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Sabra Briere
@sabrabriere.bsky.social
Long time political activist (since the ‘60s!). Disgruntled observer of ongoing chaos. Pragmatic optimist still. More cats than dogs. Reader. Thinker. Baker. Artist in my retirement. Slow to give up.

I expect you to have opinions.
NO DMs, porn or crypto.
Remembering
April 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’m just sharing this fine explainer.
February 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
4 miles every day. Knitting. Painting. It’s still not enough. I’m 75 and not looking forward to 79.
January 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
You may also join the People’s March in PETALUMA. Details in the poster, below.
January 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Holiday greetings from me to all of you.

Please note the treeless solution to displaying a lifetime collection of ornaments.
December 27, 2024 at 5:05 AM
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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Days 14, 15, 16
Will and Ariel Durant
December 10, 2024 at 5:44 AM
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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Days 12 and 13 — a pair
A Distant Mirror
The Guns of August
both by
Barbara Tuchman
December 6, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Day 11

The Whole Earth Catalog
(Various)
December 3, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

The Naked Ape
Desmond Morris
December 3, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Day 10

The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
December 3, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Day 9 (I’m a bit behind, so I’m doing several today)

Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
December 3, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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.

#BookSky
💙📚
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#20daybookchallenge

Day 8

The Source
James Michener
November 26, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#Books

Day 7

Mila 18
Leon Uris
November 25, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
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Day 6

The Family, Sex, and Marriage in England, 1500 - 1800

By Lawrence Stone
November 24, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
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Day 5

Andersonville
MacKinlay Kantor
November 22, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 4

The King Must Die
Mary Renault
November 21, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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.
#BookSky
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Day 3

Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
November 20, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Maybe a cat?
November 18, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Here’s a piece of the California coast.
November 17, 2024 at 5:39 AM
NASA keeps posting all these beautiful star field photos, and I think maybe I ought to be painting them instead of anything to do with this world.
November 15, 2024 at 7:03 PM