i write better than i speak but i think better than i write. 🥴

Alex’s walk of honor.

I hear the best part of Melania's move come about an hour into the film when a second person comes into the theater.

substack.com/@kindredkind Compassion ambassadors

This broke me. Here is Alex the “domestic terrorist” doing what he did as a VA ICU nurse.

You must watch/listen to this! Senator Chris Murphy

New statement from Alex’s family:

I’m broken. My country is fighting for peace. When I’m broken I write. open.substack.com/pub/mariasco...

I wonder if it bothers Trump that he’s the ONLY president who never won an election against a man.

My biggest concern regarding self driving cars is that if I were to die on the way to work, the vehicle would continue to transport me to my destination. 😳

Max was just trying not to drop the moving box. Imani was already figuring out how to hold up the whole world. This is the story of one small courtyard, one big summer, and the boy we still call “Mighty.” mariascottwrites.substack.com/p/max-and-th...

Just keep going at your own pace, with doubts, with messy feelings in tow. Because progress still counts when it’s quiet. Strength still exists when you’re tired. You’re not behind, you’re not failing. You are becoming. We have to keep going because we don’t walk this path forever.

For those of you that don't know that I used to be a doll artist. I'm thinking of making dolls again. I'm not asking as something you would order but instead your taste in type of dolls. I'm curious of the opinions out there. BY NUMBER, PLEASE PICK YOUR TWO FAVORITE TYPES OF DOLLS.

Under the umbrella of sign of the times…Raise a hand if the first thing you do is when you’re getting your morning coffee you watch the tv silently hoping for that chyron that will change everything. ✋

They’re going after the native Americans! THEY’RE NOT IMMIGRANTS!!!! Where would they deport them too????? WTF???😳

Sometimes I release anger by going on a walk and pretending that I’m having a fight with myself over the phone. I offend myself. Sometimes I say something that really hurts my feelings so we’re taking a break from each other. I’m never going to look at myself the same after what I said to myself.

No better way to mother-son bond.

substack.com/@kindredkind... Ambassadors For Compassion

Catskills, 1969. Grossinger’s glitz, Jewish humor, and a sheltered girl chasing Woodstock. A comic, a mom who runs the resort like the CIA, and one ticket that might be freedom. Funny, tender, sharp. 🎟️🎶 mariascottwrites.substack.com/p/from-borsc...

Recently, I have not been inspired to write when normally I am compelled to do so. Help.

In 1970, 10-year-old Joel Lipton wrote to Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz as part of a fifth-grade assignment at Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills, asking, “What makes a good citizen?”

Democrats. The only way we are going to survive this administration is for all of us to register as Republican. It’s the one way we can participate in the Republican primaries and it’s the only way to obscure gerrymandered maps. Just do it.

Meet Lucy Ricardo - Kindred Kind Ambassador She’s a walking pep rally in pearls, here to remind you that “almost there” still counts. open.substack.com/pub/thekindr...

Just sayin’. open.substack.com/pub/mariasco...

I know what I saw on Jan 6, 2021. I know what I saw on Jan 7, 2026

Why can’t we all get along?

I make handmade cloth dolls with big personalities and quiet jobs. Some are here to make you smile. Some are here to keep someone company through a tender season. Most are a little of both. I only charge for shipping.

Lift your voice. Now. Music by Jesse Welles

Lu Chekowsky POV: A WOMAN WHO IS ALIVE ON EARTH IN 2026

Brenton Zola

At the center of all of this is not the doll. It is the human need to belong, to soothe, to be needed, and to feel safe. thekindredkind.substack.com/p/goldie?r=7...

open.substack.com/pub/thekindr... I’m trying benivolency this year.