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Recovering optimist posting random photos to remember joy. Librarian. Teacher. Aspiring Retiree. Generation Jones. Books, music, history, travel. Duke, Tennessee & Memphis grad. Preds, Grizz, & Titans.

Image of the Scooby Doo cartoon characters looking around. The text reads “Come on gang, let’s go check the comment section for clues.”
Photo shows a rainy scene with two new daffodils, one flower down in the grass. Behind the flowers there is a green Waste Management garbage can. Across the street in the background there is an American flag on a pole in front of a the porch of a red brick house.
Screenshot of Kennedy Center page with message that the page is experiencing high traffic.
Sweet lady (mom) and her daughter in a wheelchair at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. She has short white hair and is wearing a white shirt and sunglasses. Her daughter (me) leans behind her, wearing a green shirt and sunglasses. Lake Louise and the Canadian Rockies are in the background.
Sweet lady (mom) and her daughter in a wheelchair at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. She has short white hair and is wearing a white shirt and sunglasses. Her daughter (me) leans behind her, wearing a green shirt and sunglasses. Lake Louise and the Canadian Rockies are in the background.
Sunset off the coast of Aruba
Sticker of Trump pointing with a message below that says “I DID THAT.”
Screenshot of Fortune magazine article post about Lina Khan’s FTC report on United Healthcare’s pharmacy programs (Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx) which pocketed and extra $7.3 billion over cost.
Screenshot of New York Magazine cover for January 13-26, 2025 from the Libby digital platform. It features a photo of the author Neil Gaiman, subject of the stunning investigative article “Call Me Master” (subtitle: The sadistic power games of fantasy author Neil Gaiman) by Lila Shapiro.
Screenshot of a post by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee ordering flags over the State Capitol to be raised fr 11am CT on January 20 through sunrise January 21.
Instagram profile using the phrase “AI managed by Meta.” The profile is not for an account managed by Meta but rather someone who “overshares” and “wants to be babied.”
Taku Glacier in Alaska, viewed from the lodge across the Taku River.
Screenshot of a Mastodon post by Ciara. “That older relative you do tech support for is probably not bamboozled by digital devices.” It lists several older tech issues and concludes with “They’re listening to Queen while cursing enshittification & resenting the time it costs them and you.”
Two pair of lovely earrings created by JemsbyJB and purchased on Etsy. One pair has a Christmas bell and a dangling green square jewel. The other pair has a dangling blue-green shimmering square with a dangling blue teardrop below.
Book display at Books-a-Million showing Amanda Jones’ That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America in a notable place in a political book display. Project 2025 & D’Souza’s Vindicating Trump & Angela Merkel’s Freedom we’re on the shelf above. Someone wedged a paperback copy of Alabama Sen. Katie Britt’s book, God Calls Us to Do the Hard Things beside Jones’ book.
Photo of an old black cat with white whiskers and ears lines with white.
Image shows a seasoned burger flatbread in a basket. A hand on the right holds a partially consumed glass of Doc’s Pumpkin Cider.
Screenshot of WBBJ news post about the mystery of how “Vincent Gogh” appeared on their mobile patrol page. The mugshot image used was van Gogh’s self-portrait.
Image shows a screenshot of a comment from an account impersonating Karoline Leavitt talking about fact-checking, with a response from gen advising people to watch for accounts pretending to be someone they’re not.
Short video of a Muscovy duck on a garden pedestal shaking its tail feathers in front of a small Japanese maple with leaves that have begun to turn orange and red
Image shows a calendar page for Thursday, 28 November 2024 with a white two-story house with a porch decorated with hay bales, pumpkins, and containers with yellow and orange flowers. Branches with yellow leaves hang in front, and yellow and orange leaves coat the ground. The quote from John F. Kennedy is to the left, “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
Photo of Machu Picchu in Peru, surrounded by mountains and a partly cloudy sky
Image of an elderly mixed breed terrier with white and gray hair, big black eyes and a very boopable nose.
Image of Seattle waterfront looking south featuring the Seattle Great Wheel, Lumen Field, and Mt. Ranier.
Fagradalsfjall volcanic plume shooting up toward the clouds in Iceland, July 2021
View of a glacier and mountains from a sea plane window on a flight between Juneau and the Taku Glacier Lodge.
Image says Bill Maher even defends Trump bc of lies concerning Liz Cheney