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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 25/12/2025

Bill has always shown up for people, & people showed up for us. Friends, coworkers, my choir & church family...we have been carried by their love. People are good! We can breathe a bit now. 2026 will bring more tests, medical appts, etc., but now? We are celebrating. Wishing you light & love! 5/5

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 21/12/2025

We were introduced to Washington State University’s Cougar Gold cheese a few years ago. Absolutely amazing stuff. They’ll ship it to you. I love that they include the name of the student who produced it on the packaging. Ruth, we love you. ❤️ Land-grant universities rock. @wsucahnrs.bsky.social

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 16/12/2025

Our choir hosted a Messiah event. First time. Resounding success. So much love and community. Music is ❤️

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 01/11/2025

@darthbluesky.bsky.social This is Max(imum Snuggles), my grand pup. My favorite lion.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 10/10/2025

Everything is ugh but this photo of my grand dog is making me feel better.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 08/08/2025

So many things are just terrible right now, but this morning my 13-year-old pup did five zoomies around the house, under and over furniture, racing through doorways, low to the ground, full speed ahead. Absolute joy. It doesn’t get much better than that.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 19/07/2025

Jasper and me. We are both beginning another trip around the sun today.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 14/06/2025

Ventura, CA #NoKings. HUGE crowd. Lots and lots of anti-ICE signs in the wake of this week’s activities.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 05/04/2025

Ventura County #HandsOff - large crowd and they kept coming. A few photos (all taken with permission).

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 27/02/2025

One thing I'm focusing on during this period of chaos is creating. I'm editing a novel, rehearsing choral music & started a ceramics class a month ago. Creating is one form of my resistance. Here's one of my first pieces, just out of the kiln. The other pieces need to be glazed and fired. 1/2

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 24/01/2025

I think it’s critical to be grateful for all that is good and sacred, maybe especially during challenging times. A morning spent at the Ventura Harbor with my daughter and grand pup was just what the doctor ordered.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 23/01/2025

If you live in Ventura or the #805 and are curious about the #episcopal church, please join us this Sunday for inspired preaching, beautiful music, fair trade coffee, and warm fellowship. We’d love to see you! All are welcome here.

Episcopal Church in Ventura, featuring a photo of Rev. Budde

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 18/12/2024

As we journey deeper into Advent, a reflection on traveling lightly, even beyond the season. Hope you'll read my latest at A Polyphonic Life and consider subscribing. #advent #travel #writing rosehaydensmith.substack.com/p/travel-lig...

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 12/12/2024

This book is resonating with me on so many levels.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 10/12/2024

35 years ago today, we moved into our first home. It came with its own dog, bad landscaping & broken appliances. It seemed huge. It feels smaller now, but warmer & full of the good stuff: family, music, pets, old things & memories. I am grateful for the blessing of home. Art work: Natalie, age 7.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 09/12/2024

Wonderful walk at Ventura Harbor with a wonderful friend. A terrific way to start the day and week. These “small” things are really the big joy-bringers in life, I think. Hoping to cultivate even more of this in 2025. #slowliving #ventura #beachlife #friendship #resolutions

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 06/12/2024

The scruffiest dog looking at his people.

A white fluffy terrier dog laying on a rug in sunshine, looking at his human.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 02/12/2024

This is a gorgeous garden. So glad we connected.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 29/11/2024

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 27/11/2024

Mood. Thanks @raygunsite.com, as always, for capturing it perfectly!

Yellow tee shirt with dumpster on fire and words reading “Burn it all down.”

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 27/11/2024

For friends that live in the #805, St. Paul's Episcopal Church is hosting an a cappella compline service for Advent 1 on Sunday December 1st @ 6:00 p.m. No cost. We are directly across from the Ventura County Medical Center. Hope you can make it! Perfect, reflective way to start the week and season!

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Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD @rosehaydensmith.com · 26/11/2024

I took a break from the stress to walk at the beach. Lovely, cloudy day.

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