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dabbe

dabbe

Joined May 2018

Retired English teacher • Lover of dogs (liker of cats) • Sherlock Holmes Fanatic • Reading is Life
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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Saw the most spectacular sky last night while in the jacuzzi. I didn't have my phone, so this pic barely does it justice. The colors are forever embedded in my brain.

Heavens unfolded.
Blues, grays, and butter creams
danced across the sky.

AnnCrystal
👏🏼🐝👍🏼🤩☁️💖☁️😍🐝💝.
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JenlovesJT47 Love the descriptions!! ♥️♥️♥️ 3h
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dabbe @Cupcake12 TY! 🩵💙🩵 16m
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 TY! 🩵💙🩵 16m
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AnnCrystal 🏜️🌱💝🫂💝. 7h
Aims42 Or “relax” when someone is feeling stressed or anxious about something 😒🙄 5h
dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 4h
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dabbe @Aims42 OMG. Once when I was testing coordinator at my school and all hell was breaking loose on testing day, the principal came in from BREAKFAST, saw I was freaking out and harshly said to me “Relax.“ I threw my papers that I had on the floor in front of him, said “You can handle this,“ and stomped off. The AP ran after me and calmed me down. Luckily, I wasn't fired. My heart rate still goes up whenever I recall that story. 😂😮‍💨😂 4h
Aims42 @dabbe Ugh, there is NOTHING worse than being told to relax during a stressful situation. Nothing! I‘m glad you weren‘t fired 😵‍💫 My default reaction to stressful situations is to cry, which I‘m sure your principal wouldn‘t have appreciated either 🤪 4h
dabbe @Aims42 For me it's either rage or sobbing. Really no in-between. 😘 4h
Aims42 @dabbe Haha! 😆💗😘 4h
KadaGul @dabbe @Aims42 Words RELAX & DONT WORRY. I'm in this state because I can't relax and stop worrying. If you cannot say the right thing, walk away. 2h
Aims42 @KadaGul 🎯💯🎯💯🎯💯 2h
dabbe @Aims42 😂😍😘 21m
dabbe @KadaGul 🩵💙🩵 17m
Jari-chan 💯💯 8m
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#SereneSaturdays @TheBookHippie

My favorite comfort foods calm me down and are usually anything pasta, especially Fettuccine Alfredo or Kraft Mac & Cheese. I also adore angel hair pasta mixed with pesto and shaved parm on top.

Favorite morning drink: coffee w/ whole milk (+ Baileys if I need more zen). During the day: fizzy water + lime. Night cocktail: a greyhound.

I'd love to read all of your answers! 💙🩵💙

TheBookHippie Pasta ….yummmmm 7h
Aims42 Fizzy water and lime is also my go-to day drink! 10/10 refreshing!! And I made Kraft Mac & cheese for dinner last night and boy, did it hit the spot 🤗 5h
dabbe @TheBookHippie I could eat it all day, every day, if only my waist and ass could handle it. 😂 4h
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dabbe @Aims42 #greatminds! Try a little splash of grapefruit juice in it, too. #todiefor 💚🍋‍🟩💚 4h
Daisey Pasta is absolutely a comfort food for me as well. 2h
dabbe @Daisey #greatminds! Or should I say #greatstomachs 🩵💙🩵 15m
Jari-chan Energy drinks 🫣 not the healthiest thing, but life hasn't dealt me the healthiest cards and they help me getting through the day 6m
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AmyG We have a pedophile for a President who will pardon a sex trafficker. So no. Not ok at all. 23h
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AnnCrystal 😢🫂✊🏼🦅✌🏼. 19h
Amiable Accurate. Horrifyingly so. 18h
Aims42 Nope, not okay 💔 15h
lil1inblue 🎯🎯🎯 14h
kspenmoll @AmyG Yes, NOT OK AT ALL!!! 10h
dabbe @kspenmoll 💙✊🏻💙 10h
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AnnCrystal ✊🏼🦅✊🏼. 19h
Amiable Say it louder for the people in the back (of the MAGA rally), George! 🇺🇸✊🏼💙 18h
Aims42 This!! 💯💯💯💯 15h
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dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙✊🏻💙 12h
dabbe @Amiable The ones who literally wrap themselves in the flag and say they're patriots. 💙✊🏻💙 12h
dabbe @Aims42 💙🎯✊🏻🎯💙✊🏻💙🎯 12h
dabbe @lil1inblue 💙✊🏻💙 12h
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Leftcoastzen I am not in the group but seeing this post I want to re watch both films 1d
Librarybelle It seems that anything I have seen or read the couple always jump to a distract decision, usually murder. Sometimes the husband is cruel, sometimes not. They also never get away with it… 17h
dabbe @Leftcoastzen Same here! I adore noir, both in books and film! 🖤🎥🖤 10h
dabbe I probably gave too much away with the pictures I posted, but this story did remind me of these two movies, DOUBLE INDEMNITY and BODY HEAT. In the first one, the husband is an abusive jerk, but the woman is cunningly evil (Barbara Stanwyck at her best) in plotting to kill him with her lover (played by a surprisingly evil Fred MacMurry). BODY HEAT is an 80s noir redo of that film. Eugenia doesn't seem as evil, but, perhaps a bit? 10h
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CogsOfEncouragement Good points. 1d
eeclayton Wasn't Mr Ronder the owner of the circus? Mrs R and Leonardo may have wanted to take over the business after his death and be better bosses? There was a comment about his being cruel towards the animals and hated by colleagues, and that business had been declining because of his behaviour. 19h
Librarybelle Leonardo did not sound like the best of characters either…perhaps he just wanted rid of Ronder. But, very good points, and you‘re right, the police would be less inclined to hunt down the couple due to their transient profession. 17h
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Cuilin Statistics support the fact that most women who are in an abusive relationship are the most vulnerable when they are either pregnant or they are trying to leave. She knew her husband could/would prevent her leaving. He would possibly track her down if she left and she would never feel safe. She possibly felt murder was her only option to truly escape. 15h
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement @eeclayton @Librarybelle @Cuilin You all offer outstanding possibilities. I'd like to add just one that goes along with what @eeclayton said. According to Eugenia herself, she started as a “poor circus girl.“ Yet, after she gets mauled and her husband's death is ruled accidental, she states that she “had enough money“ to go into hiding and “plenty of hard cash“ to throw at her landlady. ⬇️ 10h
dabbe Where'd the money come from? Could it be that she collected lots of money after she inherited her husband's property (probably selling it) and collecting insurance for his accidental death? The murder left her well-off enough to fulfill her desires--although admittedly they might have been better desires had she not been mauled. So, the motive for murder might have been for good, old-fashioned greed: money. 10h
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CogsOfEncouragement SH wondered what had happened. Instead of having to figure it out, the story is simply confessed. He doesn‘t have any satisfaction in solving a puzzle, but does feel good about saving a life. Not the normal events W usually reports. (edited) 1d
eeclayton What @CogsOfEncouragement said, plus, he didn't have to force a confession out of her, or trick her into it, she offered it of her own volition. 19h
Cuilin It‘s definitely a change up, however “ but there was something in the woman‘s voice which arrested Holmes attention. He turned swiftly upon her. ‘Your life is not your own‘ ” Holmes predicted and prevented her suicide. 15h
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement @eeclayton @Librarybelle @Cuilin There have been some stories where Holmes's detective skills are not necessarily needed, but this one seems to be the ONE where Holmes literally does NOTHING but listen, absolve, and prevent a suicide like @Cuilin said. The tragedy has already unfolded, and the story focuses on psychological suffering rather than intellectual triumph. It's the only Holmes story without a criminal case to solve. 10h
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CogsOfEncouragement She could have left a note to be found, but seems she wanted to make sure SH heard the truth and hoped W would write about it for inquiring minds to know. I chuckled that she trusted SH to be judge and jury, and to agree her current punishment was enough. We have discussed his tendency toward this many times. W highlighting it here. 1d
Librarybelle I like that thought, @CogsOfEncouragement , that she chose Holmes to tell her story to, so he could be judge and jury. Holmes has a solid reputation, and yes, we definitely know that he looks at justice in a way that the police and the clergy would not necessarily do. 17h
Cuilin One, Sherlock is not constrained by law and two she has read his case and knows the likelihood he would understand she has been punished enough. 15h
dabbe Excellent points, @CogsOfEncouragement @Librarybelle @Cuilin. I think Mrs. Ronder seeks Holmes because she wants to confess her guilt but fears legal or religious consequences. The clergy cannot absolve her of past actions, and the police might expose her role in her husband‘s murder. Holmes, however, represents a neutral yet morally astute figure who can bear witness without judgment. 10h
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CogsOfEncouragement That was short. 1d
eeclayton It was less challenging mentally. Although SH asked some questions in the set-up part of the story, I didn't feel invited to make any guesswork, and it was a rather underwhelming reading experience compared to the previous cases. That said, Mrs Ronder's confession was thought-provoking, it did raise questions about living with guilt and double standards. 19h
Librarybelle This was less of a mystery and more of a living with consequences story. 17h
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Cuilin I thought it an interesting confessional. 15h
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement 😂🎯😂 10h
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement @eeclayton @Librarybelle @Cuilin Agree 💯 with your thoughts. This story focused more on remorse and suffering rather than Holmes's deductive brilliance. The grim tone and Gothic elements (a horribly disfigured woman, the gruesome backstory) made it one of Doyle's darker tales, but it was more of a character study than the whodunit detective stories we usually want to see. 10h
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#5JoysFriday @Debinhawaii

