Ron Nelson

“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.”
- Frederick Buechner

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A White-Faced Saki reflecting on 2024 at the St. Louis Zoo.
#phototgraphy
#stlzoo
#happynewyear

And the difference between building something physical where you can see the process from a chunk of wood to something useful and/or beautiful, and something on a screen that can't actually be touched or felt is huge!

My dad was a middle school shop teacher for years - he changed a lot of kids lives and then the program was shut down and the equipment sold.

I'm sure you'll have the chance to really impact some kids.

I'm so glad to hear that there are still schools that have wood shops like that! Sounds like a terrific opportunity for you, hoping it works out!

hmmm... I'm well past middle age, but I may have just found my true calling - whiskey bar bookstore.

I saw Mark's reply before Ben's OP and had to immediately click through to find out what the heck inspired this. And then I thought, yeah - that nails it.

Going to Graceland...

Never gonna...

Graphs about Religion | Ryan Burge | Substack Tons of data analysis about religion and politics. Mostly in the United States but a little bit of international stuff, too. Click to read Graphs about Religion, by Ryan Burge, a Substack publication ...

Shout out and thank you to @ryanburge.bsky.social. The work you do and the information you put together at www.graphsaboutreligion.com?utm_source=g... is helpful extremely fascinating!

It was a treat to just wander through their inventory!

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Happiness is finding out that this place is less than 2 miles from my house!
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#woodworking

For all who wonder if dogs and cats can get along:

Wonderful, thoughtful read for this Advent season.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 12
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#booksky
#books

Very, very cool - may have borrow this idea!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 11
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#booksky
#books

Woops... This is day 10.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8
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#booksky
#books

Wow, you guys have some intense session meetings! We went out for drinks after ours to celebrate one of our REs stepping down after 16 years.

Yes, 💯, absolutely.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 10
💙📚
#booksky
#books

So... Just a little light reading?!

Oops. Day 9

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8
💙📚
#booksky
#books

If you want to stick with non-fiction: The Unsettling of America is older, but good
Fiction: either Hannah Coulter or Jayber Crow