TeeBo
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Still finding my voice to help others find theirs. Twitter ex-pat 🏊🏻♀️ 🏝️ 🏔️ https://60tosixty.blogspot.com/?m=1
Tuesday morning coffee - with a serving of philosophy. Read this the other day and it's still taking up space in my thoughts. "We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one." ~ Confucius That really is the Tao for Tuesday.
“This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.” ~Robert Ingersoll Good messages for today 👆🏼👇🏼🙌🏼
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 15h agoToday is Ingersoll Day honoring bday of Robert G. Ingersoll, b.1833 “This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.” “Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith! Banish me from Eden when you will;...
For me, this is one of the most powerful Calvin and Hobbes strips.
"For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives." Amy Lowell #NationalBookLoversDay
This video shows the European goldfinch settling in for the night it’s called roosting. They stay together in large groups called a charm hundreds up to 1000 birds
"We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less." Ralph Bunche
Today is National Lighthouse Day! It honors and celebrates our lighthouses. Lighthouses have always been a favorite of mine and it is one reason I love my birth state of Michigan. Yesterday I visited the McGulpin Point and Old Mackinac Point Lighthouses. Lighthouses both warn and welcome us.
“To be a lighthouse, you must be strong enough to resist every kind of storm, to every kind of loneliness and you must have a powerful light inside you!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan
A chiropractor adjusted a giraffe's neck and jaw to ease her chewing troubles, and Gerry loved every second of the treatment.
Happy Birthday P B Shelley 🎂 ♥️ this one 👇🏼
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · last wk.happy bday English writer Percy Bysshe Shelley, b.1792. “The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?” “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” “A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and...
'Timid and exhausted' baby owl saved from a Colorado wildfire is 'starting to get spicy' after rescue weather.com/2026/07/28/l...
'Timid and exhausted' baby owl saved from a Colorado wildfire is 'starting to get spicy' after rescue
The baby is unharmed.
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St Ignatiis inspired a lot of people in my family because the name is in several generations!
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 2w agoToday is the feast day of Spanish priest Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, died this day 1556. "Love is shown more in deeds than in words.” “Laugh and grow strong”. “He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.”
Happy International Friendship Day! Some of you I’ve had the pleasure to meet IRL… I appreciate lots of positive vibes and support for tough times. Especially appreciate the humor we can share when we desperately need some levity 😎🫶🏼
Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 2w agoToday is International Friendship Day! a note to all my sisters and brothers on here and the friendship we have through the sharing of our thoughts, dreams, concerns, and heartfelt feelings. I value each of you more than you know.
Oh man! So sad. RIP Glen Hansard 😢💔 Memories from Once 🎥 🎶 youtu.be/k8mtXwtapX4?...
Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly (Official Video)
YouTube video by GlenHansardVEVO
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Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 2w agoGlen Hansard, the Frames frontman and 'Once' star who won an Oscar for Best Original Song, has died at 56 following a motorcycle crash in Dublin. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
