iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When I feel discouraged about all the work, my house needs, I just walk up my stairs and look out the window halfway up the staircase and the sight of the house next-door puts it all in perspective. I guess.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Well, the lady in customer service at my student loan servicer agreed with me that the current administration is trying to destroy education AND that financial aid is designed to transfer money to banks and not help people. She was helpful and very compassionate, which is rare these days.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today is my docenting day. Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Episcopal), Detroit

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I should do something about this.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Giving home decor advice with the cadences of a preacher. It's amusing me, anyway. youtu.be/ZQrMpHtFc6U?...

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10 Things That Make Your Home Look Outdated (Easy Fix)

YouTube video by The Rutland Family

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

At our favorite frozen custard spot, a friend & I sat on the back of her car facing traffic. She finished her cone, & said, "That hit the spot." But that's not what I heard. I heard, "I hate that f***er!" Both are things she might say...but context matters. At least I had the sense to say, "What?"

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I just heard some pharmaceutical ad say, "Avoid use with grapefruit and liver problems."

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's that tiny but pregnant pause between "Have a good day!" and "Be careful!" from the guy behind the bullet-proof-glass-screened counter at my local pharmacy that always makes me wonder if I should be worried as I walk out the door.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🚨BREAKING:In a victory for voters, a Michigan judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee that sought to make it easier for partisan poll challengers to dispute voter eligibility and interrupt the state’s ballot-counting process. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Michigan judge tosses GOP lawsuit that aimed to make it easier to challenge voter eligibility

The RNC sued Michigan in June to overturn guidance issued in October 2024 limiting the number of poll challengers at each voting location.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A woman in my poetry group (The Detroit Poetry Salon) often crafts a cento from the poems submitted and read at one of our meetings. She published one recently: collaborature.blogspot.com/2026/07/inha... (I was in this one, along w/9 other poets.)

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Inhale

Collaborature poetry and fiction journal, poetry, cento, Mary Stebbins Taitt

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Let’s win this tomorrow. For democracy.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

They cannot stop a movement. Not here in Michigan.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Wild to see all the notifications on my phone, computer, and even signs on the freeway today saying that the air quality is hazardous. Yeah, I know, I have lungs.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Detroiters, contact your Council rep!

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sanjukta paul @sanjukta.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

DTE (the private utility in Southeast michigan) made 1.5 billion in corporate profits last year (yes that's despite ROE regulation), and paid over $600 million of that to shareholders* while trumpeting its $200 million in planned infrastructure improvements *and* doing a rate hike

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Neighbors shouting (but not in a bad way) from their own front porches, one says, “There’s a whole B in LGBT mother[redacted]” followed by lots of laughter. Wonder what else I missed?

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Better late than never: Happy Canada Day!

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

At Aldi today I saw a car in the parking lot for a home health care company called "Seasons Change," and I was like, What, was the name "You 'Bout to Die" taken?

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Google is usually your friend, but sometimes it's a weird friend. Looking for local places to buy aminopyralid*; it recommended a Pet Supplies Plus, a few cannabis dispensaries, a "Magic Crystal Health & Wellness," & a garden shop one reviewer called a "nice location for an after funeral dinner."

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

[Name redacted] When someone who’s not a white tech bro from California calls you, the iPhone has no idea what they’re saying.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I'm late on this, but the weekend was unexpectedly busy and exhausting. This time, it's less a reflection on the lectionary readingS and more a reflection using the passage from Acts as a springboard. eebelz.com/2026/05/18/g...

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God’s DNA

The Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year A—May 17, 2026 The Ascension, pictured in the illuminated Gunda Gunde Gospels produced in the early 16th century at the Gunda Gunde monastery. The Gospel text is …

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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

“To be called ‘woke’ in a world that sleeps through suffering is no insult.” ~ Pope Leo XIV

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Hmm... I just noticed while attending to my blog that I never posted "Iona" there. I post poems of mine that were published elsewhere (after giving it a bit of time, and including the link if it's published online) but this one was published Dec. 2024. eebelz.com/2026/05/07/i...

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Playlist so far: -Katie Else -Derrick May -Durutti Column Excellent groove for doing bookkeeping. Although one's a bit of an outlier.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

On behalf of Detroit, I'd like to point out that Kid Rock is actually from Romeo.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

FINALLY made a doctor's appointment for my joint pain. Anyone else around here walk around in pain and forget to do anything about it? Even though you're always aware of it on some level? I often forget to take something for a bad headache.

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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Surely this is a category: Things that will CUT you

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Me: [develops presbyopia] "But I'm Episcopalian!" Dr.: "You have something called episcleritis." Me (to self): Well, I can't complain. My friend, who's heard this joke 1000x, on hearing I have episcleritis in my other eye now: "Well, I guess it's good if they're both Episcleripalians."

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I was at the ophthamologist's this morning & a woman's phone rang with the tone I use as my alarm clock, and I thought, "Oh no! Was waking up, showering & dressing, & driving a half hour up here ALL A DREAM?" I hate those dreams. Thankfully, it wasn't one.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Why does the NYT Spelling Bee hints page start with, "Hi, busy bees!"? Obviously we're not busy, 'cause we're playing a word puzzle on the internet.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Snippet from a voicemail (need I say, badly) transcribed by my phone.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I may or may not have it again, but doesn't "episcleritis" sound like it means inflamation of Episcopal clergy (clerics)? (I have a whole bread-crumb trail of equally bad jokes about my eye ailments.)

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The human element is (still) so important. And humans working together on such an amazing project is as awesome as flying around the moon. Not because it's rare, but because it's one of the many marvelous things about our species.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

"When people say history will judge Trump, what they're really doing is outsourcing the work." — @tadstoermer.bsky.social Excellent short at youtu.be/BzDC36Q53HI?...

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Draining the Lifeblood of History: Trump’s Assault on the Evidence of Now

YouTube video by Resistance History with Tad Stoermer

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I feel like it's a commentary on the weather that (a) there is an ice-cream truck outside, and (b) it's playing Adeste Fideles.

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

In which I use my whole PhD (Theological Aesthetics, though leaning more on the Art-History side, my minor focus in the Art & Religion concentration at the Graduate Theological Union). eebelz.com/2026/04/04/t...

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The Great Triduum

Years A, B, and C Since the readings are the same every year, I’m not going to address them directly in this post. Next year, or the year after, I will. Maundy Thursday—April 2, 2026Exodus 12…

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Elaine Elizabeth Belz @eebelz.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Wait, is hands-free boxing a thing?

I passed this today but came to Google Maps for the pic ‘cause you shouldn’t photograph while driving.

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