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lil1inblue

lil1inblue

Joined October 2020

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” ― Lemony Snicket
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Monday Madness | Melinda Michelle
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Silence is not kindness. Neutrality is not neutral. And I'm fed up.

#mondaymood

dabbe I couldn't agree more, m'dear. 🩵🎯🩵 19h
Eggbeater Agreed 19h
AmyG Yes to all. 18h
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JenReadsAlot Yes!! 18h
lil1inblue @dabbe @eggbeater @amyg @jenreadsalot Thanks for the solidarity! I'm a little (ok, a lot) angry today, and this is my reaction to some IRL conversations. Pointing out injustice is not being unkind, and being silent to “keep the peace“ is cowardice. And ignoring the news doesn't make it go away. I'm just so tired. 18h
Jari-chan Yes. 18h
Deblovestoread All of this! So grateful for the solidarity ✊🏼 18h
Prairiegirl_reading Yes ✊🏼 17h
dabbe @lil1inblue Lordy, do I feel your pain and so agree! 💙✊🏻💙 17h
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🦅📢 We Are the Hope for Change ✊🏼🫂✊🏼. 5h
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Possessive: Poems | Sally Van Doren
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dabbe 🧡🤎💛 19h
lil1inblue @dabbe 💓💓💓 13h
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Wheel of Fortune | Claire F Dunn
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JenlovesJT47 💜💜💜 🌖 21h
dabbe That last line gives such hope and promise! 🧡💜🧡 20h
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lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 💜 💛 💜 20h
lil1inblue @dabbe 💛😍 💜 20h
Itchyfeetreader Oh I like this 15h
AnnCrystal Magical and Inspiring 👏🏼🐝👍🏼✨🐝💝. 11h
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Way of Zen =: [Zendao] | Alan W Watts
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? The Golden Girls (Need I say more? ? )

? John Cusack movies while snuggling with MisterInBlue. Some couples have "their song." We have John Cusack movies. ?

? https://youtu.be/92i5m3tV5XY?si=lbjJePHApihV-QPE ???

TheBookHippie I love Golden Girls. 3d
JenlovesJT47 Golden Girls!! Ooh I think a haiku is in order! ♥️ 3d
dabbe I have such fond memories of watching THE GOLDEN GIRLS with my sister and mom. 🩵💙🩵 2d
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@jenlovesjt47 - I'm on season 3, episode 3. Had to share a rough haiku because the change in dynamic between these two is hilarious! 🤣

#haikuhive #haikuaday

JenlovesJT47 Ohh how the turn tables!! 😅😅😅 When I tell you, the scream I scrumpt the first time I saw it when Bannister addresses Ada as head of the house 😍😍😍 3d
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 And then when they print Ada's name as the donor and not Agnes' - I nearly peed laughing during that scene. 🤣😍🤣 3d
JenlovesJT47 Ooh so you‘re just now watching these eps for the first time?! Ohhhh you are in for a treat, season 3 is the best so far imo! Can‘t believe there‘s only one episode left this season 😭 BUT luckily they already got renewed for season 4 🤓 3d
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JenlovesJT47 I watch this show on my kindle so I can rewind certain scenes with ease. This season has had me cackling multiple times! 😅 3d
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🎬🐝💝. 3d
TheBookHippie @lil1inblue 🤣🤣🤣🎯 3d
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 It's so good! I can't stop watching. 🙃 Oh, and I watch it on my tablet for the same reason. 😅 2d
JenlovesJT47 Great minds! ☺️ 2d
dabbe Excellent #haikureview! 🖤🐝🖤 2d
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Poetry | Harriet Monroe, Morton Dauwen Zabel, George Dillon
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dabbe 💛🤎🧡 3d
lil1inblue @dabbe 💞 💖 💞 3d
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The Tradition | Jericho Brown
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Stirring poems about
black and queer experience.
Breathtaking language.

#haikuhive #haikureview #overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub #readingispolitical

TheBookHippie I love this one! 3d
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie It was so good. I finished it, and immediately started it a second time. I'm in complete and utter awe. 😍 3d
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JenlovesJT47 This is beautiful!! ♥️ 3d
TheBookHippie @lil1inblue I‘ve read it a couple times now. It‘s just stunning. Have you read these two 3d
dabbe Beautiful haiku tribute! Could we call it a haiku ode? 💙🩵💙 3d
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie Not yet. But I put them on my list. I must read them all! 😘🤌🏻 3d
lil1inblue @dabbe That's a great hashtag idea! I love it! #haikuode 3d
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥲 Beautiful Deep Poetry 👏🏼🐝🌉🐝💝. 3d
dabbe @lil1inblue #loveit! 🩵💙🩵 3d
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Reading and eating take out in bed because it's hot and the bedroom has the air conditioner.

