Lauren Jonik

Hope you are enjoying the final days of the year and that 2026 will be all you hope for!

Agree

Small tanny kitten with long white whiskers and golden eyes sitting on a concrete patio outside and gazing up to the camera. Green foliage is in the background.

"If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat." - Mark Twain

She was young and probably didn't understand fully the ramifications and felt she had few options.

Month

It is not safe for the community at large to ban masks. Those of us who cannot afford to get sick require them.

Petite white cat with a pink nose sitting on a large brick in front of a brick-colored wall.

Plum wishes you a happy and peaceful weekend!

It's good they're getting fresh air and exercise-- as long as they do their studies too.

Maybe they're taking advantage of the nice weather and do school at a different time of day?

Yes

I do volunteer cat rescue and managed to capture a very sweet kitty who now has been neutered and gotten a vet checkup. 😺

A world with clean air & water, healthy, affordable food, accessible healthcare, well-funded libraries, extra help for those ill, disabled, very young or old, support for the arts and protections for animals should be the norm. Sometimes, I wonder what we're even doing. It shouldn't be such a fight.

YES

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Listen, literacy is key. I don't mean just reading literacy. Financial literacy. Emotional literacy. Social literacy. There's so much. And we need all of it.

I ate there in 2009! This post brings back instant memories.

"The supreme question about a work of art is. . . out of how deep a life does it spring?" - James Joyce

One of the only things that matters at the end of each day is how much you demonstrated your care and concern for your loved ones, those vulnerable and our world at large. This is our work-- all of us, every day. We must remember this.

Lovely 😍

So important

The posts that need alt-text the most is every post, including any that deal with the current state of politics and news clippings.

Y'all can't ask for more people to give af and then make it hard for them to be informed. Let's be inclusive

A bee is sticking its face in a purple crocus that just bloomed today. Stone surround the flower.

The first flowers of Spring bring such joy! I think the bee here agrees.

And how those disabled and chronically ill are treated.

They're not unnecessary at all. They're a lifeline.

I read it a few years ago-- I have both POTS and MECFS and other related health issues, so it especially was of interest to me.

Absolutely

Happy #InternationalWomen'sDay! Check out this great article by Demress Stockman about three unsung #aviation heroes-- who just so happened to be women: www.therefresh.co/2018/03/15/b...

Orange, yellow and r3d chrysanthemums in a vase on a porch

“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
― Margaret Thatcher

It's a brutal and fast disease. I also lost a beloved relative to it.