I frew up

And, just like that, it’s a 3-day weekend. 🥰❄️🥰❄️

You do realize that he’s starting a war to install a right wing government in Venezuela so we can tap into the oil reserves right? I feel like we’re not taking this seriously enough. He’s already killed over 80 people for absolutely no reason.

My teen once described a rural Virginia roadside establishment as “a hate crime waiting to happen.” 😭😭😭 We drove on to the next stop.

If your family really sucks this holiday season, I am your new family and I think you're great and deserve love, a job, shelter and safety.

All the kids back under one roof tonight. 🥰 This is why my parents always loved the holidays so much.

You’ll know everything you need to know if you just hand each one a baby and see how they (candidate AND baby) react.

You’ll know everything you need to know if you just hand each one a baby and see how they (candidate AND baby) react.

Chatting with someone I’d ✨just met✨ I mentioned my daughter is in middle school. She said, “I’m sure you already know this, then, but there is no human on the planet meaner than an 8th grade girl.” 💔 I smiled: “Oh! Mine is a delight!” Growing up is hard enough…so is parenting, but geez 🥺

I yearn for evidence-based politics. Please. My heart aches for expertise, experience, and competence.

It doesn’t help to be ✨playing chess✨ when the other side is playing flip the board and steal your lunch money.

My brain can’t comprehend what Tim Kaine, my healthcare HERO, did here. Kaine believes healthcare is a right, but it apparently doesn’t matter if it bankrupts folks or if high costs force rural hospitals to close. What is happening?

URGENT: Call Mark Warner - 202-224-2023 and Tim Kaine - (202) 224-4024 and tell them NOT to cave to the GOP on the shutdown without a minimum one year extension on the ACA subsidies!

The only kind of reading pressure greater than Book Club is Tonight Pressure is I Borrowed This Book on a Friend’s Library Card Pressure. 😬

My cute little ornament fundraiser raised $1,000 for a local nonprofit that serves vulnerable families…mostly moms and kids…in our community. Doing good feels good. ✌️🥰

Guys, it’s so he can find his way back to the office

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

The wins by Dems in the Virginia House of Delegates! They picked up 13 (maybe 14) seats!! Can’t wait to see this Commonwealth get to work for ALL Virginians.

leave trans people alone, don’t fuck with universities, and stop arresting our immigrant neighbors.

she’s so bad at this 😂

If you’re within driving distance of the Blandy Experimental Farm (~Winchester) you MUST go and see Ginkgo Grove! Like…within a few days or a week. It. Is. Magic. blandy.virginia.edu

We’ve been giving kids a choice of Trick or Treat for years…this year we offered Cholula hot sauce packets as the Trick, Haribo gummy bears for the Treat, and a special “Surprise” option….Milkweed seed packets. We ran out of seeds! 🥰

Crozet folks: we have Grace Grocery and the Crozet Cares Closet (hygiene/personal items). Spread the word!

I really need people to understand that a government this antagonistic to its own citizens that has manufactured crisis after crisis is not a government that intends to honor democratic removal. Because they know what would have to happen for the nation to heal. It’s gonna get bad.

Thinking a lot recently about the outrage over Lizzo playing James Madison's flute

Once again, the magic that is Ghost by Jason Reynolds is taking hold at Walker. The last book in the series came out last week. It’s in hard copy, so a bigger lift. Please consider donating a copy. 25 copies would give each classroom 5 copies for students to share. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Folks are taking advantage of the government shutdown to enter the national parks for free, then leaving their shit behind because there are no rangers around to enforce Good Park Behavior. Humans continue to astound me.

A life-long cynic, skeptic, and worst-case scenario-er, I’ve never been accused of looking on the bright side, so I’m new to this but I’ll give it a go: With no East Wing, at least we won’t have another season of…this?

Attention Cville/Alb: NOW is the time to donate to local food banks, emergency pantries, and food insecurity partner orgs. Funding freezes/cuts to SNAP and WIC are coming and the next few months (++?) will be HARD for our neighbors. —Your local DSS Advisory Board rep ✌️

Had my first (2!) negative interactions at the Dems tent where I was volunteering for early voting today. Two older white men (in two separate interactions) who felt compelled to share with me their feelings about my poor choices and questionable intellect. Bless their hearts. 🥰

I keep feeling brave enough to check my phone for news -justrealquick- and the headlines today—from Presidential poop videos, to jewel heists, to shrapnel from artillery shells on I-5–have been astonishing. Back to listening to the rain…

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that. No phones, no staff, nothing. I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

If I think the VRBO I stayed in over the weekend was maybe a little haunted, should I let the owner know? 👻

My recent library hold came in as a large print edition. It was strange at first but it’s actually so luxurious! I feel like Kramer driving in his extra wide lanes

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

Men would rather collapse a government than go to therapy

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education. America’s children deserve better than this.

16 years ago today I had a yard sale while 39 weeks pregnant. The next day, my sweet and sparkly second baby was born. Happy Sweet 16 Eve, MKH! 💖

Wow, just catching up on the gubernatorial candidate debate. Holy shit. Vote for Dems all the way down the ticket, Virginia. Today’s a great day to vote early!

People seem to be falsely equating “a calm demeanor” with civility. A slur said with a smile is still a slur. Dehumanizing language couched within “Hey, friend, agree to disagree…” is still violence. It’s not your tone that dictates civility, it’s your words, actions, and beliefs.

Imagine if health care was just something everyone had, and not a zero sum competition between "good" people and "bad" people

What is the mental illness or medical condition in which you repeatedly say things that aren’t only untrue but are the exact opposite of actual reality, and why are so many folks currently suffering from it?

Find an hour and watch the Dr. Jane Goodall special on Netflix 🥰😭🌍

Feeling shitty about the world and want to do some good in our own community? Buy an ornament! New batch painted and ready for pickup! Shipping available, too! Message to order 💛

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AZ 07, a district in Southern Arizona, doesn’t have a voice in Congress and can’t access federal services because Mike Johnson refuses to swear in the newly (fairly, legally) elected Democratic Congresswoman, Adelina Grijalva.

The kids are making dinner tonight. It’s a surprise, so we’re banned from the kitchen, and we may not eat until 10pm based on the whispers I can’t help but overhear, but 🥹

$100 raised and counting!

✨The 2025 Ornament Fundraiser is open!✨