Randie Melton

@randiem

Retired old tranma from the land of the Pines (N.C.). Glacially transitioning. Like cooking, wine, some sports, dogs, family, discovering myself

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Randie Melton@randiem· 4d

Spare some love for this gem:

Randie Melton@randiem· 9d

Started about 66. Turn 73 soon.

Randie Melton@randiem· 20d

It’s difficult for them to see beyond obvious cis fairness:

Short female basketball player trying to box out much taller woman.

Randie Melton@randiem· May 23

Dauschund peeping out from under covers.

Randie Melton@randiem· Jan 19

Share what you consider to be a goddess-tier album.

Album cover for Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited

Randie Melton@randiem· Jan 18

Share a television show that raised you:

Robert Vaughn and David McCallum pose in a shooting stance in an ad for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. television show.

Randie Melton@randiem· Nov 23

Planet of the Apes Statue of Liberty scene

Randie Melton@randiem· Oct 30

While not specifically about Trump voters, this passage from a long-ago, brilliant essay on rednecks fits the to a T:

There are “good” people, yes, who might properly answer to the appellation “redneck”: people who operate Mom-and-Pop stores or their lathes, dutifully pay their taxes, lend a helping hand to neighbors, love their country and their God and their dogs. But even among a high percentage of these salts-of-the-earth lives a terrible reluctance toward even modest passes at social justice, a suspicious regard of the mind as an instrument of worth, a view of the world extending little further than the ends of their noses, and only a vague notion that they are small quills writing a large history. They are often friendly in their associations and may sincerely believe themselves to accept “ever feller for what he is”; generally, however, they own more prejudices than a U-Haul could carry.

Randie Melton@randiem· Oct 7

Umm, Guess Google translate isn't *quite* there yet.

Song lyrics translated to:

The band of my heart Clann-Ualraig
They would give up the hurlings
They would take cattle from the scythes
And they would send a people from the clan
It is bad that we got the cattle of the barons
A little old man in white trousers
They were not able to hide
But the men of Strath-Eireann and Strath-Narrain

It is bad that we got the cattle of the Roses
And the Clann-Chatain are in pursuit
A grey baron with a sore foot
And they made meat of my men

Randie Melton@randiem· Oct 6

If you see this, post a random photo or meme from your gallery without explaining it

Randie Melton@randiem· Oct 2

Trump surely never dies.

Randie Melton@randiem· Sep 18

Randie Melton@randiem· Sep 13

Make a band singular The Kink

Randie Melton@randiem· Sep 11

I saw a thread claiming this was a picture of the bullet: If true (an always important caveat) this post makes sooooo much more sense that the "sources'" explanation: bsky.app/profile/spar...

Randie Melton@randiem· Sep 10

Started in my mid-60s, currently 72.

Randie Melton@randiem· Aug 31

Started at 66, now 72. Happy to have done it, but I strongly advise against waiting as long as I did.

Randie Melton@randiem· Aug 21

Randie Melton@randiem· Jul 11

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who or Transformers.

Randie Melton@randiem· Jun 23

40+ appreciation post! Repost with pic if you're on the right side of 40. 72 with the sun damage to prove it.

Randie Melton@randiem· Apr 29

Being both follicly challenged and not a huge fan of wigs, I keep trying to give a textured pixie cut a shot. But dang, there just is no substitute for hair. So much respect for women with alopecia who power through it.

Selfie of trans woman with short haircut,

Randie Melton@randiem· Mar 7

Show me a badass female character.

Randie Melton@randiem· Feb 17

71-yo trans woman here. Can confirm that late transitioning, while challenging, is immensely rewarding as well.

Head selfie of older trans woman wearing a sweater

Randie Melton@randiem· Feb 16

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 15. Reflections : Gil Scott-Heron #20Albums #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Cover of Reflections showing a head shot of Scott-Heron wearing aviator sunglasses with images of KKK members and musicians superimposed on the lenses.

Randie Melton@randiem· Feb 10

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 14. The Dirt and the Stars : Mary Chapin Carpenter #20Albums #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Cover of The Dirt and the Stars by Mary Chapin Carpenter, featuring a side shot where her face is hidden by her hair

Randie Melton@randiem· Feb 4

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 13. World Without Tears : Lucinda Williams #20Albums #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Randie Melton@randiem· Feb 2

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 12. Pretzel Logic : Steely Dan #20Albums #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Cover of Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic, with a black and white photo of a street pretzel vendor in a park in winter.

Randie Melton@randiem· Jan 30

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 11. my life : Iris DeMent #20Albums #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Cover of my life, shoeing Iris sitting reflectively at a table.

Randie Melton@randiem· Jan 29

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 10. Europe ‘72 : The Grateful Dead #20Albums #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Cover of Europe 72 showing foot under rainbow atop a globe

Randie Melton@randiem· Jan 28

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 9. Natty Dread : Bob Marley & the Wailers #20Albums #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music

Cover of Natty Dread by the Wailers featuring portrait of Bob Marley

Randie Melton@randiem· Jan 27

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 8. Sea Change : Beck #20Albums #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #Music