Donna Oglesby
@winnowingfan.bsky.social
Former diplomat and educator now cultivating my garden and interpreting it in photographs and essays.
In this “let them eat cake” moment, perhaps we should turn to Emily Dickinson for sustenance.
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In this “let them eat cake” moment, perhaps we should turn to Emily Dickinson for sustenance.
"TRUST THE PROCESS," the spokeswoman says.
"... a permit is not required for tearing down of the existing structure; only for vertical construction is a permit required..."
"... a permit is not required for tearing down of the existing structure; only for vertical construction is a permit required..."
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"TRUST THE PROCESS," the spokeswoman says.
"... a permit is not required for tearing down of the existing structure; only for vertical construction is a permit required..."
"... a permit is not required for tearing down of the existing structure; only for vertical construction is a permit required..."
Lights Our In Congress: government shut down week three.
October 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Lights Our In Congress: government shut down week three.
Yesterday was encouraging. Tend the green shoots and nourish the growth of liberty again.
October 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yesterday was encouraging. Tend the green shoots and nourish the growth of liberty again.
History rhymes. It is instructive that Miller is stage front rather than behind the curtain already.
October 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
History rhymes. It is instructive that Miller is stage front rather than behind the curtain already.
A bit of grace from my garden on this first day of autumn.
September 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A bit of grace from my garden on this first day of autumn.
Will she continue to be the Smithsonian inquisitor too?
September 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Will she continue to be the Smithsonian inquisitor too?
Perhaps they never saw all the signs at the GOP convention. Or, heard about eating dogs and cats.
September 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Perhaps they never saw all the signs at the GOP convention. Or, heard about eating dogs and cats.
The Vice President of the United States should know that It is not the job of law enforcement or government agencies to police thought.
September 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Vice President of the United States should know that It is not the job of law enforcement or government agencies to police thought.
Bolton’s tell all book that Trump wanted to spike. Now, in a second edition.
August 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Bolton’s tell all book that Trump wanted to spike. Now, in a second edition.
The Smithsonian Inquisitor appointed by the President is already at work putting her Jesuit education and beauty pageant background to splendid use.
August 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Smithsonian Inquisitor appointed by the President is already at work putting her Jesuit education and beauty pageant background to splendid use.
Yep. There is a MAGA girls aesthetic. It’s intentional self- branding.
August 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Yep. There is a MAGA girls aesthetic. It’s intentional self- branding.
The new federal rulers of Washington DC launched from the White House this morning to dispatch with the "bloodthirsty criminals and roving mobs of wild youth."
August 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The new federal rulers of Washington DC launched from the White House this morning to dispatch with the "bloodthirsty criminals and roving mobs of wild youth."
This trio of brio charged with carrying out the federal takeover seem thrilled with the prospect.
August 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This trio of brio charged with carrying out the federal takeover seem thrilled with the prospect.
Reminding citizens of what the US government is doing in our name is essential civic action.
July 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Reminding citizens of what the US government is doing in our name is essential civic action.
I've been working on a series of abstract images combining my photographs of shapes and textures from old cemetaries with flowers from my garden and text. I like the idea of making visible the weight of absence. The text in this image is from Emily Dickinson.
July 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I've been working on a series of abstract images combining my photographs of shapes and textures from old cemetaries with flowers from my garden and text. I like the idea of making visible the weight of absence. The text in this image is from Emily Dickinson.
We err in seeing migrants as takers. They give so much that nourish us in body and soul. We should pause and express gratitude to those who pick our food, care for our elders, sing us songs. They are not "other." They are neighbors and they are us.
July 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We err in seeing migrants as takers. They give so much that nourish us in body and soul. We should pause and express gratitude to those who pick our food, care for our elders, sing us songs. They are not "other." They are neighbors and they are us.
Echos of Eichmann in Jerusalem in the banality of the evil suits behind the masked men on the streets. Architects of mass deportation dwell within.
July 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Echos of Eichmann in Jerusalem in the banality of the evil suits behind the masked men on the streets. Architects of mass deportation dwell within.
July 7, 2025: An Immigration Force swept through MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Mayor Karen Bass eventually persuaded them to leave saying, “What happened to the criminals, the drug dealers, the violent individuals? In the park today were children. It was their summer camp, their summer day camp.”
July 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
July 7, 2025: An Immigration Force swept through MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Mayor Karen Bass eventually persuaded them to leave saying, “What happened to the criminals, the drug dealers, the violent individuals? In the park today were children. It was their summer camp, their summer day camp.”
July 6, 2025. Photos of the missing are appearing in Los Angeles. Missing son...missing daughter...missing grandmother. Where are these neighbors? Why have they been abducted by ICE? "Freedom and justice" for all means all of us.
July 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
July 6, 2025. Photos of the missing are appearing in Los Angeles. Missing son...missing daughter...missing grandmother. Where are these neighbors? Why have they been abducted by ICE? "Freedom and justice" for all means all of us.
July 2, 2025: Flower vendors along the road outside Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood were abducted by ICE. Bystanders recorded their capture on cell phones. Their buckets of flowers remained abandoned on the street.
July 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
July 2, 2025: Flower vendors along the road outside Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood were abducted by ICE. Bystanders recorded their capture on cell phones. Their buckets of flowers remained abandoned on the street.
The Trump Administration has cancelled the legal refugee status of hundreds of thousands of Afghanis, Ukrainians, Venezuelans, Haitians and Cubans. I understand these shut-them-out policies as a shameful echo of our past. Are we destined to repeat the cycle?
July 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Trump Administration has cancelled the legal refugee status of hundreds of thousands of Afghanis, Ukrainians, Venezuelans, Haitians and Cubans. I understand these shut-them-out policies as a shameful echo of our past. Are we destined to repeat the cycle?
I'll be playing Leonard Cohen's "Anthem" today: the 249th year of our choosing to be free from tyranny. We must make that choice again. Having so deeply cracked the facade of our "exceptionalism," to reveal our human condition, it is time to find the light and the beauty and create life anew.
July 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I'll be playing Leonard Cohen's "Anthem" today: the 249th year of our choosing to be free from tyranny. We must make that choice again. Having so deeply cracked the facade of our "exceptionalism," to reveal our human condition, it is time to find the light and the beauty and create life anew.