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Writer-Gardener-Oregonian-Lover of the great outdoors-Always a work in progress. Maureenhartman.com
She has plenty to answer for. Even so, here's to more rockets.🚀
28.01.2026 18:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I can attest to the Midwest spirit. Viking spirit and generous souls.
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Don’t let the made-for-Fox News spectacle fool you. trib.al/mZ6qxAP
ICE is an army of Derek Chauvins and Jonathan Rosses, released to wreak havoc on the city every day. The memory is keen, the trauma is immediate and sustained, and the strength underneath the response is the work of decades.
Lil Cutie. A fame name if ever I heard one.😊
21.12.2025 23:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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What a great day.
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The ever-beautiful Oregon coast. 🌊
# Oregoncoast, #glenedenbeach
I started a trend!
04.11.2025 03:45 — 👍 9552 🔁 2412 💬 404 📌 71#booksky
04.11.2025 21:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Maureen's latest Irregular Newsletter just launched. And it's about darned time.
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Such a stunning combination. 🌸
27.09.2025 16:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0They don't hear this on FOX.
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It's August, and the garden is nearing the end, but it's been a great and bountiful ride.
#gardening #homegrown
My favorite book is usually the one I am currently reading, which means West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge.
#lyndarutledge, #westwithgiraffes
It was highly recommended to me and I highly recommend it to you.
#booksky
I'm sending this to my sister. 😜
03.08.2025 01:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I read it with my book group. Thumbs up all around. I loved how she turned reality on its head.
Also, was this meant as a caution regarding AI novels, or a premonition?
The bald guy lost his glasses in all the excitement. His collard shirt, too.
04.07.2025 23:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Coward
30.06.2025 17:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hold my hat. This is a thing?
28.06.2025 04:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Trump's out there yellin’ about immigrants and felons like he didn’t marry one and become the other.
27.06.2025 19:59 — 👍 2030 🔁 576 💬 87 📌 26I miss ignorance.☹️
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My favorite shots from this evening's garden walk.
#gardening, #gardenwalk
I love it!
15.06.2025 00:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Kaylyn Gibilterra, a 35-year-old made 3D-printed handheld cut-out heads of tech bosses—Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Gates. “It feels very much like we’ve gone back to like a Feudalist state regime,” she told me. “My goal is to hold them more accountable.”
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No Kings in Portland. 😎
#nokings, #pdx
Super excited for tomorrow's protest!
#NoKings, #pdx
Gulf
The only thing deeper is their need for attention.
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I wish I could remember what rose variety this is.
#gardening
