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D. Darnell

@ddarnell.bsky.social

WV native (Let's Go Mountaineers) now in VA. Beginning knitter.

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I sub in sweet potatoes for butternut squash in all recipes. I like my fingers attached to my hand.

25.10.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just looked up Children's Hospital of Philadelphia because I knew it had been around a while - its first iteration was established in 1855.

25.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The silence is God's answer (along with an epic eyeroll).

23.10.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm struggling to come up with an opinion about dogs wrapped in Celtic knots.

23.10.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also frozen mango.

23.10.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can even volunteer at your local food bank while being an informed voter! It's all possible!

22.10.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You should go for broke and try to organize a revolution while you're there. Really stir things up.

17.10.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I need to know more about the WWE coffee club.

14.10.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the great joys of retirement is being able to do the 8 am dash to Trader Joe's on a Tuesday morning.

11.10.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The listing says "The current lighting and appliances are all natural gas powered." There is a natural gas-powered pump for the water too.

27.09.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Au Pair Program <p>Through the Au Pair program, participants and host families take part in a mutually rewarding, intercultural opportunity. Participants can continue their education while experiencing everyday life ...

If they are here on an exchange visitor visa as part of an official au pair program, yes. Ages 18-26. j1visa.state.gov/programs/au-...

04.09.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Call-up videos never get old. Just an injection of good vibes straight into the soul.

29.08.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What is the pink dot in the middle of WV in the homicide chart - is it Fairmont? Or Morgantown?

17.08.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully someone (WHCA, I guess?) has gone to the hotel and wiped all of the computers in the business center.

16.08.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1,353 public servants are no longer at the State Department.

They were RIFed while preventing fraud, supporting U.S. citizens, and advancing diplomacy.

Now, some are speaking out anonymously about the work that’s been disrupted and what’s at stake for America.

23.07.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

DC is how I discovered I also have that alarm.

21.07.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I generally enjoy cooking for one, but sometimes dinner is a handful of cashews and a banana and that's just fine.

13.07.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bird standing by water at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington DC

Bird standing by water at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington DC

Close-up of pink lotus blossom.

Close-up of pink lotus blossom.

Bird and lotus bloom at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington DC

#WeekZforZoology

28.06.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chapter 2 - Becoming a U.S. Citizen A person may derive or acquire U.S. citizenship at birth. Persons who are born in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States are citizens at birth. Persons who

There are specific provisions for people born in the Panama Canal Zone. www.uscis.gov/policy-manua...

27.06.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Break to join the Brazilian national team.

26.06.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On her profile under Starter Packs.

23.06.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No one needs to know the water in your water bottle is 1/3 vodka.

08.06.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My mother firmly believes homilies must be no longer than 5 minutes and the entire Mass needs to be under an hour and she leaves right after Communion anyway.

20.05.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Best part of that season is that the action kicks off because two Polish guys are competing to give the biggest donation to their local Catholic church.

05.05.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon chef is cooking in a kitchen with a pan of food in front of him . ALT: a cartoon chef is cooking in a kitchen with a pan of food in front of him .
04.05.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree 1000%. That scene needs driving momentum and a big rush to the end of the act, and instead it just kind of peters out.

27.04.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, Javier Bardem can't drive? That's a wild new thing I learned today.

25.04.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Caveat that I haven't tried these 2 restaurants in Alexandria yet, but they have both been described to me as old-school Italian-American: Aldo's Italian Kitchen and Fratelli's.

02.04.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Choking hazard for toddlers.

20.03.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kasia potato & cheese pierogies, Kirkland thick-sliced bacon

16.02.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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