BarbaraLee-BBogner
@barbaralee-bbogner.bsky.social
Writer, dog lover, eye doc, artist, cook. Back and forth between Phoenix and Billings, MT. Love to socialize and love my solitude.
I run and I believe cookies are the 5th food group. I hate going to the gas station, but I don't mind cleaning toilets.
I run and I believe cookies are the 5th food group. I hate going to the gas station, but I don't mind cleaning toilets.
Read Common Sense, and remind yourself that this country was based on NOT HAVING A MONARCHY who flatters himself with military parades and rewards his loyal sycophants.
#resist #nokings
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Anthem, AZ” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
#resist #nokings
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Anthem, AZ” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Anthem, AZ · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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June 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Read Common Sense, and remind yourself that this country was based on NOT HAVING A MONARCHY who flatters himself with military parades and rewards his loyal sycophants.
#resist #nokings
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Anthem, AZ” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
#resist #nokings
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Anthem, AZ” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Just finished ALL BOYS (moving memoir), moving onto LINCOLN (have already gone down the rabbit hole on Willie Lincoln who died during Abraham’s presidency), while Munro, Mary, and DOG are coming for a #readcation
#books #reader #bibliophile #writer #author #book #lincoln #alicemunro
#books #reader #bibliophile #writer #author #book #lincoln #alicemunro
April 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Just finished ALL BOYS (moving memoir), moving onto LINCOLN (have already gone down the rabbit hole on Willie Lincoln who died during Abraham’s presidency), while Munro, Mary, and DOG are coming for a #readcation
#books #reader #bibliophile #writer #author #book #lincoln #alicemunro
#books #reader #bibliophile #writer #author #book #lincoln #alicemunro
Abraham's eldest son, and only son to survive into adulthood, Robert Todd Lincoln- was present or nearby for 3 presidential assassinations. Bizarre, and I can understand his sense of being cursed because of it.
#book #writer #bibliophile #reader
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#book #writer #bibliophile #reader
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The curious case of Robert Lincoln
Today’s post comes from National Archives Office of Strategy and Communications staff writer Rob Crotty. On the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, his son Robert Lincoln was supposed to …
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April 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Abraham's eldest son, and only son to survive into adulthood, Robert Todd Lincoln- was present or nearby for 3 presidential assassinations. Bizarre, and I can understand his sense of being cursed because of it.
#book #writer #bibliophile #reader
prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2010/10/27/t...
#book #writer #bibliophile #reader
prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2010/10/27/t...
This— I stand with Harvard
I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.
April 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This— I stand with Harvard
Signed, reposting. Support our libraries.
Deadline to add your name in support Institute of Library & Museum Services (IMLS): Mon. April 28th!
Thanks @authorsabb.bsky.social for reminder urging authors, illustrators, librarians, booksellers, literary agents, educators, & industry professionals.👇
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Thanks @authorsabb.bsky.social for reminder urging authors, illustrators, librarians, booksellers, literary agents, educators, & industry professionals.👇
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SIGNATURES NEEDED: Open Letter to HarperCollins
On April 3, 2025, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks sent a letter to Congress in support of the Institute of Library and Museum Service...
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April 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Signed, reposting. Support our libraries.
Just a little FYI....
While slashing OUR programs and support systems, musk just got yet another multi billion dollar contract from the pentagon. Corrupt to the core.
April 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Just a little FYI....
As it turns out, the only item I addictively buy is books. I currently have $159 credit at the used bookstore, and I feel FAN-TA-STIC about that. Everything else can go in my Goodwill pile...
#bibliophile #books #booklover #writer
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#bibliophile #books #booklover #writer
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How to Stop Buying Things You Don’t Need
It makes spring cleaning a little easier.
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April 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
As it turns out, the only item I addictively buy is books. I currently have $159 credit at the used bookstore, and I feel FAN-TA-STIC about that. Everything else can go in my Goodwill pile...
#bibliophile #books #booklover #writer
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
#bibliophile #books #booklover #writer
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Good morning from Australia.
#WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #ReadingCommunity #indieauthors #Thursday
#WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #ReadingCommunity #indieauthors #Thursday
March 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
How is it the worst human rights, racism, animal abuse, and misogyny stories ALWAYS begin with, In Florida…?
