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Keisha Hall
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I am me. No more and no less. Just me being me. Living my life with my hubby, dogs, plants, books, kids, ideas, projects, thoughts, musings, stained glass, tasty food, creative instincts, big heart, faith, and lots of empathy, compassion, and courage.
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Photo of Catherine Chung’s book The Tenth Muse with quote from page 5: “All my life I’ve been told to let go as gracefully as possible. What’s worse, after all, than a hungry woman, greedy for all that isn’t meant to be hers? Still, I resist. In the end we relinquish everything: I think I’ll hold on, while I can.”
June 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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With all the horrible, scary, depressing things going on all over, it felt so great to add 34 rainbow spinners to the yard’s Pride Display. Each one represents and honors someone I love and care about who is part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
#pride
#pridedisplays
#yarddecor
Yard sign saying “Happy Pride” and “Lice thy neighbor” with hearts in various colors and sizes. “Happy Pride” sign with multi-colored hearts and “Love thy neighbor” 34 spinning wheels in rainbow hues edging a native flower planting bed in celebration of Pride Month.
June 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Feeling rejuvenated after hanging out with so many others today in Raleigh standing up for all the different things we believe in. My focus today was libraries and my interactive sign worked just as I hoped! #libraries
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#fiftyfiftyone
Poster board painted to look like a book titled Fund Our Libraries Back of the “book” with various quotes from authors on why books should not be banned Inside of “book” with the old school library index cards. Each card had a quote from a favorite book. Me and my good friend Diane on the lawn behind Raleigh’s legislative building.
April 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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“…when the brain spins nonsense” is a phrase I think I really understand and embrace

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#apsalmforthewildbuilt
"It was a stupid idea, easy to brush away, like the countless other moments in the day when a brain spins nonsense." A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
April 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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April 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Re-reading a favorite, but this time I get to do it with my Book Club brethren. Hope they like it as much as I did!
#booksky
The cover of Becky Chambers’ book “A Psalm for the Wild-Built” depicts a winding dirt path through a forest like setting. At one end of the path is a human figure sitting on the back of a vehicle type device while drinking a cup of steaming beverage. At the other end of the path is a boxy metallic robot with an arm outstretched to some butterflies.
April 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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April 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Pierce Brown’s book cover from “Morning Star” with quote: "How can I feel so melancholy for so terrible a past? Maybe that's just the nature of us, ever wishing for things that were and could be rather than things that are and will be. It takes more to hope than to remember."
April 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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April 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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April 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Photo of Pierce Brown’s “Morning Star” book cover with quote: "All that we have is that shout into the wind- how we live. How we go. And how we stand before we fall"
April 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Photo of book cover of Pierce Brown’s “Morning Star” with quote: "In war, men lose what makes them great. Their creativity. Their wisdom. Their joy. All that is left is their utility. War is not monstrous for making corpses of men so much as it is for making machines of them. And woe to those who have no use in war except to feed the machines."
April 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Pierce Brown’s book cover from Morning Star with the quote: “The Howlers watch the torture in silence, bent, faceless stains in the dark room. There’s no discussion. No moral questions at play. … This is more a part of war than trumpets or starships. Quiet, unremembered moments of cruelty.”
April 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Cover of Pierce Brown’s book Morning Star with quote “…the children dress for school. It’s a good sign. You know a people have given up when they stop teaching their children.”
April 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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#handsoff Fabulous turnout in Raleigh today! Thanks to all there for putting some much needed enthusiasm back in my step!
Me in my shirt that has a heart shaped American flag and the words “Hate has no home here” in a multitude of languages Protest sign saying “What would Jesus do? Feed poor, care sick, help dispirited,protect persecuted, shelter all, peace maker, elder care” Adorable kid of about 5 in shades with a lollipop stick hanging from his mouth with a sign saying “I love this earth” Protest sign saying “men of quality do not fear equality”
April 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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“Part of our work as people who dare to believe we can save the world is to prepare our wills to withstand some losing, so that we may lose and still set out again, anyhow.” --Julian Aguon

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”—James Baldwin
March 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Keeping an eye on the fire pit while trying out a new beverage and starting a new book. Maybe Mondays don’t completely suck….,
Photo of backyard with a fire pit trailing smoke curls and a patio table with a can of Orange Creamsicle flavored Hopfly Blender and Pierce Briwn’s book Golden Son.
March 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Enjoying this book a great deal!
Cover of Greg Sarris book “The Forgetters” with quote from the book stating: "You are not all-powerful. No one is. Have you forgotten the power of humans? They are tricksters. They are clever. That is their power. They can trap anything. They can trap the water. They can trap animals and even one another. But they forget the limits of their power, they do not remember that THEY are not all-powerful, and when they do forget these things, harm and destruction comes."
March 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Photo of a vase of daffodils with the Greg Sarris book “The Forgetters” and a mug of hot tea. The caption reads “Today there are fresh flowers, hot tea, and a new book. Life is good.”
March 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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The Supreme Court blocked a judge’s order to quickly unfreeze payments for foreign aid work.
February 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Photo of Sol Santana’s book “Just Ash” with added comment from me stating: “Started this today and am now 1/2 way through. It’s breaking me. Why don’t we, as a society, LISTEN when our children talk????”
February 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Who else is spending their snow days curled up with a good book or two?
Photo of two book covers. First is “The Three Mothers” by Anna Malaki’s Tubbs and the second is “The Tortilla Curtain” by T.C. Boyle. Additionally there is the statement “finish one and start another 2-20-25”.
February 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Every time I pick up Anna Malaika Tubbs’ book “The Three Mothers,” I re-read this quote from Harriet Tubman and feel so many emotions….
Quote from Anna Malaika Tubbs’ book “The Three Mothers” Part I The Circumstances of Our Birth I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty, or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive; I should fight for my liberty as long as my strength lasted, and when the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me. HARRIET TUBMAN
February 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Job description for the role of parenting sounds fairly accurate…..
Photo of Jennifer E. Smith’s book “The Unsinkable Greta James” with a quote from page 151-152 stating: “the larger work of shaping little human beings, making sure they value the things you do, like empathy and kindness and equality, while still having minds of their own; basically doing everything you can to keep them from turning into assholes one day.”
February 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Picked up this great shirt in Raleigh today at SassyDame Designs. Thanks to Georgina for helping making it a fabulous shopping experience! Going to try and put the link to the shop in the comments for anyone interested.
February 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM