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May peace be with & within you☮️
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awarded/international poems/photos
book: Natures Breath
"on my back" in @MsMagazine.com
Sheri Lynn-Artist site BreatheInsights.com
Volunteer with @potomacdems.bsky.social
May peace be with & within you☮️
🌼advocate🌼poet🌼photographer🌼
awarded/international poems/photos
book: Natures Breath
"on my back" in @MsMagazine.com
Sheri Lynn-Artist site BreatheInsights.com
Volunteer with @potomacdems.bsky.social
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@peace2day.bsky.social
· Nov 11
we put our hearts to the sky like butterflies soaring hope
we are still those same butterflies
perhaps needing cocoons for a moment
until we find our flight again
grateful for every beautiful soul and friend finding here
may peace be within, with and find you, always
we are still those same butterflies
perhaps needing cocoons for a moment
until we find our flight again
grateful for every beautiful soul and friend finding here
may peace be within, with and find you, always
happy bday Spanish writer Lope de Vega, b.1562.
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
"With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy".
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
"With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy".
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Hart en hersens horen bij elkaar.
Het gevoel is verstandig
en denken is gevoelig.
--
Heart and brain belong together.
Feeling is sensible,
and thinking is sensitive."
- Connie Palmen
Het gevoel is verstandig
en denken is gevoelig.
--
Heart and brain belong together.
Feeling is sensible,
and thinking is sensitive."
- Connie Palmen
happy bday Dutch writer Connie Palmen, b.1955.
“Memory is literary by nature. It takes factual events and gives them a metaphorical charge, lending what really happened a symbolic weight, persistently in search of the security of a story.”
“Memory is literary by nature. It takes factual events and gives them a metaphorical charge, lending what really happened a symbolic weight, persistently in search of the security of a story.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Hart en hersens horen bij elkaar.
Het gevoel is verstandig
en denken is gevoelig.
--
Heart and brain belong together.
Feeling is sensible,
and thinking is sensitive."
- Connie Palmen
Het gevoel is verstandig
en denken is gevoelig.
--
Heart and brain belong together.
Feeling is sensible,
and thinking is sensitive."
- Connie Palmen
“... the structure of every organic being
is related,
in the most essential
yet often hidden manner,
to that of
all the other organic beings ...”
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
#InterdependentWebOfBeing
is related,
in the most essential
yet often hidden manner,
to that of
all the other organic beings ...”
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
#InterdependentWebOfBeing
on this day in 1859 Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published.
"Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth have descended from some one primordial form, into which life was first breathed."
"Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth have descended from some one primordial form, into which life was first breathed."
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“... the structure of every organic being
is related,
in the most essential
yet often hidden manner,
to that of
all the other organic beings ...”
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
#InterdependentWebOfBeing
is related,
in the most essential
yet often hidden manner,
to that of
all the other organic beings ...”
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
#InterdependentWebOfBeing
Reposted by 🌼Peace2Day🌼
"I rejoice in other people's successes because I know there is plenty for everyone."
Louise L. Hay
Louise L. Hay
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"I rejoice in other people's successes because I know there is plenty for everyone."
Louise L. Hay
Louise L. Hay
Reposted by 🌼Peace2Day🌼
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Andre Gide
Andre Gide
"Know that joy is rarer,
more difficult,
and more beautiful
than sadness.
Once you make this
all-important discovery,
you must embrace
joy
as a moral obligation."
- Andre Gide
#joy
more difficult,
and more beautiful
than sadness.
Once you make this
all-important discovery,
you must embrace
joy
as a moral obligation."
- Andre Gide
#joy
happy bday French writer André Gide, b.1869.
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
“The color of truth is grey.”
“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.”
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
“The color of truth is grey.”
“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.”
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Andre Gide
Andre Gide
"With the voice of the fieldmouse
you squeak up to me,
a sharp
clip,
you bite your way through my shirt to the skin,
a cloth,
you slide across my mouth
midway through the words
I address to you, shadow,
to give you weight."
