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Rita Sommers-Flanagan
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Artist, Clinical Psychologist, Author, Gardener, Wanderer.
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Survival of the Fittest
In the wild, aging primates are generally left to fend for themselves, and I’ve come to appreciate both the wisdom and peril in that. Today, I fended my way to the basement to get bread from the fr…
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January 4, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Awakened by a Petulant God
“Hey, are you aware that we cut our teeth on climate change and invented belly fat as a little joke?” A Pouty Apparition startled me awake. I moaned. Petulant Voices chimed in, nodding. “We deserve…
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December 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Yeah. Another post with few options for coping with the times and losses. #grief #forgiveness #hatred
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Holding Patterns
Greetings. It is Sunday morning, and just like 484 other Sundays, my Coauthor and I will be flinging a few words your way. Why? I don’t know. For my part, I just hope they land somewhere and offer …
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December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Wondering what you could give people who need an inexpensive, puzzling gift from you? #oddgifts #willarrivelate #whocares?

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MIDWEEK SURPRISE
You can now order this book for $13.99 on our favorite giant company’s website. What a nice gift idea. What a great way to welcome another year. What a smart way to remember your favorites&#8…
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December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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A beautiful weekend message from Kelly Boesch :) Enjoy!
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December 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Dysfunction at the Pearly Gates
Due to recent excessive flooding, the gates of heaven have rusted open. Many are desperately trying to push them shut, but those damn gates won’t budge. I’ve heard that the administration plans to …
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December 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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It ain't over until it's over. Rest. Regroup. And fight some more. #fightfascism #truthwins
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Do-over Day
Do-over Day (for my exhausted compatriots)Things happen when the truth gets too close to the surface.People grow more defensive. For instance, last night the neighbors lit so many candles against t…
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December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Thanksgiving should include facing our hypocrisies. Gratitude should be balanced by action. #Thanksgiving #Mortality #Associativedisorder

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Board Meeting
Just before the holidays, my Selves call our annual board meeting. Attendance is mandatory. In years past, the little ones stayed outside to play, but now the young at heart hold prominent position…
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November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Drinking Water in the Dark
Drinking Water in the Dark No one is ever fully embodied, hydrated, or sure of the way. We cope by using various hilarious defenses, but the joke is on us. And most of the time, it does not seem al…
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November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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godcomesby.com/2025/11/16/s... #themiddleway #aging #transformations
Shades of Gray
Most people hate going gray and refuse to admit that their wits have begun to wander. No one loves fading to transparency, reduced to a rustling of air in the back of the room.No one enjoys not kno…
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November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Using food as a weapon is a war crime. Feed the children. Period. #hunger, #crueltybeyondbelief

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IQ Test
If children ask for bread, do you give them a stone? Meditation isn’t easy. Most mornings, I prefer monkey mind. Trying to control the breath makes me claustrophobic. Panic arises, and the Coauthor…
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November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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An Ode to Assemblage
In my latest arrangement, Ms. Piggy flirts with the dirty old man. She leans back, at easeon the sheepskin rug, legs crossed. Seductive. The ICE agent, the Lamb, and Nemo bear witness, pleasedwith …
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November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Missionary Position
Certain faith systems send out missionaries to convert others to their way of thinking, and sometimes it works. Believers beget believers. This has been going for a very long time. As a species, we…
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October 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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📍 Just This Once-ing
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Just This Once-ing
“Would never be soon enough?”
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October 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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godcomesby.com/2025/10/19/f... #alzheimer's #aging #grace #beauty #mysticalconversations
Facing the Long Good-bye
In the stillness following a midnight stormmy eyes move across the surface of morning.First light reveals innocent branches bent lowfrom the weight of the wet, unseasonable snow.Her eyes follow min…
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October 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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godcomesby.com/2025/10/12/t... #migration #mutation #mortality #seasons #fertility #abortion
The Coming of the Winter
Chopping hollyhock skeletons in the wind guarantees a shower of fertilize seeds scattering every which way. Far too many will attempt to germinate no matter where they’ve landed.Hollyhocks are cros…
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October 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I don't know how much more cruelty and greed I can stand before I do something drastic but futile. March, people. March. godcomesby.com/2025/10/05/w...
What Rapture Really Looks Like
The Holy Intruder just elbowed into my psyche and is taking up precious cognitive space usually reserved for judging others, feeling sorry for myself, nursing grudges and disappointments, or compos…
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October 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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A poem. A confession. A little bit of hope.
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Here and Now
In front of me, red curtains, 47 paint brushes, and a few years.Alongside, turquoise drapes too long for the window wells,a boiled skull, three wishbones, a pink phone, and the idea that I am loved…
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September 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Walking Meditation
Last night, I tried to calm my restless body by changing my mental focus from doomscrolling to consciously observing each muscle involved in rolling over. Impossible. There are so many intricacies …
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September 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Sunday. Time to post the week's ponderings. As Charlie Kirk dissipates into the nonviolent, nonracist, nonsexist, loving Creator, may we find better ways to seek enlightenment while we yet have form and substance. godcomesby.com/2025/09/14/a...
A Fortunate State of Existence
In Montana, we have 5.6 million square feet per person, slightly more than the 4.8 million square feet per person for the whole United States. In India, there’s just over 100 square feet per person…
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September 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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godcomesby.com/2025/09/07/a... #holyquilting #makingdo #peace #grace
Advice From The Quilter
Use it upWear it outMake it doOr do without Everything has an expiration date. All the forethought in the world won’t change that. All the planning, lying, and scheming. All the willful ignorance. …
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September 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Give It Up
If you were the only Omnipotent Force in the universe, one would hope you’d have a certain sense of humor: the kind without any of the usual mean or sarcastic twists. A good laugh is one thing. Cru…
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August 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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godcomesby.com/2025/08/24/p... #deportation #slavery #depravity
Posting Bail
Ignacio Manteca Humans are being bought and sold this morning. I’ve placed a bid on one, but we’ll have to wait and see how it comes out. I’m having trouble with the messaging systems. A voicemail …
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August 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The greed and cruelty inherent in humanity is weighing heavily on my heart this morning. We don't HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.

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Come Winter
Sometimes when I listen to the lyrics or melodies of songs, I choke up. The depth, the artistry, the pathos—it is a profound gift to experience music.Other times, I can be moved to tears by the cla…
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August 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The usual struggles are getting harder. Hang in there as best you can. #forgive #impossible godcomesby.com/2025/08/10/p...
Poems and Dialectics
Dear Readers,Odd week this week. Odd week every week. Here are three poems to consider. The first by Shel Silverstein. The second and third by me, struggling to respond to such an awful, open invit…
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August 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM