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April Gavin

@agavinart

Berkeley based painter, print maker, and poet www.aprilgavin.net

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At my library, I'll pick up today

10.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think you should. Your print of Freda ( the cat) was lovely

09.03.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah!!!!

09.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How about a lobster or some other sea critter?

09.03.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#booksky

09.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
WAR ~ Edwin Starr
WAR ~ Edwin Starr YouTube video by ShiftingRealites

youtu.be/czKd8YVafgU?...

09.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And it's beautiful!

07.03.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeffrey Epstein comes to Oakland Searching for the East Bay in the Epstein files so you don't have to.

Epstein came to the East Bay for the same reasons so many dickheads in history sought out the Pacific: fragrance, tea, more efficient routes for the conduct of trade.

05.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Always love your colors

07.03.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Survival isn’t justice.

07.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Love how Bay Area writers shine light on each other!

06.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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15.02.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
On a rich purple background a cartoon image of diverse women wearing colorful clothes and waving and smiling. Above the image are the words If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation. - Abigail Adams. Curving around these words are lavender colored leaves.

On a rich purple background a cartoon image of diverse women wearing colorful clothes and waving and smiling. Above the image are the words If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation. - Abigail Adams. Curving around these words are lavender colored leaves.

If you haven't learned about Abigail Adams this might be the time to read about a prominent woman in United States history. A famous abolitionist and feminist, she had a strong influence on John Adams' presidency and politics.
On March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams:

05.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
'Grief is a boulder
It doesn't get less heavy
Your arms get stronger'

'Grief is a boulder It doesn't get less heavy Your arms get stronger'

Found a less image heavy version of it so deleted and reposting.

#Haiku #Poem #Poetry #Grief

05.03.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
scanned page of a poem: β€œto the young who want to die” by Gwendolyn Brooks

scanned page of a poem: β€œto the young who want to die” by Gwendolyn Brooks

by Gwendolyn Brooks
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04.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 1084 πŸ” 291 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 11
With a pale peach background and a beautiful cartoon drawing style with a modern style are 4 women: one with reddish hair and warm skin tone, one with light tan skin and black straight layered long hair, one woman with rich brown skin and a head turban, and one woman wearing a blue hijab with warm tan skin. All gaze out at the viewer with small confident smiles. Drawings of plants are behind them. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Activist.

With a pale peach background and a beautiful cartoon drawing style with a modern style are 4 women: one with reddish hair and warm skin tone, one with light tan skin and black straight layered long hair, one woman with rich brown skin and a head turban, and one woman wearing a blue hijab with warm tan skin. All gaze out at the viewer with small confident smiles. Drawings of plants are behind them. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Activist.

Celebrating Women's History Month

04.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That looks yummy! Is the fruit apricot?

04.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Close up of raindrops on a window with a blurry, colorful sunset in the backdrop over silhouetted trees.

Close up of raindrops on a window with a blurry, colorful sunset in the backdrop over silhouetted trees.

β€œWhen I get sick of what men do, I have only to walk a few steps in another direction to see what spiders do. Or what the weather does. This sustains me very well indeed.”
~E.B. White, Letter to Carrie A. Wilson (May 1, 1951)

#Nature πŸ“·Β©vivibene1

01.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Op-ed: The USDA Wants California to Abandon Farmland Equity. It Shouldn’t. California can take a creative approach to land policy that would foster a resilient food system and mobilize broad support.

β€œRollins is … neglecting the incredible diversity of small farmers, farmhands, fruit pickers, beginning farmers, and small business owners who ... make California’s agriculture the powerhouse that it is,” write professors Adam Calo and Madeleine Fairbairn in an op-ed.

04.03.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Celebrating Betty Reid Soskin’s life: Civil Rights storyteller, park ranger, songstress There wasn't an empty seat left at Henry J. Kaiser auditorium, evidence of how beloved the nation's oldest park ranger was.

There wasn't an empty seat left at Henry J. Kaiser auditorium, evidence of how beloved the nation's oldest park ranger was.

02.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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War: humanity’s default setting.

02.03.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Where have all the flowers gone -The kingston trio(lyrics)
Where have all the flowers gone -The kingston trio(lyrics) YouTube video by jasmine e

youtu.be/bI3QVsW30j0?...

02.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Every time I watch it, I see something I haven't seen before. 20 years later I still feel the beauty of it all.

28.02.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One of my favorite movies! I watch it every year

28.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

When debate is futile – Bertrand Russell's remarkable response to a fascist's provocation www.themarginalian.org/2016/10/06/b...

28.02.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5

Thanks Mark

28.02.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That perspective looks difficult, but I am getting the vertigo

28.02.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Best painting title ever:
Men fighting and women ignoring them
Mughal, 18th C

28.02.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 207 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

We're all suffering from political fatigue. We have to keep shining through

27.02.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Letterpress cause schlepping is why I'm here! Keep at it!

27.02.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0