Fourteen fatigued still hustlin full grown
Crib ain’t a cradle it’s a timecard zone
You call that labor I call that war
This ain’t employment it’s exploit galore
#ChildLabor #ProtectTheYouth #LaborRights #4R
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Crib ain’t a cradle it’s a timecard zone
You call that labor I call that war
This ain’t employment it’s exploit galore
#ChildLabor #ProtectTheYouth #LaborRights #4R
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Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants | CNN Business
Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wag...
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March 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
How is it the worst human rights, racism, animal abuse, and misogyny stories ALWAYS begin with, In Florida…?
Who doesn’t love family portraits?? Papu and Little Orange
March 27, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Who doesn’t love family portraits?? Papu and Little Orange
I mean, it’s Shelley, and the poem is powerful and viscerally on point in its meaning.
Yet I can’t deny thinking of Walt and Hank when rereading it.
#BreakingBad #bestwriting #bestshow #vincegilligan
Yet I can’t deny thinking of Walt and Hank when rereading it.
#BreakingBad #bestwriting #bestshow #vincegilligan
March 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I mean, it’s Shelley, and the poem is powerful and viscerally on point in its meaning.
Yet I can’t deny thinking of Walt and Hank when rereading it.
#BreakingBad #bestwriting #bestshow #vincegilligan
Yet I can’t deny thinking of Walt and Hank when rereading it.
#BreakingBad #bestwriting #bestshow #vincegilligan
When fragile, weak egos are bruised….
March 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
When fragile, weak egos are bruised….
Just finished reading Jo Nesbø's The Snowman which led me to looking at the male writer's tendency to write female characters only in terms of their desirability, their breast description, and the ubiquitous clinginess of clothing. 🙄 #writer #booksky #books
www.boredpanda.com/male-authors...
www.boredpanda.com/male-authors...
30 Times Male Authors Showed They Barely Know Anything About Women
This article shows examples of female characters written by male authors and an interview with Meghan Vondriska, who launched the ‘Men Write Women’ project!
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March 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Just finished reading Jo Nesbø's The Snowman which led me to looking at the male writer's tendency to write female characters only in terms of their desirability, their breast description, and the ubiquitous clinginess of clothing. 🙄 #writer #booksky #books
www.boredpanda.com/male-authors...
www.boredpanda.com/male-authors...
This is utterly remarkable. I wrote notes like this, filled out disability forms (that so often had vague questions not relevant to the body part ((eyes)) that I was examining), and more crap that just weighed down my days. Employers do not trust their employees-that's what all the sick notes imply
Manitoba doctors spend 36,000 hours writing 600,000 sick notes each year, advocacy group says
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Manitoba doctors spend 36,000 hours writing 600,000 sick notes each year, advocacy group says | CBC News
Doctors Manitoba continues to push for the elimination of sick notes for short-term absences from work, school or an institution, saying they add to excessive paperwork and prevent physicians from spe...
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March 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is utterly remarkable. I wrote notes like this, filled out disability forms (that so often had vague questions not relevant to the body part ((eyes)) that I was examining), and more crap that just weighed down my days. Employers do not trust their employees-that's what all the sick notes imply
Disgusting.
This is when I wish #bluesky had an option other than a ❤️ to say I've seen this and I am appalled. #Blacklivesmatter
This is the same group who had an argument about never pulling down monuments.... remember?
This is when I wish #bluesky had an option other than a ❤️ to say I've seen this and I am appalled. #Blacklivesmatter
This is the same group who had an argument about never pulling down monuments.... remember?
I know it’s been said, but if you were writing this book, this would feel like way too obvious of an illustration.
March 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Disgusting.
This is when I wish #bluesky had an option other than a ❤️ to say I've seen this and I am appalled. #Blacklivesmatter
This is the same group who had an argument about never pulling down monuments.... remember?
This is when I wish #bluesky had an option other than a ❤️ to say I've seen this and I am appalled. #Blacklivesmatter
This is the same group who had an argument about never pulling down monuments.... remember?
Ohmagod, this is so true. Admittedly, I do some Future Self journaling-powerful stuff. But looking back, I wonder how I managed all those insecurities that no one else saw, I never shared.
