Amy Schulz

@amy-norcal

Formerly of OH, France, and CA, now surviving in the Inland Northwest. Supporter of decency, humanity, nature, and lots of chocolate.

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Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· 4d

#Spokane sunset through wildfire haze, shot from behind the gates of a parking garage. Feeling imprisoned after days of this unhealthy smoky haze.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· 4d

My son’s cat prefers her blanket over coffee.

Photo of a black cat with yellow eyes sitting in front of a pillow printed with a painting of a similar looking cat. Both cats have disdainful expressions, of course.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· 5d

For #stunday. Manito Park in #Spokane about a year ago. Hang in there my fellow Spokanites, we will see clear sunshine and blue skies again!

Photo shot upward of towering pines against a backdrop of brilliant blue sky and white clouds, with the sun clearly glowing above it all.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· 5d

My son’s cat Ari is unimpressed.

Photo of a black cat with yellow eyes sitting in front of a pillow printed with a painting of a similar looking cat. Both cats have disdainful bored expressions.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· 6d

I like this almost under-the-radar chomp!

One puppy has another puppy’s ear in its mouth.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· 12d

This is why BlueSky and the internet can be so fun. I don’t know this fungi and was intrigued by the poetic name so was looking it up and discovered Amanita muscaria inspired the dancing mushrooms in Disney’s Fantasia movie, an all-time favorite of mine since my childhood.

Still photo of dancing mushrooms in the Fantasia movie.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· 14d

Read this amazing poem today for the first time, after learning about the author|poet|astronomer Rebecca Elson.

The poem:
Antidotes to Fear of Death by Rebecca Elson (1960-1999)

Sometimes as an antidote To fear of death, I eat the stars.

Those nights, lying on my back, I suck them from the quenching dark Til they are all, all inside me, Pepper hot and sharp.

Sometimes, instead, I stir myself Into a universe still young,
Still warm as blood:
No outer space, just space,
The light of all the not yet stars
Drifting like a bright mist, And all of us, and everything
Already there
But unconstrained by form.

And sometime it's enough To lie down here on earth
Beside our long ancestral bones:

To walk across the cobble fields
Of our discarded skulls,
Each like a treasure, like a chrysalis, Thinking: whatever left these husks
Flew off on bright wings.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· 16d

In every photo, Rubio has the same lost look. I think it’s called “Faust’s Eternal Regret.”

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· 16d

Fall grasses highlighted by mid-October sunshine. Trying to keep an eye out for the small lovely details in life.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· 18d

Trying my hand at #stunday in the #pnw. A #Spokane park in April 2025. This area has the most amazing skies.

Photo of a pond edged by trees with a blue sky and a pyramid of white clouds, all of which is reflected in the pond.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· 19d

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· 29d

Us. Anyone who doesn’t support the Dicktator. We The People are the enemy now.

Photo from Feb 2025 of a large upside-down American flag draped off the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park to signal distress, as in our American democracy is under attack.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Jun 20

We The People can change that. Vote the Dicktator and GOP into oblivion.

Photo of a green NY trash bin with a yellow lid that has a cardboard box sticking out. Handholds in the box make it look like a face which, topped by the yellow lid, resembles Donald Trump, infamous American Dicktator.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· May 29

We had stunning thunderstorm clouds last night in the PNW. Deeply disappointed that alien ships did not descend through those two cloud eddies, as Hollywood has often foretold.

Photo of a gray sky with large dark gray clouds that are punctuated by two circular openings of white clouds.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· May 28

This is Dan. Doubts have been raised.

Photo of Dan the candidate wearing a ridiculous Florida hat that suggests he may not know obscure or famous wide receivers.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· May 4

My son’s cat says meow.

Photo of a black cat with gold eyes sitting in front of a pillow with a drawing on it of a black cat with gold eyes.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Apr 23

Throw(waaay)back Thursday.

Cute toddler, seated, sporting short blonde hair wispy around the ears, rocking a sleeveless shirt rolled up above her tummy, smiling at the camera.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Apr 1

I don’t think The Week understands the difference between “rise” and “fall (because you sold your remaining shreds of decency and self-serving ass to Satan).”

Excerpt of an article from The Week titled “Marco Rubio’s rise”

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Apr 1

Cartoons are on target these days.

Political cartoon by Bill Bramhall / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.

The caption across the top of the cartoon reads “AND THEY SAY HE DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN”

Beneath the caption is the Dicktator, shown from behind, looking at a simplified map of Iran, as he says “NO TROOPS
ON THE GROUND—I'LL NEED THEM AT THE POLLING PLACES”

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Apr 1

Political cartoon by Christopher Weyant / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.

A slightly unhappy looking man is lying on a couch in a psychiatrist’s office. The psychiatrist, from her chair near the couch, asks the man “THESE FEELINGS OF SELF-LOATHING AND IMPOTENCE—HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
A REPUBLICAN?”

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Mar 31

Political cartoon by Mike Luckovich. The cartoon shows the four horsemen of the Apocalypse: DEATH, PESTILENCE, WAR, and FAMINE. The horsemen on the end says “WE ADDED A FIFTH HORSEMAN...” Next to him is the fifth horsemen, a clownish overweight buffoon wearing a red hat and a red shirt labeled MAGA.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Mar 14

A bit more delightful background…

Excerpt from Wikipedia: “His name was used as the inspiration by lan Fleming for the name of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond series of books, which came about from Fleming seeing his name on the membership list at Boodle's when looking for a villainous sounding surname. Blofeld himself indulged in the humour of it by once addressing a barrister whose name was Bond in court,
by stroking the ermine on his robe like a cat and saying "We meet at last, Mr Bond".

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Mar 7

Remember this?

Part of a Guardian article: “Sat 6 Jan 2024.
Donald Trump told an audience at a campaign event on Friday in Iowa to "get over" a deadly shooting at a high school in the state a day earlier.
After offering sympathy and emotional support for the victims of the shooting in Perry, Iowa,
and their families, Trump said at the event in Sioux Center: "It's just horrible
- so surprising to see it
But we have to get over it. We have to move
forward."

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Mar 6

Picture of the Dicktator pointing upward with the caption “I did that.”

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Mar 5

Picture of the Dicktator’s Truth Social post that announces: “I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026. The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Kristi for her service at "Homeland."

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Mar 3

And this too…

An undated photo released by the Department of Defense shows flag-draped coffins of U.S. war casualties aboard a cargo plane.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Feb 15

Fun night at the beautiful #Spokane Fox Theater with the incredible Spokane Symphony Orchestra as they performed the soundtrack live to the film La La Land. Great film, great music, stellar orchestra. Bravo! 👏🏻

Picture taken inside the Fox Theater showing the huge movie screen ready to show La La Land, with the orchestra positioned underneath ready to perform the soundtrack live.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Feb 10

Lutnick really means “I don’t care.” He needs a Melania coat.

Press photo of Melania in her signature green coat stamped with “I really don’t care, do u?” on the back.

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Jan 27

Political cartoon by Mike Luckovich / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate: The cartoon shows masked J6 domestic terrorists outside the Capitol building, carrying Trump signs and confederate flags, fists raised in defiance of law, order, and, truth. It’s captioned ”ICE AGENT GROUP PHOTO”

Amy Schulz@amy-norcal· Jan 26

Bet they do. Here’s our cat Janna, who moved with us from CA Bay Area to the inland Pacific Northwest, surveying her new world, tail twitching sharply in annoyance. Pretty sure she was thinking “WTF? Where’s my backyard, my favorite shade tree, my fence, my doves and hummingbirds?”