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Martha Clare
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Parent, white cisgender queer liberal, feminist/womanist, public servant, wilderness resident. Trying to be hopeful.
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A moments relief from all the politics. Here is a morning view from my garage in Lake Placid, New York, winter wonderland.
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Happy #Caturday from underneath my one eyed black cat. I was going to take a nap, but I forgot I had an espresso about an hour ago so I’m just lying here. I’m not thinking about Trump. I’m not thinking about Gaza. I’m not. I’m reserving space for myself.
October 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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No Kings in Williston Vermont.
October 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Dawn at John Brown’s Farm, Lake Placid, New York, September 28, 2025. We must continue to fight.
September 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Happy #Caturday round two after tea with a friend at a very fancy hotel.
September 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Happy #Caturday. They had just spent 20 minutes arguing up for who got to lie on top of me. When they finally settled down, I realized I had to go to the bathroom.
September 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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#HandsOff #protests #peace
A white man and woman at a Hands Off protest on 4/5/25. His sign reads, "Be Kind," and hers reads "PEACE."
April 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Lake Placid NY scenes, at dawn today, minus eleventy degrees. Heaven Hill Farm and John Brown's Farm. #adirondacks #lakeplacidny #peace #justice #blacklivesmatter
March 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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No matter what happens on this earth, in this flawed and painful, limited life filled with love, grief, joy, agony, hope and despair...our souls will be free beyond and evermore. #peace #justice

Alice Neel, Self-portrait, 1980
Painted self nude portrait by the artist Alice Neel when she is elderly. Dated 1980.
January 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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On the ferry to Vermont, visiting a friend, doing something nice for myself. Peace and justice need emotional feeding. ❤️
January 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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I feel far from serene these days. Where is peace? Where is justice? ("Die Überlebenden" / "The Survivors" by Käthe Kollwitz 1923)

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This is piece of art by Käthe Kollwitz from 1923 called "The Survivors" (Die Überlebenden in German.). It shows hollow-eyed, starving, blinded people.
January 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Mike Luckovich cartoon of Jimmy and Roslyn Carter reuniting at the pearly gates.
December 29, 2024 at 11:44 PM
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Today is the 4th day of #Kwanzaa. The principle is Ujamaa: (Cooperative Economics) "To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together." Have a blessed day.

#peace #justice #blacklivesmatter
December 29, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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My 17-year-old son and me. He was 13 when he saw the video of George Floyd being murdered; developed an instant terror of the police and begged his father not to let the police kill him. What can we do? Our love will not protect him.

#peace #justice #blacklivesmatter
December 27, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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This morning, dawn through the snow-laden trees. The sky was magenta and a bit of orange--this photo doesn't capture its fury. -17°F and we're expecting "weather" in the #Adirondacks. The neighbors' trampoline is ready for winter bouncing.
colorful dawn sky through snowy trees
December 23, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (20/20)
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge

The Jerusalem Bible - by lots of people (mostly men)
The Jerusalem Bible
December 22, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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I special ordered a five-pound block of paneer because you can't get paneer here in the Adirondacks. Please share paneer recipes! And yes, I know about palaak paneer. #recipes #paneer #adirondacks
a five pound block of paneer from Royal Mahout
December 21, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (19/20)
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
December 21, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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My favorite short story of all time is "Roman Fever" by Edith Wharton. It tipped me into an obsession with Wharton in my 30s. I read everything I could get my hands on that she wrote. Such subtle viciousness, such elegance of words. "I had Barbara." #booksky
Short story "Roman Fever" by Edith Wharton.
December 19, 2024 at 12:25 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (18/20)
#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge

To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
December 19, 2024 at 12:13 PM
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Today's library book: "The Wisdom of Sheep: Observations from a Family Farm," by Rosamund Young. I used to be a smalltime all-natural pig and chicken farmer, and am so excited to read this book.

Support your local library! #libraries #library #booksky
Today's library book: "The Wisdom of Sheep" Observations from a Family Farm," by Rosamund Young.
December 18, 2024 at 11:07 PM
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Choose 20 books that have influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (17/20)
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
December 17, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (16/20)
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge

A People’s History of the United States - Howad Zinn
A People’s History of the United States - Howad Zinn
December 16, 2024 at 12:30 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (15/20)
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge

Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison
December 15, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (14/20)
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge

Six Weeks to Words of Power by Wilfred Funk
Six weeks to words of power by Wilfred Funk
December 14, 2024 at 1:15 PM