Sara

Five women authors by whom I've read at least five books:

Ann Patchett
AS Byatt
Margaret Atwood
Rainbow Rowell
Naomi Novik

My heart keeps screaming, “It doesn’t have to be this way!” This Isn’t some kind of natural disaster we have no control over. People are choosing this. Heartbreaking.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Love this one! Great for Bake Off fans!

AAP learned this week that seven grants to AAP under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are being terminated. The sudden withdrawal of these funds will directly impact and potentially harm infants, children, youth, and their families.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Yup. And unlike most American women I work for a VERY breastfeeding-friendly organization. And it was still incredibly difficult.

“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...

a house in the snow with lit up letters spelling out LEON in the front yard

We came home from a long road trip to find that my brother put up Christmas decorations in our yard. Wishing you a joyful and meaningful Leon 🙏🏻✨

Thanks for sharing! I ordered that cool game for Joe. Shhhhh.

1. U2
2. Counting Crows
3. Natalie Merchant
4. Jason Isbell
5. Brandi Carlile

Agreed! Perhaps even The Ten Thousand Doors of January. From your local indie or @bookshop.org, of course!

A great visualization.

a “Space Force”, if you will

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.

"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"

apnews.com/article/chic...

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

when we win the masked agents raid our neighborhoods. what do they cover up? (yesterday) is their promise & their charge. on 75th and South Shore they ram down our doors using (yesterday). they toss canisters of (yesterday) into our children’s lullabies. why? my people, we carry (today) & (tomorrow) in twin holsters. we plant (today) & (tomorrow) in our gardens. every day there are more sprouts. let it be known: Chicago will never cower. (yesterday) already died. (yesterday) is dying. (yesterday) will die again. there is no future in (yesterday). the agents in our neighborhoods hide their faces because they are losing. because they lost. when we win, there will be whistles from the gulls circling Lake Michigan. let them sing it: Chicago is a city of (today) & (tomorrow). Chicago is the future.

“Chicago is the future.“

@joseolivarez.bsky.social for @chicagomag.com

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism? Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections? Am I irrita...

"Are my migraines hormonal, or am I thinking too hard about how Peter Thiel has more money than all nurses on Earth combined?"

Yup. I wish my kids loved Dog Man a little less. But I’m so happy that they love any book that I keep purchasing them!

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand.

Octopus
Event Horizon
Torn

My first retail job! And that year we played the same Christmas CD from October-February because corporate forgot to send us a new one. Thought I’d lose my mind!

We did add a very small amount of chicken broth to one of our senior dog’s water. Like just enough that the smell got his attention. He drank a lot more that way. Hope he’s feeling better soon!

New party leadership NOW!

One of my favorite enduring regionalisms.

About this Florida vaccine story:

When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough.

We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated.

“Oh, they’d have died.”

Today, Governor DeSantis shared his plans to end vaccine requirements in the state of Florida. We are concerned that today's announcement will put children in Florida public schools at higher risk for getting sick and have ripple effects across their community.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Seconding Nightswimming!

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.