Meg D
@barefootmeg.bsky.social
Northern Colorado historian. Interested in how the built environment affects our lives. Nuanced discussions are better discussions. My dog is neurotic and my chicken is gimpy.
This quote is from a great Strong Towns article by Jarah Jacquay on how places form people.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
August 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This quote is from a great Strong Towns article by Jarah Jacquay on how places form people.
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...
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The application of the Golden Rule should be clear in this case. If Christians want the freedom to participate in the American marketplace without facing reprisals for their faith or their beliefs about God’s design for the family, shouldn’t they extend that same courtesy to those who disagree?
Opinion | Christian Cancel Culture Strikes Again
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The application of the Golden Rule should be clear in this case. If Christians want the freedom to participate in the American marketplace without facing reprisals for their faith or their beliefs about God’s design for the family, shouldn’t they extend that same courtesy to those who disagree?
Hattie McDaniel lived in Fort Collins for a short time when she was a young child. She later went on to win an Academy Award for her role in Gone With the Wind. The house where she lived was part of an early African-American neighborhood in north Fort Collins (near today's Martinez Park).
August 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Hattie McDaniel lived in Fort Collins for a short time when she was a young child. She later went on to win an Academy Award for her role in Gone With the Wind. The house where she lived was part of an early African-American neighborhood in north Fort Collins (near today's Martinez Park).
...in addition to training assistance, road construction, and other belt & road related work China is pouring into Uganda. It is substantial. If a time comes when Uganda (& all other African nations receiving Chinese donations) have to choose between China and America, which way will they swing?
July 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
...in addition to training assistance, road construction, and other belt & road related work China is pouring into Uganda. It is substantial. If a time comes when Uganda (& all other African nations receiving Chinese donations) have to choose between China and America, which way will they swing?
Was in Newberg, OR and surrounding area this past weekend. Snapped some photos of the architecture at George Fox University. Also visited David Hill Vineyards.
May 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Was in Newberg, OR and surrounding area this past weekend. Snapped some photos of the architecture at George Fox University. Also visited David Hill Vineyards.
Historic Larimer County held their annual Preservation Celebration at the 1883 Fort Collins Water Works this past weekend. Wayne Sundberg was given a lifetime achievement award. Dick Spiess was awarded for the attentive restoration he's done on the Water Works bldg. Congratulations Wayne and Dick!
May 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Historic Larimer County held their annual Preservation Celebration at the 1883 Fort Collins Water Works this past weekend. Wayne Sundberg was given a lifetime achievement award. Dick Spiess was awarded for the attentive restoration he's done on the Water Works bldg. Congratulations Wayne and Dick!
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
"A resurrection church that follows a resurrected savior should be a balm, not a blowtorch. It will never be perfect, of course, but its fundamental orientation isn’t toward protecting itself, but toward serving others. Its default posture toward difference isn’t suspicion, but affection."
There is a different version of the Christian faith, one that is far removed from the political headlines.
This faith loves its enemies. It mends the broken heart. And it declares, by word and deed, that no one is too lost to experience the love of God. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/o...
This faith loves its enemies. It mends the broken heart. And it declares, by word and deed, that no one is too lost to experience the love of God. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/o...
Opinion | A Resurrection Faith Needs a Resurrection Church
As anger and fear dominate the public square, a church that follows a resurrected savior should be a balm, not a blowtorch.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"A resurrection church that follows a resurrected savior should be a balm, not a blowtorch. It will never be perfect, of course, but its fundamental orientation isn’t toward protecting itself, but toward serving others. Its default posture toward difference isn’t suspicion, but affection."
From this morning's National Trust for Historic Preservation newsletter.....
April 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
From this morning's National Trust for Historic Preservation newsletter.....
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I'm looking forward to joining my great friend @drmoore.bsky.social at Lipscomb University in Nashville to talk about a better path for Christian political engagement. If you're in town, please stop on by! our.lipscomb.edu/e/fred-gray-...
Fred Gray Lectureship: Talking Politics, Keeping Faith - Lipscomb
Event on Lipscomb
our.lipscomb.edu
March 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm looking forward to joining my great friend @drmoore.bsky.social at Lipscomb University in Nashville to talk about a better path for Christian political engagement. If you're in town, please stop on by! our.lipscomb.edu/e/fred-gray-...
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Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
National 1 / 2 This undated image provided by Wisconsin Historical Society shows Chief Shab-eh-nay. (Wisconsin Historical Society via AP) FILE - Joseph Zeke Rupnick, chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation based in Mayetta,…
National 1 / 2 This undated image provided by Wisconsin Historical Society shows Chief Shab-eh-nay. (Wisconsin Historical Society via AP) FILE - Joseph Zeke Rupnick, chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation based in Mayetta,…
Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
National 1 / 2 This undated image provided by Wisconsin Historical Society shows Chief Shab-eh-nay. (Wisconsin Historical Society via AP) FILE - Joseph Zeke Rupnick, chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation based in Mayetta, Kansas, seen in a screen grab from Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/John O'Connor) This undated image provided by Wisconsin Historical Society shows Chief Shab-eh-nay. (Wisconsin Historical Society via AP)
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March 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
National 1 / 2 This undated image provided by Wisconsin Historical Society shows Chief Shab-eh-nay. (Wisconsin Historical Society via AP) FILE - Joseph Zeke Rupnick, chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation based in Mayetta,…
National 1 / 2 This undated image provided by Wisconsin Historical Society shows Chief Shab-eh-nay. (Wisconsin Historical Society via AP) FILE - Joseph Zeke Rupnick, chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation based in Mayetta,…
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The Trump administration is confessing to its own constitutional violations. On Morning Joe earlier today I tried to explain that the admin's actions are truly extraordinary. I never saw anything quite like this in more than 20 years of litigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJpP...
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YouTube video by David McAfee
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March 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Trump administration is confessing to its own constitutional violations. On Morning Joe earlier today I tried to explain that the admin's actions are truly extraordinary. I never saw anything quite like this in more than 20 years of litigation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJpP...
This is a good update. I'm glad to see things are moving in a positive direction. Silence in the skies. Silence at sea. And sons and daughters brought home. Fingers crossed.
youtu.be/eWPeHdAQk_k
youtu.be/eWPeHdAQk_k
1112 день війни. Звернення Володимира Зеленського до українців
YouTube video by Зе!Президент
youtu.be
March 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is a good update. I'm glad to see things are moving in a positive direction. Silence in the skies. Silence at sea. And sons and daughters brought home. Fingers crossed.
youtu.be/eWPeHdAQk_k
youtu.be/eWPeHdAQk_k
"Urban residents are less likely to know anyone in their community if the shops around them have parking lots. Conversely, fewer asphalt dead zones means more foot traffic and more business." - Stephanie Meeks, The Past and Future City.
March 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"Urban residents are less likely to know anyone in their community if the shops around them have parking lots. Conversely, fewer asphalt dead zones means more foot traffic and more business." - Stephanie Meeks, The Past and Future City.
When you're feeling the dirt being piled up around you, choose to see it as an opportunity to be reborn -- stronger and better.
March 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When you're feeling the dirt being piled up around you, choose to see it as an opportunity to be reborn -- stronger and better.
Z's firmness, humility, and thankfulness have impressed me as he stands strong against his Communist neighbors who are trying to steal Ukraine from Ukrainians.
www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/co...
www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/co...
President Zelenskyy has thanked the USA 94 times since February 24, 2022
www.reddit.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Z's firmness, humility, and thankfulness have impressed me as he stands strong against his Communist neighbors who are trying to steal Ukraine from Ukrainians.
www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/co...
www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/co...
The better rooted we are, the easier it is to weather the storms. I find myself rooted in 3 ways -- rooted to people, to place, and to routine. I love my morning routine. First I let the chicken out. Stepping outside immediately orients me to the weather, the sounds of the city, & smells in the air.
February 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The better rooted we are, the easier it is to weather the storms. I find myself rooted in 3 ways -- rooted to people, to place, and to routine. I love my morning routine. First I let the chicken out. Stepping outside immediately orients me to the weather, the sounds of the city, & smells in the air.
Peace to Ukraine, to all of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Folk Song 🇺🇦 ARMY REMIX | Andriy Khlyvnyuk x The Kiffness
YouTube video by The Kiffness
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February 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Peace to Ukraine, to all of Ukraine.
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February 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Do you have a place where you feel more you? that helps you feel safe, welcome, whole?
February 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Do you have a place where you feel more you? that helps you feel safe, welcome, whole?
I'm looking forward to the Montezuma Fuller retrospective tonight at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. MW Fuller was Fort Collins most prominent early architect, designing several of our iconic historic buildings. (Photo of MW Fuller from the Archive at the FCMoD.)
February 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I'm looking forward to the Montezuma Fuller retrospective tonight at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. MW Fuller was Fort Collins most prominent early architect, designing several of our iconic historic buildings. (Photo of MW Fuller from the Archive at the FCMoD.)
Bruce Metzger, reflecting on the book of Revelation...
February 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Bruce Metzger, reflecting on the book of Revelation...
We tend to underestimate the amount to which our built environment affects our mood, our health, even our connection to other people.
February 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We tend to underestimate the amount to which our built environment affects our mood, our health, even our connection to other people.
City Park Sunday morning.
February 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
City Park Sunday morning.
Thought for the day.
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Thought for the day.