Phyllis C
@mayap.bsky.social
Cats, dogs, clouds, mandalas, crochet, morning pages, local foodie, frame drum, great lyrics, democracy, recovery. My Substack is The Leap Letter.
So creative! They managed to clog up a Home Deport (LOL) purchasing ice scrapers and then returning them!
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
So creative! They managed to clog up a Home Deport (LOL) purchasing ice scrapers and then returning them!
No Kings in Waterville Maine, roughly 2000 showed up to march and rally!
October 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
No Kings in Waterville Maine, roughly 2000 showed up to march and rally!
I'm attending MoveOn's event, “No Kings Safety and Security Training” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
No Kings Safety and Security Training · MoveOn
No Kings actions are peaceful and non-violent in a world with increasing political tension and military presence. Hosts and safety leads are required to join or watch this training on creating a safet...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'm attending MoveOn's event, “No Kings Safety and Security Training” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...
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I like the sound of this. Thoughts?
I like the sound of this. Thoughts?
Blue States Have 90 Days to Kill American Fascism. Here's How.
*Note: This article advocates for legal actions including state prosecution of federal crimes, constitutional enforcement, and lawful withholding of federal funds by states exercising their sovereign ...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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I like the sound of this. Thoughts?
I like the sound of this. Thoughts?
If Democrats got off their asses, here’s what they’d be doing now Robert Reich, again, has the clarity and vision we need.
If Democrats got off their asses, here’s what they’d be doing now
Nine critical steps
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August 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If Democrats got off their asses, here’s what they’d be doing now Robert Reich, again, has the clarity and vision we need.
Still in the trance of this latest post, so I don’t know how to say any more about it than the words contained in it. It has wild strawberries, peonies, resistance work, faith, community and love in it. If that’s your cake, please have a piece on me. 💜
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Plant the Seeds, Carry the Vision, Have Faith
Dear one,
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June 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Still in the trance of this latest post, so I don’t know how to say any more about it than the words contained in it. It has wild strawberries, peonies, resistance work, faith, community and love in it. If that’s your cake, please have a piece on me. 💜
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Oh my goddess! What an amazing turn-out for our No Kings! event in Waterville, Maine, yesterday! I've heard estimates of 650 people in Veteran's Park. A new record for Indivisible Mid Maine. We just keep getting stronger.
#NoKings! #DemocracyNotDictatorship #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike
#NoKings! #DemocracyNotDictatorship #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike
June 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oh my goddess! What an amazing turn-out for our No Kings! event in Waterville, Maine, yesterday! I've heard estimates of 650 people in Veteran's Park. A new record for Indivisible Mid Maine. We just keep getting stronger.
#NoKings! #DemocracyNotDictatorship #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike
#NoKings! #DemocracyNotDictatorship #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike
Here's my latest essay about stuff. I am shit at titles. Can't be good at everything? Aaand that's kinda what it's about.
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The Balancing Act of Life in These Times
And a great resource for introverts during these times
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June 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Here's my latest essay about stuff. I am shit at titles. Can't be good at everything? Aaand that's kinda what it's about.
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My weekly meditation on leaping and caring.
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Spring Projects at Camp, Receiving Healthcare, Choosing the Humans at the Grocery Checkout
A meditation on maintaining our humanity in a world that want us to give it up
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June 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My weekly meditation on leaping and caring.
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This week's offering is a song I wrote a while back, and I hope it helps you understand why you're so very tired, but also why you're amazing. Hope you enjoy it. ❤️
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Musical Interlude 🎶
Working long days getting ready for our season. Here's a song for this week's post.
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May 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This week's offering is a song I wrote a while back, and I hope it helps you understand why you're so very tired, but also why you're amazing. Hope you enjoy it. ❤️
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@indivmidmaine.bsky.social email sign-up link: forms.gle/w6oSqoAKKVze... or use our handy QR code
May 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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How our understanding flips and flips back again, softening our hearts and strengthening our resolve as our journey continues. Plus, Mandala #9 revisits us with its quirky song.
Possibility and Permutation
As the pieces shuffle around in life, in the world. we can entertain possibilities we couldn't see before.
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May 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
How our understanding flips and flips back again, softening our hearts and strengthening our resolve as our journey continues. Plus, Mandala #9 revisits us with its quirky song.
Great May Day Strong event in Waterville Maine yesterday! Atmosphere: festive. Messages: clever, angry, inspiring, beautiful. People: many first time attendees, all ages from stroller to walker. Weather: perfect!
