Sharon 🤦🏾‍♀️ Persists

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Writer of non-fiction narrative | history, literature, design, art, politics, economics, genealogy, food, gardening and hiking/walking
Countries I’ve lived inUnited States (native), Switzerland, Belgium
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Historical subjects I’m interested inWWII, 19th-century African-Americans
Things I can’t live withoutNon-fiction books, ancestry.com, Decaf coffee, iPad, cats, historical documentaries, WNYC, old photographs, dark chocolate

"How Cultured Are You?" This "Culture Quiz" is really hard and some of the questions are pretty obscure. It's worth testing yourself. After taking it, I realized that I'm less cultured than yogurt 😅 . #culture #quiz

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/17/t-magazine/art-film-music-books-culture-fashion-quiz.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.v3tq.ToNWXfKzq04Q&smid=url-share

T’s Culture Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Art, Film, Literature, Food and More?

Test your knowledge, before or after reading T’s Culture issue.

The New York Times

Happy World Book Day!

Enjoy your journeys!

CDC blocks study showing covid shots cut hospital visits after earlier delay. The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision. | The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/22/covid-vaccine-report-blocked-cdc-mmwr/
CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits

The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

The Washington Post
If you ever receive an email message like this one, it is a scam. FYI. This is not how the Social Security Administration communicates with US citizens. Don't fall for scams like this one. The sender of this message had a ".com" email address and not a ".gov" email address. Send to junk/spam folder immediately. #scamemail #scam #socialsecurity
I just redeemed some unused credit card points for a gas station gift card to use as I ride out the current spike in gas prices. What enrages me most, though, are the upticks in trading in oil company stocks moments before TFG comes out with his daily barrage of Truth Social posts about the Iranian War, bragging about concessions the Iranians have made even when the Iranian government denies them. The amount of insider trading going on is staggering. #oil #insidertrading #iran #gasprices

John Kerry, “I think it’s good for America if neither Iran nor Kash Patel were getting bombed.”

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I've been baking today, what have you been up to?
Virginia voters approve a plan to temporarily redraw the Commonwealth's 11 congressional districts ahead of November's midterm elections. https://www.wtvr.com/news/virginia-politics/congressional-redistricting-constitutional-amendment-april-21-2026
Virginia votes yes on proposed congressional redistricting, AP projects

Virginia voted to approve a plan to temporarily redraw the Commonwealth's 11 congressional districts ahead of November's midterm elections, the Associated Press projects.

CBS 6 News Richmond WTVR
So, we didn’t just pay for the tariffs, we paid for the tariffs twice?
Sun clock! #BloomScrolling