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JanetGS

@JanetGS

Reader, writer, worker, player:I read classics & some not-so-classics; I write short stories; I promote the arts/crafts happening in my beautiful Colorado.

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170th anniversary of Preston Lockouts – strikes which inspired #NorthAndSouth and #Dickens' #HardTimes. Want to know the historical truth behind these favourite novels? Join popular speaker Prof Sanders @bronterre1 29 Nov online. #MargaretMonday. Book now elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/…
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To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's first folio #TheHollowCrown is being repeated on the BBC! "14 October – The Hollow Crown, series one and two will be presented across six weeks, preceeded by an introduction from Richard Eyre"
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"#October that year gathered up all the spilled sunshine of the summer and clad herself in it as in a garment...There was not in all that vanished October one day that did not come in with auroral splendour and go out attended by a fair galaxy of evening stars." THE GOLDEN ROAD
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'There, bathed in the almost level rays of the autumn sunlight, lay the landscape she had known and loved from childhood; as quiet, as full of low humming life as it had been at this hour for many generations.' #NorthAndSouth, 1855 #Autumn #Literature
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It's official! The book I’ve been working on the last 10 years—the first 5 with my husband before he died—will be published in April. Join us on this very personal journey through the 1960s—a time when we & many others were inspired to act by the belief we could make a difference
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Exciting @DorisKGoodwin alert 🚨 "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s" is coming April 2024! Read more about it via @AP: bit.ly/APStoryAnUnfinishedLo… Preorder your copy: doriskearnsgoodwin.com/
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The weight is over! #FatBearWeek returns to @KatmaiNPS this October 4 – 10, and we need your help to crown the fattest bear!
Graphic showing a large bear withthe text “Katmai.” “This park has fat bears.”

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Happy Willa Cather Stamp Day! [At least that’s what we’re calling it!] Read all about the process behind this very special commemorative stamp to honor Cather’s 100th birthday in 1973, and the celebration and community spirit in Red Cloud because of it!  willacather.org/news/50-year…
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*Shakes you* Babe.. wake up! #FatBearWeek is back! First, vote for chunky cubs in #FatBearJunior 9/28-29! Then, the main event: vote for the burly behemoths as they battle it out on 10/4-10 at fatbearweek.org. Which chubby champ will you cheer for? NPS/F. Jimenez
Fat Bear Week 2022 champion, the big boy himself, bear 747, stands in a rushing river.

ALT Fat Bear Week 2022 champion, the big boy himself, bear 747, stands in a rushing river.

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From the archive: to mark the anniversary of its first publication in book form #OTD 1853 Charles Dickens' masterpiece, Bleak House lynnshepherdbooks.wordpress.…
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'In the latter half of September, the autumnal rains and storms came on, and Margaret was obliged to remain more in the house than she had hitherto done.' North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, 1855 #NorthAndSouth #ThorntonThursday #September
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#OTD in 1797, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (later Shelley) was born. Best known for her novel Frankenstein, she also wrote several other novels and short stories, remaining interested in questions of identity, monstrosity, and the Gothic throughout her career.
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Trees are the answer! #ForestFriday #KeepItWild
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"A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it." - A Tale of Two Cities
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Today, 1944, the long-awaited Allied landing on the beaches of Normandy in Northern France began to liberate Nazi-occupied land. Let’s take a moment to honor the sacrifices of the thousands of brave souls who gave up their lives for our country and freedom that day.
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Want to WIN a signed copy of Matthew Rice's #Rome AND six months of delicious fresh pasta from @pastaevangelist? 🤤✨ Enter our competition now: bit.ly/43w0Kle
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"National parks are America's greatest idea because they represent the embodiment of freedom, beauty, and our responsibility to future generations." Learn more... bit.ly/nationalparkposters
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According to old Celtic lore, if you find yourself “pixie-led” whilst journeying & start going the wrong way, or feel compelled to join a ring of fairies you see dancing, turn an item of clothing inside out & this will break the fairy enchantment at once. #FairytaleTuesday
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"No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself." ~ Virginia Woolf A Garden in Corfu (1909) 🎨 John Singer Sargent
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Sorry Mr. Bean, you're wrong about EVs. My story: insideclimatenews.org/news/0…
Regardless of What Mr. Bean Says, EVs Are Much Better for the Environment than Gasoline Vehicles -...

Regardless of What Mr. Bean Says, EVs Are Much Better for the Environment than Gasoline Vehicles -...

Researchers who study the emissions of electric versus gasoline vehicles have gotten used to the occasional flare-up of the idea—often framed in a misleading way—that EVs are harmful because of...

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How do you restore millions of acres of bird habitat? With a market-based approach to good grassland stewardship. bit.ly/3lBB3fi
A photo of a side view of a Greater Prairie-Chicken standing in short grass. Credit: Ly Dang/Audubon Photography Awards

ALT A photo of a side view of a Greater Prairie-Chicken standing in short grass. Credit: Ly Dang/Audubon Photography Awards

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