Becki Ledford Richard

16 Old-School Lunchboxes That Were All The Rage In The '80s - Daily Meal If you lived through the '80s or knew someone who did, chances are you (or they) had one of these nostalgic old school lunchboxes from our favorite franchises.

Which of these lunchboxes did you have in the ‘80s?

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Cover of “All We Hunger For” by Anna Mercier. Predominantly red, black, and white, with matches, flames.

If you like the sounds of a magical baking competition, a romance filled with yearning, a city crackling with rebellion, midnight kitchen meetups, found family, touch starved MMC, and art as magic, Anna Mercier’s “All We Hunger For” is for you! Cover reveal dropped today and you can pre-order now!

Am I supposed to be sad that a slave plantation turned “resort” was destroyed? Because I’m absolutely not.

We’ve been through a lot in the last four years that put my creative projects on the back burner, but lunch with @apottern.bsky.social helped reinvigorate my creative spirit. It was exactly the salve I needed. 💜

Becki is smiling and lying on a tattoo table with her left arm extended, a newly tattooed witch’s broom is on her inner arm.

@blvckthornetattoo.bsky.social finished my half sleeve yesterday with some inner arm shading. I can’t wait for this baby to heal!

Today is the first day of my husband’s new job! So proud of him. 🎉 🙌🏻

Happy birthday!

I want to try the pomegranate hibiscus green tea from Brooklyn Tea and the mint verbena from Sweet Birch Herbals! So many of them sound delightful, though.

I've been trying to remember one particular tea I had (iced) at your house at book club. It was red, I believe rooibos, and delicious.

Even though the market rises because of the tariffs pause, the cost associated with the rest of the world realizing they can’t count on us not to be nuts will be immeasurable and far-reaching. 🇺🇸

Why do we like vaccines and water systems so much?

It used to be 50/50 whether your kid lived to be an adult. With 4 kids, 94% chance they wouldn't all make it.

Fun times. Maybe let's not do that again.

We don't have magic cures for diseases like measles. We have vaccines.

Tea & Types + ebook sale, micro grants, & supporting libraries All the teas, the type of stories you love, ebook flash sale, locus awards, story podcast, grants, writing therapy, supporting books and libraries, did I mention all the tea?

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While today’s decision was not life and death, it was certainly life altering. I’m tired.

All this while everything else in the world goes on in its apocalyptic hellscape way.

But I’m grateful to know we made the absolute best decision for our son and the future we want to have.

2/2

In the past few years I’ve had to make a lot of hard decisions: taking my dad off life support after his cardiac arrest, moving mom into our home with hospice after she stopped cancer treatments and watching her slip away, among others.

Today I made another hard decision.

1/2 🧵

Watching the entirety of the Arrowverse and THEN starting Prison Break is a trip. 😂

I really love the @katherineheigl.bsky.social Poise ad with the line about how she's not known for keeping quiet.

It airing as the commercial during Grey's Anatomy on Hulu is *chef's kiss* placement.

I keep thinking: "I hate it here."

But I can't just check out or be complacent. I have to make sure this world, this country, and this state are safe for my kid — and for all kids.

I hate it here, but I have to make it better.

I once had a bigoted family member tell me my parents were disappointed in me for my progressive beliefs.

I wish I’d said, “You’re right. Sometimes my socks don’t match and my parents both hated that. P.S. My parents were Democrats, asshole, and very proud of me.”

An Elon Musk staffer misused the U.S. Marshals Service by falsely invoking their authority to intimidate. USAID security personnel were threatened with action by the federal Marshals Service.

Billionaire Elon Musk has stated that work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency, USAID. Officials have been instructed not to report to work and have been locked out of the building.

I was wondering what happened! What a fucking joke. Hopefully you get it reinstated after the appeal.

12 Things You Might Not Know About Conversation Hearts - The Daily Meal Conversation hearts have a long history and a cult following. Here are some surprising facts about these classic Valentine's Day candy hearts.

‘Tis the season

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@justinhigdon.bsky.social You and I both know a local "activist" who is going to pretend this isn't what's happening, despite being directly affected.

Compounding the stress of the move is that we love the Asheville community we'll be leaving behind. Thankfully, my hometown is a relatively short drive (~90 minutes) so I'll be able to visit Asheville regularly, but in many ways, it will feel like fully starting over.

Change is hard.

Thankfully, I've started finding safe spaces there. I'm interacting more with the queer community, finding other progressives who share my views, and learning where (and where not) to spend my money. Still, the move is likely to be hard whenever it does happen.

This fact is making it very hard to do things like go there and clean out my parents' belongings, start necessary repairs and remodeling, or even pick a date by which we hope to move.

I worry about my queer, progressive family being happy. I worry about raising my son there. It's infuriating.

My mom died in June last year. Because my dad died in 2021, I now own but do not yet live in their house, my childhood home, which is mortgage-free. Living in a house without a mortgage and with many great memories is exciting. The problem: It's in a town being run by Christian nationalists.

Yum!

I'm all for separating the art from the artist — AFTER the artist has died and no longer benefits from the consumption of the art.

People still supporting that TERF Joanne, abusers like Manson, Neil, Maynard, and all the others absolutely blows my mind. Stop giving these asshats your money.

It's been a week since I shared this story. It was a big step in my healing process and I'm grateful for all the love and support from folks who have read it.

Please, if you suspect an adult is taking advantage of a vulnerable teenager, say or do something.