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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My former foster mother died yesterday. These beautiful orchids arrived today. There’s such goodness in this world.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This reply in response to one on re-emissions vehicles says it all:

Screenshot of post about pre-DEF trucks.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

But there was this: Congrats Hurricanes!!

Jordan Staalh holding up the Stanley Cup after a 3-0 final win over Las Vegas.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

All you need to know about Alan:

Caption of a Google search on the book The Abuse Excuse.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Alleged shooter: Cole Thomas Allen:

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Yes, as a feminist I recognize the equality and full humanity of women AND men!

Photo of Gloria Steinem with the quote “A feminist is anyone who recognizes the full equality and full humanity of women and men”

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

If you’re an HOA president and have to deal with snow removal, this storm will indeed haunt you! 😆 Nineteen inches at the beach!!

Snow storm at a condo community in Delaware.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Wow! We’ve already plowed once because the snow was so wet/heavy. Didn’t want snowcrete under whatever else falls. You’d never know it from this pic I took a few hrs ago.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

This storm doesn’t give a crap about water temps. Look how close that rain/snow line is and it’s been that way since it started!

WBOC weather app screenshot of the Delmarva snow storm.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

From the looks of this sunrise, you’d never know that #blizzard warnings just went up for the Delaware beaches.

Sunrise over houses — a brightly lit sky with deep reds and oranges. Mid-Atlantic coastal region.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

What a nail biter of a game!!!!!! Well played Team Canada 🇨🇦 and Team USA!! 🇺🇸

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

How horrific for Alex Pretti’s co-workers at the VA hospital. Heartbreaking 💔

A photo of Alex Pretti’s colleagues paying tribute to him in the ICU hallway at the VA hospital where he worked. They’re standing in line on both sides. Much sadness.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

This user has a bogus fundraising site for Renee Good. I posted the real GoFundMe link and she blocked me. You know what to do, BlueSky.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Good morning BlueSky! I never tire of my morning view. #Sunrise #Photography #selfcare

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Here’s a falcon pic from wiki: There are several varieties.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

You haven’t lived until you’ve attended a “White Trash Funeral Food” party! We did them in the 90s as a joke but some of the stuff was actually edible!

White Trash Cooking” book by Ernest Matthew Mickler.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I’m a former editor. Two passages stand out big time — there’s no ambiguity here and they need to correct the record.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Sadly the "Ephebophilia" argument put forth by several "expert witnesses" for the defense, sex-offender treatment programs, etc has been a familiar one to survivors for many years. Criminal Sexual Conduct statutes in Mich reflect it. My own case was impacted. Catholic Church advanced it too. 1/2

Michigan Criminal Sexual Conduct Codes reflecting age distinctions of victims and perpetrators.

A quote from a Vatican statement on "Ephebaphilia" in an attempt to minimize harm to male survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse within the institution. The screenshot is from the Guardian (link provided).

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Benadryl is generally safe for cats. I’m not a tech but have critters w/allergies and have given it many times. It’s difficult to overdose them on it but I’d give ¼ of a 25mg tab. Watch for paradoxical reactions like excitability. It’ll prolly just make them want to sleep and help clear them up.

Benadryl dosage for animals: 1 mg per lb of body weight.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Really glad someone thought to outfit this scarecrow with a life vest for the #coastalstorm!!

Pumpkins and a scarecrow in a life vest on the canal waterfront in Lewes, DE.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

This morning I was really sad over my oldest sister’s death (a week today). Then I happened upon this old pic and felt great joy. That Sunny on her fishing line, that smile on her face…. She died of complications from Spina Bifida, a birth defect, at age 70. She had a good “run.”

My sister in her wheelchair on the bank of a stream fishing. 1974

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

On a lighter note, This is me working the news desk back in 1960. Someone musta been spilling’ some tea!! (I pulled this pic because today is my 65th bd).

Me at 3 months old with a shocked expression and large old rotary phone to my ear.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I love #science. This is one of the University of Delaware’s oceanographic research vessels docked in Roosevelt Inlet before the higher surf from Erin moves up the coast.

UD blue and yellow research ship docked before hurricane Erin moves up the coast. There are usually two of their vessels here. Perhaps the other is returning soon!

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I found a 1990s brochure I wrote on bereavement in an AIDS-related death. 200k copies went to U.S. funeral homes. It was sponsored by the National Funeral Directors Association and National Leadership Coalition on AIDS. Important in telling American history and specifically #LGBTQ history.

Brochure cover of “A Caring Response to an AIDS-Related Death” circa 1990s

Credit on rear of brochure— Lana Lawrence and advisors I assembled to review the text before publication. Joint project of The National Funeral Directors Association and the National Leadership Coalition on AIDS.

A sampling of text describing the complexity of the loss due to stigma, fear, family abandonment, etc.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I’m sorting boxes of stuff from events I’ve photographed and came across many interesting and historic pieces. If you have any papers, pics, programs from “D.E.I.” Pls keep it. We might have to rebuild collections at museums and libraries some day!

Feminist Expo 2000 Program book, and my press pass.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Andrea, have you ever tried parm squash crisps? I’ve been making them in my toaster oven/air fryer and really like them. Overdid the olive oil here…. but it’s good for us. Oh, and ground parm works better than grated. 20 min at around 400 and they’re done!

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Here’s the Ten Commandments display at the Jonesborourgh Courthouse in memory of Dr. Robert L. Bachman — from borntobeboomers.com/jonesborough...:

Ten Commandments at Jonesborourgh TN courthouse.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I told Taylor that if she wants to slide into #Caterday she needs a shorter snout! #UnderCover

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Yeah, Alan's book "Abuse Excuse" was a real tell, too. He's another one who lacks capacity for empathy, among other things.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I’m in a Black & White sort of mood. Early morning fog, coastal sights. #Photography #B&W #Coastline

Cape Henlopen State Park shoreline in B&W.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I've been fighting this language battle for decades. And while you're at it, pls stop saying "inc3st" -- it's "child sexual assault or rape by a relative. It's also domestic violence. Yeah, it takes a few more words to say but MAKE room for it! #EpsteinFiles

A post discussing the terminology used to describes crimes against children.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Ok Zane, read the room. I’m not so easily suckered, and I’m not here for hookups or #scammers! #Blocked #badpickuplines

DM from a man that reads “If there’s anything I would regret not doing before leaving earth, it would definitely be not saying Hi to such a beautiful angel as yourself.”

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Taylor enjoying a rainy day — snoozing and snuggling. Rinse, repeat. Doesn’t get much better for a dog than this!

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Can’t recommend the edamame fettuccine — at least with pesto. Maybe ok w/tomato sauce. I kept wanting to pour maple syrup on it for some sweetness. It leaned bitter. That sort of defeats the purpose of low carb alternatives. #PatientsWhoCantCook

Edamame Pasta with Sweet Italian sausage, mushroom, grated parm.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Historical perspective matters when evaluating where we are re: speaking out abt abuse. These artifacts are from the 80s/90s when I began doing media. We've come a long way. Brown U has my papers from that era, and will receive many more items such as these. #CSA #DV #IPV #Media #History

A bookshelf with three major items -- a pass for "Hour Magazine" TV program that I appeared on in 1987, A "Reserved for Press" sign from Senate Judiciary Committee that I arranged for a survivor, and a CNN coffee mug from one of my several appearances during the 90s. These items will go to Brown University Hay Library with many other papers and artifacts that they acquired to document the childhood abuse survivor movement.

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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

That’s great! My weird won-ton, egg drop, hot and sour concoction never fails me!

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