Saturday, July 30, 2022

They're so funny and goofy 🎡

"Eight Year Old In The Yukon Dances Bhangra With Gurdeep Pandher For Vaccine Celebration" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3QYyoGtxCW0

πŸ’—πŸ™Growing & changing so I can get betterπŸ’—πŸ™

πŸ’— Heal πŸ™

πŸ’— Heal πŸ™

πŸ’— Heal πŸ™

πŸ’— Heal πŸ™

πŸ’— Heal πŸ™

πŸ’— Heal πŸ™

πŸ’—πŸ™ 6 x 18 = 108 times πŸ’—πŸ™

Life is in a certain kind of body this summer

Not being able to work because of illness is no easy picnic. Haven't felt well enough to go swimming even once this summer. If I can feel well enough to go out and look at a sunset or lie on a blanket in a park, that's an excursion. I managed an appointment with a nurse practitioner and got some tests and felt fine and then had hours of pain in my head and face when I got home. The physical and emotional overlap.

Friday, July 29, 2022

Name five things πŸŒ»πŸŒ„πŸ’—πŸ–ΌπŸŒ³

In the past 24 hours...

That Woman, That Woman, That Woman, That Woman, and That Man. 

THANK YOU!!!!!!

πŸŒ»πŸŒ„πŸ’—πŸ–ΌπŸŒ³

One of the women was "a complete stranger" on the phone who ended up making an appointment for me, but she was so nice and present that it was a positive healing interaction!

People who provide us with food we need to survive and heal deserve better

"Op-ed: Farmworkers Face Stress and Depression. The Pandemic Made It Worse."

https://civileats.com/2022/07/28/op-ed-farmworkers-face-stress-and-depression-the-pandemic-made-it-worse/

Someone who is good at being considerate

advised me to see the people who seem to be not so good at that as different kinds of cats. He thinks humans are wired to be selfish. "I am, too. I just include consideration for other people's feelings." Yes. πŸ˜‡♥️πŸˆπŸ™πŸ˜Š

Perhaps a good one to re-visit.

"‘A healing journey’: Residential school survivors and the Church"

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2022/6/12/a-healing-journey-residential-school-survivors-and-the-church

Even though I want to heal..

I am still very sure that anger can be an appropriate response to self-absorbed patriarchal people. Because they are capable of much, much, much better things, too.

"If a man decides that I'm an object"

"‘What about my life?’ West Virginia girl, 12, speaks out against anti-abortion bill" | West Virginia | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/28/west-virginia-girl-12-speaks-out-against-anti-abortion-bill

Sunset 🎡


"Blue Sky" ~ Erik Wollo - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NGSs__GXHy4&feature=youtu.be

&

"Looking Glass" ~ Valerie Romanoff - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N2UN1R1Fpa8&feature=youtu.be

Thursday, July 28, 2022

For help with practicing Spanish & 🎼 appreciation 🎢

Susana Baca - "Negra Presuntuosa" - Encuentro en el Estudio HD] - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ixJjpdti9jY

"Susana Baca: Palabras Urgentes review" – a sumptuous celebration

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/25/susana-baca-palabras-urgentes-review-50th-anniversary-real-world

"3-time Latin Grammy winner Susana Baca marks a career spanning 50 years" : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/10/1044830188/3-time-latin-grammy-winner-susana-baca-marks-a-career-spanning-50-years

"Negra Presuntuosa" (Susana Baca) - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bZS66pXmxC0

Migration story

A woman told me her mother never had a massage until she grew up and gave her one.

And yet the Universe sets it up

The safety of schoolchildren, farmworker children is also your security...surely, somewhere inside, you must know that's more important to our collective health as a society than shallow pleasures and temporary reassurances. Deep down, you must know...and believe...too? 

Alice In Chains - "No Excuses" (Official Video) - YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r80HF68KM8g 

Video reminds me of how so many kids like to play under clothing racks.

We are good people

We have an ability to grow, to change, and we are also good. We have different points of view. We need different things. We are still good. Please, let me know how to be good at choosing the best healthcare for this particular circumstance at this particular time. I am in a learning experience. Thank you for helping. Peace.

Humans are vulnerable and deserve exquisite healthcare

I have to pray for my health again. It's really feeling like a challenge to know what to do next. First, I want to rest. Help me, universe, to make good decisions for healing myself. Help me get in touch with a healer within to know when to call or try to see someone or stay home and rest...Healing is what we all deserve, but some of us know it more urgently at certain times. Please help and thank you, Universe. I ♡ Healing Guidance!

Nice to be in a calm frame of mind & see the youth getting along...

They are such nice siblings...

"building a bed for my gmc safari!"|| quick, easy, ‘no build’ van bed" - A Vanilla - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWrcGwF0Ouw&feature=youtu.be

"MY FIRST VAN PROJECT! || converting my gmc safari camper with no experience" - A. Vanilla - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv9yUpmbQFs&feature=youtu.be


It's not everyday that you meet 🐈‍⬛🚿

"Cats favorite activity is taking a shower"

https://youtube.com/shorts/IpACXpGD5Ig?feature=share

If you have an inner child, why not tend and befriend her?

Even if it doesn't suit a society built on capitalism and patriarchal colonizer mindsets, I believe that my body has been telling me that my inner child needs to spend more time around healing energy and/or in healing environments and/or with people who can actively show that they care about healing and have no need to be embarrassed.

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Feeling Memory

"Making the whole beautiful"

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/making-the-whole-beautiful/202207/youre-not-crazy-youre-having-feeling-memory

That is indeed 🎻

"Bhangra at Big Fiddle, Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wfK0HlMt03U&feature=youtu.be

Some of the wisdom could also be here...

"‘A healing journey’: Residential school survivors and the Church"

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/6/12/a-healing-journey-residential-school-survivors-and-the-church

Some of the wisdom could be here?

"Me Too and what to do" - Dr. Keesha Ewers - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BJY_wMe9E4U

Wisdom in an Age of Too Many Panic Attacks

The girls who got trained to feel the duty and  need to protect the vulnerable while the adults were too distracted to take notice of what was going on don't just vanish because their bodies grew up.

Receiving healing help is a blessing..

Needing to able to receive more and better healing energy is what I am feeling at this time. Well, I just going to ask higher powers that are wiser than I to help me be on a very healing path for my physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and well-being. Help me. This is a prayer. And help me hear the best answers. Thank You.

My own personal wild west

is living with my own unique genetics. And we need sleep. 

But I also have to lay here and check out campgrounds and cabins and maybe even vagabonds making their living-in-their-vans videos.  

But soon I will palm my eyes and soothe myself / breathe specially / rely on my vagus nerve to help calm me, and sleeeeep....

Inspired though dizzy. Time to fix my health. And sleep.

"Hulda Crooks | Elderly Mountain Climber" | Mt Whitney | report for NBC News - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KdAp4pbuPhQ&feature=youtu.be

Noticed...nice.

I love it when I find a way to get into learning about stuff I used to find "boring."

"Is the Sprinter a Good Van to Buy?" - Your Car Angel - YouTube

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

"Why the Chevy Volt is Such a Strange Car" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QHPnbSrSa-k


In a different place, but inspired nonetheless

"Go Towards What Makes You Happy" - Alyssa Vanilla - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tgR5p_m5KoM

Radio whispers

For me, when this one came on the radio recently, it was like another reminder about how people get addicted to colonizer mindsets and patriarchal ways of thinking. 

Alice in Chains – "No Excuses Lyrics" | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Alice-in-chains-no-excuses-lyrics

That includes some of the wealthy white men of our times who have become addicted to those patterns, but they are definitely not the only ones.

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Different experiences in different bodies...

OM.

Truth is, there can also be quite a collection of emotions to deal with when you get a certain kind of sad feeling while looking at the mountains...it comes from perceiving that some people are not very open to listening, and that's been disappointing. But tonight two younger-than-me women who are also moms who probably don't know I have been dealing with certain insecurity-fueled messages from...

self & society? 

told me several times they were happy to see me and that I have good energy. They gave me several book recommendations (Braiding Sweetgrass, Women Who Run With the Wolves, Warrior Goddess Training.) Because they mentioned being interested in learning how to be better to their bodies at certain times in their cycle and in one case doing so for the purpose of treating PMDD, I recommended Womancode.

There must be some higher forces out there that want to help all kinds of people on this planet. 

Ooooh...ahhhh...


Mmmm.
Yesterday.

Grandmother?

"Psychosis 365 - January 20th 2019" - Lewis Mehl Madrona - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=thxNXMJ5hTw&feature=youtu.be

Also could be a little Buddhism tune?

"A Deep Dive Into Nirvana's 'All Apologies'" - Our Culture

https://ourculturemag.com/2020/06/07/a-deep-dive-into-nirvanas-all-apologies/

Nirvana – "All Apologies Lyrics"| Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Nirvana-all-apologies-lyrics

Various & Unicorn

"The Magic of the Unicorn by Deborah Lerme Goodman"

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/499258.The_Magic_of_the_Unicorn

"Choose Your Own Adventure: The Magic of the Unicorn women's t-shirt" — Out of Print

https://outofprint.com/products/choose-your-own-adventure-the-magic-of-the-unicorn-womens-ringer-t-shirt

"THE LAST UNICORN Moon Song T-Shirt: Unisex" – NewBreedGirl - OFFICIAL WEBSHOP

https://newbreedgirl.com/products/copy-of-the-last-unicorn-moon-song-t-shirt-dress-premium-collection

America – "The Last Unicorn Lyrics" | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/America-the-last-unicorn-lyrics

Societal defintions

What today's community calls PCOS and ADHD might be viewed and named quite differently in the future. AS WELL AS MANY OTHER THINGS.

Is it a coincidence...

"ADHD in Girls and Women" | Martha Barnard-Rae | TEDxKinjarling - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ybk2IzwV6Zg&feature=youtu.be

If she lost something she perhaps didn't want to buy in the first place?

In society, the universe has repeatedly pointed out to me

There are always some people who are working to make others' lives more comfortable.

Do the ones who have become accustomed to ignoring their (own/others) circumstances ever get better at caring about their (own/others) well-being?

It still seems like that would be a more healthy way to be...

She wanted to harvest...until it became "traumatic"!!??

"HOW I FUND CAR LIFE: ways i’ve made money living in my car" - Alyssa Vanilla- YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qhGh6eyfjRk&feature=youtu.be

Thanks for getting better 🍎

"46 Congressmembers Urge US to Protect Child Farmworkers" | Human Rights Watch

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/07/21/46-congressmembers-urge-us-protect-child-farmworkers

On a humorous note, how are you preparing for your "autumn-body"?

"Hundreds of Michigan medical students walk out over anti-abortion speaker" : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/25/1113508044/michigan-medical-students-walk-out-on-an-anti-abortion-keynote-speaker

"Advice from Ali Wong: Colonize the Colonizer Through Oral Sex – strong female friendship"

https://strongfemalefriendship.wordpress.com/2016/05/13/advice-from-ali-wong-colonize-the-colonizer-through-oral-sex/

KQED Forum on Twitter: "TUES at 10 AM PT w/ @mkimreporter: We'll speak w/ @rgay & Judith Butler about why the term "pregnant people" evokes such strong emotions. ❓How do you feel about the term "pregnant people"? https://t.co/jb2qQ8GEr6" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/KQEDForum/status/1551731209880739840?s=20&t=mN25wnmjvamu-_ToaS869g

"Bette Midler Had 'No Intention' of Being Transphobic in Tweet About the Erasure of Women" | Vanity Fair

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/07/bette-midler-no-intention-transphobic-tweet-erase-women-new-york-times-opinion#intcid=_vanity-fair-amp-bottom-recirc_d5ddabe7-2369-4cd4-a839-17900a0c2abc_text2vec1

tori amos on Twitter: "Tune in this Sunday on @EPIXHD to watch “Women Who Rock” featuring Tori and many other female pioneers who will be telling their stories in their own words on power, fame, truth, defiance and artistic expression. https://t.co/Fu8GgtWHex https://t.co/DjC3DmkA4I" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/toriamos

"Ali Wong and Husband Justin Hakuta Divorce After 8 Years of Marriage" | PEOPLE.com

https://people.com/tv/ali-wong-and-justin-hakuta-divorcing-after-8-years-of-marriage/

manwhohasitall on Twitter: 

"ALL MEN! Are you wearing mood boosting colours? Are you washing your hair all wrong? Is your skin glowy? Have you prepped your lips to create the ultimate canvas? Are you Autumn-body ready? ARE YOU?" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1551282819456028683


Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...

Perhaps a lot of us were taught by various belief systems to be like conquerers or colonizers to parts of ourselves; that could be part of the reason why some people still seek comforts and rewards in self-absorbed ways that mimick the colonizers. But comforts and rewards are what we are wired to seek. So...is that all bad? No, but there are some very big problems with over-indulgence and imbalance. But you also don't want to be too puritanical. What are you rebelling against?

Perhaps, like droughts or floods, illnesses can teach us to appreciate water

"Women and girls in many regions in the Global South are typically responsible for collecting water, which becomes a lot more taxing during droughts, and in Europe, women are more likely than men to live in flood zones, where the impact of climate change is felt most severely."

~ by Jamie L. Gloor, Eugenia Bajet Mestre, Corinne Post, and Winfried Ruigrok

"We Can’t Fight Climate Change Without Fighting for Gender Equity"

https://hbr.org/2022/07/we-cant-fight-climate-change-without-fighting-for-gender-equity

When the Irresponsible-to-Others lifestyle is just too harmful

Dear babies, what can you learn when some of your parents won't quit acting like Christopher Columbus?

"Epistemological genocide" was a  term that I came across in recent days.

Sadly, in the 2020s there are people out there who continue to demonstrate that they got a message from society and/or acquired the mentality that discounting the experiences of other human beings in an effort to preserve a very self-absorbed way of life is supposedly a perfectly okay thing for them to do...it's really not.

Who should care and why?

"What does gender have to do with environmental sustainability? These two issues may seem unrelated, but they are in fact closely intertwined. Indeed, a comprehensive report from United Nations (UN) Women found that women are disproportionately impacted by most if not all of the challenges highlighted in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For example, natural disasters (which have become more common due to the climate crisis) often disproportionately affect women, children, the poor, the elderly, and the disabled, whose perspectives often go unheard or ignored. Women and girls in many regions in the Global South are typically responsible for collecting water, which becomes a lot more taxing during droughts, and in Europe, women are more likely than men to live in flood zones, where the impact of climate change is felt most severely. Studies have also shown that gender-based violence, including physical, psychological, and reproductive violence against women, becomes more prevalent after natural disasters, with complex and far-reaching consequences on health and well-being."

~ by Jamie L. Gloor, Eugenia Bajet Mestre, Corinne Post, and Winfried Ruigrok

"We Can’t Fight Climate Change Without Fighting for Gender Equity"

https://hbr.org/2022/07/we-cant-fight-climate-change-without-fighting-for-gender-equity


Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Like...

"Bhangra in Old Crow (Yukon) by First Nation Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm & Gurdeep Pandher" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MjNK928Ip04&feature=youtu.be

"Bhangra with Little Humans in the Yukon Forest" | Rivers to Ridges - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PQhzXJC5MQc&pp=QAFIAQ%3D%3D

Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon on Twitter: "Today’s smiles are scented with beautiful roses and wrapped with Bagpipes and Bhangra. From Halifax Public Gardens in Nova Scotia, my local bagpiper friend and I are dispatching joy, hope and positivity to everyone. . YouTube: https://t.co/ODopN1tgOl https://t.co/gemRmFhxaO" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/home

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Rather nicely addresses an issue

Gabor Mate ~ "How Your Past Trauma Really Works"

https://youtu.be/UI6C3ahHpnc

He also has the POV that when someone suffers from narcissism that it is a form of traumatic response. Interesting.

I vow to get much better and heal

Make it so.

Maybe if everyone could truly heal from their ailments...


♥️🎢 for 🌻example 🎢♥️

"Heartbeat Drum Song"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=duZ60fUYgX8

I will embrace gratitude for the opportunity ♥️

I was feeling better yesterday. Then maybe I went down a less healing path in some ways, with my thoughts or with what I ate or drank? But now I will be back on the better healing path.

Thank you. πŸ™πŸŒ»πŸŒ·πŸ’§♥️πŸ™

Dear Higher Healing Love, help me.

I was better yesterday am and this morning I desperately need more healing.

FEELING in the wee hours

I don't understand why it's so hard for some to care about the people who contribute to your comfortable lives every day. Just because they're not "the rich ones" giving out the paychecks. It really shouldn't be that hard. 

When you were a little kid, it wouldn't have been hard.

How to get better? 🌳 therapy?

natural redhead™️ on Twitter: "i said this to my mom the other day but i don’t think older adults realize how outright depressing it is for millennials and gen z to keep “investing in our future” when everything is headed towards a future that doesn’t seem even remotely bearable" / Twitter

A Blue Worm in a Failed State on Twitter: "@daniellecanyell If we want society to look different we’ll have to do things differently. What does investing look like outside of a capitalist sense? Planting trees, practicing presence, relearning how to interact with each other outside of consumerism (building, gardening, reveling) we can🌱" / Twitter

Matt Garrett on Twitter: "@DaNoWhereFarmer @daniellecanyell Nailed it. I invest in trees and native plants. Planted 14 native trees last Autumn, all host plants for many species of Lepidoptera. It’s therapeutic, helps the planet, and I can support locally owned, female owned businesses in process. Keep fighting the good fight!" / Twitter

Monday, July 18, 2022

Another lovely place to discover, possibly

"Fern Canyon: A Majestic Hike in Northern California" - California Through My Lens

https://californiathroughmylens.com/fern-canyon-hike/

If health continues to improve...

Hmmm...

"Are You That Woman: Central Valley"

https://www.areyouthatwoman.com/central-valley/

Hmmm!!! Never knew of them before.  MAYBE SOMEDAY!!!

"Wineries of the Sutter Buttes: Escape to another place and time" - Are You That Woman

https://www.areyouthatwoman.com/wineries-of-the-sutter-buttes-escape-to-another-place-and-time.html

That could be a line

A Character:

"My genetics helped me fit into a patriarchally - patterned society so you don't have to."

Interesting read...also wondering if...

Being in an industry that's needed to be way less horrible to lots of different kinds of people for a very long time had any sort of impact on her.

"Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief"

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/movies/janeane-garofalo.html

Dime otra vez...

"Even the Desert Garden needs some spring cleaning 🧹🌡Meet Faustino, who has worked in The Huntington’s Desert Garden for over 35 years! #planttok #succulents #learnontiktok #springcleaning #gardening"

https://www.tiktok.com/@thehuntington/video/7083904444706114862

"For plant tips in Spanish, turn to The Huntington’s TikTok star" | KCRW

https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/huntington-gardens-disney-revolt-anaheim

Oh, US Border Official, why?

"For people that are coming to the United States for a holiday or a vacation, and that's the first person they're interacting with on US soil ... it doesn't make you wanna go to the United States."

~ M. Gourley

"Australian Woman Asked About Abortion by US Border Official"

https://www.businessinsider.com/australian-woman-asked-about-abortion-by-us-border-official-2022-7

A man also told me about a cat blog!

She's got a unique occupation...

https://www.businessinsider.com/australian-woman-asked-if-had-abortion-by-us-border-official-2022-7

Time to check it out...

https://onecatatatime.co/

I was informed by a man...

 "Chaos has begun"

https://www.reddit.com/r/WitchesVsPatriarchy/comments/w1yb98/period_tracker_chaos_has_begun_mwahahahaha/


"Protesting in a small town in the Bible Belt" : r/WitchesVsPatriarchy

https://www.reddit.com/r/WitchesVsPatriarchy/comments/w28g7t/protesting_in_a_small_town_in_the_bible_belt/

A man writes something; more of the patriarchal people might respect his opinion!

"LEONARD PITTS: What is wrong with American men?" | Opinion | bakersfield.com

https://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/leonard-pitts-what-is-wrong-with-american-men/article_08b926ac-fe1f-11ec-bb31-7f3c675a86d0.html

Finally believed?

"You know you can be in much better health! Just as you hoped you could be."

Pray to sleep πŸ™πŸ˜ŠπŸ₯±πŸ’€♥️

"Prayerplant"| The Joy of Plants

https://www.thejoyofplants.co.uk/prayerplant

Sunday, July 17, 2022

I might have dreamed about a beach place

Very vivid but too tired to type everything.

Waves were coming and got me wet. I sought shelter.

They were coming over dunes and sea walls.

A little girl told me that communities were going to be helping each other.

"They're sending a cat sitter too."

People stayed inside their homes and they maintained positive attitudes.

There was guitar playing and singing.


Perhaps it was Florida...

"Farmworkers in Wimauma say climate change is drying out the land and harming their health | WUSF Public Media"

https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/environment/2022-06-28/farmworkers-in-wimauma-say-climate-change-is-drying-out-the-land-and-harming-their-health

Who's going to help a shrinking class of people?

"It would definitely NOT be okay if that other person behaved that way, but when these people with money do, there are hundreds if not thousands of ways to make exceptions and excuses for their behavior."

Friday, July 15, 2022

♥️😻cuteness😻♥️

Cat in a Leaf Cradle

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/vznuir/cat_in_a_leaf_cradle/

I can love and respect my body and soul and heal

Dear wonderful universe, please let me know forever that humanity deserves all the love and healing and beauty and let me remember it well. I can only make healing myself and my suffering a big priority right now. I can love myself. So many voices have made us feel guilty if we weren't a certain way, but we are serving our higher purposes when we truly and deeply honor and love ourselves and our needs. Please help me get better at it. And I appreciate those healing energies and healers and helpers.

Please let us know love very well

We are humans and we can find healing and we can forgive ourselves? Yes.

For something magical...

Thank you. I am feeling some healing energy and I truly truly appreciate it. I just needed that so much. Thank you. I did just begin to feel better emotionally and I will be praying for more healing. Healing is so powerful. Healing is the most important for loving ourselves. We deserve  all the healing. All of the healing. I feel GREATER HOPE AND GRATITUDE NOW. THANK YOU.

Help us heal on all levels ♥️

We deserve love and health and forgiveness and healing and love again. Peace...love...healing. 

Please pray for me and health for everyone

May we all be able to enjoy better health. It's a real challenging circumstance right now. I would never wish this on anyone. Please dear Universe. We all need so much healing. My face is hot this morning and I feel like I need more healing. I woke up feeling both the uti and cold symptoms. I began my antibiotic on Wed. night. I pray it works for me. It was ordered over an e-visit. I pray my immune system will heal me. I pray for everyone to have the best health. LOVE us  ♥️πŸ™♥️πŸ™♥️πŸ™♥️πŸ™♥️πŸ™♥️πŸ™♥️

Thursday, July 14, 2022

To do when feeling better.

It would be wonderful to visit a lavender farm. Maybe next season. 

Ah. I think...

Human health and safety is still even more important than some have wanted to acknowledge...

Time to check out

"How coconut oil is traditionally made"

https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/vz4o3e/how_coconut_oil_is_traditionally_made_in_sri_lanka/

In favor of humanity getting better, which also means

Kinder, more compassionate and less misogynistic. 

Ladies and gentlemen who were brainwashed by patriarchal norms can get better at respecting their fellow human beings. 100% sure that Jesus does not want us to emulate what the AG of Indiana is doing right now.

Rep. Eric Swalwell on Twitter: "This is the type of disinformation that Republicans use to justify government mandated pregnancies, which make no exceptions⁠— for rape, endangering the life of the mother, or even for a 10-year old girl who is forced to cross state lines to seek an abortion. https://t.co/M0DcCwfo7i" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1547636347124363265?s=20&t=nUw4qKlXHnckrMYcYhqJVQ

Not okay!

Chris Murphy on Twitter: "So now that 10 year olds are being forced to bear the children of their rapists, conservatives have suddenly decided that terminating pregnancies of 10 year olds is no longer an 'abortion', so everything is ok again. Can’t make this up." / Twitter

Not okay!

POLITICO on Twitter: "Indiana AG Todd Rokita is threatening criminal charges against the doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape survivor from Ohio https://t.co/lGaUi9jVg9" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/politico/status/1547669202265182209?s=20&t=nUw4qKlXHnckrMYcYhqJVQ

Don't join creepy misogynistic cults.


Health is Everything

I still have to pray for higher healing wisdom to repair my body and I will need to change...love yourself, put your health first, please and thank you.

Love love love love love love

Love love love love love love

Love love love love love love

Love love love love love love

Love love love love love love

Love love love love love love

×3

♥️πŸ™♥️


♥️πŸ’§πŸ™πŸŒ»πŸ˜Š

Hydration. Love that too.

Well, a body has survived another day!

And it seems to be improving...and acquired a much fuller understanding of how good it is to feel appreciation and gratitude for getting back to better health.

That one can have a genuine appreciation of access to things like antibiotics and good sustenance, and be filled with gratitude at being allowed to feel like one's well-being is being restored, is almost an understatement.

What if you never knew when what how and why great changes could occur...

If a poor person suddenly inherited millions and an entire mountain, would that person appreciate those things? 

And also, I should not fail to mention a newfound appreciation of the "Palma Christi" castor oil pack. 

It really is kind of like a continual unfolding...

A beautiful hot shower awaits.

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Help me remember good things can heal us

People can be good and great at loving themselves and each other and bringing true healing energy to all situations because beautiful healing exists in this universe too. 

And that's why some of the quietest are best at forgiveness. Please help me to heal my life and learn from these wise energies and people and beings. For I am a small child by comparison at times. But maybe there will be nurturing and guidance. So more health can be enjoyed.

Also my body wants me to heal from something right now, and please help me with my treatment for my physical healing. 

And I want to change for the better. Thank you for the opportunity and I can feel grateful to have this chance.

BEAUTIFUL Wonderfulness Exists Too

Dear wonderful healing energy that can surpass all limitations...please help me to gratefully accept any and all gentle loving healing energy that I can for right now. And help me to really know this: I am grateful for any and all gentle healing energy that may now and in the future benefit me and also humanity. Thank you so much. Thank you for helping me survive so I can get better. Love is out there and so are the wonderful wonderful wonderful best healing remedies. Let's be able to appreciate ourselves and really heal, just like being in a body is telling me we deserve to feel better and get well. Please and thank you.

Ask for healing and higher guidance to help

Okay, dear universe. Please help, blessed Universe, all of us. But U know I feel like my body needs and deserves the healing love that we can still experience. Please and thank you for love and help and healing and guidance. ♥️πŸ™πŸŒ»

Help us heal...

DEAR LOVING UNIVERSE, I NEED to believe that humanity can get better and heal. My body and myself. We need the good feeling of healing. Please help us get better. πŸ™♥️

Body, Please Heal.

I woke up needing so much healing because my body needs to get better.

Pleeeeease....πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

They oughta

"Weird Al Jokingly Came For Alanis Morissette & 'You Oughta Know' Will Never Be The Same" - Narcity

https://www.narcity.com/weird-al-jokingly-came-for-alanis-morissette-you-oughta-know-will-never-be-the-same

What does the owl know...

"98 year old grandma gets visited weekly by an owl"

https://youtube.com/shorts/wU2wby9ibhg?feature=share

Maybe there wil be more celebs...

"Yolo Growers & Farmworkers Festival recognized as a successful celebration"

https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2022/07/10/yolo-growers-farmworkers-festival-recognized-as-a-successful-celebration

Please Benevolent Universe, Help Us Get Better

I am just genuinely feeling sad that so many different humans really deserve and need more healing...in so many different ways. Maybe if I pray about it, I will find a more positive way of seeing everything. It feels like we need a deep healing. That is myself, and so many other people right now. Bigger and greater and wiser love and energy from the Universe, can you help us heal?

Perhaps he was a chef...

"SO many request for another one of these! Luckily Carter told me in the morning he felt like cooking today so I surprised him after nap time with some onions" 🀣πŸ₯° #takeaNAIRbreak #foryou #viral #fyp #viral #montessori #cooking #recipe #toddlermom

https://www.tiktok.com/@lauralove5514/video/7088117415665585450

I remember how, in the past, it seemed that there were some toy kitchens for kids left outside nearby...Before I went to sleep last night, I was reminded of seeing those because of watching that Tiktok video.


Why not pray?

I am quite sad. Because of many things. I know a good person I would have seen today who tested positive for Covid. So that won't be happening. I guess I will pray.

Monday, July 11, 2022

Unless the Universe 🌊

"Citadel official with Harvard law degree to lead influential SC conservation group"

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/environment/article263235568.html

SORRY BUT MY LIFE is about being boy crazy now

with the Boys of The Citadel and the Boys of The Hollywood Machine and the Boys of The Literary Establishment and OF COURSE 

"The Boys Of Summer DON HENLEY(1984) OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO" - YouTube

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

Can I go back in time?

"5 questions with Louisville comic Mandee McKelvey, who will reprise her One-Mandee show this week" – Louisville Laughs

https://louisvillelaughs.com/2022/02/21/5-questions-with-louisville-comic-mandee-mckelvey-who-will-reprise-her-one-mandee-show-this-week/

Because now I wanna tell a grade school teacher that I just had a mullet shoved down my throat by the relatives I visited over summer vacation.

And I also wanna ask a girl in college how hard it was for her to wipe out her southern accent in order to fit in...She didn’t sound like it, but she really was from that part of the South because she still wanted to make excuses for the boys who went to The Citadel.

The Great Creative Energy Calls Many To ...

"Elon Musk and Top Executive Shivon Zilis Had Twins Last November"

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-shivon-zilis-secret-twins-neuralink-tesla

They'll never get enough attention. Ever.

 My brothers.

Finally! After being ignored for so long!

“It’s not about what makes us American, or what makes us Black or White or any of the labels that we’ve established for ourselves over the course of however many millennia we’ve been here, but what it is that connects us.”

~ J. Hamm to E.E. Dickinson

"Neil Gaiman’s Books Have Enchanted Millions. Finally, Hollywood Is on Board." - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/07/06/neil-gaiman-sandman-netflix-jon-hamm/

Try something better.

I don't have to like it if someone is copping out on being more respectful and responsible just because of some unfair societal codes that say he's allowed to get away with being abusive as long as he calls himself "STUPID."

On ENTITIES

who are better at treating you with respect after you suffer material losses than toxic work environments are at admitting that yes, they could definitely change for the better? 

On young women who knock on your door at 1 am

crying because stuff got stolen out of their car, crying about their daughter's stuff getting stolen, and then the next day you discover you accidentally left something in your new car and perhaps hit the wrong button on the key fob because...😬

And now....

"The Southern Poverty Law Center notes that women farmworkers are among the most vulnerable workers in our country. They fill the lowest paying jobs in our economy and provide the backbreaking labor that helps bring food to our tables. They are cheated out of wages and subjected to an array of other abuses in the workplace and are generally powerless to enforce their rights or protect themselves. This is why I am offering this amendment to examine working conditions facing women farmworkers and developing workable solutions to address these challenges.”

"Cuellar Secures Provisions to Protect Women Farmworkers, Support Border Colonias"| Rep. Henry Cuellar

https://cuellar.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=407235

People who act like they got sucked into

"The patriarchal, white supremacist model of success" are just not very healthy influences for some us at this time, because... 

"It vilifies and oppresses anyone who doesn’t live up to the (poorly defined and ever-changing) ideal, regardless of their circumstances."

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Congratulations to Humanity...

"Cuellar Secures Provisions to Protect Women Farmworkers, Support Border Colonias" | Rep. Henry Cuellar

https://cuellar.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=407235

born in my head less than one minute ago

A BOOK CALLED THE FAWN OVER A CELEBRITY CURE.

Thank you, body ♥️

Now I was experiencing pains and not well enough to eat breakfast, but at least I listened to the body and realized I am better off just lying down and drinking water at the moment. Water is great, too.

Try to use your words...

"Well, in my dreams, there was a dirty floor I was expected to clean while a guy on the radio sang something to an ethereal lady, and that's kind of the more benevolent side of how your cult operates."

Minimal Acknowledgements Count

"Someday, someone's kids will go, 'Ewww...so culty and sexist!' when they encounter people like us."

Cue the creepy sexist ladies

Doing their creepy sexist things for The Lord.

God's reply?

"I really want some of the dads in my house to be thinking and praying about how much better a lot of the younger generation of dudes are gonna get at treating women in the future. YOU did that too! They learned from you!"

Sunday! Time to go to church...

