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Deana Sanders

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Career clarity seeker, essayist, and lover of quiet symbolism. I write about legacy, resilience, and the story our objects tell us. Currently reading: *War and Peace* 📚 https://deanasanders535283.substack.com

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Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · 7h

Visible Empire settled in like summer heat: slow, deliberate, and emotionally layered. Grief, inheritance, and awakening.

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#VisibleEmpire #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook #GriefAndInheritance #SouthernLiterature #Booksky

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · 25d

Fall, in three voices.
Strings, percussion, harmony.
The patio held the score. I just showed up.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Sep 18

Setup begins. No finish line—just the first step.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Sep 18

Still in transit. The space waited.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Sep 18

Legacy, dusted. Input waiting for cadence.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Sep 18

No centerpiece. Just presence.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Sep 18

No cabinets yet. The stove held what it could.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Sep 18

Clean surface. Warm food. The return begins.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Sep 11

Back in the Austin Women in Tech mentoring program.
I show up because others did.
Legacy isn’t loud—it’s consistent.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Sep 4

Chip at the bowl. Not displaced. Not dramatic. Just home.

Substack drops on Sunday.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Sep 4

Knives placed. Rhythm restored. Drawer ready.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Sep 4

Door opened wrong. Cadence off. Held the line.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Sep 4

Blue tape, black frame, nails still visible. Not finished. Not forgotten.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Sep 4

Before the cabinets arrived, the rituals still held. Placement mattered. Even the liner was chosen.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Aug 21

Joy arrived unexpectedly. In light, in flight, in a museum filled with air and wonder.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Aug 21

Recovery, but make it operational. Between Paris planning and pension spreadsheets, this desk held the weight of reinvention.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Aug 21

My senior stakeholder, fully committed to the recovery phase. Strategic rest, feline approved.

Deana Sanders @deanasanders.bsky.social · Aug 7

“The Pivot After the Flood” (Visual Prelude)

The door stayed shut. But everything inside was altered.
Aug 3rd, 11:00am – A quiet beginning, staged in shadow and silence.

Eight photos. Eight timestamps. I didn’t begin with words. I began with witnessing.