#fridaynightreadinghour @mcctrish

mcctrish Yum 4d
kspenmoll Yum & fun to read in bed where it is cool! 4d
Aims42 Your dinner looks aaaaaaamazing! 🤤 Enjoy it and the cool a/c 🙌 4d
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TheBookHippie Oh yummmmm 3d
AmyG Dinner, in bed, with books and AC??? 🙌🏻 3d
lil1inblue @mcctrish @kspenmoll @aims42 @thebookhippie @amyg It was a fabulous Friday night! My gyros from the local sandwich shop was delish, and I read happily while MisterInBlue watched movies. 😍😍😍 3d
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Ashanti Files was born in Chicago. She earned a BA in nursing from Chamberlain College and a BA in political science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

#charactercharm #nurse

TheBookHippie ♥️ 4d
dabbe 💙🩵💙 3d
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Blood Donors and the Supply of Blood and Blood Products | Frederick J. Manning, Linette Sparacino
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I'm ineligible to give blood, but I absolutely would if I could. Our local blood bank is owned by our for-profit hospital, so I refuse to donate money to them. (But would donate blood, since it's the exclusive provider to our area.)

Instead, I made a donation to the Blood Bank of Alaska in honor of @TieDyeDude for arranging this drive. What a fantastic idea.

#litsyblooddrive

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For Joy's Sake | Tara Taylor Quinn
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🩵 South Park is serving the level of petty I need in my life right now. 🤣
🩵 Our air quality is improving!
🩵 I got some random inspiration for a new craftivism project. I'm excited to start working on it this weekend!
🩵 The #haikuhive and the #antifabookclub are keeping me sane. 😘
🩵 Book hauls (I'll share pics this weekend).

#5joysfriday @debinhawaii

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 (the South Park pic ... #omg! 😂😂😂) 4d
TheBookHippie I love the petty -so much. 4d
TheBookHippie Also FINALLY we can go outside. 4d
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ncsufoxes South Park read my mind of what I imagine will happen to all these people that inject their face full of fillers. 4d
lil1inblue @dabbe 💓 💓 💓 (And the South Park JD Vance was just so. perfect. 😂) 4d
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie Petty is what keeps me going these days! 😂 😂 😂 And I am so glad I can finally get my hands in some dirt in the garden this weekend! 💓 4d
lil1inblue @ncsufoxes 😂 😂 😂 #hardsame I read an article some time ago that described what happens with all of these fillers, and why people keep needing more. It wasn't too different from South Park! 🙃 4d
mcctrish All hail South Park. And book hauls. 3d
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝
✊🏼#craftivism
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lil1inblue @mcctrish 🙌 🙌 🙌 3d
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 😍 😍 😍 3d
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Tree Keepers Oracle | Angi Sullins
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Work texts began this morning while I was still in the shower, so it's a late pull today. But it's hilarious that I got this card when I'm just starting to catch up on the news. 🙃😵‍💫🫠

#haikuhive #haikuaday #haikutarot

JenlovesJT47 I know I just started doing it but I‘m amazed at the cards I‘ve pulled this week. 🩵🩵🩵 5d
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 Isn't eerie (in a cool way)? Something I just thought of: I own several tarot and oracle decks. When I stop feeling the cards I'm pulling for a few days, I know it's time to switch decks. (And then I make sure to charge the old deck under a full moon and/or with crystals.) 5d
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dabbe Beautifully said! 💙✊🏻💙 5d
JenlovesJT47 Eerie is exactly it! And that makes sense. I‘m hoping to get a new deck soon. 🩵 4d
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼💫🐝💝. 4d
AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 B&N stocks some, even mini decks... although, the mini decks don't come with guide books. I'm making a Seer doll for Halloween, and I ordered a mini deck when I was testing mail ordering again (loved receiving the books, but waiting for those packages drove me looney). 4d
JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal I found a beautiful set on amazon that I‘m getting soon. One that suits my personality better. 🩷 Will post pics when I get it! And that is very cool about the doll, would love to see pics when you‘re done! 🤗 4d
AnnCrystal That's fantastic @JenlovesJT47 👏🏼🥳 can't wait! & will be sure to post 😉👌🏼💝. 4d
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 I'm just going to warn you - tarot decks become like book buying! You can never have enough, and there's always another one you want. 😅 😍 4d
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal My local crystal shop stocks a bunch, too! I like getting them there, because I can explore the store's copy before I buy! 4d
JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue I figured that! 😅 Two days in and I was already browsing amazon 😳 4d
AnnCrystal @lil1inblue that's excellent 👏🏼🥳. Wish we had one of these shops in my neighborhood, love browsing and collecting the mystical ☺️💖. 3d
JenlovesJT47 Ok so I don‘t know who else to talk to about this, and you are the one who inspired me to start this tarot journey. Anyway, I‘ve been doing one card a day. Did mine earlier, got the 9 of wands. Then the new set I ordered came in today (it is SO pretty! Will post pics later), so I just sat here for the last 20 minutes, shuffling shuffling, then decided to pull one card. And what the heck do you think I pulled? The 9 of wands! Freaking craziness 🤩 2d
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 *Cue the Twilight Zone music* That's so cool. I peaked at my one of my tarot guidebooks and it said the 9 of wands signifies perseverance and resilience, but also that you're on the verge of a breakthrough! Eerie! 🥰🥰🥰 2d
JenlovesJT47 So cool!! 🥰 2d
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Stupidity | Avital Ronell
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Dear Canadians,
I'm sorry our U.S. representatives are complete a$$hats. We don't all agree with them. I can't even imagine how bad the smoke is for y'all. But your response to this nonsense is freaking epic.
Love, lil1inblue

