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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is the post I needed to read today. So excited for the book recommendations and reminder to re-read the Westing Game!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Do these model arches make my hands look bigger?

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

History would have remembered him so differently. We could have had Trump community initiatives, Trump High Speed Rail stations, new Trump Golden Bridges spanning the rivers and gorges of the nation. He would have been too busy with these projects to start a war, impose tariffs or screw allies. 4/4

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

His name would be in all the major cities of every state in the union. For decades to come the people would think of how he transformed their communities for the better by improving accessibility, energy efficiency, transportation, and proving opportunities for millions.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

He could have partnered with governors and mayors to build affordable housing communities, update crumbling school infrastructure. He could have spent everyday being a Developer at a national scale. Every building, park, and bridge would have his name on it. 2/x

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Trump could have used this term to piggyback on Biden’s massive infrastructure investments and built even more stuff the nation needs. The Oval Office could have been filled with models of soaring bridges, high speed rail with award-winning stations. 1/x

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Spent the day selling honey to a few hundred people. This required running sales through the Square account on my phone. Top non-honey related question: “Oh My God where did you get your phone?! It is so small. I want one like that!” Answer: iPhone 12 mini. The market wants this form factor!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This kind of stress is such a drain on one’s energy and spirit. My advice is to take time to go for regular walks every day. They will be calming, lift your spirits and bolster your resilience. Good luck and keep us posted on how you’re doing.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The vast majority of purchases from these companies were made with credit cards. There is a record of every transaction and the amount of tariff each consumer paid. These companies should be returning that money to each customer of record!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Tonight’s appetizer: Pacchetti di melanzane alla griglia (broiled eggplant packages). This compact bundle of eggplant-wrapped mozzarella with basil, garnished with tomato and pine nuts was a winner! Loving my husband’s home cooking.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Has anything this administration touched resulted in a net positive by any (objective) measure? I am really struggling to come up with just one thing. Ideas welcome!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

What about manta rays, flying squirrels, and sugar babies?

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Timeline cleanse: a couple of years ago realizing I would never get around to using them, I gave away on our local Buy Nothing group a stack of “half-square triangles” I’d saved to make a quilt. Today the recipient of those HSTs mailed me the photo of the finished baby quilt. Made my day!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Cursive -aka encryption at rest. Going through my father’s genealogy files I find this copy of Charles County (MD) court records from 1726 still completely legible to me. To my 20-something nieces this is impenetrable.

Closeup of 2726 court records in a distinctly old cursive hand. Still clearly legible to those who can read cursive. Gibberish to those who never learned to write it.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Mormons are so persistent and used to getting doors slammed in their faces and hearing “No” so many times at a formative age that they make top salespeople post-Mission Trip. Every tech company I’ve worked at has a Top Sellers Club with a disproportionate number of Mormons in it.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

100 years ago I’m leading the construction of Going-to-the-Sun road in Glacier National Park in Montana; being the company cook and getting to name landmarks along that same road; a mason in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania prior to turning Prudential insurance agent; or Dept store owner’s secretary.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

These days I find myself thinking back to the US Hostages in Iran who weren’t released until minutes after Reagan took office. Even with ongoing negotiations, I suspect the Iranians won’t consider allowing open, free and safe travel through the Straight of Hormuz until there is a new US President.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Do you ever go to clear out a drawer or box and see a bunch of random stuff inside and think to yourself, "I'd better not throw this stuff away, it could come in handy one day." You are not alone. This video makes me feel seen. youtu.be/7Fw7bZoPyVU?...

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Dads when that random “just in case” piece of junk finally comes in handy 🥹 #shorts

YouTube video by The McFarlands

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

You make a fair point. I do kind of like “ Buffoonie” as an option.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Spotted this classic in a little free library. It instantly transported me to my tween years when I spent hours poring over these pages seeking clues to the site of the buried bejeweled hare treasure! I was living my best Encyclopedia Brown summer days. I’m looking forward to re-reading this!

Cover of the illustrated book “Masquerade” (1979) by Kit Williams. It tells the story of the Moon who fell in love with the Sun. She entrusts Jack Hare to deliver an ornament made of gold in the shape of a hare and decorated with gems to the Sun. Along the way he loses it. The illustrations hold clues to where the real-life golden, bejeweled hare ornament was buried in rural England. The author promised the ornament to the first person who wrote to him with the correct location. It was found in 1982. My tween self was so sad and also amazed by this news.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Need a smile today? These Summer flowers are just what the doctor ordered!

Closeup of Black-eyed Susans on a background of green leaves

Close up of yellow flowers with an orange-brown center.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This is my favorite photo from the UFC fight on the White House South Lawn on June 14. That face shows so clearly how old, tired, bored, alone, pathetic, surrounded by sycophants, coated with sweat and bronzer that 80-year-old man is. So.Much.Winning. Just 949 days to go!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Got aging parents? Take 10 minutes and read this NYT gift article “Managing Parents’ Funds: Advice for Adult Children”. This is the article I wish I’d read 10 years ago. A 5-Point Checklist for Managing Your Aging Parents’ Money www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/b...

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A 5-Point Checklist for Managing Your Aging Parents’ Money

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Timeline cleanse. Please enjoy this photo of a peony I took a few weeks ago. Beauty is all around us and can be fleeting. Take a moment to enjoy it and offer you respite from the stresses and chaos impacting your life.

A closeup of a pink and cream colored peony flower in my Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington DC.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Women—relish and revel in your Act III in life! Menopause is a gift that evolution gives us because our experience, skills and wisdom were too important to our collective survival to risk in childbearing. Males don’t have an Act III thus there is no name for this experience. Must-read thread!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

WASHINGTON DC Beekeeper report: 15 medium supers harvested this weekend for a total yield of 450 pounds of honey with 17.5% water measurement. Our Linden nectar flow will arrive in about 10 days. This season is off to a strong start!

The interior of my Honda Fit with 15 ten-frame medium honey supers stacked up post-harvest. I was returning them to the hives for the bees to fill up again. These supers take up the entire rear seat and trunk area. This car is like a TARDIS it can fit so much stuff in it!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

This story is sad on so many levels and even with this in-depth story we can’t know all the details. But I came away wondering why the farmer didn’t explore more business strategies: making value-add products, have a beef herd with the male calves, sell direct to consumers. Instead, so hidebound.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Friends often ask me how my bees are doing. I’m happy to report that one hive on my second story back porch is doing thiiiiiiis well!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I will actively campaign against any DC mayoral candidate who wants to move The Sphere to DC or have DC negotiate to buy out the minority ownership of the Washington NFL football team. DC does not need a leader who will be distracted by these types of projects that don’t benefit DC residents.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

In Helsinki and looking to learn about “The Father of Modern Finland?” Visit the Mannerheim Museum (mannerheim-museo.fi). The hour-long tour provides context and detail to understand Mannerheim’s family history, his ambitions, interests, and drive to form the independent nation of Finland.

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Mannerheim-museo on käynyt läpi laajan peruskorjauksen, jossa Mannerheimin koti on kunnostettu historiaa kunnioittaen. Uudistuksen myötä avautuu vaiheittain myös uusi kahvila- ja tapahtumatila, museok...

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This may be the best title for an artwork I have ever seen. Thank you nameless curator /translator at The Ateneum, Helsinki for your deep understanding of the artist, this piece, and language.

A sculpture in reddish bronze of a man’s unsmiling head. His right eye appears to be bandaged.

The title of this piece in English is “Humourless Git”

The label for the piece reads in full:
BEN RENVALL
1903-1979, suomalainen / finsk / Finnish
Tosikko, 1959
Tråkmåns
Humourless Git

pronssi brons bronze
Kansallisgallerian kokoelma |
Finlands Nationalgalleris samling |
The Finnish National Gallery Collection
Ateneum
B I 575, hankittu | inköpt | purchased 1960

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Wow. I think I prefer it in the original cream😄

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Can I buy a replica in your gift shop? Love this!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Visited the Turku Art Museum (Finland) today. Can recommend the coffee cake from the cafe. Also, very tempted to steal this painting “Late Autumn” (1890) by Edvard Westman. The Sandra Kantanen exhibition was well worth a visit too! The scale and delicate color of her “Meadow” series — brilliant!!

This ~30x20” oil painting shows scene of grey skies, and a marsh with a copse of silver birch trees reflected in the water. The trees are bare. The ground is wet and turning brown but some green and gold grass remains. The painting is framed by a 6-inch deep, sparely decorated gold gilded frame.

Detail of the painting focused on a small group of 3 birch trees. They are so life-like.

Detail showing the reflection of trees in the water. The painter has captured the effect with just a few masterful brush strokes

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Beef is the new scallop or oyster. A protein for special occasions.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Just yesterday I had to explain to the CIO of a modest-sized public university that DC residents pay Federal AND DC “State” taxes. Plus the fact we top the league table in per-capita tax payments. It took a lot of convincing to get through to him that we weren’t living in a tax-free zone. 😡

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This near life-size painting is radiant when viewed in person and commands the room.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Well, you never know when something like this might come in handy. Good to know you’ve got one.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

It looks more like a lizard to me. An iguana or plumed basilisk perhaps?

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

That is my kind of chocolate souvenir! Hope you can make it happen someday. 😀

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I look forward to stocking up on The Fishbourne Hippo WineGums Collection and Chocolate Statue gift box (in Milk and a nice 70% dark option please!) from your gift shop in the future!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I love this painting by Camille Pissarro “Hoarfrost, Peasant Girl Making a Fire” (1888) that I saw in-person at the Denver Art Museum’s exhibition “The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro’s Impressionism” in December 2025. This scene, especially the contrast of fire and smoke, enthralls me! It draws me in!

Hoarfrost, Peasant Girl Making a Fire
1888
Oil paint on canvas
Hasso Plattner Collection, Museum Barberini, Potsdam, MB-Pis-02
By the late 1880s, Pissarro was experimenting with a neo-impressionist technique of short brushstrokes in pure hues in the pursuit of greater luminosity. Here, he depicted a young woman who has kindled a fire in a field on a windy winter day. The contrasts work together harmoniously: light and shadow, dampness and dryness, and the tension between the steadiness of the branch the woman holds and the unconstrained flickering of the fire.
A finales de la década de 1880, Pissarro estaba experi-mentando con la técnica neoimpresionista de pinceladas cortas con tonalidades puras, con el objetivo de conseguir mayor luminosidad. Aquí, representa a una muchacha que ha encendido un fuego en un campo, un día ventoso de invierno. Los contrastes funcionan en armonía: la luz y la sombra, la humedad y la sequedad, y la tensión entre la firmeza de la rama que sostiene la mujer y el movimiento libre e indómito del fuego.

Detail of the painting focused on the heart of the fire. The contrast of the dark ash and fuel, the orange and gold flame, and the white and grey smoke draws me in . I can hear the crackling of the twigs as they burn and the sound of the wind as it takes the smoke .

Detail of the peasant girl’s dress. Her skirt is red, she wears a dark grey-green blouse with a pair of red and white shawls over top for warmth. Her light blue apron and skirt ripple in the wind. She must be wearing multiple layers under that skirt to keep warm. The contrast between her red skirt and the bright green grass of the background makes the grass seem so alive to me.

Detail showing a peasant boy - maybe 5 or 6 years old. Is this her little brother? He is dressed warmly in a red-brown top, a thick olive-brown scarf, and a grey-black hat. His hands are raised towards the fire to warm them. Cows in the distance graze on the hoarfrost covered grass. The sun is bright but its warmth hasn’t beaten the frost… yet. Pissarro’s small brush strokes and use of color bring a depth and movement to the scene that animate this image with light and energy.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I love the intricacy, color, and scale of these artworks. May their art bring joy, wonder, and delight to all who see these pieces up close and see them in person!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Busy day today: - fretted to distraction about the fate of 93M Iranians - saved my 91yo mother from a spammer claiming to be my sister needing bail post-car wreck - had 2 customer meetings and 5 internal meetings - wrote a detailed conference proposal and edited 3 others -hosted dinner party -done

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Andor was such a high bar I now won’t watch anything in the Star Wars universe that is not up to that level. Life is too short for mediocre and lazy writing that assumes the fans will watch because they always have. Fans deserve better. Fans should demand better.

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Achievement unlocked!! This is exactly the kind of knowledge I appreciate on Bluesky!

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Jan Poston Day @jpostonday.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

My 8-year old self is sad to learn this truth talk about astronaut ice cream.

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