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'61 model, factory original ICU/CCU RN, photographer. Currently scraping by on the Oregon coast.
Gender: F
Location: Oregon, USA
Groups: PWB Peeps, Science Matters, Surviving Alzheimers, Good News, Kossacks on Mars, Koscadia, Intentional Community Research and Development, The KETI Program, KosLit, DK Fans of 90 for 90, Crowdsourcing the 50 State Strategy, Spacebugs, HamiltonElectors, DK Preppers, SOS Puerto Rico, Cyber Warfare Footing, Climate/Environment Fight, Regenerative Culture for an Altered Planet, Blogathon, Covid19 support group on Daily Kos, Daily Kos Virtual Events, Occult and Psychical Sciences on DK, Foreign Policy And International Events Group, California Environment, Economics, and Indigenous Issues
Diaries published: 90 (37 days since last diary on Tue Oct 31, 2023 at 08:00 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 67837 (0 days since last comment on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 11:36 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 119050
Total Comment Ratings: 29681
Most Recommended Diary: Syria's Fuse In a Nutshell, 111 comments, 275 recommends
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We stand on the Eve of November, All Hallow’s Ev’ning, when the walls between the worlds grow thin enough that sometimes something slips through.
by FarWestGirl
 30 comments
on Tue Oct 31, 2023 at 08:00 PM PDT
with 69 Recommends
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Just heard from my State Rep, Dave Gomberg; construction of the first utility grade, grid connected wave energy testing site will begin next week in Oregon! Excerpts from his press release: [G]ood work of global consequence is happening every day at...
by FarWestGirl
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on Mon Aug 07, 2023 at 01:28 PM PDT
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A friend sent this today. I don’t know about all of you, but it sure helped me smile. Enjoy!
by FarWestGirl
126 comments
on Mon Jul 17, 2023 at 10:20 AM PDT
with 246 Recommends
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A lot us have been casting about and asking why things have gotten so out of control and crazed over the past number of years. The polarization, the increasingly hair-trigger reactiveness, the rampant screaming meemies that seem to have infected and...
by FarWestGirl
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on Sat Apr 22, 2023 at 01:24 PM PDT
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Geekwire is reporting that Hugo & Nebula award winning science fiction writer Greg Bear died Saturday in Seattle of complications from heart surgery. One of the ‘Four B’s’ of ‘hard’ science fiction, (Bear, Benford, Bova & Brin), (complete bibliography...
by FarWestGirl
122 comments
on Sun Nov 20, 2022 at 01:00 PM PST
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BREAKING: The referendum in Kansas trying to gut the state constitution’s support of abortion has gone down! MSNBC has just called it. Kornacki got clearance to make the announcement. Voter turnout almost double normal for an August primary. From...
by FarWestGirl
94 comments
on Tue Aug 02, 2022 at 07:37 PM PDT
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- Hiya, writers and friends. So, last week we were talking about the necessity of engaging readers/audience, and that it’s really pretty biological with them! Some of that has to do with the audience identifying with the characters or situation, and we...70 comments 20 Recs
- Tonight’s news awaits your comments. Everyone is encouraged to share their 2¢ or articles, stories, and tweets. This is an open thread.19 comments 30 Recs
- Another of the season’s festivals of light and renewal.3 comments 12 Recs
- Russian forces may be suffering losses along the entire front in Ukraine at a rate close to the rate at which Russia is currently generating new forces. The US pushed for large-scale, combined arms offensives. But Ukraine faced unexpected difficulties...20 comments 52 Recs
- "Trump is really here as a spectator. He did not have to be here until Monday when he's expected to take the stand once again," An angry Donald Trump called New York Attorney General Letitia James a "lunatic" as he attended his $250 million fraud trial...4 comments 53 Recs
- Bellingham, WA Pacific Northwest October 1923 The Northwest Mushroomers’ Association held their 31st annual Fall mushroom show In late October, the prime collecting time of the year in the Pacific Northwest. This show, hosted at Western Washington...64 comments 39 Recs
- Well, last week I had a minor financial crisis that is eminently survivable but also very unsettling and a super-duper pain in the neck. It centered on losing a nice part-time job when the home health agency I was working for closed down. The owner was...18 comments 34 Recs
- Computer security researchers from Binarly have identified a widespread set of vulnerabilities that affect most Windows and Linux computers due to bugs in the boot-loader that starts the computer (before the operating system starts). The attack—dubbed...80 comments 252 Recs
- NB:� strawbale is unable to join us until Saturday, so I am reposting for her. � Please to enjoy! Another of the season’s festivals of light and renewal.46 comments 43 Recs
- So we decided to flee Indiana. For background, my name is Alexis, I'm a nonbinary trans person, married to my trans husband Ian, and we have 2 kids, Felix, aged 12, and Zinnia age 9. Indiana is currently attempting the "Florida Speedrun" insofar as it...92 comments 287 Recs
