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Rachel
@rachelmccr.bsky.social
Potter, Alcohol ink artist, knee-jerk liberal.
June 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump is defying courts and ignoring the Constitution. That's why I'm taking to the streets on No Kings Day for a nationwide day of defiance. app.sosha.ai/s/X3RSuXSN
Join me on June 14
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June 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#Travel #Japan #Tokyo #Sushi
Learned how to make Sushi from a chef.
October 5, 2024 at 2:09 PM
#Travel #Japan #Sumo

Pictures on the road traveling to Mt. Fuji.
We were lucky to have a very clear day.
October 5, 2024 at 2:05 PM
#Travel #Japan #MihoMuseum #I.M.Pei

Miho Museum designed by I.M.Pei. No Photography permitted inside
October 5, 2024 at 1:54 PM
#Travel #Japan #Kyoto #Gion #Geisha

Gion Area of Kyoto where Geishas train and live.
Signs show a lot of rules for etiquette when encountering Geishas. We did not see any, though. But an interesting area!
October 5, 2024 at 1:49 PM
October 5, 2024 at 1:43 PM
#Travel #Japan #Kyoto #TenryujiTemple #SongenchiGarden

Tenryu-ji Zen Temple, Kyoto, Japan
October 5, 2024 at 1:41 PM
#Travel #Japan #GoldenTemple

The Golden Temple in Japan
October 5, 2024 at 1:30 PM
#Travel #Japan #FushimiInariShrine
An Inari shrine is used to worship the kami Inari. Inari is a popular deity associated with foxes, rice, household wellbeing, business prosperity, and general prosperity.
October 5, 2024 at 1:26 PM
October 5, 2024 at 1:17 PM
#Travel #Japan #Nara #DeerPark

According to legend a deity in the Shinto pantheon was carried by a sacred deer to Nara more than 1200 years ago, Ever since, deer living near the shrine have been protected.
About 1,300 sacred deer mingle freely with tourists
October 5, 2024 at 1:14 PM
#Travel #Japan #TodaijiTemple #Nara

Todaiji Buddhist Temple, Nara, Japan
October 5, 2024 at 1:04 PM
October 5, 2024 at 12:43 PM
#Travel #Shanghai #SoupDumplings #China

Reknowned crab soup dumplings, worth the wait!
This was a very crowded area and for good reason!
October 5, 2024 at 3:08 AM
#Travel #Shanghai #YuGardens #China

Yu Garden is an extensive, traditional Chinese garden located beside the City God Temple in Huangpu district, Shanghai.
October 5, 2024 at 3:04 AM
#Travel #China #Shanghai

Shanghai City views
October 5, 2024 at 2:58 AM
#Travel #China #ThreeGorges

Three Gorges Dam was built to prevent the Yangtze river from flooding and to produce power.
It displaced officially 1.3 million people, but estimates go to 3.5+ million whose homes were submerged and family history lost.
October 5, 2024 at 2:55 AM
#Travel #China #ThreeGorges

Temple near Three Gorges with cliff coffins
A LOT of steps. You could hire a sedan chair but we didn't have the heart to do that to anyone. We walked.
October 5, 2024 at 2:42 AM
#Travel #China #ThreeGorges

On the way to Three Gorges
October 5, 2024 at 2:35 AM
#Travel #Guilin #China #LiRiver
Li River before the typhoon evacuation
October 5, 2024 at 2:30 AM
#Travel #Guilin #China #ResettlementVillage

Resettlement Village near Guilin
October 5, 2024 at 2:25 AM
October 5, 2024 at 2:18 AM
#Travel #Guilin #China
Arrived at Guilin by air and saw Limestone mountains and Li River. Unfortunately, we had to evacuate a few days before we had intended due to a typhoon. We did get to leave on the bullet train though, which was nice.
October 5, 2024 at 2:14 AM
#Travel #Xi'an #China #Lacquer
Demonstration of Lacquer making process and stop at the restaurant for long noodles which we were able to see being made,
October 5, 2024 at 1:55 AM