MariBean
@maribean.bsky.social
Human being, maybe. Caretaker of demented dad, who has dementia. Owned by 2 dogs and an old house.
If you only follow women and don't post, don't follow me, I will block you.
If you only follow women and don't post, don't follow me, I will block you.
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MariBean
@maribean.bsky.social
· Jan 14
Life in Dad Land - tales of dementia from the inside
Dad is in his 80s, has a non-Alzheimer's dementia, and is otherwise healthy. He's been living with me since early 2020.
Various tales include whatever his current obsession is, such as A Door Into Summer, No Spiders!, and Why Can't I?
Dad is in his 80s, has a non-Alzheimer's dementia, and is otherwise healthy. He's been living with me since early 2020.
Various tales include whatever his current obsession is, such as A Door Into Summer, No Spiders!, and Why Can't I?
A beautiful, calm scene - take a moment to reset and breathe.
January 25, 2026 at 9:49 PM
A beautiful, calm scene - take a moment to reset and breathe.
Or any blackflies
January 25, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Or any blackflies
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"If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit." — Banksy
I need to rest
you get some too💙
I need to rest
you get some too💙
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 PM
"If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit." — Banksy
I need to rest
you get some too💙
I need to rest
you get some too💙
Spent 20 minutes donning warm layers, 30 minutes shoveling, and 10 minutes removing some of the many layers.
Wanted a nap. Did dishes instead. Feel better, warmer.
5+ inches so far. 16 deg. F with a light wind. Damned snowplows covered the sidewalks and drive aprons with old ice and new snow.
Wanted a nap. Did dishes instead. Feel better, warmer.
5+ inches so far. 16 deg. F with a light wind. Damned snowplows covered the sidewalks and drive aprons with old ice and new snow.
January 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Spent 20 minutes donning warm layers, 30 minutes shoveling, and 10 minutes removing some of the many layers.
Wanted a nap. Did dishes instead. Feel better, warmer.
5+ inches so far. 16 deg. F with a light wind. Damned snowplows covered the sidewalks and drive aprons with old ice and new snow.
Wanted a nap. Did dishes instead. Feel better, warmer.
5+ inches so far. 16 deg. F with a light wind. Damned snowplows covered the sidewalks and drive aprons with old ice and new snow.
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dreams spiral
pain stretches horizontal
hope rises vertical
love curves spherical
yet truth
slips through
shapeless and
most often
unrecognised
#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social
pain stretches horizontal
hope rises vertical
love curves spherical
yet truth
slips through
shapeless and
most often
unrecognised
#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 7:41 PM
dreams spiral
pain stretches horizontal
hope rises vertical
love curves spherical
yet truth
slips through
shapeless and
most often
unrecognised
#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social
pain stretches horizontal
hope rises vertical
love curves spherical
yet truth
slips through
shapeless and
most often
unrecognised
#Photography Albert Ibars
@albert-ibars.bsky.social
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I'm British and lived in mixed communities in London as an adult - I thought I had a fair understanding of race issues. After the George Floyd killing in May 2020 I listened to this episode of the Daily Tech News Show, given over to Black voices speaking of their experiences in America. I cried.
Time to Listen – DTNS
We’re taking a day off to hear from black contributors to DTNS and its wider circle. MP3 Download Using a Screen Reader? Click here Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Subscribe through Apple Podcasts. A …
dailytechnewsshow.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I'm British and lived in mixed communities in London as an adult - I thought I had a fair understanding of race issues. After the George Floyd killing in May 2020 I listened to this episode of the Daily Tech News Show, given over to Black voices speaking of their experiences in America. I cried.
Doesn't matter what your art is, do it. Don't worry about those who don't like it - do it for yourself.
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Doesn't matter what your art is, do it. Don't worry about those who don't like it - do it for yourself.
Hard to tell from the still.
January 25, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Hard to tell from the still.
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Here's the extortion letter:
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Here's the extortion letter:
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Witness the World - and its beauty.