1. Surgery date scheduled for my shoulder: 8.20. It's my right shoulder, and I'm right-handed, so three weeks in a sling should be interesting. 😅
2. Such lovely birthday gifts from the most loverly Littens: @mcctrish, @Reaad4life, and @julieclair. Thank you, darlings! 💙🩵💙
3. The storms we experienced up in northeastern Arizona.
4. Matt's big-assed hat he had to buy up there. 😳
5. Matt, Pip, Kate. #always

Aims42 That hat is amazing 😂🤣 I bet you get some shade from it just by standing next to him. Best of luck with your shoulder surgery, hopefully your recovery is quick 🙏 1d
dabbe @Aims42 I swear it's 3-fee wide! 😂 Thanks for the support. It'll be good to be able to have full motion again. 💙🩵💙 1d
mcctrish That hat is amazing!!! As a left hander I think you should spend time with scissors and can openers and vegetable peelers in the next few weeks and then enjoy a nice break from them 😉 1d
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Aims42 @dabbe I‘ll be sending prayers and healing vibes your way on 8.20! 🙏✨💗 1d
dabbe @mcctrish You know, I never really think how hard it is for left-handed people. Are you able to use left-handed devices for all of those things? It's funny. I use my right hand for everything EXCEPT balance. Like when I'm driving; if I drive one-handed, it's with my left hand. Weird. 🤣 1d
dabbe @Aims42 TY! 💙🩵💙 1d
mcctrish I just use them right handed 🤷🏻‍♀️ I think most people are a bit of both handed 1d
LiseWorks Oh boy, they say using your not dominant hand is good for the brain, so there is that 20h
Bookwormjillk Good luck with the surgery! 20h
AnnCrystal May your surgery go well and your recovery be swift 🙏🏼💝. 19h
dabbe @LiseWorks 🩵🎯🩵 12h
dabbe @Bookwormjillk TY! 🩵💙🩵 12h
dabbe @AnnCrystal TY! 🩵💙🩵 12h
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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Such memories from the 80s playing this game with my mother, sisters, and friends. 💙

JenlovesJT47 Trivia games are so fun. I‘m full of useless information! 😳😆🩵🩵🩵 1d
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼❓🤍🥳♥️❔🐝💝. 1d
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Texreader Oooh maybe I need this game 1d
willaful @Texreader you can probably find it at any thrift store. :-)
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dabbe @Texreader Have you never played it? It is the BEST! 😍😂😍 1d
CBee I love Trivial Pursuit! 👏🏻👏🏻 17h
Itchyfeetreader Oh I loved - where i grew up we called the pieces pieces of pie but my husband called them cheese wedges ! 14h
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dabbe @Itchyfeetreader We called them pie pieces, too! I love the cheese wedges wording as well. Both work perfectly! 😍 12h
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Tombland | C. J. Sansom
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#ShardlakeBR

Thanks to all of you who gave me your thoughts. Here are the results! I can't believe we're on the last book! Its is a humdinger!!!

And TGIF!!! 😍

Mollyanna TGIF Denise! Thank you for organizing this buddy read. I am going to miss spending time with Matthew and his gang when we finish. 😂 2d
Daisey Sounds good, especially since I‘ve yet to start. If I get caught up on my current audiobooks, I may give in and find this one on audio. 2d
dabbe @Mollyanna Me, too! 💙🩵💙 1d
dabbe @Daisey Boy, do I hear ya! I'm behind on all of my group reads, so I'm glad to have more time to read when I can with this one. 💙🩵💙 1d
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The Secret of Chimneys | Agatha Christie
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#weeklyfavorites @Reaad4life 😘

I have been so behind on my postings for this! But hey, I do have a book for every week ... so far!

July's a big month, isn't it? 🤩

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The Secret of Chimneys | Agatha Christie
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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Enjoyed this light, detective romp with #ChristiesCapers, led by the lovely @Librarybelle.

Love letters, journal
and diamon have disappeared--
Chimneys hides its ghosts.

DGRachel Chimneys is one of my favorite Christies. 😍 2d
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📚🕵️💎🐝💝. 2d
dabbe @DGRachel I thoroughly enjoyed it and am loving reading all of her stories in chronological order. 😍🤩😍 2d
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dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🐝💛 2d
lil1inblue I'm intrigued! 🤩 2d
dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 🖤🐝💛 2d
JenlovesJT47 Dang I missed this one. Love the haiku! 🤗♥️♥️♥️ 2d
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 It was a fun read! 💙🩵💙 1d
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The Secret of Chimneys | Agatha Christie
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#ChristiesCapers @Librarybelle
CHIMNEYS is one of Agatha Christie‘s early standalone novels, blending mystery, political intrigue, and adventure. Unlike her more famous Poirot or Marple stories, this book features roguish protagonist Anthony Cade and introduces Superintendent Battle, who later appears in other Christie works. The story combines stolen memoirs, royal scandals, hidden treasure, and murder, ... ⬇️

dabbe ... keeping readers guessing with twists and red herrings. However, Christie doesn‘t always play fair with clues; key details are hidden until the climax, limiting the readers‘ ability to solve the mystery. The novel also reflects 1920s attitudes, including racial stereotypes and caricatured European figures. Overall, it was a fun, if flawed, romp—showcasing Christie‘s versatility but lacking the polish of her later classics. 2d
Librarybelle Great review! 2d
dabbe @Librarybelle TY, Fearless Leader! 😎 2d
Cuilin It‘s interesting that the BBC chose to make this a Miss Marple mystery. 2d
dabbe @Cuilin I thought so, too! I haven't watched it, nor do I think I want to. I loved Cade and Battle in this one. 1d
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7/23: #familyreunion #julyjazz

We haven't had a family reunion since 2010. Because politics. My family are the #leftwingoutcasts. In 2008, I had to finally email my cousin to tell him if he ever sent me one more Obama-is-an-ape comic, I would completely disown him. I haven't heard from him since. #goodriddance #ranttime #justbecauseican #promisesmadepromisesskept

Tineke I thought promises made promises kept was a catch-phrase from the right? 3d
AnnCrystal 💝🫂💝. 3d
Amiable We have a fractured family, too. Not very sad about it, to be frank. The people who are now MAGA were racist assholes even before Trump (no surprise there!), so it‘s a relief not to have to pretend to tolerate them for the sake of a family gathering anymore. Good riddance. 3d
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kspenmoll One of my husband‘s sisters & family is MAGA, but we rarely see them as they live in FL. My husband & she do not speak. His other sister & sister-in-law are not MAGA at all- with us. My family has always been anti-Trump. Generational democrats or independents since 1800s 3d
Eggbeater I'm divorced because of this. 24-year relationship. Ended Trump's first term. 3d
dabbe @Tineke You're absolutely right. I bent it in irony. 3d
dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 3d
dabbe @Amiable 🩵🎯🩵 3d
dabbe @kspenmoll 🩵🎯🩵 3d
dabbe @Eggbeater 💙✊🏻💙 3d
lil1inblue This is why I'm no longer on facebook/insta/etc. I couldn't take any more memes from extended family. (I do feel privileged, however, because in my family the fans of the #fluorescentfascist are the outcasts.) Good on you for setting a boundary with your cousin! 👏 👏 👏 2d
Amiable @lil1inblue Ok, the “fluorescent fascist” is my new favorite descriptor. 😂👍🏼🙌🏼 2d
Amiable @Eggbeater I‘m so sorry that Trump destroyed your marriage as well as the country. Ugh. He‘s like the opposite of Midas—everything he touches turns to 💩 2d
lil1inblue @Amiable I like alliteration. 😂 😂 😂 2d
Amiable @lil1inblue Me too!! Huge fan 😍 2d
dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 💙✊🏻💙 #fluorescentfascist for the hashtag win! 😂 2d
dabbe @Amiable 🩵🎯🩵 2d
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Bookbuyingaddict I could do a snoopy every day 🤣😘 3d
dabbe @Bookbuyingaddict IKR? 💙🩵💙 3d
lil1inblue I love this! Fun fact: In high school, some friends nicknamed me Woodstock because I was so quiet. 😂 #itnolongerfits 2d
dabbe @lil1inblue Did you know that Schulz referred to Woodstock sometimes as a “bird hippie“ in his strips? Because of course he was named after 1969's Woodstock. So, he may have been a quiet, unassuming bird, but he was hip as hell. #justlikeyou 🩵💙🩵 2d
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#haikuhive
#haikuaday

Been depressed and been listening to a lot of these artists lately. #27club #gonewaytoosoon

Faded vinyl sighs,
as microphones keep humming––
Ghosts need no encore.

TheBookHippie Ugh…. I get it. 3d
JenlovesJT47 🫂 way too many people in the 27 club 😞 hope you feel better soon ♥️♥️♥️ 3d
AnnCrystal Music can be therapeutic 🐝🫂🐝💝💝💝. 3d
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marleed Some days require specific music 💗🎶 3d
CBee I totally get it ♥️ 3d
SusanLee Hugsss ❤️❤️❤️ 3d
dabbe @TheBookHippie I knew you would. 💙🩵💙 3d
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 TY. 💙🩵💙 3d
dabbe @AnnCrystal It's a lifeline. 💙🩵💙 3d
dabbe @marleed IKR? 💙🩵💙 3d
dabbe @CBee I knew you would. 💙🩵💙 3d
dabbe @SusanLee Aww, thank you! Right back atcha! 💙🤗💙 3d
jdiehr Love this 💔 3d
dabbe @jdiehr 💙🩵💙 3d
Bookbuyingaddict Aren‘t they all in the 27 club ? All 27 when they died ?? Maybe wrong 😑 so sad 😢 3d
Eggbeater 🫂 music is a big coping mechanism for me. It's no wonder you're depressed. It's not you. My heart goes out to you. 3d
lil1inblue Hauntingly beautiful haiku! 💓 💓 💓 Sending hugs. 3d
dabbe @Bookbuyingaddict No, you're absolutely right. Look at the t-shirt Cobain is wearing in the pic. 💔 3d
dabbe @Eggbeater And mine to you. The struggle is real, isn't it? 💙🩵💙 3d
dabbe @lil1inblue TY! Today's a better day. 💙🩵💙 3d
TheLudicReader Four more sleeps! I hope that thought makes you a little lighter! 2d
dabbe @TheLudicReader It truly does! 💙🩵💙 1d
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@julieclair ... thank you so much for the lovely birthday surprise. This adorable bee towel is too cute to even use! Your words made me 🥹 in all the best ways possible. I am so lucky to have met you here. Thanks again, m'dear. 🖤🐝💛

TheBookHippie Oh how BEE- U -TIFUL 🐝 3d
CogsOfEncouragement Happy birthday 🎉🥳🎈🧁 3d
Soubhiville That‘s so cute! Happy Birthday! 3d
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dabbe @TheBookHippie 😂🖤🐝🖤😂 3d
dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement TY! 🩵💙🩵 3d
dabbe @Soubhiville TY! 🩵💙🩵 3d
Sace Happy Birthday! 🎁 3d
dabbe @Sace TY! 🩵💙🩵 3d
AnnCrystal Happy Birthday Month 👏🏼🥳🎂🎁💝. 3d
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@Read4life ... what lovely birthday gifts! They feed all of my book-nerdy passions! The journal book is lovely, and the pages are so creamy-dreamy! The book cozy is adorable and will be perfect for my trip to Canada next week. And did you know I posted about looking for some pens for my haiku yesterday? These pens are AWESOME! I'm so glad to have found you here, my friend. Thank you, Lynn. 🩵💙🩵

Read4life I‘m glad you like them, my friend. I hope you have a wonderful trip next week. Sending all the 💙💙💙!! 3d
dabbe @Read4life I'm terrified to fly (haven't since 1998 😱), but other than that, I'm uber excited! Be looking for some posts! 🩵💙🩵 3d
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳 Happy Birthday Month 🎂💝. (edited) 3d
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dabbe @AnnCrystal TY! 💙🩵💙 3d
TheLudicReader Four more sleeps! I feel especially honoured that you are conquering your flying fears to visit me! 2d
dabbe @TheLudicReader You must be one helluva lady! 😍 1d
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O Canada | Ted Harrison
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My dearest @mcctrish, what a lovely gift. I feel honored to be worthy enough to cherish this Canadian ornament. I have even looked into moving there and am beyond bummed that I probably can't. I don't blame your country one bit for not wanting us USA nutcrackers up there! Here's to the July birthday 🦀 babes! Thank you, m'dear. ♥️🇨🇦🤍

mcctrish So glad it finally got there 3d
LiseWorks You can come and visit anytime. 3d
dabbe @mcctrish @Liseworks ... I'll have to find a way to make it all the way across the country! 😍 3d
AnnCrystal Bummer 🇨🇦🆒. Yet you're needed here. America is our home, and she needs us all to remain to vote for change ✊🏼🦅✌🏼💝. (edited) 3d
dabbe @AnnCrystal 😍😘🤗 3d
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#WDNCW @dabbe

We do not care that we had a hysterectomy almost three years ago and are supposed to not be having menopausal symptoms anymore. Weird facial growths, chin hairs, EAR HAIRS!!! 😱, crepey skin, saggy skin, hot flashes (still), and banging into things because we're so damn clumsy (and now we bruise too easily)--nah--we just do not care. Luckily our hubby doesn't care what we look like anymore, either. #aging #notforthefaintofheart

Aims42 Love this hashtag so much! It‘s just what we needed 🤗 #Whocares 3d
LiseWorks 🤣🤣 3d
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lil1inblue Ear hairs?!?! #isthiswhatihavetolookforwardto Random question since we're on the weird symptom subject: Has anyone else developed tinnitus? Also, itchy dry ears? #ifeellikeihavelostmymind #butistilldonotcare 3d
Suet624 😂😂😂 3d
mcctrish Youth is wasted on the young imo 3d
TheBookHippie If it helps I still have symptoms…. 17 years later…. 3d
TheBookHippie @mcctrish 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 3d
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie It feels weird to say thank you, but thank you! Every day, I'm wondering what the actual fuck is happening to me! 🙃🫠 3d
mcctrish @lil1inblue I woke up in the night last week with one ear so itchy for so long I wanted to stab myself 3d
Prairiegirl_reading @lil1inblue yes! Tinnitus and itchy ears are both symptoms of peri/menopause. 3d
dabbe @LiseWorks 🤩😍🤩 3d
dabbe @lil1inblue OMG! Don't get me started on my ears ... though I also have eczema inside both of them! I can't tell you the number of prescribed medications I have tried; all bring little relief. I have battled this for 30 years. And it's gotten WORSE since menopause. Couple soothing tips: Aquaphor/vaseline (just on the outer skin layers); mineral oil works well, too, and is fast-absorbing. 🩵💙🩵 3d
dabbe @Suet624 😂😍😂 3d
dabbe @mcctrish I couldn't agree more! 🎯🩵🎯 3d
dabbe @mcctrish Oh, don't get me started on what I have stuck in my ears to itch them. My favorite is the cap on a Bic ballpoint pen. Seriously. 3d
dabbe @Prairiegirl_reading Boy, are they! 🎯🩵🎯 3d
Sace I feel your pain! 3d
dabbe @Sace 🩵🎯🩵 3d
marleed Not for the faint of heart - for sure! 3d
dabbe @marleed 🩵🎯🩵 3d
Mimi28 So those are symptoms of perimenopause? I just thought I was weird, lol. My primary care doctor fired my pain clinic doctor and wants me to see his spine specialist. He‘s funny I kind of have a crush on him. 3d
Lesliereadsalot Was it Mae West said getting old ain‘t for sissies? I‘m sure Matt only sees the girl he married. @mcctrish Your comment made me laugh out loud. 3d
dabbe @Mimi28 Yay for the primary care doctors! And yes, those are just a FEW of the symptoms. #ugh 💙🩵💙 3d
dabbe @Lesliereadsalot Aww, thanks! 😘 And I bet I know which @mcctrish comment made you laugh. I spit out some of my drink. 😂😍😂 3d
AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼🤭👌🏼💝. 3d
lil1inblue @mcctrish @dabbe @thebookhippie Thanks for confirming that I'm not nuts! There's times where my ears itch so bad, I feel like there's bugs in them. I also appreciate the tips, Denise! 3d
melissajayne Are you still doing #tlt? 2d
dabbe @melissajayne I am; I'm just behind because I just got back from vacation. I'll see if I can put something together today. If not ... definitely next week! 🩵💙🩵 2d
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I have been on a search for the perfect pen for years. Have yet to find it. Any suggestions out there? I like a fine point, black, inky pen for journaling. It can't smear on the next page. It needs to spread that ink flawlessly, and the nib has to have equal ink all around without fading. Nope, I'm not particular! 😂✍🏻😂

Finding the right pen ...
inky, flows well, no blotches––
is impossible.

TheBookHippie The struggle is real…. Still hunting 4d
Susanita So true! Then when you do, hang onto it! 4d
JenlovesJT47 I use black ballpoint pens, the brand is called Jot Writing, got them at Walmart. I use them for journaling and they don‘t smear. And have a nice flow. 📝💛💛💛 4d
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JenlovesJT47 I was trying to send you a link on Amazon but it won‘t let me paste it 🥹 4d
audraelizabeth Space pen might be a good choice 4d
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🖊️👀🖋️🐝💝...I've been searching all my life for the perfect pen...the fine points seem impossible to find, and I like ultra fine. There was a German made pen that I tried years ago that was as close to perfect that I could find...but could never find refills...not even sure what brand it was. I have found many French made pens that are smooth, but I cannot find them in fine point. Perhaps search for architect pens...these seem fine (edited) 4d
AnnCrystal Pencils are easier...General pencils are made in USA and are higher quality than any import I have tried.

Mechanical pencils are the best for a nice fine point...I don't have a favorite brand, yet French made ones seem ultra smooth and dark. I can never find 0.3 ultra fine, and 0.5 is always difficult to seek out. Yet 0.7 is nice, and seems standard. I also use 0.9 for shading. 0.5 is easier to track down if you seek out drafting supplies.
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JamieArc Especially when you are a lefty 😂 4d
Bookwormjillk I love a good bic pen (edited) 4d
AnnCrystal P.S. if you don't mind inching into the marker, the Sharpie Stylo felt tip 0.4mm pen is absolutely splendid. NOT the ultra fine marker option.

Pros: smooth, dark, and doesn't have the harsh marker smell.

Cons: if tip is touching anything, it is flowing ink...therefore, care must be taken while writing/drawing (to avoid splotching or bleeding). And you will need to test your papers. These do bleed through some papers.

I find these incredible
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CBee I cannot help because my favorite pens are felt tip Flair pens from Paper Mate. Don‘t know if that‘s what you‘re looking for but I believe they have fine point? And they don‘t bleed through. 4d
AmyG I so get this. Oddly, every once in a while, I find a great hotel pen! 4d
Itchyfeetreader But what a fun search I love all things pen and paper 4d
lil1inblue It's a lifelong struggle! 😂 I have different preferences based on the type of pen (gel, ballpoint, etc.). I've been using Sharpie S-gels at work, but I have yet to find the perfect ballpoint. I also enjoy blackwing pencils a great deal - they're my pencil of choice. I long for an old-fashioned stationery shop! 4d
rubyslippersreads @JenlovesJT47 I think Dollar Tree also carries Jot pens. 3d
JenlovesJT47 @rubyslippersreads yes you‘re right and yesterday I was trying to remember if I got them from there or Walmart but I couldn‘t remember 😆👵🏻 3d
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I had bupkis yesterday. 🙃

My mind just went blank
for a haiku yesterday.
Only air up there.

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼😂🤣🐝💝. 5d
dabbe @AnnCrystal 💚😂💚 5d
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lil1inblue I understand that feeling well! 😅 💛 🐝 💛 4d
MemoirsForMe 😂😂😂 4d
Amiable This is like the “Seinfeld” of haikus: a poem about nothing! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😀 4d
kelli7990 I‘ve experienced my mind going blank for haiku writing before. I‘ve worried that I wouldn‘t have any haiku to post but then I end up figuring it out. My mind goes blank when I‘m writing book reviews about books I enjoy but I don‘t struggle with writing book reviews about books I don‘t like. I thought I would have the opposite problem like everyone else online because everyone I follow online has more to say about books they like and don‘t like. 4d
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 💚😅💚 4d
dabbe @MemoirsForMe 💚😂💚 4d
dabbe @Amiable That theme for their show was EPIC! 😂😍😂 4d
dabbe @kelli7990 I think you express yourself extremely well with your words. 💚💚💚 4d
Itchyfeetreader This is cool we all have days like that 4d
lil1inblue @dabbe You are the hashtag queen! 😂 😂 😂 4d
dabbe @Itchyfeetreader IKR? 💚💚💚 4d
dabbe @lil1inblue I wish! That honor belongs to @BarkingMadRead and her #hashtagbrigade. I do have fun with them, though. To me, they're like a newer and funkier literary device. 🩵💙🩵 4d
BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣 I do use a lot of hashtags 🤣🤣 4d
dabbe @BarkingMadRead They are what keep us all reading! 😍 3d
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Texreader 😂🤣 5d
dabbe @Texreader 😂😍😂 5d
Bette 🤣 5d
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lil1inblue 😂 😂 😂 5d
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MemoirsForMe ❤️❤️❤️ 5d
lil1inblue Love Calvin and Hobbes! 😍 5d
dabbe @MemoirsForMe 🩵💙🩵 5d
dabbe @lil1inblue IKR? 🩵💙🩵 5d
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dabbe @MemoirsForMe For every English teacher who had to grade essays! 😂😍😂 5d
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Aims42 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 5d
KadaGul 🩵🤘🩵✊🩵🤣🩵 5d
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lil1inblue 😂 😂 😂 🙌 🙌 🙌 🎯 🎯 🎯 5d
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7/17: #gratitude #julyjazz
💙✊🏻💙
The greatest political cartoonist Arizona has ever had. 😢

“If, as the true believers claim, the word 'gospel' means good news, then the good news for me is that there is no gospel, other than what I can define for myself, by observation and conscience. As a freethinking human being, I have come not to favor or fear religion, but to face and fight it as an impediment to civilized advancement“ (Benson).