- Paul Celan
(translated by Michael Hamburger)
#poetry 💛
you squeak up to me,
a sharp
clip,
you bite your way through my shirt to the skin,
a cloth,
you slide across my mouth
midway through the words
I address to you, shadow,
to give you weight."
- Paul Celan
(translated by Michael Hamburger)
#poetry 💛
happy bday Romanian-born writer Paul Celan, b.1920.
“Don't sign your name
between worlds,
surmount
the manifold of meanings,
trust the tearstain,
learn to live.”
"In the mirror it's Sunday,
in dream there is room for sleeping,
our mouths speak the truth."
“Don't sign your name
between worlds,
surmount
the manifold of meanings,
trust the tearstain,
learn to live.”
"In the mirror it's Sunday,
in dream there is room for sleeping,
our mouths speak the truth."
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"With the voice of the fieldmouse
you squeak up to me,
a sharp
clip,
you bite your way through my shirt to the skin,
a cloth,
you slide across my mouth
midway through the words
I address to you, shadow,
to give you weight."
- Paul Celan
(translated by Michael Hamburger)
#poetry 💛
you squeak up to me,
a sharp
clip,
you bite your way through my shirt to the skin,
a cloth,
you slide across my mouth
midway through the words
I address to you, shadow,
to give you weight."
- Paul Celan
(translated by Michael Hamburger)
#poetry 💛
Please join me for the remote viewing of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock from the comfort of your PC or device now - you are welcome from wherever you are!
www.youtube.com/live/1X8MvRP...
cc: @uua.org
#LoveAtTheCenter
Any, or no, faith background or choices welcome!
www.youtube.com/live/1X8MvRP...
cc: @uua.org
#LoveAtTheCenter
Any, or no, faith background or choices welcome!
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Please join me for the remote viewing of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock from the comfort of your PC or device now - you are welcome from wherever you are!
www.youtube.com/live/1X8MvRP...
cc: @uua.org
#LoveAtTheCenter
Any, or no, faith background or choices welcome!
www.youtube.com/live/1X8MvRP...
cc: @uua.org
#LoveAtTheCenter
Any, or no, faith background or choices welcome!
Great starter packs by the one of the best from back when we were 🐦's to now 🦋's : @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social !
Thank you for all you do!
Thank you for all you do!
If you are a new follower check out my starter packs and find friends.
If you aren’t in my starter packs yet comment starter and I will get you in one.
Thanks
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If you aren’t in my starter packs yet comment starter and I will get you in one.
Thanks
Repost
a woman in a blue shirt is standing in front of a stove and says let 's get started
ALT: a woman in a blue shirt is standing in front of a stove and says let 's get started
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November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Great starter packs by the one of the best from back when we were 🐦's to now 🦋's : @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social !
Thank you for all you do!
Thank you for all you do!
"Know that joy is rarer,
more difficult,
and more beautiful
than sadness.
Once you make this
all-important discovery,
you must embrace
joy
as a moral obligation."
- Andre Gide
#joy
more difficult,
and more beautiful
than sadness.
Once you make this
all-important discovery,
you must embrace
joy
as a moral obligation."
- Andre Gide
#joy
happy bday French writer André Gide, b.1869.
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
“The color of truth is grey.”
“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.”
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
“The color of truth is grey.”
“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Know that joy is rarer,
more difficult,
and more beautiful
than sadness.
Once you make this
all-important discovery,
you must embrace
joy
as a moral obligation."
- Andre Gide
#joy
more difficult,
and more beautiful
than sadness.
Once you make this
all-important discovery,
you must embrace
joy
as a moral obligation."
- Andre Gide
#joy
👇Especially on this #WorldChildrensDay 🌍🚸 pointed out by @matthewjdowd.bsky.social today:
bsky.app/profile/matt...
bsky.app/profile/matt...
Choices
we all have choices
A child looks up-eyes wide
asks
"what did you do when this was happening?"
what do we answer?
Something to consider
"what will I/we do today?"
#DemocracyHasItsEyesOnUs 🗽
#NurembergTrialAnniversary
cc: @claireci.bsky.social @texastob-24.bsky.social
ex: www.mobilize.us
we all have choices
A child looks up-eyes wide
asks
"what did you do when this was happening?"
what do we answer?
Something to consider
"what will I/we do today?"
#DemocracyHasItsEyesOnUs 🗽
#NurembergTrialAnniversary
cc: @claireci.bsky.social @texastob-24.bsky.social
ex: www.mobilize.us
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
👇Especially on this #WorldChildrensDay 🌍🚸 pointed out by @matthewjdowd.bsky.social today:
bsky.app/profile/matt...
bsky.app/profile/matt...
Reposted by 🌼Peace2Day🌼
My thoughts exactly!
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
My thoughts exactly!
Choices
we all have choices
A child looks up-eyes wide
asks
"what did you do when this was happening?"
what do we answer?
Something to consider
"what will I/we do today?"
#DemocracyHasItsEyesOnUs 🗽
#NurembergTrialAnniversary
cc: @claireci.bsky.social @texastob-24.bsky.social
ex: www.mobilize.us
we all have choices
A child looks up-eyes wide
asks
"what did you do when this was happening?"
what do we answer?
Something to consider
"what will I/we do today?"
#DemocracyHasItsEyesOnUs 🗽
#NurembergTrialAnniversary
cc: @claireci.bsky.social @texastob-24.bsky.social
ex: www.mobilize.us
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Choices
we all have choices
A child looks up-eyes wide
asks
"what did you do when this was happening?"
what do we answer?
Something to consider
"what will I/we do today?"
#DemocracyHasItsEyesOnUs 🗽
#NurembergTrialAnniversary
cc: @claireci.bsky.social @texastob-24.bsky.social
ex: www.mobilize.us
we all have choices
A child looks up-eyes wide
asks
"what did you do when this was happening?"
what do we answer?
Something to consider
"what will I/we do today?"
#DemocracyHasItsEyesOnUs 🗽
#NurembergTrialAnniversary
cc: @claireci.bsky.social @texastob-24.bsky.social
ex: www.mobilize.us
Reposted by 🌼Peace2Day🌼
As our friend @claireci.bsky.social pointed out on this anniversary of the start of the Nuremburg trials…
bsky.app/profile/clai...
bsky.app/profile/clai...
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
As our friend @claireci.bsky.social pointed out on this anniversary of the start of the Nuremburg trials…
bsky.app/profile/clai...
bsky.app/profile/clai...
"We know that
silence equals consent when atrocities are committed against innocent men, women & children
indifference equals complicity when bigotry, hatred & intolerance are allowed to take root
education and hope are the most effective ways to combat ignorance & despair" !!
Gabrielle Giffords
silence equals consent when atrocities are committed against innocent men, women & children
indifference equals complicity when bigotry, hatred & intolerance are allowed to take root
education and hope are the most effective ways to combat ignorance & despair" !!
Gabrielle Giffords
Why did not a single male reporter who were standing next to the president and the female reporter he called "piggy" say a word to the president about this and call him out then and there? Those who keep quiet in these moments are part of the problem.
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"We know that
silence equals consent when atrocities are committed against innocent men, women & children
indifference equals complicity when bigotry, hatred & intolerance are allowed to take root
education and hope are the most effective ways to combat ignorance & despair" !!
Gabrielle Giffords
silence equals consent when atrocities are committed against innocent men, women & children
indifference equals complicity when bigotry, hatred & intolerance are allowed to take root
education and hope are the most effective ways to combat ignorance & despair" !!
Gabrielle Giffords
"Those posies might have a
peony, a freesia, a tulip —
an eye snack
and nostril snack,
I could not get enough of
giving you coronation bundles,
handing them
and almost bowing, tongue-tied with
respectful adoring,
with gobbling
the sight of you the sound,
the bouquets saying mother..."
Sharon Olds
peony, a freesia, a tulip —
an eye snack
and nostril snack,
I could not get enough of
giving you coronation bundles,
handing them
and almost bowing, tongue-tied with
respectful adoring,
with gobbling
the sight of you the sound,
the bouquets saying mother..."
Sharon Olds
happy bday poet Sharon Olds, b.1942, San Francisco.
“I am doing something I learned early to do, I am
paying attention to small beauties,
whatever I have-as if it were our duty
to find things to love, to bind ourselves to this world.”
“I am doing something I learned early to do, I am
paying attention to small beauties,
whatever I have-as if it were our duty
to find things to love, to bind ourselves to this world.”
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Those posies might have a
peony, a freesia, a tulip —
an eye snack
and nostril snack,
I could not get enough of
giving you coronation bundles,
handing them
and almost bowing, tongue-tied with
respectful adoring,
with gobbling
the sight of you the sound,
the bouquets saying mother..."
Sharon Olds
peony, a freesia, a tulip —
an eye snack
and nostril snack,
I could not get enough of
giving you coronation bundles,
handing them
and almost bowing, tongue-tied with
respectful adoring,
with gobbling
the sight of you the sound,
the bouquets saying mother..."
Sharon Olds
🗽"It is for us the living, rather,
to be dedicated here to the u n f i n i s h e d work
which they who fought here
have thus far so nobly advanced.
It is rather for us
to be here dedicated to the great task
remaining before US..." 👇
to be dedicated here to the u n f i n i s h e d work
which they who fought here
have thus far so nobly advanced.
It is rather for us
to be here dedicated to the great task
remaining before US..." 👇
On this date 1863 President Lincoln delivers what became known as The Gettysburg Address.
"that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
"that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🗽"It is for us the living, rather,
to be dedicated here to the u n f i n i s h e d work
which they who fought here
have thus far so nobly advanced.
It is rather for us
to be here dedicated to the great task
remaining before US..." 👇
to be dedicated here to the u n f i n i s h e d work
which they who fought here
have thus far so nobly advanced.
It is rather for us
to be here dedicated to the great task
remaining before US..." 👇
Reposted by 🌼Peace2Day🌼
"There is a quiet courage that comes from ....
a thousand little springs of action."
- Howard Thurman 👇
Please join us now for 2026 elections later
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a thousand little springs of action."
- Howard Thurman 👇
Please join us now for 2026 elections later
Volunteers are key to getting voters informed & voting!
Join us here-donation amounts are optional
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November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"There is a quiet courage that comes from ....
a thousand little springs of action."
- Howard Thurman 👇
Please join us now for 2026 elections later
Volunteers are key to getting voters informed & voting!
Join us here-donation amounts are optional
www.princewilliamdemocrats.com/districts/po...
a thousand little springs of action."
- Howard Thurman 👇
Please join us now for 2026 elections later
Volunteers are key to getting voters informed & voting!
Join us here-donation amounts are optional
www.princewilliamdemocrats.com/districts/po...
"The fabric of democracy
is always fragile everywhere
because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it,
and when they become scared,
when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it,
it can go very quickly."
- Margaret Atwood
# DemocracyHasItsEyesOnUs 🗽
is always fragile everywhere
because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it,
and when they become scared,
when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it,
it can go very quickly."
- Margaret Atwood
# DemocracyHasItsEyesOnUs 🗽
happy bday Canadian writer Margaret Atwood, b.1939.
“Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever. It's like the tide going out, revealing whatever's been thrown away and sunk: broken bottles, old gloves, rusting pop cans, nibbled fishbodies, bones....
“Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever. It's like the tide going out, revealing whatever's been thrown away and sunk: broken bottles, old gloves, rusting pop cans, nibbled fishbodies, bones....
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"The fabric of democracy
is always fragile everywhere
because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it,
and when they become scared,
when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it,
it can go very quickly."
- Margaret Atwood
# DemocracyHasItsEyesOnUs 🗽
is always fragile everywhere
because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it,
and when they become scared,
when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it,
it can go very quickly."
- Margaret Atwood
# DemocracyHasItsEyesOnUs 🗽
Reposted by 🌼Peace2Day🌼
The work of Christmas begins ❤️
happy bday, one of my favs, civil rights leader/philosopher Howard Thurman, b.1899, Daytona Beach.
“When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins:...
“When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins:...
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The work of Christmas begins ❤️
"There is a quiet courage
that comes from an inward spring of confidence
in the meaning and significance of life.
Such courage is an underground river,
flowing far beneath the shifting events of one's experience,
keeping alive
a thousand little springs of action."
- Howard Thurman
that comes from an inward spring of confidence
in the meaning and significance of life.
Such courage is an underground river,
flowing far beneath the shifting events of one's experience,
keeping alive
a thousand little springs of action."
- Howard Thurman
happy bday, one of my favs, civil rights leader/philosopher Howard Thurman, b.1899, Daytona Beach.
“When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins:...
“When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the work of Christmas begins:...
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"There is a quiet courage
that comes from an inward spring of confidence
in the meaning and significance of life.
Such courage is an underground river,
flowing far beneath the shifting events of one's experience,
keeping alive
a thousand little springs of action."
- Howard Thurman
that comes from an inward spring of confidence
in the meaning and significance of life.
Such courage is an underground river,
flowing far beneath the shifting events of one's experience,
keeping alive
a thousand little springs of action."
- Howard Thurman
Reposted by 🌼Peace2Day🌼
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
Reposted by 🌼Peace2Day🌼
One significant way to fix the federal deficit? Dramatically raise the minimum wage across our country. It will cause an increase in tax collections, much less people on federal assistance, and health outcomes will improve causing less reliance on federal health programs.
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
One significant way to fix the federal deficit? Dramatically raise the minimum wage across our country. It will cause an increase in tax collections, much less people on federal assistance, and health outcomes will improve causing less reliance on federal health programs.
Reposted by 🌼Peace2Day🌼
"Strictly speaking,
we do not make decisions.
Decisions make us."
- Jose Saramago
we do not make decisions.
Decisions make us."
- Jose Saramago
Happy bday José Saramago b. 1922, Portuguese writer won the Nobel Prize for Lit. in 1998.
“Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.”
“...in matters of feeling and of the heart, too much is always better than too little.”
“Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.”
“...in matters of feeling and of the heart, too much is always better than too little.”
November 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"Strictly speaking,
we do not make decisions.
Decisions make us."
- Jose Saramago
we do not make decisions.
Decisions make us."
- Jose Saramago
“No one is born
hating another person
b/c
of the color of his skin
or his background
or his religion
People must learn to hate
&
if they can learn to hate
they can be taught
to love
for love
comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite”
Nelson Mandela
#InternationalDayofTolerance 🌍
hating another person
b/c
of the color of his skin
or his background
or his religion
People must learn to hate
&
if they can learn to hate
they can be taught
to love
for love
comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite”
Nelson Mandela
#InternationalDayofTolerance 🌍
Today is International Day for Tolerance!
"Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human."
Let us "continue promoting dialogue, empathy, active respect for differences for peace & human development."
"Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human."
Let us "continue promoting dialogue, empathy, active respect for differences for peace & human development."
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“No one is born
hating another person
b/c
of the color of his skin
or his background
or his religion
People must learn to hate
&
if they can learn to hate
they can be taught
to love
for love
comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite”
Nelson Mandela
#InternationalDayofTolerance 🌍
hating another person
b/c
of the color of his skin
or his background
or his religion
People must learn to hate
&
if they can learn to hate
they can be taught
to love
for love
comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite”
Nelson Mandela
#InternationalDayofTolerance 🌍