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practicaljourney.bsky.social
@practicaljourney.bsky.social
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Retired Minnesotan 💙. Photography, art, nature, sociology, and news junkie. (Nature photos are mine.)

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#leadership #wisdom #quotes #minneapolis #minnesota #iceout
An image of a quote by Octavia E. Butler from “Parable of the Talents.” It reads: “Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.” The other side of the image shows rows of hanging chains.
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Minneapolis brought the heat today even though it was -10 below zero. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all gathered to protect our community!

#minneapolis #minnesota #iceout #protectingneighbors
Photo of a very large protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minnesotans are gathering to protest ICE’s activities in our communities.
January 24, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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More news from Minneapolis:

#minneapolis #liam #minnesota
A post from a Minneapolis resident alerting residents that ICE Agents are stalking the house of the little boy taken by ICE.
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Remember to tune in tomorrow!

#publichearing #jacksmith #electionsecurity #2020election
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is scheduled to testify publicly before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 10 am ET, to discuss his investigations in Donald Trump.
January 21, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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I think she is onto something!

#minnesota #minneapolis
A humorous message asking Mother Nature for very cold weather as Minnesotans face the challenges of an ICE occupation.
January 17, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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As someone currently living in Minneapolis, I think the hypocrisy of this post is stunning.
January 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” — Elmer Davis

#photography #birds #minnesota #baldeagle #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wilderness #quotes #bravery #courage #resist #freedom
A Bald Eagle sitting on the limb of a tree on a sunny day.
January 2, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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“Courage starts with showing up and letting yourself be seen.”

~ Brené Brown

#photography #animals #winter #minnesota #wildlife #whitetaileddeer #quotes #snow #woods #courage #bravery
#newyear
A White-tailed Deer looking back over his/her shoulder through the branches of a winter woods.
January 1, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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Snowy day Black-capped Chickadee

#photography #birdphoto #bird #birds #snow #minnesota #winter #nature #wildlife #naturelover #naturesoothes #chickadee
A little gray, white, and beige bird with a black cap (Black-capped Chickadee) sitting on a tree branch as it snows lightly.
December 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Every winter I enjoy the Dark-eyed Juncoes that visit Minnesota from Canada. This is a close-up of a Junco scratching in the snow to find food.

#photography #birdphoto #birds #snow #minnesota #canada #winter #birdmigration #nature #naturesoothes #wildlife #seasons
A small gray, white and brown bird (Dark-eyed Junco) searching for food on a ground that is covered with snow.
December 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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A House Finch tucked away in a lilac bush on a snowy day in Minnesota.

#photography #birdphotography #minnesota #birdlover #snow #winter #nature #finches #bird #birdsofminnesota #peace #naturesoothes #outdoors #snowy
A bird with a red head and brown feathers (House Finch) sits on a branch while it snows.
December 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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A country road during the winter months of Minnesota.

#photography #minnesota #country #winter #seasons #snow #beauty #nature #landscape #peace
A sunny road through the woods covered in soft, fluffy snow with car tracks leading off into the distance.
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”
– John Burroughs

#photography #autumn #november #autumnleaves #maple #quotes #nature #naturesoothes #beauty #leaves #forest #minnesota #woods
A red maple leaf lays atop of other autumn leaves on the forest floor.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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I love tamarack trees in the fall. Their brilliant gold color add so much to nature’s colorful fall palette.

#photography #minnesota #landscape #autumn #tamaracks #trees #nature #wilderness #colorful #golden #beauty #hope
A wilderness landscape of tamarack trees turned gold in the fall.
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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So often, on my road trips, I am greeted by the charm of small town living. Here, someone decked out an old wagon with the beauty of autumn flowers and harvest vegetables.

#photography #smalltownlife #minnesota #harvestseason #gratitude #abundance #charm #autumn
This is a photo of an old wagon filled to the brim with an autumn harvest of pumpkins, squash, and fall flowers. The wagon is seated on a lawn in a residential area.
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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"My grandfather used to say that once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, and a preacher. But every day, three times a day, you need a farmer."
~ Brenda Schoepp

#photography #farming #farmers #gratitude #quotes #landscape #barn #community #connection
Landscape photo of an older farm next to a large tree and surrounded by fields and cornstalks.
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Autumn is such a great time to discover cute little mushrooms!

#photography #mushrooms #mushroom #autumn #fall #nature #naturesoothes #forest #forestfloor #nature #outdoors
Portrait of a little red mushroom growing up among a thick forest floor of autumn leaves.
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Practically speaking, why do billionaires need tax breaks?

#wealth #millionaires #billionaires #perspective #taxes #poverty #taxbreaks #fairshare #GOP #DFL #republicans #democrats
A social media post putting the difference between millionaires and billionaires into perspective. One million seconds is 12 days. One billion seconds is 32 years.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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“Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.”
― Saul Bellow

#photography #frost #autumn #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #quotes #beauty #unexpected #nature #life
An autumn portrait of wildflowers that have lost their petals and are covered in light frost.
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.”

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks October 10, 1842

#photography #minnesota #autumn #trees #sunlight #landscape #quotes #woods #trees #beauty #uplifting
A walking sunlit path leading through a gate in the autumn woods.
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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When you’re not coloring all the places where NO ONE lives the color red, and instead ONLY color the places where lots of people live, suddenly the political map looks rather different.

#politics #maps #demographics #repubilcans #democrats
These are two political maps of the United States of America. The top map colors in the entire country including the portions where NO ONE lives. It gives the impression that most of the country is red or Republican. The lower political map only colors in the portions where many people live while leaving uninhabited areas white.
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Yellow maple leaves offer a feeling of warmth and cheer on a rainy, autumn afternoon.

#photography #minnesota #autumn #mapletree #maple #yellow #beauty #nature #outdoors #rain #trees
A close-up of wet, yellow maple leaves still attached to the branch.
October 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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The days in Minnesota are shorter. The air is crisp and fresh. I so enjoy the asters that still provide a pop of color in my October garden.

#photography #flower #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #autumn #minnesota #floral #nature #beauty
Light purple-pink flowers (asters) with yellow centers growing in a group.
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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“What was stolen by the city, nature restores.”
~Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

#photography #minnesota #nature #horse #farm #pasture #rest #refresh #encouragement #naturesoothes
A white horse grazing in a rural pasture surrounded a white picket and tall trees in the background.
October 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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An image of the following words: Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world if full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved. Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God’s wrath but never a source of God’s mercy, generosity, or compassion. ~Reverend Benjamin R. Cremer
October 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM