Elaine Ellis Thomas

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

-Ansel Adams, born this date in 1902.

True then. True now.

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Mornings with Ella. 🩷

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Mornings with Ella. 🙂

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Mornings with Ella.🌧️

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Mornings with Ella. ❤️

It is so inspiring to hear an elected official speak about faith and justice and watching out for our neighbors.

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Mornings with Ella. 😒

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Mornings with Ella. 🩷

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Mornings with Ella. 🙂

- Robert H. Jackson, US Supreme Court justice, born this date in 1892

“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.”

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Mornings with Ella. 😍

Mornings with Ella. 🌞

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Mornings with Ella. 🩷

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Mornings with Ella. ❄️

We still miss you something awful, Seth.

If you or someone you know and love is struggling with mental health, help is available through the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention or the 988 Lifeline. Never forget that the world is a better place with you in it.

www.sethsfund.org

And you have helped us carry his legacy forward through Seth's Fund, helping young actors like him pursue their dreams. Thank you.

17 years ago, this talented, funny, smart, beautiful human being died by suicide. In the years since, so many of you have loved and supported us, sharing our grief, keeping his memory alive, and continuing to be part of our lives because you loved him and us by extension.

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Mornings with Ella. 🙂

The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante

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Mornings with Ella. 🩷

People have been calling out Substack for the past few years. This is not new news, but maybe it will reach those still putting content on Substack that maybe they shouldn't.

I will. Here’s a bonus walk in the snow picture from this morning. 🩷

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Mornings with Ella. 🩷

Can’t wait to read it.

another year of us not running a super bowl ad

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Mornings with Ella. 🌞

Important.

Democracy dies in the darkness.

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Mornings with Ella. ❄️