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Musician, catlady, UU, informed voter, hiker, climber, she/her. Living in the Land of Enchantment. #AbortionIsHealthCare #CapitalismKills #BlackKittiesRule
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lovely sunset a few minutes ago
sweeping cloud shapes and a few contrails in flame-orange and dark gray: classic sunset in the Land of Enchantment
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Cartoon of a blonde girl with pigtails, wearing a light blue sweater and denim blue skirt, burgundy tights, and black Mary Janes, kneeling on the ground while holding a cool rock, with other rocks in front of her. The caption reads: “LOVING ROCKS: Susan collects all rocks, not just the ones she wants to use as weapons.”
November 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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They said we could take as many stickers as we wanted!
me sitting in my car, flashing a peace sign, wearing shades and a mottled gray hoodie with three cool New Mexico themed stickers (balloons, coyote, Zia) that say "I Voted." I only voted once, promise!
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Yesterday's post-hike treat (Taos Cow, in Arroyo Seco #iykyk) and this morning's shy visitor.
slightly sunburned white-haired lady peering out from behind a two-scoop ice-cream cone grey-black tarantula hiding under a seedy twig, on a dirt and gravel surface
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Leisurely hike up to Williams Lake today. Made friends with the resident gray jays, who will sit on your hand if you have food.
View of small alpine lake with dark green conifers on the left, rocks and yellow grass to the right, and craggy mountains in background with cool cloud shapes above the peaks. Lacy ice along the fringes as water flows slowly through a marshy grassy area golden orange moss or algae growing over a seep that feeds the lake gray jay sitting on a gray rock, waiting for more snacks
October 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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evening fire circle. brought binox in case comet is visible later
October 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Twilight in Taos
Last light glowing burnt orange on the Sangre de Cristo mountains to the east of me. The wide clear sky glwd gold above the mountain horizon and shafes upward to that lovely blue-purple-grey twilght color.
October 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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I'm in Taos for two days! Staying in an adorable pink trailor named "Louise," at Hotel Luna Mystica. Gotta watch my head when I go n and out, short door. Great view of Sangre de Cristo mountains.
exterior: pink and white trailor with white and pink flowers and a reflective metallic door. interior of small vintage trailer, look from kitchen area toward bed
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Downtown ABQ is packed with peaceful angry people.
me snd my sign, quoting @SarahKendzior: "This is a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government" small letters: "they knew"
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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flip side:
cardboard sign reading "Release the Epstein Files"
October 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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cardboard sign hand-lettered in metallic colors: "This is a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government" -Sarah Kendzior
October 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Auntie Grizelda knows it complements her coloring.
Torbie cat on duvet
October 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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New curtains are sage green velvet. I still need to steam out the wrinkles, but the color is perfect. This is duvet:
Duvet and pillow shams: sage green background with stylized lighter green leaves, brown/tan birds, red strawberries, blue flowers.
October 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Friend just gave me a new weapon. Now I gotta learn how to play the damn thing. I offered him my accordion in exchange, but he didn’t want it. Go figure.
Bearded man with glass, khaki cap, blue tee-shirt, grey pants, standing in line at a restaurant with a banjo slung upside-down over his shoulder. Caption reads: “Open Carry”…done right
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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For all the arachnid-sky folks. Seen in an art gallery gift shop:
Book cover with photographs of several beautiful spiders on the cover. Black title block with light lettering: Spiders of the World: A Natural History. Edited by Norman I. Platnick
October 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Breakfast burrito and balloons at Steel Bender
10-11 hot air ballons in the distance, against bluesky
October 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Hope all goes well. #Mammograhams
Mammo-graham cookies showing some kind of soft squishy filling in various vanilla and chocolate shades with pink candy “nipples”, squished between two flat graham crackers adorned with zigzags of chocolate frosting.
October 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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That’s an insect, not a bug. If you aren’t talking to your children about entomology, who is?
Image of two ladybugs humping on a green leaf. Text reads: My 4-year old says, “Daddy—those bugs are giving a piggyback ride!” Slightly embarrassed, I decide she was old enough for ‘the talk.’ I sit her down and say, “Pumpkin—those are beetles, not bugs.” If you aren’t talking to your kids about entomology, who is? In fancy orange and yellow font with two letters looking like a stylized insect: Insect Adventure
October 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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When Isli was spayed, she very much enjoyed watching the bathing scene in "Room With a View." Perhaps Cosette would enjoy watching Julian Sands and Rupert Graves having a bathe in their birthday suits.
black kitty with cone of despair, watching a film on a computer screen, with two handsome men skinny-dipping in a pond under shady green sunlight
September 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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September 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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This beauty rode on my windshield from the gym to my house. I'm sure it was relieved when I stopped for good.
A smallish praying mantis on the outside of my windshield, backlit by streetlight and traffic lights against a dark sky.
September 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Auntie Grizelda sends warm woolly comfort.
A dark grey and ginger torbie cat with white whiskers, muzzle, and bib is loafing on a multicolored block-woven wool blanket. She’s gazing kindly at you with gold-green eyes.
September 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Medallion on old juniper tree, reading "1st Romanov Russian Tsar Tree, GD ~ 1613, #81"
September 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Once upon a time there was an ocean
But now it's a mountain range
Something unstoppable set into motion
Nothing is different, but everything's changed
-Paul Simon

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Hunk of grey limestone with marine fossils, at North Sandia Peak
September 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Aspens are just starting to turn.
Small aspen tree, silhouetted against blue sky, with leaves turning yellow. Close-up of three yellow and red aspen leaves, held up in front of a group of aspen trees. close-up of aspen leaves on branch, mix of green, dark purplish red, red, and yellow Very tall gnarled aspen trees silhouetted against blue sky with sun peaking behind trunk of one tree.
September 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM