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Reader, Kidlit Writer, Traveler and Info Junkie: books, chocolate, travel, historic buildings, food, climate justice, geocaching she/her #kidlit #12x12PB #SCBWI

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3000 people took to the streets in #Boulder yesterday. It was loud, it was creative and finally, finally the students are out in force. We need them in this fight for their future.
#iceoutnow #indivisible

01.02.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

I guess we now know the worth of a human in this country…

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

12.01.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The #StoryStorm Notebook tradition continues!
My 2026 version is one I admired in a shop in New Zealand and was delighted to see appear in my Christmas stocking last year.

Let the ideas fly!

#storystorm #kidlit #picturebooks #writingcommunity

02.01.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”Š Listen Now: This man serenades tourists in a Boston park with a taste of their homeland Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR One | 4:02

I love this!

This man serenades tourists in a Boston park with a taste of their homeland one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5615...

30.11.2025 13:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sign at the No Kings protest that says β€œIt’s a combover, not a crownβ€œ

Sign at the No Kings protest that says β€œIt’s a combover, not a crownβ€œ

Colorado showing up! #NoKings #Arvada

18.10.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”Š Listen Now: Republicans Push Voting Restrictions On U.S. Citizens Living Abroad The NPR Politics Podcast on NPR One | 15:11

Interesting piece but it had no mention of the fact that US citizens living overseas are required to file Federal tax returns. No taxation without representation… shouldn’t that stop the argument right there??
@npr.org
#gotv @demsabroad.bsky.social

one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5574...

15.10.2025 14:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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People are taking to the streets in Chicago!!!

Oh, wait. It’s the Chicago Marathon…

Congratulations athletes and City of #Chicago on a great day!

#ChicagoMarathon

12.10.2025 20:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

An inspiration to millions, I hope her good works continue

01.10.2025 18:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Swiss canton offers a reward to residents who give up their cars From Monday, anyone who gives up their car can apply for a reward from the canton of Basel-City.

Sigh...

#climatefighters #climatecrisis #urbanism #Basel

www.swissinfo.ch/eng/emission...

29.09.2025 14:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Three weeks from right now, millions of Americans will gather again to say NO KINGS. As Trump wields government power to censor free speech and threaten political opponents, we need to make October 18 a historic day of resistance. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

27.09.2025 12:46 πŸ‘ 1363 πŸ” 492 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 35

Wildlife sightings on this morning’s bike ride:

2 raccoons playing in a culvert
1 very dead skunk
1 small pile of bear scat (all I need to see of a bear)
1 rattlesnake curled on the road (no desire to check if it was alive or dead)
4 wild turkeys
Too many prairie dogs to count

#Colorado #cycling

20.09.2025 18:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No idea what the story line will be but Awake comes to mind… Love the previous person’s suggest of Adrift too!

20.09.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Jimmy Kimmel wasn't suspended because of what he said. He was suspended because the FCC threatened his employer.
That's state-sanctioned censorship and it is a GIANT RED FLAG 🚩🚩🚩 that authoritarianism isn’t *coming* it’s ALREADY HERE. Today it's Jimmy. Tomorrow it's the rest of us.

18.09.2025 04:42 πŸ‘ 8968 πŸ” 3184 πŸ’¬ 245 πŸ“Œ 119

I saw a freight train go by today, and all I could think was, America’s rolling stock is a laughing stock…

It was slow and creaky and looked like a relic from the past… #infrastructurefail

17.09.2025 02:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My β€œsmile line” of the day:

β€œDid it hurt? When you fell out of whatever Norse myth you came from…”

(From A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna)
#amreading #readingbringsmejoy

10.09.2025 02:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a fun day for you - Congrats!!

02.09.2025 15:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don’t put Trump on Mount Rushmore! A wave of recent Republican bills aim to glorify Trump by putting his face on Mount Rushmore and U.S. currency, and his name on airports, transit systems, and the Kennedy Center. One piece of legislat...

Help stop this insanity: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...

02.09.2025 00:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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CHICAGO IS IN THE STREETS!

#LaborDay
#DefendHigherEd
#WorkersOverBillionaires

01.09.2025 17:48 πŸ‘ 2482 πŸ” 643 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 19
Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history The Trump regime’s campaign of whitewashing US history has reached the halls of the Smithsonian museums, with exhibits dealing with slavery, the civil rights movement, and other struggles against oppr...

Tell the Smithsonian: Reject demands to whitewash history act.indivisible.org/sign/smithso... #Museums

29.08.2025 20:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It doesn’t get much better than sipping a hot chocolate on an August morning that is most definitely trending toward fall while preparing for my #kidlit critique group!

#amwriting #chocoholic

24.08.2025 14:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Books about geocaching on a library shelf hiding a cache logbook

Books about geocaching on a library shelf hiding a cache logbook

These books about #geocaching are very outdated but they provided great cover for this library cache…

20.08.2025 19:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A gravel trail running between fields with trees and mountains in the background

A gravel trail running between fields with trees and mountains in the background

Remember as a kid when you and your friends would β€œride bikes”? That’s the feeling of a great gravel ride…

#gravelbiking #Colorado #bigkidfun #cycling

10.08.2025 03:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Swiss Railways Clock That Still Keeps Travelers on Time

Missing life in #Basel…

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/f...

27.07.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CONTEST ALERT!
#kidlitchat #contest

24.07.2025 19:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Interior of a Little Free Library book-sharing box with three wrapped books on the lower level and a jar of dog biscuits next to the books on the upper shelf

Interior of a Little Free Library book-sharing box with three wrapped books on the lower level and a jar of dog biscuits next to the books on the upper shelf

I love being a Little Free Library steward - look what the community has added:

Puppy treats and mystery books!!

#littlefreelibrary #lovereading

@littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

24.07.2025 21:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Their cookies are as much a reason to pop in as their books!!

22.07.2025 15:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are a nation under duress. People are being taken from their homes, from grocery stores, from safe places. People with no prior criminal history. People who have active cases for citizenship or asylum.

18.07.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 1529 πŸ” 760 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 81

Just requested my library purchase it!

10.07.2025 17:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Two red Adirondack chairs on a porch white house with a red door with the Canadian flag hanging over them

Two red Adirondack chairs on a porch white house with a red door with the Canadian flag hanging over them

Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian friends!

01.07.2025 13:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I discovered Team Caches yesterday in downtown Issaquah. Despite roping in a random stranger, we were unable to get it to work. Next time we’ll bring an entire posse! Love the concept though.

#geocaching

19.06.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0