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/premier-us-republicans-wildfire-smoke-ti...
#ranttime #overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub

Bookwormjillk This is funny. Sorry about your fires though Canada. 5d
KadaGul So Canada 🇨🇦 is facing its Commercial Exhaust fans towards the USA 🇺🇸 so it doesn't have to deal with WILDFIRE 😤🤬😡😠😤🤬. It's natural wildfire 🔥🚒 when Californian wildfires harm bordering Canadian 🇨🇦 cities, no one raises a concern 🤨.#AnotherDumbIdeaByMango (edited) 5d
lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk My favorite part: "These are attention-seekers who can't come up with a good idea on health care or on making life more affordable," Kinew told The Canadian Press. "So they're playing games with something that's very serious." 5d
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lil1inblue @KadaGul 🎯🎯🎯 In a different article I read, it was pointed out that smoke goes both ways across the border. This administration is so exhausting. 5d
LiseWorks Hey Canada has been blamed for a lot of things over the years. Even snow is blamed on Canada. Do they actually want us to kind of have a glass wall or something to king the smoke on our side? 😆 🤣 5d
Eggbeater It's ironic, republicans being concerned about the environment. I am sorry, Canada. 5d
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie My "rep" can't show up in his district unless it's a fundraiser, but he can harass Canada? To refer back to my three lis thursday honorable mention: "Fuck wank bugger shitting arse head in hole." 5d
lil1inblue @LiseWorks What was that thing the #fluorescentfascist wanted to do to stop the hurricanes? Maybe that will work on the smoke. 🤣🤣🤣 (Also, thanks for the snow. I enjoy it. 😉) 5d
lil1inblue @Eggbeater How do the people who support them not see the inconsistency? I will never understand. 🤔 5d
TheBookHippie @lil1inblue honest to god these people 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 5d
willaful I love Vonnegut's description of the Totalitarian mind as like gears with missing teeth: “The missing teeth, of course, are simple, obvious truths, truths available and comprehensible even to ten-year-olds, in most cases.

The willful filing off of gear teeth, the willful doing without certain obvious pieces of information... That is the closest I can come to explaining the legions, the nations of lunatics I‘ve seen in my time.“
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Suet624 This regime and their republican followers are e.x.h.a.u.s.t.i.n.g. 4d
AnnCrystal 🇨🇦🇺🇲🥺🙏🏼💝. 4d
TheLudicReader Wab Kinew is the BEST! (He‘s an author, too.) 4d
lil1inblue @willaful What an excellent quotation. Thank you. It's going in my journal. 🙌 4d
lil1inblue @Suet624 I'm so tired! 4d
lil1inblue @TheLudicReader Thank you! I didn't know he was an author. Immediately adding him to the tbr! 👏 👏 👏 4d
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I enjoyed watching the neighbor's dog playing this morning. Missed my photo opportunity, so this is a web photo.
#haikuhive #haikuaday

JenlovesJT47 This is freaking adorable! 😍 5d
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 Thanks! 💓 It was so cute to watch! 😍 5d
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Eggbeater Love it! My dog gets so happy chasing birds. She never tries to actually catch them. 5d
dabbe The “p“ sounds make this haiku M😍VE! 💙🩵💙 5d
AnnCrystal Love this Haiku capture 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🐦🤩🐕🐝💝. (edited) 4d
lil1inblue @Eggbeater Love that! This pup (looked like a lab mix) was just happy to play with the pigeons, too. 😍
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lil1inblue @dabbe Gee, thanks! I was trying to capture that bouncy feel of the dog bounding over the grass. 💚 4d
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal Thanks so much! 😘 4d
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Versed | Rae Armantrout
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This was hard to narrow down! Here's some quotations that stuck with me over the years.
? I mean, what a fan-forking-tastic line. Just epic! ?
? This one describes MisterInBlue perfectly. I just love it. ?
✒️ This whole poem lives rent-free in my head. I adore the line "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons." ???
Honorable mention:
? "Oh! Fuck wank bugger shitting arse head and hole!" From Love Actually. My favorite swear. ?

dabbe These are epically AWES😍ME! 🩵💙🩵 5d
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We do not care that we are a constant contradiction. 🤣🤣🤣

