Sue O'Donnell
@ssodonnell.bsky.social
Retired copywriter, editor, speechwriter. Now in Charlottesville, VA, after sojourns in Florida, Maryland, Minnesota
"Sandwich Guy" acquitted. YES!
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"Sandwich Guy" acquitted. YES!
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You absolutely would not want to be, or be anywhere near, any bottle of ketchup in what remains of the White House today.
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
You absolutely would not want to be, or be anywhere near, any bottle of ketchup in what remains of the White House today.
The view from Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The view from Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park
Please tell me why @washingtonpost.com. Why did you turn the crosswords in your digital version PINK with pop-up buttons?
July 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Please tell me why @washingtonpost.com. Why did you turn the crosswords in your digital version PINK with pop-up buttons?
A house finch visited today
May 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A house finch visited today
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Today I choose tranquility.
May 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Today I choose tranquility.
He's telling it like it is. One can't make deals with DJT.
April 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
He's telling it like it is. One can't make deals with DJT.
Is the DJT Administration tired of all the winning yet?
April 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Is the DJT Administration tired of all the winning yet?
Another example of the "ready, fire, aim" strategy. See this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article)
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Another example of the "ready, fire, aim" strategy. See this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
Sad story. Woman at Kroger lot said her car was towed. She has no idea why. This is the third time. (I think she knows why.) I gave her a ride home, popped the trunk so she could get her groceries. When I got home, I was missing a bag of oranges. Hmm. How did that happen? "No good deed etc..."
April 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Sad story. Woman at Kroger lot said her car was towed. She has no idea why. This is the third time. (I think she knows why.) I gave her a ride home, popped the trunk so she could get her groceries. When I got home, I was missing a bag of oranges. Hmm. How did that happen? "No good deed etc..."
Interesting word choices: NYT says "Supreme Court pauses order ..." WaPo says "Supreme Court halts order ..."
April 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Interesting word choices: NYT says "Supreme Court pauses order ..." WaPo says "Supreme Court halts order ..."
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Sitting on the porch, reading, a light breeze covers me with cherry blossoms. Spring is a delight.
March 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Sitting on the porch, reading, a light breeze covers me with cherry blossoms. Spring is a delight.
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One can only hope this to be the case.
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
March 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
One can only hope this to be the case.
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Twice in the past week I have gotten letters addressed to "Dear Fellow Republican." In six decades of voting, I voted GOP once in a local election. I'm sorry. It won't happen again.
March 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Twice in the past week I have gotten letters addressed to "Dear Fellow Republican." In six decades of voting, I voted GOP once in a local election. I'm sorry. It won't happen again.
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We have reached the joke stage in the break with the U.S. That's a very good sign.
March 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We have reached the joke stage in the break with the U.S. That's a very good sign.
Right you are. Cost of TV ads is added to the prices we pay.
I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.
February 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Right you are. Cost of TV ads is added to the prices we pay.
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Snow in Cville last night
February 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Snow in Cville last night
It's becoming unwatchable.
CNN's Crosstalk: the only news program that's just 100% indecipherable shouting!
February 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It's becoming unwatchable.
OK. Now I'm on Bluesky. Yeah!
February 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
OK. Now I'm on Bluesky. Yeah!