Katie Rizzo

Dear Canada, From those of us who didn't vote for him...

Dear Canada,
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I'm a YA author on submission and toying with poetry. #booksky #authorsky www.instagram.com/p/DAEceocy_LA/

Austin Kleon on Instagram: "Plant your garden. 🌱" 16K likes, 214 comments - austinkleon on January 20, 2025: "Plant your garden. 🌱".

substack.com/redirect/d2d... #creaative #art

Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time.

Convicted US Capitol rioter Pam Hemphill turns down Trump pardon Former "Maga granny" Pamela Hemphill tells the BBC the Trump government is trying to "rewrite history".

Maga Granny refuses pardon

“Accepting a pardon would only insult the Capitol police officers, rule of law and, of course, our nation,

I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, and accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative."

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Take back your attention.

The Pima County Democratic Party is closed tomorrow, in observance of #MLKDay.

How many officers would it take to stand down and refuse before all the officers had to? How many need to live in fear before people care? #immigration #kindness

The Book Thief.

My dog sometimes leans into his inner wolf.

The book of the unnamed midwife cover

THE BOOK OF THE UNNAMED MIDWIFE by @megelison.bsky.social.

What a wonderful novel. Follows a midwife wandering a post-plague America secretly supplying birth control to outnumbered, enslaved women. Humane & complicated & messy & dire & inspiring. And, wow, TIMELY.

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Spent a week in Tuscon and the stars were like none other I've seen.

Sacred pools in Sedona

An eye in the sky. #moon

How do you like my waxing crescent moon, guys? 🌙

I've gotten a few nos. And I'm working to accept it.

Saying goodbye to a real motherf*cker I meant a real one, I meant to say a real one. Jim Riswold 1957-2024

An interesting life of someone I didn't know of. #death #obit open.substack.com/pub/kimberly...

Today, we hold the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting and their families in our hearts.

It's been 12 years. The scourge of gun violence is still horrific.

The Democratic Party must remain steadfast to our commitment to commonsense gun violence prevention—and protecting kids.

Did you go?

In Alanon they ask - How free do you want to be?

On our anniversary (28 years) I am meditating on what makes marriage work and this is a great photo of it. Pick someone with a sense of humor. #marriage #love

Havasupai school report may shock people, but it is 'our reality,' tribal leaders say Havasupai leaders know the school deficiencies found in BIE report are shocking, but are a constant concern for residents.

From me: ‘Havasupai school report may shock people, but it is 'our reality,' tribal leaders say’
Via @azcentral.bsky.social

It is such a magnificent place and the stipend although good, it's not enough. I'm wondering if they'd consider a rotating schedule, which again, wouldn't be ideal. But I think you could find teachers willing to go for a month at a time, if they could get "amnesty" from their districts.

Thyroid medicine specifies - In the morning, take one hour before food or drink. Some of my friends will get up an hour early, take the pill then go back to sleep. But the second I get up all I can do is crave coffee. I've had to categorize coffee as neither food nor drink.

Two birds no stones. #birds #arizona

I lost a cousin to HPV tongue and throat cancer. And, I got my 3 sons vaccinated because tonge and throat cancer is hell.

A little louder for the folks in the back:

The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.

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