I have to tend to the face now

It's got some aching parts and so I would love for them to feel a whole lot better ♡

and another thing or 2 or 3

I looked up the Erasure ~ Respect video because it was hanging around...

I noticed Seoul 1988 Olympics because I know someone who saw them.

The skeletal structure 

The angel

And that reminded me that I saw this:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/2566512-the-angels-would-love-more-men-to-acknowledge-them-and-ask-them-for-help

That's what i needed

So much of me was in pain, and now it's getting better. I have a heating pad. I have 4 drinks. Milk thistle, water, a drink with Calm powder, and Tension Tamer with pieces of ginger. Who knows, how do you know, what can happen when you love your body and soul, when it's easy and your forgive yourself the headaches you have suffered...

Our wires got crossed

I see pomegranates and might buy one soon. To be back in that holiday pomegranate mode I was in once, and might be in it again.

Namaste

 is a real word.

What does it mean for you.

"What Is The Meaning Of Namasté?"
https://chopra.com/articles/learn-the-meaning-of-namaste

You can feel your pulse in your nose

I just did. I had a painful evening. I went from childhood experiences to adult ones and I guess it's a new holiday tradition, getting in touch with my body, myself, my friend's spirit or greater being...do you need to suffer so much in this life?

I had a headache and I put my index finger at the top of the nose, just across from the eye.

I like to believe we have healing paths

They are here for the afflicted. We have new maps or maybe naps and we deserve to feel rested and restored.  We deserve healing guidance.

I feel a new appreciation

I can appreciate her. This is my body. I can appreciate her because we can get better. We can have a better life.

so recent

"Walden’s Pond. . .Re-visited! - Faith and Reason"
https://blog.chron.com/faithandreason/2020/11/waldens-pond-re-visited/

I will look him up too

Mr. Thoreau...whose presence can still be felt...sometimes it was so much. But it has been a while since it was like that. I mean, I have been very preoccupied with some other things.

Up late now

Because songs from the 90s got in my head

I wonder if the jaw stuff that comes and goes is from TMJ or wisdom teeth and what I will need to do?

Married someone I met in the 90s

When I worked in food service jobs there were songs from the 90s playing

Women on the radio

More women were working in food service

I seem to smell the food and feel the humility

THE MUSIC IS EVERYTHING

 "STOP MENSTRUAL CRAMPS - "Luna's Touch" - Relaxation & Stress Relief Music Therapy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi8GWfU4Rk0

Looking up the connection between female cyles and tooth sensitivity

BECAUSE it's not a fun experience.

"Pain Perception and Anxiety Levels during Menstrual Cycle Associated with Periodontal Therapy"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4209788/

https://www.guardiandirect.com/resources/articles/when-your-teeth-say-ouch-dealing-sensitivity

https://www.ada.org.au/Dental-Health-Week-2016/Women-and-Oral-Health/Menstruation

Catchy song might never have been discovered

if there wasn't for college radio stations.

Folded Light ~ She's Got the Look

the simpler POV....there's something about it sometimes...

That guy...

Maybe

https://www.walkingwithalimp.net/2019/08/20/does-an-abortion-take-place-in-numbers-521-22-after-drinking-the-bitter-water/

He should read

https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/88/12/10-011210/en/ 

"Although male infertility has been found to be the cause of a couple's failure to conceive in about 50% of cases, the social burden “falls disproportionately on women,” according to Dr Mahmoud Fathalla, previous director of the Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction based at WHO. “When a couple is unable to reproduce, the man may divorce his wife or take another wife if they live in a culture that permits polygamy,” he says." 

(WHO, "Mother or nothing: the agony of infertility")

 

IT IS PART OF THE CULTURE

"By the time my painter grandmother first started monitoring her daughter’s waistline in the 1950s, the anorexic artist trope was in full bloom."

~ K. Waldman

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/there-once-was-a-girl?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Good thing the author wrote it.

