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eileensquigley
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We only get this one life. Trying to make mine count. I want to help #savedemocracy. Here for #books, #education, #science #factualnews, #kindness, #writing and to spread a little cheer through #photography.
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It’s soup season. What’s cooking in your kitchen? Just made a batch of butternut squash veggie soup. #comfortfood #soup #whatsfordinner
Butternut squash soup: veggies cut, simmering in pot and then puréed in a bowl with a sandwich.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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#birdwatching #readysettakeoff on today’s 5.5 mile walk, the birds kept me company. Or did they? So many took flight as I approached. Hmmm. Should I feel abandoned?
Birds in flight at the beach.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Sunset in the ‘hood. Barely 5:20 pm and out go nature’s lights. Countdown with me to spring, please. #fall #sunset I
Sun sets behind trees with a warm reflective glow on a pond.
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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#speakerpelosi
Iconic.
Speaker Pelosi standing and making a point to the President in 2019. She was the only woman in the room.
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Why my beach runs will never set personal records: I distract too easily. #beachstroll #naturephotography
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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While we fight to save democractic institutions, remember little acts of kindness will be the things that save us.
October 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Today’s fall 5K in coastal North Carolina. Thousands of people moving in the same direction. Young. Old. Different ethnicities. No insults or snarky comments. Just encouragement: You’ve got this! Keep going. This is the America I want back. I’m willing to work for it. Are you? #united
Sunrise, the American flag and runners. Moving in one direction. United.
October 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Despite the federal shutdown, all incoming “flights” here at the beach experienced a safe landing this morning. Nature finds a way; why can’t our government? #morningmusings #nature #photography #nc #nclife #bestofthebeach
Birds land at the beach shortly before sunrise; all have a safe landing.
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Feel lucky. I have a few people who’d ride the bus with me. How about you?#TrueFriends
Lots of people want to ride with you on the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down—Oprah Winfrey.
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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We face the testing point every day. How will we answer?
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. Words of C.S. Lewis. Poignant as we daily face-off against a government that is trampling the rights of its people on a daily basis. Resist!
October 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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It’s always darkest before the dawn. Moon glow and high tides. Rough surf and skeletons in the sand. Feeling eerily like October. (And I can’t stop humming “Shake it out” by Florence and the Machine when I see these photos). #beach #feelinglikefall #October #photography
Full moon looms over night sky Total darkness with glimmer of daylight peeking up across the horizon Rough waves at daylight on Carolina coast A skeleton of unknown sea “creature” cradled among sand on the beach
October 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Same moon different locale. Nc “moonshine” amidst pink clouds at sunrise on the Carolina coast. High tide and rough waters but gorgeous glow to start the day. #photography #photographers
Moon peeking from pink clouds at sunrise on Carolina coast.
October 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Felt like fall on yesterday’s walk. And a reminder that daylight drifts into night earlier each day. Almost didn’t make it home before dark. Anyone else feel the squeeze of shorter days yet? #nature #photography.
Delicate yellow flowers sprinkle the walking path Still waters reflect fluffy clouds from a late afternoon sky. Sun sinks below trees on yesterday’s walk
September 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Today’s morning walk at the beach.
September 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Nothing finer than golden hours of sunrise or sunset at the beach. I had a buddy walking with me this morning. #photography #nature
Bird walking along shore at sunrise.
September 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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#SaveDemocracy Read more. Engage in your community more. Act more. This article provides good food-for-thought on what our democracy needs in order to survive these times. Most certainly, democracy needs all citizens to get off the sidelines and do something.
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We the People means everyone. A reminder for our elected officials.
September 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Today’s Public Service Announcement (And the sunflower photo is from my patio; grew from a seed and nurtured with water and sunshine) #GoodNewsSunday
Sunflowers. They always turn to the light. Just like hope.
September 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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When words just aren’t enough… politico’s editorial cartoon carousel www.politico.com/gallery/2025...
A quilt showing 8 of Trump’s inappropriate sexual escapades (including his sexual assault conviction)with a MAGA male saying, “I don’t see a pattern.”
September 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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I finally figured out the connection I have with my daughter’s dog: ice cream! We both seem to get entranced when we see it. #dogsarethebest
Dog standing still at perfect attention while eyes spy the ice cream cone — the open mouth intimates: “what are my chances of getting some of that if I’m a really good boy?”
September 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Back to school savings for college students: get free Microsoft 365
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Microsoft 365 will be free if you are enrolled in a college or university. And, students can continue their plan after a year at a 50% discount.
September 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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What’s your favorite coffee quote? #coffeelover #startyourdaywithasmile #quotes

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May your coffee kick in before reality does. Good morning!
September 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Gone fishin’ - man and bird wrangling to catch first meal of the day along NC coast. For me? 10,000 steps before 10 am. Win-win. #nature #photography #getoutside #NC
Gone fishin’ - man and bird wrangling to catch first meal of the day along NC coast
September 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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How are YOU showing up for democracy? We have 3 tools left to fight the harm this govt is inflicting on its own people: voting, protests, and legal resistance in the courts. “You are in 1938 Berlin. Which kind of person are you?

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#Resist #SaveDemocracy #EachOneReachOne
The conversation was, “You are in 1938 Berlin (Germany). Which kind of person are you? This is the closest you are going to get to that moment.” Excerpt from article in The Atlantic 9/2/2025
September 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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2020 pandemic Sidewalk chalk: “We can do this together.” A Labor Day reminder that everything is possible when we work together. Power is in people, in our numbers and our resolve. Unions showed us labor has power in unity. Want a different America than the chaos we see today? Work together.
2020 pandemic Sidewalk chalk: “We can do this together.” A Labor Day reminder that everything is possible when we work together. Power is in people, in our numbers and our resolve. Unions showed us labor has power in unity. Want a different America than the chaos we see today? Work together.
September 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Set your labors aside…at least for the weekend. So much beauty in the great outdoors. Sunrise on the North Carolina intracoastal this week. Nice to be rewarded with nature’s crayon box when you get up early to see the sun make its appearance. #photography #Sunrise #getoutside #eachdaycounts
Sunrise on the NC intracoastal this week.
August 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM