“Real love is one that triumphs lastingly, sometimes painfully, over the hurdles erected by time, space and the world.” Philosopher Alain Badiou on why we fall and how we stay in love www.themarginalian.org/2015/10/26/a...
🦋 Photography, art, poetry, jazz, servant to cats, tea, cooking, Norwegian-American🇳🇴, Michigander. #BlackLivesMatter #IndigenousPeoplesRights 🟧 #LGBTQ Ally🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 #UglyDogs #LansingMI I’m a Buddhist but not a very good one. 🤷🏻♂️ NO DMs. 🕊️
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“Real love is one that triumphs lastingly, sometimes painfully, over the hurdles erected by time, space and the world.” Philosopher Alain Badiou on why we fall and how we stay in love www.themarginalian.org/2015/10/26/a...
Beautiful!
Richies fund politicians who pass legislation that benefits richies, making them billions. We pay for all of it in every way imaginable. None of these people actually create anything other than bills for us. It’s a shell game, and we’re the suckers, even though we don’t get to play.
In response to DeSantis anti-LGBTQ+ policies and attacks to the Pulse Memorial, many citizens started to paint their driveways in the rainbow colors in support of the community.
Work for the people, not the corporations and an economy that takes from them to give to the rich.
“The life that you live in order to photograph it is already, at the outset, a commemoration of itself.” Italo Calvino on photography and the art of presence: www.themarginalian.org/2015/10/15/i...
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Quite a day!
Beef prices have hit record highs this Labor Day Weekend — in part thanks to Trump's tariffs. Remember when Trump said he would bring down the cost of groceries? https://youtu.be/9EXi6xyOXSk?feature=shared
@Labor Day @Unions
I know the #uglydogs will appreciate this #HowDoYouGetThemToRun?
Someday we're going to laugh at all of this. Oh, wait... 😆😆😆
She did!!!
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Thanks! She will be. She’s sleeping now & I’m waiting father’s pharmacy to call to tell me her antibiotic is ready.
Detroit looks like this. Happy Labor Day Solidarity Forever Free Palestine ♥️✊ (Also TY for everyone who signed petitions for Michiganders For Money Out Of Politics and Invest In MI Kids. 💞 Hey you wanna sign and get friend/fam sigs? sure you do! send me a DM we need lots more on both, thanks!)
#uglydogs September 1st! where has the summer gone??!!! oh….& a very happy birthday to the one and only Q @quincemountain.bsky.social @blairbraverman.bsky.social
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Uncaging the bird in the mind – William Henry Hudson and the gift of the ruin of your best laid plans, wonderful wonderful read from a forgotten visionary www.themarginalian.org/2025/06/29/w...
In 1984, the Amiga Corporation unveiled the prototype of the Amiga computer at CES. With advanced graphics and multitasking capabilities, it laid the groundwork for creative computing in gaming, animation, and design. #ITHistory
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I love his writing too!!!
There are few writers I love more than Loren Eiseley, and few things in a lifetime of reading have given me more pleasure than this: www.themarginalian.org/2024/02/03/l...
Regarding encounters with Beauty: "Strangest of all is the ease with which the vision is lost, consciousness contracts, we forget over and over again, until recollection is stirred by some icon of that beauty. Then we remember and wonder why we ever forgot." ~ Kathleen Raine
Thanks. 🙏🏻
Not well. She’s having severe back issues-she may be looking at fusing her spine. She already has mobility issues & that will make it worse. She has other medical issues. We might have to sell the cottage- we’re co-owners & she’s looking at big medical bills. I can’t afford to maintain it myself.
Had to take Carrie to Urgent Care to get a tetanus shot due to cutting her hand. So I’m taking her out to the Fleetwood Diner for breakfast. She ordered hot chocolate with whipped cream to drink, some of which is on her cute little nose 🙃
Yep!!
Yep…when each house is controlled by a different party there’s often a lot of brinksmanship… And good morning Linda!!
I recommend reading Angie Debo's book, "And Still the Waters Run" to understand the Curtis Act, Dawes Commission, and the terrible impact they had on the tribes in Oklahoma. They were a license to steal. White men decided who was and wasn't Indian.
Me too. Except mine were better armed…
We gotta look out for each other. That’s what #Uglydogs do. ❤️
Here it is from another source (I think) www.foodandwine.com/lead-contami...
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The issue is that there can be a lead buildup in consuming products with cassava flour in them . They didn’t look at cassava pasta-just crackers, flour, chips, cookies & cereal. Here’s another source for the information: www.foodandwine.com/lead-contami...