"Dear Lord, teach me and my chauvinistic friends that we are not actually more important than the people who got harassed and strong-armed into making excuses for dudes like us, although many segments of our unevolved patriarchal society in the 2020s still acts like it should be that way."

To view

Watch "Death Valley: Life Blooms" | America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston Season 1 | KCET https://www.kcet.org/shows/america-outdoors-baratunde-thurston/episodes/death-valley-life-blooms-ncfrg3

If a small feline creature could talk

Maybe she'd say, "Don't lose sleep about the self-absorbed sexist people. Think about me! I am the sort of self-absorbed creature you should be thinking about. I am cute! I won't damage your health. And I love to play!"

Saturday, July 09, 2022

Vehement Thoughtfulness!!!

Honestly you could have a bunch of very interesting experiences, never make much money because of various reasons, but still

Just trying to find the balance

What if these two got married?

"Houston urologists seeing 'tremendous' uptick in vasectomies after Roe v. Wade ruling"

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/Houston-urologists-seeing-tremendous-uptick-in-17293087.php

&

The Polyphonic Spree – "Section 9 (Light & Day/Reach for the Sun)" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qt6dqnSeaVc

Whoops got distracted for a moment

There's more people who need help.

"Wisconsin Supreme Court bans drop boxes and calls Biden's victory illegitimate"

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/07/wisconsin-supreme-court-ballot-drop-boxes-voting-biden.html

I did it. Actually did it.

I found my inner 4-year-old mindset! On a Saturday! Happy Meal Time!

Ha, level up.

Act more caring! Treat the moment as if it were the Queen's Jubilee! Be like Jesus! You're doing yourself a great favor in the long run!

Yay Yolo!

What a read! Magnifique! Superb!

"Yolo County honors National Farmworker Week by supporting farmworkers" – Daily Democrat

https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2022/03/30/yolo-county-honors-national-farmworker-week-by- supporting-farmworkers

Chant chant chant chant chant chant

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

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Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

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Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Hmmm. It's a thought.

"Hollywood/media betrayed the Roe decision and women's health before the Supreme Court did" : r/TwoXChromosomes

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/vt20aa/hollywoodmedia_betrayed_the_roe_decision_and/

Heal heal heal heal heal heal heal heal

I need to heal. My actual body needs to heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

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Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

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Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

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Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

Heal heal heal heal heal heal.

There is so much need to heal from this kind of stuff

"At a Roe rally this morning, a woman told me, "My dear, we were created as an afterthought by God to please and follow men, The love of Jesus will help you bear the burden God placed on you." : r/TwoXChromosomes

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/vv5x7h/at_a_roe_rally_this_morning_a_woman_told_me_my/

Ah, a tool to help people.

"take a deep breath" - YouTube

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

Can we have a more healthy society, please?

I wonder how I can get better at some kinds of things????

Genes...crazy...

Some ppl's genes:

More rich = more narcissistic

Less rich = less narcissistic 

Wow.

Good Purchase Appreciation Post

It is so delicious 

"Trader Joe’s ORGANIC DATE SYRUP" | Trader Joe’s Rants & Raves (mostly raves, a few rants)

https://traderjoesrants.com/2022/03/16/trader-joes-organic-date-syrup/

on baked oatmeal made with oat flour in the microwave since the apartment's oven cannot be set to lower temperatures.

Tinderrrr

"It’s official. Daughter of farmworkers makes U.S. District Court history"

https://www.fresnobee.com/vida-en-el-valle/noticias/california-es/fresno/article263275898.html

Swipe.

"Supreme Court: A Historically Great Term"| National Review

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/07/a-historically-great-term/

Swipe.

What do you expect

from people who didn't have their own washing machines?

"Why Our Founding Fathers Hated Log Cabins" – Mother Earth News
https://www.motherearthnews.com/sustainable-living/green-homes/why-founding-fathers-hated-log-cabins-ze0z1803zmos/

"But that was just considered 'normal...'"

 "...behavior at the time..."

"How Race Influences and Amplifies Backlash Against Outspoken Women" | Stanford Graduate School of Business
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/how-race-influences-amplifies-backlash-against-outspoken-women

YYYYY?

"Well, why can't I pick more misogynistically guided folks to hang out with if that's what makes me happy? All the other girls trying to get along with the guys in my misogynistic industry are doing it."

D*****!

 "Dinner is just different"

~ M. Ford

"There Is No Constitutional Right to Eat Dinner"

https://newrepublic.com/article/167019/kavanaugh-mortons-constitutional-right-dinner

Song is even better when the moon is out...

It is still nighttime somewhere...

Susana Baca - "Luna Llena"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xgJLLKzYFYA&feature=youtu.be

History's been interesting recently

NPR on Twitter: "Christine Blasey Ford is still being harassed, according to her lawyers. "Justice Kavanaugh ascended to the Supreme Court, but the threats to Dr. Ford continue," they said. https://t.co/WJRC5uWmy9" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/npr/status/1060643876254502913

Don't be lonely! Dads Too can enjoy having meaningful conversations with people about why someone like Christine Blasey Ford deserves to live in a way better society.

Better not think about

forced paternity test legislation, corrupt justices...

Good preparation speech or self-talk

Taking the long view, it's probably a very good thing to NOT be addicted to acting out the personality of some kind of needlessly overly domineering male getting his ego fed by a bunch of suck-ups to the patriarchy who think they need to just keep on conducting business in the same old-fashioned oppressive bothersome ways because apparently they lack the foresight or imagination to make things better...but it is SO GREAT to know that's NOT LIKE YOU!!!!

Beauteous Peace...

Ah...this futon is quite nice and comfy. 

And it's great the neighbors are being quiet! 

Can almost imagine living comfortably in the peaceful mountains...

MIGHT NOTICE: Dads can have strange senses of humor sometimes

The Monkees – "Daydream Believer Lyrics" | Genius Lyrics https://genius.com/The-monkees-daydream-believer-lyrics 

A Character: But Dad, I hate it when I'm complicit in other people's oppression! I hate it so much! I only want to talk about this stuff when it's about other people being complicit!

Friday, July 08, 2022

Dot dot dot

When "I was really enjoying Grandpa's sense of humor until he told that molestation joke" met "Maybe Grandpa would have told it differently if..."

And many believe the world deserves much better than...

"...this male-dominated industry that provides the propaganda that keeps patriarchy in power."

"BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER (Sundance FF 2022) – Review by Marilyn Ferdinand "– ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

https://awfj.org/blog/2022/01/22/brainwashed-sex-camera-power-sundance-ff-2022-review-by-marilyn-ferdinand/

"If women cannot be heard in a film, it’s only a short leap to silencing them in workplaces, public spaces, and relationships. If women are sexualized and give in to men’s sexual demands with pleasure in the movies without negative consequences, then sexually harassing and raping them in real life won’t seem so wrong."

So, WHY NOT CHANGE?

"Obviously, men at the top of the filmmaking food chain are trying to protect their financial interests, but they are protecting so much more. They are protecting their right to behave however they wish toward the people they consider their inferiors. It will not be easy, but through the education that Brainwashed provides, we can make room for the voices these gatekeepers wish to silence." ~ M. Ferdinand

People can & should be treated better than that

"Study Says California Employers Failed to Keep Food, Farmworkers Safe From COVID"| KQED

https://www.kqed.org/news/11918981/study-says-california-employers-failed-to-keep-food-farmworkers-safe-from-covid

“Oftentimes the fines will be reduced or eliminated,” she said. “We know that the food production employers — and the companies they’re producing for — have very powerful legal teams to reduce the fines.”

~ Lil Kalish

https://www.kqed.org/news/11918981/study-says-california-employers-failed-to-keep-food-farmworkers-safe-from-covid

"The companies’ violations often included failure to provide and implement a health and safety system, which is required by a 1991 state law, the study said.

The report describes food production workers as those working in meat packing, dairy operations and agriculture — primarily Black, Latino, and Indigenous people, and often undocumented immigrants."


YOLO

"Yolo Growers & Farmworkers Festival set for Friday"

https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2022/06/23/yolo-growers-farmworkers-festival-set-for-friday

ALMOST

California: Counties - Map Quiz Game

https://www.geoguessr.com/seterra/en/vgp/3504

Fruit Festival?

"BRAINWASHED Director Nina Menkes with Joey Soloway"| CherryPicks & Athleta Sundance Studio - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bxRIlQFutis&t=43s&pp=2AErkAIB

Maybe it will be available on streaming sometime.

"Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power Trailer" | CPH:DOX 2022 - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwwmh_Ahz60

"Breaking Down the Male Gaze in "Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power" https://blog.frame.io/2022/03/21/women-filmmakers-brainwashed-sex-camera-power/

Wow, what if he did it to men, too.

"By Trump’s Standards, We’re All ‘Ugly Women’"

https://www.thecut.com/2016/05/ed-rendell-trump-ugly-women-united.html

Not THAT Type of CHILL!

"'Ironic Sexism: The Male Gaze of Hipster Spaces’" by Emma Pitman

https://www.theliftedbrow.com/liftedbrow/ironic-sexism-the-male-gaze-of-hipster-spaces?format=amp

"I had Insufficient Chill Funds when an older man at the pub harassed me, or offered my platonic male friend (assumed boyfriend/keeper) money for me. I had Zero Net Chill when his friend came to apologise to my male friend, offering him $50 as compensation, without so much as even looking at me. The exchange was a fully envisioned nightmare, an almost a comedic portrait of disrespect, with a gruesome lack of self-awareness."

~ Emma Pitman

"Just try it out"

"You would be treated so much better right now if you were in a male body and acting like a huge jerk to others and listen, my best female friends seem like those kinds of dudes the most out of all of humanity, so why can't you get to know their POV a little better and see how you like it?"

Is it getting better now?

 

(∂/∂t + v⋅∇) (ρv) = ∇⋅Οƒ + f on Twitter: "@shiramstein @TheTerminal https://t.co/WTQPVWAWhC" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/NuclearEngnrng/status/1545436517912420355?s=20&t=kmoxnN2z-0WSzuQD5JxPcQ

Elie Mystal on Twitter: "Sigh… You don’t need a uterus to understand that the revocation of human rights is bad. And I think men not even bothering to get INFORMED about the issue is also part of the problem. But, whatever." / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/ElieNYC/status/1545443450132258816

"Biden says Supreme Court is 'out of control,' orders HHS to protect abortion access"

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/08/biden-says-supreme-court-out-of-control-signs-abortion-executive-order.html

"Doctors Cheer Biden Executive Order On Abortion Access"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2022/07/08/doctors-cheer-biden-executive-order-on-abortion-rights/

Jesus.

 Jesus, take the wheel.

Yes.

Have we acted so poorly you feel grateful you're not us?

Q: Did insurance cover the treatment or your sexist narcissist tendencies?

Q: How's our empathy response today?

Q: Have you ever heard of that one famous painting by Goya?


Thursday, July 07, 2022

I feel Improvement happening

California: Counties - Map Quiz Game

https://www.geoguessr.com/seterra/en/vgp/3504

Because that's what they are sometimes.

I am so glad that some of the well-off are going to get help for their problems.

Minor dealing with Irresponsible-to-Others Adults Energy

'Tis Grand to Be King

https://www.marthastewart.com/1541278/how-wash-all-your-clothes-hand

"Hand-washing products have come a long way. In days of yore, you had to empty and refill a basin until all the soap bubbles disappeared—think Laura Ingalls Wilder-level tedium. Now, rinse-free detergents like Soak (from $14, us.soakwash.com) and Purl SoHo Sweater Soap ($24, purlsoho.com) make the job super-speedy."

Too Much Labor

I really hope they get another laundromat SOON.

"Editorial: Vashon’s Dirty Laundry"| Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

https://www.vashonbeachcomber.com/opinion/editorial-vashons-dirty-laundry/

Maybe He Can Make Some Sort of A Comeback

Jonathan Pie on Twitter: "Bye Bye Boris: https://t.co/iqoXllXXWO" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/JonathanPieNews/status/1545020237359333377?s=20&t=OUVD_3uOjhYjbB_BzIQNSQ

"Don McLean’s Daughter Alleges Mental Abuse by ‘American Pie’ Singer" – Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/don-mclean-jackie-roan-yellowthorn-1187117/

"Singer Don McLean, 75, on his model girlfriend, 27, and American Pie lyrics" - Mirror Online

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/singer-don-mclean-75-model-25040136

"Don McLean praises Taylor Swift after she beats 'American Pie' record"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/12/13/don-mclean-praises-taylor-swift-breaking-american-pie-record-announces-2022-tour-childrens-book/6448061001/

And examine the rigging

Men who are still surrounded by people who think that their comfort is more important than the human rights of those who make their lives so comfortable explain their circumstances again.

Maybe some will be challenged to think about

how their spirituality could be deeper than wearing a scrap of cloth on their heads.

"Why a New Generation of Catholic Women Is Wearing Chapel Veils" | Religion & Politics
https://religionandpolitics.org/2022/02/08/why-a-new-generation-of-catholic-women-is-wearing-chapel-veils/


Habitual Uncaring Misogyny is Bad for Our Society

"Post-Roe v. Wade Women of Color May Face More Criminalized Pregnancies" – Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/roe-wade-abortion-criminalized-pregnancy-bipoc-1377430/

Perhaps his friends were a lot like him

"People wanted him to succeed, and were disposed to look the other way"

~ R. Prince

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/opinions/boris-johnson-resignation-lies-scandals-prince/index.html

"Etonians Feel Born to Rule..."

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/06/etonians-feel-born-to-rule-and-we-all-pay-the-price-for-it


Ha ha?

Some insensitives should cry more. It would add such nuance and depth to their...

Sparkling personalities.

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

How does anything improve ever

Aoife Mannion on Twitter: "‘No one cares about women’s football’ πŸ˜„ https://t.co/zORQ9ltH9a" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/aoifemannion_/status/1544759729226141696

"Sexist Grandparents Think 10-Year-Old Girl Should Do Chores Before Her Dad"

https://www.parents.com/news/these-grandparents-want-10-year-old-to-take-on-household-chores-rather-than-adult-dad-while-mom-is-away/

"Sexism Starts in Childhood"

https://slate.com/human-interest/2017/11/how-to-stop-sexism-and-raise-a-son-who-respects-women.html

"UN urges US to adhere to women’s human rights convention after Roe v. Wade overturned' – The Hill

https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/3547465-un-urges-us-to-adhere-to-womens-human-rights-convention-after-overturn-of-roe-v-wade/

Oh.

"Canning often relays a story he was told about a young man who made a difference in his high school setting.

“A friend of his was in the locker room and saying something awful about a girl. This kid thought to himself, ‘Okay, this is my moment. This is the time I need to say something,’” said Canning. “And instead of being confrontational, all he did was go up to this boy and say, ‘You know man, I think you’re a lot better than that.’”

Canning said the young man was surprised by the reaction.

“After a moment, the other boy said, ‘You know what? You’re right.’”

~ Ian Mendes, Dan Robson

"'We haven’t learned a damn thing’: Sexual violence is embedded in junior hockey culture" - The Athletic

What's another way to say

The participants in the "Entitled by Society to Disregard SO MANY and Receive Certain Benefits From Patriarchal Sources For Doing So" Cult have their own problems.

Fashionable Catholicism

"The veils might protect one from being spoiled, or soiled by the vomit of an impoverished rape victim who has been forced to give birth by a misogynistic cult."

~ What some might call a GLOSS

"Why a New Generation of Catholic Women Is Wearing Chapel Veils" | Religion & Politics

https://religionandpolitics.org/2022/02/08/why-a-new-generation-of-catholic-women-is-wearing-chapel-veils/

Society is still processing a lot of things...

"'How to desperately make excuses for certain kinds of self absorption and dehumanizing choices on behalf of certain types of people' really did quite a number on some people's skillsets and psyches."

How about a new religion?

"Stay away from patriarchal people who make excuses for abusive jerks."

They may not be the soberest

The "drunk" people (13:33).

"Comedy Legends" - Charlie Hill - RIP - 1983

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh6eCALFohY

Well, just got distracted again.

 ABSURD TROLLEY PROBLEMS

https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/

Why so inclined to oppress?

"What we're seeing here is a very small minority of privileged people who are trying to impose a narrow Christian understanding of when life begins."

~ Nadiah Mohajir to David Crary

"Faith leaders react with joy, anger to Roe’s reversal" | PBS NewsHour

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/faith-leaders-react-with-joy-anger-to-roes-reversal

She deserves better

"How a verbally abusive male pastor derailed a young woman from ministry" – Baptist News Global

https://baptistnews.com/article/how-a-verbally-abusive-male-pastor-derailed-a-young-woman-from-ministry/#.YsYtN6RlAzQ

What a challenge! (For me).

But it's also a great compliment to my "How high is the rent in that area?" studies.

"California: Counties" - Map Quiz Game

https://www.geoguessr.com/seterra/en/vgp/3504

This analogy

is sort of like a creative visualization...

"It’s like allowing my 9-year-old to drop out of school in exchange for taking a bath when I could just dunk the kid in water and then tell him to get his narrow ass on the bus."

~ Elie Mystal

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-abortion-response/

And in it, nobody even has to needlessly die just to appease another uncaring member of an arrogant, fearful, misogynist, patriarchal cult.

Why not make a better way going forward?

Because it's always possible for people to show they're capable of change! Yay!

"Ideally, Biden would have said, “I see where you’re coming from; I see where what I said [about the Hyde Amendment] was harmful or problematic. Here are some ideas I have to protect women.” Or he could have said, “I plan to come up with some ideas.” He could have taken any amount of responsibility for his views. Going in, none of us really believed that would happen, but there’s always a possibility for someone to show they’re capable of change."

~ K.C Cayo / M. Solis

"Joe Biden Wagged His Finger At Me When I Asked Him About Abortion" - VICE

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3k3jgj/joe-biden-wagged-finger-at-activist-in-viral-twitter-photo

Another observation...

Human: Patriarchy is disgusting.

Cute Kitten: purrrrr

Might might might?

Might like you better if you didn't prop up needlessly unhealthy exploitative paternalistic systems in exchange for...

That would be great.

Dear Certain Patriarchal Norms Supporters,

If you had kids, I really do hope your kids find lots of different kinds of people who care about human rights to hang out with, so that maybe they will also care about their fellow human beings a lot more than you apparently did. 

Striving to fit in with those unhealthy patriarchal norms is not likely to result in such great payouts for a lot of people in the coming days. 

Why not change for the better faster? Why not bother?

Explain...why or why not?


Patriarchal norms are very harmful and selfish

Ashton Pittman on Twitter: "“It is a great victory for life,” said Gov. @TateReeves, whose state boasts the nation’s highest infant and fetal death rates, lowest overall life expectancy rate and where the pregnancy-related maternal death rate is 1.9x higher than the U.S. as a whole.https://t.co/xVtDCCaqKI" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/ashtonpittman/status/1544517300203802632?s=20&t=DUNC7IqfRg53lILaaIaR2g

As if the judges of the Salem Witch trials came back to the 21st century.

What arrogance. 

Ashton Pittman on Twitter: "The hearing over Mississippi's abortion trigger ban began today with a prayer for the presence of “the Holy Spirit" and that the court would "seek (God)'s truth, not our own." Rev. Calvin Cosnahan delivered the prayer at Judge Debbra K. Halford's request. https://t.co/xVtDCCaqKI" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/ashtonpittman/status/1544486143193915393?s=20&t=DUNC7IqfRg53lILaaIaR2g

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

Music of the icecreams


Appalachian trail - Juana Molina - "cΓ‘lculos y orΓ‘culos" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n8e9pT3gOBM&feature=youtu.be

Juana Molina – "CΓ‘lculos y OrΓ‘culos" | Genius

https://genius.com/Juana-molina-calculos-y-oraculos-annotated

"Juana Molina: All the Way to Halo - Process and Loops"| Tape Op Magazine | Longform candid interviews with music producers and audio engineers covering mixing, mastering, recording and music production.

https://tapeop.com/interviews/119/juana-molina/

We watched this film when it first came out

"'Men With Guns' is immensely moving and sad, and yet because it dares so much, it is an exhilarating film. It frees itself from specific stories about this villain or that strategy, to stand back and look at the big picture: at societies in collapse because power has been concentrated in the hands of small men made big with guns. I understand guns in war, in hunting, in sport. But when a man feels he needs a gun to leave his house in the morning, I fear that man. I fear his fear. He believes that the only man more powerless than himself is a dead man."

"Men with Guns movie review & film summary (1998)"| Roger Ebert

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/men-with-guns-1998

What do you know about "cult mentality"?

Are some cults more favorable or appealing to join for some than for others? Do you find some would suit you better? Which ones? Why?

FoUnD'm.

"The Foxfire Book Series That Preserved Appalachian Foodways" : The Salt : NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/17/520038859/the-foxfire-book-series-that-preserved-appalachian-foodways

Knew they weren't the name of web browser.

Wow, I always thought this would be a good idea

 Didn't realize it was a cultural tradition.

" I tried "Swedish death cleaning" and it worked 😱 (my organizing secret for 2022!)" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PwRaVNq_Epk&feature=youtu.be

Maybe some ancestral voices were communicating.

But why 🀫?

"MIRACLE LAUNDRY... the $1 Pine Sol secret! 🀫 " - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wGBoVXWVj6k&feature=youtu.be

 A mind went: She should have mentioned whether her hack is good for blood stains.

That was crescent moon music 🎡

Appalachian trail - Juana Molina - "cΓ‘lculos y orΓ‘culos" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n8e9pT3gOBM&feature=youtu.be

Crescent moon rising over the countryside, and then red wine with a summer berry salad. 🍷πŸ₯—πŸ«πŸ“

Neighbors who might be thieves are not as bad as

some other things...and maybe thieves can be reformed! Alas...

Bonobo - "'Black Sands"' - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cTjF2_-bneM&feature=youtu.be

What Pelvic Ponderousness...

Might need to recover for a bit after reading about what lead to an ER trip in 2013...

http://wonderhussy.com/transvaginal-probe-apres-burning-man/

Kinda nifty, in a way

The uptick in conversations about female bodily functions looming on the horizon.

Origin of "A Curse Is Born"

Around age 18? 19? 30? in a fast food venue in Washington D.C., a long-haired woman who was probably in her late 30s or 40s & also was possibly homeless sought me out to loudly complain about how terrible her menstrual cramps often were while a young, tall businessman was clearly smirking at the spectacle as he stood right next to me, and I recall that I felt an unevolved resentment for them both...thus, A Curse Was Born?

Open enough for the right circumstances for your unique body?

"Biden's 'mind is open' on student loan forgiveness, Schumer says"

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/22/bidens-mind-is-open-on-student-loan-forgiveness-schumer-says-.html

Even if your genetics and uterus were like NO, I am the full time job instead

This is good for those who didn't have that problem.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2022/06/09/9-million-borrowers-now-qualify-for-student-loan-forgiveness/?sh=44bb922e62b7

Creative Projects Can Be Enriching

A Creative Project by Ally Orr

https://hbr.org/2022/05/a-professor-made-a-sexist-remark-heres-how-this-student-responded

A Creative Project by Peter Belmi

Because the insurance company and bank were nicer to you.

Why is a car getting totaled and money getting stolen from you actually less stressful than a hostile work environment?

oh goody, uploaded a new one

"TRYING TO EAT FOR ONE DOLLAR A DAY | EXTREME BUDGET CHALLENGE" -  A. Michelle - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=218rUaUKxfM

Oh, at least you're not Larry. Nevermind.

"Billionaire Larry Ellison Bought a Hawaiian Island and Is Pushing Residents Out"

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-oracle-larry-ellison-lanai-hawaii-plans-tourism/

It's just very embarrassing.

"I learned to treat humans like trash because rich dudes taught me that was the best way to make money." 

Please use that money to go to a spa or something.

Maybe it would be fun to learn ukulele 🎢

UKE - "Somewhere Over The Rainbow UKULELE Lesson Tutorial - Easy Songs how to play" - YouTube

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

EquiKimmy RIP 🌈 6 🐱 2 🐢 2 🐴 πŸ’”πŸ˜­ on Twitter: "@suemonkman29 @sfx123a I'm so sorry for your loss. 😒 πŸ’” 🌈 https://t.co/QAdHhNGCET" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/equikimmy/status/1543673189506621441?s=20&t=oP2YHm9FkfUk1DzQFhZXnA

"OFFICIAL Somewhere over the Rainbow" - Israel "IZ" KamakawiwoΚ»ole - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

Well, maybe next generation...

"I can't change. They pay me more if I'm acting like a narcissistic jerk. It's too late for me to change now."

Why have I never played golf yet?

"Monarch Butterfly Program Adds Drought Tolerance To Temecula Course" | Temecula, CA Patch

https://patch.com/california/temecula/monarch-butterfly-program-adds-drought-tolerance-temecula-course

But it's probably too late for some.

"We are just so heavily invested in making excuses for narcissistic patriarchal people for the money."

And many of them probably will be.

"I REALLY hope the kids are better at..."

Like, would Betsy benefit from yoga? Or nah?

Tyler Kingkade on Twitter: "Betsy DeVos writes in her new book that Trump personally celebrated her Title IX rules on sexual misconduct, noting that he’d been 'falsely accused' of sexual assault (per @mstratford /Politico Pro Edu) https://t.co/jtEpoB5hIo" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/sfx123a/status/1543652888521629697

It's really hard to say.

I doubt a narcissist like Trump would benefit from yoga, but what about some of the other ones?

Things that "never happened..."

For example, this never happened when I was eleven.

Moira Donegan on Twitter: "Just encountered a table of Girl Scouts, maybe 11 years old, selling cookies for abortion funds. In other news, now I’m crying." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/MoiraDonegan/status/1544057700014751747?s=20&t=SvCZ2o3BCDq0bREk99Sy0w

Good?

"'Masculinity' Is Having an Identity Crisis" - The Good Men Project

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/masculinity-is-having-an-identity-crisis-kpkn/

&

"The U.S. as a Patriarchal White Supremacist Christian Fascist Theocracy" - The Good Men Project

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/the-u-s-as-a-patriarchal-white-supremacist-christian-fascist-theocracy/

Pets are special.

How did a very self-centered cat make me realize that a lot of patriarchal dudes and their acolytes could benefit from some sensitivity training? And the cat is still doing so. Right this very instant.

πŸ’Œ POR FAVOR πŸ’Œ

🌷  Can I pleeease heal my little lower front tooth ON THE LEFT with better habits and home remedies 🌻

Hopefully typed...

People can be glad they really wanted to help, even if a lot of things went wrong along the way. Maybe being able to focus on healing and creating something new which could be much better could still be very helpful.

Monday, July 04, 2022

It helped. MAYBE I WILL GET MORE INTO yoga.

"Why 108 Oms?"| Yoga District

https://www.yogadistrict.com/why-108-oms/

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Love Love Love Love Love Love

Simply the truth.

"You Deserve Better" - See the Triumph

http://www.seethetriumph.org/blog/you-deserve-better6758728

At least they're trying to be better...more than in the past

"And how are the children? Just ask them."

https://mailchi.mp/lorainschools/01142022a

"Lorain High students protest for sexual assault awareness"

https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2022/01/21/-our-system-of-care-is-broken--lorain-high-students-demand-change-in-ways-sexual-assault-allegations-are-handled

"Roe vs. Wade: Michelle Obama and Hollywood slam decision" - Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-06-24/roe-vs-wade-overturned-celebrity-hollywood-reactions?_amp=true

Reading every very interesting word.

"Lorain High students protest for sexual assault awareness"

https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2022/01/21/-our-system-of-care-is-broken--lorain-high-students-demand-change-in-ways-sexual-assault-allegations-are-handled

"LORAIN, Ohio — Students at Lorain High School took a stand against sexual assault after a fellow classmate says she organized a protest to raise awareness following her own experience as a sexual-assault survivor."

~ M. Marshall

"What You Need To Know 

Lorain High School sophomore says she organized a protest on social media to raise sexual assault awareness after her own experience reporting it to school leaders 

The organizer says nearly 250 students assembled at the school's auditorium and shared their stories of sexual assault 

Following the demonstration, Lorain City Schools brought in a crisis team which includes sexual trauma experts as well as detectives"


Still haven't visited the pool this summer

Wonder whatever happened to the blond woman and two guys who were talking about yoga class and doing the happy baby pose.

How about some great ideas?

One great idea might be to actually act like you care about the human rights of fellow human beings.

"Democrats need to give 'some good ideas'"

https://www.axios.com/2022/07/03/democrats-abortion-ideas-xavier-becerra-hhs

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Twitter: "Can you imagine after the Dred Scott ruling in 1857 saying “Unless we’re all going to say the word of the Supreme Court will no longer have value, we have to heed the word of the Supreme Court.”…they are allergic to resisting, fighting or simply disobeying. Cowards." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/KeeangaYamahtta/status/1543690763208462337?s=20&t=Ais51QBEaFul7Y33j2aJsQ

Sheeda 🏌🏾‍♀️πŸ’™πŸ’› #KarenBassforMayor on Twitter: "@KeeangaYamahtta @prisonculture They’re accepting what can be changed because it’s easier. We need leadership that won’t have us agree and obey our way out of our democracy 🀨" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/sheeda418/status/1543692963800403971?s=20&t=Ais51QBEaFul7Y33j2aJsQ

Belief in a higher power who cares...

 

"Lack of housing pushes Oxnard’s farm workers inland" | Greater LA | KCRW

https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/born-razed-oxnard-cola-boyy/price-out-farmworkers-move

Afghanistan...Ukraine...USA...etcetra

Caring about respecting human rights, which includes the rights of girls and women and people and human beings, will be so much healthier for society. These are turbulent times...

Sunday, July 03, 2022

Well it's that time again.

Well it's that time to admit I am better off doing whatever I can to as wisely as possible fix my own physical mental emotional and spiritual health. Wow. Again. Many reminders of this in this life.

Found out there's a UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

"Many Americans might have never heard of the Convention and also might not know that their food may have been picked by one of the approximately 500,000 child farmworkers in today's US."

~ Cao Siqi, Liu Caiyu and Xu Yelu

"Farms are the most dangerous places to work in the US for children. A report by the federal Government Accountability Office released in November 2018 presented alarming findings. Researchers found that between 2003 and 2016, 237 children died while working on farms in the US. This happens despite the fact that farms employ less than 6 percent of child workers, highlighting the devastating consequences of weak laws and regulations that don't properly protect child farmworkers.

The AFOP also pointed out agriculture is the US' most dangerous occupation for farmworker youth, while pesticides increase the risk of developmental disorders in farmworker children."

~ Cao Siqi, Liu Caiyu and Xu Yelu

"Cheaper than machines, working 70 hours under exploitive laws – life of 500,000 US child farmworkers" - People's Daily Online

http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0703/c90000-10118319.html

Misogyny is also "mean-to-children-yny"

"After a draft of the opinion was leaked in the spring, Alito’s misogynistic reasoning was widely dissected and even mocked in aghast legal circles. The opinion was joined by four other justices, all conservative Catholics like Alito, for whom abortion violates their religious faith.

Among them is a man credibly accused of sexual harassment of women, another credibly accused of attempted rape, and a woman affiliated with a charismatic cult whose structure rests on a doctrine of male superiority."

~ C. Knight

"Commentary: As Roe vs. Wade is overturned, a grim 1962 sculpture gains tragic new relevance" - Los Angeles Times


~~~~~

"South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was challenged Sunday about her stance on exempting rape victims from her state's abortion ban after a 10-year-old girl, who was raped, was denied an abortion in Ohio."

~ Fatma Khaled

"Kristi Noem Challenged on Question of Ohio Child Rape Victim's Abortion"

change anyway!

"But what if the next generation is less sexist than we were? How will that make us look?"

Perhaps it's πŸŽ† the time of the month πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

A cyclical, early-adulthood-as-a-child rather than an extended-childhood-as-an-adult sort of thing.

O earworm. O childhood music in the car memories. O Youth!

"The Day The Music Died: American Pie | Official Trailer" | Paramount+ - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J5TvCEgTOJA&feature=youtu.be

"Don McLean’s Daughter Alleges Mental Abuse by ‘American Pie’ Singer" – Rolling Stone

"Celebrating 50 Years Of American Pie With Don McLean" – Indianapolis Monthly


"Who is Paris Dylan? Don McLean parades girlfriend, 27, at Hollywood’s Walk of Fame"