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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The Common Good Accord? A Rational Foundation Plan? The Third New Deal?
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Excellent!!!
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Rules, not Rulers @enkiengineer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
US Constitutional Risk Daily (2026-08-16) Cumulative erosion: 55/100 (Severe erosion) Acute risk today: 13/100 (Baseline Institutional Noise) Δ +0 Confidence: Medium progressive-mandate.org/US-constitu… #ConstitutionalRisk #DemocracyWatch #USPolitics
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US Constitutional Risk Daily (2026-08-16)
Erosion 55/100 (Severe erosion) | Acute 13/100 (Baseline Institutional Noise), Δ +0, Medium confidence
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Rules, not Rulers @enkiengineer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A national emergency declared in 2001 when a statute lapsed has been renewed — a quarter-century of one-page notices. US export controls now run on emergency authority as permanent plumbing. Not a seizure of power. An emergency with no exit condition is a law Congress declined to write.
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Rules, not Rulers @enkiengineer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I made a resist.bot petition ! Please read and sign ! rs.bot/LYMspX
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A Government That Works for Americans.
A Government That Works for Americans. A Government That Works for Americans I am asking my elected representatives to consider a simple principle for…
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
You are so kind. I am safe. I am just super busy. It's hard to focus long enough to write the alt text. Doodles are piling up. Thanks for your concern.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Hoping your day was peaceful and beautiful.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
No kidding. This insecure, chest-puffing administration is corrupting every part of the founding father's vision.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I lived in Vineland for a while. We were on the old Welch home. Cool wine cellar.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Cool beans. Continue...
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
My condolences. South Central Pennsylvania.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We have the same problem. Our soil seems to preferentially grow weeds.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Gorgeous!!!
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
No kidding. It's obscene.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Hope everyone is safe. Thinking of my friends in Canada. I can't imagine what it's like there if it looks this bad in Pennsylvania.
Haze obscuring my view of the valley in Pennsylvania. Forest fires in Canada making a lot of smoke. Wishing everyone well. Stay safe.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Daily Doodle -- 05/25/2026. . Expect a clown show. . #gingrichsart #doodle #dailydoodle #ArtistsOnBluesky #artist #art #mildliner #pigmamicron
Art and photo by Katherine Gingrich on May 25, 2026. All rights reserved.

In the center of the square, four tall, slender peaks rise like playful sails or ribbons catching wind. Each is striped in pastel hues—yellow, pink, blue, green, lavender—arranged in soft vertical bands that shimmer with gentle contrast. Around them, a constellation of small, colorful dots floats freely, like confetti or raindrops suspended midair. The background remains white, giving the colors room to breathe and dance.

The mood is lighthearted and celebratory—an upward motion of color and rhythm. It feels like a visual sigh of relief after the more introspective, earth-toned pieces: a return to brightness and movement. The pens nearby echo the precision and tenderness of your process—tools of both discipline and delight.

Three inches by three inches.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Daily Doodle -- 05/24/2026. . More topography. . #gingrichsart #doodle #dailydoodle #ArtistsOnBluesky #artist #art #schmincke #watercolor #pigmamicron
Art and photo by Katherine Gingrich on May 24, 2026. All rights reserved.

This square drawing feels like a quiet landscape carved from memory—muted, mineral, and introspective. The watercolor wash is a soft blend of gray and beige, like stone dust or the surface of the moon. Ink lines trace organic contours that ripple vertically across the square, forming gentle ridges and valleys. Some areas are filled with fine parallel lines, others with tiny dots or short hatch marks, giving the impression of erosion or layered sediment.

The composition feels both grounded and ethereal—an exploration of texture and silence. The restrained palette and delicate linework evoke the sensation of running fingertips over weathered rock or driftwood, discovering subtle shifts in grain and temperature.

Three inches by three inches.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Daily Doodle -- 05/23/2026. . Topography. . #gingrichsart #doodle #dailydoodle #ArtistsOnBluesky #artist #art #lukas #watercolor #pigmamicron
Art and photo by Katherine Gingrich on May 23, 2026. All rights reserved.

This square composition feels like a warm geological cross-section—layers of earth and heat rendered in watercolor and ink. The palette moves from deep ochre on the left through peach, coral, and rose, ending in a soft red glow on the right. Each vertical band carries its own rhythm: crosshatching like woven mesh, tiny dots like sediment, wavy lines like strata, and small triangles suggesting fragments or crystals. The ink outlines are confident yet organic, allowing the watercolor to breathe and pool gently within them.

The overall sensation is tactile and grounded—like tracing fingers along the edge of a canyon wall or feeling the warmth of sunlit stone. It evokes slow time and quiet transformation, as if the earth itself were humming beneath the surface.

Three inches by three inches.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Daily Doodle -- 05/22/2026. . Reimagining solar activity. . #gingrichsart #doodle #dailydoodle #ArtistsOnBluesky #artist #art #lukas #watercolor #pigmamicron
Art and photo by Katherine Gingrich on May 22, 2026. All rights reserved.

The piece feels like a gentle study of radiance. Within a square frame, soft watercolor washes of rose and sky blue mingle—pink blooming from the lower left, blue whispering in from the upper right. The transition between them is tender, like dawn meeting dusk. From a curved edge near the pink center, fine black ink lines extend outward, each ending in a tiny dot. They resemble solar filaments or magnetic streams—delicate tendrils of energy reaching into space. Along the curve, a constellation of stippled dots thickens the sense of motion, as if the sun’s surface were humming.

The overall impression is calm yet alive: a quiet pulse of light and expansion. The ink pen and watercolor palette nearby suggest both precision and play—tools of someone exploring the invisible rhythms of heat and color.

Three inches by three inches.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Surprised it doesn't say "Be Best."
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Daily Doodle -- 05/21/2026. . I have a stack of doodles to post. Moving is soooo time consuming. I’ve been doing doodles but haven’t had time to post. . #gingrichsart #doodle #dailydoodle #ArtistsOnBluesky #artist #art #lukas #watercolor #pigmamicron #posca
Art and photo by Katherine Gingrich on May 21, 2026. All rights reserved.

A small square watercolor painting rests on a table surrounded by art tools. The image feels calm yet quietly alive, like a landscape seen through touch and temperature rather than sight.

The top third glows with a warm yellow wash, soft and airy, fading gently downward. Beneath it, a band of rose-pink stretches horizontally. Fine vertical ink lines rise and fall through this section, like delicate threads or tall grasses swaying in invisible wind. The bottom third cools into lavender-purple, smooth and dusky. From the boundary between pink and purple, a few radiating ink bursts spread outward—tiny starbursts or roots reaching into the violet ground.

Above the painting lie two pens: A Micron archival ink pen, beige and precise, used for the fine black lines and a black Uni Posca marker, bold and opaque.

To the right sits a metal watercolor palette, its wells filled with jewel-like paints—greens, blues, reds, oranges. A small brush with a red handle rests across it, still glistening faintly from use.

The piece feels like a meditation on boundaries and connection—warmth meeting coolness, structure meeting softness. The ink lines act as bridges between color fields, suggesting quiet movement or breath within stillness.

Three inches by three inches.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Daily Doodle -- 05/20/2026. . What if you were an alien and had eyebrows all around your eyes? . #gingrichsart #doodle #dailydoodle #ArtistsOnBluesky #artist #art #lukas #watercolor #pigmamicron #posca
Art and photo by Katherine Gingrich on May 20, 2026. All rights reserved.

A small square watercolor painting rests on a tabletop surrounded by art tools. To its right sits a watercolor palette with twelve rectangular pans—lush greens, deep blues, violets, and earthy browns. A red‑handled paintbrush lies diagonally across the palette, its bristles still damp and pointed toward the painting. Above the artwork are two pens: a beige archival ink pen and a black paint marker, both used for fine lines and bold accents.

The painting itself feels like a living cell or a seed seen through a microscope. At its center glows a soft lime‑green circle, surrounded by a ring of pale yellow‑green divided by fine black ink lines radiating outward like ribs or sunbeams. Around this, a mossy green halo fades into layered washes of blue—first turquoise, then sky blue, then a deeper indigo—each ring gently bleeding into the next. The outermost area is textured with short, directional strokes, suggesting motion or vibration.

The piece conveys calm energy and organic rhythm—like growth unfolding underwater or light filtering through a leaf. The tactile contrast between ink and watercolor gives it both structure and softness, inviting touch as much as sight.

Three inches by three inches.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
My Italian grandma called stupid people schiacciare which means squash.
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Rules, not Rulers @enkiengineer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Rent isn't too high because of the 'free market.' Rent is too high because of extraction cronyism. Last week, a massive antitrust lawsuit was filed against the biggest commercial real estate brokers in the country for illegally conspiring to inflate prices. 🧵 1/3 #USPolitics #Project2029 #Housing
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Sorry to enter the family squabble, but spring green is my favorite color of Bullseye glass. If you said "spring" to me (as a clue in a color-related game), I would have said green. Perfect clue.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Interesting. That's a long trip for inoculated logs. I am surprised that it's done that way.
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Rules, not Rulers @enkiengineer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
US Constitutional Risk Daily (2026-06-17): 14, status live. progressive-mandate.org/US-constitu… Band: Baseline Institutional Noise | Δ day: +0 | Confidence: Medium #ConstitutionalRisk #DemocracyWatch #USPolitics
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US Constitutional Risk Daily (2026-06-17)
14, status live (Baseline Institutional Noise), Δ +0, Medium confidence
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Congratulations 🎉
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wetpaint drying @wetpaint99.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
#art #bugsky #junebugs I will bumble through this i promise
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Rules, not Rulers @enkiengineer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Education is the ladder of skill. Act 8 of Project 2029 provides universal pre-K, free public college/trade school tuition, and student debt relief to unlock human potential. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvva7UH4J98 Read the policy: progressive-mandate.org
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
It's all surreal when it happens to you. Your brain is protecting you. You are in my thoughts.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I agree with this!!! Poor education has led us to this incredibly stupid timeline.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
That's wonderful. I am glad you have happy memories. I married into a wonderful family too. My poor husband...didn't.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Thank you.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
That's wonderful!!
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I agree. However, convincing others that you are a brilliant 5D chess player seems relatively easy.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It is life changing. I lost my mom when I was in my twenties. I reached for the phone to call her many many times before processing that she wasn't there any more. I was lucky to have a great MIL to take her place. She's 97 now. Life is cyclical.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Cool!!!
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Daily Doodle -- 05/19/2026. . #gingrichsart #doodle #dailydoodle #ArtistsOnBluesky #artist #art #lukas #watercolor #pigmamicron
Art and photo by Katherine Gingrich on May 19, 2026. All rights reserved.

A small square watercolor and ink artwork rests on a light tabletop beside a fine paintbrush and a palette of warm yellows, oranges, and reds. The painting is bordered by a thin black line and filled with flowing, parallel ink lines that curve like topographic contours. A soft yellow shape glows near the center, surrounded by gradients of peach, coral, and rose tones that ripple outward. Above the piece lies a Micron pen, hinting at the artist’s delicate linework. The composition feels warm and organic—like sunlight filtering through layered earth or fabric folds, balancing structure and softness. 

Three inches by three inches.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Life's been busy. Been doing doodles but not posting. Daily Doodle -- 05/18/2026. . . . #gingrichsart #doodle #dailydoodle #dailyart #schimncke #watercolor #artistsonbluesky #pigmamicron
A small watercolor and ink artwork rests on a light tabletop beside a paintbrush and a palette of greens and blues. The painting shows a square frame outlined in black. Inside, the left side is softly washed with textured green watercolor and dotted with three fine, spiky starburst shapes like airy seed heads. From the top right, delicate vines hang down, each with small leaves shaded in greens from lime to deep forest. Above the artwork lies a fine-tip Micron pen, suggesting the artist’s tools and process. The overall feeling is calm, organic, and gently balanced between ink precision and watercolor softness.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
That does sound like fun. I worked with Head Start for a few years. Eight is a great age. Bring art supplies.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
You are so kind. I have my 97-year-old MIL at my home for two weeks. I have been doing a Doodle a day, but I haven't posted them. She's a handful. Still ambulatory with moderate dementia. Thank you for checking in on me. How are you doing?
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
That's the best possible outcome under the circumstances. I totally wish you didn't have cancer. Will keep you in my thoughts.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
That's cool!!
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Thank you.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Thinking of my mom. She adored violets. Daily Doodle -- 05/17/2026. . #gingrichsart #doodle #dailydoodle #ArtistsOnBluesky #artist #art #posca #lukas #watercolor
Art and photo by Katherine Gingrich on May 17, 2026. All rights reserved.

A small square watercolor painting in violet and silver tones sits on a tabletop surrounded by art supplies. The abstract design features vertical wavy stripes with black and white dots, circles, and short line patterns. Along the right edge, a border of tiny squares adds structure. 

To the left are three Uni Posca paint markers labeled violet, silver, and black. To the right, a watercolor palette with bright color pans and a fine‑tipped brush suggests an active creative process. The metallic silver shimmers subtly against the violet background, evoking a quiet, reflective mood. 

Three inches by three inches.
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Katherine Gingrich -- gingrichsart.com @gingrichsart.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Daily Doodle -- 05/16/2026. . #gingrichsart #doodle #dailydoodle #ArtistsOnBluesky #artist #art #posca #lukas #watercolor
Art and photo by Katherine Gingrich on May 16, 2026. All rights reserved.

On a small square of white watercolor paper lies a stylized sunflower‑like design.

At its center is an oval patch filled with a fine, crosshatched mesh of dark ink—almost like woven threads. Surrounding that core are thick, petal‑shaped strokes painted in warm yellows and soft creams. Each petal radiates outward, alternating between bright lemon and pale gold, giving the impression of sunlight pulsing from the middle. 

Encircling the petals is a ring of evenly spaced, thin black lines that extend outward like delicate eyelashes or the ribs of a shell, creating a rhythmic, tactile border.

Above the artwork rests a black Uni POSCA paint marker, its barrel printed with the brand name in bold rainbow letters. The words Black Noir Negro Schwarz 24 appear near the tip, signaling the deep black ink used for the outlines.

To the right sits a watercolor palette with rectangular wells of pigment—vivid yellows and rich reds arranged in tidy rows. A red‑handled brush lies diagonally across the palette, its fine point aimed toward the drawing, as if poised to add another stroke of color.
The overall scene feels intimate and focused: a moment of quiet creation where bright pigments, crisp lines, and well‑used tools converge in harmony.
Three inches by three inches.
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jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous @jazzrat2000.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Plataica (Iván) @plataica.com · 15/05/2026
#Pendientes de #latón y plata 925 con grabado #Jaali ✨ Una joya única para lucir durante todo el año 👉 bit.ly/3AgHXAo #Jali #brassjewelry #handmade #joyeríaartesanal
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