Shazam says I ♡ "A Change of Season"

2002 - Believe
https://2002music.com/believe

Maybe I would like the album, too.

A life thinking about lives, lives, lives....

Thank you for the assistance :-)

https://www.edgarcayce.org/the-readings/health-and-wellness/holistic-health-database/research-edgar-cayce-and-the-palma-christi/

(Mine is currently made from cuttings of a beautiful blue cotton shirt that I used to gnaw on. I used it this morning.)

Good idea for this life and the next.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/basic-instinct-screenwriter-film-would-have-serious-metoo-protesters-now-1157238

Found that one

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Eszterhas

After other interesting details...

Thirteen Seconds: Confrontation at Kent State - Eszterhas, Joe, Roberts, Michael D. - Google Books
https://books.google.com/books/about/Thirteen_Seconds_Confrontation_at_Kent_S.html?id=5hMlnT9NoqIC

Ah...and then some visuals...nice-looking exhibit!

Photos: Photos: Kent State honors Bill Schroeder with exhibit - Record-Courier - Kent, OH
https://www.record-courier.com/photogallery/OH/20190503/PHOTOGALLERY/503009982/PH/1

And then went back to his convoluted evolution

"Slavery's Foe, at Last" - TIME
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005153-1,00.html

His best epitaph

https://www.aaepa.com/2015/01/benjamin-franklins-words-wisdom-life-death/

A sharp critique

https://religiondispatches.org/thoreaus-ferocious-critique-of-philanthropy-does-not-make-him-selfish/

A film about recent events to see sometime

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/09/10/759152615/why-we-should-all-watch-american-factory

Well. I feel it's a lot.

~~~~~~

Also here to excitedly inform anyone

Cat acting - AnimalsBeingDerps
https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalsBeingDerps/comments/ehkxnx/cat_acting/

that cat creatures are still on the planet!

Good stuff

It is really important to have the willingness to accept good, healing energy and real self love. Real self love is a great healing force on our planet. It is real and it is a force of nature.

How do you you know it's real?
It makes you feel happy.
It makes you feel generous.
That includes being generous with yourself.

I can feel some of it now.
I can feel me in some alternate reality, residing in an artistic cottage, surrounded by nature, exclaiming, the disillusionment damn near killed me! Yes, why was it easy to forget. It's an earth life full of fears and distractions.

If your gift to the planet is living a quiet life and learning about real self love, which includes nature, and self-nurture, so be it.

Grateful for good people.

Thank you, Abigail Disney.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/06/the-ultra-wealthy-who-argue-that-they-should-be-paying-higher-taxes?verso=true

"Thank you..."

https://genius.com/Alanis-morissette-thank-u-lyrics

I hope that life will be better than that.

Dear Linda, I am so sorry.

(She is saying how she feels).
  https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/linda-ronstadt-trump-hitler-mexicans-new-jews 

That was such a scary dream. Infrastructure was going to pieces. Society was going to pieces. We were drinking out of soda machines. I said I would not live long because of insulin stuff. I was telling family I love them. I was hoping to be reunited with my boyfriend. I just woke up. We aren't that bad yet. Love is important. So is clean drinking water. We can do so, so, so much better for each other.

You get that

Salt water...from the eyes...ocean.

She's coming!

How about that?

https://www.lakepowelllife.com/8-year-old-mexican-girl-is-on-her-way/

"After these experiences, she published a book entitled 'Don't Give Up,' where she records the vicissitudes of her short life as a prodigy and is working on an intelligent bracelet that measures the emotions of people with autism and coma patients. She says she was so anxious when her peers 'locked her up' that she went into convulsions, and she doesn't want the same thing to happen to others."

~ B. Garcia
  https://aldianews.com/articles/culture/social/little-mexican-einstein-us-universities-fight-over/57206

Compassionate!

Ah, cat

I thought she would be content with her favorite lap source but he says she yowls a lot now that I am gone so I guess she will like it better to have my company again.

Deserve better.

Don't be in denial.

https://www.calhealthreport.org/2019/12/12/trump-is-traumatizing-children-california-must-protect-them/

Illustrated with "traumatized immigrant children stock photo."

Curious about this Dandelion Salad

Great Depression Cooking - Dandelion Salad

www.welcometoclaraskitchen.com

One of the worst things

Accidentally worse at treating some types of women horribly.

What is that...

"Imagine ending up in prison because of Bloomberg's racist policy then being forced to help him run for president."

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheLoveBel0w/status/1209539023842283520

Sadly, some people have a distorted view because of caring about money more than about human beings.

https://www.theroot.com/democratic-candidate-mike-bloomberg-exploited-prison-la-1840685332

I guess that's why they still talk about Jesus...

He came as an example of having compassion for your fellow human beings.

A source

Love healing...kind of more interested in the 2nd and 3rd techniques at the moment.

https://www.drweil.com/health-wellness/body-mind-spirit/stress-anxiety/breathing-three-exercises/

I respect you, body

You are part of the environment.
Help me listen to you.

Could cry

Honestly.

"'I did all these things, I knew they were the right thing to do... but I didn't do it to save the climate, I did it to save my child,' Mr Thunberg said.

 'I have two daughters and to be honest they are all that matter to me. I just want them to be happy,' he added."

"Greta Thunberg's father: 'She is happy...'"
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50901789

Gracias. Hermanos/as/xs

When you send me good, healing vibes, you are doing the work of the good lord in Heaven!!!!!

I read that walnuts can flush out extra estrogen.

Hail relic of the early morning, bringer of happiness

Heating pad can you be a gift?
Heal my illness on many levels.
Help me stay on the best path for this body.
That's including thoughts, actions, emotions.
Gee, is this a prayer.
Heating pad, I asked, and you said yes to me.
Glory be to you and to your kind!

Encouragement & positive energy

I need to give this body a lot of it.

Brain needs sleep

I forgot how to knit. I finally finished a washcloth. Brain will not let me knit. Finish tomorrow.

Body has a protest.

Pain is much. What is it about it? I must do the heat and castor oil pack and breathing.

Was impressed by the refried beans technique, but...

"How to Eat for $10 a Week: Emergency Extreme Budget Food Shopping Haul"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAYJLyYTsls

Now it is time to attend to pain.

Whoevervilles

https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/hoovervilles

Johnny has a house

Kinda cool:  "Mortgage-free tiny home on a housekeepers salary"

https://youtu.be/wxGr9uloL9k

And a blog.

https://granolashotgun.com/2019/04/08/its-complicated/

"Safe as houses now."
(Mr. Wilcox in Howard's End.)

~~~~~~

"Cycling through Homeless Camps on Santa Ana River Bike Trail in Orange County California"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhy3zI3wvAo

What else...

We were talking about people who died in a local hospital on Christmas...I kept wanting to listen to music...

These things are strange.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/27/george-michaels-sister-found-dead-on-christmas-day

I think it's time for a better year.

It can come early.

Out there AGAIN?

Spirit
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/10/casey-gerald-there-will-be-no-miracles-here-interview/amp

Influences?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2019/12/17/apple-and-tesla-among-tech-giants-being-sued-over-the-deaths-and-injuries-of-child-cobalt-miners-in-drc/

Speaking of times to pray in solitude

I don't think this is a very wise spiritual leader.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/476189-miami-pastor-hosting-trump-pledges-safety-for-his-undocumented

Guilting terrified members of congregation into making him feel better about his compromises and choices.

But later...

I might look for...

https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/reviews/view/9654

Rainy Sunday Reading

O

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/12/casey-gerald-donald-trump-most-american-president-we-have-had-there-will-be-no-miracles-here

Come All Ye Faithful

I like that one though

"Pray in solitude Jesus"

Some reminders

Seeing women cry in church is like, yeah this is not easy. Maybe I will go th err the church of Female Problems. Sincerely, taking ibuprofen for my uterus in the car.

Gosh I hope I feel better soon

Exhausted and achy and sad about those things. Can you sleep...sleep may come...

"Middle Ages"

Is in the review.

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/10/casey-gerald-there-will-be-no-miracles-here-interview/amp

Gospel~ish

Seeking Eden | Robert Rich

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M7LLMldSdCU

The Gospel of Doubt | Casey Gerald

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DsrxbqFo41k

Howling Wind | Stress Linda

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GY5tPwU-p6s

So nice to re-read...

Nice Christmas story in Chapter 21

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3345806-angels-in-my-hair

There was a cat...

1) Finding Comfort Far from Home - IRC

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-WFSwyKkNyc&t=24s

2) Meet Alex Cruz: a 21-year-old who refuses to turn her back on asylum seekers | International Rescue Committee (IRC)

https://www.rescue.org/article/meet-alex-cruz-21-year-old-who-refuses-turn-her-back-asylum-seekers

3) Good boundaries free you | Sarri Gilman | TEDxSnoIsleLibraries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtsHUeKnkC8

4) Snow in Southern California Closes Interstate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD085Yn074U

"No Apparent Distress"

Book & reviewer

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/books/review/rachel-pearson-no-apparent-distress.html

"That, too, is American freedom..."

~ D. Ofri

Maybe the best part

"I want to hear this girl talk about her own strength, and I want to learn how a child recovers emotionally from kidnapping and torture. So I stay off-script, asking, 'How did she do that?'"

'We talked,' she says. She smiles, and tells me that her mother understands her very well. I believe her."

~ R. Pearson

https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/what-a-pediatrician-can-do-for-a-child-seeking-asylum-and-what-she-cant

Autres: meatloaf with homemade bread crumbs

Moi: salad with healthy protein

*nods sagely*

It's learning how to

deal with that pain management part of the cycle. Maybe no sugar, wheat, and dairy will help. Well, why not try it!

First trying a "Tum's"

XY: WHY ARE YOU NOT BOOSTING MY SPECIAL EGO LIKE I AM USED TO.

XX: CAN'T YOU SEE THAT'S NOT MY FUNCTION. But why don't you, like, gift me a blood pressure monitor or something?

Is working?

Workabout?

"Some low-income college students are among the 688,000 food stamp recipients projected to lose benefits as a result of a Trump administration rule announced Dec. 4. While the rule explicitly targets "able-bodied adults without dependents," it also limits food assistance for a share of college students at a time when campuses across the country are grappling with how to respond to food insecurity."

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/21/789295697/new-snap-rule-impacts-college-students-by-limiting-benefits-and-adding-confusion

Why does stomach hurt so much?
Do you need antacid?
DGL?

Sprightly

GAGLIARDA - MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER

O for X's sake

"Some guys have..."

https://genius.com/Rod-stewart-some-guys-have-all-the-luck-lyrics

a weird way of making you feel like they think an extremely small segment of the population should be enough to represent all of womanhood " why not, it's always been good enough for me"

In at least one lil' universe...

This is kinda like holiday music.
G. Michael: Kissing..., Jesus...

When well

Kitaro - Misty

One by M.L.

Mars Lasar ~ Sentinel Meadow

*****

https://marslasar.com/yosemite-valley-of-the-giants

Oh and also

Star Wars Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base - SNL

An esteemed soul watched Star Wars recently and did not get sick. (So I hear).

Also out there

Tree therapy.

https://exploringyourmind.com/cleansing-kinds-trees-according-tao/

I have been told a walk through a Cypress forest can be especially calming.

Huh, interesting

Oh...

https://mobile.twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1210395489662881792

That's not far

https://mobile.twitter.com/MichalHigdon/status/1210360988563910657

from World Market

https://www.yelp.com/biz/cost-plus-world-market-charleston-2?osq=world+market

which is adored by the local community

https://www.live5news.com/2019/12/26/presidential-hopeful-yang-visiting-lowcountry-thursday/

just over here tree-ing

like a tree

like the one that sways in the wind

Ha, Three Salomes

Salome I
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_I

SALOME
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome

Salome the Disciple
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(disciple)

Wow, good for Archelaus and Salome

"Scholars agree Herod suffered throughout his lifetime from depression and paranoia. Josephus stated that Herod was so concerned that no one would mourn his death, that he commanded a large group of distinguished men to come to Jericho, and he gave an order that they should be killed at the time of his death so that the displays of grief that he craved would take place; but his son Archelaus and his sister Salome did not carry out this wish."
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great

"Said The Night Wind"

"To"

B's dad knew just what he wanted
https://mobile.twitter.com/BrianLSimmons1/status/1209899181529325579

"The"

K can appreciate that
https://mobile.twitter.com/KenFarnaso/status/1209901678348115971

"Little"

And also share a pretty sweet Xmas story
https://mobile.twitter.com/KenFarnaso/status/1210032329231601666

"Lamb"

Back to B. Here's his wife
https://mobile.twitter.com/BrianLSimmons1/status/1191210144748769280

"Do You Hear What I Hear?"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_You_Hear_What_I_Hear%3F

"...a song written in October 1962, with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne.^[1] The pair, married at the time, wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis.^[2] Regney had been invited by a record producer to write a Christmas song, but he was hesitant due to the commercialism of Christmas.^[3] It has sold tens of millions of copies..."

~~~~~~

"The king proclaims a prayer of peace and announces that the child will "bring goodness and light."^[4]

The lyrics are inconsistent with the response of Herod the Great, the reigning monarch over the region at the time..."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_You_Hear_What_I_Hear%3F

Hi. Look.

"This Teacher Makes $40,000 A Year. This Lawyer Makes $210,000 A Year. That Explains The American Economy.

A decade after the great recession, our politics are different, but our finances are worse."

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/the-great-recession-broke-the-american-economy-we-still

Different reasons?

They are

https://mobile.twitter.com/DavidJHarrisJr/status/1209925448689426432

BOTH

https://mobile.twitter.com/jonvoight/status/1207475098346590208

benefiting from structural inequality, though.

You forgot something

Sexual predator

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations

Maybe a gecko would make a nice pet in the next life

https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/efxsqk/this_is_so_cute/

Wouldn't it have been nice

If the great grandparent had....

Yes.

That would have been nice.

Please brother.

Alternate reality:

Please wait! I'm still good! My behavior has been wonderful! You haven't become acquainted with my cowardly, abusive streak yet! 

All for the better.

I think you might want a reminder

Your businesses are not more important than the well-being of your children, or other people's children.

Nor is the fascist, racist figurehead you prop up in order to get your dreams accomplished. Remember. There are ways to do things differently than your terrible role models.

What's a fun time of life?

Searching even more symptoms online isn't. (Is that random stabbing pain an ulcer?) The world needs relaxation at all levels now. My goodness.

Good speech...

https://theswellesleyreport.com/2015/06/author-adichie-dispenses-wisdom-to-privileged-wellesley-college-grads/

It is castor oil pack time.

Had a cramp-free Xmas, at least. Back pain was still here, but you know. Heating pad was here to help.

Where summer is

Else
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2019/dec/21/im-the-13-year-old-police-threatened-to-arrest-at-the-kirribilli-house-protest-this-is-why-i-did-it

Where

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/02/australia/australian-woman-climate-protest-intl-scli/index.html

That was so 2019

Like pretzels?

"All over the world, girls are raised to be make themselves likeable, to twist themselves into shapes that suit other people."

~ C. Ngozi Adichie
  https://theswellesleyreport.com/2015/06/author-adichie-dispenses-wisdom-to-privileged-wellesley-college-grads/

How are you going to come back?

"How the rich plan to rule a burning planet" (?)

https://redflag.org.au/node/6974

But do you "know them" know them

"... whether they realize it or not, every single person is connected to someone else who struggles with food insecurity.

These are people hiding in plain sight, she says, terrified of raising their hands and self-identifying as someone who needs help, “especially in a climate where they’re being vilified.”

The rule changes will cut SNAP by roughly $4.2 billion over five years, and directly affect nearly 700,000 able-bodied Americans, according to the Urban Institute."

~ LINDSAY SCHNELL AND TREVOR HUGHES
  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/21/trump-food-stamps-cut-snap-benefits-more-hungry-americans/2710146001/

Kinda nice and soft stuff

528Hz Release Inner Conflict &Struggle | Anti Anxiety Cleanse - Stop Overthinking, Worry & Stress ~ ZenLifeRelax

Yesterdays have impact

This Scottish influence at the service...

And then to this messenger.

To this very interesting read!

" I grew up in Hawaii. My father is a native Hawaiian activist and community organizer. And I like to say that growing up in an island culture is a unique experience because when you live on an island, you have to care about the welfare of the other people around you in order for yourself to survive. So that was sort of the underpinning of my entire formation."

"My mother is from New York, so she's not Hawaiian. And my parents are evangelical Christians — very conservative, evangelical Christian. So it was this wide encompassing island culture, and then the black and white rules of evangelical culture and what women are supposed to do. I never saw a woman in leadership in religious institution. I knew that women could only have influence in religious institutions by marrying the pastor."

https://sojo.net/articles/double-work-women-church-leadership

Women's roles...For better & worse, I was influenced by women who sought leadership roles in conservative churches...it has been strange to flee what always held some attraction...sometimes think it would be fun to study more about churches...both the buildings and the communities...I have that streak in me...

Still...

There is no picture on the internet that really captures what I felt about seeing "Germany Valley" as a very young person but these are some good attempts. Back then, never knew a future reverend and a priest were on our camping trip. It would be so fun to see it again...

Mensajera

Oh holy candlelight...

Welcomed by trees! After being strongly encouraged to turn away from a service I really didn't want to go to anyway (no room at the inn, ha ha), went to an Anglican church instead. Sang "O Holy Night" while looking over the flame of a candle at 3 little girls with crowns on their heads (the "3 wise women.") It included lots and lots of music and singing, remembering to have compassion for refugees, a children's version of the X-mas story (the place was filled with kids, both in the audience and up front in costumes as shepherds, angels, characters in the nativity scene, etc), scenes from Forest Gump, and how being lonely means it is time to be closer with God, who does not want you to be lonely. It was far, far better than I expected.

Nativity scenes: health, history and art

Past/present

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/12/24/788915889/why-certain-poor-shepherds-in-nativity-scenes-have-huge-misshapen-throats

On Earth. 2019.

Lives

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/story/2019-12-22/army-officer-returns-home-deportation 

Lived

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2019/12/us-army-officer-rushes-home-to-see-his-mom-before-she-is-deported-to-mexico/

In search of...

"It’s obvious why shock benefactors appeal to us, with their sudden joyous and viral acts of generosity. They satisfy our narrative needs"

~ A. Quart
  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/opinion/philanthropists-college-debt.html

"Real change may not require shocking amounts of private money, but rather brave public policy."

~ A. Quart

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/opinion/philanthropists-college-debt.html

You live in a strange time

“'We don’t allow a 12-year-old to work in an air-conditioned office,' said CARE Act supporter Reid Maki, director of Child Labor Advocacy with the National Consumers League in Washington, D.C. 'Yet U.S. law allows that same 12-year-old to work 10-12 hours a day performing back-breaking work harvesting crops — even toxic ones like tobacco — in temperatures that are often in the 90s and even 100 degrees.'”

~ M. Buiano

https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/immigration/immigration-employment/child-farmworkers-labor-laws/

I have a guess

Even people who have big ways of protecting themselves now could benefit from pursuing healing from trauma. Earth can be daunting for sensitive souls.

Simple big requests

Healing for anxiety, for health, for a girl's life, a woman's life, a human being's life, believing in deserving compassionate and kind care.

My journey

We can forge a more healing path. I commit to you and I will help you more.

The body needs a break

Listen to her.
We live together.
Let's pursue harmony together.

Wasn't this interesting

Yes.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/12/23/elizabeth-warren-brothers-are-silent-fixture-her-campaign/eRgfvczXA9FLxnjJsQ5AXM/story.html

Such beauty!

Love this:

"🔥 a group of starlings flying in the shape of a hedgehog, with the moon as an eye"

https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/eebjg5/a_group_of_starlings_flying_in_the_shape_of_a/

Souls on Earth

"We hold sacred our responsibility to act in the best interest of all children, both our own and those of the greater family of God. We witness to the destructive short- and long-term effects on society that occur when such an eternal law is violated. We speak as those called to “protect and strengthen children and families” and plead for all elected officials and citizens to do the same. We ignore such violations at the peril of our individual and national souls."

https://www.mormonwomenforethicalgovernment.org/official-statement-from-mormon-women-for-ethical-government-on-child-detention/


"We spent the Sabbath mourning and praying for the families of the innocent who were gunned down Saturday in pre-meditated massacres in El Paso and Dayton, as well as for precious children of God killed in Gilroy last week. Familiar with the image of a Maker who weeps with us, we feel deep sorrow in our knowledge that the shooters are “without affection, and… hate their own blood” (Moses 7:29 and 33). We refuse to become numb or to believe that mass shootings are a way of life in America and will never accept this horror as inevitable or unstoppable. We actively pray that the hearts of men and women will change."

https://www.mormonwomenforethicalgovernment.org/official-statement-from-mormon-women-for-ethical-government-on-el-paso-massacre-and-white-supremacy/

Before Christmas

"Christianity Today sees boost in new subscriptions..."

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/475706-christianity-today-receives-boost-in-new-subscriptions-after-calling-for

Noting that many Mormon women are not happy with him either

Ethical

https://www.mormonwomenforethicalgovernment.org/official-statement-from-mormon-women-for-ethical-government-on-the-house-impeachment-vote/

Conflicts

https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/christianity-today-exposed-the-reality

This should be obvious

"Separating children from their parents, as has been the practice for illegal immigrants scooped up by federal authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border, 'is a recipe for childhood stress,' she told a recent gathering of the Sacramento Press Club.  She supports state Atty. General Xavier Becerra’s legal moves against the practice."

~ C. McFadden

https://capitolweekly.net/and-after-almost-a-year-on-the-job-as-the-states-first-surgeon-general-dr-nadine-burke-harris-exudes-optimism-saying-she-has-enjoyed-an-absolutely-phenomenal-outpouring-of-support/

There will be a lot of need for rehabilitation and healing

'I'm Kidnapped': A Father's Nightmare on the Border

"The next day, José was escorted to a room where, over the phone, he expressed fear of returning to Mexico to an asylum officer. About 40 minutes later, an immigration official told José that they would have to go back to Mexico. He handed him a document that said that José 'did not establish a clear probability of persecution or torture in Mexico.'”

~ M. Jordan

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/21/us/border-migrants-kidnapping-mexico.html

Catch ☆☆☆☆☆

LikeLikeLikeLikeLOVE!!!!

“'So, I believe that 20 years from now, we are going to be having a totally different conversation,' she said."

https://capitolweekly.net/and-after-almost-a-year-on-the-job-as-the-states-first-surgeon-general-dr-nadine-burke-harris-exudes-optimism-saying-she-has-enjoyed-an-absolutely-phenomenal-outpouring-of-support/

Stories of ACES

"Sayally, with a bachelor’s degree in child development, believes she spent the first 22 years of her life in fight-or-flight."

~ E. Adler

https://www.kansascity.com/news/special-reports/article238204784.html


"...explaining the hyper-alert state he has stayed in throughout his life..."

~ C. Sipp

https://www.acesconnection.com/blog/saturday-night-live-veteran-darrell-hammond-filmmaker-michelle-esrick-on-road-to-resilience-podcast


"Everyone heals differently"

~ H. Mallon

https://www.acesconnection.com/blog/the-art-of-healing-childhood-trauma-lessons-from-snl-s-darrell-hammond

Great person with great ideas for our planet

"California's 1st Surgeon General Spotlights Health Risks Of Childhood Adversity"

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/07/02/733896346/californias-first-surgeon-general-spotlights-health-risks-of-childhood-adversity

Thank you, doctor

"12 Things a Doctor With Chronic Illness Wants People to Know"

https://themighty.com/2017/02/doctor-with-chronic-illness-things-to-know/

Thank you, thank you, thank you

Bodies are different and have different needs

She needs more self care in these times and there are so many reasons why.

A lot of information about women and

Money

"According to Ketchum, women in the 70s usually needed a husband or father to apply for a credit card on their behalf. Feminist credit unions sometimes helped out, but most feminist restaurants were funded by a combination of donations, out-of-pocket money, and, as one article on the Iowa City restaurant Grace and Rubies states, 'loans ranging from $10 to $1500 from local women.'"

~ L. Oyler

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4xkeed/eating-out-as-a-feminist

Money
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/feminist-restaurants

Money
https://www.racked.com/2018/2/9/16951116/department-stores-women-independence

She made a choice.

"A woman from Des Moines, Iowa, has been charged with attempted murder after telling authorities that she drove over a teenager because the girl was Hispanic, according to court records."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/iowa-woman-drove-over-teen-because-she-was-latina-police-n1105886

A disgusting choice to be a terrible human being.

Tonterías

Y
Father Jack on A Leap Year

L
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/mandalorian-may-never-reveal-baby-yoda-s-true-origins-native-ncna1104126

L
https://genius.com/Foo-fighters-the-pretender-lyrics

I
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/12/18/20995427/astronomy-pluto-black-hole-mars-curiosity-rosetta

S
https://earmilk.com/2019/12/02/how-one-artist-phondupe-is-tackling-music-and-mental-health-interview-playlist/

Here is a chart about the economy

It is so interesting.
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/21/how-can-democrats-possibly-challenge-trump-this-economy-these-charts-might-help/

For the "crime" of coming here at age 6

"Pelayo, 33, lives with her husband and two young children in Tucson, Arizona. Her parents brought her there from Mexico without documentation when she was 6. As a 'Dreamer' who has been shielded from deportation since 2012 under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and who has stayed out of trouble with the law, Pelayo believed she was safe. 'I never thought they would reopen my case,' she said. 'I feel like I'm an American ... If they send me back to Mexico what are my kids going to do without me? What am I going to do without them?'"

~ B. Ortega

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/21/us/ice-reopening-dreamer-deportation-cases-invs/index.html

That's a great question

"How sick is sick enough?"

~ J. Raff

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/12/sick-migrant-children-are-at-the-whims-of-us-border-guards/603901/

In a better alternative future

You have gotten much better and healthier, you have not succumbed to being a puppet of foolish cruelty, you have not acted like an insecure, abusive liar, nor have you been someone whose behavior is just as bad for girls, women, children and humanity as your father's was.

Who wants women to suffer so a man can be put on a pedestal?

Why would anyone want that?

"At one point, after calling Tesla 'annoying' on Twitter, McKinnon collected 200 entries for her fieldbook. They included death threats and rape threats."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-its-like-when-elon-musks-twitter-mob-comes-after-you

No thank you.

"Brianna Wu, a software engineer who was one of the targets of Gamergate and an expert in being harassed online, told me she 'absolutely' has experienced the wrath of the MuskBros."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-its-like-when-elon-musks-twitter-mob-comes-after-you

Thank you. I needed a reminder.

Cool, huh.

" I make pinky promises with all the girls I meet on the campaign trail so that they'll remember that running for president is what girls do. No matter what issue they care about—their schools, the environment, gun violence—if we fight together, from the heart, we can win."

https://mobile.twitter.com/ewarren/status/1208070742832750593

You know, not discounting the contributions of girls and women will also be better in the long run for boys and men...right?

It's hard for some people to expect better

Gee, sis, why did u have such bad dreams last night?

How do you feel about different

"Beware of people who want the world the way it is."

https://mobile.twitter.com/biancavivion/status/989250519662321665

"Feminism is a different kind of win-win; the idea of having entitlement and having power over others needs to be lost, but the gains to culture and society benefit everyone including men in ways that are less easily conceived of. Patriarchy is bad for men emotionally & spiritually"
  https://twitter.com/monacelest/status/1207482823239593984

They're both good.

The cat comic

https://twitter.com/JennyJinya/status/1198631966343606276

&&&&&

https://www.demilked.com/black-cat-comic-jenny-jinya/

The dog comic.

That's a different story anyway

Who is she?

http://thedorisbuffettstory.com/

"She’s been knocked down repeatedly, only to get up, brush herself off, and go on. So there’s no greater joy for her than knowing she’s given someone else a hand up."

It is some other life. Life is short.

"I have my genetics and many others to thank for my success. For some reason, it is an era on earth in which it often seems that everyone else is second to a white man with money. That is why I am more comfortable with this type than with any other type of person. We share the experience of benefiting from this unjust system, this sad version of power. What will the future hold for us?"

Could have been better

The first impression was that for some reason he lies a lot in order to protect his own ego. Second, while still a highly insecure person, there is a capacity for healing and for goodness, so that is positive.  The third impression is that he being held up as an icon by a system that is unjust (they don't want him to change / get better) and he still cares more for his own unchecked, so-called "power" than he does for being good to humanity as a whole. Sorry. The fourth is, he could have been a much, much better person than that, but he chose otherwise, and that is why so much unnecessary suffering happens in connection with the "progress." The fifth is, he's not gonna be better to other people's kids than he is to his own.

Goodbye illusions

Too much.

The "bad stuff" ( bigotry, etc.) is way, way worse to some people than it is to others.

People will make a lot of excuses for terrible behavior if money is involved.

I think I deserve rest.

And to not have bad dreams.

Existing

Something to read.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2018/12/02/john-dingell-may-bush-inspire-us-remember-our-history/2183581002/

These times are painful. 

Might be on a plane soon. Even if I have a toothache and cramps and it is the worst time to travel. But I would rather get rest.

Heating pad is here for you

Entered the challenging luteal phase and developed a tooth or gum issue at the same time. Existing. Existing at life. You love yourself. Be good to yourself.

Pets are also healers

They help humans remember what they forgot.

She gives me hope for the future.

She really does.

https://m.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2019/11/22/hundreds-attend-aces-town-hall-featuring-california-surgeon-general-nadine-burke-harris-with-video

It is under the radar, but getting more attention!

Ah, this...

http://www.calhealthreport.org/2019/12/20/new-screenings-for-childhood-trauma-raise-hopes-questions/

Perhaps a soul thing

As if souls are agreeing to learn about love regardless. The earth behavior was so underwhelming. Could not put you on a pedestal the way others did. Didn't seem to be my role to do so...dreams said that your soul is indeed part of lightness...of SOUL...and much kinder than your egocentric earth mask.

And I know something

I know it is horribly hurtful when a woman chooses her codependency to a sick man over her own health and that of her sisters.

I know it, and I know that I really do not wish to be such person. Not for anything.

Not money, not artistic expression...No.

People can be good

There's plenty about the world that can get better but having anxiety and aches and pains and high blood pressure is an indicator that it is better to take care of your health. Heal, even if it's not easy. Isn't it strange. Wouldn't you think it would be easier. Doesn't it sound nice. Heal and rest. Endeavor to make good health a great goal.

People can be good.

🎶 What the world needs now 🎶

Is more love and positive health vibes.

Don't I know it.

I have been rather in need of those along with so many others...

Humanity needs better healthcare

May the physical, dental, psychological, emotional, and overall health and housing situations improve.

Black cat comic

Here.

https://twitter.com/JennyJinya/status/1198631966343606276

&&&&&

https://www.demilked.com/black-cat-comic-jenny-jinya/

A passenger on the plane had a black cat in a travel bag / carrier who cried a lot whenever there was turbulence. Hope they feel better on the ground now.

Have a...home....heart....health....

"There's a rental affordability crisis in this country, and homelessness is on the rise across the U.S. Yet, there wasn't a single question about housing at last night's #DemDebate.'"

https://mobile.twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1208147977220419584

Today's happy place

Baby shampoo section.

Some are

Wine
https://mobile.twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1207898040834625539

Workers
https://issues.juliancastro.com/justice-for-farmworkers/

Heard about that stuff

"Los Angeles—the epicenter of a national housing and homelessness crisis"
  https://mobile.twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1207864779571945478

Silly entertainment stuff

!!!!!
https://www.pbs.org/food/features/great-british-baking-show-season-5-baker-natasha/

Alternate reality before Xanax
(WHY DID THEY KEEP ME AROUND FOR A REMARKABLE COMEBACK? I DUNNO WHY DO YOU THINK THEY DID THAT. SORRY! THERE IS A DRUG IN YOUR CARRY ON)
https://www.pbs.org/food/features/great-british-baking-show-season-5-baker-stuart/

Too slow sometimes

She half-hoped none of their loved ones ever come back in the bodies of the kinds of people they could hardly care less about.

Just trying to relax on a flight

It was too much like real life (why we gotta say bye to Natasha so fast)

https://www.pbs.org/food/features/great-british-baking-show-season-5-episode-1-cake/

Things got a little better (so many second chances)

https://www.pbs.org/food/features/great-british-baking-show-season-5-episode-2-bread/

after 1/2 a Xanax (for you know who)

https://www.pbs.org/food/features/great-british-baking-show-season-5-episode-3-tarts/

My goodness

What shattered souls we may meet in life.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/pat-conroy-said-he-was-the-most-falsely-open-man-id-ever-met-he-was-right/2019/02/28/15a3eb92-348b-11e9-854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html

So, so, so interested in alternatives and techniques to heal from childhood traumas....

https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/books--literature/the-lost-prince-chronicles-literary-friendship-gone-awry/uSDbrQR4tgbPJqEvQZLINO/

And interested in the stories, too.

MP 2019

Your friend at a concert sent you the radio station info 🎶

89.7 FM WTMD Media Player
https://www.wtmd.org/player/player5-index.html

https://maryprankster.com

Higher power most mysterious...

on the way to the airport it maketh him miss the left turn for the Target restroom and drive by a gigantic manufacturer of things before making a u-turn back to the original destination....be nice to humanity.

"The next generation..."

"pipeline to" where?????

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-12-19/los-angeles-county-foster-system-next-generation-homeless?_amp=true

"shimmer"

shim

https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/tv-club-2019-unbelievable.html

mer

http://www.websters1913.com/words/Shimmer

More from these internet-searching times

A different Nancy.

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/12/18/21028719/nancy-pelosi-brooch-impeachment

Mace brooch.

Can writers be interesting people

Certainly

https://www.wyff4.com/article/shannon-faulkner-remembers-pat-conroy/7020585#

Ah, impressionable formative experiences

THAT WASN'T SO LONG AGO

"'Just because there are not any female cadets at The Citadel now, do cadets think they'll never have to deal with women in the military? Are they going to throw a fit when they become pilots and the officer in charge of maintaining their aircraft is female? If their platoon is under fire in the field and a female is in charge of the artillery support, are they going to wait until they find a male before they'll accept the support? If a female saves their lives (and it may very well happen), will they say they would have rather died? The military can teach needed skills, but only individuals can change their own attitudes. Shannon Faulkner should be commended for the ground she broke for females. I hope she still pursues a military career at a more-civilized institution and realizes that the real military has more honor and dignity than the exposure she received at The Citadel.'  JAMES H. ROWBOTTOM Officer candidate, U.S. Navy Virginia Beach, Aug. 19, 1995"

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950826/08260008.htm

WAS IT?

"'Regarding ``Some on Faulkner's course aren't impressed'' (local news, Aug. 19): I have a hard time believing that the young ladies quoted in the article are as unsympathetic as they seem. Certainly they wouldn't be attending the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership's newly developed class had it not been for people like Shannon Faulkner questioning the system. When I first heard of Shannon's legal battles to obtain admission to The Citadel, I too wondered why she bothered. Now I wonder, ``Why not?'' One girl at the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership said, ``We just want a better education!'' Is she saying that women can find a better education only at an all-male VMI or Citadel? Why can't they receive their ``better education'' at Mary Baldwin without VMI becoming a part of it? Shannon left The Citadel with her head held high, despite the fury. And over what? The right of a woman in 1995 to penetrate the walls of a tax-funded Good Ol' Boys institution. It seemed everybody wanted Shannon to represent their personal views, but in the end Shannon had the courage to represent only her own.'  DEBBIE RYAN Norfolk, Aug. 21, 1995 by CNB"

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950826/08260008.htm

Interesting woman of the era...

Nancy Mace (it seems we share a birthplace?)

https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1127840774

She's a survivor.

Female lawmakers speak about rapes as abortion bills advance
By J. Smyth and C. Cassidy

In multiple ways.

https://www.live5news.com/story/37649311/nancy-mace-fires-back-at-shannon-faulkner-after-saturday-event-at-the-citadel/

And she's a supporter

https://abcnews4.com/news/lowcountry-and-state-politics/state-rep-nancy-mace-will-challenge-rep-cunningham-for-sc-1st-congressional-district

of a ??????

https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/commentary/nancy-mace-joe-cunningham-chooses-democratic-party-over-the-lowcountry/article_f50ec112-2193-11ea-b859-0b29fe56481d.html

Food, news, music

Im
https://food52.com/recipes/14217-peach-tart

Peach
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/trump-impeached-house-abuse-power-n1104196

Mental
https://www.papermag.com/the-paranoyds-girlfriend-degree-2638872610.html

A prompt for strange travels

Dad: "No, son, I am not going to listen to you. Nice woman, will you let buy you a drink or a plane ticket?"

What happens next?

Is this shockingly cynical

"Trump will cling to power—and Republicans will cling to him"

By J.M. Opal

https://qz.com/1770855/why-donald-trump-will-survive-impeachment/

Even though it can get in your head

A catchy song.

https://genius.com/Red-hot-chili-peppers-dark-necessities-lyrics

Etc.

https://mobile.twitter.com/oliviawilde/status/1205913746092285961

They may not be "the best" band.

https://www.laweekly.com/can-you-be-a-feminist-and-still-love-the-red-hot-chili-peppers/

And this may not be the best era.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/12/13/melania-trump-responds-potus-attack-thunberg/2640897001/

ERA?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/us/politics/virginia-ratify-equal-rights-amendment.html

Destination someday...

https://www.angelsflight.org/

Dissolving

Dorothy at 4:20: "Why did I ever marry that man" Sophia: "Because..."

Golden Girls funny 4 :) from smile today

Ha ha. Oh God. Sick headache. It will not win today.

Hoping the headache will dissolve

That may be done.

ACES

Learning

https://mobile.twitter.com/DrBurkeHarris

More

https://mobile.twitter.com/CHCFNews/status/1202736179117883392

Things

https://www.acesaware.org

This sounds excellent

"By understanding the science, California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris says the state can cut toxic stress and adverse childhood experiences, such as abuse, neglect and family dysfunction, in half within one generation."

~ S. Waraich

"Healing from trauma is possible, state Surgeon General says at town hall – Times-Standard"

http://www.times-standard.com/healing-from-trauma-is-possible-state-surgeon-general-says-at-town-hall

This is now. From the universe.

"Nadine Burke Harris: How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime"
  https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime

Courtesy of picking up a phone and reading texts about a domestic violence situation happening right now.

Dear kids, you think we can get better?

Sometimes we need the healing music for our pain, and sometimes messages come through protest songs, isn't that sonething?

TIME TO REST

It is necessary to care for the body now.

Watching a lyrics video from Costa Rica

IMPACTO LASTESIS #costarica #chile #violador from CANALTERRAMAYA They call out to hermanas from other countries and also changed some of the lyrics to include the church and...looking up "burguesia" (?) That's what I thought.

Something else is coming back...

When I was young, I briefly met someone's distant aunt, described to me as a feminist woman, in Peru. It was decades ago. I wish I remembered more now. She had pictures in her house that showed she was involved in organizing to help women in her community. What I remember most about her is how she gave an impression of being happy and fulfilled and on her path in life. Maybe I feel I can understand it a little better now. I also wonder, could she still be alive?

“El violador eres tú", himno feminista se extiende por Perú

♡ pets too

it's good for you

https://mobile.twitter.com/AwwwwCats/status/1205941336001667072

This is an accomplishment of our era

"The #LasTesis feminist protest dance started during the protests in Chile. Since then it has gone around the world. Today, female members of Turkey's main opposition party performed it in Parliament. Defying Erdogan’s crackdown on feminist protests."

https://mobile.twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1206009240265121792

It shows a deep understanding and empathy and commitment to making the world a better and safer place for all human beings.

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/12/15/world/americas/15reuters-women-antiviolence-turkey.html

I like it when...

....people show they care about others. They can care about themselves, too. They are interested in big changes, changes for the good, changes for the many.

Ready for zen mode

Lots of introversion and phone stuff today.
Zen mode could help with processing all the th uh ngs....

Perhaps X is positive he'd do better given the same circumstances.

I'd like to see it.

Where is it.

The society that values spiritual progress a lot. Like more than money and things.

It's all going so well on another plane

Oodles and oodles of spiritual growth.

Sounds like some drama

The kids who grew up to be opponents for really weird and/or gripping reasons. 

Earth body as experiencer

If you close your eyes and some specific imagery comes in, is that for a story or just an interesting way to have feelings. The feelings seem as important as the images and can shift around a lot.

Maybe a link needed to get lost

It was about math and student loans.

Adios, link.

Tired enough now.

Different lessons each life

If you have years of learning ahead of you, will you ever sit in a room with others for days and days, with many reminders of cultural consequences and then one day, as a favor, this from the one leading: "But she is one of us...her boyfriend makes her chorizo..." or you start to go somewhere else and someone you don't even know well says, with disappointment, "she's leaving" and its like the universe is warning you not to go down the wrong path...

Brava

"They are rejecting an indifferent or complicit system."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/opinions/global-opinions/amp-stories/violador-en-tu-camino/

~l~a~g~r~i~m~a~s~

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-12-10/the-viral-protest-a-rapist-in-your-path-is-catchy-defiant-an-the-anthem-for-2019

God, help me remember this one

Wanna see it.

https://theplantersfilm.com

Learn from them I guess?

If you have got a person in your life who would genuinely know how to treat people better?

Happy news in a horrible time

"I’m glad @USCIS did the right thing for the Sanchez family after @RepPressley , @SenMarkey & I fought the admin's decision to order sick kids to leave the US. We won’t stop fighting this admin’s cruel policies that inflict pain on children & families."

https://mobile.twitter.com/SenWarren/status/1205618874609283073

Still reading

John Dingell obituary
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/02/07/political-giant-john-dingell-congressional-legend-dies/2789108002/


Mr. Terrible Tweets
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2019/12/14/trump-goes-after-dingell-twitter/2653611001/


"I've been in the presence of @RepDebDingell twice. I just testified before her on Tuesday as a patient witness. She fights so hard to #ProtectOurCare in Congress and was an incredible #caregiver to "The Dean", the late great John Dingell. The President has ZERO compassion."

https://mobile.twitter.com/morethanmySLE/status/1206061618016247808


"John Dingell earned those honors. Debbie Dingell was being gracious. We need more honor and grace in public life. PS you still have 3 hours to give honor and grace to families marking 7 years to the day that their children and educators were massacred at #SandyHook. Try it!"

https://mobile.twitter.com/sfpelosi/status/1206033903468703744

To make a deal with oneself

Less phone stuff tomorrow.

https://mobile.twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1206037126284029952

It's not fun to read about Bloomberg

It just isn't. 

https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-bloombergs-comments-about-women-and-rape-will-haunt-him-2019-11

Did he have in-depth conversation with himself first?

Read this

https://belatina.com/meryl-streep-latina-in-laundromat/

"Oh, I'd love to cast a Latina Meryl Streep, but..."

with this, which is about the crazy that is still normal for some reason.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-08-26/usc-inclusion-study-latinx-representation-movies

AND SHOULD NOT BE NORMAL

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-08-15/el-paso-mass-shooting-trump-vilified-latinos-culture-vacuum

And so this was good to watch

Performance colectivo Las Tesis "Un violador en tu camino"

People can be reborn...but...

This tragic violence should not be happening now and it is the failure of society that it continues.

"According to women's rights group We Will Stop Femicide, 391 women have been killed by men this year so far.

In 2011, 121 women were killed. By 2017, that figure was 409, while 440 were killed in 2018.

The killing of 38-year-old Emine Bulut in August sparked outrage across the country.

Bulut, who had divorced her husband four years earlier, was stabbed in a cafe in front of her 10-year-old daughter in the central Anatolian city of Kirikkale.

She later died in hospital.

A video of the aftermath of the attack was posted online showing Bulut in the cafe, covered in blood, screaming to her daughter: 'I don't want to die.'

The tearful girl says: 'Mum, please don't die.'

Turkish women participated in protests to call for protection against such incidents after Bulut's death, but several more women have been killed in the months since, provoking further outrage and call for legal reform."

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2019/12/9/turkish-women-arrested-over-viral-las-tesis-anti-violence-chant

"Guilty pleasure"

Is this really where that came from.

https://www.motherjones.com/media/2019/06/i-couldnt-help-but-wonder-what-if-girlie-shows-did-the-tv-revolutions-invisible-labor/

Vice

Smoking on bad old cigarettes again.
Poking curls of smoke with my fingers.
Only in the imagination.

Malala & Las Tesis also

"El Estado opresor es un macho violador

En 2014, el comité noruego que otorga el Premio Nobel de la Paz lo entregó a una joven de 17 años, Malala Yousafzai, paquistana, quien dos años antes había sido baleada en el rostro por los Talibanes por defender el derecho de las niñas a asistir a la escuela, condición negada por los fundamentalistas islámicos que ocupaban su ciudad.  Un extremista subió al bus de los escolares y preguntó “¿quién es Malala? Al identificarse, el Talibán disparó a su cabeza. Malala sobrevivió, tuvo el apoyo de grandes personajes mundiales y ha continuado su lucha como activista de los derechos de las niñas a la educación. Desde el año 1901 que se entregó el Premio Nobel de la Paz por primera vez, solo 17 veces de un total de 95, ha sido entregado a mujeres, lo que hoy no sorprende a nadie."

~ Fernando Ayala

https://www.theclinic.cl/2019/12/09/el-nobel-de-la-paz-para-las-tesis/