Deidra B

Sunset photo with a moon sliver

Beautiful night

Red tulips and yellow daffodils

#spring #flowers

Campfire

Full moon lighting up the clouds, tree, white fence

Nice spring night for a fire and enjoying the almost full moon.

Very brave.

Me too!!

Drove through a pretty red iowa town and saw a lone person with a sign saying "hands off" by the side of the road!!

Gonna have to give it a watch

Very

Very

Noooo

Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.

Amidst all the hell we're now experiencing, it seems important to note that if Trump pulled Stefanik's nomination and Musk is trying to buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, then clearly elections still matter and *we* should respond in kind.

I’ve seen a lot of assumptions in the media that Trump (and Musk) are targeting institutions with loyalty tests.

But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵

The current secretary of education said that we should teach reading, writing, and math in our schools, but not ideology.

Ironically, if it wasn't for the ideology that everyone deserves to learn reading, writing, and math, we wouldn't have the ability to teach that to everyone.

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The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out.

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All of Iowa was full in person day 1 August 2020. Had the option for kids to Zoom in first half of the year, if families wanted.

As a family we added womens Brackets challenges to the family pool about 4 years ago? More fun for everyone!

Now look at Chuck Grassley from Iowa. Even worse

Wow that looks interesting

Goldman on Musk: "Notable, somehow none of his $13 billion of government contracts he has determined to be waste, fraud, and abuse."

My husband and I have been talking about red dawn and other 80s movies about fighting Russia. Crazy times.

So true!! Sometimes peace and quiet, sometimes just fewer demons and bad dreams. In real life it usually isn't the castle and happy ever after is it?

Yes - it seems like a happy ending but I am not sure it was. Does Sethe get up and get moving or does she stay in bed to experience colors? Can you forget and move on from that past or really come to terms with it? I think the end left me with more questions! #BelovedFebruary

I won't forget this story. I will probably reread it in the summer when I am not also teaching.

So many nuances to unpack. Masterful.

Yes, many thanks for this opportunity to read an amazing work of art and process with others.

I also finished, but so much going on in the world and at work and some family stuff - didn't post. I am so glad I read Beloved, and maybe the timing was perfect but also made this book so much more given the state of our country at the moment. #BelovedFebruary

We all need to read more books like this - to feel the trauma and remember. Yesterday, finishing Beloved, watching the spectacle in the WH & watching as my state IA removed civil rights, I just feel all kinds of awful. How can we be erasing people & their rights after all so many have worked for?

Indeed

Crushing!!