Pat Wilburn
patwilburn.bsky.social
Pat Wilburn
@patwilburn.bsky.social
Embracing my 80’s, Pittsburgh, South Beach and fellow Progressives
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September 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Sad commentary on society that someone who’s shown only grace and class has been the target of a relentless smear campaign by small, petty people desperate for attention and clicks at any cost.
I did not know that Sarah McBride is a widow. What a heartbreaking story.
November 24, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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A year ago, I wrote a review of Erik Larson's "In the Garden of Beasts," an account of the US Ambassador to Germany's tenure there in the early-mid 30s.

I shared lessons from the account that feel more relevant now than ever.

Here is a snippet of them:

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November 19, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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“We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.”

— President Jimmy Carter, The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, 2002.

Woman with a Pigeon, 2013
Sliman Mansour, Palestinian, born 1947.
Oil on canvas

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📷 Maryellen Brown | Masters of Modern and Contemporary Art
November 21, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Progressive women in our 80’s did the work in the 1960’s and 1970’s and we’re still at it.
November 20, 2024 at 12:52 PM