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7/16: #epluribusunum #julyjazz
💙✊🏻💙

TheBookHippie Ha 🤣 5d
AnnCrystal 😂🍔🍟🥤💝. 5d
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I'm still 🤬🤬🤬 over the cancellation of THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT. I also have a message directly for CBS: How frickin' naive do you think we are?
#ranttime

KadaGul I'm livid 🤬🤯😤🤯🤬😤too! Colbert can totally find another gig, but CBS is gonna lose a ton of fans. #BOOCBS 5d
dabbe @KadaGul They lost at least two! 🩵🎯🩵 5d
Chrissyreadit 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 5d
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lil1inblue 🫩🤬😤 5d
Susanita @KadaGul I hardly watch much network TV as it is, so I‘ll watch even less now. I‘ve also heard that a lot of people have canceled their Paramount+ accounts. He will be fine, but I feel bad for the people that work on the show who will lose their jobs. 5d
Aims42 This was the only CBS show I cared about, sooooo bummed. But Colbert will land somewhere even better, he won‘t be silenced 5d
Sace @Susanita Yes!!! So many of the big guys will be just fine but all the employees that worked on the show are screwed. 5d
thebacklistbook Yup. Sucks. I've posted to all my socials tagging other studios hoping someone will decide to do the right thing and hire the whole crew for Colbert's new project. Whatever it may be. 5d
dabbe @Chrissyreadit 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 5d
dabbe @lil1inblue 😢😮‍💨🤬 5d
dabbe @Susanita 🩵🎯🩵 5d
dabbe @Aims42 IKR? 🩵🎯🩵 5d
dabbe @Sace 🩵🎯🩵 5d
dabbe @thebacklistbook 💙✊🏻💙 5d
Bette Jon Stewart had a good segment on Colbert tonight. 🤭👍 Very satisfying that he didn‘t hold back. 5d
MemoirsForMe I feel the same way. Just disgusting! 😡 5d
AnnCrystal I'm sure Stephen Colbert won't be silenced ✊🏼🤬📢💝💝💝. 5d
dabbe @Bette YES! 🩵🎯🩵 5d
dabbe @MemoirsForMe 🩵🎯🩵 5d
dabbe @AnnCrystal I agree. 🩵🎯🩵 Still, the real reasons behind letting him go and not having the wherewithal to say so and to just assume that we're stupid is what truly burns in the end. 5d
AnnCrystal
@dabbe !! Truth !! ✊🏼🤬👍🏼💝💝💝.
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dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩵💙🩵 5d
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#mondaymood
@Deblovestoread (😘 for the tag!)
Sadly, this 34-count felon will get away with this, too. He's already
-evaded accountability for election interference and classified documents cases;
-exploited presidential immunity and expanded his executive power;
-gutted federal agencies and norms without repercussions;
-enriched himself and allies through unchecked corruption ... just to name a few.

This #cheetosatan is despicable. #ranttime

lil1inblue ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 5d
dabbe @lil1inblue 💙✊🏻💙 5d
Richryan52 Always nice to connect with another Sherlockian 5d
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Amiable I‘m kinda wishing for a coma to get through the rest of this clown car term. 5d
dabbe @Amiable #truth 🩵🎯🩵 5d
AnnCrystal ✊🏼🤬😢✊🏼. 5d
dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙✊🏻💙 5d
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#mentalhealthmonday @kerrbearlib (Thanks for the tag! 😘)
1. Read, of course!
2. Listen to rain or listen to silence. I prefer real rain, but I'll create my own mix on asoftmurmur.com.
3. Do word puzzles, especially crosswords.
4. Deep breathes: inhale for 4, hold for 5-7, exhale for as long as I can.
5. AVOID THE NEWS. If I can.

All are welcome to share! 🩵💙🩵

Aims42 Love doing the breathing exercises too! They really help me to reset 5d
dabbe @Aims42 It's incredible how much they help! 💙🩵💙 5d
Aims42 @dabbe 100%! 😌😚 5d
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Amiable There are some good rain tracks on the Insight Timer app, too! I listen to them almost every night. 5d
dabbe @Amiable Ooh, thanks for the suggestion! 💙🩵💙 5d
Kerrbearlib Great list! Thanks for sharing 4d
dabbe @Kerrbearlib YW! 🩵💙🩵 4d
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#goodnewssunday

All are welcome to share! 😍🤩😍

TheBookHippie Gosh I went to see Ozzy in the 80s 👵🏼 6d
Deblovestoread Good news indeed! 6d
Jari-chan We definitely need good news 💖🫂 6d
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Chrissyreadit 💛🎉💛🎉💛🎉 6d
AnnCrystal ✊🏼🥳📚💝🐻💝🦅💝. (edited) 6d
AmyG I saw this. Just wonderful to read. 🙌🏻 6d
dabbe @TheBookHippie You lucky-duck! 💚🦆💚 5d
dabbe @Deblovestoread 💙✊🏻💙 5d
dabbe @Jari-chan IKR? 💙🩵💙 5d
dabbe @Chrissyreadit 💙✊🏻💙 5d
dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 5d
dabbe @AmyG 💙🩵💙 5d
TheBookHippie @dabbe seems like a lifetime ago. 5d
dabbe @TheBookHippie Boy, you said it. Was it a simpler time? I remember chaos when Reagan was in power but nothing--NOTHING-- like this. 5d
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I have been having a blast with the Merlin app. You can identify birds by their sight or sound and add them to your lifelong bird list. Thanks, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, for making this app available for free to all. If you love birds and haven't checked this app out, you should! 🩵🕊️🦅🦆🦜🦉🦤🦩🐦‍⬛🪿🪺🩵

A big shout-out to
the Merlin Bird ID app.
Finding birds: such fun!

jen_the_scribe I love this app! 6d
Suet624 Great app!! 6d
JenlovesJT47 Ooh thanks for sharing!! I‘ve been wanting to dip my toes into birdwatching. I miss watching the beautiful red cardinals at our old house 🐦♥️♥️♥️ 6d
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DebinHawaii Love this haiku! 💛🐝💛 It‘s such a great app—I just used it this morning! 🐦🩶 6d
dabbe @jen_the_scribe IKR? It's wonderful! 💙🩵💙 6d
dabbe @Suet624 🩵🎯🩵 6d
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Beware. It's super addictive and fun! 💙🩵💙 6d
dabbe @DebinHawaii I can't help using it the entire time I'm outside! 💙🩵💙 6d
TheBookHippie Oh I‘m a long time addict 🤣🤣🤣🤣 6d
Billypar It's so great! It's such a helpful assist for birding. There are a ton of mockingbirds near me now, and one of them recently fooled the app with impressions of at least a dozen different birds. 6d
ncsufoxes My son is obsessed with this app. He uses it constantly to see what birds have been spotted in our area. He also tracks birds he‘s seen. He‘s my one that wants to go to grad school to focus on researching birds. 6d
LeahBergen I just recently downloaded it because a new bird moved into my area. He‘s been “singing the song of his people” at the top of his lungs 😆 6d
LeahBergen @Billypar That‘s so cool! 6d
Deblovestoread 💙💙💙💙 6d
CBee I also love this app 🐦 🦅 🦢 6d
AnnCrystal Thanks for sharing 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🆒🤩🎶🐦🐝💝. 6d
Jari-chan Love the app too 💖💖 6d
dabbe @TheBookHippie And why am I not surprised? 😂🤩😍 6d
dabbe @Billypar Not only can those birds sing different songs, they are smart as whips! 🤩😍🤩 (edited) 6d
TheBookHippie @LeahBergen 🤣🤣🤣🥴🫣 6d
TheBookHippie @Billypar Oh that‘s so cool!!! 6d
TheBookHippie @dabbe it‘s been on my 5 joys Friday before ya musta missed it 🙃 6d
dabbe @ncsufoxes I L😍VE this! He should apply to Cornell! 🩵🦜💙 6d
dabbe @LeahBergen 🩵🦜💙 6d
dabbe @Deblovestoread 🩵🦜💙 6d
dabbe @CBee 🩵🦜💙 6d
dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 🩵🦜💙 6d
dabbe @Jari-chan 🩵🦜💙 6d
dabbe @TheBookHippie How do you think I got the app? 🙃 6d
TheBookHippie @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣🤣😘 6d
Chelsea.Poole Love this app!! 6d
dabbe @Chelsea.Poole IKR? 💙🩵💙 5d
lil1inblue Ooh! Thanks for the recommendation! Love it! 🩵🩵🩵 5d
dabbe @lil1inblue Warning: it's SUPER addictive! 💙🩵💙 5d
AllDebooks I absolutely love it. 5d
dabbe @AllDebooks 💙🩵💙 5d
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#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @LitsyEvents

Interesting discussion on Saturday, Sherlockians. Can you believe we're down to our last THREE stories? 😱 Next up: “(TAo The Veiled Lodger“. Discussion will be on July 26th and will be led by @dabbe. Hope your week goes well. 🩵

Link to summary and analysis (spoiler alert): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1If4cnAClVSkkczBI3jU0L4olG3AxJOI1/view?usp=shari...

Librarybelle Thank you! 6d
dabbe @Librarybelle YW! 😘 6d
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#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Just a few of my favorites. 🩵💙🩵

Deblovestoread So many good reads! 6d
dabbe @Deblovestoread TY! L😍VE them all! 🩵💙🩵 6d
BookmarkTavern What a great selection! Thanks for answering! 6d
dabbe @BookmarkTavern YW! Great question! 💙🩵💙 5d
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Happy 28th Anniversary, Matthew. 💙🩵💙

Through twenty-eight years
our hearts have woven the thread
of our love story.

TheKidUpstairs Happy Anniversary!!! 1w
TheBookHippie Awe. 💙💙💙💙💙 Happy Anniversary!! 1w
dabbe @TheKidUpstairs TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
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dabbe @TheBookHippie TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
Ruthiella Happy Anniversary! 🥂🍾🥳 1w
kelli7990 Happy Anniversary! 🥂🍻🎉🎊🍾🙌🏻🥳🎈👩‍❤️‍👨💝💘 1w
lil1inblue Happy anniversary! 🥰🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵 1w
AllDebooks Happy anniversary to you both xx 🍾🥂🍾 1w
Leftcoastzen What a great photo, Happy Anniversary! Woohoo 🎉 1w
Jari-chan Happy anniversary 💖💖💖 1w
jdiehr ❤️❤️ 1w
Librarybelle Happy Anniversary! 1w
ShelleyBooksie Happy Anniversary ♡♡ 1w
Amiable Happy anniversary!! And best wishes for many more. ❤️❤️‍🔥💘 1w
DebinHawaii Wonderful haiku! 💛🐝🖤 Look at you two cuties! 🎉 Happy Anniversary! 🎊 1w
JenlovesJT47 Awesome haiku! And have a very happy anniversary!! 🤗🥳🥳🥳♥️♥️♥️ 1w
dabbe @Ruthiella TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @kelli7990 TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @AllDebooks TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @Leftcoastzen TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @Jari-chan TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @jdiehr 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @Librarybelle TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @ShelleyBooksie TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @Amiable TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @DebinHawaii Aww shucks! TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
Cuilin Aww congratulations 🥂 1w
PurpleyPumpkin Congratulations!🎉 🍾🥂 1w
dabbe @Cuilin TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @PurpleyPumpkin TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
Roary47 Happy anniversary!! 🎉💛 1w
Mollyanna Happy Anniversary! 🎉🥳 1w
dabbe @Roary47 TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @Mollyanna TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
CBee Omg YOU GUYSSSSS ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 1w
TheBookgeekFrau Happy Anniversary!! 💙🥂💙 1w
Texreader ♥️♥️♥️Happy Anniversary!!!♥️♥️♥️ 1w
AnnCrystal Beautiful 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🥳🥂🐝💝 Happy Anniversary 🎉🌟 LOVE “hearts have woven the thread of our love story.“ 1w
dabbe @CBee Oh to be young again with some big-ass sunglasses! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @TheBookgeekFrau TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @Texreader TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
Cupcake12 Happy anniversary to you both! Love the photo xx 1w
Daisey Happy Anniversary! 1w
marleed Happy Anniversary!! 1w
IriDas Happy Anniversary 🥂 1w
CBee @dabbe big ass sunglasses never go out of style IMO. And you‘re not old, woman!! 1w
LeahBergen Happy Anniversary!! ❤️ 1w
Bookwomble 💖 7d
Itchyfeetreader Happy anniversary ! 7d
julieclair Oh! So cute!!!!! 💖💖💖 Happy Anniversary! 🥂 7d
peaKnit 🎉 congratulations!! Happy Anniversary! 7d
dabbe @Cupcake12 TY! 💙🩵💙 6d
dabbe @Daisey TY! 💙🩵💙 6d
dabbe @marleed TY! 💙🩵💙 6d
dabbe @IriDas TY! 💙🩵💙 6d
dabbe @CBee 😍🥰😘 6d
dabbe @LeahBergen TY! 💙🩵💙 6d
dabbe @Bookwomble 💙🩵💙 6d
dabbe @Itchyfeetreader TY! 💙🩵💙 6d
dabbe @julieclair TY! 💙🩵💙 6d
dabbe @peaKnit TY! 💙🩵💙 6d
Read-n-Bloom Happy Anniversary! 6d
dabbe @Read-n-Bloom TY! 💙🩵💙 6d
Read-n-Bloom @dabbe You‘re welcome 🩷 6d
Gissy Happy Anniversary 🥂🍾🎉💙💙💙 6d
dabbe @Gissy TY! 💙🩵💙 6d
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Tombland | C. J. Sansom
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#ShardlakeBR
Hey, Shardlakians~
Maybe I'm in lazy mode because it's the summer, but I have a proposed idea for reading this last book. Please read the two choices above and let me know below which one you would like to do: choice 1 or choice 2. Whoever has the most votes by Sunday, 7/21, wins! I'll then let everyone know. 🤩

LiseWorks I like the discussions it keeps me fresh. But periodically, check-ins will do until the last part. Do I win? Lol 1w
Mollyanna Similar to @LiseWorks I like the idea of check-ins until a final discussion at the end. 1w
Karisimo Check-ins, then a final discussion sounds fine to me 1w
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lil1inblue I agree with @liseworks @mollyanna and @karisimo - check-ins and final discussion work for me! 1w
PurpleyPumpkin I‘m am nowhere near caught in my reading of this series!😅 But if you need votes, I‘m happy to add to the tally. And I agree with my fellow Shardlakians, check-ins along the way with a final in-depth discussion at the end sound good. 1w
OutsmartYourShelf I‘m not fussed either way. I tend to read it only a few days before the discussion date anyway. 1w
Deblovestoread I haven't even started so I'm good with a final discussion at the end. 1w
kwmg40 I too am good with check-ins and a final discussion at the end. 1w
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Word. 💙✊🏻💙

TheBookHippie He has books and he‘s been loud a long long time devotionals for those interested here is his latest https://benjamin-cremer.kit.com/products/following-jesus-in-a-world-obsessed-wit... or subscribe to his emails it‘s just once a week https://benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile 1w
dabbe TY! I love him already!!! 💙🌈💚 1w
Jari-chan 👏👏 1w
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Kerrbearlib Yes!!! 1w
dabbe @Jari-chan @Kerrbearlib 💙🌈💚 1w
ChelseaM6010 💙💙 1w
Aims42 I love his account so much! I grew up in the church and am still a Christ follower, so to see all the MAGA BS, it hurts my heart that people see them and think “oh, that‘s what being a Christian means? Hard pass”. I get his weekly email and it‘s just a fresh of breath air on Sunday mornings with my coffee because I haven‘t found a church to call home yet. Sorry for the rant, it has been a day with all the PBS/NPR BS 😆🫠 1w
dabbe @ChelseaM6010 💙🌈💚 1w
dabbe @Aims42 You can rant as much as you want; I'm with you! (except for still being a Christian. I'm now agnostic, and I doubt.) It is beyond refreshing to see a pastor with liberal views who sees ALL people as worthy. And yes, what a horrific day for PBS/NPR and basically public radio/tv/education for all. 💙🌈💚 1w
Aims42 @dabbe thank you!!! This ranting helped my mood 😆 1w
dabbe @Aims42 😍🥰😘 1w
Scochrane26 I‘m fortunate to have grown up in a church that has the same belief as in the quote. We are upset about what‘s going on today (& everyday) because we love PBS/NPR. @Aims42 if you want an open-minded church, try Presbyterian USA, Anglican, Episcopalian, Unitarian Universalist. I might be missing some denominations 1w
Aims42 @Scochrane26 Thanks!! 🩷 1w
dabbe @Aims42 💙🌈💚 1w
dabbe @Scochrane26 💙🌈💚 1w
AnnCrystal Truth 👏🏼🦅✊🏼💝💝💝. 1w
lil1inblue 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @lil1inblue 💙🩵💙 1w
Bette Thank you. I just read his Caring without Crashing; it‘s both lovely and loving. Very helpful. 🙏 7d
dabbe @Bette YW! 💙🩵💙 6d
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#5JoysFriday

Thanks for reminding us to find joy in even the smallest things, @Debinhawaii! 💙
1. Rainbows.
2. Thrifty cylindrical ice cream. #IFKTYK
3. Our little retro place in Pinetop-Lakeside.
4. The weather up here.
5. Matt, Kate, & Pip. #always

Please share your joys with us!

TheBookHippie Did the pup take her meds?!?! 1w
dabbe @TheBookHippie It's still a battle. I now pack just one pill in a little bit of liver sausage, and she finally took them this morning. TWELVE pills. And TWELVE tonight. She's been a royal pain and it lucky she's cute. 🖤🐾🖤 1w
TheBookHippie @dabbe Winnie sends her much sympathy…she was worried for her… (edited) 1w
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Leftcoastzen All great joys ! That place looks cute ! 1w
Aims42 That ice cream and your place looks amazing!!! YUM! (edited) 1w
dabbe @TheBookHippie Pippa sends a kiss back to Winnie! 🖤🐾🖤 1w
dabbe @Leftcoastzen It is! Perfect for two people + two dogs. 💙💚💙 1w
dabbe @Aims42 Thrifty was a big store in the southwest since I was a kid. You could buy a triple-decker cone for only 15 cents (5 cents for each scoop). And their scoops were shaped like a cylinder. Such memories! 🍦🩶🍦 1w
Aims42 @dabbe Awwwww! Love a trip down memory lane, especially when a tasty treat is involved 😋 1w
dabbe @Aims42 💙🩵💙 1w
AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 1w
lil1inblue 🥰🥰🥰 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @lil1inblue 💙🩵💙 1w
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Cosmos | Carl Sagan
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#haikuaday #haikuhive #ranttime
Took this picture on our walk yesterday. Nature can be so gorgeous and so violent--sometimes at the same time. Sort of like humans. I cannot see a god in this chaos as the administration further reeks havoc with P. 2025. Any god who approves of this current government is not a god I want any part of. Period.
Yet ... I do believe in rainbows. 🌈

I do not believe
in God because of rainbows.
Where's God in this mess?

SamAnne Oof. Yes. 1w
Jari-chan Believe in rainbows 🌈 1w
dabbe @SamAnne 💙🌈💚 1w
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dabbe @Jari-chan 💙🌈💚 1w
JenlovesJT47 🌈🌈🌈 1w
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 💙🌈💚 1w
Amiable 💙🩵💙 1w
AnnCrystal 🐝🫂🌈💝... Believing in Rainbows is magical 🪄🌈🐝💝.

Many in Native America has this difficulty.

Personally, I cannot believe that my God of Love had anything to do with the hatred/evils that my ancestors faced nor in the hatred that we are all facing today. As a Catholic, I have someone called Lucifer to blame...

Culturally... Mother Earth seems enraged...& like she's trying to send us a message.

I best quit. you know how I can ramble...
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CBee 🌈 🌈🌈 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal No need to ever quit with me. I respect your views completely. I just don't see how a god of love could be okay with any of this. That is why I doubt. 💙🌈💚 1w
dabbe @CBee 💙🌈💚 1w
AnnCrystal @dabbe always heed the tiny wonders and maybe unexpected marvels will be revealed 🫂👌🏼💝😘💝🌈💝. 1w
lil1inblue I agree, my friend! 🫂 🌈🌈🌈 1w
DebinHawaii I totally get the doubt & I try to keep looking for those rainbows. 🌈 💛🐝🖤 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal Maybe. 💙🌈💚 1w
dabbe @lil1inblue 💚🌈💙 1w
dabbe @DebinHawaii 💚🌈💙 1w
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Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell
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@BarkingMadRead #hashtagbrigade
WIVES AND DAUGHTERS is a masterful blend of domestic drama and social commentary, showcasing Gaskell‘s keen eye for human foibles and her empathy for even the most flawed characters. While its length and pacing may deter some, its depth and realism make it a standout in Victorian literature. Highly recommended for fans of MIDDLEMARCH, NORTH AND SOUTH, or lovers of Victorian literature in general.

julieclair Great review! 👍💙 1w
TheBookHippie It‘s such a good read. 1w
DGRachel I‘ve had this on my shelf for ages. I loved both Middlemarch and North and South. I really need to dump my TBR one month soon and read the big books. 1w
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dabbe @julieclair TY! 💙🩵💙 1w
dabbe @TheBookHippie I have loved every book of hers I've read! Which one of hers is your favorite? 1w
dabbe @DGRachel It's truly worth it. 1w
BarkingMadRead Chapter a day is definitely the way to go….. until you binge read the end 🤣 1w
dabbe @BarkingMadRead You said it! 🩵🎯🩵 1w
BarkingMadRead I‘m like 6 chapters ahead right now. If i wasn‘t on vacay, I probably would have finished it 🤣 (edited) 1w
Bookwormjillk I‘m really enjoying this one! It may be up there with Cranston at the end! 1w
dabbe @TheBookHippie Now on the TBR! That was her first one, too! 😍 1w
dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🩵🎯🩵 1w
TheBookHippie @dabbe Yup. I really enjoy it. ♥️ 1w
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Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell
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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

I've been reading this with the #hashtagbrigade, and even though we're not supposed to finish until 7/29, I just had to finish it today. A haiku for Molly. She surely deserved one after all she endured. ♥️

She shields those she loves,
even when the town spurns her––
soiling her white dress.

julieclair I may do the same. I am loving this book! 1w
dabbe @julieclair I read until 3 AM this morning. Well worth every minute of lost sleep. 😂 1w
Ruthiella I love Molly. She‘s now officially one of my favorite heroines! 1w
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dabbe @Ruthiella Me, too! 🤩 1w
JenlovesJT47 Gah I‘m so behind on my required Litsy reading! Really wanted to get to this one. Great haiku!! ♥️♥️♥️ 1w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼📚🐝💝. 1w
lil1inblue I haven't read this, but your haiku makes me want to! 🤩 🥰 1w
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Me, too! I also have the FOMA disease, so I join way too many! 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🐝💛 1w
dabbe @lil1inblue I've now read 3 of her books with the #hashtagbrigade (CRANFORD, RUTH, & WIVES AND DAUGHTERS) and loved all of them. 😍 1w
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#TLT #threelistthursday @dabbe

Here's one way to post; do what works for you! 🤩 Please be sure to tag me so that I can enjoy all of your lists! 😍

Cuilin Yes to Somewhere in Time. My husband proposed to me in an airport as I was leaving to go back to Ireland and when I got on the airplane, they were playing the theme music to Somewhere in Time. 😭 1w
dabbe @Cuilin That has to be one of the most romantic things ever! #karma Thanks for playing and sharing! 🖤🎶🖤 1w
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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

Please read info in the pic above. Link to survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScjWUxdjnq-f9U-izKSKLYLE7qJhjSLkB0FtL5w...

Feel free to fill out the survey or post your own image or answer with your comment below! Looking forward to your answers. 😍🤩😍

ALL are welcome to play; tagging no one because I'd love to hear from all of you!

AmyG I can‘t play this week. Something with my connection on the ship…won‘t let me in. 😥 1w
Bookwormjillk I didn‘t think I had any, but then thought of 3 that were on repeat in my high school and college years. 1) Forrest Gump 2) Apollo 13 3) Wizard of Oz 1w
Liz_M Four come to mind immediately! In no particular order: 1) Grosse Point Blank 2) The Blues Brothers 3) The Full Monty 4) Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 1 1w
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lil1inblue @Liz_M Excellent list! 😍 1w
MonicaLoves2Read 1. Footloose 2. Top Gun 3. Grease 1w
dabbe @AmyG No worries! You enjoy that ship, young lady! 🩵💙🩵 1w
dabbe @Bookwormjillk FG has some of the best 60s music! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🖤🎶🖤 1w
dabbe @Liz_M Especially love THE BLUES BROS! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🖤🎶🖤 1w
dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read GREASE is one of mine! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🖤🎶🖤 1w
DGRachel Oooh! Soundtracks are my favorite!! Are you looking for soundtracks (with words) or are movie scores okay, too? 1w
dabbe @DGRachel Anything you love! Plays work, too! 😍 1w
CBee Glory - chills every time I hear it; Grease - never gets old; LOTR - the different music for Gondor, Rohan, the Shire (brilliant). 1w
dabbe @CBee L😍VE these favorites! 🩵💙🩵 1w
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Thin Man | Dashiell Hammett
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#haikuaday
#haikuhive

Chatting with @JenlovesJT47 today about Jimmy Stewart made me want to write a haiku about this dynamic duo. The book and movie are beyond outstanding. 🖤🤍🩶

JenlovesJT47 Love it!! Such a great onscreen couple, they are hilarious! I‘d also recommend any of the movies she does with Cary Grant. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is hysterical 😅 1w
AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩🎬😍 Love, LOVE, L-O-V-E👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎬🐝💝...and I agree with everything @JenlovesJT47 said! 1w
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 I will check into those! I'm sure you also know that she was the muse behind the Venice High School statue that was predominately featured in GREASE? I absolutely adore her.😍🤩😍 (edited) 1w
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dabbe @AnnCrystal Good to know! 😍🤩😍 1w
JenlovesJT47 Yes!! So cool 😎 1w
LeahBergen But where‘s Asta? 😆 1w
lil1inblue 🤩🤩🤩 1w
dabbe @LeahBergen I wanted to fit him in but couldn't find enough syllables! Maybe the last line could read: “Asta solves mystery“ because he really does! 😂 1w
dabbe @lil1inblue 🤩😍🤩 1w
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#weirdwordwednesday @CBee

I adore mythological stories.

CBee ME TOO!!! I never tire of mythology. Edith Hamilton‘s book turned me into such a nerd for it 🤓🤓 1w
lil1inblue I vividly remember my introduction to Greek mythology in the 4th grade. I was OBSESSED. I remember being so morose when the unit was over! Since then, I've been drawn to all sorts of mythological stories form all sorts of cultures! 😍 1w
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dabbe @lil1inblue Me, too! I loved that the stories were short, too! 😂 I adored teaching THE ILIAD and THE ODYSSEY to my honors freshmen. They didn't love it as much as I did, though! 😍 1w
lil1inblue @dabbe I loved reading both in high school - my teacher adored them, as well, so it made it all the better! So many great discussions! 🤩 I should reread them one of these days.... 1w
dabbe @lil1inblue So many books ... 😍 1w
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I Don't Care | Julie Fogliano
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#WDNCW @dabbe
We do not care that we left yesterday for our vacation and drove four hours to northeastern Arizona only to realize when we got there that we had left ALL of Pippa's seizure medications on the table at home in Phoenix. 😳

P.S. Thankfully, after hours on the phone, her neurological vet was able to send all the prescriptions to a pharmacy up here so that Matt didn't have to spend eight hours today retrieving them. #deepbreaths 😮‍💨

TheBookHippie 😬🥴 so glad it ended well! 1w
lil1inblue Phew! Glad there's a happy ending! 1w
LiseWorks Oh my goodness, yay for a good ending 1w
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Aims42 Phew!! Glad that worked out 👏😅 1w
AmyG Yikes 1w
Susanita Thanks to your vet!! 1w
tpixie 💥🐶🥳🥳🥳 1w
dabbe @TheBookHippie @lil1inblue @LiseWorks @Aims42 @AmyG @Susanita ... now if we can only get her to take the damn things. She usually gobbles them down in mini-lean-ground-beef meatballs, but she ain't having any of it now. And she's been whining the whole time we've been up here. #pippadontlikechange
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TheBookHippie @dabbe WINNIE is just like this 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 1w
dabbe @TheBookHippie We're about at our wits end with her. We don't want to shove the pills down her throat, but man! She can be difficult! 😅 1w
TheBookHippie @dabbe flashbacks to squirt cheese with a pill in it 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 three of us trying to get the tiny pill in 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🤣 1w
dabbe @TheBookHippie Oh, Miss Winnie! 🖤🐾🖤 I'd try the squirt cheese, but she takes 24 pills a day. 😳 We cram three into each mini-meatball so she only has four because she's also a BIG girl. #oy 1w
AnnCrystal 🙏🏼 Glad you were able to pick up more 👸👏🏼🥺🙏🏼💝. 1w
Roary47 Whew! I‘m glad you found a solution that required no extra travel so you can all enjoy your trip. 1w
Texreader Oh the panic! 😱 so glad you were able to work it out. We have to take care of our babies!! 1w
dabbe @AnnCrystal We are, too! 😍🤩😍 1w
dabbe @Roary47 TY! She finally took the pills as part of her dinner! 😍🤩😍 1w
dabbe @Texreader IKR? 😍🤩😍 1w
CBee Miss Pippa‘s “Traveling Adventures,” otherwise known as “let me see just how crazy I can drive my humans” 😂 1w
dabbe @CBee There's a reason she is called “Pip“. She's lucky she's so frickin' cute because she is by far the most stubborn and difficult dog we have EVER had! 😤😂🐾 1w
CBee @dabbe that‘s how I feel about our chihuahua, Suki. AKA psycho, AKA will protect my humans at all costs 😂😂 1w
dabbe @CBee Sounds like our Little G, Kate (The Little General). 😂🐾😂 1w
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