Janet Flora Corso

@janflora.bsky.social

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Me and my "I VOTED" sticker in front of the selfue spot background that reads "My Vote Counts"
Elizabeth Dempsey-Beggs speaks to Gloucester VA Dems 7/11/26
18yo voter and campaign rep Lee Martin speaks wearing a blue Salaam Bhatti shirt
Roomful of picnic tables and hungry voters at Beaverdam Park, Gloucester VA
A screenshot of tweet from @Corrinne_Perkins shows a Black woman in a green t-shirt sitting on the DC Metro surrounded by idiots in matching face masks and black shirts, khakis and tan baseball caps with their symbol that looks like they bent the stripes of the US flag and replaced the stars with something else. The brave woman looks nervous but alert, side eyeing the fool standing by her as they ride the subway on INDEPENDENCE DAY The tweet says "Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence in Washington DC, Photo by @orr_photo Timestamp 10:55am, 04 July 2026
The Most Costly Soccer Goal Ever, July 2, 1994 Entry from 'BAD DAYS IN HISTORY' by Michael Farquhar Recounts the sad story of Andres Escobar, player for Colombia in the World Cup who had accidentally scored against his own team and so lost the match to USA. On July 2nd, he was shot by drug cartel enforcers 13 times as the taunted him "Nice Goal!"
Carlos Santana gave his guitar to Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers for a group jam session. Both bands are on stage together, and the screen behinds them shows them trading instruments. At Bristow, VA, June 24, 2026
A half eaten piece of carrot cake bread, with some butter spread on it, sits on a napkin in front of the bagged loaf. The label reads: "Bella's Unique Styles" Homemade Carrot Cake Bread with raisins and nuts, $10" and has a picture of the baker (Bella) smiling and holding a loaf 😋 She has her small business in Mathews County, VA.
A rainbow in the whispy clouds above a traffic light wire
Me with my selfie grin, wearing my Gloucester Dems shirt that says "Democracy, Truth, Freedom, Justice" in a circle around the USA flag. I am next to a table with the Mathews County Democratic Committee in Cobbs Creek, VA.
Flier for the NAACP Juneteenth celebration at Cobbs Creek, VA, June 19, 2026 from noon to 6pm
Page from "ERIC" by Terry Pratchett, parodying the Iliad, among other things. I highlighted a passage: "Anyway you shouldn't believe everything you read in the Classics," Rincewind added. "They never check their facts. They're just out to sell legends."
Candidates sitting at long table in front of auditorium with US and Virginia flags on either end. Candidates are (L-R) Elizabeth Dempsey-Beggs, Salaam Bhatti, Tim Cywinski, Jason Knapp, Erica Kopp, Mel Tull.
JUNE "All June I bound the rose in shelves. Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves And strew them where appalling may pass. She will not turn aside? Alas! Let them lie. Suppose they die? The chance was they may take her eye." — Robert Browning, "One Way of Love" Found in "Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year by Michael Farquhar. (My Mother's day gift from Kid 2:)
My hubs and daughter moving her desk from her UVA apartment after finishing her 2nd year
At May Day rally in Williamsburg with my son. Sign between us shows raised fists of solidarity and says "We are the Many" "MAY DAY" "Si Se Puede"
Fight Back Vote YES graphic
Envelope has flower stickers on seal and a large red sticker that reads FIGHT BACK!
Blue ridge mountains at end of a Virginia highway with lovely green trees and grass along the sides.
WHRO radio's host Barbara Hamm Lee filming a thoughtful conversation with historians Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander and Christy Coleman, exploring lesser-known perspectives on the role of Black Americans during the American Revolution. Three African-American women sit at a table with radio gear and headphones in front of a screen that shows a red-white-and blue graphic that reads "Revolution 250 Stories from The First Shore whro.og/usa250 ". The talk is part of Virginia's historic celebration of the 250th anniversary of the end of the Revolution and beginning of the United States.
Congressman Don Beyer speaks to voters in Saluda, VA
Sun rise over Atlantic March 1 2026
A shot of fake- Hillary Clinton on a 2016 Saturday Night Live skit with Christmas lights in background. She holds a sign that says He Will Kill Us All, in parody of a scene from the film Love Actually.
A cross stitch I made with a little white bunny, that reads Bunnies Against Rabid Fascism
Lovely portrait photo of my blue pitty, Ivy Blue, sitting on my bed with a black blanket that has red and orange mushrooms on it.
Photo shows Bad Bunny dressed in a creamy white outfit that is based on classic football uniforms before all the padding etc. He's standing admist green "sugar cane fields" in the halftime show on field. Electric poles rise above them with dancers dressed as power line workers "fixing" the power grid, which has been so bad in Puerto Rico, especially after multiple hurricanes. Below the photo words read: "Bad Bunny climbed onto an electric pole, symbolizing the power outages that the island regularly experiences because of an outdated electrical grid and the island's susceptibility to natural disasters." Below that in smaller letters it says: " He sang 'El Apagón' which literally translates to 'The Power Outages. The track is a strong criticism of the Puerto Rican and the U.S. governments' negligence and disregard for the island."
