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Waterman Allure fountain pen. Mint green ceramic body. Entry level pen, nice writer.

Nice fine nib with Waterman logo etched on it

Baby's first Waterman, the Allure fountain pen, budget price but very pretty. Writes nicely too. Ceramic body is a little slippery but I can live with that.

Exactly! I used to explain it to my daughter as she grew up... But there is nothing like it now. I feel like the real me is crushed now. I AM a Patriot. The real United States of America kind. Not the Trump kind!

Soon there will be no nations left to flee to...

None willing to offer asylum...

How can I adequately display that "he" doesn't speak for me?

So many cultural offenses. Can we blame them for despising us all?

God Bless the homeless Veterans!

Thank You for your Service!

Sending my hopes and prayers to the people of Sichuan, China, after their dam failure. 🙏

Yah, I am busted! I left it on the low table in front of my fave chair, and walked into the kitchen for 1 sec.

While I was biting off a piece for her, I realized she had the other half! Ack!

Needless to say, she will never have roast beef again, and I won't walk away with food there again. 🤣😆

My fountain pen smells like ink and disappointment. I should be using it far more often...

Witness recounts cougar attack of 4-year-old, rescue by dad on Hurricane Ridge A 4-year-old boy was dragged from a popular trail by a cougar Sunday on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. A New Jersey man visiting the Northwest with his wife recalls what it was like to witn...

A 4-year-old boy was dragged from a popular trail by a cougar Sunday on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. The boy was rescued by his father and has since been released from Harborview in Seattle.

SoftBank and Open AI’s $500 Billion AI Project Struggles to Get Off Ground The Stargate venture, introduced at a White House event, is now setting the more modest goal of building a small data center by year-end

Exclusive: Stargate, an effort to supercharge the U.S.’s artificial-intelligence ambitions, has sharply scaled back its near-term plans.

The Marionette Within is a haunting watercolor portrayal of a divided self. One half of the face is dark, hollow, and expressionless, while the other is pale, cracked, and mournful—yet unmistakably human. Suspended by fine strings, the face becomes a puppet, symbolizing the delicate tension between control and vulnerability. The piece evokes themes of duality, identity, and emotional fracture, all rendered with ethereal textures and subdued tones. It invites the viewer to confront the masks they wear—and who might be pulling the strings. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx

I T H E M A R I O N E T T E W I T H I N I

A face split in two—light and shadow, strength and fracture, held by invisible strings.
The Marionette Within explores the masks we wear and the unseen forces pulling us.

- The Asylum Art -
Art and words by Yves
#Art #Watercolor #Surrealism

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Keith Olbermann
Always The Cover Up
"Scandal Equation"
🕳️ Epstein = Missing Truth 🕵️‍♂️
🌀 Conspiracies Collide 🧩
🛑 GOP Spin Wall 🧱
🔥 Trump Fallout 🔥
💥 MAGA Crack 🧨
📉 Dem Silence 😶
📡 Media Blast 📣
🔍 Press Blinks 🙈
🎙️ Keith Talks 📻

👉🏼 👉🏼 👉🏼 omny.fm/shows/countd...

#CwKO #KeithOlbermann #Olbermann

Okay downtime is time to get ready for the next protests!

Make your signs now! Do your research!

I will see you all out there!!!

Team USA brings home gold at 57th International Chemistry Olympiad All 4 team members received a gold medal during a closing ceremony on July 13

On July 13, at a ceremony held in the United Arab Emirates, the 57th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) gave awards to student competitors from around the globe. The event took place from July 5 to July 14. cen.acs.org/acs-news/pro... #chemsky 🧪

Today's word is "purl".
Meaning: "to flow with a rippling motion" or "the sound or curling motion made by rippling water" or “to knit with a reverse stitch or “to edge or finish with a lace or embroidery” or “a decorative border” or “gold or silver wire thread used in embroidery”.

Damn it. My dog just stole half of my roast beef sandwich. Grrrr

Sketchbook page of two cats drawn in pink fountain pen ink. On the left is a fat cat with his eyes closed. On the right is a very furry cat with her eyes look up and right. The text "4/15/24 Jinhao 159 Fude Nib" is on the top right with some heart drawings. At the top is the text "Diamine Deep Magenta."

Cat ink sketches with my #fountainpen ! I am really into the fude nib for the big fat lines and line variation!

#sketchbook #sketch #cat #art #caturday #inkart #sciart

This is a Republican Congressional candidate from Georgia calling the tragic flooding in Texas “fake.”

Another part of the flower embroidery is done 🌼

A million embroidery posts in a row.... All selling something already embroidered.

Really? Especially when it is the same post over and over and over.

#embroidery

The world must be set free.

A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400. Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.

Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.

The cost of the shot? $1,400.

In today’s episode of What Are They Thinking: “If you don’t see a hurricane coming… does it really exist?”

🚨 The Dept of Defense is shutting down its weather satellite program. No more data. No more updates. Meteorologists are scrambling—and we’re heading into peak storm season.

Brilliant timing.

Warmer weather certainly helps the spirits pop! 😁

A 10 inch embroidery hoop with black netting. In the black netting the phrase "We the People" copied from the US Constitution preamble. It's in that old-timey print style font. It looks like the scratchy uneven print in the old documents because of the way the stitching worked out. Did you know that people in some places use lace to thwart facial recognition software? I saw that recently in some other country.

Here's my #WIPWednesday, a #LimerickLace technique little project....

I just found out the other day that @katmabu.bsky.social‬ has campaign embroidery kits. I hate the usual campaign swag baseball hats and t-shirts. I never wear either of them. But this I could be up for!

bsky.app/profile/katm...

Might need a tattoo instead of embroidery. . . .

My mother chose "Save our Justice System!!!"

I've lost my spark, my oomph. Feels rather hopeless, and that isn't like me. I just see no fix for what he has done, and he still has 3 1/2 years to continue to destroy us.

I've even stopped painting.

This MAGA terrorist arrested and held w/o bail for driving his car into the No Kings protest in Virginia deserves far more coverage from the media!!