Oba Nelle (she/her)

I could probably use my very limited Gaelic now. I’ve definitely used Japanese to mess with spam callers, the few times I’ve picked up

I.usually would resort to saying “I don’t understand” in stammering, accented English.

I have extra lights that I put up for Halloween (orange, purple, green); those are still up. Then extra white lights that go up for Christmas that stay up through at least early January. But I have base lights that stay up year round on the fence and around our front door.

I want to thank all the veterans who have served this country, but especially the transgender veterans who served and still desire to serve in spite of being treated like 2nd class citizens by the very country they defend. Thank you all for your service.

🚨🚨Hey folks apparently we still have a chance to stop this deal but we need to get one of these 8 to flip their votes: Durbin, Rosen, Cortez Masto, King, Kaine, Fetterman, Shaheen, Hassan. If one of them is yours, please get on the phone right now and tell them to reverse their vote. 202-224-3121🚨🚨

Shields Up tifo.

Protect this place. Watch out for your friends, family, & community. Find any of us or report problems directly to stadium security. You can text or call: 971-407-1739

If you see ICE activity contact PIRC immediately. They can send legal representatives to the scene. pircoregon.org / 1-888-622-1510

Last Saturday my little community raised $10,000 for Feeding America, which they turn into 100,000 meals. I run a meme account and have done more for the hungry in this country than the president, who is intentionally starving women and children for no reason.

🚨🚨 ALERT PDX 🚨🚨

Thoughts with the families of the 3 crew who were on the UPS flight from Louisville to Honolulu. We all depend on folks like them to deliver essential goods to us, and it’s hard when something goes so horribly wrong as it clearly did today. 😢

A wire wreath form with a section on the right cut out, sitting on a wooden table

The wire wreath form, with the two cut edges bound in yarn, making a sickle moon shape, sitting on a wooden table.

The sickle moon shaped wreath form underneath a pile of red, yellow and orange fake leaves, sitting on a wooden table.

The finished fall leaf covered, sickle moon shaped wreath, hanging on a blue door.

Made a new wreath for our front door.

Print off the largest Old English red letter A, cut it out and tape to your black top. (This was my costume one year in college)

I so loved seeing the beginnings of this and this is perfect.

Meanwhile, I still occasionally get emails where someone left the caps lock on.

Ugh, I rewrite my emails a couple of times to specifically take out language that is minimizing or apologetic.

When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?

SNAP is not just for the unemployed.

It’s for anyone who’s living below the poverty line, which sadly includes a lot of people who are working full time jobs.

But here’s the thing… even if it were “just” for the unemployed… they still deserve food!

No one deserves to starve.

WCK is serving free meals for furloughed federal workers impacted by the U.S. government shutdown. These meals are available to federal employees and their families. Below are locations and hours. #ChefsForFeds (1/2)

You can find info and a map of Portland's free fridges and pantries here. sites.google.com/view/pdx-fre...

“I can't wait either, she was taking such beautiful shots and having so much fun!”

Grown up MK here… I loved puzzles as a kid and we were definitely “gifted” puzzles that were missing pieces. Really no fun to have gotten those.

"Actual stuff"=not money, not from a wish list where you don't handle/deliver the items, but previously-owned stuff, lightly used or NWT.

1) Make sure it's in ACTUAL good shape. Hold clothes up to the light, flip through the books, test any electronics, etc. NO ONE WANTS SOMEONE ELSE'S RATTY STUFF.

the lack of nov snap benefits is scary af. food banks only have so much food. they're collapsing every safety net.

A can of drained diced tomatoes and some spinach can also work.

My feelings, exactly.

An older man with a white beard, green ball cap and sunglasses holds a sign saying “U.S. Air Force vet - served 1971-1974 - I swore and oath that I would defend the U.S. constitution. My oath wasn’t to defend a wannabe king” and the No Kings emblem of a crossed out crown. Standing next to him is a younger woman, wearing a dark blue early 1800s dress , apron and white cap, holding a sign that says “ My great great great great grandfather didn’t fight a king for me to submit to a dictator.”

My dad and I in Portland.

An older man with a white beard, green ball cap and sunglasses holds a sign saying “U.S. Air Force vet - served 1971-1974 - I swore and oath that I would defend the U.S. constitution. My oath wasn’t to defend a wannabe king” and the No Kings emblem of a crossed out crown. Standing next to him is a younger woman, wearing a dark blue early 1800s dress , apron and white cap, holding a sign that says “ My great great great great grandfather didn’t fight a king for me to submit to a dictator.”

Dad and me at Portland’s No Kings today.

That’s the way of things.

Before you buy Girl Scout cookies you should know they support transgender girls and reject donations from anti-transgender organizations. Then buy a couple more boxes