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Gisele
@giele.bsky.social
Proud American citizen, German immigrant, Democrat.
Remembering AngeloBCollie, wherever I am.
It’s not company alleviating misery, it is enervating and demoralizing. For the sake of my own mental wellbeing, I am blocking accounts who have nothing to offer but their misery and a bad mood.
December 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.
~ Victor Hugo

#KeepingLelandAlive 🤎
December 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🎶
We wish you a merry pencil,
A doll, and another pencil,
A home ‘owner’s’ lifetime rental,
And a Maga New Year! 🍾
December 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Really?
December 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Covfefe, coFIFA, what the hell,
How about playing to his conceit…
Tell him he just won the Nobel,
Then maybe we can all have some peace.
December 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
And just for you to exist was enough…
He only listened, he never judged…
He learned very well from his dogs because
He was unconditional with his love.

#KeepingLelandAlive
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
the seller told me I drive a hard toboggan.

Dad jokes. Bad, bad puns.
#KeepingLelandAlive
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Some Christmas traditions I’ll always remember,
But this one will last well beyond December.

#KeepingLelandAlive. 🎄
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Oof. Our daytime temps aren’t quite that low, but it won’t get above freezing for the foreseeable future. Too cold for this early in the season.
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
As quietly as the drop of a pin,
I opened the door and December walked in.

Brrr.
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
When he moved to Post Social in twenty two,
And told us that we could find him there,
My smitten self had to make sure he knew
That I would follow him anywhere!

#KeepingLelandAlive
November 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
You know the day is a bummer
When you realize it’s no longer summer.

Happy last day of November.
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
@johnnyuma.bsky.social Sorry, Johnny, I couldn’t help myself.
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Thanksgiving, 2022.

Maggie wanted turkey, of course;
Rooney was getting impatient…
Remembering loved ones whom we have lost
No longer gracing our tables.

So deeply missed.
#AngeloBCollie, Maggie, and Rooney. ❤️
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
“…my greatest skill has been to want but little.”
-Thoreau
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
100 Days of Gratitude.

When autumn comes nice and slow and stays for a while before the snow.
-Leland Dirks

For second chances,
Second glances,
Remembered friends
And other romances.

For November.
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Almost 21. New mom.
Good days. 😊
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
a couple of days ago, and it’s just as bad now as it was then. 😬
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thanks, Johnny.
And I wrote this ‘In honor of’ yesterday. I think you’re the only one who appreciates them. 😬😬😁
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
There are little bits of magic in our lives. But we only notice them when our eyes and our hearts are open.
- Leland Dirks

If I don’t see beauty in the mundane;
In creations ordinary and small,
Then how can I ever make the claim
That I have seen any beauty at all?
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
In honor of Leland Hermit’s dad jokes, bad puns, and enjoyment of occasional nonsense,

I must ask…if you saw that Santa’s fastest reindeer had lost quite a bit of hair since last Christmas, would you call him Balderdasher?

😬
Don’t you miss
AngeloBCollie? ❤️
#KeepiingLelandAlive
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I’m so glad I knew you, and still feel your spirit,
But I’d never wish you back, Leland Hermit…
There’s so much, so much, too much to deal with,
And a peaceful rest…God knows you’ve earned it.

Missing my friend,
AngeloBCollie. ❤️
#KeepingLelandAlive
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Nope. He told the story of Angelo’s disappearance many, many times. In fact, it was after Angelo’s safe return that he and Leland collaborated on their first book. 😊💙
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
One time he disappeared, and I thought my life was over. Forty days and forty nights he was gone. Came home with one ear half chewed off, but he came home. Miracle dog. Angus is my miracle dog.
- Leland Dirks

#KeepingLelandAlive
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I’m about 40 miles inland, and got about 3 inches!
So very beautiful this morning…and cold!
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM