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• AI-Free Writer • Photographer • Artist • Baker • Medievalist • Lutheran • Minnesota Master Naturalist • ♿️ • 🏳️‍🌈
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bclare.bsky.social
#Minnesota People, I hope you have #Klobuchar on speed dial at 202-224-3244 so you can call her RIGHT NOW TONIGHT & help her remember not to vote to end the #shutdown w/o a guarantee to extend #ACA subsidies in case she thinks she should do that in the name of bipartisanship. Tell her to vote no.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
bclare.bsky.social
Red carpet. #photography #Minnesota #autumn
A photo of seven steps going up to a house. There are red maple leaves all over the steps, and also scattered among the green and yellowing plants on either side of the stairs. At the top of the staircase there is a large bush with green leaves, and just behind it a window of a white stucco house is visible.
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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All the #autumn colors at Fort Snelling State Park, #Minnesota.
#photography
Red and green-leaved vines hang in front of a double tree trunk. Behind is a riot of yellow and green fall color.
October 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
bclare.bsky.social
The #Rapture? #AlienAbduction? #InvisibilityCloak ? 🤔
Friday, August 22, 2025 at Hidden Falls Regional Park, Saint Paul, #Minnesota. #photography #shoes
Two empty, abandoned, brown leather shoes with white soles sit side by side atop a graffiti-covered concrete barrier. Beyond them is a long expanse of green grass with some cars and campers parked under large trees in the distance.
August 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
bclare.bsky.social
A babe in the forest at Fort Snelling State Park, #Minnesota. #photography
A baby white-tailed deer looks directly at the camera over some grass and leafy plants. The fawn has large ears and big dark eyes. Its body is reddish-brown with white spots. Behind it are some large tree trunks.
August 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
bclare.bsky.social
Points to #ELCA Bishop Eaton for shutting down the applause from people not affected by the proposed accessibility solution to voting. “Are you affected by the scrolling issue?” #ELCACWA25
July 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Recipe of the Month
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Recipe of the Month
Savory Vegetable Pancakes
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July 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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#Fishing at sunset on the #MississippiRiver at Hidden Falls Regional Park in Saint Paul, #Minnesota on June 30, 2025. #photography
Two people stand on the tree-lined banks of the river, fishing as the sun sets behind them. The sun is reflected in the water.
July 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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A Yellow Warbler (setophaga petechia) looks to see what I’m up to at Fort Snelling State Park, #Minnesota. #birds #photography
A yellow warbler, a small yellow bird with light brown wings, a dark beak and black eyes, grips a reed and looks directly at the camera.
June 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
bclare.bsky.social
Indeed.
lutheranpotluck.bsky.social Lutheran Potluck @lutheranpotluck.bsky.social · Jun 12
“There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.”

-J.R.R. Tolkien
June 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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lutheranpotluck.bsky.social
Love is patient.
Love is kind.
Love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.
It does not insist on its own way.
It is not irritable.
It keeps no record of wrongs.
It does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth.

— 1 Corinthians 13
June 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
bclare.bsky.social
An evening snack. #deer #Minnesota #photography
A female white-tailed deer reaches up to nibble on leaves under a tree in a green meadow. A female white-tailed deer reaches up to nibble on leaves under a tree in a green meadow.
June 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
bclare.bsky.social
A Meadow Anemone (anemonastrum canadense) by the road. #Minnesota #wildflowers #photography
A Meadow Anemone blossom is pictured. It has five overlapping white petals in a cupped shape and a cluster of tiny yellow stamens in the center. A number of lobed green leaves surround it.
June 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
bclare.bsky.social
A red-winged blackbird watches over his territory at Fort Snelling State Park, #Minnesota. #birds #photography
A red-winged blackbird, which is a medium-sized black bird with red and yellow shoulder epaulet feathers, perches on a leafy branch.
June 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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It’s a good evening for basking at the lake. #turtles #minnesota #photography
A painted turtle suns itself on a bit of turf in a lake. Its head has yellow and green stripes, and its shell is grey.
May 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
bclare.bsky.social
This fellow was showing off for the girls, but they were mostly ignoring him. #birds #turkeys #photography #minnesota
May 31, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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I caught this Flycatcher before he flew. #birds #photography #minnesota
A Great Crested Flycatcher, with brown wings and a yellow breast, perches on a slender branch over a swampy patch.
May 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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lutheranpotluck.bsky.social
“Racism is one of many tools of white supremacy, and a sin that distorts God’s image in all of us, and it stands against the Gospel we proclaim.”
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George Floyd: We Rise. We Remember. We Resist. Five Years Later | Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton
YouTube video by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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May 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
bclare.bsky.social
Diamonds dancing on the #MississippiRiver under the I-35 Bridge in Mendota Heights, #Minnesota. #photography
A view of the river shining in the sun with trees on the far bank. A bridge cuts across the middle of the picture.
May 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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A perfect #spring day on the #MississippiRiver at Hidden Falls Regional Park in Saint Paul, #Minnesota. #photography #fishing
A sunny view of the Mississippi River curving downstream with tree-lined banks on either side. A man stands on the bank near a watercraft. Several people fish from a boat in the middle of the river.
May 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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This snapping #turtle and I both enjoyed the evening at Fort Snelling State Park, #Minnesota.
A large snapping turtle on the surface of a road looks at the camera with a seemingly pleasant expression.
May 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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levostregc.bsky.social
the monstrous lack of curiositye about the worlde, the proude and colossal ignorance, the devastatinge lack of compassioun and grace
May 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
bclare.bsky.social
#moon #photography
A small, bright half moon rises in a deep blue sky over tree branches with pale green new spring leaves.
May 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
bclare.bsky.social
Sound up: A sunset symphony of #birdsong and boreal chorus #frogs at Fort Snelling State Park #Minnesota this evening. #birds #birdvideo #wetland #wildlifesounds #wildlifeaudio #natureaudio #naturesounds #nature
April 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM