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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I’m so in love! My crazy, sexy, cool wife. 💘✨ This is from last week in Punta del Este @ Hotel Solerios. 💜 It’s our first year of marriage && we are FINALLY getting to enjoy it. 😭🥹💗✨🌹🫶🏻💕 #lgbtqia #marriedlife #uruguay #puntadeleste #gaymarriage #love #samelove

A happy couple posing for a selfie at night in front of a glass sliding door. I’m in the foreground wearing a black spaghetti strap top, round glasses, and a delicate necklace, with long brown hair and a tattoo of a dagger on my arm. My wife is behind me, smiling and wearing a white Under Armour hat, black-framed glasses, and a black shirt with peace sign patterns. We are both smiling warmly, capturing a joyful moment together.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I never thought that I would live in another country, or in a bungalow by the sea. I never thought that I would be rebuilding my life in my 30’s. We had just gotten married & were talking about babies… I never know what tomorrow will bring, but honestly, this is surprising… #uruguay #lgbtqia

A rustic two-story house with a thatched roof, surrounded by lush greenery. A wooden boardwalk with small lights leads to the entrance, and a wooden deck with outdoor seating extends from the front. The house has light-colored walls with turquoise trim, and a small balcony on the upper level. The surrounding area features a mix of grass, plants, and trees, creating a cozy, nature-filled setting.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

My memories are fleeting & fickle things. I look back at photos of turning 30 & I just don’t remember when it stopped being so easy to see me. At 33 I feel scattered, hazy. Remnants of neural circuit dizziness. A nervous system crash landed me right on my ass. I’m still looking for me, I guess.

I’m taking a close-up selfie, lying down with my dark hair framing my face. I’m wearing subtle smoky eye makeup, filled-in brows, and a small nose ring. My lips have a soft, natural color, and I have a relaxed expression as I look at the camera against a textured background.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Is it wrong to want safety? My heavy heart feels guilty… Leaving everyone & everything. We just weren’t sure how to proceed if we didn’t leave. This ocean breathes salty. I’ll let these waves carry me.. // uncertainty // #photography #uruguay #puntadeleste #ocean #beach #lgbtqia #southamerica

A sandy beach pathway leading to the ocean, surrounded by sand dunes with patches of green grass. The wooden railings on either side of the path appear weathered. The deep blue ocean stretches to the horizon, with gentle waves touching the shore. The sky is a soft blue with wispy white clouds scattered across.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

It felt like this day would never come, but we made it out of the US safely. It was a long flight to South American last night, we are now happily nestled in Uruguay. Here’s to starting from scratch! 🥂✨🌹 #fleefromtyranny #lgbtqia #expat #uruguay

View of plane wing above a night sky. City lights in Miami act as a send off, signaling an ending to an American life.

Photo of a hotel room — a single chair sits peacefully in the corner of a large window. A large pillar decorated in custom wooden detailing. A suitcase and book bag rest stacked up to the side of the chair with a pair of shoes at the floor. A green leafy tree is peaking through the large windows.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

So, yea, it could have been done differently. So, no, I didn’t show the best sides of me. So, yea, maybe, I didn’t defend me as quickly as I’d like to see. . . But. I can’t be perfect & be living simultaneously. // perfect, just say you’re sorry // #photography #poetry

Oklahoma City Scissortail Park lit up at night in a dense fog. The sky is a murky color and only some of the lights in the buildings are on. The light from the streetlights look like orbs of pale yellow illumination.
It’s early spring so the leaves on trees are barely there, but the plants in the park are bushy and hearty looking.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I feel weightless, & not in a good way, like a song with no meaning. Like an apology that ultimately means nothing because you can’t re-piece the shattering of missed opportunities. Forgive me if I don’t stay for coffee, these sleepless nights… // they just really get to me // #photography

Manitou Cliff Dwellings; the sun comes through the old Pueblo home and shines bursts of light from the left side angle into the red rock and the rock is sounding off all sorts of red and orange hues. The rock is highly textured with mortar (that’s the same color) packing it tightly together.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

My grandma would be so ashamed if she knew what it was. I watch her children vote to remove immigrants & the hate in their heart looks nothing like the sacrifice that was made for us. My cousins, aunts, uncles, mother, sister all wear red MAGA hats. // how could they do that // #immigrants

A black and white photo of my grandmother in her teenage years. Her face takes the shape of a strong Mexican, she smiles lightly through hooded eyes. Her top is white with a light floral pattern. Her lips are the same shape as mine, as my mother’s. Her hair is short and a mix of wavy and curls. She always wore her hair short. Her ears are un-pierced. She is wearing no jewelry. She looks pleased and hardened to be a first generation Mexican-American.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

“Watch what I can do.” Like magic, I split myself from one person into two. I ache to be your shot of whiskey-straight. I become a memory, a nightmare, a fever dream. I dissolve and disappear right into thin air. But like you said… // I asked to be here // #photography #poetry

Night shot of a small mesa in Garden of the God’s. A deep blue sky meets a peachy finish right over top of the mesa. You can see the stars and a short stretch of road ahead. The brush on either side is dead because it is winter. There’s a small bush to the right that still has some puffy green leaves.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Professor used to take me for Sunday drives. Top-down Mercedes, as he’d play with my hair. 50 miles out into the middle of nowhere just for fresh air. Judge me. I don’t care. If the world wanted me to show up beautiful, I wanted paid to be there. // sugar bby sunday // #photography #poetry

Huge open space of sun and sky taken on a drive. The sun has bright bursts stretching down and across the right side of the photo. The sky is a deep blue that works its way into a subtle yellow hue the further it moves towards the burst of sunshine. The ground shows nothing for a stretch of some miles. It feels free.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

In 20 more days we flee from a country that houses members of our family. We will hug them one last time. We will risk our lives on a plane ride. Fragments. Family left behind. Fleeing for safety. I read Anne’s diary when I was 13… // how is this happening // #poem #photography #lgbtqia

Stormy streets in Colorado Springs ease up to a slow sprinkle. Road meets mountain range, a flash of lightening has lit up the distant sky behind it. Cars parked on either side of the street. An RV faces the camera and behind it is a street light. It’s giving dreary. It’s giving gloom.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

What’s dictating destiny? Eye-blinding, Skydiving, Riveting. Hit gravel — skinned knees. The Year of Lovemaking, endlessly- love, just, swirling. The year of daring to ask, “What’s in it for me?” // por nada, no mas: a prodigy // #photography #poem #flower #nature #poetry #rose #poet #lgbtqia

The full body of a rose opens up revealing all of the beauty it has to offer. Its cream colored petals lean delicately forward towards the camera. The background of vibrant green are allowing the rose to steal the show happily. There’s an out of focus rose bulb hanging out in a blur to the left front slightly covering the full image of the rose.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Her-edges-line-up & wrap around my same infinity ~ She can take what she wants, she could ask for the key, pour out my heart, just so she doesn’t leave… // oh, an angel she must be // #photography #poetry #poem #nature #flower

Soft white petal that sits in the center of green leaves. The edges of the flower are delicately rolling back and exposing all of the flower’s beauty. The green leaves are long and dramatic, far bigger than the flower. 6 delicate petals burst around the body of the rose-like flower.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Someone once told her that it’s a man’s world, & he meant it, so, she found purpose bending herself into the back pockets of people who only wanted her because she was able to put their pieces back together. Her multipurpose life. Her ageless disdain… // swiss army life // #poetry

A picture of a lake called Lake Sequoia in northwest Arkansas. The trees meet a gray and dreary summers day. It’s hot summer, at the front of the lake there’s a old small dock with a little ladder over the side used by fisherman’s to go out for the day. The greenery is a dimmed hue. Not a lot of vibrancy coming from the picture. Small shallow bursts of green.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Heaven is a halfway house and I can't stop falling through the ceiling. Floorboards threaten the safety under my body. Prayers walking me through this like two left feet. How long, exactly, can a grown ass adult play make believe? // shame on me // #poem #photography #poetry #nature #greenery

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

i’m wide-eyed remembering passenger side, my car, music & moonlight. [sunrise.] you, my bed, to the right. you, my bed, those four nights. you, my bed, your hands on my head. this whiskey on ice… surprise, surprise, i’m sorry again. //between friends// #poetry #photography #poem #picture

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Me in high school vs me Now ✨🔥🧡

Chola’s out bb Kara. Tie dye sheet that I used to cover up the doorway to my room. Cross necklace. Lip rip. Black boxed dyed hair. Drawn in thin black eyebrows.

Same vibe new era. Car selfie, brown natural colored hair. Makeup lookin good, sunshine on my face. Beautiful brown eyes, always ~

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Oops! Meant to make salad, but ended up with cookies ✨🍪🩷 😂 You want one? 🤤 🔥

Delicious plate of hot, homemade cookies. The puffy kind. Soft and slightly crispy on the bottom. They’re plated on a dark purple Pyrex platter.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

No more rip-rip-ripping; My heart no longer deep-crimson-dripping, my mind does not wonder, I’m feeling quite somber, it’s quiet, I’m writing, again. // no more playing pretend // #poetry #poem #write #photography #flowers

Magenta colored dahlias stress up to meet a grey sky in Youngstown, OH. The greenery around the dahlias are bright green and some of the dahlias have not opened up.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Gravity gave in the day that I said no to you. Someone said, “take only what you need”, so I’ll leave the rest for you, baby. I let you see me and I still haven’t been the same… // renegade // #photography #pikespeak #gardenofthegods #poem #colorado

Mesas of Garden of the God’s meets Pike’s Peak mountain range. Clouds gather around the top of the mountain. Thick, dark treetops pop up around the foothill in between.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Abuelita. I think about her struggles as a first generation American. The way acclimating complicated everything. She created her “American Dream”, she left her mark on things; Healer. I wonder what she would do if she knew I had to flee to have to have a chance at the same thing. #poetry

A picture of my beautiful Mexican abuelita standing in the laundry room of her house in the 70’s. She is smiling a big warm smile, her short brown wavy hair pulled back and away from her forehead. She’s wearing a white blouse with pin-line type embroidery running through it delicately.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I’m sorry if you missed me, it’s just that lately I’ve been trying to talk myself down from the heights of fearful daydreams. I’m dipping my paint brushes in murky water. I’m blasting Janis Joplin & loading a bowl. I am doing anything & everything except coming to the phone. Dial tone. #poem

Beautiful sunny day in San Diego; sidewalk view of San Diego Park where palm trees full and reaching up to touch blue skies. There is a poster placed along a stucco wall to the left of the sidewalk, bushes of greenery sit nestled into the gaps of “pillars” built into the stucco wall. A shadow of a palm tree reaches across the pavement in front of everything.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

28 More Days Until We Leave Each item we sell, unravels a piece of our home. I hand over my favorite lamp, handbag, and guitar. I let go, into an unknown. We free fall out of the city, and into another country, where we’ll sleep between forest and sea. #photography #lgbtqia #poem

City hiding the depths of its tall buildings under a blanket of fog that stretches up and out into a blurry distance.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

✨💗🌹Happy Valentine’s Day, little loves💘❤️💌✨

Red hibiscus flower basking in the California sun. Greenery surrounds its perimeter. Everything is vibrant and happy.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I learned something amazing… That I could call the things I do on accident a mistake. A mistake. Human error, filled with fear and responsibility. & plenty of apologies. I don’t always understand what makes me think that I have to be perfect to be living correctly. #photography #poetry #lgbtqia

Colorado green mountains move up and down to form a cascade of a landscape. Red dirt peaks through the places where the broccoli-topped trees aren’t covering the ground. The sun beams through thick, fluffy cloud. Some of them promising a drizzle, but just a little rain. The vibe is warm and spacious. Feels as if God is watching.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Full moon in Leo ~ It’s my time to shine ❤️‍🔥✨🌹🔥 #leo #fullmoon #witchsky #latina #altar #santamuerte

Ofrenda lit up by candles. Santa Muerta in the center. Pictures of ancestors surrounding her. Poster of “Lady and Her Beast” circa 1969 hangs on the wall demanding attention. A red filter lays over the entire photo.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I’m not delicate like when I was little and I would cry with skinned knees. No. This heart bleeds and I still keep on begging to differ the difference between what happened to me and who I am meant to be. Nothing can stop me or it would have already. #poetry #write #photography

Vibrant magenta and orange flowers poking out of a leafy bushel of greenery. The sun is cascading overtop of them and they seem pleased about it.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Configuring. We all do a little buffering. What’s left besides the rinse and repeat? Do it again so easily. Habits become homes to the hearts that broke before body. Don’t stop until it’s a love language. You, yourself, the mirror. // la magia esta en ti // #photography #write #poem #photo

Wall mural of a happy fat cat basking in a background of blue bananas. Yellow bananas painted as if creating a “filter” over top. El gato es muy contento y górdo.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Refresher. I think I caved under pressure… I think, I lost the ability to see clearly. So, clearly, I missed myself, so dearly. Let me see. Let me see. Cheers to the memories. Salud to who I used to be - This is me. This is me. // march 6th, 2020 // #photo #poem #writer #picture

A yellow wild flower in a vibrant green field. A pond is in the background. It’s a sunny day and the sky is all blue with no clouds. It’s peaceful.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

To beat the evils of this world, you don’t have to become it. Even in the grips of anger, we can find solace in something. Whether ourselves or someone else. We can assume we know what we need to breathe, And be better than that of which we are seeing. #poetry #photography #sandiego #california

Photo of the front of an outdoor multi-colored venue in San Diego Park. A standing plant stand to the right with the number “31” printed on it. A photograph of a horse head mostly in red sits to the left side with an assortment of other painted canvases for sale. The sun is shining down over all of it giving it a light and cheerful feeling.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

So, let me. Let me seek shelter, let me find safety. Everything is settling - everything is becoming. I give it up. I give up. I give. Now, how do I get the imbalanced energy out of me? // lungs, caged things // #photography #poetry #write #writer #words #colorado #skyline #mountains

Picture of the side of a highway in Colorado Springs. Large mountain ranges rest majestically behind the silhouette curtain of a tree line. The clouds are fluffy and scattered. The sun is hiding behind all of this glory.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Our majestic boy. Such a sight to be seen! Handsome and sweet, Milo is an angel. Unlike any chow chow you’ve ever met! He’s playful and quirky. He loves other dogs and people. He even loves to go on runs! He’s great. Simply the best. #chowchow #dog #pets

Chow chow majestically sits in the sun and looks off. Light shades of brown and beige surrounding a cinnamon colored pup. He’s alert but peaceful. Paws placed in a “sphinx” position.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Nature. God. The Universe, whatever you call it — wants you to be in a state of creating… Regardless of aching. Create flyers, Create poetry, Create passion from your tears. Let it spill like ink, let it run out of you, Let it calm your fears. Spirit says, “Focus, HERE.” #breathe #resist

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I got over my fear of flying after flying with my wife. It feels sort of like, “if we go down, we go down together”….right? “Juliet”, my wife calls me. Oh, well. At least we’d die tragically in love however frightening it would be. #photography #flying #mountains

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

After an encounter with Neuro Circuit Dizziness, I’ve been determined to find ways to stop ANS dysregulation so that I could be balanced. This rabbit hole has led me to a loving journey of body mapping and somatic healing. Not balanced yet, still striving 🌱☀️💗 #neurocircuitdizziness #mdds

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

My last year in my 20’s was an ode to every version of me I had ever been. Now 33, I see that the standard to which I had held myself, left me to not only be proud of me, but taught me how to return to my heart’s center when shit is crazy. Paint, make music, write poetry = my keys for living 🎶✨🎧

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

In case you’ve never seen brown woman wear pearls in the 1920’s-1940’s… I come from a long line of woman who wore pride with their pearls. Strong women. I am very fortunate to have these fotos de mi familia. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. 🇲🇽✨♥️ #photography #ancestors #mexicana

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Loving the richness of the red holding up the hues of dark blue. #photography #sky #dawn #Colorado

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Date Night with my wife always takes my mind off of things. Lately, we have been playing Uno, Scrabble, and Skip-Bo. Last night we decorated sugar cookies and ate them while we played. It’s hard finding normalcy as we fear our rights will be taken away. We persist to find happiness anyway. #lgbtq+

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This past August, we took a trip to California. Sitting at lunch in San Diego, she looked so beautiful that I couldn’t help but to ask her to “marry me today.” She said yes. We sped up to Los Angeles & got married within hours. We ate cake pops and had a car concert. Mí Esposa ~* #lgbt #loveislove

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

We prepare for our new home, little cabin between the forest and sea, Nervous excitement builds up in my body, May this be a home we don’t have to run from. May this be a country that leaves us free from tyranny, A country where I am free to write about everything, to love my wife without worrying..

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Stopped by the Exchange for breakfast in Colorado Springs this morning. It was so welcoming to see a gay pride flag hanging high; seeing queer couples in love, in safety. I’m so glad we have community to be in while we await a move to South America ✨💗🏳️‍🌈 #lgbtqia #pride #coloradosprings #equality

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

As an ordained minister, I want to offer my spiritual counseling services to LGBTQ who are struggling with the current Admin. I will work on a sliding scale with spots to serve a few people for free. Let’s begin the healing journey 💗 #lgbtq #heal #counseling #photography #selfcare #resist

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

My abuela was first generation. “Muy bonita chicana, abuelita.” Catholic curandera, making magic under the moon. She smelled like Vic’s, spearmint gum, and her signature perfume. I see her in my reflection. I see her face in my mama’s face. #Indigenous Mayan ancestors. Relabeled and displaced.

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

We moved from dusty ass Oklahoma to Colorado last month. It’s been an interesting change of pace. I love the views, the food is okay, and the people are a coin flip 😂 Still, happy to be here. #lgbtq #colorado #photography #travel

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EarthtoKara @themixedindigenous.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Life in the US shifts so incredibly quickly; leaves full days to feel like seconds. This fast-paced life leaves little room to remember & acknowledge where we have been, and where we are going. Old me would have crumbled in current times. Current me looks for a place to lock in and e n g a g e .

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