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Friday, May 29, 2026

Learn - Act - Do

Many new homes on the horizon. So many questions about infrastructure, water availability, traffic or fire danger...and so on. Progress? Huh. Who can afford these new homes? So many questions or concerns. Everywhere.

Country-wide crimes, corruption and conditions become worse at every turn, it seems. I wonder what has become of decent humanity? Was all of this unrest and violence there all along, just going unseen?

These are not easy videos to watch. View or pass by at your own need and/or discretion.

What Happened Inside Delaney Hall Last Night Is Horrifying

LINK 29:18 minutes

How does this information hit you? In a world overrun with traumatic news, where do you put your thoughts and energy? How do you care for yourself at the same time?

If you watch ONE story from America today, let it be this one.

LINK 14:33 minutes

Parkrose Permaculture has been doing a lot of humanity based political coverage over the past year+, in addition to her usual permaculture and home-centered practices.

Status Coup News has been doing so much on the ground reporting. Really important, difficult work.

More information in this episode of Democracy Now.

I'm sure you have your own resources and can do your own research...your own ways of engaging, acting, supporting...learning. One of my ways has been sharing what I am learning, as I am doing today.

Flying very low, straight towards us: a very large turkey vulture...barely seen.

What have you discovered to be hiding in plain sight?

May you act in ways you feel good about

May you reach out to others

May you hang on

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Heavy, But Important and/or Inspiring: Ebb & Flow

4/11/26 -NOTE: I started this post a while back. It has morphed and broadened. Let's see where it goes as I try to fit the pieces together here.

FROM DRAFT: Catherine posted a link, quietly at the end of her post, Holding On. It led to a Rumble Strip podcast about the origin of the song. You may have heard it in the news stories about the protests in Minneapolis and elsewhere. But that is not where it began. It is a hard, but worthy listen. So, if you are feeling sensitive, be warned.

Once I'd listened to the Rumble Strip story, I began following links and got lost down the singing as resistance rabbit hole. I found: Singing Resistance, where I discovered the Singing Resistance Songbook. Then I moved on to Rise Up Singing. I listened to the videos here. It is easy to listen while ripping apart magazines for art's sake.

4/1/26: Then Dee shared her story about her son Danny.

AllYouFascistsBoundtoLose 4k BetteMidler 2026

LINK 2:49 minutes

I had dug out the old Camp Kinneret songbook and these two which belonged to my mom.

CELEBRATING PETE SEEGER: Song & Conversation

Link 1:28:05

This is the music I was raised on. For 3 summers when I was young, I joined with others on a grassy hill at the end of a camp day...and I raised my voice in song and/or listened and absorbed the moment. These (and a zillion others) are a huge part of the heart of me, the authentic me.

"I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield (knock, knock - on the the guitar) down by the riverside...I ain't gonna study war no more..."

Today there was another protest at Good Trouble Corner 2.0. There are protests there every Saturday. We stopped there today while out running errands. Voices rising up.

There were sturdy signs. Signs made to last for all of the days ahead. There were multiple speakers blasting music and folks dancing. There was an organizer with a megaphone. There were only about 20 people there...and a decent amount of horn honking. It was not like a No Kings Day protest for sure, it was more like a constant hum of a people who will not give up.

The river moves away from the fallen tree, yet both tree and river remain. We move away from worries and sorrows, yet they remain too. We travel together, side-by-side.

Anderson Cooper's "All There Is" podcast popped up on you tube. I've been listening to episodes, something I had not done in months. I've found value within them.

Almost home, we come upon a Crow Meeting at the big corner near our place. This is the corner, the trees & light poles...the buildings where we watch the crows sit and swoop and just outright play. They especially love windy days and really come alive in the sky here. This is their day-neighborhood. About 20 crows, give or take stood around under the tree, doing whatever a murder of crows does in a situation like this. Some flew in and landed, others flew off and landed elsewhere (like the tops of buildings). Their coming and going seemed random to this human, but perhaps I was not meant to know any more than what I saw with my eyes and felt with my heart.

LINK about the differences between Crows and Ravens

I'm not sure I can throw a neat circle around these thoughts, which right now seem to be circling around in little dust devils of their own. All I can think of is the idea of ebb & flow. Like everything in life, like everything during these days...ebb & flow.

What makes a strong connection for you?

May you bear witness

May you join in

May you ebb and flow

Monday, February 23, 2026

Day Into Night

Tall, white candle lit early in the day...burning into the night. Lit sage momentarily wraps its scent around my heart. Today was a day for thinking of friends and family.

JUST SIGHTED: The Rarest EAGLE on Earth

LINK 7:27 minutes

May you be safe

May you be healthy

May you be secure

May you feel content and loved

May you live with ease

I'm using a lovely basket to gather the working yarns. I still utilize the plastic 'picnic basket' style tub to hold particular weaving materials, but the basket sits nicely on the couch next to me. I completed the Medicine Bag I was working on and have gathered yarns for the next one. This one comes with a specific weaving plan, and idea of how I'd like it to look and a word to describe my thoughts.

What rituals make you feel better about the day?

May you see with new eyes now and then

May you soar and stay grounded too

May you have a loose plan and be willing to ditch it, if needed

Monday, January 19, 2026

We Will Continue

*Today is their 86th day walking for peace...

Martin Luther King Day...

May we learn from the past, remember the past and keep those lessons alive in the future...

The bracelet says; "Be your own hero"...the ring says: "Namaste"

A post to mark today, to mark where we are at this point in time. May the lessons of the past rise to the top of the current moment...and be seen and understood. I seem to be out of meaningful words, but feel I must continue in some way. Today this is my way: well-worn quotes and recent videos filled with love and peace and respect. May our world catch up with the movement these Monks are bringing across the miles. May the voices of the people rise up with strength and song. May we continue...

How will we move forward?

May you find a way

May you live with hope

May you live with love

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Different

Today while out, we checked out the local park, which was recently completely redone.

There is some fun structures and a sculpture installation. There are a few different pieces of equipment for ADA compliance, which is way cool. There was a ping pong table, basketball hoops, a corn hole set...picnic tables, benches and BBQs.

There have been tons of children there every time we've passed by. It was rarely used in the past, so what an improvement for the community.

I could have sat on a bench and watched the littles for a long time. Someone else is not as entertained by this as I am. haha We both agreed that the grandchildren would love it if they were here.

I disappeared all of the people out of the pics. We were not alone! J. walked backwards up the turff hill, working out his calves...but we are both too old for the faux rock climbing hill! That big circle was quite merry-go-round like. A little toddler and his grandma were using it. He was saying "Do it some more" as she held on to him and made it spin. 🙂

It seems like there is a 'bridge' everywhere I go!

I tried out the bench...with the large acorn hanging right over my head! A little precarious for earthquake country! ha

This tree held 100's of small songbirds ~ singing their little hearts out! It was not our usual outing, but I was curious after watching the construction over the past months. It was nice to be out among the happy children. Sometimes it is nice to switch things up and it was another beautiful day to do so.