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What are you drinking?

BETH, MAMARONECK, NY

I’m glad you asked. I’m drinking a Manhattan. The plot twist though is with Peychaud’s bitters instead of the classic Angostura bitters. Not for the faint of heart.

Then again, none of my cocktails are for the faint of heart.

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  • “Avenida Del Mar” by Maria Langgle.

    SOME QUESTIONS FOR WEST COAST LANDSCAPE PAINTER MARIA LANGGLE

    Jul 25, 2025 · COOL HAND FRANK
    Above artwork: “Avenida Del Mar” by Maria Langgle.

    “I love simplicity and the idea of capturing a subject with minimal linework and color.”

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  • 14K Yellow Gold Half Moon Stud Earrings by JILLERY.

    SUBURBIA

    Jul 25, 2025 · EMILY SLEPSKY · ROSWELL, GA
    Above artwork: 14K Yellow Gold Half Moon Stud Earrings by JILLERY.

    The above jewelry design work on this webpage is the sole property of JILLERY. and is held under copyright. JILLERY.’s images, design work, and content on this website and that company’s website may not be copied, collected, or used for personal or professional gain without sole written permission from JILLERY.

    If you grew up in a cul-de-sac with summer pool parties, Friday night lights at the high school stadium, and a local Kroger supermarket that somehow felt like the town square, you might recognize a few things.

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  • “i had to find sanctuary in a place where i could gather my thoughts and regain my strength” by Christina Moser, 2017.

    ONE HUNDRED WORDS

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    Jul 25, 2025 · COOL HAND FRANK
    Above artwork: “i had to find sanctuary in a place where i could gather my thoughts and regain my strength” by Christina Moser, 2017.


    All other texts could wait.

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  • “lady liberty” by Kirk Stansbury.

    MRS. BAUM AND CRANKIN' COFFEE

    Jul 18, 2025 · CHLOE WELLINGTON HUNT · BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
    Above artwork: “lady liberty” by Kirk Stansbury.

    Mrs. Baum didn’t consider herself a political woman. While she considered her neighbors’ volunteering and canvassing efforts “admirable” in public, she privately found their incessant use of their luxuriously landscaped yard as a political display to be quite irksome and, if anything, “dangerously provocative.”

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  • "Surrender to the Flow" by Kelly Saunders Art.

    PRESENT TENSE

    JuL 11, 2025 · MANI ISLER · DENVER, CO
    Above artwork: “Surrender to the Flow” by Kelly Saunders Art.

    Let me confess—I have a particular idiosyncrasy that sets me apart from most “normal” people. . .

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  • PICKLE POWER!

    FREE SAMPLE: PICKLE POWER!

    Aug 22, 2024 · COOL HAND FRANK

    Last year, I embarked on a quest. That quest could have taken me to a grocery store. But walking mere steps outside my back door was better.

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ARTIST GALLERY PREVIEW

  • "The Equalizer" by Séverine Rigaud, 2024. Featured at Gallery Anderson Smith.

    ELIKYA ART

  • "I don't believe you" by Mr. Hooper Art.

    MR. HOOPER ART

  • 14K Yellow Gold Fish Scales Necklace by JILLERY., 2020.

    JILLERY.

  • “Unforgettable” by J. King Artworks, 2023.

    J. KING ARTWORKS

  • "Wanderlust" by Lynne McDonald.

    LYNNE MCDONALD

  • “Emergency Contacts” by Christina Moser, 2022.

    CHRISTINA MOSER

  • “Blood Moon Dance” by Scott Padgett Fine Art.

    SCOTT PADGETT FINE ART

  • “Back in Black” by Kelly Saunders Art, 2022.

    KELLY SAUNDERS ART

  • “Swagger” by Kirk Stansbury, 2015.

    KIRK STANSBURY

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USCRI Senate Briefing
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COOL HAND FRANK highlights purpose-driven organizations working to make this world healthier, happier, and better.

These times are rough for first- and second-generation immigrants in the United States, and especially those from non-European backgrounds. The U.S. immigration system needs significant improvement—reforming antiquated systems and outdated processes. Yet what remains indisputable is that the reasons for immigrating here today are mostly the same as they were for nearly every citizen’s ancestors.

For more than a century—since 1911—the nonprofit, non-governmental U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), has helped refugees and immigrants overcome challenges in the pursuit of citizenship when the U.S. immigration system falls short.

According to USCRI, its mission is “To protect the rights and address the needs of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide and support their transition to a dignified life.” The organization provides legal, health, and children’s services, residential care, and resources to fight human trafficking for those navigating difficult circumstances.

You can support USCRI’s meaningful work in several ways: fundraising, sponsorship, offering employment opportunities, and, of course, donations.

Do you have a cause you'd like COOL HAND FRANK to spotlight? Talk to me.

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