We had close to 300 people at our May Day Strong, Waterville, event today! What a great day. Lots of great energy and signs, and so much joy. The people are rising up to defend the things we hold dear, starting with democracy itself, not to mention our human and civil rights!!!
May 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Great May Day Strong event in Waterville Maine yesterday! Atmosphere: festive. Messages: clever, angry, inspiring, beautiful. People: many first time attendees, all ages from stroller to walker. Weather: perfect!
May Day 2025, an essay for spring in these times.
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Renewal
Facing Destruction and Renewal on May Day
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May 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
May Day 2025, an essay for spring in these times.
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Trump Slump: For the first time since 2001, a majority of Americans say their financial situation is getting worse. app.sosha.ai/s/H5TJ942E
Economic pessimism at 24-year high
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April 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Trump Slump: For the first time since 2001, a majority of Americans say their financial situation is getting worse. app.sosha.ai/s/H5TJ942E
Happy birthday to the great Senator from New Jersey, @booker.senate.gov
April 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Happy birthday to the great Senator from New Jersey, @booker.senate.gov
I didn't expect to learn about not leaping yesterday, but I did and, yeah, it was uncomfortable realizing how insecure I still am, especially in this decades old body of mine. A little grace for all of us is called for, eh?
On Fear, Self-Doubt and Holding Back
Yesterday I watched myself hold back for fear of looking foolish and learned a lot about not leaping.
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April 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I didn't expect to learn about not leaping yesterday, but I did and, yeah, it was uncomfortable realizing how insecure I still am, especially in this decades old body of mine. A little grace for all of us is called for, eh?
Just published for my Sunday warrier friends. I know the fight is never over, but maybe give a little space for delight. ❤️
Mandala #7: Delight
Continuing our mandala journey on a lazy Sunday
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April 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Just published for my Sunday warrier friends. I know the fight is never over, but maybe give a little space for delight. ❤️
Homemade ketchup from last year’s tomato harvest. This and democracy are all I really need.
April 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Homemade ketchup from last year’s tomato harvest. This and democracy are all I really need.
Great joyful, fired up rally today in Belfast, Maine. “Alota Cash” showed up, making the argument for tax cuts for the rich, to the delight of the crowd.
April 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Great joyful, fired up rally today in Belfast, Maine. “Alota Cash” showed up, making the argument for tax cuts for the rich, to the delight of the crowd.
When we get through all this I’m going to advocate for the creation of an immediate slapdown of any move by the president that is unconstitutional. An enforcing body. Help me out here. Could we make that work within the confines of the Constitution?
April 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
When we get through all this I’m going to advocate for the creation of an immediate slapdown of any move by the president that is unconstitutional. An enforcing body. Help me out here. Could we make that work within the confines of the Constitution?
Just published: She came of age during World War II. She's still with us. I pray every day that democracy holds for her, for all of us.
On the Occasion of My Mother's 99th Birthday
I just want to tell you about her life.
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April 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Just published: She came of age during World War II. She's still with us. I pray every day that democracy holds for her, for all of us.
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We have learned that Congressman Jared Golden will be speaking at Colby College in Waterville on Wednesday, April 16th, at 6:00 PM. This is a private event that the public is not invited to. Golden has refused to hold a town hall meeting. Let's show him, non-violently, how we feel!
April 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We have learned that Congressman Jared Golden will be speaking at Colby College in Waterville on Wednesday, April 16th, at 6:00 PM. This is a private event that the public is not invited to. Golden has refused to hold a town hall meeting. Let's show him, non-violently, how we feel!
Sunday Leap Letter. Feels like Dancing Close to the Edge times. A little light oracle reading with a handmade mandala for you.
Sunday Leap: Dancing Close to Your Edge
A continuation of our mandala journey
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April 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Sunday Leap Letter. Feels like Dancing Close to the Edge times. A little light oracle reading with a handmade mandala for you.
In my latest Leap Letter, I spill it all on hwat, where and how I get my news and how I keep from going crazy in the information deluge that is our lives. Talking directly to my friends who are finding it difficult to get into action and find themselves paralyzed and fearful instead. Hope it helps.
Countering Paralysis in the Information Deluge
What, where and how I get my news and how I keep from going crazy
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April 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In my latest Leap Letter, I spill it all on hwat, where and how I get my news and how I keep from going crazy in the information deluge that is our lives. Talking directly to my friends who are finding it difficult to get into action and find themselves paralyzed and fearful instead. Hope it helps.