Passed Andy Warhol on a NY street while I was bringing new kittens home from Bide-a-Wee.
Passed Andy Warhol on a NY street while I was bringing new kittens home from Bide-a-Wee.
I am sooooooo thankful my parents kept me out of "gifted" programs! And gave me the message, by not giving it an inordinate amount of attention, that brains weren't the be all and end all of things -- I could learn all I wanted to, but kindness was what mattered.
Coretta Scott King and MLK's daughter, Bernice King's advice for the coming six months:
1. Donβt use his name; EVER (45 will do)
2. Remember this is a regime and heβs not acting alone;
3. Do not argue with those who support himβit doesnβt work;
(continued...)
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My ex used to regular SNEEZE on the bathroom mirror. Never occurred to him that someone was scrubbing snot from them regularly.
βICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.β - the β¦we rate dogs guy
Feliz navidaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHHH!
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Seems like bramborak is the real dish... brambory just means potatoes.
Brambory!
Frankie's Bohemian... got sold and made into a pizza joint. Sigh.
Yes, Virginia, there ARE stupid questions! New homily up:
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I didn't think I could feel any creepier about Chickenteen...
That may be what it feeds on...
It doesn't come out on rainy days, thank God.
The chicken is in Portland -- holding the northern line!
Teen-sized stuffed chicken suit in grungy yellow outside an express service station. Its face is alight with delight, and its wings are open wide in welcome.
Therapist: The teen-sized stuffed chicken suit at the express tune-up place isn't real and can't hurt you.
CHICKENTEEN:
Extra funny, since Wednesday was her saint's day!
Seeing Kim in Bell Book and Candle as a preteen ENTIRELY shaped my aesthetic.
My workplace got a laminator once, and I laminated so many things, they started calling me The Laminatrix.
Watch out -- I'm licensed to preach!
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New:
Why practices to connect us with our own humanity, each other, & perhaps something bigger, really matter nowβ
And can help keep us more whole, less responding on their terms & more on our own, more making choices as the people we wish to be.
Practical tips & bigger picture here:
Gorgeous thread on "basic common sense" -- and how we need to grow beyond it to be fully alive and fully human.
Really lovely thread about the necessity of joy in hard times. Marathon pace, not a sprint!
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
After these, if you're still up for it, The Scapegoat.
"What do you DO as a spiritual director?"
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Really!
Your beautiful little house helped me see "We CAN have nice things!" I'm so glad you're here and love to see your posts.
now THAT is a house
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Salivating....
The light that's visible in darkness:
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