It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. The key to success is just getting up every morning and doing your best. That's what my 102-yr-old friend tells me. Happy Monday!

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both" Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.

While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.

Henry and I hope you're having the wonderful-est birthday ever!! Lots and lots and LOTS of love! @mozartsgirl.bsky.social

Marching today? Consider running for office next. @runforsomething.net will help you get started. runforwhat.net

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

Small town Saturday. Be safe out there. Remember, we took the pledge in elementary school: with liberty and justice for all.

Is the tide turning? #activism #politics #fascism

Ferry trying to sneak into Bainbridge harbor pushed by tug while we are distracted by Toronto Blue Jays mauling of Mariners. Go Ms. 🔱

It must be realized that the wild pea is not showy, in fact its pink and purple are very washy and the individual flowers are small, but they have a certain wistful delicacy of appearance and the scent of even half a dozen in a bunch is astonishing. gu.com/p/34ehh/stw

To all the Americans losing their jobs and farmers losing their farms, take comfort in the fact that the people in Argentina are doing great.

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

Same. #AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

But we could still afford modestly to set our own wild cherry in a chosen place at the eastern or the western corner of the garden: I say eastern or western because the reddening leaves would then catch either the morning or the evening light, sunrise or sunset. #gardening

There is no need to emphasize the loveliness of the wild cherry in the spring, its great puffs of white appearing like the smoke of a train inexplicably stationary in the middle of bare woods. #gardening speciesofuk.blogspot.com/2014/08/week-5… woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-an���

Americans are facing a health care cliff: premiums are set to skyrocket when open enrollment starts on November 1. This needs to be handled now—not in November, not in December. As one MN farmer I met last week said, between this and tariffs, it’s a “perfect storm of ugly.”

If we’re renaming departments and calling the DOD the “Department of War”, we might as well go ahead and make the DOJ the “Department of Revenge”

New Covid & Flu vaccines. Picked up sticks and threw a few for Henry. Next: dinner w a friend & Shakespeare's "The Tempest." Hope your day is as lovely! @nelliebragg.bsky.social @dogdad999.bsky.social @davidbarbour.bsky.social @dearsusanbranch.bsky.social @mozartsgirl.bsky.social

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💙 #SundayService 🏳️‍🌈 #FBR #FBPE #Resistance #StrongerTogether #KindnessMatters #Motivation #Bluecrew

The federal vaccine advisory panel, appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted against adding a combined measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox vaccine to a federal program that covers vaccination costs. The decision reversed a vote taken the previous day,

I'm a Hoosier farm girl. Today, my travels took me through nearby Mentone, Indiana--"The Eggbasket of the Midwest." It occurred to me you might never have seen a statue of an egg, so here you go! Happy Weekend!

It's here! It's here! Henry and I are excited! Your new Summer Book has made it all the way to Indiana!! @dearsusanbranch.bsky.social. "Summer" was my first SB book, so I've always been partial. You know what I'll b doing tonight. xxoo

I will never forget. Peace.

Horrific to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot today in Utah. Political violence must be always and totally rejected. Praying for him and all who may have been injured or impacted.

I would love to see this happen, however unlikely.

Perfect peace at Sabbath's end. This is a tulip poplar that my mother planted in 1970. It has been struck by lightning twice. And then it gets back to the business of living. Blessings this Labor Day!

When you see a human or dog who’s really good at something - like Sports or Games or Music - you know that they are good at it because they didn’t mind being bad at it for a very long time. If you really want to do something go ahead and be bad at it.

The damage this man has done is incalculable.

Excellent question.

🚨The National Guard is now picking up trash in D.C. These images will not make recruiting brochures.

Off Broadway: Shakespeare returns to Central Park and the merriment is unconfined: www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.a...

Good morning! Hurricane Erin from Outer Cape Cod this morning. A local interrupted for a quick chat—but you get what you get and you don’t get upset. 😊 #OceanDevotion

East coast of Cape Cod. I'm safe in Indiana, mowing the lawn.

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I love the new Cracker Barrel logo! 🧡 #EpsteinFiles

Gas went up 43 cents a gallon while I was at lunch.

One in three Illinois homeowners holds policies with State Farm. And since these rate hikes were announced, we’ve heard from many of them who want transparency on why. If State Farm is truly interested in being a good neighbor, it should want that too.

So true.

Henry's very proud of his new Big Stick. It's Friday. Treat yourself! @salfrye.bsky.social