Maria E. Orive

@meorive.bsky.social

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Scientist, educator, parent . . . not necessarily in that order. All opinions are mine, mine, mine.

Photo shows Magritte’s famous work “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”, which is, in fact, not a pipe but rather a painting of a pipe.
Sepia toned photograph of my father holding me as a baby in Cuba.
Black and white photo of abolitionist John Brown.
Image from Canvas stating that the system is undergoing scheduled maintenance.
White peonies in a green pottery vase.
Photo shows the bottom of a Christmas tree in close up, with a grey tabby cat peeking out from behind.
Puppy in snow wearing dog coat - has one ear up and one ear down.
A brown and white transferware vessel filled with coral and dark pink flowers, and white and green hypericum berries.
Image of highway at sunset, with bright red clouds and trees silhouetted against the sky.
Black and white photo of the beautiful Robert Redford, smiling.
Picture of a tricolor puppy looking at the viewer, with one ear up and the other down, and with one blue eye and one brown eye.
Image of a hand drawn black crown, crossed out by a red X, with the text “no kings” beneath it.
Glass vase with peonies- mostly pink peonies, but a couple of white ones as well.
A bouquet of newly opened lilac blooms, in a glass vase that mixes clear and yellow glass.
A pale green pottery vase with several small branches of salmon pink flowering quince blossoms.
Drawing of a maid bringing in a tea tray, underneath the drawing are the words “one day we will wake up to his obituary.”
Black and white photograph of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, showing Adolf Hitler in attendance.
Image of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet. “Is it still January, Pooh?” “Yep, Piglet. It’s still fucking January.”
The text in the image reads: Anyone want to meet up and just scream? We could get food after.
Graphic giving NIH statistics for the state of Kansas. $146 M in NIH award funding. 1,902 jobs supported. $401 M in economic activity supported.
A photo of the sweetest dog, with black and tan short fur, on a patterned wool rug. One of her front paws is curled in and she is looking up at you.
Tired By Langston Hughes I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two- And see what worms are eating At the rind.
A photo of David Lynch sitting in the “Red Room” from his Twin Peaks movie.
Headline from the January 7, 2021 cover on the New York Times, stating “Trump Incites Mob”
Picture of our family of four in front of some holiday lights at the park.
Picture of our back deck and garage, showing several inches of snowfall.
Word cloud for publications by Maria E. Orive