
2021-01-20 01692-tod-031554 Purple Prairie Clover
NIKON D7500 – ƒ/8 1/500 150mm ISO125 – Monticello, MN
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2021-01-20 01692-tod-031554 Purple Prairie Clover
NIKON D7500 – ƒ/8 1/500 150mm ISO125 – Monticello, MN
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2023-01-20 02422-tod-041697 Lake
Canon PowerShot – ƒ/5.6 1/400 19.895mm ISO80 – Lake Elmo Park Reserve, MN
Texas-born activist who spent lifetime advocating for abortion rights died after a battle with brain cancer
Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood who helped turn the reproductive healthcare giant into a formidable political organization and make support for abortion rights a virtual requirement for Democratic candidates, died on Monday after a battle with brain cancer. She was 67.

Part 4 of Winners and Loser is short and sweet! Just a little poem to go with Parts 1, 2, and 3. If you haven’t read the prior parts, please click the link below.
Part 1: Winners and Losers ~Part 1~
Part 2: Winners and Losers ~Part 2~
Part 3: Winners and Losers ~Part 3~
Winners and Losers
In the end, it’s not just about the gold
But the courage to fight, to be brave and bold
Every winner needs a story of strife
And every loser a chance for a new life
A testament to their courage.
So here’s to the winners, and here’s to the lost
Both share in the journey, no matter the cost
In the end, it’s the heart that defines the true game
For every great story has both joy and some pain
But it’s the heart that makes the victory sweet.
For in the echoes of defeat
I find A strength unyielding, a spirit that refines
Though the crown may be absent, the lessons are gold
In stories of loss, true courage unfolds
So here’s to the moments when we fall to our knees
To the tears that have fallen like leaves in the breeze
In the tapestry woven with threads of despair
There’s beauty in losing, a truth we must share
I’m feeling a part 5 in my soul! So please stay tuned; there’s more to come.
You could have chosen any blog to read, but you chose mine, and I’m honored!
~Belladonna~
Source: Winners and Losers ~Part 4~ – Belladonna’s Flashlight

Trump airs familiar grievances in first speech of second term; Biden pardons members of his family before leaving office
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/20/president-trump-inauguration-swearing-in-timing-schedule-live-updates
Leonard Peltier will not die in prison and is to be placed in home confinement.
— Read on www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/leonard-peltier-right-before-the-transition-biden-commuted-native-activist-leonard-peltiers-sentence/
The plan now accounts for two-thirds of the nation’s dairy herds.
— Read on www.foodmanufacturing.com/safety/news/22931099/six-more-states-enroll-in-national-milk-testing-strategy-for-bird-flu
President Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying his family has faced ‘unrelenting attacks and threats’ motivated by a wish to hurt him.
— Read on www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-01-20/just-minutes-before-leaving-the-presidency-biden-pardons-his-siblings-and-their-spouses

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