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Nov 15 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
#TheWife
This poem by W.S. Merwin is the perfect evocation of what happens when one loses a spouse–the missing piece leaves you riven. There is nothing that one doesn’t want to share with that person who was supposed to be there, always. Solidarity to all who are grieving.
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All the daily things The WIfe and I did together–the quotidian daily things. How much would I give to do those chores with her again. All of it. For even one more day. I shall love you and miss you and long for you always. Until we meet again, my sweet darling girl. xxx
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“Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.” –W.S. Merwin
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It is true we never went to bed angry with each other. It is true that she never left the house without my telling her I loved her and to be safe. It is true that at no point in 23 years did we stop loving each other. Don't stay in lovelessness--love is everything. Find it.
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Nov 13
#BREAKING_NEWS: #TheWife
It is with heavy heart and incalculable grief that I announce the sudden and too-soon death of my beloved and adored wife, Maddy, who I always called The Wife here. It’s impossible to articulate the depth of my pain at the loss of her. I am riven.
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Many of you followed The Wife's cancer journey here. Your messages of support and love, your prayers and messages of healing I read to her and she loved y'all for your kindness to her, to me, to us. I am meeting with the funeral director at 3pm, but I wanted to let you know.
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I will post an obit and a condolence page once the notice is up on the funeral home website. But for now, thank you for all your support and kindness. I shall need more of that going forward. Maddy was the love of my life and we were bonded deeply and forever.
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Nov 9
In his speech, Biden struck a balance between cautious optimism and laying out what his agenda is for the next two years to help the American people. No doubt this enraged GOP leadership, but this is what he ran to do: move the US forward.
Biden also said he wants to continue to build the economy "from the bottom up & the middle out."That's how you get people out of poverty,he said. He also said he will not compromise on abortion rights or Social Security. He was succinct. Nor will he compromise on Climate Crisis.
Biden also applauded young voters who "voted in historic numbers" and singled out Florida's Frost who is the youngest person elected to the House and noted how young he was when he was ejected senator at 29. He said America wants compromise, not extremes.
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Nov 6
Some folks I know on here who I like a lot were already paying Twitter monthly pre-Musk for Twitter Blue or to be Super Follows. I'm living at the poverty level, so I was not doing either.
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Pre-Musk, I would not have been opposed to paying $8 a month to maintain my connections on here in what for me has been a truly amazing experience of connecting with other writers, journalists and activists globally. 🧵
I'll stay on here for the duration. Almost no one I know has left and nearly all big accounts I follow have stated that they are staying. The activist voices of women, BIPOC and LGBTQ are so important to me & Twitter has been a space for historically marginalized communities.
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Nov 5
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Lois Curtis has died.

May the remarkable disability rights activist Lois Curtis, who altered the lives of millions, rest in peace and power and may all of us who loved her, and are so grateful for her, hold her memory to us as a blessing. 🕊️

npr.org/2022/11/05/113…
It is impossible to fully articulate the import Lois Curtis had on the disability community. Her pleas to attorneys to be taken out of the institutions she spent her teens and 20s warehoused in as a person with intellectual disabilities finally resulted in landmark legislation.
Sue Jamieson fought for Lois Curtis to live in community. As a consequence of the lawsuit Jamieson filed on behalf of Lois, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the ruling that gave us the Olmstead Act in 1999 which said people with disabilities could not be segregated from society.
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Nov 3
Democrats say @DrOz can't relate to ordinary Pennsylvanians. Voters' trust could be a crucial factor in deciding a tight U.S. Senate race.

Mehmet Oz’s Senate run has stripped the gloss off his TV image. That could weigh on him in a tight finish. inquirer.com/politics/elect…
"After a lifetime of success,Oz’s first foray into politics has been weighed down by a deeply negative image. Both Republicans and Democrats have turned his background against him,challenging his authenticity, questioning his ties to Pennsylvania,and accusing him of opportunism."
"Some 50% of likely Pennsylvania voters had an unfavorable view of Oz, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll released Monday, including 39% who saw him “strongly” unfavorably. Only 38% surveyed saw Oz in a positive light."
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So the phone rings as I'm emailing an editor because I am late with a story, so I answer without looking and it's the mortgage company. An hour after the gas company. I explain about The Wife and I am crying, again. The agent is gentle --she really wants me to stop crying.
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But I am crying hard,like a tired toddler. I can feel my chest tightening. The agent tells me of a Biden COVID program to help borrowers (that the GOP wants to end). She signs us up, tells me she will send the paperwork. It will give us a reprieve. She wishes us well.
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Why didn't I know of this program months ago that flips 3mos to the end of the mortgage, getting time to breathe, catch up, stay out of foreclosure. Why is the GOP against this? (Nevermind, we know why.) The Wife and I aren't alone in struggling. Help folks who need it.
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