"I write about what goes through my mind, and naturally, the world goes through my mind. So it looks like I'm writing about the world, but I'm just writing about notating the record of my mind's epiphanies."—Allen Ginsberg Ginsberg's Centennial is Weds., June 3rd! www.npr.org/2026/05/31/n...

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Predictably worn out today. The lilacs at the Hulda Klager gardens were lovely yesterday. I enjoyed talking about quilting, & books w my stepmother, who had read a biography of Hulda & thus wanted to see her home and gardens for herself. And my dad wasn't too annoying.

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I was just talking to a friend today about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - new books every month, totally for free, for kids ages 1-5. My son was part of the program - this is a copy of the letter that came with his last book, right after his 5th birthday.

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I cut out a new #FrenchRose to join a small pile I've been making for a quilted jacket I've been dreaming up, in anticipation of getting my sewing machine back from the shop finally today. But I should get back to work assembling the rainbow quilt top still laid out #QueerQuilter #FibroFiberArtist

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Even if it were true that Democrats would profit electorally by becoming a little more hateful, a little more misogynistic, a little friendlier to America’s authoritarian antagonists, a little more vulgar, and a little dumber—is it worth it?

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