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Recovering attorney, lover of freedom and Justice. Florida escapee, part-time Italian. So tired of snark and meanness. All photos are my own. Or my husband’s. Or my mom’s. #photography #umbria #travel #wanderlust
Super happy older woman experiencing bliss.

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When I recover some bandwidth, I'm going to have to write a story about my night in Kuala Lumpur, but for now let me just share a picture to give you a sense of the traffic around our hotel. And we were all up in that mess! In. The. Rain.

gparenti,
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@serpicojam I think the bar is on the 51st floor.

Rasta, to random
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In the summer, in my rural home, ladies would cover their heads, when bats swoop to catch the mosquitoes that the carbon dioxide of your body attracts.

I have an old home, the wood that bats are attracted to, like old barns, the wood is 100+ years old.

When I replaced windows, I had to go around and manually gather the bats and put them out before the new window. That was 2008. I bought a bat hotel for them. Never saw one since. One year, all our disappeared.

https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/white-nose-syndrome-killed-over-90-three-north-american-bat-species

gparenti,
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@Rasta That's interesting. We used to see bats sleeping behind the large wooden shutter doors on our farmhouse (we close them summer mornings to keep the house cooler). We replaced them a few years ago, but never made the connection between the bats and the old wood. They do still hang around the upstairs porch which has ancient doors and beams.

gparenti, to wanderlust
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Hoi An, Vietnam, this morning.

gparenti, to Bloomscrolling
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Monet's Garden, Giverny, France. April, 2022.

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gparenti, to wanderlust
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Hoi An, Vietnam. At dinner last week.

RickiTarr, to random
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Are you the person you always thought you would be?

gparenti,
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@RickiTarr Nope. I didn't even have the capacity to dream of the life I've enjoyed, or the person I would become.

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gparenti, to wanderlust
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Hoi An, Vietnam

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Good morning, Vietnam! Did I mention that I love being here? This morning in Hoi An.

gparenti, to Bloomscrolling
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Good morning, Vietnam! Just a thrill to see the lushness of Hoi An right now.

gparenti, to Bloomscrolling
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Can you see joy? Why yes, yes I can! in Hoi An, Vietnam.

GottaLaff, to random
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Weekend Mastodon, you just keep pushing me away.

(my wonderful friends and followers excluded, of course)

See you later.

gparenti,
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@JasonTheBig @SueShannon @GottaLaff Yes! Absolutely this! She helps me maintain a healthy balance, rather than having to confront the firehose all day everyday.

RickiTarr, to random
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Something I've noticed a lot lately, is that especially Boomer women, but honestly, women in general, don't seem to ask for what they want or need in a direct way. I notice this a lot with my Mom and her friends. Instead of just asking for what they need directly they tell a story, to ask in a roundabout way. For instance, my Mom needed help this morning, and Instead of just saying, "Hey, I dropped my remote, can you pick it up for me?" She tells a one minute story about what happened, no ask, and eventually I get the point, and then suggest that I come pick it up. Or if one of her friends wants to do something like have a birthday party for a friend, they don't say "We should have a party!" They say, It's Sarah's Birthday coming up, you know she likes surprises, what does everyone think we should do?"

I often wonder if this is why older people think younger women are rude and demanding, because younger people often just ask for what they want and need in a more direct way. But also it's probably just straight up sexism, because men are supposed to make decisions, and women are supposed to make suggestions.

What do you all think? Is this just me? Have you experienced something similar?

gparenti,
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@RickiTarr It infuriates me in my mom, but I am her daughter and I am guilty of being less than direct at times. I'm hypersensitive about anything sounding like a demand, but I really do struggle not to be passive aggressive. The RFL says he wants direct, but TBH he doesn't react well to anything that sounds like a demand. Hence my daily and eternal quandary.

gparenti, to Bloomscrolling
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Good morning, Vietnam! Spotted on our morning walk around Hanoi.

andrew, to law
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I am speechless. I am without speech.

"CAP includes all official, book-published state and federal United States case law — every volume or case designated as an official report of decisions by a court within the United States.

Our scope includes all state courts, federal courts, and territorial courts for American Samoa, Dakota Territory, Guam, Native American Courts, Navajo Nation, and the Northern Mariana Islands.”

@law

https://case.law

gparenti,
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@andrew @law Bookmarking! Excellent news.

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Type "Women are..." and/or "Men are..." and let predictive text finish the sentence.

gparenti,
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@RickiTarr Women are ... trash! WTF?

gparenti,
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@RickiTarr Oh wait, men are trash, too. Equal opportunity and all.

gparenti, to italy
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Taormina, . March, 2014.

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I adore a good conversation as you all might have guessed, but there is something to be said for people you can sit in companionable quiet with, reading, drawing, or whatever you like to do, just an energizing presence who feels comfortable in silence.

gparenti,
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@RickiTarr Yes! I crave the silent spaces. This is me and my mom. The husband, not so much.

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gparenti, to italy
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From inside the Cardinal's Palace at Villa D'Este in Tivoli, . August, 2021

gparenti, to wanderlust
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The crystal clear waters of Lindos, Greece. February, 2014.

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È vero? 😦

https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/hardware-e-software/whatsapp-ecco-smartphone-incompatibili-29-febbraio-2283883.html

gparenti,
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@barnetboy I was pretty surprised to see my not-that-old iPhone SE on the list. I need to scramble for a solution because it has become essential to us in Italy, especially trying to coordinate work on the house.

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