@kathyinblue.bsky.social
Lover of books, birds & gardens. Art Nouveau, antiques & small joys. Democracy.
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I also love books and often buy books that I don’t read right away. I always end up feeling a bit guilty.
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
December 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I also love books and often buy books that I don’t read right away. I always end up feeling a bit guilty.
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
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Not that anybody asked, but If you accumulated all the flora, fauna, and metal that your True Love gives you each day in the “Twelve Days of Christmas” song, you would own 12 Trees, 40 Gold Rings, 140 Humans, and 185 Birds of 6 different species.
December 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Not that anybody asked, but If you accumulated all the flora, fauna, and metal that your True Love gives you each day in the “Twelve Days of Christmas” song, you would own 12 Trees, 40 Gold Rings, 140 Humans, and 185 Birds of 6 different species.
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"As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful."
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sunset on the Seine in Winter
🎨 Claude Monet (1880)
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sunset on the Seine in Winter
🎨 Claude Monet (1880)
December 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful."
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sunset on the Seine in Winter
🎨 Claude Monet (1880)
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sunset on the Seine in Winter
🎨 Claude Monet (1880)
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Surprise, surprise
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Surprise, surprise
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Suffragette Christmas card from the Women's Social and Political Union, 1909. UK.#Womensart
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Suffragette Christmas card from the Women's Social and Political Union, 1909. UK.#Womensart
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Two very different Christmas messages
December 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Two very different Christmas messages
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Good morning friends. Happy Wednesday and Happy Christmas Eve.🥰
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Good morning friends. Happy Wednesday and Happy Christmas Eve.🥰
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December 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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That’s not how GDP works. But it is how propaganda works.
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
That’s not how GDP works. But it is how propaganda works.
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Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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I remember President Biden saying he was the president for all Americans not just the ones that voted for him.
The hatred of one party was so deep it drove those awful people to put Trump back in the White House because they hated Democrats.
The hatred of one party was so deep it drove those awful people to put Trump back in the White House because they hated Democrats.
December 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I remember President Biden saying he was the president for all Americans not just the ones that voted for him.
The hatred of one party was so deep it drove those awful people to put Trump back in the White House because they hated Democrats.
The hatred of one party was so deep it drove those awful people to put Trump back in the White House because they hated Democrats.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This is a terrible, shocking story... they won't believe her but certificate or hospital records evidencing she was born in the US -
ICE Says U.S. Citizen’s Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
ICE Says U.S. Citizen’s Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This is a terrible, shocking story... they won't believe her but certificate or hospital records evidencing she was born in the US -
ICE Says U.S. Citizen’s Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
ICE Says U.S. Citizen’s Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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The Yule goat, the Julbocken, is a bringer of gifts, but also the spirit of the important last sheaf of the harvest. You might make one out of wood or straw to secretly leave at a neighbour’s house and when they find it they must also do the same. 🐐
December 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The Yule goat, the Julbocken, is a bringer of gifts, but also the spirit of the important last sheaf of the harvest. You might make one out of wood or straw to secretly leave at a neighbour’s house and when they find it they must also do the same. 🐐
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December 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Had that conversation w/ a dear friend early this morning. You are not alone. I posted this on my page to honor the Solstice - it helped lighten my spirits a bit, perhaps will do the same for you!✨ www.themarginalian.org/2019/12/03/t...
The Shortest Day: A Lyrical Illustrated Invitation to Presence with the Passage of Time, Our Ancient Relationship with the Sun, and the Cycles of Life
A lovely homage to a universal human impulse radiating across time and space and cultures and civilizations.
www.themarginalian.org
December 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Had that conversation w/ a dear friend early this morning. You are not alone. I posted this on my page to honor the Solstice - it helped lighten my spirits a bit, perhaps will do the same for you!✨ www.themarginalian.org/2019/12/03/t...
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The FBI put a thousand agents (their own words) on trying to hide all the links between Trump and Epstein. They failed. When people found some additional photos of Trump in the release, the DOJ promptly DELETED THEM FROM THE DOCUMENT RELEASE.
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
Available to download Friday, some Epstein files no longer there Saturday afternoon
An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files.
www.npr.org
December 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The FBI put a thousand agents (their own words) on trying to hide all the links between Trump and Epstein. They failed. When people found some additional photos of Trump in the release, the DOJ promptly DELETED THEM FROM THE DOCUMENT RELEASE.
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
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Solstice Peace, Hope, Light... ✌️✨🫶
December 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Solstice Peace, Hope, Light... ✌️✨🫶
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SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.