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Yep it was bad up there. Banner Elk was cut off for about a month. The only way out was by helicopter.

Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The weather guessers keep upping the amount of rain and the speed of the wind, then saying we'll be okay because there will be breaks. Everyone up here has PTSD from Helene still, me included. Can't deal with another flooded house.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I've got pitchers of water, oil lamps, candles, a camping stove w/fuel, cushions brought in and chairs flipped. I'm ready for the remains of the hurricane to come up to the mountains. Plus took covid and flu vaccines. If the weather is going to be bad, might as well stay on the sofa.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes, thank you! I stopped breaking everything I touched, the locksmith came to fix the door and the meds kicked in so I'm pain free. Tomorrow I'm going to the rheumatologist and lay this all out for her. I'm sorry you have that pain in your hands. It is no joke.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So far this morning I've broken a cup, spilled coffee on a white rug and somehow broken the lock on the storm door so I can't open it. It's only 7:30am.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I hobbled to the car and my daughter fetched a wheel chair for me. I literally felt like I was stuck with a dagger over and over. Nerve pain is something else.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So angry! I thought my suddenly super painful hip was the problem but it is the nerves in my back! What the what? And may I just say that this nerve pain is like a 10 on a scale of 1-10. The doc just winced and smiled. Ugh.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I found my first wooly worm, Buckeyes are dropping, and the varmints are out and about in the evening gathering food for the winter. Fall is here! At the first cold snap, the mice try to move into my house. Happens every year. I'm NOT looking forward to that!

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oops I forgot, one must also get fancy things to carry said pens in!

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Happy landings! It is a fun hobby to have and you can go so many ways with it, too. Ink, pens, paper, journals (stickers, washi tape, stamps, artwork), calligraphy, writing hands. I've taken many of those side paths.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Privatization, man, the only ones who benefit are corporations, not people.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The people I've talked to don't think that the Republicans will vote for Democrats (everyone thinks, including Dems, they are a mess right now) but that they will just not vote.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I like to use seasonal colors in my fountain pens too. 3-4 of them, makes me happy. Orange, fall brown and olive green, this year.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Get the Bonne Maman jelly/jam advent calendar. My SIL gave me one last year and it provided so much fun. I saved all the jam to share with the kids and grandkids when they came and it was a huge hit. Every morning they got to choose a new jam to try.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

2-3 days before it cools off to where it should be this time of year and I can't wait. I am looking forward to having a fire in the evening to take the chill off, drinking hot tea, wearing long sleeves and thinking a pot of chili would hit the spot. I love the fall.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My house is set up for first floor living and people with mobility issues, due entirely to the couple who owned the place before me. I wouldn't have thought of the things they did, like easy open door handles and a vanity for wheel chair access. No need to go upstairs.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My dog notices/watches tv, mostly with no reaction, but last night when a squirrel came on, he was off the sofa and after it like a shot. It disappeared and he was left wondering if it was coming back or what. I've never had a dog that notices tv. Never.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I can't forgive him for going to Samoa and spreading anti-vax misinformation. His "natural experiment" of a contained population without vaccination caused 83 people to die. apnews.com/article/rfk-...

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

When the Soccer grandson got hurt on the field last night by another boy, I did not get a Yellow or Red Ticket for beating the tar out of him or yelling obscenities. The other kid did it on purpose. Road Rage is nothing next to the rage of a Grandma. I think I deserve credit for that.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm thinking if it replaces both my iPad and iPhone, it isn't that bad of a deal, with some trade ins.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Stilletos and shorts? Really?

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

That's what I was thinking. I want to hold one and see if it would replace both my iPhone and iPad. I mainly use the iPad for reading now. If so, it isn't that big a deal cost wise. lol Maybe.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The tiny dog ran off with a half dozen deer, up the mountain. He didn't bark and they didn't seem to mind him joining the herd. He came home tired but happy.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Two old friends (3 really) bought dogs that were suitable for the people they were 20 years ago and now those dogs are rehoused. I told them, other people told them and they just wouldn't listen. When you are 80 you want a little cuddly dog not a big working dog you can't control or exercise. So sad

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

How did I arrive with 4 shoes and I'm leaving with 3? I've looked everywhere.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Navy has always been poor at responding to the mental health of their people. They prefer to very quietly whisk problems out the door without anyone the wiser. When it gets in the newspaper, the Navy punishes them for that, rather than helping.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've wondered about that flavor! I'll get it next time, thanks.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I think they are waiting for his return from the taxidermist. Then they will prop him up in his hospital bed or at this senate desk and pull a string when they want his vote, thinking no one will catch on.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

No! Not Tim Curry too😪

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I discovered Tillamook Oregon Strawberry ice cream this summer and It has made breaking my toe, food poisoning and everything else almost bearable. I had a bowl in honor of Dolly earlier. I think she would like that.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Some people might not be aware, but it is entirely possible that without Dolly Parton we wouldn’t have had a COVID vaccine. She partly funded Moderna’s research and gave the largest individual contribution to make it all happen. Just gives you an idea of the kind of person she was.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton did all the good she could, for all the people she could, for as long as ever she could. From her legendary songwriting to the Imagination Library—which sent 1 million books a month to children across the country—she was the best of America. Dolly, we'll miss your great heart.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I guess the commissioned officers I heard breaking Article 88 were off duty and drinking when they did it.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

She was a good person. Most of us in Appalachia know. My daughter assisted her at a Doc Watson Festival many years ago and she was kind and professional to everyone, no matter who they were.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I love a lot of Dolly's songs but one I've played often in the last year is After the Gold Rush. She sang it with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. Dolly sure could sing and she was a good person, more importantly. I hope she went in a silver spaceship and knows we all are cheering.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

All three of my daughters are planning to claim Canadian citizenship since they have Canadian grandparents. I'm proud of them.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I'm recovering from food poisoning, which, BTW, is no joke. Chicken and vegetables w/fajita seasoning from my local grocery. 3 hours later I was married to my toilet. Thank you, Donald Trump.

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R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The FDA has confirmed that the only safe thing left to eat is The Rich. With Duck sauce.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It is an absolute disgrace. The military marches on their stomachs, to paraphrase. This isn't a new concept. Who is going to sign up for a military when Trump starves them?

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The pup is still not able to walk past the spot where the dead deer was. He freaks out and shakes. I think a bear might have marked the area. Or a cougar?

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Against all odds, DoT came by - this on a dirt road, mind - and picked up the half eaten dead deer. That's service, right there. That carcass smelled to high heaven.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

OMG I'd forgotten what it was like to get a herd of children dressed, fed and out the door with their gear. What is their aversion to deodorant? One of them hasn't bathed in days, I don't care what he says.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It will give you joy. That's why I do it. My planner is more fun to do and look at.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I should have kept my daughter's rescue dog last Easter. He really needed my dog to show him the ropes. Now he's even more of a mess and my dog is having a time trying to get him to play and act normal.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Still ,mankind keeps testing old and new scientific principles (like gravity) and maybe over time the consensus of scientists will change, given new information. Science is not afraid to change as additional facts are proven. To me that's exciting.

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Toliver @toliver.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Well, to you probably it is. When I drop and apple, science tells me it is going to hit the ground. I believe it because the same thing has happened to everyone for millennia who drops an apple. Science tests things, you know? Religion, not so much.

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