"Girls that eat pizza and never gain weight" ~ T. Amos

Such a calm cat baby

"This Grandpa-To-Be Shows His Son How To Bathe A Baby By Using A Cat As An Example | Bored Panda"
https://www.boredpanda.com/dad-son-newborn-baby-bathe-cat/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

Where food comes from is interesting

Others seem to agree this year.

https://www.boredpanda.com/thanksgiving-honoring-united-farm-workers/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

more about other countries

Paying attention.
 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/11/25/international-day-elimination-violence-against-women-call-action/6423513002/

Good or better at paying attention?

Peru. Turkey. Italy. Spain. Germany.

"Violence against women intensified since coronavirus outbreak: UN | Europe | Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/26/women-around-the-world-decry-domestic-violence-amid-pandemic

Congratulations to the body, too

Living in one has such an impact on choices and daily activities.

This is eloquence

 

United Farm Workers on Twitter: "@LittlestBirds -UFW members at Threemile Canyon dairy in OR renegotiated a contract with wage increase, medical, paid time off, and 401K. -A UFW leader was plaintiff in a case that just resulted in all WA farm workers getting paid overtime. Here’s vid from the hearing. https://t.co/vsYgurNqCn" / Twitter

(probably) not your mom on Twitter: "I attended the hearing for the @WACourts farm worker overtime case, and it was packed with farm workers. The video here is one of the most remarkable moments I’ve had in a courtroom. It is simply a list of facts, and they make things so plain. https://t.co/BnExOM8jyZ" / Twitter

More...that judge is from LA & went to school at a place where a friend recommended I listen to a talk in the recent past... 

Steven Gonzalez - Wikipedia

I did listen to it, on Zoom...

Father Gregory Boyle in Conversation: The Power of Boundless Compassion and Radical Kinship - November 17, 2020 - Office of Alumni and Family Engagement (pitzer.edu)

Crying inside

Chateau Ste Michelle, the only winery I visited as a child, had fantastic sparkling grape juice for kids...always happy to see one of their bottles. Even if I might need to take better care of my health and not drink alcohol these days.

 

This is the best thread

 

memory of strangers

She was in her forties 

I was in my teens

She was not small

She did not shave her calves

She was with a good man

Love

The black couple walking around Harper's Ferry gave me hope.

Oh and many years later, I just realized, my then-long-distance bf and I visited that historic site.

What a universe.

 

But if you do choose to be distracted from your wonderful book

 Will you just watch half of these or all of them

Other thoughts

Should you buy a gin that's  pine-y 

ST. GEORGE TERROIR GIN (750 ML) | Gin | BevMo
https://www.bevmo.com/shop/spirits/gin/st_george_terroir_gin_750_ml/p/1564405684704496296

and learn about flooring

What Lies Beneath That Old Linoleum Kitchen Floor?
https://www.houzz.com/magazine/what-lies-beneath-that-old-linoleum-kitchen-floor-stsetivw-vs~90068024

 

Maybe

 

 

 

 

Personal holiday tradition

A tradition, not learned, but created for oneself, is to cozy up to and read passages  from

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

Well, the actual book, that is.

Staying home for the holidays. So now there's a copy in this residence, too.

Merry Pandemic Year.

What kinds of layers

Are in your thoughts these days...

Well there's just so many. 

Women at crystal shops Anne of GG Margaret Thatcher

That was just three.

Someday, man...someday!

 Your prince'll be the prince...
.

When someone wants to talk to you

And there's beliefs and stuff involved, should you reference any stories as examples??? Such as...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/12/kimberle-crenshaw-the-woman-who-revolutionised-feminism-and-landed-at-the-heart-of-the-culture-wars

"Crenshaw was assisting Hill’s legal team and felt dejected and exhausted. As she left the capitol building in Washington DC that day, she saw a group of African Americans, mostly women, gathered at the bottom of the steps in a prayer circle. She let out a sigh of relief and walked towards them.

“I thought: ‘Oh, thank God, a place we can go and embrace each other, because this is a struggle,’” Crenshaw says. It was the day before Thomas’ confirmation, and she felt the future of the civil rights movement was on the line. But when she reached the group, she saw they were wearing T-shirts proclaiming their support for Thomas. She watched with dread as they sang songs of praise and called Hill a jezebel. “It was like a horror film,” she says. “You think you’re safe, but it turns out that the people you’re running to are actually infected with whatever you’re running from.'”

~ A. Mohdin 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/12/kimberle-crenshaw-the-woman-who-revolutionised-feminism-and-landed-at-the-heart-of-the-culture-wars

know what you know

sleep is going to happen 

Lol. Go to bed

 lolololololo

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a34700222/the-crown-season-4-mouse-twitter-reactions/

Up too late b/c of TV

But THE CROWN is back.

Instead of sleeping, am reading Cosmo... Someone else (of the "he" pronoun) is reading Elle.

Wow. Actor from Tales From the Loop is playing a character in the next season!

The Crown is very bingeable, unlike Tales from the Loop. 

BOTH VERY INTERESTING.

just because

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-type-a-crown-symbol

people are 

"...far..."

https://genius.com/George-michael-kissing-a-fool-lyrics

I'm gonna cry.

2022 is so far....

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a34611061/the-crown-season-5-cast-plot-air-date-filming/

what

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a30984431/the-crown-season-5-news-date-cast-spoilers/

recipes

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a34688213/the-crown-season-4-recap-spoilers/

Ahhh...purry happy things...

Remember to behold & thank goodness for existing at this time...

Rachel & Jun on Twitter: "GUYS!!!!!!! https://t.co/9tvIZRsJ1q" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/RachelAndJun/status/1326906949657632775

Rachel & Jun on Twitter: "Apparently after Jun found and fed Pichi this morning she came out of hiding and stole Poki's favorite box https://t.co/6eMu5Q4mQn" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/RachelAndJun/status/1326843036639223809

When they say that word

DEMOCRACY.

Are they really experiencing it fully (is it a viable reality for them, important on all levels including on an emotional level?)

Or do they feel like they're in some other type of scenario. Like it's the War of the Roses in their minds.

Or Wars, rather.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses

Look at the layers of things

Maybe that's what it meant when I dreamt I was enjoying a very very layered slice of cake with a friend not too long ago.

Maybe a better than average song it was

Playing out over the bar and the hostess stand.

During a work shift, years ago..

Jason Mraz – The Remedy (I Won't Worry) Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Jason-mraz-the-remedy-i-wont-worry-lyrics

Sometimes on this planet, you get the feeling...

 Like you have to wait.

Remember to love nature

and to see love

Birds ♡

Cats ♡

https://www.lovemeow.com/cat-and-bird-best-buddies-1608101035.html

we need help again, universe

It is because the health issues + the sexist behavior patterns are so awfully challenging Once More but maybe we can get some healing work from the universe again

I believe

I was distracted. I needed to find myself. I did it. It's the best.

Thank you, tools.

https://integratedhealing.co.uk/

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/588251.Circle_of_Stones

It worked. I feel good again. It's proof of a compassionate universe. I am a grateful, grateful soul again.

Yes you can

YOU can have love, art, color and JOY in your life.

Wow, the universe did it. It gave me tools to try out and I found what I needed to get back into feeling more like myself.

Thank you!!!

knowing

Senator Nikema Williams on Twitter: "Access to reproductive health care is on the ballot. #WeDecide2020 #OutLoudOnPurpose" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/NikemaWilliams/status/1321986876362948608

Why not change to something

better than gross toxic patriarchal patterns.

Walk Walk Walk Walk

I am the captain

She is the captain

He is the captain

You are the captain

We are the captain

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3944843/

The Inviticus poem & Mandela

The Universe can help me out

Tonight thinking of:

Teeth stuff

Cramp stuff

Emotional health

What's the best most wonderful most awesome way or ways to heal everything?

If conventional medicine cannot address this stuff, what can help and fast and GOOD.

Reading

"Read an Exclusive Excerpt from Barack Obama’s New Memoir, “A Promised Land” | The New Yorker"

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/02/barack-obama-new-book-excerpt-promised-land-obamacare

Good night...

 

Was he...

 

1960s Psychiatric interview with Teenager - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uijWUhxe-4

Biblical scholars, take notes

"Christians: Trump pushed some young Christians away from churches - Business Insider"

https://www.businessinsider.com/christians-trump-pushed-some-young-christians-away-from-churches-2020-11

There's a bible

 About

https://genius.com/The-beatles-you-never-give-me-your-money-lyrics

You Never Give Me Your Money – The Beatles Bible

https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/you-never-give-me-your-money/

Things will change

Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Angela Stanton King 🇺🇸 (@theangiestanton) / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/theangiestanton

Many Americans Plan To Move, Now That They Can Work From Anywhere : Coronavirus Updates : NPR
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/10/30/929667563/now-that-more-americans-can-work-anywhere-many-are-planning-to-move-away

Dreams are dreams

In the am, I did have a weird dream about having a higher than average IQ in a male body and being chastised for it, so that might have contributed to waking up with palpable physical anxiety and also cramps of the female body variety. Might need to look at diet.

Just mentioning it.

Oh, 

Adhara Maite Pérez Sánchez NIÑA GENIO

people have things to say

things

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/13/923170360/what-does-caste-privilege-mean-for-south-asians-in-the-u-s

to 

https://newsfortomorrow.com/index.php/2020/10/28/30-female-engineers-from-india-ask-silicon-valley-to-do-better-on-caste-discrimination/

say

https://theprint.in/opinion/dalit-women-often-face-sexual-violence-because-of-yes-their-caste/513991/

everyday

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/explosive-report-reveals-caste-discrimination-in-silicon-valley-30-dalit-engineers-call-out-indian-bosses/ar-BB1asIKF

Yee haw

Bull

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=yee

Hedge?

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=yee+haw

I'd say, if it was me, 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kamala-harris-husband-doug-emhoff-202630496.html

I'd say that too.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/31/can-kamala-harris-and-the-democrats-really-turn-texas-blue/

I want to say was.

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=was

vs were.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/were#etymonline_v_7921

I don't know why.

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=why

ADD THE ACCENT

Houses though

So You Want To Move To California And Buy A Decent Home? Here Is How Much You Need, And Why | Hoover Institution
https://www.hoover.org/research/so-you-want-move-california-and-buy-decent-home-here-how-much-you-need-and-why

Crazy though

You ever talk to a vet who is sure he agrees with Malcolm X and MLK yet disagrees with Michelle Alexander? Definitely leaning towards Trump too. Yes, it's Interesting.

So is the price of houses.

instead of abraham martin & john

Kay & Alveda & Jill & Michelle & uh...what's her name...Amy...well they are women and they're not dead. SO why not have conversations about stuff!

Opinion | How Robert Kennedy Inspired ‘Abraham, Martin and John’ - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/opinion/how-robert-kennedy-inspired-abraham-martin-and-john.html

Oh and they might be women now.

men may have sung your praises recently

But

Kay C. James (@KayColesJames) / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/KayColesJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Tell me

Evangelist Alveda King (@AlvedaCKing) / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/AlvedaCKing

Do you find yourself feeling more or less sexist on Sunday?

Honoring those religious influences

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday...

"Trump still enjoys huge support among evangelical voters — and it's not only because of abortion"
https://theconversation.com/trump-still-enjoys-huge-support-among-evangelical-voters-and-its-not-only-because-of-abortion-148174

Amen! Hallelujah!

I mean the conservative sexist patriarchal attitudes out that were and are still out there are so gross. But I freaking love myself and my heating pad! Radical!

Man do I enjoy that feeling

 ♡ the absence of pain ♡

The only thing good about pain is it teaches you how good it feels when the TOOLS help make it lessen and dissipate.