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Transplant from Post, where we proved that kind and healthy social media is possible! I hope it is here, too. 🥰 Dogs cats, nature, deer, gardening, cooking, peace, well-being, together. Posts are by Katherine, hospice chaplain and Quaker pastor.

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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 3h
Just watched this at the suggestion of my youngest son and wow! In my top 3, maybe even above Ikiru (which I thought was unbeatable). Recommend! youtu.be/QzZBbX5A1FA
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PERFECT DAYS - Official Trailer
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
On our way for a nail trim...pray for us! ☺️💕🙏
Big worried dog
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Colors of fall #grateful
An autumn field
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
While I was fixing my 2yo granddaughter breakfast this morning, she told me she saw a spider and she started singing, "The itsy bitsy spider." I thought it would be a tiny one, but no! She wasn't a bit scared. They were friends. 🥰
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
His kidneys were failing, dialysis ahead. The doctor called, they had a kidney and it was a match. He said, "No, give it to someone with kids at home." He started dialysis. A year later, another kidney came up. He turned it down, same answer: Give it to someone with a young family to raise.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Greetings, friends, on a gorgeous fall day in central Indiana. 🍂🍃🌾🍁I hope it is pretty where you are today too. I'm sharing our Quaker message from this morning, "Change Is in the Air." wp.me/p8W5M7-Qz
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Change Is in the Air
Welcome to fall! On the very day of the autumnal equinox, the air changed, the temperatures dropped, and the true colors of the leaves started shining through. Good job, nature! You are rarely so o…
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Quiet day in the neighborhood. The only family out came to nibble on my rosebushes for a bit and then went for a leisurely afternoon walk together. 🥰
One adult deer and two youngsters crossing the street after a snackTwo adult deer flank two youngsters as they go for a family walk through the neighborhood.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is probably a bad idea, but I wonder whether anyone has asked AI what our country would look like today if Hillary had been elected. Surely there is legitimate modeling that could be done, forecasting the bills that would have likely been signed into law, the rights we would still have (!) 1/3
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Spent a lovely morning with the Sisters of St. Francis, talking about Quaker Lucretia Mott and her life, leadings, and work for freedom, equality, dignity, and truth. She helped bring good change in an era resistant to it. (I love their comfy meeting room with plenty of pillows and coffee). 🥰
A comfy meeting room with big cushiony armchairs and pillows.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh my. What a loss. "Teaching a Stone to Talk" is one of my favorite books ever, the story of her writing in a notebook on a Galapagos beach when a seal scooted over and rested its head in her arm and went to sleep. Magical. Powerful. Reverent. RIP. Thank you for sharing your great gifts with us. 💕🙏
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good lovely morning. 🥰 #grateful
A lovely morning sky
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I saw a headline this week that said Indiana rates very low on a quality-of-life scale. That's not my experience. #hoosierhome #grateful
Field turning gold under a blue sky with a round barn in the distance
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Olive says, find yourself a sunny spot. 🥰
A small Lhasa naps in the sun.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Smart. Reasoned. Worth reading. Thanks for writing it, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hello on a lovely fall(ish) afternoon! I hope it is pretty where you are just now. 🍁🌾🍃I'm sharing our Quaker message from this morning, "The Sufficiency of Grace." spacebetweenwordsweb.wordpress.com/2026/09/13/t...
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The Sufficiency of Grace
When we describe someone as graceful, chances are good that we have noticed something about their movements; they have an ease in their step, a softness in their turn, a gentleness in their gesture…
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Also a recommendation: I started reading this yesterday and I think it is an interesting and helpful take on our current chaotic time. Well-written too! And the author is here on BlueSky. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Backlash Presidents
How most presidents avoid upsetting the racial status quo—and why those who do pave the way for lawless, norm-violating successors
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Happy Sunday morning from Olive and Gloria (and me). 🥰
A smol Lhasa and a big Great Pyrenees (smiling oddly) in their beds looking at the camera.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Your moment of zen: a bashful bumblebee
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I love this! Breathing practices really do help. Here's a little booklet I put together to give our patients some simple how-tos. Feel free to share! 1drv.ms/w/c/8e7075d3...
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
With my free time on a beautiful day, I made a new story garden of one of my favorite places: Capers Island, SC. There's no boardwalk there but as you can see, I just built it. 😂 Fun!
A miniature story garden meant to resemble Capers Island, SC.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Sometimes the interweb has some really good ideas. I was searching for a recipe that would enable me to use my sweet potatoes and a cucumber, and I found the odd-sounding recipe below. I made it this evening for supper and it is delicious!
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hello on a gorgeous afternoon, friends! Sharing our Quaker message from this morning, "Clarity of Heart." 💖 wp.me/p8W5M7-Qo
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Clarity of Heart
I doubt that any of us enjoy feeling stressed or worried or frustrated or anxious; but the absolute worst for me is feeling torn—as though I need to be in two places at once, or two important thing…
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Just tried making choux pastry for the first time. I didn't expect them to be so pretty! Pastry cream is cooling in the fridge, and I will assemble them for Quakers in the morning. It was fun!
A happy crowd of cream puffs cooling on a rack.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just read this from 19th century Quaker Lucretia Mott a few minutes ago. It fits here I think. Fear of the light of truth.
A text from Lucretia Mott's "Discourse on Women"
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My granddaughter is out making the rounds saying goodbye to everyone (and letting them fuss over her, buy her dinner, etc 😂) and Nana is home baking her favorite cookies for the 9-hour drive (and to win over her two new roommates). Her favorite: Chewy Ginger Snaps (mine too). 🥰
Chewy Ginger Snap dough balls ready to become cookiesThe baked Chewy Ginger Snaps cooking on a rack.Our favorite recipe on the back of a Finger Chips bag
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Volunteer sunflowers enjoying the sun (and me enjoying their enjoyment). 😊
Happy volunteer sunflowers facing the sun.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Oh no. A twin soul to Dolly I think...grateful for his wisdom, gentleness, love of the land, and truth telling. 💕🙏 Wendell Berry, Kentucky-born author who advocated a simpler life, has died at 92 | AP News share.google/YJn8QFKNvICW...
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Wendell Berry, Kentucky-born author who advocated a simpler life, has died at 92
Author-agrarian Wendell Berry, a Kentucky native who celebrated the farming world of his home state and warned of the excesses of industrial society, has died.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
And it begins. #welcomefall
A single red leaf on a maple tree...fall is on the way.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My granddaughter goes back to college in a couple of days and her best friend spent the night last night, one last hurrah. They came home a little while ago with craft supplies and said they were going to make things in her room. 1/2
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Hello and happy Sunday! I am sharing our Quaker message from this morning, "The Legacy We Leave." wp.me/p8W5M7-Qj
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The Legacy We Leave
The inspiration for our message this week arrived on Monday, interestingly, before we learned that Dolly Parton or our own dear Friend Joe Roberts had passed away. I was visiting with a family whos…
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Good thoughts from Hazrat Inayat Khan this morning:
From Hazrat Inayat Khan, unpublished writings
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It's my last #caturday this summer with my great-grandkitty Maeby. Time for her and her mom to go back to school in Toronto! This summer has been a blast. #grateful 🥰
A tabby and white cat looks at the camera from her spot by an open window.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The raccoon family has had a good summer. Mom and the three kids were here for breakfast today (they don't come every day anymore), and it is getting hard to tell them apart. All look well-fed and happy. Here's two of the kids finishing up (mom and the more timid teen have returned to the woods).
Two young raccoons finish a bird seed breakfast beneath a large tree.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
😂 just sharing a Gloria sticker
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
💔🙏
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Made the mistake of wearing a summer dress and sandals when I visited this fellow's house today! 🤣 I'm not bleeding too badly. Kitten energy! 💕 #joy
A leggy teenage gray kitten sits triumphantly on the kitchen table, posing for a photo.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am so excited that our angel garden workshop at hospice is completely full for tomorrow! 🥰 Send us good vibes! I hope everyone is comforted and blessed as we do this creative activity together. 💕🙏
Three sample angel gardens for our grief workshop tomorrow: a beach lover's garden, a bird lover's garden, and a grandpa's garden.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Everyday beauty, a work of the light. #grateful
Sun shining through a walkway between two buildings
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hello on a pretty Sunday! I hope it's nice where you are today. I'm sharing our Quaker message from this morning, "This Day." 🥰 wp.me/p8W5M7-Qe
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This Day
Have you ever done the math to figure out how many days you’ve lived so far? Here’s a quick calculation: There are 3,650 days in a decade. If you’ve been around for five decades now, that’s 18,250 …
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We were visited by this exotic fellow tonight. He's bigger than a small bird!
A green camouflage-looking moth clinging to the side of a cooler.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Hello friends and happy Sunday. I'm sharing our Quaker message from this morning, "Good News." I hope you have some where you are today! 🥰 wp.me/p8W5M7-Qa
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Good News
Well, the good news is that there’s no drought in Indiana this August. The bad news is that many of our towns and rural areas are under water from dramatic flooding. Portions of the interstate have…
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is my life. 😂
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I love this color so much. I'm glad to see the bush blossomed again after a hungry deer came and chomped off all the roses a couple of weeks ago. 😂
A rose with salmon, pink, and yellow.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Peaceful evening. Beauty. Grace. 💕
Two deer graze along the treeline at dust.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Skies of change. 💕🙏#grateful
Morning sky with interesting cloud patterns.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Holy messy fun, Batman! I just made cherry jam with fresh cherries from Canada and it is delicious! I've never done this before and I don't have the right kind of jars 😂 but it's refrigerator jam anyway so hopefully all will be well. In the meantime, fun! 🇨🇦🍒 Recipe below.
Pitting a whole lot of cherries and trying not to stain things.Thickened cherry jam resting on a countertop, almost ready for the fridge.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Sunday. Clean comfy bed. AC on. Time to snooze. 🥰
An elderly Lhasa named Olive enjoys the afternoon snoozing in her donut bed.
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Hello, friends, and happy Sunday! I'm sharing our Quaker message from this morning, "More Than a Story." (Spoiler alert: Love wins!) 🥰 wp.me/p8W5M7-Q6
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More Than a Story
Young or old, we all love stories. From the time we were little, stories have helped to entertain us, teach us, provide important examples, broad our empathy, and deepen our understanding of the ci…
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Old Farmer's Almanac releases 2026-2027 winter forecast. What to expect? 🤷 www.farmersalmanac.com/farmers-alma...
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Farmers' Almanac 2026 / 2027 Winter Weather Forecast
Winter 2026–2027 is shaping up to be a season of sharp contrasts, with an active southern storm track, quick bursts of snow and bitter cold across the North, and a tricky mix of rain, sleet, ice, and ...
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Noblesville Friends @noblesvlfriends.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Olive had a spa day and is feeling like a new girl. 😂 Looking good for almost 91!
An orange and white Lhasa, freshly bathed and feeling fine.
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