Michele_Writes

Writer, editor, communcations ninja sharing musings from the midwest. Stick with me, I say funny things at time.

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

From battlefields and memorials to parks and protected landscapes, the places cared for by the National Park Service help bring our shared history to life.

[American Conservation Coalition @ACC_National]

You don't have forever.

Enter the arena.

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Congress adopted the Great Seal of the United States today in 1782!

[American Conservation Coalition @ACC_National]

“A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great or beautiful cathedral.”
- Teddy Roosevelt

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Today in 1885, The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor from France!

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Today in 1775, George Washington was appointed Commander in Chief of the Continental Army!

[National Mall NPS @NationalMallNPS]

Happy Flag Day! You don't have to look far to see an American flag on the National Mall. 50 flags ring the base of the Washington Monument, and Old Glory flies above each military memorial. You might also notice an American flag draped over Abraham Lincoln's chair in the Lincoln Memorial. #WashingtonDC #FlagDay

[America @america]

Happy Flag Day 🇺🇸

[U.S. Army @USArmy]

251 years of defending America's freedom, and we're just getting started.

From the first musket shots in 1775 to the high-tech, multi-domain force of today, our Soldiers have always been, and always will be, ready to answer the call.

[Blake Aerni @BlakeAerni]

The University of Kansas band learned the Algerian National Anthem to welcome the team before training. 🇩🇿

Absolutely incredible…

[Patrick Mahomes II @PatrickMahomes]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Michele_Writes @Michele_Writes]

@FreddyLA7 Amazing

[Skylar Skye @SkylarSkye3]

I need to apologise to America because I judged you on stereotypes.

This country is genuinely beautiful.

The people are lovely, the roads are insane and everything feels bigger.

I get the hype now.

[Chad Grittman @ChadGrittman]

Seeing this makes my heart swell. Whether you care about it or not, think it serves us or not– it’s just flat out cool. Only 10 cities in North America, and we’re one of them.

Lots of smiles in KC this week; a lot of happy kids. I love it when we’re FOR something.

[NyanChuu🔮🇯🇵🍭 @tanpukunokami]

USA. A BBQ restaurant. The ribs had not yet been defeated, and the white cup was already watching me.

Coleslaw. Cold. Quiet. Suspiciously calm.

I stopped my friend. “Why is there a small bowl of snow next to the meat?”

He laughed. “That’s coleslaw, man.”

Coleslaw. In my land, cabbage knows its role. It stays with tonkatsu. It supports fried food with quiet dignity. It does not sit next to a mountain of ribs like a tiny cold monk trying to stop a war.

Here, America placed cabbage beside smoke, sugar, sauce, and meat.

This is not a side dish. This is a peacekeeping force.

I ate the ribs with the gravity the moment deserved. My fingers became evidence. My mouth became a battlefield. The sauce had entered negotiations without permission.

And then — I must report this calmly — I ate the coleslaw.

Cold.

Crunchy.

Calm.

For three seconds, the war stopped.

“See?” my friend said. “It balances it out.”

Balances it out. The ribs were attacking from the front, the sauce was climbing my hands, and this little white cup was holding the line.

My friend warned me. “Don’t ignore the slaw.”

Too late. I had already judged it as decoration. Honor demanded an apology. A man who underestimates cabbage has already lost once.

By the time the plate was empty, I understood.

I was not clean. I was not elegant. But I had survived.

BBQ is not just meat. BBQ is conflict management.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with coleslaw. When the ribs shout, the cabbage listens.

Who am I deceiving. I came for the meat, but I still remember the little cold monk.

[America @america]

America is the greatest country in the world and it’s not even close 🇺🇸

[FIFA World Cup 26 Kansas City @FWC26KansasCity]

A World Cup moment, Kansas City style. 🇺🇸

#FIFAFanFestival #FIFAWorldCup #WeAreKansasCity #WeAre26

[Matt Wild @ByMattWild]

IT’S FINISHED

[Michele_Writes @Michele_Writes]

@ATRightMovies

[Today in Yacht Rock @in_yacht]

William Royce “Boz” Scaggs was born on this day in 1944. Scaggs’ yachtiest song, “Lowdown”, includes future Toto members David Paich, Jeff Porcaro and David Hungate as personnel and won the Grammy for Best R&B Song in 1976.