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Ruth
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Writer and ASL interpreter in western Massachusetts. Pushcart nominated poet. Screenwriter. Author of YA novel, BEING FISHKILL #mglit #yalit #mapoli
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145 in Worthington, MA, population 1198 #nokings
Small white town hall building with protesters lined up outside
October 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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#Nokings in Worthington MA
Worthington town hall with protesters lined up in front. the other side of the road that you can’t see is also full
October 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Bee on the beebalm #FlowerReport
September 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Got in a little late but called my MA Rep
Call log for a call at 5:07pm to Rep. Richard Neal
August 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Hot! Muggy! but the flowers are happy
yellow and orange day lilies, red bee balm and hosta flowers
July 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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May 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The Dead Bridge: or, Maybe crossing over isn’t such a great idea after all … #photo
a totally decaying wooden bridge with only the green metal frame and moss-eaten planks left. trees grow up thru the jagged holes …
April 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Hope = Yellow flowers in the mud #photo
small yellow flowers (like dandelions but not?) in the rocks and mud near the edge of the river
April 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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We believe in democracy in Worthington, MA, pop. 1200 #50501
a crowd with signs in front of Worthington town hall, a small white building with pillars across the street - a huge american flag with more protesters
April 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Worthington - I don’t want to go outside to measure 😬
a hill with trees. Snow covers everything
April 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Western Massachusetts can’t make up its mind … spring? winter?
small yellow flowers the name of which i can’t remember coming up in the ice and snow
April 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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#Handsoff We showed up in in Pittsfield, MA!
April 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Hey @corybooker.com thanks for giving us a little spring hope
white and yellow spring crocuses coming up from the cold winter dirt
April 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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#teslatakedown in Hadley Mass
long line along the side of Rt 9 in Hadley, MA of folks with signs and flags. One upside down American flag and a Ukrainian flag child’s sign with “Fire Elon” in a child’s handwriting and the outline of a cybertruck crossed out with red
March 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Toad in a hole #RuralEggsForDemocracy
An iron skillet with four pieces of toast, two of which have holes with not completely cooked eggs in them
March 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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No tyrants no kings! in Springfield MA #protest @ddhc.bsky.social
Long line of protesters with signs in front of Springfield City Hall, Massachusetts
March 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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We Stand with Ukraine in the Berkshires - Adams Mass #UkraineProtest
A small group on the side of a road in Adams Mass with freshly silkscreened (ink still wet!) yellow and blue signs saying We Stand with Ukraine.
March 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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A visitor checking up on us to see if all humans have totally lost their marbles …
A barred owl sits in a bare tree looking at us with a skeptical expression
February 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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yellow day lily
February 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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look at your settings - like these …
February 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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I was just in Harvard Square in Cambridge Massachusetts- I went to the Lovestruck Books (gorgeous!) It was packed and I saw this a familiar face/cover (sorry, it was on a high shelf and I’m short so bad angle) …
photo of the outside if LOVESTRUCK BOOKS in Cambridge MA. Their sign is red and white. The window dressing is made up for valentine’s day with lots of red and white too Bookshelf of “New Releases” - Stephanie Burgis’s book WOOING THE WITCH QUEEN is on the left
February 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Snow, wind and iced in #westernMass #photo
Shot from inside of the deck piled with snow and the back hill going up to the woods with around 2 feet of snow. Windy too!
February 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Whoever was outside last night looks as scattered as I feel …
Animal footprints in the snow on the back hill going up and down and back and forth. I don’t know who it was and it’s wicked cold out there so I’m not going investigating
January 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Snow on a fallen tree … #photo
The big roots of a fallen dead tree covered by snow
January 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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See they won’t take no for an answer -
January 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM