Tamarah Lee
@tamarahlee.bsky.social
Working to find joy as we navigate the pain in our world. #joyasresistance
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Chesterton's fence is, in short, the principle that it is foolhardy to remove a fence without knowing why it was put there in the first place.
July 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Chesterton's fence is, in short, the principle that it is foolhardy to remove a fence without knowing why it was put there in the first place.
EVERYONE's home. Plus a few extras. Then noise is happy and full. The meal is on track. The trees outside are all in bloom. People are swapping stories about worlds that overlap in strange and wonderous ways. I will take all of this. #joyasresistance
April 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
EVERYONE's home. Plus a few extras. Then noise is happy and full. The meal is on track. The trees outside are all in bloom. People are swapping stories about worlds that overlap in strange and wonderous ways. I will take all of this. #joyasresistance
I asked my class, Do you think America's greatest days are behind it? They said "When *were* our greatest days? What would we go back to? First there was slavery, then there was Jim Crow and lynching, then the Internment, then there was the Cold War."
April 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I asked my class, Do you think America's greatest days are behind it? They said "When *were* our greatest days? What would we go back to? First there was slavery, then there was Jim Crow and lynching, then the Internment, then there was the Cold War."
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“WAIT A SECOND, THIS IS WRONG “…
April 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“WAIT A SECOND, THIS IS WRONG “…
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There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
March 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
Well, I am. We are. We will.
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
My class is reading a Terry Pratchett book. Grading what these inquisitive minds are seeing, watching them embrace the characters, putting their disparate parts together to make a whole person, and joining in the laughter at the humor throughout the story makes teaching rich. #joyasresistance
March 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My class is reading a Terry Pratchett book. Grading what these inquisitive minds are seeing, watching them embrace the characters, putting their disparate parts together to make a whole person, and joining in the laughter at the humor throughout the story makes teaching rich. #joyasresistance
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what prayer does on a cosmic level but I DO know that it can transform me into someone who is more open and more of service to a world in need of healing. It can help me tap into the Big Bigness and find my marching instructions. So the bigger I go, the more people I can ask to help-the better. +
March 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
what prayer does on a cosmic level but I DO know that it can transform me into someone who is more open and more of service to a world in need of healing. It can help me tap into the Big Bigness and find my marching instructions. So the bigger I go, the more people I can ask to help-the better. +
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Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow & ruin pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement, seeking to overthrow forces that destroy the promise, hope, vision. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
March 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow & ruin pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement, seeking to overthrow forces that destroy the promise, hope, vision. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
The students put together a timeline of the Civil Rights today. We started the unit by defining Greatness using quotes from names in history like Alexis de Tocqueville and Tecumseh, Anne Frank and Winston Churchill, right next to the current name of Michelle Obama.
March 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The students put together a timeline of the Civil Rights today. We started the unit by defining Greatness using quotes from names in history like Alexis de Tocqueville and Tecumseh, Anne Frank and Winston Churchill, right next to the current name of Michelle Obama.
I put my hands in the dirt today. It is still loose from winter rain, and the weeds came out easily. Bit by bit I am reclaiming my flowerbed and letting the earth's soil ground me. #joyasresistance
March 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I put my hands in the dirt today. It is still loose from winter rain, and the weeds came out easily. Bit by bit I am reclaiming my flowerbed and letting the earth's soil ground me. #joyasresistance
The pitter-patter of the rain on the windows kept me company in the wee smalls when all the thoughts gather; and their gentle tapping speaks of shelter and power beyond mine. #joyasresistance
March 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The pitter-patter of the rain on the windows kept me company in the wee smalls when all the thoughts gather; and their gentle tapping speaks of shelter and power beyond mine. #joyasresistance
When I close the children's sermon the kids have decided that their favorite posture for prayer is "the beam." They gather in a tight bunch, on their knees, with their hands all together, pointing upward. (One 5-year-old says there must be a hole in our ceiling so the prayers can beam out to God.)
March 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
When I close the children's sermon the kids have decided that their favorite posture for prayer is "the beam." They gather in a tight bunch, on their knees, with their hands all together, pointing upward. (One 5-year-old says there must be a hole in our ceiling so the prayers can beam out to God.)
We have a couple rouge daffodils that come up on the other side of our driveway. Any we plant in the yard are term limited, but the two over there are steady Eddies. This year, the delivery drivers are not as adept as they once were, and the tire marks are all over that bit of easement.
March 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
We have a couple rouge daffodils that come up on the other side of our driveway. Any we plant in the yard are term limited, but the two over there are steady Eddies. This year, the delivery drivers are not as adept as they once were, and the tire marks are all over that bit of easement.
I spent today putting elements of a Lenten retreat together, thinking a lot about being in the wilderness, and how the "uncertainty of spaciousness" can invite us towards hope. My prayer is that the participants hear an invitation to let joy be a part of this, our uncertain journey. #joyasresistance
March 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I spent today putting elements of a Lenten retreat together, thinking a lot about being in the wilderness, and how the "uncertainty of spaciousness" can invite us towards hope. My prayer is that the participants hear an invitation to let joy be a part of this, our uncertain journey. #joyasresistance
I went to sit in my chair and the cat was curled up like a grey dragon, one green eye looking up from her tucked chin, daring me to challenge her preeminence. I backed away slowly. (The one pictured below, had claimed her hoard of fresh, warm, laundry.) I live in a medieval tale. #joyasresistance
March 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I went to sit in my chair and the cat was curled up like a grey dragon, one green eye looking up from her tucked chin, daring me to challenge her preeminence. I backed away slowly. (The one pictured below, had claimed her hoard of fresh, warm, laundry.) I live in a medieval tale. #joyasresistance
Amid all the grey of today, we stumbled on newly minted salmon berry flowers. Spring will prevail. #joyasresistance
March 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Amid all the grey of today, we stumbled on newly minted salmon berry flowers. Spring will prevail. #joyasresistance
I admire my Muslim students during Ramadan. It takes grit, and determination, and a commitment to one's faith to fast. My student invited me into her celebration w a teacher gift. Showing one's devotion by reaching outside of your faith speaks to the beauty of living in diversity. #joyasresistance
March 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I admire my Muslim students during Ramadan. It takes grit, and determination, and a commitment to one's faith to fast. My student invited me into her celebration w a teacher gift. Showing one's devotion by reaching outside of your faith speaks to the beauty of living in diversity. #joyasresistance
Remember my rogue daffodils that I thought had been smooshed by overworked delivery drivers? Well, they live!! #joyasresistance
March 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Remember my rogue daffodils that I thought had been smooshed by overworked delivery drivers? Well, they live!! #joyasresistance
The 5-year-old sat next to me today. I commented on her red stegosaurs tattoo peeking out from under her sleeve, "I see you have a dinosaur," I said. Smiling she pulled up her sleeve, one dinosaur at a time, all the way up to her shoulder. "I have a whole family," she boasted. #joyasresistance
March 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The 5-year-old sat next to me today. I commented on her red stegosaurs tattoo peeking out from under her sleeve, "I see you have a dinosaur," I said. Smiling she pulled up her sleeve, one dinosaur at a time, all the way up to her shoulder. "I have a whole family," she boasted. #joyasresistance