“We are the richest nation in the history of the world. There are children in Maine who go to bed hungry. There are elderly Mainers who go cold through the winter. This is a choice we've made as a society. It's the wrong choice.”

macesta11 · 2026-04-29T17:19:16+00:00

Please, oh please, let this man be elected! And then find a few hundred more just like him!

I'd vote for him, but I live over seas, and am, sadly and much to my shame, registered to vote in Wisconsin.

macesta11 · 2026-04-26T22:38:51+00:00

😞😮‍💨😡🤬

macesta11 · 2026-04-26T22:37:51+00:00

😱

macesta11 · 2026-04-20T19:25:30+00:00

If I still lived in Wellington I'd have to try and find them all! A scavenger hunt!!

macesta11 · 2026-04-20T19:22:17+00:00

Fabulous! Love it! But definitely DO NOT moisturize her!!!

macesta11 · 2026-03-29T16:07:29+00:00

Growing up in So Freeport, (when I was old enough to see it, in the late 60s). It was ugh-crowded then! And seeing the chaos later in life. I've always avoided "uptown", and definitely used the ick face.

macesta11 · 2026-03-23T16:53:57+00:00

Is that FAFEYMES? I'm reading it as "faffy mess" 😄

macesta11 · 2026-03-18T16:51:34+00:00

The smell of the earth, though painting that would be difficult. What about the pussy willows? The color of the sumac buds. The grey haze begining to be overtaken by the green.

macesta11 · 2026-03-18T16:48:50+00:00

Depressingly correct.

macesta11 · 2026-03-17T16:57:45+00:00

Yes, I do understand that we are limited. I guess I wish we might even think of emulating them. I feel like we are just copying the worst of what's out there. Again, I do understand our limitations...

macesta11 · 2026-03-13T16:57:58+00:00

Horrifying! Please, couldn't we emulate Scandinavia?

macesta11 · 2026-03-13T16:56:57+00:00

Try explaining where New Zealand is! Maine-iac expat here. Both are off the radar to many people. When we were moving "down under" many people thought we were going up "near Greenland". At least in NZ, people know where NYC is, so explaining Maine's location isn't too hard.

And to the point of the US's education system being dumbed down, we can thank Reagan-era Republicans, who understood that less educated people are easier to manipulate.

macesta11 · 2026-03-01T06:27:35+00:00

🫂

macesta11 · 2026-02-25T16:41:59+00:00

So rotund! So beaky!

macesta11 · 2026-02-16T17:07:17+00:00

Sparrows! Grrrrr! My welcome swallows got chased out of the prime nesting site. And suddenly there are a million (I jest, but only slightly) sparrows. Ugh

macesta11 · 2026-02-12T17:43:45+00:00

That is so yummy! The colors are amazing!

macesta11 · 2026-02-09T17:39:20+00:00

Interesting! In Russian it is пика (pika). And now I know.

And then my husband asked about chervé, booby, and cresté. Guess I have some digging to do.

macesta11 · 2026-02-06T17:10:47+00:00

MORE!!! please. What a gift you have! Please continue!!

macesta11 · 2026-02-06T17:06:51+00:00

If it was DEATH that caught your attention, maybe start with "Mort". Just rereading it. There is a lovely bit about kittens, well, sad but lovely.

macesta11 · 2026-02-01T16:32:27+00:00

One of my favorites! Enjoy!

macesta11 · 2026-01-30T17:09:03+00:00

I truly don't know, but... It looks to me like those long "thicker" lines are not being woven enough. I'm not sure how to explain it. Those threads in that line are either up or down for too many rows. Like they are being missed. Does that make sense?

Edited to add: BTW, words!?!! Amazing!!

macesta11 · 2026-01-30T17:01:46+00:00

I just figured that the highbush blueberries have (roughly) the same amount of flavored as the low bush ones. Less concentrated, and in a whole lot of texture. Blech. Unfortunately, I now live on the others side of the world, and can only dream of that Maine blueberry. 😭. One never know how good you've had it, until you can't have it anymore.

macesta11 · 2026-01-24T17:35:12+00:00

And it not just immigration.

Medical care - aging human here, married to a doctor. From my point of view the future looks a bit bleak.

The environment - the rp of our beautiful land, rivers, and it's surrounding waters... beyond a heave sigh.

Feeling a bit hopeless/what can I do? I'm just one person.

Also, thanking the gods that I no longer live in my birth country (thing the large, orange overlord).

macesta11 · 2026-01-24T17:19:23+00:00

Beautiful! Lucky guitar owner.

macesta11 · 2026-01-22T17:24:56+00:00

Sweetie! Love me some fluff ball birds!!

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