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Melinda L

@mjl2.bsky.social
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Retired from the corporate rat race as a management consultant. Age & knees falling apart have seriously limited ability to hike and backpack but I savor that past. Now I garden, veggies & flowers, watch the birds, bees, & wildlife

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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 8h
#WaterfallWednesday Natural Bridge on the Rogue River Oregon where the river goes underground through lava tubes
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 23h
I resemble that remark
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
21 pints + 1 qt of marinara sauce from 50 lbs of tomatoes. This and we ate tons over the summer in BLTs, caprese salads, & burgers, made salsa, still have some frozen for winter soups & chili, & have another 3 lbs ripening in a bag at the kitchen window. Bumper crop! #Tomatoes #Canning #Gardening
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lovely weekend camping on the Rogue River, Oregon. And a Northern Pygmy Pwl woke me up this morning. Didn’t see it but my Merlin app identified that cute little bugger for me #CarCamping #RogueRiver #PNW
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But her laugh
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hells bells, had this conversation this morning around a camp fire. Seriously tax that wealth, take the cap off paying for social security, and then cap drawing on social security dependent on net worth
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
She’s so good @unlearn16.bsky.social substack.com/@unlearn16/n...
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Unlearn16 (@unlearn16)
Irony 101
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sahalee Tyee, aka Indian Heaven, in SW WA Gifford Pinchot National Forest 2021. A favorite place #HikingPNW #Backpacking #IndianHeaven
Hiker on a trail with perfect blue sky, brilliant red and gold leaves, and tall pinesPainted Lady butterfly with orange spots on brown wings sitting on a hand with red and orange foliage in the background A pond surrounded by burned trees and fire weed with pink clouds in the sky
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bumblebee on a butterfly bush #Bees
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Indeed
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
First amendment. Anyone? Bueller? www.cnbc.com/2026/09/18/t...
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Trump says he's banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from White House
President Donald Trump said he is banning MS NOW, CNN and Politico from the White House over their coverage of him.
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh gosh @snarkysillysad.bsky.social
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Away for 3 days and upon return picked 3 gallons of tomatoes. Still have many Amish Paste, San Marzano, Kellogg’s Breakfast, Beefsteak, Sun Gold cherries, Chocolate Cherry, and a few other kinds that will hopefully have a chance in the next few weeks’ warm weather. #Gardening #Tomatoes
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If this doesn’t scare you? Would make January 6 look like a walk in the park
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Proud to live in Oregon and unlike Texas we’re making it easier to vote by adding drop boxes to get around USPS malarkey for our 100% mail in voting. #VoteByMail #I💜Oregon pamelafrazier1.substack.com/p/oregon-leg...
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Oregon Legislature Adds Ballot Drop Boxes for the Midterms
We’re also getting advanced ballot tracking that voters can opt-in
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
James Tallarico aka Talla-Freako, on Jimmy Kimmel’s YouTube. FCC’s threat created a great free ad. Love that the I’m with Talla-freako shirts are a big seller on his campaign site #JamesTallarico #VoteBlue #JimmyKimmel youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tomatoes off the hook. Temps rarely above 90, last week was 60s with rain, this week 80s. Glad we got rain with snow in the mountains, but tomatoes cracked. These are all Kellogg’s Breakfast, the best yellow IMO, & Beefsteak, neither of which I’ve ever had much luck with before #Gardening #Tomatoes
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Goldfinch hanging in the Russian Sage #Birds
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A very good explanation about how demand side economic policy is better for people and the economy substack.com/@americanesc...
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American Escapee (@americanescapee)
The Trickle-down Econ lesson most Americans never got in 2 1/2 minutes.
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wow. Just wow
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Wanna smile? Very cute kitties with light up duck shoes
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
For #LaborDay. Happy for the results unions fought for with blood, sweat, & tears but not happy that unions have eroded especially since Reagan. I was never a UAW member but a good friend was & gifted the jacket to me after I defended my dissertation at UMich in labor relations #UAW
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We have snowy mountains and a beautiful sunrise. From Mt Hood, to Mt Jefferson, and then the Three Sisters. Think pink! #MountainMonday #CentralOregonCascades
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
After 3 days of off & on rain in the lowlands, Central Oregon (US) Cascades got some snow! Yay! Clouds at the beginning are probably mixed with Austen fire smoke south of Mt Hood, which hopefully is close to being out. Smells of sage and juniper after rain - divine. #PNW #CentralOregonCascades #Snow
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So spot on. substack.com/@unlearn16/n...
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Unlearn16 (@unlearn16)
He. Is. Losing.
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So in character. Let's not study babies dying and women's pregnancy health. Instead let’s focus on men’s limp dicks and sad swimmers
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Another benefit of eliminating pesticides & herbicides & planting lots of flowers is the bevy of birds congregating at the birdbath. Goldfinches, hummingbirds, house finches, blue birds, all kinds of sparrows. Lots of delectable bugs & seeds. The ravens love the marbles in the birdbath #gardening
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Finally some green beans. The 😖 rock chuck ate all the shoots end of June and for sure I thought there’d be nothing but by end of July they started climbing the trellis. #gardening #highdesertgardening #greenbeans
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
3 little quarter pints of pickled peppers. Sad amount but peppers didn’t do well here. I bought starts again around 7/4 bc the ones I started from seed, poblanos & cayenne, didn’t do well & the local nursery said many had problems with too cool of evenings #canning #pickledpeppers
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hummingbird in the catmint. There’s a brilliant red echinacea and black eyed Susan in there too #Birds #Hummingbirds #Gardening
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Trimmed tomatoes as temps are starting to fall to hi 70s/lo 80s. Perfect! Got green ones by mistake but they’ll ripen. Found 3 small horn worms, one black! Best ever Kellogg’s Breakfast and Beefsteak harvests. Will make marinara in a few & salsa is already done. #Tomatoes #Gardrning
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Tobias Read, Oregon’s Secretary of State, Issuing a statement to settle confusion around our November elections that are 100% vote by mail. That’s what the executive order is about, sowing chaos & confusion #2026elections #electioninterference #VoteByMail www.threads.com/@sherilu8/po...
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Sheri Lu (@sherilu8) on Threads
Every single government official in every single state should be doing exactly this. @govwesmoore
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I cannot tell you how excited I am about my new Patagonia waders, Fishe belt, and Fish Pond waterproof backpack. Fly fishing this fall, here we come. I’m hoping we camp a night or two #FlyFishing #DeschutesRiver
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
For Dolly #DollyParton
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Whitney did a nice cover but Dolly was the master. Yes, I will always love you!
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
On our way to Frazier Lake along the West Fork of the Wallowa River from Polaris Pass in Eagle Cap. After the trudge down from Polaris, with 47 or so switchbacks, this was wonderful #MountainMonday #EagleCap #BackpackingOregon
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Paradise Loop on the south side of Mt Hood, OR, US, 6 years ago. Met another hiker who was asking others what gives you hope. I replies “this”. #MtHood #OregonHiking
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Dang. Even a bigger boy today at 10 points hanging in the shade. Still in velvet and those antlers will continue to grow. He’s so chill knowing he’s the stud
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In college I wrote a paper on Judeo-Christian beliefs being the root of this thinking & resulting policies toward the poor & sick. God rewards good people & if you find yourself in a beleaguered group, you must be bad, lazy & therefore deserving. Weber’s book on Protestant work ethic & Capitalism
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
And bunny not too scared either
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
And mom came by for a drink
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Visitor this morning
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Previous owner used pesticides and herbicides. After 3 years lots of bugs have come back as well as spiders and earthworms. With that many more birds and lizards to go after the bugs. Love the diversity of critters though the to Chuck was not welcome. I just wonder why rock lizards do push ups?
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This big boy was snoozing in my flower garden yesterday
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The best political ad ever
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In 1979 beginning my studies in labor law, the 1890 labor struggles mesmerized especially Homestead and Haymarket. So cliche that we don’t learn from our past
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
More Depoe Bay beach fun #DepoeBay #OregonCoast #BeachLife
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
At first I thought for sure someone had pasted googly eyes on them
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Hubby, SIL, & grandson went ocean fishing this morning from Depoe Bay, Oregon, US. Black sea bass on pasta, & salad of arugula, little gem romaine lettuce with garden cucumbers & a light lemon juice vinegarette. It was quite lovely #DepoeBay #OceanFishing
Two men on a boat going ocean fishing Black Sea bass in a binSea bass on a cookie sheet ready to be broiled, bottle and glass of white wine, sliced lemons, and fresh basil Broiled sea bass on angel hair pasta with fresh cherry tomatoes, basil, and parsley
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Melinda L @mjl2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Quite a pleasure going to a wonderful farmers market in a small local community where we know the produce we get it safe. Got arugula, little gem romaine, parsley, and basil. #LocalProduce #NeskowinFarmersMarket #ShopLocal #NeskowinOregon
Artichoke blooming
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