Picture of Dame Maggie Smith as the Dowager in Downton Abbey. The elder woman is wearing a burgandy Edwardian-style dress and feathered hat and looks slightly confused. The meme reads: "This Super Bowl you've mentioned, Is it by Wedgewood?"
Cute little white superb owl sits on field of snow with his beak open so it looks like he is smiling. Words above photo read: "When #SuperbOwl is trending all weekend and you feel appreciated."
Sunflowers on a blue and yellow background with the words " I Stand With Ukraine"
Black cat curled up in a warm ball of fur next to my legs which are under three blankets, including my new favorite one with mushrooms, leaves and gourds scattered on a black background.
Movie poster for Melania film is right next to the poster for "Send Help". Maybe it's just a coincidence. Side-eye smirk face.
Theater Marquis shows that screen number 8 is showing "Melania Dracula"
Me as a goofy 3-year-old girlchild in the 1970s, wearing a Happy New Year paper tiara and blowing a noisemaker horn. My pajamas have a weird pattern, almost Scandanavian, of blue and red trees and flowers and what may be snowflakes. I look pretty sassy tbh
Small cross stitch project i made. Shows a cute white bunny in center with fancy lettering that reads, "Bunnies Against Rabid Fascism"
Graphic from @TheDMVDaily: shows proposed rendering of new Sphere entertainment venue to be built in Maryland
Me in my Grateful Dead Steal Your Face shirt from WNRN holding a sign that quotes the song "Eyes of the World": 'Wake Up To Find Out That You Are The Eyes of the World". Standing in front of the dispersing crowd at a Williamsburg rally.
Dinosaur holding sign that says "Too Big to Tread on" At Indivisible JCC rally January 11, 2026
Syealie (aka Steal Your Face skull from Grateful Dead album) with a photo of Bob Weir inside it.
Book: "Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters" by Philip Eade. Subtitle: "An Eccentric English woman and Her Lost Kingdom". Cover shows full length portrait of Sylvia Brooke wearing a blue and gold head scarf and Bornean dress.
2 dogs, one a large Goldendoodle and the other a smaller adorable blue pitty, are sitting in front of the Christmas tree chewing on their special bones.
My selfie at the Cone Parade in Richmond, Virginia on January 1st. I am wearing a cone hat decorated the night before with some shiny confetti but behind me are many full body Cone People preparing for the parade!
Hand holds plastic champagne glass up in front of fire in backyard.
Polaroid of a rather young me (3 or 4ish) blowing a paper noismaker and wearing pajamas and a Happy New Year tiara.
Caption says "Black Friday Special... Stay at home and save 100%" Meme made by I Louvre Art memes, found on FB. Portrait of an unidentified woman by the Swiss artist Heinrich Beltz, dated to 1840. A woman wears a burgandy dress with long puffy sleeves. She also has a gold chain necklace with a cameo pin in the cleavage of the dress. Her hair has curls on the side in the Victorian fashion snd she smoles slightly familiarly at the viewer.
Marquee sign reads "Rest easy Donna The Baddest Woman to Hang with the Boys on Stage" a tribute to Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, singer and artist who passed away over the weekend.
Woman holding sign that reads WITTMAN GHOSTS CONSTITUENTS with a cloth ghost hanging off the side.
Me, awkwardly smiling while I hold a placard that reads KNOCK VOTE WIN, from my canvassing efforts. Also holding stickers for VA State delegate Elaine Walters and our governor candidate Abigail Spanberger, whose yard sihn is behind me
White egret standing in tidal marsh grasses beside Perrin Creek, VA, USA
Me dressed as Sunflowers next to a Ukraine flag
Hand holding bouquet and wearing bracelets that say Team Bride and FREEDOM
Phish, the band, on stage at Hampton Coliseum on 9/20/25
The Mothership, aka the Hampton VA Coliseum, with huge lines of phisheads waiting outside to get inside on a lovely, warm late-summer day. The Coliseum is a round venue with diamond shaped panels that make it look like a spaceship so Phish fans call it the Mothership.
A flock of chickens led by a white turkey stand on the wooden steps of a porch
Photo of the Williamsburg/JCC INDIVISIBLE table in front of James City County courthouse with a large sign that reads AMERICANS AGAINST OLIGARCHY. Billowing clouds and tall flag poles with the USA flag and the Commonwealth of Virginia flag make a noce background. Protestors also hold many other signs including "Good Trouble Lives On" with a picture of the late great John Lewis, and another says "Honk 4 Normal". We got a lot of honks ;)
Photo of me reflected in mirror surrounded by daughter's bags and shoes while I took a moment to sit on the bed we put together and made 💙 I am wearing an orange UVA Strong t-shirt.