Lynne Sandland
@lynnej.bsky.social
Travel, coffee, and intensely dislike the injustice in the world right now
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Slava Ukraini
Sending love from my family to the most courageous, democracy on earth.
Sending love from my family to the most courageous, democracy on earth.
January 1, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Slava Ukraini
Sending love from my family to the most courageous, democracy on earth.
Sending love from my family to the most courageous, democracy on earth.
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Greetings from Kyiv,
and Happy New Year!
I love reminding you of our spirit.
May it inspire you and give you strength whenever you need it.
and Happy New Year!
I love reminding you of our spirit.
May it inspire you and give you strength whenever you need it.
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Greetings from Kyiv,
and Happy New Year!
I love reminding you of our spirit.
May it inspire you and give you strength whenever you need it.
and Happy New Year!
I love reminding you of our spirit.
May it inspire you and give you strength whenever you need it.
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Slowly, the world steps into 2026.
The new year will be what we help make it.
The new year will be what we help make it.
January 1, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Slowly, the world steps into 2026.
The new year will be what we help make it.
The new year will be what we help make it.
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This
Murcs Law 2.0
Not only do Republicans have no agency, neither do voters.
There is NO charge that would've prevented Trump from running, because any conviction would've been appealed through 2024.
And the only people who let him go free are the people who didn't vote against him.
Twice.
Not only do Republicans have no agency, neither do voters.
There is NO charge that would've prevented Trump from running, because any conviction would've been appealed through 2024.
And the only people who let him go free are the people who didn't vote against him.
Twice.
Joe Biden’s fatal flaw was relying on the reluctant institutionalist Merrick Garland to prosecute the case of insurrectionist Donald J Trump. Had Garland done his job, Trump would have been banned from office and America and the world would not be in this predicament.
January 1, 2026 at 3:27 AM
This
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Good morning friends don't think it got above the minus degrees yesterday. Wind gust were horrible. I know when Patch is excited to go out side but even more excited to come back in it's cold🤣 22 will get to 33 today. Have a great day folks if you are in this cold blast stay warm. Coffees On☕☕
a greeting card that says wishing you a very happy new year 2026
ALT: a greeting card that says wishing you a very happy new year 2026
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December 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Good morning friends don't think it got above the minus degrees yesterday. Wind gust were horrible. I know when Patch is excited to go out side but even more excited to come back in it's cold🤣 22 will get to 33 today. Have a great day folks if you are in this cold blast stay warm. Coffees On☕☕
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Greetings from Kyiv,
where generators are singing,
St Nicholas drives by,
and snow is falling.
I love our spirit.
May the world see it.
where generators are singing,
St Nicholas drives by,
and snow is falling.
I love our spirit.
May the world see it.
December 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Greetings from Kyiv,
where generators are singing,
St Nicholas drives by,
and snow is falling.
I love our spirit.
May the world see it.
where generators are singing,
St Nicholas drives by,
and snow is falling.
I love our spirit.
May the world see it.
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Kyiv, evening of December 31.
Please don’t say,
‘It’s hard to believe there’s a war.’
It’s not night yet.
And yes, our air defence is sooo good.
Please don’t say,
‘It’s hard to believe there’s a war.’
It’s not night yet.
And yes, our air defence is sooo good.
December 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Kyiv, evening of December 31.
Please don’t say,
‘It’s hard to believe there’s a war.’
It’s not night yet.
And yes, our air defence is sooo good.
Please don’t say,
‘It’s hard to believe there’s a war.’
It’s not night yet.
And yes, our air defence is sooo good.
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As we close out 2025, things have markedly shifted. Catch up on all you missed!
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Week 60 - The Return
As we close out 2025, things have markedly shifted
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
As we close out 2025, things have markedly shifted. Catch up on all you missed!
open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
open.substack.com/pub/theweekl...
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Kyiv today.
Wrapped in snow and calm.
Wrapped in snow and calm.
December 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Kyiv today.
Wrapped in snow and calm.
Wrapped in snow and calm.
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A woman selling these motanka stood near the gates of St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery.
She’s often there, in any weather, offering traditional Ukrainian protective dolls.
She’s often there, in any weather, offering traditional Ukrainian protective dolls.
December 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A woman selling these motanka stood near the gates of St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery.
She’s often there, in any weather, offering traditional Ukrainian protective dolls.
She’s often there, in any weather, offering traditional Ukrainian protective dolls.
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Kyiv with lights on.
