Laura
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I am so deeply tired of a president using Christianity to justify his cruelty who wouldn’t know a Biblical lesson if it slapped him in the face.
April 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I am so deeply tired of a president using Christianity to justify his cruelty who wouldn’t know a Biblical lesson if it slapped him in the face.
Roses and peonies from the garden. Happy Easter! 🌱
April 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Roses and peonies from the garden. Happy Easter! 🌱
Lovely, lovely poem
I love this new poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer so much.
April 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Lovely, lovely poem
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Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
April 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
The first iris of the season is always so striking. What a wonder. 🌱
April 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The first iris of the season is always so striking. What a wonder. 🌱
I’ve had my first radish and butter sandwich of the year, and damn, spring tastes good. Also, this clematis…🌱
April 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I’ve had my first radish and butter sandwich of the year, and damn, spring tastes good. Also, this clematis…🌱
All this because not once, but twice, some folks preferred a lunatic to a competent woman.
April 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
All this because not once, but twice, some folks preferred a lunatic to a competent woman.
The early blooming trees and shrubs hit differently. Joy! 🌱
March 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The early blooming trees and shrubs hit differently. Joy! 🌱
Started our taxes. This scene in Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail comes to mind…
a close up of a rock wall with a person climbing up it .
ALT: a close up of a rock wall with a person climbing up it .
media.tenor.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Started our taxes. This scene in Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail comes to mind…
I reread an old favorite…
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March 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I reread an old favorite…
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This is also known as invading Panama.
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump White House has directed the U.S. military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama to achieve President Trump’s goal of “reclaiming” the Panama Canal, officials say.
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
Potential plans range from partnering more closely with the Panamanian military to a less likely option of U.S. troops seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News
nbcnews.to
March 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is also known as invading Panama.
I was today years old when I first heard Joni Mitchell’s California and that is ridiculous, but also, what a gift.
March 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I was today years old when I first heard Joni Mitchell’s California and that is ridiculous, but also, what a gift.
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And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
At this point, Trump should just lick Putin’s boots on the evening news.
Trump is a disgrace to the United States and the human race.
March 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
At this point, Trump should just lick Putin’s boots on the evening news.
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ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
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Supported by USAID, the Ethiopian clinic provides lifesaving medicine for HIV-positive kids and teens to suppress the virus. First came the 90-day freeze — and now an immediate termination of support.
On Thursday word came: No more USAID funds for a clinic that gets HIV meds to kids
Supported by USAID, the Ethiopian clinic provides lifesaving medicine for HIV-positive kids and teens to suppress the virus. First came the 90-day freeze — and now an immediate termination of support.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Supported by USAID, the Ethiopian clinic provides lifesaving medicine for HIV-positive kids and teens to suppress the virus. First came the 90-day freeze — and now an immediate termination of support.
Only one bloom per plant, but I’m so pleased with these anemones! I always wanted to grow them. 🌱
February 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Only one bloom per plant, but I’m so pleased with these anemones! I always wanted to grow them. 🌱
“Above all, in a garden more than anywhere, understand that life is about patience and that hiding in plain sight in the galaxy of distractions are countless little miracles you can lose yourself in: a mere snowdrop or the first yellow flower on a forsythia.”🌱
What I have learned in my filthy, bloody, sisyphean quest to tame my garden | Adrian Chiles
What I have learned in my filthy, bloody, sisyphean quest to tame my garden | Adrian Chiles
It’s chaos as small jobs become big jobs, tools disappear and distractions lead to furious frustration, writes Adrian Chiles. Then you spot spring’s first flower ...
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Above all, in a garden more than anywhere, understand that life is about patience and that hiding in plain sight in the galaxy of distractions are countless little miracles you can lose yourself in: a mere snowdrop or the first yellow flower on a forsythia.”🌱
The Lenten roses are right on time! 🌱
February 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The Lenten roses are right on time! 🌱
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Hot take: Having allies is good, actually
February 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hot take: Having allies is good, actually
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I wish one could press snowflakes in a book like flowers.
February 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I wish one could press snowflakes in a book like flowers.
Imagine converting to Catholicism and having the vicar of Christ himself swing his scepter at your theology. Oh my.
JD Vance took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in: Pope Francis.
Pope Francis’s Stunning Rebuke of JD Vance Exposes MAGA’s Dark Soul
The vice president took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in.
newrepublic.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Imagine converting to Catholicism and having the vicar of Christ himself swing his scepter at your theology. Oh my.
Zora Neale Hurston! What a book. What a way of telling this story. 📚💙
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Zora Neale Hurston! What a book. What a way of telling this story. 📚💙
Hello, jonquils! All the good smelling stuff has suddenly come alive. 🌱
February 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Hello, jonquils! All the good smelling stuff has suddenly come alive. 🌱