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In a Kitchen Library: Reflections on Reading My newest book is now available on Amazon. And it soon will be listed on other online locations as well. I've loved to read since that eureka moment when I cracked the code and made sense of the squiggles on the page. Since then, I've read thousands of…

What you need to share about the "one big beautiful" ugly horrible bill open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia. I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.

Looks like a book I'd like to read! #reading #literacy

Doesn't anybody hear how demented he sounds?

I really detest the attacks on libraries. #librarians #libraries #censorship #reading #books

I just can't with the stupid.

No surprise. Now get them out of there and for the 25%, due process!

A true hero.

5 million people stand against Trump and Elon and the NYT has nothing on their home page about it???

Protest in Gainesville, FL. At least 1K in attendance, no counter protesters that I saw. One guy not carrying a sign or wearing a T-shirt with a slogan bumped into me pretty hard and didn't turn around to apologize. I didn't make a big deal out of it, and everyone else was spirited and polite.

Yes, very Orwellian. “It was merely the substitution of one piece of nonsense for another.”

A VERY important article: newrepublic.com/post/193614/...

Thank you for calling BS on the orange clown, Warren Buffet.

Loomer waltzed into the White House yesterday and brown-nosed the orange clown. The upshot? More firings.

From the mouth of the Republicans' greatest hero. #tariffs #RonaldReagan #stupidity #Republicans

Perfect rendition of just how stupid some people can be. Imagine imposign tariifs on islands where only penquins live? Aren't there any people around the orange clown who know how to do deep research? I mean, come on, we learned how to do researxch papers in middle school!!!

Remember??? #tariffs #stupid #stockmarket #impeachment

I was afraid of this when I wrote my book criticizing America, but I felt like it was worth it to try to help people who wanted a better world. I still think it's worth it, but it's definitely a Sisyphus-struggle. #AcademicSky #Philsky #Booksky #BooksWorthReading #Readersky 📚💙

Books and writing, reading and thinking. A well-educated populace asks questions, and doesn't go along with bread and circuses. #Resist

A terrific article by K.C. Compton, a former Mother Earth News editor. Please read it. She really tells it straight and to the point. #MealsonWheels #DOGE #Elderly #HHS #GreatGatsby

I really, really resent this man having so much influence - apparently - and am appalled at the lack of spine on the part of Republicans to call this out!!! He has NO business interfering in our elections, be they national, state-wide, or local!!!

Cover of my upcoming book, with a few tweaks. A paean to the delights of reading and cooking and memory. How these joys provide solace in hard times. Like now. #essays #cooking #reading #books #writing #memoirs

I think this has got to stop. Let these people go!

1984 comes to life right before our eyes.

Why it's crucial that this Signal chat not be swept under the rug. It's absolutely sloppy and dangerous. As the mother of a son who served in the military, I am doubly outraged because those charlatans put people in uniform in grave danger.

EOs are NOT laws. Many are wishful thinking. They're putting all their cards onthe table for the world to see.

Honestly, these people! THEY screwed up. The reporter has more inegrity in his little finger than they have in their entire bodies!

Hollow they are. #Signal #HouthiChat #Hegseth #Republicans

This is also becoming a major issue for me and many others who love literacy and reading. Having access to the public library, and universiy libraries, made me who I am today. Literacy is vital for people living in our society. #libraries #IMLS #reading #literacy

Nope, he won't resign. They cannot make mistakes, or so they believe. It's always somebody else's fault. Coming soon will be stories worthy of being included in fairy tale collections.

Yes.

Thomas Paine got it right, very poetically, too, I might say:

Free article. Very chilling move ... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

Why we need to resist with everything we have: snyder.substack.com/p/225

In researching my novel, Season of the Wolf: A riveting saga set in World War II France, I read a lot about how the Nazis came to power, their propaganda techniques and their ideology. The question is always "What would you do in a similar situation?" #BookSky💙📚 #Novels #WWII #Nazism #France

This prediction came true ... #ruleoflaw

This is why we need to fight the narrow-minded people at the top right now. #ACA #empathy #government

This is not going to be good for authors ...

Yes.

Yes! #Tesla #usedcar #clown

The name of the game is CORRUPTION.

I am very alarmed, because I think the orange clown is going to declare martial law. If he dpoes that, we can kiss our you-know-whats bye-bye.

Florida District 3: Call and demand a town hall with our rep, Kat Cammack: #Florida #KatCammack #District3 #HouseofRepresentatives

Facts.