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Patrice Calise
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Editor, undisciplined writer, music lover.
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Charlottesville, VA, brought the No Kings vibe.
Woman at No Kings rally in Charlottesville, VA, holds a sign that reads “Clean up on aisle 47.” October 18, 2025. Person holds a hand-painted sign with the face of Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King from “Nightmare Before Christmas”, painted on a black background. “No other kings” is painted around the face. No Kings rally, Charlottesville, VA, October 18, 2025. A person wearing an inflatable unicorn/pegasus costume walks down the sidewalk at the No Kings rally in Charlottesville, VA, October 18, 2025. There is a bounce in her step and her attitude is joyful. A person in an inflatable hippo costume holds a sign at the No Kings rally in Charlottesville, VA, October 18, 2025. The sign reads “America First puts humanity last.”
October 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Anarchist ducks in training outside the Capitol last Friday.
Young ducks sitting at the edge of the Capitol pool, Washington, DC, on Friday, Aug. 8.
August 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The youngsters were out in Charlottesville, VA. 🙂
A young person holds a “Hands Off” protest sign in Charlottesville, Virginia, on April 5, 2025. It reads, “This is my future. Back off, old man.”
April 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Fairly certain it was this.
The cover for The Cure’s album “Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me.” It features a blurry close-up of lips coated in shiny red lipstick.
April 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Charlottesville Stand Up for Science event today.
Two rally-goers hold signs at the Charlottesville Stand Up for science event. One sign says “NOAA and NASA and CDC and NIH and NSF.” The other says “Science not real? Then neither are my student loans.” A crowd of rally attendees carrying signs march along Charlottesville’s downtown mall. A rally attendee holds a sign that says “science matters.” Crowd of rally attendees listening to a speaker in front of city hall and the free speech wall.
March 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Posting the only crowd size that matters today. The People’s March, DC.
Man outside Farragut Park, DC, holding a sign over his head at The People’s March on Jan. 18, 2025. Picture of Trump that reads “Rapist, traitor, racist, felon. If this is your choice…WTF is wrong with you?” Crowd of protesters at the People’s March filing past the WW II memorial toward the Lincoln memorial. Protesters line either side of a partly frozen reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial in DC on Jan. 18, 2025. Crowd of protesters carrying signs march through the streets of DC from Farragut Square to the Lincoln Memorial on Jan. 18, 2025. They hold signs protesting various aspects of the incoming administration, including Trump’s status as convicted felon.
January 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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The lads are in the house! Gingerbread Bishop Nicholas (and friends) have arrived.
Gingerbread cookies in the shape and imprint of St. Nicholas in his bishop’s trappings. Two types of Gingerbread cookies: Father Christmas in quarter-moon shape surrounded by a ring of stars; and a baroque-style owl perching on a branch with curling leaves. Smaller gingerbread cookies imprinted with various animals.
December 6, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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Proto-gingerbread cookies.
Raw gingerbread cookie dough on a countertop.
December 6, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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This is not my husband.
A black and white border collie mix doggo is laying on a bed, her head on dad’s pillow. She is staring directly into the camera at mom.
December 1, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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I couldn’t get anything done for Thanksgiving with her fussing, so we put on “Howl’s Moving Castle” and gave her some belly rubs. I’d like to take credit for good parenting, but I’m convinced it’s the beautiful Hisaishi soundtrack.
Border collie mix doggo sleeping with her front paws crossed over her nose, lying belly up on a couch.
November 27, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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It’s been some kind of work day already.
A wine glass, a coffee mug and an empty can of kombucha sitting on top of a table.
November 26, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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*Giggles in nerd*
Front cover art for Haruki Murakami’s “The City and its Uncertain Walls.” A woman walking past a half wall with a window in it, her back to the viewer; a plant is on the sill. In the foreground, a park bench with a closed book on it. A crow poses on the ground in front of the bench. Palette is lime green/hot pink/deep purple. The edge design of Murakami’s book: large white spots on a dark violet background.
November 25, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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My crow army in formation. It has taken a few years of assiduous peanuts-in-shells training, but we’re ready for resistance.
Three crows perch in a line on a house’s rooftop at dawn.
November 22, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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Just bought a copy of my favorite book in the 3rd grade, “The Ghost on Saturday Night.” On the right is “Heap House,” which I picked up a handful of years ago. It’s nice to see that my inner life and aesthetic sensibilities have not changed since I was 8
Two books lying side by side on a table: “The Ghost on Saturday Night” by Sid Fleischman and “Heap House” by Edward Carey. Both cover illustrations are variations on Edward Gorey’s gothic style.
November 22, 2024 at 2:59 AM