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Jan Poston Day
@jpostonday.bsky.social
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Customer-obsessed community builder, Airedale owner, beekeeper, and DC Statehood NOW advocate. I work for AWS and my opinions are my own.
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FYI: Ship-by-dates to ensure your packages arrive at their US domestic destination by Dec 25. Plan accordingly!

USPS Ground Advantage: Dec 17, 2025

USPS Priority Mail: Dec 18, 2025

USPS Priority Mail Express: Dec 20, 2025.
Flying eagle logo of the United States Postal Service
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Thankful I could walk the dog this afternoon during the golden hour at Historic Congressional Cemetery in DC and catch the light on the leaves of trees lining this path. So luminous! I stood therein the allee buffeted by wind, surrounded by golden light, warmed by the joy and delight in my heart.
A brown gravel path receding into the distance bordered by trees and stone and marble grave markers. It is an allee! The trees on either side have formed an enveloping canopy over the path. Their canopies of yellow leaves turned glowing gold by being struck by the light of a setting sun during the golden hour. The light inside the allee made for a magical feeling despite the wind and cold.
November 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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This sign may be just the one you need for right now. Spotted on my dog walk in DC’s Capitol Hill.
Small sign in a garden reads “Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.”
October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Ahoy Mateys! Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day to all who celebrate!
Silhouettes of two 18th century tall masted sailing ships with the wind billowing out their sails. Both are flying the Jolly Roger (aka pirate Flag). The text above them reads “19 September International Talk Like a Pirate Day”
September 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Sometimes, when I find current world events are getting me down, I think about the quiet moments of joy I’ve experienced. One example: this bowl of homemade tagliatelle noodles with lump crab meat, salmon roe and clementine zest my husband @csrday.bsky.social made for me last week. Exquisite!
Close up of a white bowl containing homemade tagliatelle noodles with lump crab meat, salmon roe, and clementine zest.
July 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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This set of Bold Affirmations was gifted to me on Monday. Today I pulled this one at random. Just what I needed this morning! I gift this affirmation to all who are in need of the boost!

“My unique spirit brings light into the world. They can’t dim my light; I’m shining regardless”.

Shine on!⭐️
June 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Anyone else walk through art exhibitions imagining which pieces they’d take home if they could? This one is a little bulky but worth the effort in my opinion. “Staircase in Capri” 1878, John Singer Sargent. Private collection. Currently shown in “Sargent and Paris” at The Met through Aug 3, 2025.
Oil painting masterfully showing the play of light along a narrow staircase in Capri. Sargent has chosen a challenging perspective to paint - looking up a very narrow walled staircase between two buildings. At the top of the run of the stairs captured in a range of vibrant white and pale grey tones, the viewers eye is rewarded with contrasting.rich, dark green vegetation. One can feel the coolness of the walls in shade contrasted with the growing heat of the sun. I imagine it is morning and Sargent is relishing the bright light and the challenge of capturing the subtleties it reveals as it plays along the whitewashed walls and steps. I would steal this painting in a heartbeat if I had the courage and cunning. Label from the exhibition. Staircase in Capri 1878 Oil on canvas Private collection The island of Capri, off the coast of Naples, Italy, was a destination for artists throughout the nineteenth century. The beauty of its coast and rugged inland terrain set against the vibrant blue of the Bay of Naples offered no end of compositional possibilities for artists. Sargent, who had first visited as a teenager, in 1869, returned to the island in summer 1878 in search of artistic subjects. He was drawn to the island's whitewashed architecture and dazzling light. Here, Sargent confronts the aesthetic challenge of painting a white-on-white composition, brilliantly recording the effects of light and shadow across the geometry of the staircase.
June 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Why yes, that is a bounty of homemade möbius strip pasta that @csrday.bsky.social made for our dinner!
Homemade Pasta formed into the shape of small möbius strips set on a pasta drying rack.
June 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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What is the Trump Administration’s economic strategy? Apparently it is - surprise! - Incompetence. Enjoy this WaPo gift article to learn more. wapo.st/4bAbyU4.

Thank you Michael Strain for saying out loud what many of us have been thinking.
Text on image is an excerpt from the Washington Post article and reads “What are they trying to do? They don’t have a strategy. They don’t have a clear goal for these policies,” said economist Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute, a right-of-center think tank in Washington. “I think what we’re seeing is incompetence.”
March 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Dinner tonight: Homemade Butterfly pasta made with semolina flour, water, and lemon zest and later served with scallops and squid. There are beautiful things still happening in this world! Thank you @csrday.bsky.social !
March 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Run! Don’t walk to see this powerful and inspiring exhibition on the art of Elizabeth Catlett. She has captured the beauty, strength, struggle and love of Black women like no other artist I have experienced. It is at the National Gallery of Art (east wing) in DC from today until July 6.
A large (~ 20 feet wide by 12 feet tall) Banner at the entrance to the exhibition reads “Elizabeth Catlett a Black Revolutionary Artist”
March 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Next Monday, Feb 17 is President's Day. This is the day we're supposed to protest, right? Where and when is the meetup?
An image showing the four carved heads of Presidents on Mt. Rushmore. Above the image the text reads "President's Day, February 17, 2025." Posted across the heads of the Presidents is the text "This is the day we're supposed to protest Trump, right? Where and when is the meetup?"
February 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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This has been an awful 4.5 days: Trump shit show; friend tells me she is getting a divorce; my 90yr old mother has a fall (she’s doing ok), a friend’s cancer surgery not successful. Thank goodness for Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite 2. This part especially is ❤️ youtu.be/zEVB26kz6fY
The cover for the Album Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite number 2. This last 5-min of the 20-min piece lifts my spirits every time I hear it.
January 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Found joy in paper marbling on Monday. Focusing on a creative pursuit helped sustain me and replenish my soul while I endured the flood of MAGA hats in my neighborhood and the flurry of vindictive, idiotic, and often cruel executive orders were released by the orange Cheeto. RESIST!
January 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Proud of myself for keeping my 28 day steps goal streak alive. Time to up the distance I’ve set as a goal. I’m enjoying being out and about in all weathers and squeezing in steps where and when I can. I wish you success on the new habits and personal goals you’ve set for yourself.
January 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I love how beautiful Capitol Hill is even in Winter. Hope everyone is staying warm out there today!
View of the Mall from the west lawn of the US Capitol. The Grant memorial is in the foreground with the Washington Monument in the distance with the Smithsonian Castle appearing in frame on the left. View of the East Front of the US Capitol taken from the spot on the East Lawn where newscasters often stand to deliver news. The ornate cast-iron Bartholi Fountain in the Bartholi Garden (water turned off for Winter) with the US Botanic Garden greenhouse visible behind it. A pink Camilla in full bloom on the grounds of the US Botanic Garden.
January 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Sometimes my dog seems to be all legs.
January 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Reminds me of the sea turtle and frog carvings in the stairwell at Liberty’s in London.
Newell post carving of a sea turtle in the stairwell at Liberty’s of London. Newell post carving of a frog in the stairwell of Liberty’s of London.
January 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Woke up to 5+ inches of snow on Capitol Hill (DC) and it’s still coming down fast and furiously. House now smells of ham stock in progress in the stove and a loaf of bread baking in the oven. Time to login and start the work week.
Snow piled up on fence and trash bins. Snowy scene of cars, sidewalks, and streets blanketed under 5+ inches of snow on Capitol Hill in DC.
January 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Confession: I can’t visit the National Gallery of Art (WashingtonDC) without stopping to see William Vans Murray. I love the energy of the brush strokes in this painting. Affectionately referred to in our house as “my boyfriend”, he lives on the wall outside the early American furniture collection.
Formal half-length portrait of a confident, fine-featured William Vans Murray wearing a black jacket with white lace neckerchief. The then 27-year-old Murray stands in front of a scarlet curtain background. He wears an impressive-in-volume grey wig. This portrait was painted in 1787, the year before he began his political career. Murray served in the Maryland House of Delegates, then as a representative for Maryland to the US House of Representatives, and then as the US Ambassador to The Netherlands. He died at the age of 43. Portrait by Mather Brown (1787), gift from the Andrew Mellon Collection.
January 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Spent my last day of holiday PTO exploring my paper marbling supplies. So many paint colors and pattern combination possibilities, so little time!
Array of different marbled papers arrayed in a fan-shaped display Violet and yellow marbled chevrons Marbled paper with white, yellow, blue and orange. Marbled paper in shades of brown, tan, and cream.
January 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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December 25, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Sour cherry and blueberry pie with Christmas tree shaped cut out in pie crust.
December 25, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Giving my nieces cash for Christmas this year. Wanted something more interesting than a card to put the gift in. Found easy tutorials on Letterlocking online (www.atlasobscura.com/articles/let...) I’ve already pre-ordered the book these researchers have written. letterlocking.org/preorder-the...
Three different styles of locked letters based on examples -one from the 1580s, one by 1602 by poet John Donne, and one from the 1690s. Each is secured with a gold wax seal.
December 24, 2024 at 6:05 PM
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Thank you Norway for your gift of this magnificent Christmas tree symbolizing our long friendship transformed 80+ years ago in the forge of World War II, into the unbreakable bonds of Allies. Union Station always looks its best when graced with this tree of friendship. God Yule!🇳🇴
A photo of a ~30 foot tall Christmas tree lit with white lights and festooned with garlands of Norwegian flags. The base of the spectacular tree is surrounded by a ring of red poinsettias. The tree stands in the grand hall of Union Station, Washington,DC. The arched ceiling of the station is painted cream and decorated with gold leaf covered medallions that glow and glisten as they reflect the light from the tree.
December 20, 2024 at 1:08 PM