U say u want a re...

View of a book.  

"How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak review – a poignant look back at another age | Books | The Guardian"

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/21/how-to-stay-sane-in-an-age-of-division-by-elif-shafak-review

Saw that one

People "in charge" have certainly been very irresponsible...

"Carole Cadwalladr on Twitter: "Facebook is a malignant global power destroying liberal democracy - when I said this at TED, it seemed to genuinely shock Silicon Valley. 16 months on, everyone now sees it. But we’re frozen in the headlights. Of what feels like an oncoming freight train"

https://t.co/BrwLQYLX4k

Knowing some things

A fan of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._James

is also a fan of

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/drum-major-instinct-sermon-delivered-ebenezer-baptist-church

Sometimes interesting

This

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/mlk-jr-s-granddaughter-rallies-the-crowd-at-commitment-march/2404254/

internet

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/25/905805029/hoax-traces-the-grotesque-feedback-loop-between-president-trump-and-fox-news

medium

https://mashable.com/article/daily-show-trump-legal-ad-new-york-times/

Good luck is a good thing to have

And so is literacy.

"International Literacy Day: The Literacy Gender Gap - Vital Voices"

https://www.vitalvoices.org/2019/09/international-literacy-day-the-literacy-gender-gap/

"I'm feeling “We The People” – that song by the Staple Singers you heard at the end of the DNC Thursday – Djrobblog.com"

https://djrobblog.com/archives/11477

"Trevor Noah Says He Grew Up 'In The Shadow Of A Giant' (His Mom) : NPR"

https://www.npr.org/2016/11/22/503009220/trevor-noah-looks-back-on-childhood-in-the-shadow-of-a-giant-his-mom

President Karen...just kidding

 "The Mythology of Karen - The Atlantic"

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/08/karen-meme-coronavirus/615355/

Grateful for electricity!

And for the electrician, and the husband with sharp eyes that noticed the spark and found the short. Now all the outlets work, and we have better lightbulbs and two fire extinguishers.

Electricity....

"Trevor Noah Talks With Grandmother About Apartheid on South Africa-Set 'Daily Show' | Hollywood Reporter"

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/trevor-noah-talks-apartheid-grandmother-south-africa-daily-show-1166244

Considering the plight

"Violence against women is blocking development| Opinion | Eco-Business"

https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/violence-against-women-is-blocking-development/

Because some people are very concerned.

"The single highest barrier to development globally is neither hunger nor disease. It is gender-based discrimination and violence."

~ T. Mofokeng 

https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/violence-against-women-is-blocking-development/

Because why

Reasons...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/10/why-arent-women-us-also-protesting-against-femicide/

Reasons

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/4/statement-ed-phumzile-violence-against-women-during-pandemic

Reasons

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-women-antiviolence-france/tens-of-thousands-march-in-france-to-condemn-domestic-violence-idUSKBN1XX0GH

Reasons

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51811040

Oh people

I know that the parents of the humanitarian worker who was tortured and killed by ISIS have suffered so much, and they continue to suffer.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/parents-of-humanitarian-worker-kayla-mueller-support-trump-because-of-his-passion

I know they are probably not impressed by the suffering recounted in the "getting cut in line in the icecream shop" story.

https://www.today.com/news/michelle-obama-talks-experiencing-racism-first-lady-t190319

But they deserve someone better than who they're backing, and who John James will continue to back, and....

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/09/james-michigan-u-s-senate-race-is-not-president/3103791001/

So maybe that's why I cried

The book became "a love letter" to his mom.

https://www.audible.com/blog/behind-the-scenes/trevor-noah-author-and-narrator-of-born-a-crime

Let the people get some good healing

Love love love live to get some healing...

Glory glory hallelujah 

My personality is changing 

Glory glory hallelujah 

Pain shows me where I want to get better.

Oh let's get better. 

Come on people...

Believe in healing on Earth.

It exists.

It exists!!!

God bless the people and the hot shower in my near future and possibly a pain reliever and how about healthier mind emotions body and soul???

How about that!

I feel we all deserve better health

Let's heal and be happier.

Yes.

Time to get better. Things can get better!

My body can feel better, too!

I will read about healing and be more about healing.

I will take a shower for my aching face.

God bless America.

Land that I was born in and so I must love this place.

God bless America.

We have all the karma.

We have a lot.

It's a garden of lots of energy and 

God bless my beginner mind.

And my ability to grow and move forward.

A...people...can be good & happy.  

Some art can be pithy

 Quite.

https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/08/23/octavia-butler-parable-leaders/

This time is this time

 Next time is next time

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/bidens-long-and-painful-path-to-democratic-presidential-nomination

Complexity

How do you know someone?

