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Aging #Hippie; #Democrat; #BlueCrew; #BreakfastCrew. #PlasticFreeLife, #Gardening, #Baking, #Nature, #Buddha. Learning to live with #ADHD, #Autism, #CPTSD. Bluesky ann.: 12 Nov. '24. ➡️Follow-backs for *active accts only* (~1 post/day); 🚫porn/DM/OF
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What a lovely idea - to enjoy the warmth of friendship while gathering around a crackling campfire.

Hot Irish coffee for me, good people, and the peace of Nature all around... life is good.
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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"We were all humans until #race disconnected us, #religion separated us, #politics divided us, and #wealth classified us."

--Sun-Gazing DOT com

#Unity #Compassion #Empathy
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Compared to the rest of the #earth and its #environment, humans are the most unimportant creatures of all. Earth would go on quite well - and perfectly - without us.

#BanPlasticWaste #ProtectWilderness #BeTheChange
IMAGE: Photo of Russell Means, of the Oglala Lakota Nation, actor. "When I was just a small child, my mother and grandparents taught me something powerful. If all the green plants disappeared from the earth, life wouldn't survive. "If all the animals with four legs vanished, life would be in danger. "If all the birds were gone, life would struggle. "If all the creatures that crawl, swim, or live in the earth disappeared, there would be no life left. "But if all the human beings disappeared... life on earth would actually thrive. "That's how small and unimportant we really are compared to nature."
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Thank you for helping me to grow and learn on Bluesky this past year. I have become more of an activist than I ever thought I would.

I'd love to hear from you: please share what you've done or learned in this last year, and what you hope to do or change in the next.

We're in this together! Peace.
IMAGE: Hands of different colours joined in a circle, around a heart. TEXT: "One year on Bluesky, and I'm feeling grateful. You've lifted me up, made me think, and reminded me what kindness can do. As I look ahead, I'd love to hear from you: What's been meaningful to you this past year? What are you hoping to grow, change, or nurture in the next? Let's keep planting seeds together."
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Today is my 1-year #anniversary on #Bluesky! Thank you for being here to walk with me on this journey toward #justice and #compassion for all.

#BlueCrew #Democracy #Kindness #AntiFascist
"Thank you for making my first year rewarding and meaningful. Looking forward to another year of promoting equality, justice, and kindness." IMAGE: Lady Justice holding the scales and sword; a heart; a raised fist, on a background of blue sky and clouds.
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Historically, women have been the nurturers and healers; men have been the warriors and hunters. We are the two sides of The People. One is not more important than the other.

We each have our own kind of strength. Strength manifested as aggression must not overpower The People.

#Peace
Photo of Floyd Red Crow Westerman. TEXT: "The Clan Mothers ran everything and had the last word. I think that's the answer."
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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"Exhale the bad; inhale the positive."

#InnerPeace #Meditation
IMAGE: Woman sits cross-legged with back to the viewer. She has long, grey hair with streaks of light blue and pink in it. She wears jeans, a fringed shirt, and bangles on her wrists. She is surrounded by plants. She sits facing her open front door which bears a sign, "Exhale the bad; inhale the positive".
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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There is no neutrality in the face of evil. Either we are part of the solution, or part of the problem. Whatever small thing we can do to #resist, we must do. For good people, there is no alternative.

#Kindness #Compassion #Diversity #Equality
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." -- Desmond Tutu
October 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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"Cultural change is a million subversive acts of resistance."
-- Brene Brown

#Resist
October 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Good morning, KB, and #BreakfastCrew! Hope your Thursday is bright and full of things to be grateful for!

Right now, I'm grateful for the Vermont breakfast choices spread before me... hmm, French toast, with real VT maple for me, please!
Vermont breakfast selections: hash browns; biscuits and gravy; tall stack of pancakes; fragrant coffee; orange juice; French toast; bacon; 2 eggs, sunny-side-up; scrambled eggs; fruit salad. (Some items omitted; sorry.)
October 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Do not fear #death. Like Mark Twain said: "I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."

#Atheism #Moksha #EternalSleep
September 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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2015: At President Obama's insistence, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes brought his daughter Ella by for a visit. As she was crawling around the Oval Office, the President got down on his hands and knees to look her in the eye. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. #SereneSaturday
September 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Rest in Peace, Robert Redford (1936-2025).

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IMAGE: Robert Redford, in white knit turtleneck sweater.
September 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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No stress, no high blood pressure, no fear. Just for today.

It's #SereneSunday.

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IMAGE: Young wolf walking across a fallen log to cross a forest stream.
September 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Remembering the victims & fallen heroes of 11 September 2001, at the #WorldTradeCenter, the #Pentagon, & in a field in #ShanksvillePA.

Let us remember that hatred is not strength, and it is not power. It just causes pain. Strength, power, & #Courage are what is left when people survive the hatred.
IMAGE: NYC skyline at night, with two beams of bright blue light rising from the place where the Twin Towers once stood.
September 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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"In this world, hatred has never driven out hatred. Only love drives out hatred. This is the law, ancient and inexhaustible."
-- Buddha

#HappySunday #LoveTrumpsHate #LoveWins
TEXT; Hate Has No Home Here. IMAGE: sunflowers and daisies surround different coloured hands - one hand in rainbow stripes - each hand making a different sign in deaf sign language. SOURCE: Unknown
September 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Posting only #GoodNews and #PositiveVibes today.

#HappySunday, everyone.

(Image courtesy of Tiny Buddha.)

#Healing #Trauma #Depression #Hope
TEXT: "As you focus on clearing your generational trauma, do not forget to claim your generational strengths. Your ancestors gave you more than just wounds." IMAGE: Stylised pink and purple flowers surrounding the text.
September 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Honestly, why do we really need a list? Victims have testified under oath; it's a matter of legal record. That record was enough to convict Epstein - it should be enough for #Hump.

#FOTUS #Pedophile #President #Epstein #EpsteinFiles
TEXT: Instead of waiting for a list, what if we just believed woman? IMAGE: Photos of Trump and Epstein with their victims
August 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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As if we needed more proof of how elite and out-of-touch the MAGA administration is. This is beyond offensive to everyday Americans. Who does #JDVance think he is, freaking royalty??

#Oligarchy #BillionaresRule #SorryPeasants

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J.D. Vance applauding at an event
August 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Boy, 4, with Cancer Deported by ICE Despite Being US Citizen, Lawsuit Says.

What kind of a country are we??

#4thReich #HumanRights #Gestapo #Facism #GovernmentTerrorism

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ICE agents at immigration office
August 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Thank you for your patience, friends. Once I returned home from my little "retreat", my spirit just pulled me into the #garden. Every day I have been either planting fall #vegetables, tending to what I already have, or learning how to create a much larger veggie garden. 1/2
Home vegetable garden, with natural wood fence surrounding
August 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Natural prescription for #depression and #anxiety: I will be going on a 5-day retreat to Vermont, to reconnect with #family, #friends, #nature, and my #InnerPeace. I am so grateful to be able to take the time to prioritise my mental health.

See you all next week. Be well!
Aerial photo of Lake Dunmore and Silver Lake, Vermont. Photo courtesy CalebKenna.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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What I have learned today, as I quietened my mind from #anxiety: that there is a time for action, and a time for stillness. It is of equal importance to be a human being as well as a human doing.

#Mindfulness #Spirituality #Serenity
IMG: White sand raked in Zen Buddhist fashion, with a small stack of rounded stones placed on the track. TEXT: If you done like something, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
July 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Hello, friends. I have been having issues with #anxiety this last week, and apologise for the radio silence.

Today, I will be posting items that are helping to reduce that anxiety. This is my therapy; read, or not, as you like.

Thank you for being here.

#MentalHealth
Sun breaking through storm clouds over dark lake. Photo courtesy WallpaperCave.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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This photo has long been a favourite of mine. The first time I saw it, I gasped.

Untitled, Undated ©️2016 Estate of Vivian Maier. Courtesy of Maloof Collection.
Young black man riding very large draught horse through the city streets of Chicago.
July 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM