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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A couple of days ago, I commented on how we can all do good things for others if we just stop and see what's going on. I've always believed that random acts of kindness and quick responses to the needs of others is important. Has anyone done anything to help others lately ? I'd really like to know.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We've had very erratic weather here in upstate NY. For the most part, we've escaped the worst of the climate crisis here. But after a couple of weeks without rain our gardens, flowers and streams are stressed. Oddly, I worry about the fish. Water is the air they breath, and it's disappearing.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This is a new wildflower to my area, the Hibiscus trionum. It opens once in the morning for an hour or two, never opens again, then forms its seeds. It's commonly known as the "flower of an hour". I'm very fond of it.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I'm pretty much a dim bulb (is that one word or two ?) but I think Bluesky is a pretty well curated and organized place to participate in. I'd like to see it prosper. What can I (we) do to support it ? I feel like I'm getting a free ride here.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I've just made my annual support donation to Wikipedia. I depend on it for a lot of information, especially about the natural world (bugs/birds/plants etc.) I strongly encourage folks to think about supporting Wikipedia. It's like a library in your own home.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Here's my lupins. I gathered some seeds from wild ones I found in Maine and have had them for over thirty years.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Since it's still Terrier Tuesday, I finally have a real picture of my rescue Airedale, Lucy. She's five years old and lived outside most of her life in a horsebarn and only came inside when she had her puppies. Now, she sleeps upstairs with us and is very much an inside girl. She's beautiful.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Josh Simons has reigned his place in the Parliament in order to allow Andy Burnham an opportunity to replace him and seek the position of Prime Minister. This is a big deal. This is a chance to do the right thing. I hope that voters realize the significance of this. Starmer was in over his head.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

If anyone out there believes in he power of prayer, think tonight, or right now, of the suffering of the surviving 1500 beagles at Rigland Farms. We don't think of these terrible things until very motivated people call our attention to them. No more "experiments" on live animals !!!

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This Israeli soldier sledge-hammering a statue of Jesus shouldn't surprise any but the naivest among us. Israel wants Israel for the Jewish people in the same way that the US wants the US for Christian people. Each is serious about it and support each other. Most of us don't want either of them.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I read this morning the post election remarks of Mark Carney: "We will build a Canada that is not just strong, but good; not just prosperous, but fair; not just for some, most of the time, but for all, all of the time,”. The torch has been passed from the US to Canada. Good government for all.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I'm probably pretty late to the party, but I recently discovered a musical group, The Tiger Lillies, whose music has been occupying my mind for the last week. Martyn Jacques sings a wonderful solo in Alone with the Moon.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

All of are aware of the Epstein scandal. But, in case you are not aware of how deeply entrenched he was, and how callous he was in his actions, read this article in todays' NYT. All the "important" people always knew what was going on. I'm glad he hung himself. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

There seems to be a lot of angry venting going on today. I confess that succumbed to my own worst aspects of myself in participating in it. But it only makes the frustrations of this headache less for a few moments. As they say, it is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Yesterday, I read an essay about Robert Prevost, known to his fans as Pope Leo XIV. What he does is actually what he preaches. If you don't have a role model and a roadmap out of the mess we're in, read the essay which is in the January 12 issue of the New Yorker.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

We're all busy being here, and we need to see what the world is doing, reacting to the evil that is spreading in our country. But we can do something about it, by emulating the direct action of Congressman Joaquin Castro, and by doing all we can to heal those who need it, right here, right now.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

This is a still from a play being shown in Europe, It's The Monster's Paradise. This is how we're seen by the world. And there's about a third of our country that feels no shame about it. Our enemies can do no worse to us.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I don't read much modern fiction. I read old books. I just finished a short story by Algernon Blackwood, detailing a man who lost his sense of humor due to the use of the dreaded drug Cannabis indica. This was written at least one hundred years ago. Very well told ghost story.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I live around Kinderhook and my portulacas usually overwinter too if my Airedale doesn't scratch around them too much. I grow a lot of dill too. Some for our use and the rest for the Swallowtails. It will self-seed or you can manually spread the seeds at the end of the season.

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Amy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Don't mistake my disdain for the ultra-rich for jealousy. I don’t want your yacht, mansion, or your gold-leaf dinner. I want roads that don't crumble, hospitals that heal, schools that teach, & people who can afford to live. I’m just pissed that you’d rather hoard than have a functioning society.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Nobody is worth that kind of money. Nobody. Stuff like that in all sports is why I'm generally disinterested in sports. Sports and gambling, and the combination of the two is just as toxic as fentanyl.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Has anyone beside me seen the report of the firing of a Campbell's exec who admitted that Campbell's soups were made for poor people from substandard ingredients by workers from India who didn't know what they were doing? he would never eat it. Campbell's soups are actually very awful though.

theguardian.com

Soup firm Campbell’s dismisses executive over alleged ‘poor people’ comments

Senior figure allegedly referred to customers buying ‘highly processed food’ and denigrated Indian employees

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The nephew must really hate his mother to get her disinvited to dinner like that. They should all see mental health specialists.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

One of my favourite books is Every Man Dies Alone ( Jeder Mann Stirbt Allein) by Hans Fallada,the subject matter of which has to do with a couple's resistance to the Nazis during World War II. I recommend it to all who despair today. Our resistance today must continue and grow. Even if we die.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I envy you your sharp eye and draftsmanship. I take a a lot of work and still wind up with something I might charitably deem abstract art. Nice !

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Were all caught up in enjoying life. And it's a good thing to experience life . But I'm stuck right now in empathizing with what life has become for so many of us during the last year. There is so much want, disease, and violence, and war that I can hardly think of anything else. I feel very down.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

If you have extra food in your pantry or cellar donate now. If you have money, fund those food pantries. Please give if you haven't already. Our neighbours who might not have as much as we do, and their children are suffering NOW. This morning I donated here in Valatie NY. Winter is coming.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

For all my Airedale friends, I am sad to tell you that my Jiggs passed away yesterday of a long term illness. While we're all feeling very low in our house, we are glad that her suffering has ceased and that she's where all good dogs go and will wait for us there. We miss her very much.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I've noticed some suspect posts here. As if I were being baited to say something which might be interpreted in a bad way. My advice is to avoid getting wrapped up in your dialogues. If it smells bad, it IS bad. This is just common sense. Be aware of your chats.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

My best wishes too, to the people of Canada on Thanksgiving Day. You have a nice country, good people, and a positive outlook. The one thing you don't have is, unfortunately, the very worst president in history, which we DO have. You can be grateful for not having that.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I read a lot of the posts here about how much of an asshole Trump is and what stuff he's doing to us. It's as if I open the news every day and read about a real life horror movie going on here where I live. I'm going to have to think harder about what to do myself. This can't continue

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

For a couple of years now, I've been reading the books of Rory Stewart, a British political figure and accomplished writer. His honest and very moving accounts of his travels, and his outlook suggest that he's not as appreciated by the public as fully as he might be. Why not?

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

After working for a few hours outside , I decided I had just about had it for the day. So here I am supping on homemade bread with butter, and a dish of fresh stewed tomatoes . I love this dinner. I only have it during the tomato season. But I have it every year.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

So, Herr Oberfuhrer Trump's toady asked if the letters sent by his master sounded like they were anything that he might write. Well, the dialogue that goes with the notes and drawing sure do, actually. What pair of lying hypocritical creeps.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

It's really disappointing to say the least to see how easy it is for people like John Cusack to drop hate screed concerning something he appears to know nothing about. The inability to feel any empathy at all except for his own position in the world marks him terribly. Another name on the list.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

LMAO. She cheapens herself (if that can any longer be done) by this crude imitation of Jim Carrey. I'll never be able to watch The Mask again. WaaaaaaH !

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

My best friend is sleeping, and I just fished doing Wordle. I wish my toes were smaller though. The keyboard is a pain. He calls me Jiggs, but my real name is Sophie.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Wouldn't it be nice to live each day as if it were something to enjoy ? And look forward to friends and companions without a sense of a threat at every moment. This is what life can be, without any struggle to constantly assert your right to live here. Now, think about why we don't have this.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Congrats to you, you good dog. You look like a happy girl too. And pink is really your color. You look marvelous. I wish I could be there to give you a Birthday hug. This will have to do for the time being 🦴.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

We have a relatively new walking trail near my house which has proven a real eye opener about how species can bounce back when given an opportunity. Yesterday I saw six different song birds, three native wildflowers, and lots of communicative walkers where none of these were seen in previous years.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I just read the very sad news of the death of a second child from measles in Texas. Now, two very young people have been lost to their families because the families chose not to vaccinate. I cannot imagine their grief. Nor can I imagine how this man can sleep at night, knowing he is responsible.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I'm an avid player of the Spellingbee on the NYT and after conquering the maze of the day, often search out and devise prospective candidates for the puzzle. Through lots of hours of trials I've found "the sweet spot", which is four consonants and three vowels. Try "RELATIVE" and "PRACTICE". 😇

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

The Golden Age of Mystery Writing has been a preoccupation of mine for a long time. I read them for the high quality prose and the details of social conditions during the period between the last two world wars. I have some favourites which I read and reread. Any other octogenarians out there ?

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Almost every morning I'm awake early enough to make the coffee and wait until 3am for the NYT word games and am done with them most days by 4:20. A lot of days at exactly 4:20. I think it's a message.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I heard that the orange creep was fulminating about his enemies yesterday. I feel very neglected. I wasn't mentioned once. I should be on the list. I want my rights.

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

@heartstillgold.bsky.social Aside from having success at the word games, I'm having one of the best days in a long time. My first batch of homemade yogurt turned out very nicely, and I got a delivery in the mail of the music from Philip Glass's Descent into the Maelstrom. It's wonderful music.🐕

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Basically, I come here to find what's up. I read a lot, mainly old detective novels and literary fiction. I want so badly to paint, but I have difficulty visualizing. Any ideas?

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Pavel Gromnic @paveldmitrievich.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I recommend that he stay out of El Salvador. With a last name like that and no citizenship, he could be rooming there in a poorly heated prison before he knows it. And no, you don't get to call your lawyer there.

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