MaryO
@oshma.bsky.social
Bronx cat lover, nerd, data ponderer and Episcopalian. Substack at https://maryoshaughnessy.substack.com
On holidays, and transitions open.substack.com/pub/maryosha... This #Christmas, what #changes have you been through since last year? What #transitions are you celebrating/mourning/pondering?
On holidays, and transitions
The image of a snake shedding its skin is a fairly common one for life changes.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
On holidays, and transitions open.substack.com/pub/maryosha... This #Christmas, what #changes have you been through since last year? What #transitions are you celebrating/mourning/pondering?
On #Thanksgiving complex #emotions can surface. Includes a reminder about #helplines open.substack.com/pub/maryosha...
Tough holiday times, and gratitude
Today is a day that is embedded deep in the United States’ culture.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
On #Thanksgiving complex #emotions can surface. Includes a reminder about #helplines open.substack.com/pub/maryosha...
I am at @emblemhealth.bsky.social ‘s #cybersecurity conference in NYC and really impressed by NYS Chief Cyber Officer Colin Ahearn. He understands the small town needs.
October 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I am at @emblemhealth.bsky.social ‘s #cybersecurity conference in NYC and really impressed by NYS Chief Cyber Officer Colin Ahearn. He understands the small town needs.
Bible Study: Genesis 38
YouTube video by Christ Church Pelham
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September 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
There was an editorial cartoon that showed Charlie Kirk in heaven—explaining to the children of school shootings why their deaths were necessary.
September 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
There was an editorial cartoon that showed Charlie Kirk in heaven—explaining to the children of school shootings why their deaths were necessary.
This is a great house on a wonderful block in #Wakefield in the #Bronx — check it out if you want to own a home and detached garage! www.trulia.com/home/4428-br...
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August 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is a great house on a wonderful block in #Wakefield in the #Bronx — check it out if you want to own a home and detached garage! www.trulia.com/home/4428-br...
The mysteries we leave behind
Unlabeled photographs and objects with no identity
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July 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
For those of you who whine about #paywalls: In 1995, if you bought the @nytimes.com every day, you would have spent $286–$603 in today’s dollars. An all-access subscription, not on sale, is $300 today. #FreePress doesn’t mean the people who create and protect it, don’t deserve a living wage.
June 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
For those of you who whine about #paywalls: In 1995, if you bought the @nytimes.com every day, you would have spent $286–$603 in today’s dollars. An all-access subscription, not on sale, is $300 today. #FreePress doesn’t mean the people who create and protect it, don’t deserve a living wage.
If police and TSA have to wear uniforms, and the former have body cameras, why can’t ICE be held to the same standard?
June 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If police and TSA have to wear uniforms, and the former have body cameras, why can’t ICE be held to the same standard?
In #LGBT #Pride month, I am working on preserving my #trans wife's voice and memory. Andrea's writing: a memoir of transition open.substack.com/pub/maryosha...
Andrea's writing: a memoir of transition
On editing a deceased spouse's words
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June 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In #LGBT #Pride month, I am working on preserving my #trans wife's voice and memory. Andrea's writing: a memoir of transition open.substack.com/pub/maryosha...
#LGBT #Baptists are after #same-sex #marriage. Southern Baptists to Vote on Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...
Southern Baptists to Vote on Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage
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June 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
#LGBT #Baptists are after #same-sex #marriage. Southern Baptists to Vote on Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...
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It’s obvious but worth drawing out what raids of Home Depot’s of all places is about. It’s rounding up people who are really eager for work and for whom there is work, peoples whose labor is in demand. We know this but shows just how far it is from rounding up just the bad guys.
June 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It’s obvious but worth drawing out what raids of Home Depot’s of all places is about. It’s rounding up people who are really eager for work and for whom there is work, peoples whose labor is in demand. We know this but shows just how far it is from rounding up just the bad guys.
#Pentecost often brings a renewal of #Baptismal promises: what do we really commit to? open.substack.com/pub/maryosha...
Baptismal promises
We are now in Pentecost—the season of baptism and the Holy Spirit.
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June 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#Pentecost often brings a renewal of #Baptismal promises: what do we really commit to? open.substack.com/pub/maryosha...
My late wife was #trans. In these dark days, I am working on sharing her story #lgbt #pride open.substack.com/pub/maryosha...
A trans woman's life, in writing
Most of my readers know that my wife, Andrea Sears, died suddenly last August.
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June 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My late wife was #trans. In these dark days, I am working on sharing her story #lgbt #pride open.substack.com/pub/maryosha...
Watching the #pope’s #funeral on the #Vatican English YouTube channel. As an #Episcopalian of the Anglo-Catholic flavor, I am always moved by the familiarity of the chants sung at international #Catholic and #Anglican liturgies. #Tradition in #music does connect us across time and space.
April 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Watching the #pope’s #funeral on the #Vatican English YouTube channel. As an #Episcopalian of the Anglo-Catholic flavor, I am always moved by the familiarity of the chants sung at international #Catholic and #Anglican liturgies. #Tradition in #music does connect us across time and space.
April 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I am posting long-form writing here: maryoshaughnessy.substack.com #faith and #commitment and #Episcopal things.
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April 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I am posting long-form writing here: maryoshaughnessy.substack.com #faith and #commitment and #Episcopal things.
On dealing with what’s left after #death maryoshaughnessy.substack.com/p/detritus?f...
Detritus
This evening I packed up some of my late wife’s clothes, for donation to a clothing closet.
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April 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
On dealing with what’s left after #death maryoshaughnessy.substack.com/p/detritus?f...
So homeowners insurance gets no renewed if you use it. Spiffy.
April 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
So homeowners insurance gets no renewed if you use it. Spiffy.
Diva decides that the show is over for the evening. #cattitude#kitten
April 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Diva decides that the show is over for the evening. #cattitude#kitten