We have more electricity today than yesterday.
Still, emergency outages in our part of the city (no schedules).
And this snow 🤩
I take every single good something and cherish it.
We have more electricity today than yesterday.
Still, emergency outages in our part of the city (no schedules).
And this snow 🤩
I take every single good something and cherish it.
December 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Kyiv with lights on.
We have more electricity today than yesterday.
Still, emergency outages in our part of the city (no schedules).
And this snow 🤩
I take every single good something and cherish it.
We have more electricity today than yesterday.
Still, emergency outages in our part of the city (no schedules).
And this snow 🤩
I take every single good something and cherish it.
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Woke up too this early morning much to Stormy's dismay. Have been dragging my Arse all morning. So sat in my recliner Stormy took the hint to lay on my chest She put her head by cheek she was purring in my ear. Before you know it we were both asleep. She's a special kitty 🧡🧡 feel more rested😊
December 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Woke up too this early morning much to Stormy's dismay. Have been dragging my Arse all morning. So sat in my recliner Stormy took the hint to lay on my chest She put her head by cheek she was purring in my ear. Before you know it we were both asleep. She's a special kitty 🧡🧡 feel more rested😊
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You may know the Petrykivka style, a traditional 🇺🇦 art form with bright flowers and birds.
The one in the video is less known: Mykolaiv painting, a local southern Ukrainian tradition used to decorate wooden chests and household items in the late 19th-early 20th century, with simple floral patterns.
The one in the video is less known: Mykolaiv painting, a local southern Ukrainian tradition used to decorate wooden chests and household items in the late 19th-early 20th century, with simple floral patterns.
December 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You may know the Petrykivka style, a traditional 🇺🇦 art form with bright flowers and birds.
The one in the video is less known: Mykolaiv painting, a local southern Ukrainian tradition used to decorate wooden chests and household items in the late 19th-early 20th century, with simple floral patterns.
The one in the video is less known: Mykolaiv painting, a local southern Ukrainian tradition used to decorate wooden chests and household items in the late 19th-early 20th century, with simple floral patterns.
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How did Ukrainian Cossacks begin the New Year?
Not with celebrations, but with responsibility and choice.
Read about it in my new Sunday Letter ⬇️
Not with celebrations, but with responsibility and choice.
Read about it in my new Sunday Letter ⬇️
December 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
How did Ukrainian Cossacks begin the New Year?
Not with celebrations, but with responsibility and choice.
Read about it in my new Sunday Letter ⬇️
Not with celebrations, but with responsibility and choice.
Read about it in my new Sunday Letter ⬇️
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Greetings from morning Kyiv.
It’s snowing.
Generators sing, as emergency outages continue.
We had enough electricity to charge everything.
Have a lovely Sunday. Let’s live this life.
It’s snowing.
Generators sing, as emergency outages continue.
We had enough electricity to charge everything.
Have a lovely Sunday. Let’s live this life.
December 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Greetings from morning Kyiv.
It’s snowing.
Generators sing, as emergency outages continue.
We had enough electricity to charge everything.
Have a lovely Sunday. Let’s live this life.
It’s snowing.
Generators sing, as emergency outages continue.
We had enough electricity to charge everything.
Have a lovely Sunday. Let’s live this life.
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Kyiv.
Still no power at home.
Air raid alert again.
Victory (still a cat) already in her shelter 😅
Still no power at home.
Air raid alert again.
Victory (still a cat) already in her shelter 😅
December 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Kyiv.
Still no power at home.
Air raid alert again.
Victory (still a cat) already in her shelter 😅
Still no power at home.
Air raid alert again.
Victory (still a cat) already in her shelter 😅
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Greetings from Kyiv!
I’m a bit late today – had some rest, visited an exhibition, and walked slowly among the paintings.
We even had a spoonful of snow.
How are you after Christmas?
I’m a bit late today – had some rest, visited an exhibition, and walked slowly among the paintings.
We even had a spoonful of snow.
How are you after Christmas?
December 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Greetings from Kyiv!
I’m a bit late today – had some rest, visited an exhibition, and walked slowly among the paintings.
We even had a spoonful of snow.
How are you after Christmas?
I’m a bit late today – had some rest, visited an exhibition, and walked slowly among the paintings.
We even had a spoonful of snow.
How are you after Christmas?
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That’s it for my Christmas posts this year.
If you’ve enjoyed what I shared these Christmas days, or simply want to see more of Ukraine through my eyes, you can join my Patreon.
Some people left – that’s life.
I keep doing what I do, because it matters.
If you’ve enjoyed what I shared these Christmas days, or simply want to see more of Ukraine through my eyes, you can join my Patreon.
Some people left – that’s life.
I keep doing what I do, because it matters.
December 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
That’s it for my Christmas posts this year.
If you’ve enjoyed what I shared these Christmas days, or simply want to see more of Ukraine through my eyes, you can join my Patreon.
Some people left – that’s life.
I keep doing what I do, because it matters.
If you’ve enjoyed what I shared these Christmas days, or simply want to see more of Ukraine through my eyes, you can join my Patreon.
Some people left – that’s life.
I keep doing what I do, because it matters.
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Merry Christmas to all the haters and losers, especially the “biggest” (fat?) demented orange shitgibbon LOSER who is “running” (many people say RUINING) our country so badly and even the Republican cowards in Congress who are failing in perhaps a way that nobody has seen before.
December 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Merry Christmas to all the haters and losers, especially the “biggest” (fat?) demented orange shitgibbon LOSER who is “running” (many people say RUINING) our country so badly and even the Republican cowards in Congress who are failing in perhaps a way that nobody has seen before.
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The Didukh on Independence Square, Kyiv –
a traditional Ukrainian Christmas symbol made of grain,
representing ancestors, family continuity, and gratitude for the harvest.
a traditional Ukrainian Christmas symbol made of grain,
representing ancestors, family continuity, and gratitude for the harvest.
December 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Didukh on Independence Square, Kyiv –
a traditional Ukrainian Christmas symbol made of grain,
representing ancestors, family continuity, and gratitude for the harvest.
a traditional Ukrainian Christmas symbol made of grain,
representing ancestors, family continuity, and gratitude for the harvest.
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Christmas in Kyiv.
May the bells ring and carols echo through all Ukraine!
May the bells ring and carols echo through all Ukraine!
December 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Christmas in Kyiv.
May the bells ring and carols echo through all Ukraine!
May the bells ring and carols echo through all Ukraine!
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Greetings from Kyiv!
No power at home this Christmas morning,
but the cafés are open and generators are singing.
My warcoffee went home with me.
Merry Christmas!
No power at home this Christmas morning,
but the cafés are open and generators are singing.
My warcoffee went home with me.
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Greetings from Kyiv!
No power at home this Christmas morning,
but the cafés are open and generators are singing.
My warcoffee went home with me.
Merry Christmas!
No power at home this Christmas morning,
but the cafés are open and generators are singing.
My warcoffee went home with me.
Merry Christmas!
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This is pathetic, even for Trump’s DOJ
December 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is pathetic, even for Trump’s DOJ
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When the mood is grey,
I look for beauty.
Visited a gallery today.
Now, there’s an air raid alert in Kyiv.
I’m in the city centre, having a warcoffee and choosing books.
When the mood is grey…
I look for beauty.
Visited a gallery today.
Now, there’s an air raid alert in Kyiv.
I’m in the city centre, having a warcoffee and choosing books.
When the mood is grey…
December 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
When the mood is grey,
I look for beauty.
Visited a gallery today.
Now, there’s an air raid alert in Kyiv.
I’m in the city centre, having a warcoffee and choosing books.
When the mood is grey…
I look for beauty.
Visited a gallery today.
Now, there’s an air raid alert in Kyiv.
I’m in the city centre, having a warcoffee and choosing books.
When the mood is grey…
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“Clinton is in the Epstein files!”
Great. Next time I come across a Clinton rally, someone wearing a Clinton hat, or flying a Clinton flag on their truck, I’ll be sure to let them know.
The rest of us want them ALL held accountable because we aren’t in a cult. Hope that helps.
Great. Next time I come across a Clinton rally, someone wearing a Clinton hat, or flying a Clinton flag on their truck, I’ll be sure to let them know.
The rest of us want them ALL held accountable because we aren’t in a cult. Hope that helps.
December 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Clinton is in the Epstein files!”
Great. Next time I come across a Clinton rally, someone wearing a Clinton hat, or flying a Clinton flag on their truck, I’ll be sure to let them know.
The rest of us want them ALL held accountable because we aren’t in a cult. Hope that helps.
Great. Next time I come across a Clinton rally, someone wearing a Clinton hat, or flying a Clinton flag on their truck, I’ll be sure to let them know.
The rest of us want them ALL held accountable because we aren’t in a cult. Hope that helps.