Hmmmm...
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-legend-of-the-divine-farmer
Friday, November 29, 2019
On another lexical note
"it's revived an old word"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/18/donald-trump-kakistocracy-john-brennan-us-twitter
Surely, there will be better times...
https://grammarist.com/usage/kakistocracy/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/18/donald-trump-kakistocracy-john-brennan-us-twitter
Surely, there will be better times...
https://grammarist.com/usage/kakistocracy/
Radishes
"This incredibly skilled worker earns $1.86 per 60 bundles of radishes. "
https://twitter.com/UFWupdates/status/1199825583485509632
I might buy some soon. I like this recipe which uses both the greens and the root....
https://houseandhome.com/recipe/butter-tossed-radishes-fresh-zaatar-recipe/
RAD
https://www.etymonline.com/word/radish
ROOT
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/radish
https://twitter.com/UFWupdates/status/1199825583485509632
I might buy some soon. I like this recipe which uses both the greens and the root....
https://houseandhome.com/recipe/butter-tossed-radishes-fresh-zaatar-recipe/
RAD
https://www.etymonline.com/word/radish
ROOT
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/radish
Ttt's for..."Tatterdemalion"
New to me...
"Little is known about the local birdcatchers, many of whom lived in near poverty at the fringes of society. . . These were often family ventures, with tatterdemalion youngsters sent into the fields and woodlands...Though the work was socially unrespected, it was not unskilled...bird catchers might have been functionally illiterate, but they had to be accomplished natural historians..."
~ L. L. Haupt, Mozart's Starling, 31-32
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31932836-mozart-s-starling
I was pleased to learn this new-to-me word. In my immediate vicinity, it seems to suit t-shirts that have seen better days.
Shall I learn more about starlings now
https://genius.com/Tori-amos-starling-lyrics
They are arooooound....
"Little is known about the local birdcatchers, many of whom lived in near poverty at the fringes of society. . . These were often family ventures, with tatterdemalion youngsters sent into the fields and woodlands...Though the work was socially unrespected, it was not unskilled...bird catchers might have been functionally illiterate, but they had to be accomplished natural historians..."
~ L. L. Haupt, Mozart's Starling, 31-32
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31932836-mozart-s-starling
I was pleased to learn this new-to-me word. In my immediate vicinity, it seems to suit t-shirts that have seen better days.
*****
Shall I learn more about starlings now
https://genius.com/Tori-amos-starling-lyrics
They are arooooound....
Pain led me to a point
Sharp pain! I could not ignore it. I looked it up
https://exploreim.ucla.edu/self-care/acupressure-point-sp6/
and it seems to be in the same place as this one...
https://www.miridiatech.com/news/2016/05/acupuncture-point-spleen-6/
&&&&
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3239320/
++++++
https://theory.yinyanghouse.com/acupuncturepoints/sp6
********
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/1209/Massage-This-Spot-On-Your-Legs-And-Start-Sleeping-Better-At-Night
So, kinda fascinating.
https://exploreim.ucla.edu/self-care/acupressure-point-sp6/
and it seems to be in the same place as this one...
https://www.miridiatech.com/news/2016/05/acupuncture-point-spleen-6/
&&&&
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3239320/
++++++
https://theory.yinyanghouse.com/acupuncturepoints/sp6
********
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/1209/Massage-This-Spot-On-Your-Legs-And-Start-Sleeping-Better-At-Night
So, kinda fascinating.
What's up outside
I have been inside...watching the birds
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/california-birds
These maps...
https://native-land.ca/
Words about one of the movies I should see...
https://mobile.twitter.com/BodyRemembers
The names of states...
https://mobile.twitter.com/deejayndn/status/1200052224010928128
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/california-birds
These maps...
https://native-land.ca/
Words about one of the movies I should see...
https://mobile.twitter.com/BodyRemembers
The names of states...
https://mobile.twitter.com/deejayndn/status/1200052224010928128
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Today I took a tiny walk
On my short stroll, I met a very friendly cat.
So many pets he wanted, and he got them. He got up on his hind legs and put his claws into my clothing. Oh, that friendly cat. Well-fed, with a bell and a name tag and phone number. He has had good experiences with humans.
When I was younger, I had a story in my head about a girl who was sent away from her family to work as a maid. She was sad, and she dreaded what she needed to make herself do. She was a teenager when she crossed a bridge.
Small Benjamin, who is now in Philidelphia with his brother, was five.
We know you deserve a better life.
Love to them. To their father and mother. May the children be reunited with both parents in any harmonious way possible. May they find guidance and help and the best of people and situations.
So many pets he wanted, and he got them. He got up on his hind legs and put his claws into my clothing. Oh, that friendly cat. Well-fed, with a bell and a name tag and phone number. He has had good experiences with humans.
When I was younger, I had a story in my head about a girl who was sent away from her family to work as a maid. She was sad, and she dreaded what she needed to make herself do. She was a teenager when she crossed a bridge.
Small Benjamin, who is now in Philidelphia with his brother, was five.
We know you deserve a better life.
Love to them. To their father and mother. May the children be reunited with both parents in any harmonious way possible. May they find guidance and help and the best of people and situations.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Surreal Gloom: Benjamin's Childhood
"After weeks in a makeshift refugee camp in the Mexican border town of Matamoros, Martinez knew he had to send 5-year-old Benjamin and 7-year-old Osiel without him. Benjamin had contracted bronchial pneumonia, and Martinez couldn't afford any more antibiotics."
~ J. Burnett
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/27/783360378/i-want-to-be-sure-my-son-is-safe-asylum-seekers-send-children-across-border-alon
Cold...outside...cold...body...
"I have visited the children torn from their families..."
https://mobile.twitter.com/RepJudyChu/status/1199756024586084354
As well...
Sarah Kendzior to Breibart people
https://mobile.twitter.com/moved2italy/status/1199740588716773376
Then there is also...
"Diverse Trump supporters in Florida" clip from FOX
https://mobile.twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/1199695154728308736
& (according to the tweeter) a Montana "If you helped the Russians install that urine-soaked orange cockroach" sign...
https://mobile.twitter.com/lesleyabravanel/status/1199710215555502084
https://mobile.twitter.com/RepJudyChu/status/1199756024586084354
As well...
Sarah Kendzior to Breibart people
https://mobile.twitter.com/moved2italy/status/1199740588716773376
Then there is also...
"Diverse Trump supporters in Florida" clip from FOX
https://mobile.twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/1199695154728308736
& (according to the tweeter) a Montana "If you helped the Russians install that urine-soaked orange cockroach" sign...
https://mobile.twitter.com/lesleyabravanel/status/1199710215555502084
There are birds that like rain
And I see some of them...
Where do they go later...
Where do they sleep...
Where do they go later...
Where do they sleep...
Shall see how tomorrow goes
The theme of last 48 hours: started to get better...nevermind, stay at home in bed again.
This woman was very nice and probably ahead of her time.
https://taggmagazine.com/linda-mcallister/
The memory: smiles and "Welcome, welcome!"
Oh. The body needs more rest or something.
So many herbal teas. You thought you had too many...but now they are being consumed.
~~~~~~
This woman was very nice and probably ahead of her time.
https://taggmagazine.com/linda-mcallister/
The memory: smiles and "Welcome, welcome!"
~~~~~~
Oh. The body needs more rest or something.
So many herbal teas. You thought you had too many...but now they are being consumed.
Monday, November 25, 2019
The time has come to lie a-bed
Go to sleep, body.
Let the immune system sparkle.
Breathe in a minty tissue.
Let the immune system sparkle.
Breathe in a minty tissue.
What if I were the mom or grandma of a scientist
?
Found
https://mobile.twitter.com/IBJIYONGI/status/1057456591052644353
There's humor
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cancel-culture-is-dangerous-because-everybody-deserves-redemption-and-the-right-to-work-except-actresses-who-turn-40
And star stuff
https://mobile.twitter.com/IBJIYONGI/status/1199030501706797058
And $$$ stuff!
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/25/782070151/forgiving-student-debt-would-boost-economy
Sorry, sorry, this stuff should get better one of these days
Really artistic stuff.
http://visitmantua.blogspot.com/2014/01/if-isabella-deste-had-been-duchess-of.html?m=1
Why does the world always treat a man and his friends better than it treats....some people???
https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/the-azealia-banks-elon-musk-grimes-drama-rages-on.html
Why does showing favoritism to men and vilifying women backfire on...some people????
https://www.themarysue.com/what-the-hell-is-going-on-with-amanda-palmer/
Really human situations.
http://visitmantua.blogspot.com/2014/01/if-isabella-deste-had-been-duchess-of.html?m=1
Why does the world always treat a man and his friends better than it treats....some people???
https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/the-azealia-banks-elon-musk-grimes-drama-rages-on.html
Why does showing favoritism to men and vilifying women backfire on...some people????
https://www.themarysue.com/what-the-hell-is-going-on-with-amanda-palmer/
Really human situations.
Almost as good as a minty tissue!
Reading about Sharice Davids.
https://mobile.twitter.com/HRC/status/1195070431650336775
"5 KC area candidates never imagined running for office. Then they worked for Davids"
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article235970717.html
She's a superstar!
https://mobile.twitter.com/HRC/status/1195070431650336775
"5 KC area candidates never imagined running for office. Then they worked for Davids"
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article235970717.html
She's a superstar!
Really fun product, for real
Vicks in a tissue. Someone else bought it and I am grateful.
https://www.riteaid.com/shop/puffs-plus-lotion-with-vicks-facial-tissues-48-ct-box
https://www.riteaid.com/shop/puffs-plus-lotion-with-vicks-facial-tissues-48-ct-box
Still in the world of the living
That's a fact.
But, have you ever lived a certain kind of life...
“You’re selling me the American dream, but you’re really just dangling it in my face.”
~ Carolyn Tinoco, "a master’s student at California State University, Dominguez Hills"
https://www.thenation.com/article/college-hunger-homelessness/
But, have you ever lived a certain kind of life...
“You’re selling me the American dream, but you’re really just dangling it in my face.”
~ Carolyn Tinoco, "a master’s student at California State University, Dominguez Hills"
https://www.thenation.com/article/college-hunger-homelessness/
Sorry these aren't better times.
At least you have a place to live while you tend to your cold.
Not everyone has that and the numbers are growing larger all the time.
"Homelessness is about lack of money for the rent, period"
"The problem is complex and multifaceted: College tuition and living costs continue to rise; state investment in public higher education has fallen, pushing more costs onto students; and the Pell Grant—the most important source of federal aid for low-income undergrads—has essentially flatlined. An increasing share of college students come from poor families, but the higher-education system, from campus policies to financial aid, is not designed with them in mind. “We have been doing a better job of making sure low-income children feel like college is a place for them,” said Jessica Bartholow, of the Western Poverty Law Center in California. “Maybe so much so that it’s a real shock when they get here and find out that it isn’t.”
~ B. Huber
https://www.thenation.com/article/college-hunger-homelessness/
"Homelessness is about lack of money for the rent, period"
"'I am the executive director of a small nonprofit that operates a drop-in center for homeless people. I have listened to hundreds of people tell me their stories, which all end the same way: “I had no money to pay the rent.'
Julie Lie, Long Beach"
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-11-24/homeless-rent-money"The problem is complex and multifaceted: College tuition and living costs continue to rise; state investment in public higher education has fallen, pushing more costs onto students; and the Pell Grant—the most important source of federal aid for low-income undergrads—has essentially flatlined. An increasing share of college students come from poor families, but the higher-education system, from campus policies to financial aid, is not designed with them in mind. “We have been doing a better job of making sure low-income children feel like college is a place for them,” said Jessica Bartholow, of the Western Poverty Law Center in California. “Maybe so much so that it’s a real shock when they get here and find out that it isn’t.”
~ B. Huber
https://www.thenation.com/article/college-hunger-homelessness/
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Simple awareness Sunday night
Have a cold, sad, need to make some peace, find some peace, be at peace. Reach out...and touch spiritual gifts....
What are the best conditions
The desert rose. The water lily.
Remember this one...
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/sting-desert-rose-song/
So I looked for one about a water lily.
What did I find! A sad Australian folksong.
http://ozfolksongaday.blogspot.com/2011/10/water-lily.html?m=1
But this is another...
https://genius.com/Aurora-black-water-lilies-lyrics
Remember this one...
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/sting-desert-rose-song/
So I looked for one about a water lily.
What did I find! A sad Australian folksong.
http://ozfolksongaday.blogspot.com/2011/10/water-lily.html?m=1
But this is another...
https://genius.com/Aurora-black-water-lilies-lyrics
O...energy...
What is our timeline?
~it has made a planet
~people live on it for a while
~it has reminded me that life is short
~it has also set it up so that I believe people can come back in another form, but perhaps not everyone wishes to see it that way...
~it has made a planet
~people live on it for a while
~it has reminded me that life is short
~it has also set it up so that I believe people can come back in another form, but perhaps not everyone wishes to see it that way...
Interesting "audacious goals"?
"In a secluded corner of rural eastern North Carolina, at the end of a long and winding farm lane, a pit of stinking hog manure is doing its bit to save the world from climate change.
It may be a whiff of things to come."
~ D. Charleshttps://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/11/22/781565978/big-companies-bet-on-cleaner-power-from-pig-poop-ponds
Saturday, November 23, 2019
My wish is to welcome health into my life
My wish is to welcome health into my life.
♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
Thanksgiving and a delicious pomegranate dish
Nice with half the rice and and more pomegranate relish.
https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/baked-minty-rice-with-feta-and-pomegranate-relish
And sheep or goat milk feta on top because...
https://www.larabriden.com/the-inflammation-from-a1-milk-is-mind-boggling/
The relish is good by itself too. Might not need as much oil or salt.
https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/baked-minty-rice-with-feta-and-pomegranate-relish
And sheep or goat milk feta on top because...
https://www.larabriden.com/the-inflammation-from-a1-milk-is-mind-boggling/
The relish is good by itself too. Might not need as much oil or salt.
Libations
After reading this, I want to find other libations references in stories.
https://www.thecut.com/2019/11/the-wedding-files-paris-hatcher-and-m-adams.html
The wedding of M. & Paris
https://www.thecut.com/2019/11/the-wedding-files-paris-hatcher-and-m-adams.html
There are so many alternative therapies available to help so many people
Sigh.
I could find this gesture unnecessary later, but I do feel, after reading this sort of thing (insert all I see are children in adult bodies crying out for attention lately) and mentally telling whoever strange seatmate was (a co-worker? a bodyguard? just a fan?) "You are wrong in saying I am making a mistake...not taking this guy's business card is without a doubt the best decision for me at this time..."
re-resonates.
https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/2013/06/music-alone-shall-live.html
Anyways.
I could find this gesture unnecessary later, but I do feel, after reading this sort of thing (insert all I see are children in adult bodies crying out for attention lately) and mentally telling whoever strange seatmate was (a co-worker? a bodyguard? just a fan?) "You are wrong in saying I am making a mistake...not taking this guy's business card is without a doubt the best decision for me at this time..."
re-resonates.
https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/2013/06/music-alone-shall-live.html
Anyways.
Dear Universe, thank you
May I welcome any information that can help.
"I liked this idea that we have something like a secret piano key, under our skin, to press internally to calm us down."
https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/i-now-suspect-the-vagus-nerve-is-the-key-to-well-being.html
“'Each time you do either the rosary prayer or a meditation mantra,' Norcliffe-Kaufmann said, 'it naturally synchronizes your breathing at six times per minute.' ('That’s fascinating,' I said. 'It is!' she said.)"
~ E. Zimmerman
******
"I liked this idea that we have something like a secret piano key, under our skin, to press internally to calm us down."
https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/i-now-suspect-the-vagus-nerve-is-the-key-to-well-being.html
“'Each time you do either the rosary prayer or a meditation mantra,' Norcliffe-Kaufmann said, 'it naturally synchronizes your breathing at six times per minute.' ('That’s fascinating,' I said. 'It is!' she said.)"
~ E. Zimmerman
Cleaning and cooking and breathing
Worked on the first two yesterday.
Get better at the third one today.
Get better at the third one today.
I can make healthy dishes, but...
When I think ppl should rest and they say they have to go to work sick it makes my stomach hurt.
Friday, November 22, 2019
Had that song in my head
"Devil's Haircut"
~~~~~
Ah....
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/beck-says-he-is-not-a-scientologist-1257357
I applied myself to some tasks and it smells like a cleaned lockerroom. Bleach-y smell.
Hmmm.
https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/11/22/20976834/beck-los-angeles-upbringing-hyperspace-review
Leaf-blower!
STRONG work ethic!
~~~~~
Ah....
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/beck-says-he-is-not-a-scientologist-1257357
I applied myself to some tasks and it smells like a cleaned lockerroom. Bleach-y smell.
Hmmm.
https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/11/22/20976834/beck-los-angeles-upbringing-hyperspace-review
Leaf-blower!
STRONG work ethic!
R&R
For some reason I still think of two girls I worked with about ten years ago at a restaurant. Reina and Rita. They were translators from Iraq.
What happens is, I wonder about them as I am waking up from a nap.
I guess the universe will let me know someday if we ever will meet again?
What happens is, I wonder about them as I am waking up from a nap.
I guess the universe will let me know someday if we ever will meet again?
A. Perez & family
Adhara Pérez: la mexicana de ocho años que cursa dos carreras universitarias
Ja, ja...
"Y decia 'mama donde van los intelligentes?' Y yo decia 'creo que van a Harvard.' Me dijo 'no van a Arizona.'"
"agujeros negros" - black holes
"agujeros de gusano" - worm holes
Ja, ja...
"Y decia 'mama donde van los intelligentes?' Y yo decia 'creo que van a Harvard.' Me dijo 'no van a Arizona.'"
"agujeros negros" - black holes
"agujeros de gusano" - worm holes
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Found an Air playlist
Is background music for cleaning and offering libations to the sick (tea, infusions, lemon with ginger and honey, etc.) and reminds me of some previous times...
What kind of water
"Heavenly Water"
That's a concept this book introduced to me.
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/ancient-healing-for-modern-women-traditional-chinese-medicine-for-all-phases-of-a-womans-life_xiaolan-zhao/301375/#isbn=0802715672&idiq=1879408
Even found out it's borrowable online.
https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780802715678
Water & food
"Dusty agency gets sharp elbows..."
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060119175
Every morning this guy draws someone on CSPAN.
http://mwmdailydrawings.blogspot.com/2019/07/brenda-burman.html?m=1
"California farmers face 'catastrophic water restrictions..."
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/big-valley/article233596597.html
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060119175
Every morning this guy draws someone on CSPAN.
http://mwmdailydrawings.blogspot.com/2019/07/brenda-burman.html?m=1
"California farmers face 'catastrophic water restrictions..."
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/big-valley/article233596597.html
Like, what is wanted
R
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-chinatown-asian-american-20190204-story.html
E
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775364522/remembering-robert-evans-producer-of-the-godfather-and-chinatown
E
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/movies/roman-polanski-woody-allen.html
E
https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/robert-evans-chinatown/
A
https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/california/articles/from-chinatown-to-drive-the-story-of-l-a-crime-films/
L
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/gender-bias-hollywood-movie-industry-sexism-bechdel-wallace-test-charlize-theron-geena-davis-a7889956.html
L
https://la.curbed.com/maps/chinatown-filming-location-map
Y
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/netflix-taps-robert-towne-david-fincher-chinatown-prequel-script-1255996
?
http://breadandbread.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-plazas-of-chinatown.html?m=1
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-chinatown-asian-american-20190204-story.html
E
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775364522/remembering-robert-evans-producer-of-the-godfather-and-chinatown
E
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/movies/roman-polanski-woody-allen.html
E
https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/robert-evans-chinatown/
A
https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/california/articles/from-chinatown-to-drive-the-story-of-l-a-crime-films/
L
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/gender-bias-hollywood-movie-industry-sexism-bechdel-wallace-test-charlize-theron-geena-davis-a7889956.html
L
https://la.curbed.com/maps/chinatown-filming-location-map
Y
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/netflix-taps-robert-towne-david-fincher-chinatown-prequel-script-1255996
?
http://breadandbread.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-plazas-of-chinatown.html?m=1
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
ART TONIGHT ~ something sounded familiar
I was just trying to look for semi-local cute holiday jams to buy.
https://www.theabbotscircle.com/smashed-dreams/
But now I see
Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
that cold, hard, cellphone-less reality.
Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back The Clock (Official Video)
And what about the world that guy's parents grew up in????
https://www.thewrap.com/the-crown-prince-philip-moon-landing-tobias-menzies-season-3-st-georges-house/
https://www.theabbotscircle.com/smashed-dreams/
But now I see
Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
that cold, hard, cellphone-less reality.
Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back The Clock (Official Video)
And what about the world that guy's parents grew up in????
https://www.thewrap.com/the-crown-prince-philip-moon-landing-tobias-menzies-season-3-st-georges-house/
Reading choices
Spanish or click on the Translate button...
https://www.vogue.mx/estilo-de-vida/articulo/adhara-perez-sanchez-nina-mexicana-prodigio-quien-es
https://www.vogue.mx/estilo-de-vida/articulo/adhara-perez-sanchez-nina-mexicana-prodigio-quien-es
Thinking about light & dark
"Missing the Dark: Health Effects of Light Pollution"
~ Ron Chepesiuk https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627884/
Light and some bodies
http://femmehead.com/blog/2017/12/15/light-our-menstrual-cycles
~ Ron Chepesiuk https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627884/
Light and some bodies
http://femmehead.com/blog/2017/12/15/light-our-menstrual-cycles
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Considering the Amygdala...& Music 🎶
In
https://www.thoughtco.com/amygdala-anatomy-373211
Your
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-happens-during-an-amygdala-hijack-4165944
Life
http://theconversation.com/memories-of-trauma-are-unique-because-of-how-brains-and-bodies-respond-to-threat-103725
🎶🎶🎶🎶
http://www.psychedinsanfrancisco.com/music-helps-brain-heart-recovery/
https://www.thoughtco.com/amygdala-anatomy-373211
Your
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-happens-during-an-amygdala-hijack-4165944
Life
http://theconversation.com/memories-of-trauma-are-unique-because-of-how-brains-and-bodies-respond-to-threat-103725
🎶🎶🎶🎶
http://www.psychedinsanfrancisco.com/music-helps-brain-heart-recovery/
♡Something♡Fun♡
One time I helped a woman who is older than me learn some things about using software on a computer. She asked if I have worked with two-year-olds. "I am a two-year-old," she told me. She had a paper with her that she got from another person. So we went through part of the paper and she practiced some parts of it and then I needed to tend to another, but I told her she could ask for more help later. She told me "Well, I hope they're as good as you!" And later she saw me again and thanked me for starting her off and said she felt more confident in her abilities.
That...was fun.
That...was fun.
Admired a flower; learned about a card
Background wallpaper we didn't set somehow gravitated to my computer.
https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Black_Lotus
https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Black_Lotus
Que sera, 8-year-old Mexican girl with a higher IQ than Einstein?
Que sera.
https://people.com/human-interest/8-year-old-mexican-girl-higher-iq-than-einstein/
"Vogue México reports that Pérez is developing a new smart bracelet that’s able to monitor the emotions of differently abled children, anticipating and preventing seizures and other outbursts."
~ B. VanHoose
https://people.com/human-interest/8-year-old-mexican-girl-higher-iq-than-einstein/
"Vogue México reports that Pérez is developing a new smart bracelet that’s able to monitor the emotions of differently abled children, anticipating and preventing seizures and other outbursts."
~ B. VanHoose
Monday, November 18, 2019
Better is possible
Who wants to meet "I and most of my friends would treat you better if you had been born into a different body, but you shouldn't take that personally. Smile!"
Seems like sound advice
"Beware the temptation to lionize a market or an individual who promises salvation without attending to the least among us and without addressing the conditions that facilitated their domination in the first place."
C. Zenner
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/11/15/markets-and-global-elites-cant-fix-worlds-problems
C. Zenner
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/11/15/markets-and-global-elites-cant-fix-worlds-problems
Sorry to be so stuck
Greed is not great. Can't imagine people are consciously thinking,"I think its great to allow myself to materialistically benefit from toxic levels of injustice and inequality as I surround myself with 'yes men,' use my bank account to buffer myself from the consequences, and refuse to participate in creating healthier systems so that humanity can flourish. Later my descendents can deal with the fallout, which I had so much opportunity to improve, but chose not to because of my own fear and irresponsibility."
Well, try to to not have bad dreams I guess
I had some last night that were awful. Both men and women were suffering in them.
"The Mexico City-based Institute for Women in Migration, which tracks kidnappings of migrants and asylum-seekers, has documented 212 abductions in the state from mid-July through Oct. 15. And that’s surely an undercount."
~ M. Verza
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2019-11-16/migrants-thrust-by-us-officials-into-the-arms-of-the-cartels
Doesn't know what he's doing.
https://news.yahoo.com/career-diplomats-pushed-back-trump-134653278.html
"The Mexico City-based Institute for Women in Migration, which tracks kidnappings of migrants and asylum-seekers, has documented 212 abductions in the state from mid-July through Oct. 15. And that’s surely an undercount."
~ M. Verza
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2019-11-16/migrants-thrust-by-us-officials-into-the-arms-of-the-cartels
Doesn't know what he's doing.
https://news.yahoo.com/career-diplomats-pushed-back-trump-134653278.html
Bye, Sunday (it's Monday now)
I guess it could be positive if these guys got so on fire for the Lord they combed the Bible for any verse that might suggest that showing compassion to kids in cages would be a wise course to take.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/entertainment/celebrity/kanye-west-calls-himself-the-greatest-artist-that-god-has-ever-created-at-joel-osteens-service/ar-BBWUJQG?li=BBqg4eh
Then they'd probably accidentally favor the males.
"I can't help it; have you read the Bible? Also, whole religions and industries have taught me to put myself and my kind first."
https://www.msn.com/en-za/entertainment/celebrity/kanye-west-calls-himself-the-greatest-artist-that-god-has-ever-created-at-joel-osteens-service/ar-BBWUJQG?li=BBqg4eh
Then they'd probably accidentally favor the males.
"I can't help it; have you read the Bible? Also, whole religions and industries have taught me to put myself and my kind first."
Sunday, November 17, 2019
Children, migrants...
“'Early experiences are literally built into our brains and bodies,' said Dr. Jack Shonkoff, who directs Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child. Earlier this year, he told Congress that 'decades of peer-reviewed research' show that detaining kids away from parents or primary caregivers causes long-term psychological damage, as per the Associated Press.
The Washington Post report reinforces a whistleblower memo published by Sen. Jeff Merkley in January, which showed that Trump administration officials plotted to subvert official procedure and deport migrant children by denying them asylum hearings after taking them away from their parents.
'President Donald Trump’s 'child immigration strategy is immoral and comes from a dark place in the heart of this administration,' said Sen. Merkley, responding to the revelations on Twitter. 'Children are NOT expendable commodities in political battles.'”
~ P. Castagno
https://citizentruth.org/trump-administration-intentionally-worsened-conditions-for-migrant-children/
Don't understand how so many people can honestly think that taking care of HUMAN BEINGS on the planet is LESS IMPORTANT than all of the temporary materialistic STUFF they have gained. Maybe they do it by justifying their mediocre behavior and relying on their own low expectations of themselves and of humanity as an excuse.
I feel like I have learned a lot more than I ever thought I would
about people being susceptible to "cult" behavior.
And I mean SUSCEPTIBLE!
People from ALL walks of life, ALL classes, ALL income levels.
But why???
George Conway Reportedly Tells People His Wife Is in a “Cult”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/11/george-conway-tells-people-kellyanne-conway-in-cult.html
And I mean SUSCEPTIBLE!
People from ALL walks of life, ALL classes, ALL income levels.
But why???
I will show care for mouth.
I haven't been to the dentist in a long time because I have such little choice in what gets covered and I haven't felt like opening my mouth to a stranger.
But should I try to add an essential oil???
https://www.theresaneoforthat.com/oil-pulling-gum-healing-essential-oils/
Swishing oil in your mouth.
Sometimes it's the little things.
I wonder if it works if you only do it for a few minutes. I think it should help at least...
But should I try to add an essential oil???
https://www.theresaneoforthat.com/oil-pulling-gum-healing-essential-oils/
Swishing oil in your mouth.
Sometimes it's the little things.
I wonder if it works if you only do it for a few minutes. I think it should help at least...
OH hahahaha
The audience laughed...
"If I'm having a good time and I'm happy and things are going really well, why would I want to stop what I'm doing and go and write at the piano?"
~ F. Apple on Late Late show (in 2006?)
My mom had an old green dress in that style and I remember wearing it out when I was 21. I wonder what happened to it.
"If I'm having a good time and I'm happy and things are going really well, why would I want to stop what I'm doing and go and write at the piano?"
~ F. Apple on Late Late show (in 2006?)
My mom had an old green dress in that style and I remember wearing it out when I was 21. I wonder what happened to it.
Imagine the boon in PTSD treatment
What was that like? Living in a generation that was worse off than the generation that came before?
So many jobs but not enough pay equity.
Weird (not happy) dreams to make your back tense and hurting when you wake up, like veteran's PTSD type stuff.
Also, the closer you get to paying off one debt, the "so close, yet so far away" feeling as another bill looms.
Time spent researching how to treat ailments that traditional Western medicine does not seem to be able to handle.
And so, why don't you give up Netflix and just check out stuff from the library if you want to be entertained.
Because I live with a person who doesn't WANT to give up Netflix and pays for it.
So not that much is watched. But there are times when something is watched...there are other things that must be done.
So many jobs but not enough pay equity.
Weird (not happy) dreams to make your back tense and hurting when you wake up, like veteran's PTSD type stuff.
Also, the closer you get to paying off one debt, the "so close, yet so far away" feeling as another bill looms.
Time spent researching how to treat ailments that traditional Western medicine does not seem to be able to handle.
And so, why don't you give up Netflix and just check out stuff from the library if you want to be entertained.
Because I live with a person who doesn't WANT to give up Netflix and pays for it.
So not that much is watched. But there are times when something is watched...there are other things that must be done.
Washing clothes, some (too many) with holes, and reading an article
"She works Hollywood, and her beat is homelessness."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-17/l-a-homeless-policy-cop-steve-lopez-column
And spent my $50 gift card entirely on cotton underwear and socks, and still spent $12 after that, even with a $10 off coupon. Cotton underwear is expensiver, I guess.
"Geaney served for 11 years in the Marine Corps, where her missions included disaster relief in Jakarta after a deadly earthquake and in Southeast Asia after a killer tsunami. Now, she wonders why Los Angeles can’t treat its own disaster as effectively."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-17/l-a-homeless-policy-cop-steve-lopez-column
And on 88.1, Sweet Baby J'ai told us we'd "get through this regime."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-17/l-a-homeless-policy-cop-steve-lopez-column
And spent my $50 gift card entirely on cotton underwear and socks, and still spent $12 after that, even with a $10 off coupon. Cotton underwear is expensiver, I guess.
"Geaney served for 11 years in the Marine Corps, where her missions included disaster relief in Jakarta after a deadly earthquake and in Southeast Asia after a killer tsunami. Now, she wonders why Los Angeles can’t treat its own disaster as effectively."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-17/l-a-homeless-policy-cop-steve-lopez-column
And on 88.1, Sweet Baby J'ai told us we'd "get through this regime."
Possible these could pair well
"Kate Marvel, associate climate research scientist, Columbia University and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
If I were a billionaire, I would try to stop being one as soon as possible by investing everything in girls’ schools and women’s leadership."
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/11/12/20910176/billionaire-philanthropy-charity-climate-change
*********
“There is something about the very wealthy, they don’t have enough people telling them that they are full of shit,” said Kruse."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/16/billionaires-americas-super-rich-elections-2020
A patriocentric day
Lord, it is Sunday.
Let's pick a Bible verse.
Hold on...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-10.htm
Now let's turn it around.
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/10-9.htm
Let's pick a Bible verse.
Hold on...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-10.htm
Now let's turn it around.
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/10-9.htm
Winter break: nothing more than
Feelings...words...choices...etc.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnJamesMI/status/1193974925608062978
Quite at home on Fox & Friends.
https://www.hourdetroit.com/community/john-james-michigan-republican-party/
https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnJamesMI/status/1193974925608062978
Quite at home on Fox & Friends.
https://www.hourdetroit.com/community/john-james-michigan-republican-party/
Reading & breathing on Earth
CA Naturalist site
http://calnat.ucanr.edu
a blog they recommended
https://natural-history-journal.blogspot.com/2019/11/reflections-on-aldo-leopolds-work-land.html?m=1
an article about songbirds I want to read more of
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/solving-the-mystery-of-songbird-diversity/
&&&
https://womeninoutdoorwork.com/yosemite-park-ranger-sandy-hernandez/
&&&&
https://womeninoutdoorwork.com/category/the-women/
http://calnat.ucanr.edu
a blog they recommended
https://natural-history-journal.blogspot.com/2019/11/reflections-on-aldo-leopolds-work-land.html?m=1
an article about songbirds I want to read more of
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/solving-the-mystery-of-songbird-diversity/
&&&
https://womeninoutdoorwork.com/yosemite-park-ranger-sandy-hernandez/
&&&&
https://womeninoutdoorwork.com/category/the-women/
Saturday, November 16, 2019
It's coming back
Sometimes dreams really do come true.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/16/entertainment/the-crown-season-three-preview-scli-intl-gbr/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/16/entertainment/the-crown-season-three-preview-scli-intl-gbr/index.html
why...don't...you...
80s Jessica Rabbit song
https://genius.com/Amy-irving-why-dont-you-do-right-lyrics
take better care of yourself in your next life when you're reborn in a different body since it's apparently too much to ask in this one
https://genius.com/Cleo-sol-why-dont-you-lyrics
Oh well
https://genius.com/Original-london-cast-of-cats-mr-mistoffelees-lyrics
2019 doom
https://genius.com/Amy-irving-why-dont-you-do-right-lyrics
take better care of yourself in your next life when you're reborn in a different body since it's apparently too much to ask in this one
https://genius.com/Cleo-sol-why-dont-you-lyrics
Oh well
https://genius.com/Original-london-cast-of-cats-mr-mistoffelees-lyrics
2019 doom
Why does the mind wander so
80s
Quiet Riot
Cum On Feel The Noize
Bologna sandwich or maybe fruit roll ups
90s
Fiona Apple
Criminal
Giving in to purchasing a hot personal pan pizza
Sleep to Dream
Listening to the students in line discuss the merits of Wavy Gravy ice cream
19th century via technology of the 2000s
Old or recreated photographs of the tragic Lizzie Siddall on Pinterst????
Broiled grapefruit
Now-ish works
Johanna Harmon
Lingonberry sauce
Martine Johanna
on a chicken tamale
Quiet Riot
Cum On Feel The Noize
Bologna sandwich or maybe fruit roll ups
90s
Fiona Apple
Criminal
Giving in to purchasing a hot personal pan pizza
Sleep to Dream
Listening to the students in line discuss the merits of Wavy Gravy ice cream
19th century via technology of the 2000s
Old or recreated photographs of the tragic Lizzie Siddall on Pinterst????
Broiled grapefruit
Now-ish works
Johanna Harmon
Lingonberry sauce
Martine Johanna
on a chicken tamale
Friday, November 15, 2019
M.....
"I've also read quite a bit about the history of Firland Sanitorium which Betty MacDonald renamed "The Pines" in her book "The Plague and I" about recovering from tuberculosis. Her roommate "Kimi" in the sanitorium, is real life Monica Sone, who went on to write "Nisei Daughter" about her life as a Japanese-American, who spent time with her family in Washington internment camps during WWII."
~ Judy Egnew Ness
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29811344-betty
Damn how did that happen.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Sone
~~~~~~~~~
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/609367.Nisei_Daughter
~ Judy Egnew Ness
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29811344-betty
Damn how did that happen.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Sone
~~~~~~~~~
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/609367.Nisei_Daughter
Monica who
"Read me I was born on your birthday" (said an internal voice...was looking at the date the book came out...)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41977775-monica
"Charles Dickens' great-granddaughter Monica Dickens was the author of twenty-five novels and many classics for children, and one of the most popular writers of her day. Born into the upper classes, as a bored and unhappy debutante in the 1930s she took the incredible step of going into domestic service and then writing a book about it. 'One Pair of Hands,' published in 1939, sold in the millions and has never been out of print. Her subsequent works, calling on her rich experience as a wartime nurse, Spitfire factory worker, GI bride and more, sold in similar numbers but are now largely forgotten."
Author also wrote a biography of Betty MacDonald.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/15145566.Anne_Wellman
"Charles Dickens' great-granddaughter Monica Dickens was the author of twenty-five novels and many classics for children, and one of the most popular writers of her day. Born into the upper classes, as a bored and unhappy debutante in the 1930s she took the incredible step of going into domestic service and then writing a book about it. 'One Pair of Hands,' published in 1939, sold in the millions and has never been out of print. Her subsequent works, calling on her rich experience as a wartime nurse, Spitfire factory worker, GI bride and more, sold in similar numbers but are now largely forgotten."
Author also wrote a biography of Betty MacDonald.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/15145566.Anne_Wellman
Oh so much house to clean
This would be a cute air bnb
https://patch.com/california/davis/own-slice-history-gable-mansion-sale-woodland
https://patch.com/california/davis/own-slice-history-gable-mansion-sale-woodland
Two books, many reviews
Two to read.
Born a Crime
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/born-crime-memoir-love-hope-resistance/
The Distance Between Us
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/reyna-grandes-journey-daniel-olivas-interviews-reyna-grande/
♡♡goodreads♡♡
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13260227-the-distance-between-us
♡♡memoirs♡♡
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29780253-born-a-crime
Born a Crime
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/born-crime-memoir-love-hope-resistance/
The Distance Between Us
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/reyna-grandes-journey-daniel-olivas-interviews-reyna-grande/
♡♡goodreads♡♡
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13260227-the-distance-between-us
♡♡memoirs♡♡
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29780253-born-a-crime
Two eyeballs, two articles!
But they must still be read one at a time...
"Shirley MacLaine on a Different Age of Sexual Harassers in Hollywood "
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/04/magazine/shirley-maclaine-interview.html
Such is life...
https://collider.com/shirley-maclaine-noelle-interview/
"Shirley MacLaine on a Different Age of Sexual Harassers in Hollywood "
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/04/magazine/shirley-maclaine-interview.html
Such is life...
https://collider.com/shirley-maclaine-noelle-interview/
"Little Ice Age Lessons"
Feeling fortunate and about to read words and admire a Dutch painting...
https://aeon.co/essays/the-little-ice-age-is-a-history-of-resilience-and-surprises?utm_source=pocket-newtab
More art to come.
https://aeon.co/essays/the-little-ice-age-is-a-history-of-resilience-and-surprises?utm_source=pocket-newtab
More art to come.
A story finds a reader!
"Without me asking, he shared that he had been released from the detention center that morning. 'I’ve never been on an airplane before. Do you know how this works? Where do I sit?'
'On Southwest you can sit in any available seat,' I said. 'Follow me. I’ll find us a seat together.'”
~ R. Grande
https://lithub.com/into-a-crueler-america-two-border-crossings-30-years-part/
'On Southwest you can sit in any available seat,' I said. 'Follow me. I’ll find us a seat together.'”
~ R. Grande
https://lithub.com/into-a-crueler-america-two-border-crossings-30-years-part/
Ah...repetition!
Kate Marvel, associate climate research scientist, Columbia University and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies:
"If I were a billionaire, I would try to stop being one as soon as possible by investing everything in girls’ schools and women’s leadership.
Even though there are huge differences in emissions per capita across different countries, decreasing population growth means fewer emitters. Historically, when girls are educated and women have economic opportunities and full control over their reproductive choices, fertility rates fall. That’s why the nonprofit Project Drawdown has named family planning and educating girls among its top solutions for climate change."
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Really privileged
After her health improved and she had gotten more reading privileges, MacDonald read about Katherine Mansfield's experience with TB and by comparison, her sanitorium experience looked like "a paradise" (pg 186, The Plague and I).
And Mansfield...she heard the cook's story...
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_cooks_story_an_extract_from_the_journal_of_katherine_mansfield_1919
And Mansfield...she heard the cook's story...
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_cooks_story_an_extract_from_the_journal_of_katherine_mansfield_1919
Is Canada really better?
"In Canada, migrant children are only separated from their families as a last resort, and only 155 children were held by Canada in 2018. In the United Kingdom, only 42 migrant children were placed in shelters in 2017."
~ S. Dahlquist-Tookey & M. Ross
http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2019/11/13/migrant-children-being-held-by-us-is-at-an-all-time-high/
What about the UK.
~ S. Dahlquist-Tookey & M. Ross
http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2019/11/13/migrant-children-being-held-by-us-is-at-an-all-time-high/
What about the UK.
One of the benefits of reading a book is
You may say to yourself, "At least you're not living in a horrific institution for tuberculosis patients in the 1930s/40s."
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Good health be with you
I wonder if any anti-vaxxers have read The Plague and I.
Really
Really
Really
Really
Really
Really
Started "The Plague..."
"'Here's a little mountain girl who had a baby at thirteen. Well, I suppose we can't start too young to learn what life has in store for us.'"
Gammy on Page 11
https://www.stuckinabook.com/the-plague-and-i-by-betty-macdonald/
Gammy on Page 11
https://www.stuckinabook.com/the-plague-and-i-by-betty-macdonald/
I have drug it out
From the bottom of a pile of paperbacks.
https://aux.avclub.com/dan-simmons-black-hills-1798164473
Online, I have The Plague and I.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37199.The_Plague_and_I
https://aux.avclub.com/dan-simmons-black-hills-1798164473
Online, I have The Plague and I.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37199.The_Plague_and_I
Thinking about the Black Hills
Never have seen them, but maybe I should....
http://rvwanderlust.com/south-dakota-black-hills
I might read Dan Simmons's book.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6505519-black-hills
Oh give me a home...
https://genius.com/John-denver-home-on-the-range-lyrics
Hmmm.
"Manifest Destiny has a long, sinister history that some say lives on today as 'American exceptionalism.'”
~ R. Way
http://m.startribune.com/the-real-history-of-mount-rushmore/388715411/
http://rvwanderlust.com/south-dakota-black-hills
I might read Dan Simmons's book.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6505519-black-hills
Oh give me a home...
https://genius.com/John-denver-home-on-the-range-lyrics
Hmmm.
"Manifest Destiny has a long, sinister history that some say lives on today as 'American exceptionalism.'”
~ R. Way
http://m.startribune.com/the-real-history-of-mount-rushmore/388715411/
Well, whoever he is
Too bad for him.
"NEW: Leon Cooperman has responded to Elizabeth Warren's ad. "She’s disgraceful. She doesn’t know who the f--- she’s tweeting. I gave away more in the year then she has in her whole f----ing lifetime” he just told me."
https://mobile.twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/1194762973182447617
So much money and still so unhappy.
"NEW: Leon Cooperman has responded to Elizabeth Warren's ad. "She’s disgraceful. She doesn’t know who the f--- she’s tweeting. I gave away more in the year then she has in her whole f----ing lifetime” he just told me."
https://mobile.twitter.com/ifindkarma/status/1194762973182447617
So much money and still so unhappy.
Marvel & Climate Change...
Kate Marvel, associate climate research scientist, Columbia University and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies:
"If I were a billionaire, I would try to stop being one as soon as possible by investing everything in girls’ schools and women’s leadership.
Even though there are huge differences in emissions per capita across different countries, decreasing population growth means fewer emitters. Historically, when girls are educated and women have economic opportunities and full control over their reproductive choices, fertility rates fall. That’s why the nonprofit Project Drawdown has named family planning and educating girls among its top solutions for climate change."
"Climate change will affect 'every single stage'"
...of A child's life"
https://www.vox.com/2019/11/13/20963481/climate-change-kids-health-asthma-air-pollution
"Health and climate are not unrelated issues; they are directly related" ~ G. McCarthy
https://www.vox.com/2019/11/13/20963481/climate-change-kids-health-asthma-air-pollution
"Health and climate are not unrelated issues; they are directly related" ~ G. McCarthy
A change on climate change
"One of the country’s biggest climate denier groups just did an about-face"
~ E. Pontecorvo
https://grist.org/article/one-of-the-countrys-biggest-climate-denier-groups-just-did-an-about-face/
~ E. Pontecorvo
https://grist.org/article/one-of-the-countrys-biggest-climate-denier-groups-just-did-an-about-face/
Something positive
"US held record number of migrant children in custody in 2019" By C. SHERMAN, M. MENDOZA AND G. BURKE:
“'Here, we change lives,'said shelter director Elcy Valdez, who worked as an ORR federal field specialist visiting a variety of facilities for six years. She saw a variety of operations, and took note of best practices. Today they hope to share their practices with some 170 shelter programs in 23 states. 'The girls come in very sad, nervous, not knowing what to expect, unsure what the future holds for them,' she said. 'We give them that sense of security, of safety for the first time.'”
https://apnews.com/015702afdb4d4fbf85cf5070cd2c6824
“'Here, we change lives,'said shelter director Elcy Valdez, who worked as an ORR federal field specialist visiting a variety of facilities for six years. She saw a variety of operations, and took note of best practices. Today they hope to share their practices with some 170 shelter programs in 23 states. 'The girls come in very sad, nervous, not knowing what to expect, unsure what the future holds for them,' she said. 'We give them that sense of security, of safety for the first time.'”
https://apnews.com/015702afdb4d4fbf85cf5070cd2c6824
What this says is....
IT'S A REAL ISSUE (even if ppl don't wanna talk about it)
"Every day women tell me things like, 'I can’t schedule board meetings on the week of my period because I could be passing out.' To me, that is a sickness. That is not a healthy state. I spoke recently to this one OB/GYN who was like, 'We don’t like to use the term ‘sick.’' And I’m like, 'Yeah, that’s the problem. You’re telling women that they’re fine so they’re just taking it.'"
https://www.thelily.com/pms-is-not-normal-this-expert-says-women-need-to-stop-putting-up-with-it/
THEY DESERVE BETTER
https://www.thelily.com/it-happens-to-everyone-why-its-hard-to-have-a-female-body-in-the-workplace/
"Every day women tell me things like, 'I can’t schedule board meetings on the week of my period because I could be passing out.' To me, that is a sickness. That is not a healthy state. I spoke recently to this one OB/GYN who was like, 'We don’t like to use the term ‘sick.’' And I’m like, 'Yeah, that’s the problem. You’re telling women that they’re fine so they’re just taking it.'"
https://www.thelily.com/pms-is-not-normal-this-expert-says-women-need-to-stop-putting-up-with-it/
THEY DESERVE BETTER
https://www.thelily.com/it-happens-to-everyone-why-its-hard-to-have-a-female-body-in-the-workplace/
That'll be the day
They go on a show to talk about who cleans their houses or grew the food they had for breakfast.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/parenting/2019/11/12/kanye-west-laura-dern-ellen-degeneres-teenage-kids/2572644001/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/parenting/2019/11/12/kanye-west-laura-dern-ellen-degeneres-teenage-kids/2572644001/
Monday, November 11, 2019
Heal for real
Oh Universe, please give me what is needed to heal...sinus pain, illness, probably sadness too... really hope things get better...don't feel very good but I hope for positive change...Oh something out there must know what is needed, like maybe see the good more often...I am going to have to rest again because
♡ It's Very Important♡
♡To Take Better Care of Yourself♡
Everything Everything Everything Everything
♡ It's Very Important♡
♡To Take Better Care of Yourself♡
Everything Everything Everything Everything
Thoughts on flying
After my curiosity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/10/amazon-spent-million-seattle-city-council-races-socialist-it-opposed-has-won/
Lead me to
https://mobile.twitter.com/cmkshama?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Uniforms
https://www.ajc.com/business/delta-flight-attendants-file-lawsuit-alleging-passport-plum-uniforms-cause-rashes-reactions/NgZWMmhIdeZYMcMSFsZiRM/#
Unions
https://mobile.twitter.com/FlyingWithSara/status/1190404240637931520
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/10/amazon-spent-million-seattle-city-council-races-socialist-it-opposed-has-won/
Lead me to
https://mobile.twitter.com/cmkshama?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Uniforms
https://www.ajc.com/business/delta-flight-attendants-file-lawsuit-alleging-passport-plum-uniforms-cause-rashes-reactions/NgZWMmhIdeZYMcMSFsZiRM/#
Unions
https://mobile.twitter.com/FlyingWithSara/status/1190404240637931520
Thoughts about the future
How likely is it that X will stand up to the people who perpetuate oppression when a whole livelihood relies on well-established protocols of enabling and flattering them. Like, what factors would really motivate X to make some changes.
Ghastly were the times
If it parallels a TV show, I have no idea...maybe it will be something to ask someone else about later.
https://www.ccn.com/bolivia-mirrors-game-of-thrones-as-protestors-force-mayor-on-walk-of-shame/
Horrible, yet also horrible to say it could have been worse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/world/americas/bolivia-mayor-protest-paint.html
It will surely be time to take a break from the 'net soon.
Breathing lessons
Breathing is back.
"Our culture has primed us to judge fat people as lazy and selfish. And it goes deep. Amelia conducts a children’s choir, and she has to teach her kids to breathe. At ten, eight, even six years old, they already believe that their bellies are supposed to be flat and hard, so they hold their stomachs in. You can’t breathe deeply, all the way, without relaxing your abdomen, and you can’t sing if you can’t breathe. So Amelia has to teach children to breathe."
~ E & A Nagoski
https://ideas.ted.com/if-youre-unhappy-with-your-body-just-repeat-after-us-you-are-the-new-hotness/
"The body mass index (BMI) chart and its labels — underweight, overweight, obese, etc. — were created by a panel of nine individuals, seven of whom were 'employed by weight-loss clinics and thus have an economic interest in encouraging use of their facilities,' as researchers Paul Ernsberger and Richard J Koletsky put it. You’ve been lied to about the relationship between weight and health so that you’ll perpetually try to change your weight."
~ E & A Nagoski
https://ideas.ted.com/if-youre-unhappy-with-your-body-just-repeat-after-us-you-are-the-new-hotness/
"Our culture has primed us to judge fat people as lazy and selfish. And it goes deep. Amelia conducts a children’s choir, and she has to teach her kids to breathe. At ten, eight, even six years old, they already believe that their bellies are supposed to be flat and hard, so they hold their stomachs in. You can’t breathe deeply, all the way, without relaxing your abdomen, and you can’t sing if you can’t breathe. So Amelia has to teach children to breathe."
~ E & A Nagoski
https://ideas.ted.com/if-youre-unhappy-with-your-body-just-repeat-after-us-you-are-the-new-hotness/
"The body mass index (BMI) chart and its labels — underweight, overweight, obese, etc. — were created by a panel of nine individuals, seven of whom were 'employed by weight-loss clinics and thus have an economic interest in encouraging use of their facilities,' as researchers Paul Ernsberger and Richard J Koletsky put it. You’ve been lied to about the relationship between weight and health so that you’ll perpetually try to change your weight."
~ E & A Nagoski
https://ideas.ted.com/if-youre-unhappy-with-your-body-just-repeat-after-us-you-are-the-new-hotness/
Sunday, November 10, 2019
WEARING GLASSES TO WORK
Can't make this stuff up.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/08/japanese-women-see-red-over-workplace-glasses-ban
& high heels & power
“We are so surprised that overseas media paid so much attention to the high-heel issue,” says a member of abuse survivor organisation Spring. “There is a much more serious and deeper issue: Japan’s sex-crime issue.”
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/13/there-are-almost-no-women-in-power-tokyos-female-workers-demand-change
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/08/japanese-women-see-red-over-workplace-glasses-ban
& high heels & power
“We are so surprised that overseas media paid so much attention to the high-heel issue,” says a member of abuse survivor organisation Spring. “There is a much more serious and deeper issue: Japan’s sex-crime issue.”
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/13/there-are-almost-no-women-in-power-tokyos-female-workers-demand-change
DEAR Jesus
What will your Bible tell Kanye and "MAGA kid" tonight?
https://www.openbible.info/topics/women_and_men
Which verse will best suit their interests. JESUS?
https://www.openbible.info/topics/women_and_men
Which verse will best suit their interests. JESUS?
Americans who
like music money & Jesus
I guess
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kanye-west-black-americans-not-vote-democrats-power
&
what's her name
Despair at all income levels.
Maybe they both think they are following God.
I guess
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kanye-west-black-americans-not-vote-democrats-power
&
what's her name
Despair at all income levels.
Maybe they both think they are following God.
School Lunch Success!!!!
"The problem is that it’s hard to find people like McCoy. There’s been a historical lack of respect for her job that is reflected both in the pay and in the hiring standards."
~ J. Black
https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/school-lunch/?platform=hootsuite
~ J. Black
https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/school-lunch/?platform=hootsuite
Enjoyed the raspberries; sorry about the rent, etc.
"Most of all, though, he wants a little respect from American consumers. "I would like to see that the public values our work," he said. "We contribute to society, first by picking the food you eat, but also by spending money in this country on clothes, gas, food and rent like any other group of people."
~ B. Estabrook
http://www.eatingwell.com/article/291645/farmers-cant-find-enough-workers-to-harvest-cropsand-fruits-and-vegetables-are-literally-rotting-in-fields/
"Savoring one of the richest, most densely sweet strawberries I'd ever tasted, I was struck by the bitter irony it represented. Serrano had achieved the American dream. Smuggled illegally into the country from Mexico at age 3 in the trunk of a Ford Gran Torino, Serrano joined his parents, who had arrived earlier, in the California fields. He became a legal resident in 1986 under President Reagan's amnesty bill, advanced through a series of agricultural jobs and, four years ago, fulfilled his dream of owning his own farm company—JAS Family Farms Organic. In addition to strawberries and summer squash, Serrano raises tomatoes, artichokes and cabbages on about 100 acres. But instead of enjoying the success he worked so hard to build, he is forced to stand by helplessly as his crops rot in the fields. Thousands of dollars' worth of nutritious—and delicious—food was going to waste all around us. "When I first started the farm, people were always showing up at the gates begging for work," Serrano said. "Now, we farmers are the ones who are begging for workers."
~ B. Estabrook
~ B. Estabrook
http://www.eatingwell.com/article/291645/farmers-cant-find-enough-workers-to-harvest-cropsand-fruits-and-vegetables-are-literally-rotting-in-fields/
"Savoring one of the richest, most densely sweet strawberries I'd ever tasted, I was struck by the bitter irony it represented. Serrano had achieved the American dream. Smuggled illegally into the country from Mexico at age 3 in the trunk of a Ford Gran Torino, Serrano joined his parents, who had arrived earlier, in the California fields. He became a legal resident in 1986 under President Reagan's amnesty bill, advanced through a series of agricultural jobs and, four years ago, fulfilled his dream of owning his own farm company—JAS Family Farms Organic. In addition to strawberries and summer squash, Serrano raises tomatoes, artichokes and cabbages on about 100 acres. But instead of enjoying the success he worked so hard to build, he is forced to stand by helplessly as his crops rot in the fields. Thousands of dollars' worth of nutritious—and delicious—food was going to waste all around us. "When I first started the farm, people were always showing up at the gates begging for work," Serrano said. "Now, we farmers are the ones who are begging for workers."
~ B. Estabrook
Sunday Reflection
Based on some dreams and such, I know there are some people who would do well to heal in regards to the issue of child abuse, starting with whatever that means for themselves.
(Do) (you) (know) (how) (that) (feels)
I guess your formula works alright for you, but it seems like if I followed your formula, I would have to ignore me and the people around me too much.
And I am sure I am not supposed to do that. RIGHT?
I cannot do that.
Maybe what is best is for me to turn my attention more to nature though?
Because it is a gift to be able pay more attention to nature.
Because none of us would even be here without nature.
And I am sure I am not supposed to do that. RIGHT?
I cannot do that.
Maybe what is best is for me to turn my attention more to nature though?
Because it is a gift to be able pay more attention to nature.
Because none of us would even be here without nature.
Sentiment sounds familar
"Although it is tempting to turn a blind eye to these atrocities and focus on my own children and family, and the comfort and security we enjoy, inaction and silence at this time in our nation’s history feels like siding with the oppressor."
~ K. Zipple-Shedd
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/11/08/how-keep-faith-amid-trumps-war-immigrants-and-their-lawyers
~ K. Zipple-Shedd
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/11/08/how-keep-faith-amid-trumps-war-immigrants-and-their-lawyers
It happens
The universe sends some messages
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/09/el-norte-movie-anniversary-immigration-border-gregory-nava
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/09/el-norte-movie-anniversary-immigration-border-gregory-nava
Saturday, November 09, 2019
A good persimmon day
When soft and warm from the sun, a ripe persimmon is simply delicious. Now I understand why people grow them.
Sometimes it takes a day or a week or a month or a year or
A decade.
Because burn out is real
& so is the body.
Because burn out is real
& so is the body.
Who?
"When asked why that is, Serrano says, "I think the way the president's running the country, that's what's happening. There's too much — he's got too much trouble, and it doesn't stop. It just gets more and more and more. And how is he going to fix all this? He's not," Serrano says.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett shares that view. Trump is inciting hatred against minorities, including Hispanics and immigrants, he said at a news conference."
~ M. Silver
~ M. Silver
Who to thank
Don't have to thank every veteran, especially not a racist who throws acid on people.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-11-06/milwaukee-acid-attack-arrest-hate-crime
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/victim-of-milwaukee-acid-attack-speaks-out-he-asked-me-why-i-came-to-invade-the-country/2019/11/07/90486ca6-dd48-4fd9-bbcf-cecff1b984ac_video.html
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/can-republicans-still-rely-on-trump/2019/11/06/08e12f8d-1a66-4bfc-b04f-4dfcb02ac125_video.html?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-11-06/milwaukee-acid-attack-arrest-hate-crime
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/victim-of-milwaukee-acid-attack-speaks-out-he-asked-me-why-i-came-to-invade-the-country/2019/11/07/90486ca6-dd48-4fd9-bbcf-cecff1b984ac_video.html
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/can-republicans-still-rely-on-trump/2019/11/06/08e12f8d-1a66-4bfc-b04f-4dfcb02ac125_video.html?
O Zzyzx signn
Reminds me that I think people should play the alphabet game out of order with an ABCs cheat sheet and then after they cross off all the letters they can go for another round. Why not?
https://mobile.twitter.com/OWCalifornia/status/1183946348824936449
Disappointed that I chewed holes and "destroyed" another t-shirt while watching an upsetting movie late at night but I guess am a work in progress.
"Do you think it would help if we had a different president." "Maybe, this did start after he got elected..."
https://mobile.twitter.com/OWCalifornia/status/1183946348824936449
Disappointed that I chewed holes and "destroyed" another t-shirt while watching an upsetting movie late at night but I guess am a work in progress.
"Do you think it would help if we had a different president." "Maybe, this did start after he got elected..."
Friday, November 08, 2019
Shows I most want to continue watching when they come back
!) MY BRILLIANT FRIEND
2) THE CROWN
3) Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2) THE CROWN
3) Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
I wonder who the singing ladies are
André Rieu & His Johann Strauss Orchestra performing Hallelujah
"I heard there was a secret chord..."
Some girl was singing in the bookstore bathroom.
*OH*COME*ON*
"We tell ourselves, the school teacher that left millions was just lucky. No. She wasn’t. She was just playing a different game than you were."
~ S. Parrish
https://fs.blog/2018/10/long-game/
WAS she really playing the "Long Game"
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-nov-30-la-na-hometown-millionaires-20131201-story.html
just because she inherited a house from her parents and her brother helped her with her finances
"In the long game, power and distance are required so that the player's ball can approach the putting green in as few strokes as possible. In the short game, the skills needed are more finesse-related due to the need for accuracy. In order to be a successful golfer, a player must master both aspects of the game."
~ C. Joseph
https://golftips.golfweek.com/explain-terms-long-game-short-game-golf-2064.html
couldn't even play any game without the groundskeepers
"What if you had to make a choice between hunger or deportation? As the Trump era unfolds in California, fear of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown is disrupting the daily lives of immigrants and their families. In a state with 5.4 million non-citizen residents—and where nearly half of all children have at least one immigrant parent—the president’s promise to increase deportations may already be affecting the health and livelihoods of families, even those here legally, by discouraging them from turning to public-assistance programs or from working."
~ G. Kauffman
or food