Vote Today 2022

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Nov 8 is the LAST DAY to #Vote! Questions/problems #Voting? @866OURVOTE + Report #VoterSuppression & #VoterIntimidation 

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“The #GOP spent *½ a century* working to overturn Roe.

Now, their sights are set on a national #Abortion ban, ending #MarriageEquality, denying contraception access, & revoking #TransRights.

When they tell you what their goals are, believe them.” - @WomensMarch

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In many states, IT’S TOO LATE TO MAIL IN BALLOTS! Drop them off or #Vote IN PERSON. 25% of rejected ballots were rejected for being too late in 2016 & 2018 - Drop off your #ballot at a drop box, polling place, or election office near you ASAP! & make sure your vote is counted!

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This election could be TIGHT & we need EVERY LAST VOTE to be counted. Republicans are currently trying to get as many ballots thrown away as possible, do not let this be yours! #VoterSuppression

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You can track your #VoteByMail / #AbsenteeBallot in 45 states + DC

If you mailed your ballot or dropped it off, you can check to make sure your ballot was counted & not rejected. Ballot tracking will tell you when your ballot is: Mailed, Received & Counted. * If your ballot has been flagged for rejection, it is important to call your local county election officials immediately to try & fix (‘cure’) any problems.

Get more info: VoteSaveAmerica .com

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VOTER HELPLINES:

English: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)

Spanish: 888-VE-Y-VOTA  (888-839-8682)

Arabic: 844-YALLA-US (844-925-5287)

Asian Languages: 888-API-VOTE (888-274-8683)

ASL Video: 301-818-VOTE (301-818-8683)

Voters w/ disabilities: text “ACCESS” to 43367

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#KnowYourRights Voting Rights Guide from @ACLU_Nationwide : bit.ly/KnowYourVotingRights

My input today:  

Yes I believe we all need to stand up and VOTE.   

We voted early in my house because NY allows this.  

please help us save democracy today.  Please help body autonomy today.  

October Beauty

 

Final harvest from the two large pots on my deck from this summer.  could not go completely without tomatoes.  These will ripen over the next two weeks and be amazing in salads.  

Currently enjoying the mustard & kale from the fall plantings in the vegetable garden.  We love fall veggies as much as spring veggies.  

I will be trying to make fresh pumpkin for pie this year from our compost pile volunteer.  Happy to share pics of this project next week.  Fingers crossed it works well.

VOTE

It is that time of year.  Verify you are registered to vote and bring a friend.  Make plans and be sure to know where your candidates stand on the issues you care about.  Mean things I look for: BLM, ERA, Reproductive rights, abortion rights, women rights.

Use this League of Women voters sight to look up your ballot and where your candidates stand.  

VOTE411

Black Lives Matter

 

We need to change the way we treat others in this country  I invite everyone to be kind and support our sisters and brothers.   We need to teach history accurately all year.  

Free the People ROC is the group in Rochester, NY.  

 Free the People ROC

 

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Summer Harvest and Activism

 Summer Harvest

 

Happy to have a successful tomato harvest this years.  the wild temperature swings this summer made the growing more difficult.  We ahve had three tomato preservation days and now have Salsa and Red Sauce (tomato sauce)  there is nothing quite like opening a fresh jar of this homegrown sauce on a cold winter day.  It brings a it of the summer back into the house.  

this year we are thankful for the friends & family we have.  spending quality time with them has been fantastic. 

  

 

 

Black Lives Matter

As for the Activism in the title, I was a speaker at the Planned Parenthood day of action 9/1/21. It was humbling ot be part of the speakers at such an important event. It is about women's health care. My body, my choice!   We will have a march her in my city Rochester, NY 10/2.  

Click here to join us in ROC.  Womens March 

  

Free the People ROC is the group in Rochester, NY. 

 FB page  Free the People ROC

Join me: stand up, listen to others, be kind and to support our sisters and brothers.  

#bekind #blacklivesmatter 

#stopasianhate #standup

#listen

 

Being involved is more that attending a march, make phone calls, VOTE, talk about these rights we have,  help friends VOTE!

 

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Indigenous Peoples Day

How to pick my topic for the week?  What to write this week... so many important things

on my mind on Monday and with those of the people in the USA right now. I normally publish this weekly on Mondays. 

• Indigenous Peoples Day (Monday)
• Black Lives Matter 
• Mental Health Awareness / Suicide Prevention
  
• VOTE! 21 days until the Election
• Cancer
• End of 2020 without Art Festivals
• Not Politics – Human Rights 
•  Womens Small Business Month 
• DIY earrings or bracelets
• Why Gemstones in my work?
  

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.  I normally publish this weekly on Mondays.  As with many special holidays, I believe we should celebrate this for longer than one day. Water is Life became the know phrase to capture the movement began because of the DAP Dakpta Access Pipeline by the  Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.  

Mother Jones article here on another positive step

Mother Jones March 2020

 

 

 

 

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 I Can't Breathe
Black Lives Matter
and read from fact checked news sources.  As a supporter I need to speak up.  Please join me. 

 Highly Recommend this book.  It was humbling.

when they call you a terrorist

a black lives matter memoir

Black Lives Still Matter!

 

 

Reach out to your friends.  This pandemic has harmed us in ways we have not seen before.  staying home and sheltering in place is difficult for many and impossible for some.  Domestic violence is rising .  send a text or make a phone call to a friend you have not heard from recently. 

Help is here

Welcome August 2020

August has arrived in my western NY garden.   The hazy, hot, & humid month of summer is here.  On the positive side we have has a few visitors recently I wanted to share with you.  Two stunning examples Mother Nature sent me this week.  Blue dragonfly and yellow swallowtail butterfly.  It is great to have these minders of the beauty and delicate nature of teh creatures around us always.  we may not see them but they are near by and they are worth taking notice of.  Stop and enjoy the moment. 

For every $100 you spend at a local business,  $68 stays in the community.

 

Black Lives Matter!  Flatten the curve. Wear A Mask. Stay Safe. Practice social distancing.

I did virtual back flips yesterday when Presidential candidate Joe Biden announced his pick for VP,  Kamala Harris. She is an amazing congress woman and she will be a fantastic VP.  I ask all of you to please vote in November.  Be sure your friends are registered and that you all vote.  Here in NY they have made it easy by sending absentee ballots to all registered. 

I will end with my recommendations for all of us to become educated and support our sisters this anniversary of the 19th amendment  Celebrate the centennial the way our fore-mothers did and stand together in unity. 

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