Thursday, June 05, 2025

I think I can see why it was so much fun to read this one!

Just a couple privileged girls sunbathing outside, as you do...bemoaning a lack of dimples.

More from "Het populaire boek van Cissy van Marxveldt"

‘Zullen we ruilen?’ bood Dot grif aan. ‘Ik voel, dat een jaar op kostschool in Lausanne me een wereld van goed zou doen.’

“Shall we swap?” Dot offered readily. “I feel that a year at boarding school in Lausanne would do me a world of good.”

‘Graag.’ Lenie zuchtte. ‘Zou jij vader en moeder kunnen overtuigen Dot?’

“With pleasure.” Lenie sighed. “Could you convince father and mother, Dot?”

‘Maklijk,’ zei die. ‘Ze hebben me alleen maar goed te beschouwen om te kunnen constateeren, dat aan mijn opvoeding alleen Lausanne nog ontbreekt.’  Ze duwde met haar vinger een kuil in haar wang. ‘Hè, ‘k heb altijd gesnakt naar een kuiltje,’ zuchtte ze dan.

“Easy,” he(she?) said. “They only have to look at me carefully to see that the only thing missing from my upbringing is Lausanne.” She pushed a dimple into her cheek with her finger. “Hey, I’ve always longed for a dimple,” she sighed.

‘Zoo’n gat in je wang, als je lacht. Zalig. Ik slaap ‘s nachts altijd op een vingernagel geleund. Zien jullie al wat?’

‘That hole in your cheek when you laugh. Lovely. I always sleep at night leaning on a fingernail. Do you see anything yet?’

The continuation of EEN ZOMERZOTHEID (Hoofdstuk I.) by Cissy van Marxveldt

Oh, that's fun!

Everyone's always asking, would you have hidden an Anne Frank? But what is asked less often is: what if you were the one who had to go into hiding with Anne Frank? 

If you had to go into hiding with Anne Frank, what would Anne Frank have written about you?

Considering generosity versus greediness?

"GENEROSITY AND GREED IN WARTIME – My name is Anne"

https://mynameisanneblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/generosity-and-greed-in-wartime/

Like, what's so great about greediness anyway?

Greediness helps because it gives happy things to think about and it numbs the pain!

What is the appeal of being greedy?

"What Is the Appeal of Trumpism?" | Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/on-authoritarian-therapy/202009/what-is-the-appeal-of-trumpism

What does TRULY taking better care really mean?

People getting more selfish during tough times seems not great, but people learning how to TRULY take better care of themselves is good, right???

Shall I eat some berries today?

 What a society! The 21st century in the twenties.


"Farmworker Youth Take Action as Deportations and Displacement Threaten Their Parents"

https://civileats.com/2025/06/03/farmworker-youth-take-to-the-streets-as-deportations-and-displacement-threaten-their-parents/

Reading anything interesting?

Before breakfast...

"In Santa Maria, California, where 80 percent of the resident farm workforce is undocumented, deportation threats are a daily reality. Growers, and the Trump administration, are focused on hiring temporary, H-2A guest workers, which means there are fewer jobs, too."

~  David Bacon

"Farmworker Youth Take Action as Deportations and Displacement Threaten Their Parents"

https://civileats.com/2025/06/03/farmworker-youth-take-to-the-streets-as-deportations-and-displacement-threaten-their-parents/


Surviving is something!

Had a scary dream about chaos and survived! It definitely involved knowing that people are feeling upset. What if it means that the appeal of going along with Unwell Greedy Patriarchal White Supremacy as a survival strategy is getting less viable?

Wednesday, June 04, 2025

What is next?

"Happy Billie on the evening walk"

https://www.instagram.com/share/reel/_nj7O5sFF

"Roka brings flowers" is moving on.

"ANNOUNCEMENT" 

https://www.instagram.com/share/reel/_cd6tvxW_

Life is mysterious. I do feel a bit sad, still. We'll see what life's changes bring.

Humans have headaches, and humans have good moments, too.

It feels like I would be less depressed if some people had acted better towards others.

But then, I suppose I would not be as challenged to become a stronger person.

And also, memories of times when I noticed people being kind and happy are coming back to me recently.

I have been around some people who have been kind and happy, and that is, almost in and of itself, a great mystery, in a way. 

About praying for some people.

"Deeply Southern Women Talk..."

@MakeSomeNoiseDO

https://youtube.com/shorts/ysuOoQ1-Q1w?si=LV1JZ4dlvdeSSCN5

And then after this, something else will be happening!

"Doughnut Song (2016 Remaster)" ~ T.A.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dbJrXJREeNo&si=H-_5DnTsiDhn1aoB

I can't wait. I'll bet it's going to be something good.

First you could barely go grocery shopping.

Next, you lie in bed and feel sick. 

Oh boy, what could be next?

It was like everyone in the grocery store was less depressed.

I need to pray to a higher power for patience and good direction, don't I.

Make America less of a traumatizing place to live.

"Nick Molinari, president of the Milford Teachers Association, said in a statement that ICE agents targeted a student in a 'deliberate act of cruelty, traumatizing his family, friends and peers.'

'This is immoral, unnecessary and should be universally condemned,' he said. 'We will not stand by while the rights and humanity of our students are violated.'"

~ Norman Miller, Dan O'Brien, Eduardo Cuevas

"ICE detains Massachusetts student..."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/03/ice-detains-massachusetts-student-marcelo-gomes-dasilva/84008288007/

Good luck, America.

"Steel and aluminum tariffs double today...."

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/04/nx-s1-5422248/trump-steel-aluminum-50-tariffs-double-prices

How about the latter?

Getting older makes people more inclined to repeat the old prejudiced patterns they witnessed...or not necessarily?

Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Imagine reading about laying in the sun when you can't go outside.

 ‘Ik lief de zon,’ zei Dot. 

“I love the sun,” said Dot. 

‘Ik ben een zonaanbidster. 

“I am a sun worshipper.

In de grijze oudheid heeft natuurlijk een tante van mij in een tempel gezeten als priesteres van de zon en de schoonheid.

In the dim antiquity, of course, an aunt of mine sat in a temple as a priestess of the sun and beauty. 

Dat heb ik overgeorven. 

I have inherited that. 

En daarom zie ik er ook zoo gek uit,’ besloot ze laconiek.

And that is why I look so crazy,” she concluded laconically.

Hoofdstuk I of EEN ZOMERZOTHEID

By Cissy van Marxveldt

"She read Een Zomerzotheid by Cissy van Marxveldt no less than four times. While in hiding, Johannes Kleiman took his daughter's books for her."

https://research.annefrank.org/en/onderwerpen/58b5fe11-0b39-46e0-809e-1e1a5eccb1e7/

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