I also have a record of every boy I've ever had a crush on.
#journal
#writer
#author
I also have a record of every boy I've ever had a crush on.
#journal
#writer
#author
I’m going through my index of work to see if there’s anything I’d like to develop and post.
I love my work. I understand it & I’m proud of it… I’m just startled by how much distance I feel from it, even things I wrote only a few months ago. WILD. 🤯
#ThoughtJournal #WritingCommunity #PersonalGrowth
I love my work. I understand it & I’m proud of it… I’m just startled by how much distance I feel from it, even things I wrote only a few months ago. WILD. 🤯
#ThoughtJournal #WritingCommunity #PersonalGrowth
March 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This post literally hurts my brain. I'm unable to unroll my eyes at this dude, and wonder in what way he's a "keeper" after this description of his ridiculous argument.
#irrational
#irrational
Letter writer is worried about safety, but boyfriend is adamant about not dead-bolting the apartment door.
Column | Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend refuses to lock dead bolt, saying he ‘won’t live in fear’
Letter writer is worried about safety, but boyfriend is adamant about not dead-bolting the apartment door.
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March 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This post literally hurts my brain. I'm unable to unroll my eyes at this dude, and wonder in what way he's a "keeper" after this description of his ridiculous argument.
#irrational
#irrational
Am hoping to do the 5K in La Jolla in May. Looks like a beautiful run. I'll see if my running quad (3 other gals and me) would care to do a lovely coastal run.
#running
#5k
#LaJolla
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#running
#5k
#LaJolla
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La Jolla Shores 5K Race in San Diego, CA
Are you looking for 5K races near me? The La Jolla Half Shores 5K Race in San Diego, CA is a run along San Diego's coastline May 17, 2025
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March 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Am hoping to do the 5K in La Jolla in May. Looks like a beautiful run. I'll see if my running quad (3 other gals and me) would care to do a lovely coastal run.
#running
#5k
#LaJolla
lajollahalfmarathon.com/san-diego-ru...
#running
#5k
#LaJolla
lajollahalfmarathon.com/san-diego-ru...
WOWEE- dumping up in Flag. I crave wandering in the #flagstaff snow
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【LIVE】 Webcam Flagstaff - Train Station | SkylineWebcams
View this Flagstaff live camera of the train station and check the arrival and departure times of trains for your convenience.
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March 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
WOWEE- dumping up in Flag. I crave wandering in the #flagstaff snow
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Jaw dropping
🚨 Breaking News: Tesla's sales in Germany have plummeted, with a staggering 76% drop in February compared to last year. This follows a 59.5% decline in January, signaling a sustained downward trend for the electric vehicle giant in one of Europe's key markets.
March 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Jaw dropping
Considering... I'll have to see what's all on my plate, but give me another workshop, please.
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This online course starts next week. 6 weeks of assignments & tailored feedback on your work - ideal for anyone feeling a bit stuck writing-wise, beginners or beyond.
Use the code WRITE25 at checkout to get 10% off. 🎉
#writerthreads
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This online course starts next week. 6 weeks of assignments & tailored feedback on your work - ideal for anyone feeling a bit stuck writing-wise, beginners or beyond.
Use the code WRITE25 at checkout to get 10% off. 🎉
#writerthreads
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Creative Writing Kickstart — Claire Hennessy
6 weeks | Google Classroom | beginner writers + beyond | starts Monday 10th March 2025 (modules go online Monday morning; log in whenever during the week suits) This 6-week course is designed for pe...
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March 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Considering... I'll have to see what's all on my plate, but give me another workshop, please.
Simply in love with this animal rescue in Yorkshire. They even built an Air B & B rental unit so you can watch the cows and sheep and goats and pigs....
#animalrescue
#York
#animalrescue
#York
Yorkshire animal sanctuary aims to give residents life of luxury
A West Yorkshire sanctuary saves animals from abuse and gives them a life of "luxury".
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March 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Simply in love with this animal rescue in Yorkshire. They even built an Air B & B rental unit so you can watch the cows and sheep and goats and pigs....
#animalrescue
#York
#animalrescue
#York
Funny how relevant Lennon's words and passion are today. Do we never learn from history?
March 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Funny how relevant Lennon's words and passion are today. Do we never learn from history?