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Gardens The Garden is AmarA's happy place. Every week she encourages listeners to her radio/podcast show to put seeds in dirt and keep growing

This week on Tips from the Triangle, I talk about why and how gardening and gardens can be great for individuals on the autistic spectrum. #gardeningforeveryone #podcast #autism #garden

www.amarajk.com/garden.html

Our cover this week.

Crocus flowers always look absolutely fake.
#garden #spring

'Standing Togther'
(Acrylic painting) At a wedding of loving, open-minded people w/ conservative, narrow-minded families. As the night went on my #transgender wife & I were stared at & glared at & made unwelcome. My hand in hers: A balm, helping us both #stand tall & unbowed
#art #queer amarajk.com

Gardens The Garden is AmarA's happy place. Every week she encourages listeners to her radio/podcast show to put seeds in dirt and keep growing

New episode of #GardeningforAll Tips from the Triangle!
Doing little tasks each day and breaking big jobs into little tasks. Also the joys of growing your own veggies.

Available at link or on most podcast providers.

www.amarajk.com/garden.html

#garden #podcast #gardentips

You can listen to Gardening for All! Tips from the Triangle in #Binghamton at WBDY LP 99.5 FM at 6pm on Wednesday, you can listen live on their website, or you can listen via #podcast on various services!
www.amarajk.com/garden.html

#Gardening #GardeningforAll

His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.

My spouse of ten years realized she had spent her life living a lie. That was three years ago. This is how we are getting on today.

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#transgender

Missing children’s org removes LGBTQIA+ materials per Trump DOJ demand A staffer at NCMEC confirms the distressing effort to comply with Trump's executive order.

NEW — I spoke to a staffer at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about DOJ's threat to pull funding if the org didn't comply with Trump's DEI executive order, and how org leadership rolled over.

"Rather than fight back, we chose to sacrifice trans children," they said.

AmarA*JK presents ‘Where Are We Going and Why Am I In This Basket?’ Tonight is February’s First Friday Art Walk, and one new exhibit at the Bundy Museum is offering gallery-goers a free glass of wine.

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Painting premiering at The Bundy Museum 133 Main St Binghamton NY on Feb 7 #firstfridaybinghamton Reach & Catch | Star & Fireflies

Id never catch anything if I never leapt. Aim high. Live in the moment. What's in my hand? The magic of what actually happens is not made less by the dream unfulfilled.

Art Exhibit Opening
Feb 7, 6-9pm
Bundy Museum
133 Main St Binghamton
#art #Binghamton

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

REFLECTIONS ON 42

Half a lifetime ago (literally) I was 21. I haven’t had that thought before. This year, the year of 42, I mostly spent the year saying that I am the answer to life, the universe, and everything. I’m a little sad to leave that behind.

#birthday #essay

My beautiful wife didn't care for how I depicted her. In a fit of love and artistry, I grabbed a handful of white paint and obscured her (and me, 'cause the point was us together against the world). I'm recreating (on the right) and the original (left) is now a statement on body image. #art #paint

YouTube video by Official George Carlin The Law & Order Gang | George Carlin | What Am I Doing in New Jersey (1988)

The more things change, the more they stay the same

I wish I could hear George Carlin's rant on the current state of things

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Yup

Moved into my new home office! I finally have a wall to put Dream of the Endless up on.

He is painted on a bed sheet. Some of the sand & the stars in his eyes glow in the dark. The remainder of the sheet hangs down filled with quotes.

The irony of the dreamcatcher above isn't lost on me

#art

Department of Public Arts Completes Latest Mural on the Southside The latest mural from the Department of Public Art(DPA) is located in the Southside Commons at 45 South Washington Street.

I'll start my BlueSky world with a little local news story about a mural I designed and painted (1 of 4 artists)
#Mural #art #Binghamton

www.wicz.com/story/518189...

Normalize inconsistency in your art. Normalize not making every art piece super detailed and intricate. Normalize just creating art for the sake of it.