Did you read that the leader of the Nazi-founded Austrian Neofascist political party has been invited to the inauguration of he-who-must-not-be named? Does it remind you of this scene from "The Producers?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmYIo7bcUw
Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Important memes shared from Women's March on Denver
Did you read that the leader of the Nazi-founded Austrian Neofascist political party has been invited to the inauguration of he-who-must-not-be named? Does it remind you of this scene from "The Producers?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmYIo7bcUw
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Making waves
I saw this well written article on FaceBook today, and the author noted it was fine to share.
I am still thinking of what slogan to put on my poster for Saturday's march. (It is too snowy/icy to justify going out just for posterboard so contemplation is as far as I've gotten.) Here are more options:
Whenever one person stands up and says, "wait a minute, this is wrong," it helps other people do the same.....Gloria Steinem
I'm one of 65,844,610 against him
Still I rise
Woman up
Science is real
We cannot walk alone (MLK, Jr)
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. (MLK, Jr)
Strong women. Be them. Know them. Raise them.
Give peace a chance.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
I alone can't change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. (Mother Teresa)
When they go low, we go high.
This march will be BIGLY YUGE.
I am still thinking of what slogan to put on my poster for Saturday's march. (It is too snowy/icy to justify going out just for posterboard so contemplation is as far as I've gotten.) Here are more options:
Whenever one person stands up and says, "wait a minute, this is wrong," it helps other people do the same.....Gloria Steinem
I'm one of 65,844,610 against him
Still I rise
Woman up
Science is real
We cannot walk alone (MLK, Jr)
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. (MLK, Jr)
Strong women. Be them. Know them. Raise them.
Give peace a chance.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
I alone can't change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. (Mother Teresa)
When they go low, we go high.
This march will be BIGLY YUGE.
Monday, January 16, 2017
“The Time is Always Right to Do What's Right.”--Martin Luther King Jr.
Happy MLK day. Keep up the good fight for human rights for all.
I'm still thinking about what slogan to put on my poster for the Women's March on Denver on Saturday. So far I've got:
I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. I will change the things I cannot accept.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Stronger together. Hear us roar.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds.
Think. Resist. Be.
I've got your back.
We are the wall.
I'll probably go with the last one. It is short, sweet, and I'm not very artistic.
The Women's March has gone global. It will take place in DC and 200 other American cities, plus 50 cities in at least 30 additional countries, and more are organizing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-the-womens-march-on-washington-has-gone-global_us_586e342be4b021b75256f0f1
Here is a good summary of recent political events this past week of which to be aware.
https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-9-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-4bc574668100#.ki48k1xwd
And here is something non-political and beautiful for a good start to your day.....90 year old Angela Lansbury singing at Lincoln Center. This is sure to bring a smile to your face and a tear to your eye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOy7eVjz-2I
I'm still thinking about what slogan to put on my poster for the Women's March on Denver on Saturday. So far I've got:
I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. I will change the things I cannot accept.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Stronger together. Hear us roar.
They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds.
Think. Resist. Be.
I've got your back.
We are the wall.
I'll probably go with the last one. It is short, sweet, and I'm not very artistic.
The Women's March has gone global. It will take place in DC and 200 other American cities, plus 50 cities in at least 30 additional countries, and more are organizing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-the-womens-march-on-washington-has-gone-global_us_586e342be4b021b75256f0f1
Here is a good summary of recent political events this past week of which to be aware.
https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-9-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-4bc574668100#.ki48k1xwd
And here is something non-political and beautiful for a good start to your day.....90 year old Angela Lansbury singing at Lincoln Center. This is sure to bring a smile to your face and a tear to your eye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOy7eVjz-2I
Sunday, January 15, 2017
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.----Margaret Mead.
How can both of these quotes, above and below, be so true? But they are.
Next Saturday is the Women's March on Denver. Unless the weather is truly awful, I will be there. So far 24000 people are going, 29000 interested, and I'm sure a lot of others who haven't RSVP'd will be there. I have my marching shirt. Now I need to make a poster but haven't yet decided what to put on it. I'm trying to keep my slogan positive, but that is not easy after what has happened in government in even just the past week.
Monday, January 9, 2017
A resolution to work toward.....
I'm home from weekend travels including 2 days of road trip. It was great seeing everyone, though, and well worth all the time on the highways!
My new year officially starts today. I have errands to run after last week's blizzard plus a dog to pick up from the kennel, overdue library books to return, and healthy food to buy from the grocery store. Maybe I'll even get around to taking down my Christmas tree and putting all the Christmas decorations away. But then I will return to healthier eating and more exercise after 6 weeks of slacking from Thanksgiving to New Years. This will be hard. No more excuses.
Friday, January 6, 2017
David Whyte
I'm still contemplating over this one....
BE COURAGEOUS
See with every turning day,
how each season wants to make
a child of you again, wants you to become
a seeker after rainfall and birdsong,
watch how it weathers you to a testing
in the tried and true, tells you
with each falling leaf, to leave and slip away,
even from the branch that held you,
to go when you need to,
to be courageous,
to be like that last word
you’d want to say
before you leave the world.
…
how each season wants to make
a child of you again, wants you to become
a seeker after rainfall and birdsong,
watch how it weathers you to a testing
in the tried and true, tells you
with each falling leaf, to leave and slip away,
even from the branch that held you,
to go when you need to,
to be courageous,
to be like that last word
you’d want to say
before you leave the world.
…
Excerpt from ‘Coleman’s Bed’ in ‘River Flow:
New and Selected Poems’
©David Whyte and Many Rivers Press
Currently minus 2 degrees out. Wind chills today of up to 18 below zero. I have to walk the dog and then road trip!!! I hope the roads aren't too icy. It'll be brisk and windy at those I-80 rest stops.
New and Selected Poems’
©David Whyte and Many Rivers Press
Currently minus 2 degrees out. Wind chills today of up to 18 below zero. I have to walk the dog and then road trip!!! I hope the roads aren't too icy. It'll be brisk and windy at those I-80 rest stops.
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