Graciewilde
@graciewilde.bsky.social
Be kind. Laugh often. Stay curious. Everything changes. Everyone has a story. Question everything. You'll manage.
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My #SundaySentence comes from Zohran Mamdami, whose remarks in Puerto Rico this week were inspired by Malcolm X’s words of inequality and social justice: “If you are not at the table, you may find yourself on the menu.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My #SundaySentence comes from Zohran Mamdami, whose remarks in Puerto Rico this week were inspired by Malcolm X’s words of inequality and social justice: “If you are not at the table, you may find yourself on the menu.”
"Youth is a seemingly bottomless gift, but it has a short shelf life."
from Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo
#SundaySentence
from Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo
#SundaySentence
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"Youth is a seemingly bottomless gift, but it has a short shelf life."
from Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo
#SundaySentence
from Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo
#SundaySentence
"One day I happened on a Senegalese expression used to express that someone had died: You say his or her library has burned."
From Joyride by Susan Orlean
#SundaySentence
From Joyride by Susan Orlean
#SundaySentence
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"One day I happened on a Senegalese expression used to express that someone had died: You say his or her library has burned."
From Joyride by Susan Orlean
#SundaySentence
From Joyride by Susan Orlean
#SundaySentence
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"Now nature—tamed, endangered, mortal—needs to be protected from people." #SundaySentence
On Photography, Susan Sontag.
On Photography, Susan Sontag.
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Now nature—tamed, endangered, mortal—needs to be protected from people." #SundaySentence
On Photography, Susan Sontag.
On Photography, Susan Sontag.
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"She knew she wasn't the same kind of bad mother that her own mother had been, but of course the menu of bad mothers is an endless and varied one."
Amber Sparks, Happy People Don't Live Here
#SundaySentence
Amber Sparks, Happy People Don't Live Here
#SundaySentence
November 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"She knew she wasn't the same kind of bad mother that her own mother had been, but of course the menu of bad mothers is an endless and varied one."
Amber Sparks, Happy People Don't Live Here
#SundaySentence
Amber Sparks, Happy People Don't Live Here
#SundaySentence
November
In November’s
gusty gale
I will flop my flippy tail
and spout hot soup.
I’ll be a whale!
Spouting once
spouting twice
spouting chicken soup
with rice.
#MauriceSendak
#November
#chickensoupwithrice
In November’s
gusty gale
I will flop my flippy tail
and spout hot soup.
I’ll be a whale!
Spouting once
spouting twice
spouting chicken soup
with rice.
#MauriceSendak
#November
#chickensoupwithrice
November 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
November
In November’s
gusty gale
I will flop my flippy tail
and spout hot soup.
I’ll be a whale!
Spouting once
spouting twice
spouting chicken soup
with rice.
#MauriceSendak
#November
#chickensoupwithrice
In November’s
gusty gale
I will flop my flippy tail
and spout hot soup.
I’ll be a whale!
Spouting once
spouting twice
spouting chicken soup
with rice.
#MauriceSendak
#November
#chickensoupwithrice
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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And just as the fall of the Roman Empire, they never recovered
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
And just as the fall of the Roman Empire, they never recovered
I found this spot of late October beauty as I was walking through the neighborhood yesterday. Happy Halloween. May your day contain more treats than tricks!
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I found this spot of late October beauty as I was walking through the neighborhood yesterday. Happy Halloween. May your day contain more treats than tricks!
“The act of mothering is not limited to the bearing of children.”
Ariel Lawson in The Frozen River
#SundaySentence
Ariel Lawson in The Frozen River
#SundaySentence
October 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“The act of mothering is not limited to the bearing of children.”
Ariel Lawson in The Frozen River
#SundaySentence
Ariel Lawson in The Frozen River
#SundaySentence
“This is what it means to age, I think. The days are long, but the years are short.”
Ariel Lawhon in The Frozen RIver''
#SundaySentence (s)
Ariel Lawhon in The Frozen RIver''
#SundaySentence (s)
October 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“This is what it means to age, I think. The days are long, but the years are short.”
Ariel Lawhon in The Frozen RIver''
#SundaySentence (s)
Ariel Lawhon in The Frozen RIver''
#SundaySentence (s)
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BREAKING: California has a new ballot measure that will charge a one-time 5% wealth tax on billionaires. It only taxes 204 people, but will bring in $100 BILLION to fund decimated healthcare and schools. 👏 I support this 💯
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
BREAKING: California has a new ballot measure that will charge a one-time 5% wealth tax on billionaires. It only taxes 204 people, but will bring in $100 BILLION to fund decimated healthcare and schools. 👏 I support this 💯
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This is Just to Say …
that somewhere,
William Carlos Williams
is smiling.
that somewhere,
William Carlos Williams
is smiling.
this is just to say
i have demolished
the east wing
and which you
were probably saving
for posterity
forgive me
i am demented
so weak
and so cold
i have demolished
the east wing
and which you
were probably saving
for posterity
forgive me
i am demented
so weak
and so cold
October 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
This is Just to Say …
that somewhere,
William Carlos Williams
is smiling.
that somewhere,
William Carlos Williams
is smiling.
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“The White House is a National Park
The White House is owned by the American people and stewarded by the National Park Service.
It is more than the President's residence; it is a site for protests and national discourse about what it means to be American.”
—the National Park Service:
The White House is owned by the American people and stewarded by the National Park Service.
It is more than the President's residence; it is a site for protests and national discourse about what it means to be American.”
—the National Park Service:
The White House and President's Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Home page
www.nps.gov
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“The White House is a National Park
The White House is owned by the American people and stewarded by the National Park Service.
It is more than the President's residence; it is a site for protests and national discourse about what it means to be American.”
—the National Park Service:
The White House is owned by the American people and stewarded by the National Park Service.
It is more than the President's residence; it is a site for protests and national discourse about what it means to be American.”
—the National Park Service:
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"It follows that an order of nuns who named their school the Immaculate Conception Convent should be violently opposed to sex outside marriage, and quite possibly within it."
From Broken Country by Clare Lesly Hall
#SundaySentence
From Broken Country by Clare Lesly Hall
#SundaySentence
October 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"It follows that an order of nuns who named their school the Immaculate Conception Convent should be violently opposed to sex outside marriage, and quite possibly within it."
From Broken Country by Clare Lesly Hall
#SundaySentence
From Broken Country by Clare Lesly Hall
#SundaySentence
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Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.
October 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.
Fall is arriving in the vineyards. #NorCal Dos this work for #Flowerreport, @haroldvondrehle.bsky.social ?
October 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Fall is arriving in the vineyards. #NorCal Dos this work for #Flowerreport, @haroldvondrehle.bsky.social ?
My daughter brought me flowers just for the heck of it. Does that count for #flowerreport, @haroldvondrehle.bsky.social ?
October 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My daughter brought me flowers just for the heck of it. Does that count for #flowerreport, @haroldvondrehle.bsky.social ?
“You can't catch a disease from a poem unless it's love.”
Frank McCourt in Angela’s Ashes
#Sundaysentence
Frank McCourt in Angela’s Ashes
#Sundaysentence
October 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“You can't catch a disease from a poem unless it's love.”
Frank McCourt in Angela’s Ashes
#Sundaysentence
Frank McCourt in Angela’s Ashes
#Sundaysentence
She was hanging out waiting for the rain to start.
October 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
She was hanging out waiting for the rain to start.