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Linda R. Watson
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Native plant gardener, sewist, wife, mother, grandmother, dog lover, nature lover; professor emerita at UNC, autism researcher, mentor, Unitarian Universalist. Concerned about affordable housing, equity, justice, climate change, compassion…. she/her
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For the last several years , we have been engaged in a variety of DIY projects at our family beach cottage in Nags Head, NC. Our original idea was to improve the cottage so we could enjoy it in retirement.Question: will we finish our projects before we are too old to be able to enjoy them?
Small bedroom with gray-beige bamboo plank floating flooring installed. White wooden frames for twin beds are stacked on one side, with a lighted lamp sitting on the top of the frames. Spacers to provide expansion room for the flooring are visible around the perimeter of the room. A small bedroom has bamboo plank flooring, with two unused planks on top of the flooring. Two white wooden bed frames are stacked on the right side of the room, with boxes of flooring planks on top of the bed frames. There’s a mirror on the end wall showing the reflection of a window and a lamp sitting on top of the bed frames. An older man stands in the doorway of the room to the left side of the photo, looking toward the camera.
January 17, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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54 years ago today. I’m grateful for the life we have shared.
December 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I am largely unprepared for Christmas, but hey, I have cookies and Chex Mix! We had fun and made a colorful mess decorating cookies with our grandchildren today.
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Beautiful sky this evening, for a few short minutes!
December 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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The Great Spangled Fritillaries and some unidentified species of bees were both taking advantage of this beautiful Gaillardia pulchella in NW Georgia last week.
June 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Pilgrimage to Montgomery planned by good people at Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. I want to remember the resilience of people who endured centuries of oppression and suffering, and find strength and inspiration in their examples of perseverance.
Quilt honoring John Lewis, civil rights stalwart, who advised us to “Do something. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” Hanging plinths to remember the more than 4400 Black people who were lynched in the Jim Crow era between 1877-1950, often with the complicity of the “justice systems” in the South. Racial injustice continues to be rampant in our criminal “justice” systems. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Equal Justice Initiative. Metal sculpture created by artist and activist Michelle Browder to honor Anarcha, Betsey, and Lucy, enslaved teen girls who were subjected to painful experimental surgeries to further the research of J. Marion Sims, often referred to as “the father of gynecology.” Dr. Sims operated on these girls and other unknown enslaved girls and women repeatedly without anesthesia or other pain relief, and without consent. Today, Black women are 3 times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than White women. See this article in the Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mothers-of-gynecology-monument-honors-enslaved-women-180980064/ A replica of a Republic P-47 airplane flown by Tuskegee Airmen in the 99th Fighter Squadron, the first Black Flying Squadron in the US and the first Black squadron to be deployed overseas in WWII. The Tuskegee Airmen came to be known as the Redtails due to painting the tails of their aircraft with red paint. The Tuskegee Airmen and the all Black crews that supported them (9 crew members for every pilot in the air) were recognized officially as well as personally for their role in protecting American bombers, as well as their own effectiveness in inflicting damage on enemy planes, factories, ships, equipment, etc. Even so, they dealt with much racism in the US and abroad. Their performance contributed to President Truman’s decision to order desegregation of the US military services in 1948.
April 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM