Julie Etscheid
@stillwaters88.bsky.social
I'm a snarky school nurse. Music, film, nature, and family.
Pacific Northwest autumn sunset, peeking through between the clouds, Olympic Mountains and the Puget Sound. Taken from Fort Ebey State Park on Whidbey Island.
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Pacific Northwest autumn sunset, peeking through between the clouds, Olympic Mountains and the Puget Sound. Taken from Fort Ebey State Park on Whidbey Island.
Diablo Lake, Washington State. So lucky to catch the moment with no breeze on the water.
October 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Diablo Lake, Washington State. So lucky to catch the moment with no breeze on the water.
Picture Lake reflecting Mount Shukson. This is near Mount Baker and the Washington-Canada border.
September 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Picture Lake reflecting Mount Shukson. This is near Mount Baker and the Washington-Canada border.
Doesn't get much more majestic than this!
August 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Doesn't get much more majestic than this!
Solstice parade in Seattle.
June 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Solstice parade in Seattle.
This is just PEPFAR-related deaths from cutting USAID. It doesn't count other deaths (e.g., food aid, other medicines, etc.). The numbers are staggering, and we're only 5 months in.
pepfar.impactcounter.com
pepfar.impactcounter.com
PEPFAR Impact Tracker
Track the impact of PEPFAR funding halt
pepfar.impactcounter.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This is just PEPFAR-related deaths from cutting USAID. It doesn't count other deaths (e.g., food aid, other medicines, etc.). The numbers are staggering, and we're only 5 months in.
pepfar.impactcounter.com
pepfar.impactcounter.com
At Fort Ebey State Park...
April 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
At Fort Ebey State Park...
At Fort Ebey State Park, nature is king.
April 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At Fort Ebey State Park, nature is king.
Wondering if China tariffs hold, will landlines make a comeback? ;) Meanwhile, prediction for apparel shopping: second hand stores will be a thing.
April 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Wondering if China tariffs hold, will landlines make a comeback? ;) Meanwhile, prediction for apparel shopping: second hand stores will be a thing.
Seattle protest today. So powerful.
April 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Seattle protest today. So powerful.
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.
Not to speak is to speak.
Not to act is to act. --Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Not to speak is to speak.
Not to act is to act. --Dietrich Bonhoeffer
April 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.
Not to speak is to speak.
Not to act is to act. --Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Not to speak is to speak.
Not to act is to act. --Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Judging by its mix of dark and light tail feathers, this must be a young eagle (1-2 years?). Taken at the southern tip of Whidbey Island.
March 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Judging by its mix of dark and light tail feathers, this must be a young eagle (1-2 years?). Taken at the southern tip of Whidbey Island.
Reposted by Julie Etscheid
Reposted by Julie Etscheid
Woke up, breakfast, realised America and Russia are now allies, went to work, coffee, wait… what?
March 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Woke up, breakfast, realised America and Russia are now allies, went to work, coffee, wait… what?
So, it sounds like Elon and DOGE are doing The Two Bobs from Office Space now?
February 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
So, it sounds like Elon and DOGE are doing The Two Bobs from Office Space now?
Secret beach and botanical garden. My short trip had some pretty moments.
February 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Secret beach and botanical garden. My short trip had some pretty moments.
Enjoying a tropical sunrise while helping my Mom with her condo and car in Kauai this week. I hope this brings a little positivity to your day, in the midst of all the bad headlines.
February 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Enjoying a tropical sunrise while helping my Mom with her condo and car in Kauai this week. I hope this brings a little positivity to your day, in the midst of all the bad headlines.
Adrian Brody's film The Brutalist was long, with an intermission even, but I'm glad they kept its length, to express what it needs to. Truly a film for these days, with messaging about immigration and $ inequities, tho set in the 40s-80s. (FYI, Adult-rated for drug use, sex, and rape).
February 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Adrian Brody's film The Brutalist was long, with an intermission even, but I'm glad they kept its length, to express what it needs to. Truly a film for these days, with messaging about immigration and $ inequities, tho set in the 40s-80s. (FYI, Adult-rated for drug use, sex, and rape).
This likely stray is so pretty. It was confused by the ham I threw out the window towards it.
February 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This likely stray is so pretty. It was confused by the ham I threw out the window towards it.
There's already so much suffering in our world. I cannot fathom that the U.S. has intentionally brought so much more on what will be a massive scale. This article interviews a civil servant on the ground and what it's been like for their life-saving work to be cut off and more. Important article.
‘Americans Can and Will Die from This’: USAID Worker Details Dangers, Chaos
The sudden scapegoating of the once-bipartisan agency has left front-line workers in foreign countries stunned and abandoned, without even a contact in Washington.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
There's already so much suffering in our world. I cannot fathom that the U.S. has intentionally brought so much more on what will be a massive scale. This article interviews a civil servant on the ground and what it's been like for their life-saving work to be cut off and more. Important article.
Here's a pretty winter flower to brighten up your dismal Tuesday Bluesky feed.
February 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Here's a pretty winter flower to brighten up your dismal Tuesday Bluesky feed.
During the first Trump presidency, I learned way more about our govt workings and civics than I ever did, due to all the broken norms, laws, and subsequent lawsuits. I feel like after the next 4 years, I'll be eligible for an honorary degree in political science.
February 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
During the first Trump presidency, I learned way more about our govt workings and civics than I ever did, due to all the broken norms, laws, and subsequent lawsuits. I feel like after the next 4 years, I'll be eligible for an honorary degree in political science.
My daughter came home with a nose-bridge piercing. I told her she is the perverbial uneven ground upon which we find ourselves heightening our awareness of the need to find our balance, thereby strengthening the neglected, uncomfortable areas of our minds that we try to avoid. Such confidence!
February 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My daughter came home with a nose-bridge piercing. I told her she is the perverbial uneven ground upon which we find ourselves heightening our awareness of the need to find our balance, thereby strengthening the neglected, uncomfortable areas of our minds that we try to avoid. Such confidence!
I was reading about existentialism and Sartre. I think I'm too stressed or indecisive to be a good existentialist. Just tell me when's dinner.
January 31, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I was reading about existentialism and Sartre. I think I'm too stressed or indecisive to be a good existentialist. Just tell me when's dinner.