So true.

Just a reminder.. ❣

@CherNohio I keep thinking of you and how you have a fresh burst of energy every morning. I hold you and your husband in my heart with prayer and positivity. 💟

Yes, this is all so exhausting. Take breaks as needed. But please, US Citizens, turn out to vote.

@Y2cake I'm not good with names.. I'd go for something unoriginal like Blue Belle or on the completely weird scale, like Hortense. Please don't rely on me for a name.

@Y2cake Ahhh, I love it!! 😍

It’s the small, colorful quirky things that add a smile to my day. I’m sharing just in case it might make you smile, too.

I knew that I was dying.
Something in me said,
Go ahead, die, sleep, become as them, accept.
Then something else in me said, no,
save the tiniest bit.
It needn't be much, just a spark.
A spark can set a whole forest on fire.
Just a spark.
Save it.

~ 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙱𝚞𝚔𝚘𝚠𝚜𝚔𝚒, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑶𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒐𝒆𝒎𝒔

#poetry

My daughters got themselves a new puppy. Forget about teaching her tricks.. Chula has taken on new hobbies. 🤣

#DogsOfCoSo

They will learn the hard way. It will be very difficult to feel or show any sympathy to Trump voters, much less kindness and camaraderie.

I sure hope as a whole we all get through this minimally beaten down.

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#Politics again.. and #Trump

A lot of people will suffer under another Trump presidency. His voters think they will be accepted into the fold (of whatever it is they think it is) and excepted from punishment (from the categories they love to blame). They have no idea how bad it will get. They have no idea how they are being used. They have no idea how quickly they also will be "othered."

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Add that to the loss of Roe v Wade, the failure to protect contraception at the federal level, that women are more likely to attend and graduate college, that women live longer thus greater access to generational money, and more women are homeowners.

Point to and other all the darker skinned people you want, but white women, don't forget, then you point that finger, three fingers point back at you. You are just a pawn in the game for Republicans. You too will become a much larger target.
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#Politics

Go to any right wing post on social media and you will see the head of Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, called a DEI (diversity) hiring.

Diversity, equity and inclusion. The very same "agenda" that companies and universities are being pressured to discontinue in practice. Of which, many are bowing to that pressure.

Remember folks.. DEI doesn't just mean Black, Latino, Muslim, Native, etc... it also means women. More exacting, white women.

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@BrazenlyLiberal Oooh! Pretty!

I spent three hours in the sun by the pool today. I listened to the birds singing, the bees bzzzzing, the water lapping, and the far off growl of a lawn mower. I didn't hear any rhetoric. My own included. It was lovely.

You may not have the sun, the pool, or the hours, but I hope you each give yourself some precious time in peace to rest, regroup, and recharge.

Nothing is over yet.

@redenigma Thank you for sharing this info with me. 😃

@bmacmixer Fair! I do not like that my brain went that far.

@JanetZumba_FalPals I did read that, but I guess I just assumed that the perimeter would be larger.

@Keysalagain I did not know this.. thank you.

@BrentSullivan I have only ever fired a 9mm at target shooting. That one outing was enough to know I could not kill someone. I have no knowledge of any kind of gun or it's capability. Thanks for the input.