#wdncw ##wedonotcarewednesday @dabbe

CBee You are singing my song 😂😂😂🤪🤪🤪 6d
AmyG Hahahaha same! 6d
Aims42 LOL! Yep, my seat heaters get more use for my back pain and keeping food warm on my way home from picking it up than anything else 😄 6d
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dabbe Why didn't I think of that? Even in 110+ degree heat, it would still feel good on the ol' hip bones! 😍😂😍 6d
Eggbeater I feel you on the hip pain. Seat warmers sound wonderful. My car is older and cheaper. Do whatever you have to to keep yourself comfortable. 6d
lil1inblue @CBee 🥰😂🥰 6d
lil1inblue @Aims42 🎯🎯🎯 😂😂😂 6d
lil1inblue @dabbe It really feels amazing! Quite effective. 😂🥰😉 6d
lil1inblue @Eggbeater 🥰🤗🥰 5d
mcctrish This is an example of making technology work for you ✊🏻👏🏻🎉 5d
ShelleyBooksie I do this all the time and my family calls me weird. I am not alone!!! ♡♡♡♡ 5d
DGRachel Yes! I almost always have my seat heater on - more for my low back than my hips - but it does not matter how hot it is outside. I need to be able to get out of the car when I reach my destination! 5d
AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼😉👌🏼💝. 5d
lil1inblue @mcctrish Ooh, I like looking at it this way! Thanks! 😍 5d
lil1inblue @ShelleyBooksie My husband gets so confused. When I first started doing it, he thought I was cold and would turn down the A/C. Then I yelled at him to turn it back up. 😂 5d
lil1inblue @DGRachel Precisely! I get so stiff in the car! 5d
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 😉 😅 😘 5d
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River Bound | Brian Simoneau
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dabbe 🩵💙🩵 5d
lil1inblue @dabbe 💛 🌟 💛 5d
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JenlovesJT47 Funny, I was just thinking about this earlier today 🤔. And you‘re absolutely right 🩵🩵🩵 6d
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AmyG Yes! 6d
dabbe Excellent!!! 💙✊🏻💙 6d
AnnCrystal Perfection “Empathy Is Resistance“ 👏🏼🐝👍🏼✊🏼🦅🐝💝. (edited) 6d
lil1inblue @AmyG 🩵✊🏻🩵 5d
lil1inblue @dabbe @anncrystal 🩵✊🏻🩵 5d
Susanita 🎯 5d
Jari-chan 💖💖💖 5d
Deblovestoread ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 5d
lil1inblue @Jari-chan 💓 💖 💓 5d
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Baby, I Don't Care | Chelsey Minnis
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A local business owner called the local TV station to ask them to stop reporting on the wildfire haze and smoke because it's hurting tourism. Yes, he is a supporter of the #fluorescentfascist. This is how entitled they feel. IT'S THE FORKING WEATHER FORECAST!!!

#wdncw #wedonotcarewednesday @dabbe

willaful It's also a major health concern. https://www.nhpr.org/2025-08-04/particle-size-matters-why-wildfire-smoke-is-so-h...

If you're getting wildfire smoke, please use indoor air filters and N95s if you can!
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lil1inblue @willaful Yes!!! Thank you for adding that! 6d
Bookwormjillk What the heck? Isn‘t it obvious once you go outside? 6d
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lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk Exaaaactly. Plus, we had the worst air quality in the nation last week, so it was a NATIONAL news story. 🙄 6d
LiseWorks We have haze from smoke too! And it's actually part of the weather report. 6d
Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue I feel it as soon as I wake up and I haven‘t seen a weather report in weeks. So weird. 6d
lil1inblue @LiseWorks Ours too! Does this man think it will just disappear if the news or weatherman don't report on it? 🙄 6d
lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk Yeah, my body knows before I even look outside. 6d
CBee I‘m digging the term, “fluorescent fascist” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6d
AmyG We have it here, too…from Utah, AZ and I think there is a fire in W. Colorado. My poor sinuses…it‘s definitely a healh concern. 6d
dabbe Best new term: #fluorescentfascist! This reminds me of JAWS: let's not report that a great white is attacking and eating people because of the tourism. Only that movie is FAKE! Some people need to seriously get their heads out of the proverbial sand. 💙✊🏻💙 6d
kspenmoll OMG- we need to know about the smoke especially for health concerns. Tourists are a financial boon but they do not live here!!!! 6d
lil1inblue @CBee 🙃🙃🙃✊🏻 6d
lil1inblue @AmyG I'm going through so many lozenges and eye drops! 🫠🫠🫠 6d
lil1inblue @dabbe Ooh, I had forgotten about that in Jaws. Excellent comparison! ✊🏻 6d
lil1inblue @kspenmoll Precisely! And the tourists need to know, too, for their own health! It just reeks of entitlement. 6d
Susanita 🤦🏻‍♀️ 5d
AmyG @lil1inblue I bet. I am all into Nasonex. 5d
ncsufoxes Just because you ignore it, doesn‘t mean it isn‘t happening. 🤦🏼‍♀️ But then again isn‘t that this whole administration. If we don‘t acknowledge (climate change, science,…) then you don‘t need to worry about it. (edited) 5d
AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼🥺🙏🏼💝. 5d
Amiable I‘m having trouble differentiating between actual news and The Onion these days. 😖 5d
lil1inblue @ncsufoxes Right? 🎯 🎯 🎯 5d
lil1inblue @Amiable Same! And my eyes hurt from the non-stop rolling. 😭 5d
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There was the weirdest noise coming from a nearby business during my insomniac porch time last night. I still don't know what it was.

#haikuhive #haikuaday

AmyG Ha…maybe it‘s best you don‘t know! 7d
JenlovesJT47 Unidentified night sounds are the worst! ♥️ 7d
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TheBookHippie I heard sawing one night …. I try not to think about it 🤣🤣🤣🤷🏻‍♀️ 7d
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie 😱 😱 😱 7d
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 So unnerving! 😱 7d
lil1inblue @AmyG You may be right! 😂 7d
dabbe Those “s“ sounds make it sound even spookier! 🖤🧡🖤 7d
AnnCrystal 👻👀💫😉💝. 7d
lil1inblue @dabbe Thanks! 💖 6d
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 💓 💖 💓 6d
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Edinburgh Notebook | Valerie Mejer Caso
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I needed this reminder to maintain the self-nuturing I did on vacation while I'm back at work.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #haikutarot

JenlovesJT47 An important reminder 🩷 7d
dabbe Oh, that last line! L🩵VE! 🩵💙🩵 7d
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AnnCrystal Truly important indeed 🦄🤩💝. 7d
Chrissyreadit what deck is this? 6d
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 Indeed! ❤ 6d
lil1inblue @dabbe I have to give my therapist a shout out for that line. 😅 😉 6d
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 💖 💖 💖 6d
lil1inblue @Chrissyreadit Tree Keepers Oracle: Written by Angi Sullins, artwork by Stephanie Law. I really like it so far! 😍 6d
julieclair Thanks to your therapist for the last line, and to you for sharing it. It‘s so true, but so easy to forget. 💙 2d
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JenlovesJT47 Hope your day gets better (and greener!) 💚💚💚 1w
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 Thanks! I think I just have the back from vacation blahs. And the wildfire haze has been a bit much lately. 🩵🩵🩵 1w
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Bookwomble ❤️💙❤️ 1w
AnnCrystal Hope the sky can clear soon 🐝🙏🏼🐝💝. 1w
KadaGul Returning to work 🏢 from vacation is worse than Mondays on repeat 🔃. To top ⤴️ that off, you have wildfire haze. I'm really sorry 💔. Be Safe and take one day a time. 1w
julieclair Hoping today is a better day all around. 🫶 7d
lil1inblue @Bookwomble 💓 💓 💓 7d
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal The weather forecast said maybe tomorrow things would start clearing up! I hope they're right! 7d
lil1inblue @KadaGul Thanks! 💓 7d
lil1inblue @julieclair So far, so good! 💓 7d
AnnCrystal @lil1inblue Hopefully 👏🏼😉🙏🏼💝. 7d
dabbe Here's H🩵PING for some blue skies for you asap! 🩵💙🩵 7d
lil1inblue @dabbe Hopefully tomorrow! 🙏 6d
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uncommonlycozies #haikutarot is so creative & intentional! i love this 🤘 1w
JenlovesJT47 Ok I did one this morning and (naturally) wrote a haiku about it 😆 but I‘m wary of sharing it. Aww, what the heck! 🩵🩵🩵 1w
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JenlovesJT47 I love your deck btw! So pretty 🩵 1w
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 Please share! I'd love to see it! 💓 1w
lil1inblue @uncommonlycozies Aww, thanks! I realy enjoy the exercise! 🩵 1w
Chrissyreadit @lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 I love using tarot with Haiku- i may have to try it out 💛💛💛💛 1w
JenlovesJT47 @Chrissyreadit that would be awesome, you should join us! ♥️ 1w
AnnCrystal Beautiful 👏🏼🐝🥲💫🐝💝. (edited) 1w
Jari-chan 💖💖💖 1w
lil1inblue @Chrissyreadit I'd love that! Please do!!!💓 7d
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 💓 💛 💓 7d
lil1inblue @Jari-chan 💓 💞 💓 7d
dabbe L💛VERLY advice haiku! 🩵💙🩵 7d
lil1inblue @dabbe 💛 🐝 💛 6d
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This was in one of the displays about Finnish-American labor and workers' movements at Finn Fest last week. I found it bone-chilling. History rhymes.

#mondaymood

AnnCrystal Scary 😢🙏🏼💝. (edited) 1w
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal Indeed! 💔 7d
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Serendipity | Fern Michaels
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I made a detailed plan for my vacation. But I'm glad I was willing to let go of my plan and accept what came my way. I saved a hundred bucks or so because the hostel I booked asked if I could stay in a bunk instead of a semi-private room. My hostel ended up being right across the street from my parents' hotel, so I was able to get free parking. And I stumbled upon some great restaurants by just wandering. 🩵🩵🩵

#haikuhive #haikuaday #haikutarot

kspenmoll That‘s wonderful! 1w
JenlovesJT47 How lovely!! 🥰♥️ 1w
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lil1inblue @kspenmoll I'm kinda proud of myself. I usually get so stubborn about my plans - it's hard to not feel completely in control. 🙃 1w
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 I'm so pleased! It's been the best weekThere were actually some more lucky moments, but I ran out of characters. 🤣 1w
JenlovesJT47 😅 being able to adapt is important! I‘ve been trying not to sweat the small stuff. ♥️ 1w
TheBookHippie Yay!!! I love it when it works out. ♥️ 1w
julieclair Isn‘t it amazing when things work out even better than you planned? 1w
AnnCrystal That's wonderful serendipity 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🥳🐝💝. 1w
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie 🩵🩵🩵 1w
lil1inblue @julieclair It was so wonderful! 🥰 1w
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 🩵💓🩵 1w
dabbe Love the juxtaposition of “happy accidents“. Glad you followed your own haiku's advice! 🩵💙🩵 7d
lil1inblue @dabbe Meeee toooo! 😃 6d
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Every Man a King by Timothy Thomas Fortune

#charactercharm #king

Bookwomble One to be recited at regular intervals to certain inhabitants of certain milky-painted dwellings! 🧐 1w
lil1inblue @Bookwomble 🩵✊🏻🩵 1w
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What Happens Is Neither | Angela Narciso Torres
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My ancestors have been sending me messages this week. 💙🤍💙

#haikuhive #haikuaday #haikutarotreading

AnnCrystal 💙📜🤍🎶💙😍👏🏼🐝👍🏼🤩🐝💝. (edited) 1w
JenlovesJT47 Looking forward to going down the rabbit hole tomorrow! ♥️♥️♥️ 1w
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DebinHawaii Love the graphic & interested in learning more! 💛🐝🖤 1w
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 Enjoy! There was a guy named MadamAdam on tiktok that has a lot of i teresting tarot tips, too! 1w
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 💓💓💓 1w
lil1inblue @DebinHawaii The deck is Tree Keepers Oracle. Art by Stephanie Law, written by Angi Sullins. The artwork is gorgeous! 1w
julieclair How cool is that?!? 🫶 1w
JenlovesJT47 Hey I have a question: what type of spread do you normally use for everyday readings? 🙃 1w
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 On a daily basis, I usually just pull a card for the day. I usually do spreads for weekly readings or moon phase readings. I have trouble maintaining routines, so the simpler the better for daily things works for me. 😅 1w
JenlovesJT47 That makes sense, I did a 3 card reading this morning but mostly focused on one card so that would probably be easier to maintain if doing it daily. Thanks! 🤗 1w
dabbe Especially L😍VE the cadence of the line! 🩵💙🩵 7d
lil1inblue @dabbe ❤😍 😘 6d
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The Magical Forest | Amparo Polanco
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I found this is so many forms today. 💚

#haikuhive #haikuaday #haikutarotreading

JenlovesJT47 I don‘t know much about tarot but I need to learn! Any suggestions? 1w
TheBookHippie ♥️ 1w
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AnnCrystal Haiku Magic 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🪄🌳🤩🐝💖. 1w
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 I can't say I'm an expert or even "doing it right." But I kind of just started by finding a deck with artwork I liked, then just pulled a card each day. I'd read the guidebook description for the card, and used it journaling prompt for reflection. Sometimes I'll look up spreads online, and use them for a longer journaling session. Then I just kind of pick up things as I go. I like to operate on vibes. ?? 1w
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie 💓🩵💓 1w
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal Voila! 🍃🪄🍃 1w
JenlovesJT47 Thanks! I‘m going to look up some books on the subject 🤓 1w
AnnCrystal @lil1inblue & @JenlovesJT47 I'm no expert either...however, I am obsessed with all things mystical and supernatural. I use this research in my writings.

That's a good method lil1inblue and usually how Oracle cards guide. From my understanding, Intuition is your guidance.

Tarot is a bit more complicated. A beginner should probably begin with a three card reading.

You must seek a meaning:

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AnnCrystal -Past, Present, and Future
-Situation, Challenge, Advice
-Action, Reaction, Outcome
-Mind, Body, Spirit
-Do, Don't, Proceed with Caution

When buying a deck (or decks if you decide to collect them), be sure to find a new one. A deck always soaks energies from the person the cards belong to, which can wonky your read. Only those experienced in the craft would know how to cleanse these energies before being able to truly claim a secondhand deck
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AnnCrystal Even a new deck should be cleansed. Some believe this should also be done after each reading, or moon cycle (depending on your personal beliefs). This could be achieved by placing deck where during the appropriate moon cycle (I'd have to refresh my research on which cycle is best). OR place on Crystals (or other appreciate stones with cleanser medicines). Using sea salt.

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AnnCrystal Or White Sage smoke (with caution). OR simply holding them to your chest and imagining positive energy in the form of light circle your deck.

Ok, I will leave it there. I could ramble...as you probably know ...and this should give you a starting point JenlovesJT47.

P.S. like lil1inblue stated, select a deck that you connect with JenlovesJT47. Each deck should come with a personal guide that you can expand on as you build a connection.
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AnnCrystal P.S.S. please do stay away from ouija boards. You probably won't find a direct answer as to why these communication boards are dangerous, but I have come to the conclusion that it is because you care granting permission to become a vessel (conduit, possession, doorway). YOU DO NOT want to grant this. DANGEROUS and can be DISASTROUS. Please heed this warning. 1w
JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal thank you for this! 🤗♥️I took screenshots of everything. Funny enough, I got gifted a tarot set in one of my Litsy swaps awhile back, I‘ll have to find it. And don‘t worry! I was just telling my niece and nephew last week to stay away from ouija boards! I‘ve seen enough scary movies! 😱 1w
AnnCrystal @JenlovesJT47 glad you found this info useful 👏🏼🥳👍🏼 and I'm glad you already know about the Ouija 😉👌🏼💝💝💝. 1w
dabbe L😍VE the sense of anticipation in this! 🩵💙🩵 7d
lil1inblue @dabbe Aww, thanks! 💓 6d
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Had a mix of staycation and vacation this week:
🩵 Local shopping day with mama always includes a bookstore visit
🩵 Lazy days at home (as represented by Tapio)
🩵 Advice from my 45 years as the daughter of a musician: If there is a jam session, watch it. It's always amazing. There's literally hundreds of years of musical experience in that jam circle.
🩵 Tiny art exhibition
🩵 Finn Fest. Connecting with my roots.

#5joysfriday @debinhawaii

TheBookHippie 🎷🎺♥️♥️ 1w
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AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 1w
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Where You Live | Jill McDonough
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willaful Excellent choice. 2w
lil1inblue @willaful 💓💓💓 1w
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Defekt | Nino Cipri
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The second book in the Litenverse did not disappoint! Funny, adventurous, and uplifting.

#haikureview #haikuhive #haikuaday

Jari-chan I started with that one and now need to read the first book too, of course 😁 2w
JenlovesJT47 Ooh this looks intriguing!! 🤔 2w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼📚🐝💝. 2w
dabbe W🤩WZA! 🤩😍🤩 1w
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I had a local shopping day with my mama and got a new oracle deck. I thought it would be fun to do a #haikutarotreading.

Deck is the Tree Keepers Oracle. Written by Angi Sullins, artwork by Stephanie Law.

#haikuhive #haikuaday

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Vacationland | Sarah Stonich
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JenlovesJT47 Can you ignore them? That‘s the worst. ♥️ Love Leo and the haiku! 🤗♥️♥️♥️ 2w
Cuilin That‘s a big no!!! 2w
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TheBookHippie Ugh… no just no. 2w
Deblovestoread That‘s the worse. Time to turn the phone off. 2w
itsjustme40something The Lion, The Witch and The Audacity of them 2w
AnnCrystal 🤨 Maybe they just miss you 😉...hope it's something that can wait while you enjoy your vacation 💖💖💖. 2w
dabbe Whoever dared to work-text you needs to be removed from your contacts stat! Your pic and words say it all! Ignore and go enjoy your vacay! 🩵💙🩵 2w
DebinHawaii Ugh! I hate when that happens. 🤬🤬🤬 great haiku & image though. 💛🐝🖤 2w
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South Park Guide to Life | Trey Parker, Matt Stone
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My mom and I watched the new South Park episode today. 😏 What a fantastic way to start my vacation. 😘🤌🏻 #iykyk #overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub #fluorescentfascist

TheBookHippie 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 3w
mcctrish South Park for the win 3w
Amiable 💙🩵✊🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 3w
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Aims42 It was amazing!!! 😁 2w
Ruthiella It‘s not journalism, so it‘s acceptable! 😂 2w
lil1inblue @thebookhippie @mcctrish @amiable @aims42 @ruthiella We watched it again. 🤣🤣🤣 It's pure gold on so many levels. I haven't enjoyed something this much since Kendrick's superbowl show. 2w
Kenyazero That is an accurate meme 😂 2w
TieDyeDude I got Paramount+ this week just to watch it. 💯🔥 2w
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🩵 My vacation starts at 5:30 pm EDT today!
🩵 I'm looking forward to a week away from work!
🩵 I can't wait for abundant reading time next week!
🩵 I'm excited to attend FinnFest in Duluth during my vacation!
🩵 Did I mention that I'm on vacation next week?!?!

#5joysfriday @debinhawaii

Aims42 I hope you have a FANTASTIC vacation, did you say it‘s next week? 😜 Enjoy all that extra reading time! 3w
Leftcoastzen Happy Vacation! Woohoo! 3w
KadaGul You totally made my Friday with your post! Have an amazing vacation. #VACATIONMODE 3w
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AmyG Have the most wonderful week off! 3w
Amiable Have a great week off! 3w
DebinHawaii Are you on vacation next week?! 🤣🤣🤣 Nothing brings joy like vacation—love your list & memes. Enjoy! 💛💛💛 3w
dabbe Hope you have a BL😍ST 💙🩵💙 3w
IriDas Have a good time. 😊 3w
Sace Have a wonderful vacation! 3w
lil1inblue @aims42 @leftcoastzen @kadagul @amyg @amiable @DebinHawaii @dabbe @iridas @sace Thanks! 🥰 I realized that it's been over a year since I had a full week off - I think that's why I'm so excited! 🤣 And it's 6:38 edt #vacationmodeactivated 😎 3w
Aims42 @lil1inblue Have fun!!! 🤩🤩🤩 3w
AnnCrystal 🥳💝💝💝💝💝 Have a Magical Vacation! 2w
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Lima : Limn | Natalie Scenters-Zapico
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dabbe #gulp 🥺😢😪 3w
lil1inblue @dabbe 💔💔💔 3w
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It's always a delight to witness the neighborhood children at play. Watching them run home at dusk last night was a lovely reminder of my own childhood. 💓🥰💓

#haikuaday #haikuhive #notmyphoto #picfromweb

JenlovesJT47 Love it! Nostalgia 🥰♥️♥️♥️ 3w
lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 The best kind, too! 😍 💓 3w
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dabbe Oh, this has all the feels! I loved playing until dusk and then running inside knowing dinner was waiting for me. #nostalgia 💙🩵💙 3w
lil1inblue @dabbe 🥰🥰🥰 3w
AnnCrystal Lovely Nostalgia 👏🏼🐝👌🏼😍🐝💝. 2w
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I audio-ed this one on my drive to and from MN this weekend. I just love spending time with Vera.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #haikureview