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-joe-biden-hasnt-owned-up-to-about-anita-hill

She knew a guy...while Anita Hill knew another guy. Sigh.

https://www.brandeis.edu/investigate/teen-sexual-harassment/anita-hill-clarence-thomas-sexual-harassment-what-they-did-not-tell-you.html

Sounds like it was a collective thing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/09/21/scathing-ad-black-women-bought-oppose-clarence-thomas/

A quote about honor

 "I honor the fact that I live with sadness"

~ C. Miller

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/08/24/amanpour-chanel-miller-know-my-name-art-assault.cnn

that was a lot

When I read that Daisy Coleman was also depressed or perhaps devastated by a diagnosis of infertility, I am so very sorry that when it comes to unjustice, there's a lot that gets dismissed as a tabloid detail.

It deserves a lot much more attention than society gives, so that society becomes healthier and more compassionate towards people of all kinds of circumstances, so that they do not become forgotten human beings, sent away so that no one talks about them.

 

happy day

 cute photo

"Thank you everyone for all the amazing Birthday messages…. I really appreciate them more than you will ever know…"

https://mobile.twitter.com/toriamos/status/1297242228142768128

So much to do in this world...

For some reason, have anxiety just thinking about even a fraction of that level of fame.  It is not for me in this era! (Researching herbal stuff on a Saturday night is perfectly exciting at the moment).

But we can appreciate...

delicious & impressive!

"I Made 8 Dinners For Two People On A $25 Budget (In NYC!) - YouTube"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wAPH8D2AL8c

Sewing metaphors

Found here:

https://www.statesman.com/opinion/20200813/opinion-what-kind-of-conversation-will-we-have-about-kamala-harris

"a thousand sharp needles appear to thread seams..."

~ K. Barlow-Williams

Food...news...memory...

WELL I REMEMBER

WALKING AROUND IN THE GROCERY STORE A FEW WEEKS AGO

AND A BLOND OLDER WOMAN WITH INTENSE ENERGY WANTED TO ASK ME ABOUT 

SOME KIND OF FOOD PRODUCTS....

and now I am reading about

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/kamala-harris-brings-food-justice-to-the-democratic-ticket/ar-BB189egw

"Well I remember..."

https://www.insider.com/september-earth-wind-and-fire-21st-night-lyrics-2018-9

 

and that by golly was an august sunset

 

that's august

Bug bitten hot body tired of staying inside and not  enough exercise, appreciation for a big cool rice pack from the freezer, dear neighbor who moved herself and her sewing machine across the country 5 years ago, thanks for helping me make this

Squirrel whisperer, empath

 Watching some of 

"Daisy Coleman Virtual Memorial 8/18/2020 - YouTube"

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc9q1wKh6knaK-6IjJC8R7w

Glad to read

 

Go

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-08-17/chanel-miller-mural-asian-art-museum

C. M.

https://time.com/5879561/chanel-miller-on-coming-forward-know-my-name/

Good one

 "Why do we think 'believing' rape victims is enough?" by Lili Loofbourow

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/daisy-coleman-death-surviving-rape.html

so metempsychosical today

 RE

https://filmdaily.co/news/daisy-coleman-trauma/

IN

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17370-sufjan-stevens-should-have-known-better/

CAR

https://hidesertstar.com/news/172196/la-free-press-is-reincarnated-for-a-new-revolution/

NA

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/

TION

https://cleanfax.com/news/straight-talk-addressing-racism-video/

MOre to say later...

Hmmmmm

(🎵)

TREEEEEEEEES

 ARE GRRRRRRRREAT

Blueberries today

In

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/med-students-tweet-shines-light-farmworkers-pay-blueberries-72285576

The

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/life/food/2020/08/05/tangled-up-blue-berries/5572212002/

News

So one time I was on a site about vacation rentals

I noticed that one listing included a rental of an electric car....

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-bernie-sanders-one-time-tax/

There's some interesting reading here.

https://medium.com/@jonnaivin/i-know-why-poor-whites-chant-trump-trump-trump-2ce38056cba4

Guess I will read this one now...

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/drum-major-instinct-sermon-delivered-ebenezer-baptist-church

Please bring me the healing lessons

Help me find and be grateful for all the good healing lessons. Let us become what we are here to become.

People deserve healing

 All people deserve love from a source somewhere. And healing. And compassion. And the best care...help me find better ways, oh universe of healing and wisdom and beauty and compassion and love.

Cuteness of cats and beyond

Cats and people in nature:

https://youtu.be/FSVTrUIvH8w

(Several videos later...)

What cute cat owners, too!

https://youtu.be/-KgkOpOmi3g 

Love is in the universe.

Since sleep is not here yet...

Ah, this song...which parts repeat most these days?

https://genius.com/Sufjan-stevens-casimir-pulaski-day-lyrics

Opened a book

 For something... 

Interesting, ending the page with seed imagery. 

Checking in...

at the learning from being scared of female health problems resort...wow. What is this place here for. What are we gonna learn???

Maybe there will be some good developments soon.

Lately love a line

"Landscape changed my point of view"

https://genius.com/Sufjan-stevens-all-of-me-wants-all-of-you-lyrics

And because of curiosity about others...

https://christandpopculture.com/all-of-me-wants-all-of-you-sufjan-stevenss-manelich-and-broken-love/

And then I thought, suppose the speaker of the line in the song were Marta?

what a great little video

it went to unexpected places

"Flower Filled Garden of Gratitude [VIDEO] - Goodnet"
https://www.goodnet.org/articles/flower-filled-garden-gratitude-video

Dear life, me sleeping on a mountain again soon would be

Super Cool

On feeling heard

"I want other girls to understand that there will always be people who won't believe you, but all it takes is one person to listen, and you'll be able to feel heard."

~ D. Coleman
  https://www.seventeen.com/health/advice/a28579/daisy-coleman-tells-her-story/

"Cat"

(And Daisy).

"IAMCAT Daisy Coleman (@youngcattattoos) • Instagram photos and videos"
https://www.instagram.com/youngcattattoos/?hl=en

She was.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/08/05/sexual-assault-survivor-audrie-daisy-documentary-daisy-coleman-dies-23/3304492001/

Daisy Coleman is still a hero

She took on so much.
She will be back.

It shouldn't be this difficult

A safe place not far from nature, reasonable amount of quiet, and the ability to keep a cat.

Wrong part of the country: researching places becomes a torment

Getting hopeful then hitting walls of woes.

Rent and income and cost of living circles.

Society has a long, long, long way to dad

Reminded by Daisy Coleman. Reading the words of Rehtaeh Parsons dad...

  https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/for-the-love-of-god-do-something/wcm/9b60beb9-3c9c-445c-ac20-442e237f3d6f/amp/

an oh my god moment on earth right now

since vacation plans got foiled, can use this time more wisely by cooking and saying oh my god



S. Stevens ~ America

really...but you know what, it's hard to do that for the whole song, and maybe not supposed to anyway?

S. Stevens ~ Chicago (Austin City Limits)

isn't it something, to see what people can do together, and to be affected by it even so many years later...

Star apps are fun

StarTracker is a good one.

Why not have 3 on the phone to check periodically...

Dreams can return

That soul friend you got separated from showed up in a dream and made you some muffins.

Tell me, do you ever bake in real life these days.

Once upon a time there was something poetic in that dream encounter but the brain got lazy and dull all day long.

Poetry will just have to wait!!!

Survival is a thing these days.

Soul friends should be able to understand.

Nature can return

When I woke up, either I had visited the deck of the house in the mountains or brought it back with me. It is still there.

What a day to investigate new places online.

Cat imagery

Cat imagery has been everywhere lately.

"IAMCAT Daisy Coleman (@youngcattattoos) • Instagram photos and videos"
https://www.instagram.com/youngcattattoos/?hl=en

Cat rescue imagery especially.

Daisy Coleman

Sorry to hear she's gone.

https://www.thecut.com/2020/08/daisy-coleman-of-maryville-rape-case-has-died-by-suicide.html

this am I can pray

might begin to pray daily

I know this much

My soul wants to help people...being able to help yourself is part of that. So many couk DC benefit from staying in a peaceful place...let's not let lack of money get in the way of healing and progress. I mean, people really need it. They do. I know. I have felt it.

super grateful and feeling restored

a short vacation in the mountains

So Beautiful Here.

life feels so much better tonight

Thank You.

under soft blanket

smuggling spirit of future kitty cat love
may this moment repeat many times

It happened

Felt like hit the wall of hell
Okay that's progress
Go back and do more pain carry-er
Nothing stays the same forever

Next:
My insides are screaming and throwing up and but now I am thinking of a rushing stream

Next:
What if you met MLK on top of a mountain? And there were rainbow sprinkles

Next:
Oh you know how it looks when the stream carves pretty curves and graceful patterns into silt and sand?

LOVE THE MUD.

Just do the th uh ng

Put on a meditation with no expectation. It might not make you feel better. Arf it. It's a mother activity in this day of doom. But maybe it will help. May e. B.

Get a cat the universe instructed again

via text message

"That after-lick look though"
https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterEveryLoop/comments/i37ogx/that_afterlick_look_though/

studd typo

How much should you suffer before you put on the meditation stuff and focus on healing? I typed but I typed studd by accident and the barest little smile was twitching beneath the grim stiff frown of tragedy and pain stalks us daily mental state which might be relatable but wouldn't it be great to melt away

thank u

decreased noise level and shower are good things
still feel like a wound with a bandage ripped off but
Better Days Can Come Back

who does that

dies in an accident, dies in a suicide, different people lots of information, less noise for pity's sake be more savvy time to go shower good bye typing coping mechanism

quiet

too noisy
be nicer
Be better to people.

Grouchy crying mad screaming inside meh.

They are

a suffering generation and the younger generation must make it better said a suffering personality, suffering such suffering such suffering such such such such such such

then there can be a new calm

there are lots of sources and music and meditations on this planet

who are you 2nite

an empath affected by news of sudden shocking deaths and why everb er the s as me? Change is here. Now.

You too?

Watching the postwoman deliver the mail at 8pm while crocheting on the front lawn?

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/push-buy-usps-merch-help-save-post-office-amid-shutdown-fears-221431586.html

The maskless walkers are out

"They are..."

https://genius.com/Sufjan-stevens-they-are-night-zombies-they-are-neighbors-they-have-come-back-from-the-dead-ahhhh-lyrics

Where are they now?

People who died this week.
Last week.
Feels like this week.
Who made up the week.

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

Maybe sometimes I get the music

Maybe I have the qualities of an empath, as a friend once suggested

Maybe I have travelled while sleeping and met some composers

Not too weird.

There's so much out there.

"Part of you is not here. Part of you lives elsewhere."

That's true.

Need more grounding sometimes is as well.

The physical body is a teacher.

this sounds good

like he knows what can help

"Jamil Zaki on Twitter: 'Since THE WAR FOR KINDNESS published, the most common request I've received is for practical exercises to build empathy and kindness. On August 10th, you can try some out in an event I'm calling the Kindness Challenge."

https://mobile.twitter.com/zakijam/status/1287757514902134785

my heart

some people are really going through it right now
sudden deaths unrelated to the pandemic are happening too
this summer is unlike any other
need kindness more than ever

(^._.^) something good here...

"Artist Draws Wholesome Watercolor Comics Where A Cat Is Giving Out Mental Health Advice (20 Pics) "

https://www.boredpanda.com/watercolour-artist-cat-comics/

What if you wrote....

Chapters to or about different people places experiences


Yes maybe that could be a project soon

It's a summer to get excited about fresh dill...

I see you, magic ingredient off the old menu of the restaurant I loved on the opposite coast...yes, I will try to recreate a favorite salad, but would be even more happy to pay you for it if you re-open in a healthier future...

It's also the summer of grief but words fail at the moment...except to say, what are words to the tears you needed to spill...

Thanks to the musical ones who can help...several in particular...maybe details could be mentioned later if it is not too close to bedtime...(takes more energy to post the songs sometimes)

Thanks to emotional well-being and a semblance of sanity and the ability to recover from intense pain and nourish the soul and immune system with sleep...

Next summer could be better

It really could be better.

Grateful for her

She works in a hospital and I have woken up with anxiety wishing she was elsewhere but she tells me good stories...stories of gratitude...of feeling appreciated...thank you...

What I did this evening was

not go out, but apply some ingredients from this recipe

https://houseandhome.com/recipe/butter-tossed-radishes-fresh-zaatar-recipe/

to a different vegetable

https://www.hobbyfarms.com/romano-green-beans/

and then...

A Bit of Fry & Laurie-Greek Restaurant

Finishing it off because it's easier to drink

This

S.S.~ Jupiter

one is the wine of this summer

 https://www.winebow.com/our-brands/gaia/gaia-ritinitis-nobilis-retsina/nv 

That other one

 https://www.nataliemaclean.com/wine-reviews/kourtaki-retsina-of-attiki/278285f

I'll use for cooking

 https://katerinaskouzina.com/recipe-items/chicken-in-retsina-wine/

Nice recipe there...

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/05/802956090/sufjan-stevens-to-release-new-age-album-aporia-with-lowell-brams

So, look at the new stuff?

Transferring the food to smaller containers

This one again


Jupiter: Planetarium - Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly

Dishwasher accompaniment decisions during this pandemic summer

Very interested in the newer stuff
but can't look at it if I'm occupied
with the dishes so the older stuff it is.


Still good but almost too sad

Sufjan Stevens, "Fourth Of July" (Official Audio)

Still sad but not too sad

Sufjan Stevens, "All Of Me Wants All Of You" (Official Audio)

Still good

Sufjan Stevens - All Of Me Wants All Of You (Live in London, 2nd Night)