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Rhyan E. Romaine
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Let love rule-- Leonard Albert Kravitz. ❤️✌🏻

She/Her.
Literal tree hugger.
How can I be helpful?

#Maine
#grants
#HigherEd

📍 Occupied Wabanaki land (Maine, USA)
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When you hear people from #Maine say, "it's just one big small town & everyone sees each other at the airport," this is what we mean.

So great to bump into @pingree.house.gov at PWM today! Grateful I could thank her for all her good work.

#DirigoCrew
December 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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We're in trouble, friends
Screenshot from Hannaford Brothers grocery store. Organic broccoli. 1 count. $8.99.
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Why did I opt to make my food bank financial donation a recurring monthly gift?

Recurring gifts provide consistent and predictable income, allowing for better long-term planning, more efficient operations, and a more stable supply of food.

🦞🌾
#SNAPCliff
#DirigoCrew
#nonprofit
#Maine
Screenshot of donation receipt to Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine. "Thank you for your generous gift to Good Shepherd Food Bank to help Mainers facing hunger."
October 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Photograph showing a lake and tree line. The photograph was taken inside, framed with floor-to-ceiling paned windows. The distant trees are mostly evergreens, with dots of maples.
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Today's successful act of patriotic resistance: I convinced the bartender at this busy airport restaurant to turn off Fox News on all the TVs.

Also, this soup is delicious.
Photo of delicious chicken noodle soup.
October 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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This stuff rules.
Photograph of a square bottle on a deck railing. Front of bottle. Bottle of Mushroom Ketchup, Distinguished Recipe from George Watkins Established 1830. Back of Mushroom Ketchup bottle. In addition to nutritional information, the label says, "This rich cooking ingredient was the secret of success for many Victorian Cooks." Add two tablespoons per 450g of meat to the filling of steak and kidney pies and puddings to give them a spicy mushroom flavour and a rich colour. Add two tablespoons to mushroom soups or sauces for extra mushroom flavour or use to enrich any gravy. ,
September 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Just breathe.
Photo of the sunrise over a coastal salt marsh during low tide
September 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Same friend.
Screenshot of page confirming Disney+ cancellation. I had fun providing feedback in the "Reason you cancelled?" section
September 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Ugh.
September 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Submitted without comment.
Screenshot of a Google News update. The headline is from The Daily Beast publication and says, "Modern Family Star Reveals Sofia Vergara Dated NFL Legend." The image accompanying the article is a photograph of the Menendez brothers, in the courtroom, during their 1992 trial.
September 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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I was on a plane today
September 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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I'm traveling for work and was able to escape long enough to touch dirt and see pretty things.
September 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Now it's pouring and they're dragging the kayaks out.
September 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Watched 2 folks pull their kayaks up on the bank & walk to the restaurant. Now that the tide is out, we're wondering how they plan to get the kayaks back out.

PS- I would rather do almost anything than walk through marsh mud

#Maine
#VacationBrain
#RachelCarsonNationalWildlifeRefuge
Two kayaks on the bank of a coastal marsh. It is low tide.
September 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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#WeAre
#PennState
Image is the final score of the Nevada versus Penn State football game. Penn State won 48 to 11.
August 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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I was blessed with two wonderful mothers in law. One is a sweet, kind, fairy. The other one is a bad ass, inspirational, feminist.
July 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Day 3 of my solo mini-vaca and I _almost_ forget that the first six months of 2025 have been the hardest of my entire career (by far).

📍 Hawthorne Hotel (Salem, MA)

#AcademicSky
#HigherEd
#HigherEdGrants
#grants
#grantwriter
#rest
#WitchCity
#WitchSky
#HistoricalHotels
Cell phone photo of a room service tray on a white bedspread. On the tray, clockwise from top: pot of hot water for tea, glass of orange juice, yogurt with granola and berries, tea bags, side of bacon (covered).
July 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Salem streets.

#WitchCity
#WitchSky
Photo of a bumper sticker that reads, "Empathize: Embrace the experience we are all floating in space."
July 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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We escaped town!
#Brunch
June 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Timeline cleanser.
A cute chamomile posey.
#Gardening
Photo of a small white cruet holding a small bunch of chamomile flowers.
June 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Favorite article on my ballot tomorrow.
#Maine
#Dirigo
#Vote
#NoOn14
Article 21. Shall the ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 145 of the Code of the Town of Wells to Revise Article VI. Town-Wide Regulations to Correct a Typographical Error" be enacted?
June 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Screenshot of headline from Newsweek, dated May 23, 2025. "Democrat Edges Out Republican Joni Ernst in Iowa Senate Poll"
May 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Aquilegia canadensis.
Red Columbine.
Personal photo of Red Columbine, a native wildflower. Photo shows 1 stem w/a dying red bloom next to two flower buds. Juvenile plant in a pot, on a deck.
May 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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#SundayDinner
Personal photo of a roast chicken surrounded by baby potatoes in a round stoneware serving dish.
May 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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I learned it this way
Photo of dictionary entry for the term, "86" Origin: English 1930s as a noun, used in restaurants and bars to indicate that a menu item is unavailable
May 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM