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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

For those who kept up with the saga of Little Miss Annie, almost 2 weeks ago, she crossed Rainbow Bridge. It was absolutely heartbreaking to our family to lose our best girl. Thanks to all who advised, encouraged & supported us. #SchnauzerGang #DogsOfBluesky 🐾

A nearly paralyzed black miniature schnauzer lying in my arms.

Annie sitting up on the front porch next to Mama, watching the creek, on her last day before Rainbow Bridge

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

For the 3 of you wondering why I've been so quiet... 12 days ago, my 78-year-old Dad had "routine" surgery... which had complications. After some stressful days & nights in the hospital, he's now home. I'm working days at my day job. Nights,I'm care-taking. And now, there's a bedsore... 🫤

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

After working my "day job" all week, this Saturday, I'm at my desk in my home office doing all of the personal work that I can't get done during the week. *sigh* Adulting. *sigh*

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

It's been a good day. 47 is treating me well so far. 🥰 #ItsMyBirthday #47IsTheNew27 #HappyBirthday

Double chocolate birthday cake with chocolate curls for garnish and pink lettering that reads, "Happy Birthday Sarah"

A small, sweet flower bouquet with pink and yellow flowers in a little ceramic cupcake shaped vase

A white soup mug filled with homemade chicken and pastry

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The snow is aaaaaaaallllllmost gone. ❄️ #Sunset #CreekLife

A bare-branched treeline. Behind it, a peachy-pink sunset. In front of it, a trace of snow still on the ground.

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Truth! Actions speak louder than words. Don't just curse the darkness -- light a candle! 🕯 #Truth #Quote #MakeADifference #NeverGiveUp

In blue letters on a white background: "We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them." -- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Let there be light!! (Spring is coming!!) ☀️

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

And the snow is coming down again. The house heat is having trouble keeping up. Outside temp 22F (wind chill 10F). Indoor temp 67F in the living room, 54F in the foyer. ❄️ #CreekLife #SnowDay #NCwx

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A little snow on the creek today... Daddy's estimate is 3-4 inches. The birds sure are enjoying it! (And the neighborhood kids on their go-carts, 4-wheelers, etc.) ☺️ #CreekLife #SnowDay #NCwx

In the foreground, about 3-4 inches of snow with 2 bird feeders and a couple dozen birds. In the background, winter-bared trees standing in front of a creek.

A fallow soybean field, covered with 3-4 inches of snow. There's a treeline at the back.

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

It may be nearly a month after Christmas, but if my peeps want gingersnaps, they're getting gingersnaps! (And a breakfast casserole back there in the corner.) #ItsBetterHomemade #FoodSky #Cookies

A counter full of homemade gingersnaps (and a breakfast casserole)

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I've been on social media less this week than any other time since my trip to Africa in 2010 (when I had zero internet). But it's nice to get back and check on my peeps. And y'all, really, it's all about the people. They're what makes social media special. YOU are what makes it special. ❤️

A large hot caramel mocha in a brown cardboard cup with a black lid sitting on a blue coaster on a desk in my new office.

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

This! This was what I needed to see at the end of a long day! ❤️

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Today's quotable moment from my Dad (as he loads his arms with more grocery bags than one person should humanly be able to carry): "I ain't good, but the good don't mess with me!" 🤣 #Southernism #Quotable

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The sleet has begun outside, but Little Miss Annie has her pillow and is hunkered down for the duration. 💙 #NCwx #WinterStormWarning #DogsOfBluesky #SchnauzerGang

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Little Miss Annie and I took a very cold walk (current wildchill is 23F) to take in the sunset over Clubfoot Creek tonight. #DogsOfBluesky #SchnauzerGang #NCwx #CountryLiving #CreekLife

A little black schnauzer standing in the midst of a yard of mostly brown grass

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Miss Annie has had several good days in a row & finally got groomed today! (And yes, that's our Christmas tree still up in the background.) #SchnauzerGang #DogsOfBluesky #IdiopathicVestibularSyndrome

A nicely groomed black schnauzer wearing a purple collar and sitting on a tan carpet in front of a brown checkered armchair and ottoman, waiting for someone to throw her ball to fetch.

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy 78th Birthday to my favorite country boy (AKA Daddy)! 🎂🎈🥳 #HappyNewYear

A 6-foot tall, 70-something man in a gray t-shirt, blue jeans, and a baseball hat, hoeing garden rows with a setting sun in the background

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

@hatterassaltworks.bsky.social Small business from the Outer Banks?! Automatic follow! 🌊💙

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

@jennica101.bsky.social Hey, friend! Checkin' on y'all. How's it going? 🤧🤒😷

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

A beautiful sunset on this chilly Christmas/Hanukkah night. Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday. 😊 #MerryChristmas #HappyHanukkah

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

If anybody needs me between now and the new year, I'll be busy with this 536 pages of deliciousness. 🥰 #ItsBetterHomemade #UnapologeticBookworm #ThankYouSanta #MerryChristmas

A tan teddy bear wearing a red scarf, holding in her lap the large, hard back tome, "When Southern Women Cook" as a stuffed white bunny photo bombs from the right.

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Somebody has been up and moving a little more today! Also, she says to please excuse her shagginess. She's had to miss her last two grooming appointments. 🥰 #MissAnnie #DogsOfBlueSky #SchnauzerGang #IdiopathicVestibularSyndrome

A shaggy black schnauzer sitting on a throw rug next to a gray dog bed

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

An intermission from Christmas food & fun for a bit of seriousness. Our sweet Annie is having a HARD time with Idiopathic Vestibular Syndrome. She goes HOURS without moving. When she does walk she often stumbles & then falls. She's miserable, and we're worried. 😟 #DogsOfBluesky #SchnauzerGang

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Southerners' late lunch on Christmas Eve Eve... lil' bit of BBQ. 🐖 #CountryLife #BBQ

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Aaaaand, round two of the Chex Mix, because it goes fast! ##ItsBetterHomemade #Christmas #FoodSky

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Tonight's Christmas cookie deliciousness... Chocolate Chocolate Chip! (The family needs to get here and start eating some of them! lol!) #ItsBetterHomemade #Christmas #FoodSky 🍽

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Pre-Christmas errand day. (I'm in the passenger seat.) First stop? ABC Store. (That's what NC calls the liquor store.) 🤣

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

And tonight's delightful treat... homemade gingersnaps! We LOVE them! 🍽 #Christmas #Cookies #FoodSky

Sheet pan full of gingersnaps ready to be baked

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Is it just me? I'm so completely weary of political drama that when I consider following new people, if their profile is an explanation of their politics, I don't follow and move on.

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a man is crying and saying `` i 'm tired boss '' in a dark room .

ALT: a man is crying and saying `` i 'm tired boss '' in a dark room .

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

One of my New Year's resolutions was to read fewer books this year (and live more actual life). I'm pleased to say that I succeeded! Down from 431 last year! And with the coming transitions in my life, 2025 will likely be even fewer. ❤️📚🪱 #ConfessionsOfAHopelessBookworm

Screenshot of GoodReads "My Year in Books." Books read in 2024 is 350.

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

My whole life, my Uncle Lee made enormous batches of homemade Chex Mix to give away each Christmas. We lost him 2 Christmases ago, but I carry on the tradition. Merry Christmas, Uncle Lee! ❤️💚 #Christmas #Memories

Chex Mix in a black roasting pan, going into the oven.

Chex Mix spread on paper towels and parchment paper to cool

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Does anybody in the #SchnauzerGang have any experience with Idiopathic Vestibular Syndrome? Asking for Miss Annie. 🐾 ##DogsOfBluesky

A small black schnauzer hiding between an end table and a lit Christmas tree.

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Beautiful Coastal Carolina rainbow today! #sky #nature

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

My Samsung Galaxy can't do justice to the sunset or the moonrise, but I'm sharing them anyway. 😊 #OnTheFarm #Sunset #MoonRise #CreekLife

Full moon rising behind bare trees over a field full of brown soybean pods

Sunset from being mostly bare trees, over a quiet creek

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Only I am so organized that I wrap presents for 2 hours, double the number of presents under the tree, & organize it so well that it almost looks like fewer presents under the tree. 🤣 #HollyJollyChristmas

Beautifully decorated Christmas tree in front of a sunny window.

Close-up of presents neatly stacked around the bottom of a beautifully decorated Christmas tree.

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

The to-do list continues.... with bells on! 🔔🎄🎁 #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

My to-do list is so long today that I don't know where to start. Just me?

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

This made me think of @1kidneyrunner.bsky.social! ➡️ Ron Needed a Kidney. His Training Buddy Had One to Spare. | “As triathletes, we tend to turn inward and focus solely on our own health and fitness. But think about what else you can do with that kind of health." www.triathlete.com/culture/news...

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A Triathlete Needed a Kidney. His Training Buddy Had One to Spare.

When triathlete Ron Gurley learned he was in need of a living donor for a kidney transplant, he found one in an unlikely place: his tri club.

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

One of the things that says "Christmas" in our house is our local-ish Duplin North Carolina Christmas Wine. Do you have a favorite holiday libation? 🍷🥂🥃🥛☕️ #ChristmasSpirit #GottaBeNC

Two bottles of red wine with blue lids and labels which say, "Duplin North Carolina Red Christmas Wine" and feature Santa in front of a lighthouse

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Awww! Great memory! 5 years ago today with @mjmccolum.bsky.social! I miss having quality time with you, Lovely! ❤️❤️ #Friends

Two smiling blonde ladies posing for a selfie among the shelves of The Container Store.

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

You know you're in the South when you walk into a meeting in a conference room and the board president asks if you mind if he chews tobacco during the meeting. 🤣 #CountryLife

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I wish I could give! I physically can't. But I can share the need! 💙💚 #ShareYourSpare

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I went to see my sweet Dad preach this morning... At nearly 78 years old, he's retired & come out of retirement 3 times because he loves people so much that he just wants to do everything he can to make their lives better. That's my Dad. 💗

Wooden pulpit and altar rail of a small country church, with a preacher standing behind it wearing a gray button-down shirt and a burgundy sweater vest.

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

What does it say about me that I'm SO EXCITED that I got a new desk chair as an early Christmas present? I'm so old! 🤣

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Sarah Salter @sarahmsalter.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Yes! Big round of applause and lots of love!

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