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Debra Sanborn
@debrasanborn.bsky.social
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Higher Ed nonprofit leader. College parent. Helping college students find study away and study abroad adventures. PhD Edu. A bit short on the sugar.
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Little bit of snow on patio tree. #Iowa
An outside Christmas tree with lights at night covered in heavy snow.
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Drove 450 miles to spend barely 48 hours of Thanksgiving with the fam and now get to race this mess to home.
Weather map showing potential for a foot of snow in central Iowa.
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Happy #Godzilla Day. Are all Mondays Godzilla Day or just for me?
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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#NoKings
#Iowa

Ames!
October 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Saturdays are usually for gameday attire. Not this week.

Thanks, @raygunsite.com

#NoKings
October 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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You need a cat to interrupt your scrolling.
Orange tabby cat posed on a messy desk in front of a 3D printer looking at the camera with disdain.
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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post a concert photo you took
Concert photo of guitar player from rock band Kiss
September 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Cloudy clouds.
Poofy clouds see from an airplane with the setting sun peeking through from the left.
September 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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New Orleans missed the memo about First Day of Autumn. 🍂🍁
Image of current weather conditions in New Orleans, LA showing a 92 degree temperature on the first day of fall.
September 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Timeline cleanse. My seat mate for a flight today. His name is Percy.
September 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Highway turtle rescue on the pizza run before CYCLONE football. 🐢 #BlueCy ♥️💛🌪️
Small box turtle, green with orange trim.
September 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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September 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Volunteer sunflower. 🌻
Close up of a sunflower.
September 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Cyclones win! 🌪️♥️💛
Iowa State mascot Cy dressed in Irish garb and sipping a Guinness. Game score 24-21.
August 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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So pretty before the bake.
Strawberry cake
August 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Iowa State game day and you have to bring all the cardinal red food! #GoCyclones
August 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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They’re everywhere.
Cicada on a screen door.
July 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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“Spear-wielding suspect” proving Iowa Man is the new Florida Man.

www.iowapublicradio.org/live-updates...
An image of an online news article about a spear-wielding man in Iowa.
July 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Summer residency. Window seat for two, please.
#Caturday
Two cats sleeping in a window seat. A large orange and white cat is in the foreground. A smaller orange cat is further away.
July 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Tagging along while doc candidate daughter leads a tour of her lab. Science and research are cool. Should have asked about that microwave.
Graduate student in an optics lab discussing the ongoing experiments. Microscopes and wires are on the lab table. Microwave oven in a lab with a label “Not for food”
June 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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No disturbing the sun naps, Mom. #caturday
Two tabby cats laying in a sunbeam. One has orange fur. One is mostly white with some orange.
May 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Great pic by David Marvitz from the Waterloo, Iowa 4th Street Cruise.

Not shown: Burnouts on the 4th Street bridge seriously impact your fuel consumption. 😆
Black 1969 Chevelle SS cruising on city street.
May 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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This little guy is graduating from Iowa State University today and we could not be more happy and more proud.

He’s bigger now. 😊
Toddler boy in a toy car wearing an Iowa State sweatshirt.
May 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Nice to know that the local Iowa convenience store has me covered for hotrod car hair days.
#HappyMothersDay
Photo of ponytail holders in front of a ‘69 Chevelle
May 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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That tongue, though. Be sure to zoom in on second pic. #caturday #blep
Two photos of a large white and orange cat with his tongue sticking out. An orange tabby cat is in the background.
May 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM