Mary Ellen S
@maryellens.bsky.social
Retired - Quaker - SFF fan - living in Twin Cities/MN. Looking for shards of light in an unexpectedly dark season.
It's all yellow at the Wildflower Garden today.
September 6, 2026 at 11:32 PM
It's all yellow at the Wildflower Garden today.
Late summer blooms.
July 25, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Late summer blooms.
Such a hopeful, lovely book.
July 1, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Such a hopeful, lovely book.
Stopped at Eloise Butler on my way home from 4th Street yesterday afternoon. I had a good time - pretty intense!
June 22, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Stopped at Eloise Butler on my way home from 4th Street yesterday afternoon. I had a good time - pretty intense!
Evening at Bassett Creek
May 7, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Evening at Bassett Creek
Spring - a bit slowed down with cool weather - I am loving it.
May 2, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Spring - a bit slowed down with cool weather - I am loving it.
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NASA releases a new look at Earth 🌎
📷 Artemis II
📷 Artemis II
April 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
NASA releases a new look at Earth 🌎
📷 Artemis II
📷 Artemis II
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They left an elderly US citizen on her way to pay her rent with a torn rotator cuff and a concussion. This was in Salem, Oregon. Absolutely no one should vote to fund these lawless thugs.
4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...
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February 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
They left an elderly US citizen on her way to pay her rent with a torn rotator cuff and a concussion. This was in Salem, Oregon. Absolutely no one should vote to fund these lawless thugs.
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New way to help: donate Delta Skymiles to get people home to Minnesota if they're released from detention in Texas.
Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
Donate Your Skymiles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:57 PM
New way to help: donate Delta Skymiles to get people home to Minnesota if they're released from detention in Texas.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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@naomikritzer.bsky.social does not need my signal boost, but for local Twin Cities folks, she just wrote up a lovely round-up of ways to get involved in the resistance. naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/h... (Out-of-town/national/international list coming ASAP.)
How to Help: Twin Cities Residents
This is a post for people in Minnesota. I’m going to do a separate post for the non-Minnesotans when I’m done with this one. (If you’re in a hurry you can go to Stand With Minneso…
naomikritzer.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:59 PM
@naomikritzer.bsky.social does not need my signal boost, but for local Twin Cities folks, she just wrote up a lovely round-up of ways to get involved in the resistance. naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/h... (Out-of-town/national/international list coming ASAP.)
Many mallard ducks.
January 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Many mallard ducks.
Lovely book on sale.
Lent is only $2.99 as an ebook right now, so if you happen to want a book about a Dominican monk casting out demons in Renaissance Florence -- what, it's a perfectly normal book like normal people write, well, that part of it, anyway! www.amazon.com/Lent-Jo-Walt...
Lent: A Novel of Many Returns
Lent: A Novel of Many Returns - Kindle edition by Walton, Jo. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Lent: A Novel of Many Returns.
www.amazon.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Lovely book on sale.
From four years ago today. I went out at sunset, reeling from images of insurrection. From the park, the high bird-like sounds of children's voices echoed from the sledding hill, and the little pond across the road from the Loppet center filled up with mallard ducks for the night.
January 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
From four years ago today. I went out at sunset, reeling from images of insurrection. From the park, the high bird-like sounds of children's voices echoed from the sledding hill, and the little pond across the road from the Loppet center filled up with mallard ducks for the night.
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Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Each year, the trans community loses too many lives, especially trans women of color, to hate and violence.
More than ever, we must stand by our trans family and support them, hold space for them, and insist the scapegoating and targeting stop.
Now.
More than ever, we must stand by our trans family and support them, hold space for them, and insist the scapegoating and targeting stop.
Now.
November 20, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Each year, the trans community loses too many lives, especially trans women of color, to hate and violence.
More than ever, we must stand by our trans family and support them, hold space for them, and insist the scapegoating and targeting stop.
Now.
More than ever, we must stand by our trans family and support them, hold space for them, and insist the scapegoating and targeting stop.
Now.
Yesterday at Wirth Lake 4 pm.
November 18, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Yesterday at Wirth Lake 4 pm.
Helpful. I have started lap swimming in a therapeutic pool.
November 15, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Helpful. I have started lap swimming in a therapeutic pool.
This morning - distance is unformed and murky. So is my muffled, incoherent state of mind.
November 6, 2024 at 5:57 PM
This morning - distance is unformed and murky. So is my muffled, incoherent state of mind.
Swift-changing days of October. I never remember how quickly fall slips past.
October 20, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Swift-changing days of October. I never remember how quickly fall slips past.
I never vote here in Minneapolis without consulting Naomi's blog. Seriously.
Election 2024: MN House (Mpls and St. Paul seats) legislative race roundup.
Covers: 51A, 59A&B, 60A&B, 61B, 62A&B, 63A&B, 64A&B, 65A&B, 66A&B, 67A&B. Click to find out which Republicans could bring themselves to type, "Joe Biden won in 2020"!
naomikritzer.com/2024/10/16/e...
Covers: 51A, 59A&B, 60A&B, 61B, 62A&B, 63A&B, 64A&B, 65A&B, 66A&B, 67A&B. Click to find out which Republicans could bring themselves to type, "Joe Biden won in 2020"!
naomikritzer.com/2024/10/16/e...
Election 2024: Minnesota House (Minneapolis & St. Paul Seats) Legislative Roundup
The tl;dr is “vote for the DFLer” but I e-mailed every Republican running in a city district to ask who they think won the Presidential race in 2020 and now I need a post to share the r…
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October 17, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I never vote here in Minneapolis without consulting Naomi's blog. Seriously.