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Meileaf in the UK, YunnanSourcing in Yunnan (they also have a store in the US) PathofCha in New York City. Add dot com to each of their names & you can go to their websites. I get a lot of my teaware from small sellers on Etsy.
Hey Scooter!!!🩵🩵🩵
Same to you Filipe!
Doris Lessing on how to read a book and how to read the world www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/17/d...
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Beautiful as always
And we're into September with this Yooper Labor Day Monday sunrise trying to cut through some minor fog. #906Life #PureMichigan
Thanks! And have a wonderful day my friend! 🕊️✌🏼🫖🩵
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Cheers! Have a great Labor Day my friend! 🕊️✊🏼🫖🩵
It’s delicious! Have a great Labor Day Michelle! 🕊️✌🏼🫖🩵
Morning tea: a 2014 Shu Puerh from Menghai, Yunnan. Taste: cocoa cookies, vanilla fudge, overripe cherries, rosehips, whipped cream. Gives a bright& light mood lifting. Relaxing & delicious! 😋 “The world has enough for everyone’s need, but not for everyone’s greed.” Mahatma Gandhi
@mackaracka.bsky.social I don’t know if you use any of these products but thought you should know 👇🏼 apple.news/AE7AMSgRhQim...
“And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” -William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18
Hello September 👋Sunrise colours on Glastonbury Tor this morning.
Dammit 🤬 michiganadvance.com/2025/08/30/e...
Maybe, and I know this is revolutionary, but just maybe I could include the photo
This has given me so much perspective and consolation over the years: www.themarginalian.org/2021/07/25/r...
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#Michigan #lgbtq #LGBTQ
Nothing like homemade chicken soup. #Homemade #chickensoup #cooking #chicken
So Fascist Federal agents in DC are endangering the public? Just like the experts said would happen. Are there any democrats who will fight this constant daily barrage of insanity and chaos?
It's like none of you saw this post. Huh.
He’s a good boy! 😂
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Yes! If they expect us to follow RFK Jr’s health guidance, everyone in Trump’s administration must do so too. He should drink a couple glasses of unpasteurized milk every day. That’ll fix him right up.
Carrie & I are going to the one in Lansing
KEITH!!! Making sure mom is safe!!!
The NRA needs a deep dive. Remember the Russian spy they were passing around to GOP senators?
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Donald Trump is once again threatening to issue an executive order targeting voting. This is an effort to subvert the Constitution and the 2026 election, which grants states and Congress but not the president power to regulate federal elections. If he does this, we will sue and we will win (again).
I just realized that I actually got this "dramatic sky with owl" image that I was trying to capture last night.
He won’t let the press anywhere near him. This is getting weirder and weirder.
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He’s fairly big
#UglyDogs Shannon needs a bit of help.
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I'm growing to despise these things. They are fun to ride, but there are too many idiots abusing it and destroying public lands. Off-trail ORVs destroy Michigan ecosystems and the DNR can’t keep up bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
In 1930, Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco completed Prometheus at Pomona College. It was the first major mural painted in the U.S. by a Mexican artist and sparked a wave of socially charged public art across North America. #ArtHistory
Carrie & Mikey
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@lakesuperior.bsky.social Lake Superior for the win! www.travelandleisure.com/cleanest-lak...
The Third Thing – poet Donald Hall on the secret of lasting love www.themarginalian.org/2022/07/13/d...
On this day in 2018: The "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin is laid to rest during a eight-hour homegoing service at Greater Grace Temple.
Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
Thanks! It is! And have a wonderful day my friend! 🕊️✌🏼🫖🩵
Bom dia Filipe!!
Good morning Carol! Have a great day & don’t forget to take care of yourself. 🕊️✌🏼🫖🩵
Sunday morning tea: a 2024 Hei Cha brick tea from Mengding in Sichuan. Taste is sweet & sour, with notes of berries, oats, honey & red dates. Gently warming, with a calm clarity. 🙃 “Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.” -Maya Angelou
How Detroit saved its legendary bandshell www.metrotimes.com/detroit/how-...
I deeply sympathize! I’m 75 & I had kidney surgery in March with a lot of complications. Lost weight, muscle mass & had balance issues (fell several times.) I’ve been getting PT for balance & core strengthening for 6 weeks now & it’s helped immensely. Eagerly awaiting your photos! 🩵
We’ll watch for that. Tx!
Best part of my day.
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We dumped Verizon yesterday. Went with Boost. Saving $100 a month for 2 phones & a watch. We’ll see how it goes.
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