Laura Lee Julian

Red-shouldered hawks are so beautiful. This guy was eating his catch of the hour. We saw several RSHs today in Southwest Oklahoma!

Baby Red-Tails were all over Oklahoma yesterday, practicing their hunting skills.

The American Kestrel is a favorite raptor, for sure. This one was spotted today (by me) in SW Oklahoma.

I dreamt about a sweet blue-eyed puppy, and when I awoke, she was real, and she gave me kisses!

My deaf Maizey-girl does have a heart of gold.

Anyone else feel like they've got one foot out the door?

Dark Morph Red-Tail, looking like a boss.

Southwest Oklahoma, down by Texas.

My favorite escape from the demise of democracy is birdwatching.

Opt out tomorrow!

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I cried at that last paragraph, too. This was stunningly beautiful, and a little surprise. I was tenaciously pursuing angry political stuff, and then this gift of an article fell in my lap. Thank you. ❤️

I am in exactly the same state.

I was wondering how firing hundreds of thousands of employees who count on jobs to survive-- how can people say this is helpful & good for the economy?

Also, how do those of you who support this come to the conclusion that these federal workers are evil?

And why is it that you think Musk is good?

YouTube video by LauraLee McDermott A Sampler of Original Compositions (and artwork) by Laura Lee Julian.

Check out this sampler of some of my music and art! (I applied for an artist residency, which I'm so excited about. Cross your fingers!)

Retrumplicans = Evangelical Antichristians.

And neither of those things are Christians.

I refuse to say the "Conservative Christians" or "Evangelical Christians."

From here on out, it's just Evangelical Antichristians.

No One Voted for Elon Musk: The Attack on Democracy We Can’t Ignore House Democrats Denied Entry, DOGE's Power Grab, and the Future of Our Government (2/7/25)

I wrote about Elon Musk's attack on our Democracy and what it means for our Country. Please consider reading it! I used my study halls to work on it. :)

She's, like, 4. How are we listening to her?

Looking through a little clearing, and I spy this lady.

I only see what's happening through reading, and sometimes I'm late to the story, so I'm not sure if there's anything new to say. Tesla is losing money worldwide, and it's making me hopeful that maybe we can have an impact.

I don't want this to be true. But, since it is, please remember we are the smart ones. We will build this again. Better. For now, we need to fight so that this is a short chapter in the book. Fight fire with fire.

Ruin them financially.
Please, friends from other countries, ruin them financially.

In every picture I've ever seen of Tulsi Gabbard, she looks completely and unrecognizably different from what she does in the other photos. Like, I have no idea what she actually looks like.

I've never captured such a lovely shot of the majestic red-tail. Usually, I get shots of them on utility poles, haha. Anyway, this one posed nicely for me. Today in North Central Oklahoma, almost Kansas!

I took this picture of a Ferruginous Hawk today in north central Oklahoma (the Great Salt Plains). Such magnificent creatures!

At first, though, I thought it was a REALLY close- up picture of the tips of your fingers, and I couldn't rationalize how tiny your cat must be...

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You know how you know it's fascism? He wants to demand, by law, supreme loyalty (to him) from everyone working in the government. If it was about respecting the position, all of his supporters and he would have demanded and given that respect for President Biden, too.

If we live in a world where a woman isn't allowed to make choices about her body, we're not saving babies. We're living in the exact same world that can tell us we HAVE to abort. We can see right now they're prioritizing far right lives over all. Don't think they value ALL babies. Just white ones.

69% of us weren't duped. But of the 69%, over half couldn't be bothered to try and save democracy. I feel angry. And, I'm still floored that people I thought I knew actually APPROVE.
The best description about this era of our lives is, again, The Stepford Wives (the original). It's pure evil.

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Gaslighting at the highest level. Do not fall for any of it.

I've been looking. I'm on Snapchat, and maybe that will be my informal place to interact? If you find one, tell me!

Turning death penalties into "life in prison" isn't the same as releasing violent criminals to the streets to be thugs for the regime. I'm worried about the intelligence of people who don't understand this.

We appear to have 100% of zero Republicans who have a moral and ethical backbone.