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No quiero pasar la vida sin que la vida pase a través de mí
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It just hangs there, quiet, waiting for cold hands to find warmth."
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Let this story reach more hearts....
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Last Thursday, there were 200 coats. Scarves too. Gloves. We call it "Earl's Fence" now. There's one in Detroit. One in Manchester. One in Vancouver.

I never met the man who saved me from freezing. But I'm becoming him, one coat at a time.
Because the best kind of help doesn't ask for credit.
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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I never knew Earl. Never got to say thank you.

But last November, I took my babysitting money to Goodwill. Bought six coats. Hung them on that same fence.
My friends saw. They bought coats. Then their parents did. Then the high school started a coat drive, not for a bin, for the fence.
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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He was homeless, prideful, wouldn't take handouts. Froze to death behind a dumpster wearing a T-shirt. If I put coats on a fence nobody has to ask. Nobody has to admit they need help. They just take it. Dignity intact

I'm Kayla Martinez. I'm sixteen now. That purple coat got me through fourth grade
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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on Fourth Street. When they cleaned out his place, they found Thrift store receipts. Hundreds of them. He'd been buying every decent winter coat he could find, spending his entire disability check, and hanging them up at night.

His nephew found a journal entry, "Lost my son to exposure in 2004.
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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No cameras ever caught who did it. No social media claims. Just... coats. Every Thursday. All winter long.
The news picked it up. Called them "The Fence Angel." Interviewed grateful families. But nobody knew.
Until March.

Old man died, Earl Hutchins, seventy-one, lived alone in a basement apartment
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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anyone could stop her.
By lunch, all fifteen coats were gone. Fifteen kids who'd been shivering through recess were warm.

The next Thursday? Twenty coats. Different fence same neighborhood outside the community center. Then thirty coats appeared at the dtn shelter. Then blankets. Then winter boots
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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But then Kayla Martinez, eight years old, said her mom worked nights cleaning offices and couldn't afford a winter coat this year. She'd been wearing three hoodies layered up. She touched a purple one on the fence, the right size and whispered, "Can I?"

Mrs. Alvarez, the PE teacher, said yes before
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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"They found the coats on Thursday morning.

Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.

Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Fuji Superia 400 | The Yukon
December 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Solar noon shadows in Anchorage on the winter solstice.
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Solstice morning.
#Watercolour on paper, 11x14 inches. #Watercolor #YukonArt
Painting of the day 2125.
December 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Windy Arm.
#Watercolour on paper, 8.5x8.5 inches. #Watercolor #YukonArt
Painting of the day 2032.
September 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Mountain View Drive
Whitehorse, YT
2:47pm
-39°C
December 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Beautiful drone video of

St John’s Battery, Newfoundland

Known as Jellybean Row, the houses were painted bright colours so the sailors could use them as landmarks in thick fog as well as allowing them to pick out their homes from the sea

…plus it looks so cheerful!

#Canada
#Newfoundland
December 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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timeline cleaning
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Did you know? #Canada

All Canadian Provinces and Territories have a Provincial or Territorial Act called the Apology Act. Due to Canadians always using the word SORRY.

For example below from Ontario. It was created for Canadians so they could not be held accountable for saying Sorry. #Sorry 🍁
November 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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"Luego alcancé a comprender que el tiempo nunca se gana y que nunca se pierde, que la vida se gasta, simplemente".
Almudena Grandes
📷Aitor Arana Arruti
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Happy little trees. 🎄
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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A giant glacier balloon that slowly deflates throughout the parade as a fleet of miniature tour busses idle in front of it.
Because I'm on the Alaska-themed-parade-float beat, I should let you all know that Princess Cruises is going to have an Alaska-themed float in the Tournament of Roses Parade for the Rose Bowl: www.alaskatia.org/tournament-r...
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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RIP Stan Collins

You were a friend to all humanity. Sharing your knowledge and journaling your beautiful community in Newfoundland.

Deepest condolences Marlene and Shelly.
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Stan Collins passed away a few days ago. For those who followed him on twitter, this article is a lovely tribute ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This Rocky Harbour retiree's Twitter feed might be the best thing on social media | CBC News
Meet the man who has gained thousands of fans by posting 10 pictures a day, every day, of Gros Morne.
www.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM