I am an American.
My father & I served in US Navy. I am of British, Irish, & Scottish ancestry. We are proud of our 6 children, Black, biracial, and white. I am cradle Episcopalian, Zen Buddhist practitioner, & contributing member of Americans United 4 Separation of Church & State. 
#I am America.
               
            
            
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            I am American.
Dad & I served in US Navy. I am from British, Irish, & Scottish immigrants. My wife & I are proud of our Black, biracial, & white children. I am cradle Episcopalian, Zen Buddhist, & member of Americans United fr Separation of Church&State. 
#I am America.
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            I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh, 
And eat well, 
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll sit at the table
When company comes.
β¦
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed,-
I, too, am America.
     β Langston Hughes
               
            
            
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            Ellen G White?
               
            
            
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            My book today is The Historical Jesus: the life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant by John Dominic Crossan.
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            Uncannyβgiven the Nazification of our regimeβreading about this humble man, formerly pacifist, joining the resistance. He became involved with a plan to assassinate Adolph Hitler.
     His faith was profound. On his way to the gallows he said, βThis is the endβfor me, the beginning of life.β
               
            
            
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            20 DAY TBR BOOK CHALLENGE
Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf (shelves), list, stack, e-list, library holdβwherever!
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 
No explanations, no expectations, just covers! 
2/20
#BookSky 
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge
               
            
            
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            The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: 
It has to be a book youβve read and enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
8/31
               
            
            
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            Share 20 poems that have stayed with you. One poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
08/20 - The Guitar / La Guitarra
by Federico GarcΓa Lorca
translation by Cola Franzen
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            20 DAY TBR BOOK CHALLENGE
Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf (shelves), list, stack, e-list, library holdβwherever!
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 
No explanations, no expectations, just covers! 
1/20
#BookSky 
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge
               
            
            
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            The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: 
It has to be a book youβve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
7/31
               
            
            
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            Share 20 poems that have stayed with you. One poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
07/20 - Choose by Carl Sandburg
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            The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules: 
It has to be a book youβve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
6/31
               
            
            
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            Share 20 poems that have stayed with you. One poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
06/20 - GEORGE FLOYD, by Terrance Hayes
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            Share 20 poems that have stayed with you. One poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
05/20 - Archaic torso of Apollo, by Rainer Maria Rilke (tr Stephen Mitchell)
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            Share 20 poems that have stayed with you. 
One poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
04/20 - wonβt you celebrate with me, by Lucille Clifton
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            Share 20 poems that have stayed with you. 
One poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
03/20 - The Moment by Margaret Atwood
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            Share 20 poems that have stayed with you. 
One poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
02/20 - Helen Keller by Langston Hughes
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            Share 20 poems that have stayed with you. 
One poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
01/20 - [into the strenuous briefness] by EE Cummings
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            as another meme puts it: βhero . . . zeroβ
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            Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky
#bookchallenge
Day 20
               
            
            
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#bookchallenge
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                                            Poet, Memoirist, Translator, Expat, Lover of Life
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            I'm a NW Queer woman experiencing life at 66 but ready to fight for the future we all deserve. We should have a society without homelessness and without hunger where people can realize their potential for art and science and caregiveing. ππ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈπ¨π¦πΊπ²πππ₯π¦ππ
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Editor of Forgotten Ground Regained (https://alliteration.net), a website devoted to modern English alliterative verse. If you like Beowulf, or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or Tolkien's Fall of Arthur or Sigurd and Gudrun, you're in for a treat.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            New York Times bestselling author. Editor. Love books, comedy, movies. I have an unfortunate interest in politics. 
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Bibliophile, editor, and author of PASSION AND PAINT and HUNTING THE DEVIL. She was born in West Texas at the height of the Cold War, and her world travels and pioneer ancestors fuel her writing about strong female protagonists.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Author of Timberline (https://timberlinethenovel.com) "I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point -- race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything.' ~ Molly Ivins
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            NPR media guy
Author, Murdochβs World
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Jesus, justice, & jokes. Love Revolutionary. Not as outlandish as I could be. 
Anablacktivist pastor at @intentionchurch.com
Public theologian.
Author of π»ππππππππππβ π©πππππ. 
πMiami-Dade to the WorldβοΈ
pastortrey05.com/links
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Founding pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri; author of eleven books, including The Wood Between the Worlds.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Sci-fi, fantasy, paleontology, and theology nerd. Fan of Bonhoeffer, not Metaxas. Feminist, Lutheran. He/Him
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Bestselling writer of The Bright Sword, The Magicians trilogy, The Silver Arrow books, and The Map of Tiny Perfect Things 
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            "this cheap brutality is for...the ones who don't quite get to make warrior, who with two tenths of a second to decide fail to get it right and live with the rest of our lives" -D.L.
https://bsky.app/profile/bornelderent.bsky.social/post/3lrqescsci22v
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Jeopardizing the good order and security of institutions for Reason Magazine. I report on prisons, policing, and civil liberties.
Email: cj@reason.com, cj.ciaramella@protonmail.com. 
Signal: cjciaramella.68
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Opinions expressed are my own, not my employerβs. Reposts do not indicate agreement.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities
Associate Director @LSRIOxford
Anglican Priest
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Poet with autism and a really big cat. Here to connect with fellow bookish people and/or fellow neurodivergent people and/or fellow anti-fascists.
he/him β’ 35 β’ NJ β’ www.brandondiehl.net
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            We are not Vets, but VA employees and humans who believe ALL Vets deserve better.
We are also standing in solidarity with Federal Workers as we fight fascism, a hostile government takeover, and destruction of all we hold dear.βπ₯
#AltGov #AltFam #AltCitizen
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            (he/him) Belfast/Coleraine poet. Black Eyed Peace, is available as  free eBook from Wordpress, inc. the Pushcart nominated Hunting for the Aurora. MA student at MMU - davidatkinsonpoet.wordpress.com