https://youtu.be/p6iHAg68Q_w Comparing CHAZ to Occupy Wallstreet, the Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and the Black Panthers This morning, I felt the need to re-familiarize myself with four protests, each unique, yet, perhaps held a common theme. So far the first two decades of the 21st Century have exhibited some serious civil outcries. ContinueContinue reading “Rootbound”
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Day 74: Last Day of the Lockdown
https://youtu.be/pbLd3k_8_Fw “I have not been able to touch the destruction within me. But unless I learn to use the difference between poetry and rhetoric my power too will run corrupt as poisonous mold or lie limp and useless as an unconnected wire and one day I will take my teenaged plug and connect it toContinueContinue reading “Day 74: Last Day of the Lockdown”
Day 68: SAY THEIR NAMES
https://youtu.be/w6tH1gzPLpM SOCIAL DISTANCING | SOCIAL JUSTICE Video credit: The brief history of racism within the Minnesota police explained by reporter Rachel Maddow, MSNBC. #GeorgeFloyd This morning my bedroom is dark. An early morning thunderstorm blocks the sky. It formed over Seattle, traveled 90 miles to reach Bellingham at 9:12. It swipes across our landscape asContinueContinue reading “Day 68: SAY THEIR NAMES”
Day 65: One Hundred Million Suns
https://youtu.be/6zHhDduJcFk “What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.” Warren Buffett Guessing by the news last week, Whatcom County will be asked to shelter in place another month. I didn’t think we had it that bad. Of the 1055 deaths in our state, Whatcom has experienced only 36. Today the totalContinueContinue reading “Day 65: One Hundred Million Suns”
Day 62: Arguing with Myself
https://youtu.be/4KPVJY746SY Shower Thoughts from Twitter: If we saw souls instead of bodies, our definition of beauty perfection and our world would be so different. It’s been a few days. The days between entries of this Pandemic 2020 Journal have larger spaces between them. But I am still here, do not worry my five followers, doContinueContinue reading “Day 62: Arguing with Myself”
Day 58: God, is it over yet?
https://youtu.be/FJCS2XKHyzc Shower Thoughts: Being proactive is rarely rewarded because if your actions avoid a tragedy, there is no tragedy to prove your actions were warranted. Hello. Whatcha up to? Do you ever stare at the popcorn bumps in the ceiling and try to find shapes? Sometimes I do. This morning the sun is sleeping behindContinueContinue reading “Day 58: God, is it over yet?”
Day 55: Aliens and Hospitals
https://youtu.be/DqtjHWlM4lQ Shower Thoughts: It’s a compliment when family thinks of you as friends, and a compliment when friends think of you as family. So there is one conspiracy theory that the global economic meltdown was designed to finally 1) introduce us to aliens and 2) allow aliens to help us publically. I’ve had a goodContinueContinue reading “Day 55: Aliens and Hospitals”
Day 53: Thinking to Much
https://youtu.be/CCxXDaadSx8 Shower Thoughts: If you were invisible, you’d be effectively blind since light would pass through your retina rather than striking it. This morning I am writing from my bed-desk. I’m thinking about the parts of me that need a shower and weighing that against the effort to leave my warm bed. The bedroom windowContinueContinue reading “Day 53: Thinking to Much”
Day 51: Back to the Future
https://youtu.be/HIV_LarqTq4 Shower Thoughts: The Swiss must have been pretty confident in their victory if they included a corkscrew in their army knives. Week Seven. Let’s check-in. Do you know anyone who has been directly affected by the virus? I personally know three people. Two friends of mine lost family members; one a mother the otherContinueContinue reading “Day 51: Back to the Future”
Day 48: Love Thy Neighbor
https://youtu.be/QX8VkplcgSs “Mr. Coal operator call me anything you please, blue, green, or red, I aim to see to it that these Kentucky coal miners will not dig your coal while their little children are crying and dying for milk and bread.” — Aunt Molly Jackson, the ultimate Pistol Packin’ Mama,(1880-1960) This morning I’m thinking aboutContinueContinue reading “Day 48: Love Thy Neighbor”
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