I like that thought, that I am (and anyone can be) a witness to the beauty and may receive what the world has to offer.
I like that thought, that I am (and anyone can be) a witness to the beauty and may receive what the world has to offer.
Inhabitant and Witness
oil on paper
18 x 18
It is my belief that the World…wishes an Inhabitant for Itself to be a witness to its Beauty and the recipient of its Mercies. - Susanna Clarke
Get the art: www.lolajovan.com/store/p532/i...
#art #oilpainting #landscape #abstraction
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oil on paper
18 x 18
It is my belief that the World…wishes an Inhabitant for Itself to be a witness to its Beauty and the recipient of its Mercies. - Susanna Clarke
Get the art: www.lolajovan.com/store/p532/i...
#art #oilpainting #landscape #abstraction
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![An abstract landscape in oils.
The quote continues:
“If I leave, then the [world] will have no Inhabitant and how will I bear the thought of it Empty?”
Does beauty exist if no one is there to see it? Is our job, as humans with all the senses and ability to appreciate beauty, to be witness to the beauty of the world?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w4v5whnjt4tvunl7rwxhaqhw/bafkreidwppmkzqskqgw43yba6edqcuiplitjyhtuojo5exbqjy6hfgivda@jpeg)
January 25, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Witness the World - and its beauty.
I like that thought, that I am (and anyone can be) a witness to the beauty and may receive what the world has to offer.
I like that thought, that I am (and anyone can be) a witness to the beauty and may receive what the world has to offer.
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raindrops...
a river merges
with the sea
while the ocean
contemplates
a humble beginning
I think of you
and all the places
I’ve been to
and I realise
life is a long process
of becoming
yet wherever I go
it always starts
with you
#Photography Mao and the Sparrows
@maoandthesparrows.bsky.social
a river merges
with the sea
while the ocean
contemplates
a humble beginning
I think of you
and all the places
I’ve been to
and I realise
life is a long process
of becoming
yet wherever I go
it always starts
with you
#Photography Mao and the Sparrows
@maoandthesparrows.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 5:03 PM
raindrops...
a river merges
with the sea
while the ocean
contemplates
a humble beginning
I think of you
and all the places
I’ve been to
and I realise
life is a long process
of becoming
yet wherever I go
it always starts
with you
#Photography Mao and the Sparrows
@maoandthesparrows.bsky.social
a river merges
with the sea
while the ocean
contemplates
a humble beginning
I think of you
and all the places
I’ve been to
and I realise
life is a long process
of becoming
yet wherever I go
it always starts
with you
#Photography Mao and the Sparrows
@maoandthesparrows.bsky.social
Cold, cold and more cold, plus snow.
And then, more snow and cold!
And then, more snow and cold!
January 25, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Cold, cold and more cold, plus snow.
And then, more snow and cold!
And then, more snow and cold!
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January 25, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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And Bondi says, “This can all end if you hand over your voter files.” www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-ic...
Pam Bondi offers to pull ICE out of Minneapolis if voter files handed over
Attorney General Pam Bondi said that ICE could be pulled out of Minneapolis if three demands are met, in a letter to Governor Tim Walz.
www.newsweek.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:10 PM
And Bondi says, “This can all end if you hand over your voter files.” www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-ic...
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Wise Advice.
I ask one thing: do not confuse the intensity of your emotions...the ones we are all having right now...as being an accurate indication of what the best response to this would be. There are many times when those two...have little...to no connection in reality. I believe this is one of those times.
January 24, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Wise Advice.
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small paintings two
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small paintings two
.
January 24, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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small paintings two
.
small paintings two
.
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Democracy Docket: UT reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted
In a revelation that undercuts the GOP narrative of widespread noncitizen voting in elections, a Utah audit of over 2 million voter registrations found only one noncitizen — and they never even voted.
In a revelation that undercuts the GOP narrative of widespread noncitizen voting in elections, a Utah audit of over 2 million voter registrations found only one noncitizen — and they never even voted.
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Democracy Docket: UT reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted
In a revelation that undercuts the GOP narrative of widespread noncitizen voting in elections, a Utah audit of over 2 million voter registrations found only one noncitizen — and they never even voted.
In a revelation that undercuts the GOP narrative of widespread noncitizen voting in elections, a Utah audit of over 2 million voter registrations found only one noncitizen — and they never even voted.
He did have a gun - he never pulled it. And it was gone by the time the goon shot him multiple times, point blank.
This isn't a gun, it's a phone. Congrats, ICE, you killed a person for recording you. Murderers.
January 24, 2026 at 9:51 PM
He did have a gun - he never pulled it. And it was gone by the time the goon shot him multiple times, point blank.
This is a much needed moment of calm.
#okcolby shares a beautifully filmed and soundtracked bike ride to #SnoqualmieFalls area in #Washington #Seattle the vibes are just so good on this I know I’m going to watch you again and again 🚲♥️
Biking to Snoqualmie Falls
YouTube video by ok colby
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This is a much needed moment of calm.
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*Henry Cuellar (TX)
*Don Davis (NC)
*Laura Gillen (NY)
*Vicente Gonzalez (TX)
*Jared Golden (ME)
*Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA)
*Tom Suozzi (NY)
*Don Davis (NC)
*Laura Gillen (NY)
*Vicente Gonzalez (TX)
*Jared Golden (ME)
*Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA)
*Tom Suozzi (NY)
January 24, 2026 at 6:51 PM
*Henry Cuellar (TX)
*Don Davis (NC)
*Laura Gillen (NY)
*Vicente Gonzalez (TX)
*Jared Golden (ME)
*Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA)
*Tom Suozzi (NY)
*Don Davis (NC)
*Laura Gillen (NY)
*Vicente Gonzalez (TX)
*Jared Golden (ME)
*Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA)
*Tom Suozzi (NY)
heh heh.
I never believed this was putting the US on the board - it's all about the building of a private members-only beach resort - like the thing in Florida, but way bigger.
I never believed this was putting the US on the board - it's all about the building of a private members-only beach resort - like the thing in Florida, but way bigger.
It would be useful for reporters writing about Trump's silly "Board of Peace" to mention one country that is definitely not a member: the United States.
Trump doesn't have the power. Any international treaty requires the vote of two-thirds of the Senate.
Trump doesn't have the power. Any international treaty requires the vote of two-thirds of the Senate.
January 23, 2026 at 10:33 PM
heh heh.
I never believed this was putting the US on the board - it's all about the building of a private members-only beach resort - like the thing in Florida, but way bigger.
I never believed this was putting the US on the board - it's all about the building of a private members-only beach resort - like the thing in Florida, but way bigger.
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🗣️NO ICE IN OUR STREETS!
#MOworkers in Kansas City are joining the nationwide Day of Truth and Freedom, right as our siblings in Minnesota launch their historic general strike 💪
#MOworkers in Kansas City are joining the nationwide Day of Truth and Freedom, right as our siblings in Minnesota launch their historic general strike 💪
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM
🗣️NO ICE IN OUR STREETS!
#MOworkers in Kansas City are joining the nationwide Day of Truth and Freedom, right as our siblings in Minnesota launch their historic general strike 💪
#MOworkers in Kansas City are joining the nationwide Day of Truth and Freedom, right as our siblings in Minnesota launch their historic general strike 💪
This is NOT right - it is hateful and wrong.
Damn the assholes who think it's funny, fair or needed.
Damn the assholes who think it's funny, fair or needed.
Suspects arrested for painting swastikas on Brooklyn playground two days in a row forward.com/fast-forward...
Suspects arrested for painting swastikas on Brooklyn playground two days in a row
A playground in Borough Park frequented by Orthodox Jewish families was graffitied with swastikas two days in a row.
forward.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This is NOT right - it is hateful and wrong.
Damn the assholes who think it's funny, fair or needed.
Damn the assholes who think it's funny, fair or needed.