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Wendy
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Minneapolis, France, dogs, books, food and criminal justice reform. If I’m not here I’m out walking.
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I was worried this was AI but it's real! www.walmart.com/ip/Playmobil...
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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imagine you and all your buddies die in a storm and everyone is like wow The Perfect Storm
May 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Elliott Erwitt, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. New York City, USA. 1988.
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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My absolutely favorite artwork for today, capturing the holiday more poignantly than any other: Alice Neel, Thanksgiving, 1965
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Monet #morningart My favorite #turkey painting
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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The emergence of Edith in attendance of a botanical breakthrough:
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.

Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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I'm moving and I went to a UHaul shop to buy some boxes. I struck up a convo with the cashier who revealed that she has a PhD in applied econ, is a former prof, and is working there to help her parents. She lamented that she no longer has access to journals in her field. Here's what I told her: 1/4
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#Alphabetchallenge #WeekVforVowels #NiceFrance
A Unique (former) Umbrella store
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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bird wirewrap challenge DAYS 97-108 🪶💛

yellow northern cardinal • summer tanager • spangled cotinga • dwarf kingfisher • african grey parrot • painted bunting • raven • kagu • red-crested cardinal • common starling • canada goose • rubber ducky

#birds #birdart #SciArt #art #jewelry
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Still love these silly signs that ScotRail put on the doors of the staff only space on their trains 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #SignsonSunday #Scotland #funny
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is so lovely, and painful, and true.
It is such a disorienting feeling when someone you care about but hadn't talked to that much in a couple of years dies suddenly because there is now a freshly dug hole inside of you and yet the day to day routine of your life has not been altered one bit. www.welcometohellworld.com/watertown-ma...
Watertown, Massachusetts
This piece appears in my book We Had It Coming. I am sitting in a waiting room right now none of us ever want to be inside of crying about an old friend I'm not entirely sure is even gone yet. The te...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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I like his green Hulk shoes.
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
Insanity
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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It’s a chilly day for painting but the light was really nice, Cove Road
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved

Failed storefronts always me sad for whoever’s dream was dashed. So loved, and then unloved.
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This looks gorgeous!
So, tiny announcement…

one of the things I’ve been working on recently is “The REAL landscapes of Minneapolis” 2026 wall calendar.

I love this city and these images are all from the past 12 months:

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The Real Landscapes of Minneapolis
The images in this first annual calendar are created to highlight the beauty of my hometown of Minneapolis. There have been countless column inches devoted to issues here, however those columns do not...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Now through December 15th, spend at least $25 at a small, locally-owned shop in the lake street area and upload your receipt to lakestreetloyalty.com and get a $15 gift card to 1 of 5 local shops!!

This is how you support our immigrant community
Lake Street Loyalty Challenge
lakestreetloyalty.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Crow on a fence - minding it's own damn business, looking photogenic as hell.
#Urban #Nature #Bird #photography
November 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Fascinating world of ancient #glass ! A small-scale but colourful mosaic glass inlay depicting an Ibis. This inlay, originating from a workshop in Roman-era Egypt, was discovered in Tawern, near Trier, Germany.
The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2

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November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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My mum has been making needle felted mice for a few years and enjoys challenging herself with new themes and ideas. She's just set up her first exhibition at the stately home she volunteers at, with a family of period mice. Incredible.
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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I love this.
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM