 12”, oil on canvas.
September 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
For #blueskyartshow with theme of #alternating, here’s my “Tropical Wood”, oil on canvas, 16” x 20”.
July 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." 

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
June 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
@blueskyartshow.bsky.social . I don’t know if this painting of mine qualifies for today’s #Narrow theme, but that bridge could be wider.
June 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Since it is Juneteenth, I will share a lil something...

My ancestors were slaves in Texas & were freed on June 19, 1865. They came together to meet with other ex-slaves & formed the Limestone County 19th of June Organization. They bought 30 acres of land on Lake Mexia.
June 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
For #blueskyartshow , some #joy !
June 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Hegseth is now threatening to send the Marines to LA to suppress protesters against ICE’s brutal assault on immigrant garment workers.

Just process that: Sending in the *military* to crack down on protesters.

We’re now at severe risk of martial law. That’s what they’ve wanted all along.
June 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Trump threatens to take away Elon’s government contracts
June 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
For #BlueSkyArtShow with theme of #underneath : my *Trail By Dove Canyon*, 11” x 14” oil on linen board.
June 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
For #BlueSkyArtShow with theme of #lightandshadow : my *Trabuco General Store*, 16” x 12” oil on linen board.
May 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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We are all confused about IHSS overtime proposal. Is it 40 hrs. per week + a max of 50 hours overtime/travel as written OR 50 total hours per week only being allowed includ. reg. hrs, overtime/travel which would be a devastating income drop to in home/parent providers? @jasonsisney.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
For the #blueskyartshow with the theme of #texture , here’s a recent painting of mine, *Turn of Autumn*, currently part of the art exhibition at the City of Hope in Irvine, CA. #cityofhope
May 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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May 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution?

How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?

20 minutes at the most
May 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Every generation has its defining test. This is ours. Don’t burn out – pace yourself, live your life, and keep pushing. We’re the torchbearers now.

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Keep Your Head Up – The Fight for America Isn’t Over-It's ON
Remembering the Generations Who Fought Before Us – and Why We Can’t Be the One to Let This Experiment Fail
adamkinzinger.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Is the Conclave rigged if orange smoke doesn’t come out of that chimney?
May 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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I grew up believing that we had learned the lessons of the German poem and Martin Luther King Jr's speeches. We would all speak out if we saw democracy threatened and the rule of law under attack.

I will always speak out against wrong. I will always stand up for democracy. I will not back down.
May 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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You forgot his most central quality: Trump is a psychopath.

Saw this on the Norwegian subreddit:
May 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Let us be the sunlight that destroys the mold upon our nation.
May 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
For #blueskyartshow, #green, my original oil painting of Lake Baum, California, 14” x 11” oil on linen board.
May 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
For #blueskyartshow, my original oil painting of my grandparent’s home in County Leitrim, Ireland. A lot of #green there.
May 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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AOC: We heard that we should take your word that Medicaid will be protected — that we should trust you that no one is going to be affected by this. But as a woman, the word was given that my rights would not be taken away by the Supreme Court — and that wasn’t true.
April 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM