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writer, artist, activist, Mom of a young man, once upon a time union painter and property manager..with a book, some dirt, plants and critters I'm happy, except when we're at war.
Diaries published: 106 (4409 days since last diary on Sat Nov 12, 2011 at 04:42 AM PST)
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There's a newsletter from a website called Global Guerrillas which engages in
Peace: Resilient communities and ...
by ilyana
 13 comments
on Sat Nov 12, 2011 at 04:42 AM PST
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It is Halloween. The one day per year, our culture permits ourselves to scare each other. A day we greet our neighbors. We go door to door. We pretend with our children. Imagination trumps our ...
by ilyana
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on Mon Oct 31, 2011 at 06:35 PM PDT
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There is no going back. However, revisiting the past is not only possible, it allows tools to be carried forward. Tools of perspective which when applied, build on experience that transform the ...
by ilyana
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on Thu Sep 23, 2010 at 11:18 AM PDT
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It is with tongue in cheek that I offer for you listening and viewing please the FAUX campaign of John McCain and Sarah Pain (oops! just call me an L dropper)
First of all the new scarf accessory ...
by ilyana
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on Thu Oct 23, 2008 at 12:04 PM PDT
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I thought you all might want to be aware of an asteroid that has a 99.8% to 100% chance of hitting earth, sometime early the morning of the 7th of October.
by ilyana
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on Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 06:43 PM PDT
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Al Gore's rhythm continues to sway people towards solving two major crisises facing us, in our world today. This was presented as an inspiring talk by Al Gore ...
by ilyana
15 comments
on Tue Apr 08, 2008 at 02:03 PM PDT
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- Emily Oster wants a pandemic amnesty. We should all forgive each other for the mistaken positions we've taken about how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, writes the Brown University economist who used her considerable platform to churn out...53 comments 112 Recs
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- From Mother Jones: J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for Senate in Ohio, is typically described as the bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy, a venture capitalist, and a Never Trumper who came to embrace Donald Trump. But that snapshot doesn’t do...28 comments 77 Recs
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- The Gorge Amphitheater is a very familiar concert venue to many residents of the Pacific Northwest. I’ve attended dozens of concerts there over the decades. I saw Bob Dylan paly there in the 1980s to seeing Modest Mouse and the Decemberists there in...146 comments 350 Recs
- I took my anger over the Kavanaugh hearing and confirmation and invested it in documenting the Republicans long history of sexual predators, abusers, and those who make excuses for them. There’s a list of about 45 that I began with but they are always...5 comments 70 Recs
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