JenlovesJT47 Sounds like fun, stacked! ♥️♥️♥️ 3w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼📚🐝💝. 3w
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lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 It's so much fun! I also recommend the first one, if you haven't read it. 3w
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 😍 😍 😍 3w
JenlovesJT47 Thanks I‘m gonna grab the audiobook from the library 🤗 3w
dabbe I agree with @JennlovesJT47! Your words made me stack this! 🩵💙🩵 3w
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dabbe W😮W. #powerfulstuff 💙✊💙 3w
lil1inblue @dabbe 🩵✊🏻🩵 3w
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I felt inspired after our weekly organizing meeting. ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

#haikuhive #haikuaday #resistinsistpersist

AmyG ✊🏻 3w
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JenlovesJT47 This is fabulous! 🙌🏻♥️ 3w
Jari-chan ✊✊✊ 3w
dabbe PR😍FOUNDLY P😍WERFUL! 💙✊🏻💙 3w
CBee Wow, this is AMAZING 🤩✊🏻 3w
lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @cbee Thank you! 🤩 🩵✊🏻🩵 3w
AnnCrystal ✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿🆒👏🏼🐝 That like a rally chant ✊🏼🦅📢🌟🐝💝. 3w
lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 💙✊🏻💙 3w
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I Don't Want To Be Understood | Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
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lil1inblue @dabbe 💓💓💓 3w
Eggs 😔😔 3w
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Sleepless | Sarah Vaughn
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We do not care for your unsolicited advice, thank you. (And yes, it was from a cis-het white man.)

#wdncw #wedonotcarewednesday @dabbe

lil1inblue We also do not care that we made a typo and wrote walking instead of waking. 🤣 3w
Jari-chan Waking up mostly involves walking, so... 🤭 3w
Aims42 I would‘ve loved to just say to that man, “No” 😂🛑🚫 3w
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TheKidUpstairs Oh my God, yes! I'm so with you. "Have you tried going to bed earlier?" is the most unhelpful advice, that EVERYONE thinks is amazing. 3w
TheBookHippie @TheKidUpstairs I would like to slap the next person who says this to me. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 3w
TheBookHippie Ughhhhhhhh … did I ask for your opinion? Then be silent. 🙃🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤣🥴😵‍💫 so annoying …. 3w
TheKidUpstairs @TheBookHippie right?! Just like the people who used to tell me "just sleep when the baby sleeps!" ?? 3w
lil1inblue @Jari-chan 🙃 🤣😉 3w
lil1inblue @Aims42 I just rolled my eyes and walked away. I figured a throat punch would be excessive. 3w
TheBookHippie @TheKidUpstairs OMG. Yes. Ugh. 3w
Aims42 @lil1inblue LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Omg! The throat punch would‘ve been SO good!! 3w
dabbe No man should be giving ANY woman advice re: anything where hormones are related. Period. End. 😂✊🏻🩵 #towanda! #friedgreentomatoes 3w
Soubhiville So true! 3w
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie Right?!?!?! 🙄 3w
lil1inblue @TheKidUpstairs That one is even worse! 🙄 3w
lil1inblue @dabbe Hallelujah! 🙌 🙌 🙌 #towandaismyhero 3w
Sace @lil1inblue but a throat punch is effective 😂 3w
Sace @dabbe now I want to watch that movie 😂 3w
Eggbeater Isn't it always coming from a cis het white man? 3w
lil1inblue @Sace It's such a great movie! 😍 3w
lil1inblue @Eggbeater Every. Single. Time. 🙄 3w
Deblovestoread OMG! I feel so seen! 3w
Suet624 Yes!!!! 3w
dabbe @Sace I just watched it a few days ago! I never get tired of it! 😍 3w
willaful I feel this SO. HARD. 3w
lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @suet624 @willaful We should form a club. 🤣 3w
AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼😂👌🏼💝. 3w
lil1inblue @dabbe @sace I also highly recommend the book! A dear friend lent it to me and I devoured it in one day! 3w
Sace @lil1inblue I did read the book a long long long time ago. I should reread it ! 3w
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See You Soon | Mariame Kaba
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I'm still missing my friends after a weekend of fun. It's always hard to say good-bye, but there is always another visit to look forward to!
#haikuhive #haikuaday

kspenmoll 💕💕💕 3w
dabbe What a purely L😍VERLY sentiment! 🩵💙🩵 3w
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Lovely truth 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🥲🫂🐝💝.
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JenlovesJT47 So sweet ♥️♥️♥️ 3w
Itchyfeetreader Love the change in perspective 3w
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Gray Matter | Sara Michas-Martin
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dabbe 💙🩵💙 3w
lil1inblue @dabbe 💚 💙 💚 3w
Eggs Beautiful hammock and quilt 😍 3w
lil1inblue @Eggs Sadly, they aren't mine - it's a web photo. But they are gorgeous! 😍 3w
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