Getting ready for the spring semester and my two Japanese literature classes: Mystery Fiction and Modern Women Writers

Mayor Jacob Frey did not mince words and his are the words we need today. youtu.be/1ghkDa-Tkds?si

Five years later and we have fallen deeper into chaos and corruption.

Happy New Year! May the Fiery Horse stamp out injustice and round up some much needed peace and calm.

It’s brutally cold this morning and the wind is howling, but the sunrise is still beautiful!

Any Radical Leftist Scum here? Let’s be friends.

As we close in on Christmas Eve, please send me vegetarian recipes ! I gotta make some snacks for dinner. www.rebecca-copeland.com/snacking-our...

Thank you, Governor Hunt, for all you did to make NC the great state that it is. www.wfmynews2.com/article/news...

Snowy morning on Three Top Mountain.

I live in a snow globe!

Snowfall in the NC Blue Ridge.

As we near the Christmas season, I'm drawn to memories of Christmases past. What are some of yours? www.rebecca-copeland.com/imaginary-re...

November morning.

🤣🤣

First snow of the season! In Ashe County, North Carolina.

Came across this pretty marbled-orb weaver on the afternoon walk. Also known, appropriately, as the pumpkin spider!

When adjective and noun are a perfect fit. Noisome and trump.

My older sister was hospitalized with cerebral palsy. Back in those days, parents had to leave their tiny children at the hospital all alone. The trauma this left in the children and the guilt in the parents was incalculable. We must do better. www.rebecca-copeland.com/a-childhood-...

Enjoy the Hunter’s Moon with me tonight. Let’s enjoy the glimmers of hope that the recent elections bring. We walk through the darkness with celestial light.

Tonight the moon is bright!

SNAP recipients are not the problem. Tax equitably. The Walton family are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The problem is corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Reminder:

Hi St. Louis Friends! People here have always struggled with food insecurity. After the tornado, the issues grew severe. They’re even worse now! If you aren’t already giving to food banks, please consider giving now. The STLfoodbank is a great agency. Thank you! stlfoodbank.org?fbclid=IwZnR...

Hi NC Friends! People in our area have always struggled with food insecurity. After the hurricane, the issues grew severe. They are even worse now! If you aren’t already giving to food banks, please consider giving now. Second Harvest is a great agency. Thank you! www.secondharvestnwnc.org

62% of those getting SNAP are in families with children. 37% have family members who are elderly, or disabled per Federal rules. Cutting SNAP not only impacts them, but also every grocery store, and their employees as people will no longer be able to afford food their SNAP lifeline provided.

The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Late autumn in the Blue Ridge Mountains on NC.

I’m good with my taxes subsidizing social welfare for people who can’t afford food. I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.

Why We Should Rethink Supporting Companies Funding Trump’s White House Ballroom

Looking for the pot of gold. God knows we need all the luck we can find up here in NC.

In a fall mood.

A sweet golden morning to you!

The late sun, the golden glow…knowing the winter ahead, these small treasures are invaluable!

I love this sparkly lil hairbrush!! Centipede? Who is he?

The fog burns off over Buffalo Road.

150 children in South Carolina are in quarantine because of measles a disease we beat decades ago. Not because the vaccine stopped working, but because people stopped listening.

Sunset in October over the Blue Ridge. Coyotes calling to domestic dogs, wind chimes, and a car down on Buffalo.

My diet says no, but ice cream carton says yes.

Josh Hawley, ever so “manly.”

New York Attorney General James is FEARLESS!!!

Two non-negotiables for the Peace Prize: courage and integrity. The Committee Chair spoke volumes in his terse reply.

BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy. #NobelPrize

My morning walk. Three Top Mountain, NC.

What a bright fellow! On Three Top Mountain, North Carolina.

My older sisters grew up in Japan during the Occupation. I asked my sister, Joy, to share some of her earliest memories. www.rebecca-copeland.com/a-charmed-ch...

In a nutshell.