Check out how many people turned out in Minneapolis in the frigid windy cold to march a mile and a half down a main thoroughfare populated with immigrant businesses and homes to be visible as proud and valuable residents and to support cherished neighbors and community members. There are more planned. The videos are very uplifting and powerful!
Yes, it WAS frigid cold and somehow I missed that the protest was scheduled as I drove down an adjacent street looking for a gas station (my car was on empty). All I could do, though, was smile and give thumbs up as I saw the protesters hauling their signs up to Lake Street. (And I made it to a gas station in time! :-)
I feel peace in my heart when I read your lovingly selected words, Mary. Give Marz an ear scratch from me and know that your writing sustains me during these dark days. Happy Solstice and cheers for brighter days ahead.
I don't know what psychologists would call the state many of us find ourselves in. Not dissonance, or maybe partly. No, there is that thing where every time we read the dirty laundry list of Twump's malfeasance and crimes, I can only think to jump ahead to when we take down the branding, the banners, the gilt shit in the WH. I erase the time between now (trauma) and then (post trauma), and you think how did we do it last time? Then I remember January 6th and I get nervous about post 2028 election. Will we elect the righteous good people who also have a steel spine to really, yes, undo the damage but also, and just as importantly, make these people pay for the harm done. Yes, public and generational shame but also JAIL time ñ
Thanks for the moonbeam. I could picture you and Marz standing in your yard looking up with hope. I really hit rock bottom with Trump over his Rob Reiner remarks and am having trouble crawling out from under my feelings of revulsion of him.
Thank you for the uplifting message today. I'll admit that I'm bone weary; it's been a hell of a December. May the New Year bring a light to brighten the darkness.
The Secret Service actually has to pay to stay at Mar-a-Lago? That’s disgusting! Their boss has billions and it’s his house. I would quit. Should I charge my daughters if my grandkids spend the night? 🤬
For future consideration: Are Secret Service men (mostly) fighting among themselves to stay at golf clubs, doing mostly nothing? Then there're the ones who'll be assigned for life to a deranged man. The life of those who had to be with Reagans for years and years didn't have a job they trained for.
Thank you for your well thought recap of the days. While walking our dog as the days passed from the Wednesday’s “rant and yell fest” and so much else in just three days afterwards. Find it so ironic this display that we experienced. Him standing in front of the portrait of George Washington placed above the mantle. A Christmas swag of greenery draping with golden ornaments and ribbons placed on the mantle and the flag of the USA on one side and the flag of the Presidential Seal on the other, one week before Christmas Eve.
George Washington stressed the people's need for unity, vigilance against factionalism, and adherence to the Constitution, emphasizing in his Farewell Address that national unity is the bedrock of their liberty, independence, and prosperity, requiring citizens to prioritize their American identity over regionalism and guard against "designing men" who sow division for power. He urged Americans to uphold the Constitution as the sacred law, even as they retain the right to amend it, and warned that political parties could become dangerous engines of discord.
Yes, found it ironic standing in front of a portrait of George Washington and him “yelling” at us all for him to feel so superior, proclaiming his own intelligence and business acumen and the need to expound on all of his accomplishments that were all lies that have not benefited the American people. To vilify and constantly blame others, not just his predecessor but everyone in his mind that are not seeing, or feeling his absurdities from tariffs, to the daily dismantling of our very social safety nets for so many Americans.
A man so out of touch since his birth. Who never struggled financially, ever. If he needed money his Daddy was the bank to go to after many bankruptcies and failed business endeavors. A man who benefitted from his wealthy family to not serve this nation when others had no other options. A man who benefits from being wealthy and has powerful friends who he himself traveled in circles that victimized young girls, children with no thoughts of any justice to be rendered for them breaking laws, as well as morality laws. If he wasn’t involved in the sex trafficking or the sexual abuse and exploitation he never called authorities to alert them that this was what was going on. He became complicit and saw it as a competition between himself and Epstein to attain girls, young women as trophies is in some foul game. Yes a man so out of touch that is standing in “Our House” that he thinks as if his own, destroying without the needed permission to yell at all Americans.
For him it’s always been about “I” never “We” because he’s always been out of touch since birth.
This has always been what he is and always will be.
A man who has no idea of the meaning of simplistic words such as “groceries” or “memorial” who while still alive and after placing his own sycophants in place at the most revered John F. Kennedy Center to have the gall to pretend to be surprised that he has been given the right to have his name placed above John Fitzgerald Kennedy. In fact it took less than 24 hours for those already bent and perfectly prepared metal lettering placed onto the outside granite entrance. One could think those metal lettering were already prepared, stored and the construction company was called months ago as to when the defiling would occur.
Yet we are continually told by his press secretary too many times to count that there is so much “transparency” that is afforded us and we as Americans should be grateful.
In which may be the most corrupt Justice Department in our entire nation’s history that does not follow the laws mandated to them by our Congress. Instead releases the first of the Epstein files that could be the worst sex trafficking and abuse case also in our nation’s history that is so redacted that the pages just should all be black in color. Once the first batch is released the photographs of him are then removed from our Justice Department website, gone as if they didn’t exist.
A good reminder from the man’s portrait that hung on the mantle as we were getting “yelled at” and just a few mentions of being defiled this past week and weekend. A great reminder of what we are fighting for.
Key Themes from Washington's Farewell Address:
* Unity as the Main Pillar: "The Unity of government...is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home; your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very Liberty, which you so highly prize".
* Love of Country Over Region: He urged citizens to let the "name of American" exalt patriotic pride, warning against local attachments that could weaken the Union.
* Beware of Factionalism: Washington cautioned against the "spirit of party," seeing it as a threat to good governance and a path to despotism.
* Uphold the Constitution: He affirmed the people's right to alter the government but insisted they must respect the existing Constitution until legally changed, as it is "sacredly obligatory upon all".
* Mutual Support: He reminded people that their shared struggles during the Revolution forged their independence, implying a continuing need for mutual support.
In essence, Washington told the people they needed to be vigilant, united, and virtuous to preserve the republic they had built, emphasizing that “their collective strength and adherence to their foundational laws were paramount for their liberty and future success”.
I've been following Quantum Physics for years to explain my own beliefs about consciousness. You've turned a page for me with this way of looking at it all. The good thing is that, while I looked at Q P as mystical and even quasi religious, it created a change in me whereby I had a kind of "personal power" as a cell in a larger body I was attached to along with all the other cell based bodies we all collectively create to survive on the larger body of Earth. We must serve a function or we'd have been long gone. Bottom line, Earth is more important than any of it's individjal cells. I like Focused Intention of what we'd like to see.
The annual Solstice brought out friends and one of the hottest licks of Fire on the Mountain wafting out of the holler I’ve ever heard. Little political talk but a few jokes in ridicule, time to reminisce, enjoy bluegrass and blueberry wine that shined, and one more generation growing up with music, homemade food, and the warmth of cherished old friends.
I wish it for the world , in every middlesect , holler or town…so I will dream with you..
Would ‘ruther it sung in songs than droned by egos or something perceived- the slighted pride of ignorance.
It was a simple night ,we toasted winter coming ,forgot the mess created , feet tapped, a hoot ‘ye haw ‘ another chorus please …so far from ‘..me but not for thee’ because love was familiar , preferred, well worn..it’s really best when …we all just get along…….
We stand together in earnest agreement with your words and also of the many follower's who religiously read them each day. We are and will be a force. Together, we stand. Keep shining that light, Mary!
Check out how many people turned out in Minneapolis in the frigid windy cold to march a mile and a half down a main thoroughfare populated with immigrant businesses and homes to be visible as proud and valuable residents and to support cherished neighbors and community members. There are more planned. The videos are very uplifting and powerful!
Yes, it WAS frigid cold and somehow I missed that the protest was scheduled as I drove down an adjacent street looking for a gas station (my car was on empty). All I could do, though, was smile and give thumbs up as I saw the protesters hauling their signs up to Lake Street. (And I made it to a gas station in time! :-)
I didn't know about it either! How are we out of the loop? I'm in the NE Metro. Cheers!
A friend of mine knew about it via https://www.womensmarchmn.com
I feel peace in my heart when I read your lovingly selected words, Mary. Give Marz an ear scratch from me and know that your writing sustains me during these dark days. Happy Solstice and cheers for brighter days ahead.
I don't know what psychologists would call the state many of us find ourselves in. Not dissonance, or maybe partly. No, there is that thing where every time we read the dirty laundry list of Twump's malfeasance and crimes, I can only think to jump ahead to when we take down the branding, the banners, the gilt shit in the WH. I erase the time between now (trauma) and then (post trauma), and you think how did we do it last time? Then I remember January 6th and I get nervous about post 2028 election. Will we elect the righteous good people who also have a steel spine to really, yes, undo the damage but also, and just as importantly, make these people pay for the harm done. Yes, public and generational shame but also JAIL time ñ
Thanks for the moonbeam. I could picture you and Marz standing in your yard looking up with hope. I really hit rock bottom with Trump over his Rob Reiner remarks and am having trouble crawling out from under my feelings of revulsion of him.
Thank you for the uplifting message today. I'll admit that I'm bone weary; it's been a hell of a December. May the New Year bring a light to brighten the darkness.
The closing sentences are simply wonderful and poetical. Sometimes we need to stop together and think about what we’re no longer to tolerate.
The Secret Service actually has to pay to stay at Mar-a-Lago? That’s disgusting! Their boss has billions and it’s his house. I would quit. Should I charge my daughters if my grandkids spend the night? 🤬
For future consideration: Are Secret Service men (mostly) fighting among themselves to stay at golf clubs, doing mostly nothing? Then there're the ones who'll be assigned for life to a deranged man. The life of those who had to be with Reagans for years and years didn't have a job they trained for.
Thank you for your well thought recap of the days. While walking our dog as the days passed from the Wednesday’s “rant and yell fest” and so much else in just three days afterwards. Find it so ironic this display that we experienced. Him standing in front of the portrait of George Washington placed above the mantle. A Christmas swag of greenery draping with golden ornaments and ribbons placed on the mantle and the flag of the USA on one side and the flag of the Presidential Seal on the other, one week before Christmas Eve.
George Washington stressed the people's need for unity, vigilance against factionalism, and adherence to the Constitution, emphasizing in his Farewell Address that national unity is the bedrock of their liberty, independence, and prosperity, requiring citizens to prioritize their American identity over regionalism and guard against "designing men" who sow division for power. He urged Americans to uphold the Constitution as the sacred law, even as they retain the right to amend it, and warned that political parties could become dangerous engines of discord.
Yes, found it ironic standing in front of a portrait of George Washington and him “yelling” at us all for him to feel so superior, proclaiming his own intelligence and business acumen and the need to expound on all of his accomplishments that were all lies that have not benefited the American people. To vilify and constantly blame others, not just his predecessor but everyone in his mind that are not seeing, or feeling his absurdities from tariffs, to the daily dismantling of our very social safety nets for so many Americans.
A man so out of touch since his birth. Who never struggled financially, ever. If he needed money his Daddy was the bank to go to after many bankruptcies and failed business endeavors. A man who benefitted from his wealthy family to not serve this nation when others had no other options. A man who benefits from being wealthy and has powerful friends who he himself traveled in circles that victimized young girls, children with no thoughts of any justice to be rendered for them breaking laws, as well as morality laws. If he wasn’t involved in the sex trafficking or the sexual abuse and exploitation he never called authorities to alert them that this was what was going on. He became complicit and saw it as a competition between himself and Epstein to attain girls, young women as trophies is in some foul game. Yes a man so out of touch that is standing in “Our House” that he thinks as if his own, destroying without the needed permission to yell at all Americans.
For him it’s always been about “I” never “We” because he’s always been out of touch since birth.
This has always been what he is and always will be.
A man who has no idea of the meaning of simplistic words such as “groceries” or “memorial” who while still alive and after placing his own sycophants in place at the most revered John F. Kennedy Center to have the gall to pretend to be surprised that he has been given the right to have his name placed above John Fitzgerald Kennedy. In fact it took less than 24 hours for those already bent and perfectly prepared metal lettering placed onto the outside granite entrance. One could think those metal lettering were already prepared, stored and the construction company was called months ago as to when the defiling would occur.
Yet we are continually told by his press secretary too many times to count that there is so much “transparency” that is afforded us and we as Americans should be grateful.
In which may be the most corrupt Justice Department in our entire nation’s history that does not follow the laws mandated to them by our Congress. Instead releases the first of the Epstein files that could be the worst sex trafficking and abuse case also in our nation’s history that is so redacted that the pages just should all be black in color. Once the first batch is released the photographs of him are then removed from our Justice Department website, gone as if they didn’t exist.
A good reminder from the man’s portrait that hung on the mantle as we were getting “yelled at” and just a few mentions of being defiled this past week and weekend. A great reminder of what we are fighting for.
Key Themes from Washington's Farewell Address:
* Unity as the Main Pillar: "The Unity of government...is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home; your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very Liberty, which you so highly prize".
* Love of Country Over Region: He urged citizens to let the "name of American" exalt patriotic pride, warning against local attachments that could weaken the Union.
* Beware of Factionalism: Washington cautioned against the "spirit of party," seeing it as a threat to good governance and a path to despotism.
* Uphold the Constitution: He affirmed the people's right to alter the government but insisted they must respect the existing Constitution until legally changed, as it is "sacredly obligatory upon all".
* Mutual Support: He reminded people that their shared struggles during the Revolution forged their independence, implying a continuing need for mutual support.
In essence, Washington told the people they needed to be vigilant, united, and virtuous to preserve the republic they had built, emphasizing that “their collective strength and adherence to their foundational laws were paramount for their liberty and future success”.
George Washington Farewell Address ~
https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/the-farewell-address#:~:text=He%20points%20out%20that%20unity,obstruct%20the%20execution%20of%20laws.
Thank you Mary for bringing a small ray of hope to a very troubled land. Wishing you and Marz peace, love and safety this holiday season.
I've been following Quantum Physics for years to explain my own beliefs about consciousness. You've turned a page for me with this way of looking at it all. The good thing is that, while I looked at Q P as mystical and even quasi religious, it created a change in me whereby I had a kind of "personal power" as a cell in a larger body I was attached to along with all the other cell based bodies we all collectively create to survive on the larger body of Earth. We must serve a function or we'd have been long gone. Bottom line, Earth is more important than any of it's individjal cells. I like Focused Intention of what we'd like to see.
Amen, Mary.
My Dear Mr. President:
With the delay in the mandated release of the Epstein Files, I’ll bet you think you’re getting away with something.
In that thought, you are probably correct.
Trumpus operandi.
Regards,
The annual Solstice brought out friends and one of the hottest licks of Fire on the Mountain wafting out of the holler I’ve ever heard. Little political talk but a few jokes in ridicule, time to reminisce, enjoy bluegrass and blueberry wine that shined, and one more generation growing up with music, homemade food, and the warmth of cherished old friends.
I wish it for the world , in every middlesect , holler or town…so I will dream with you..
Would ‘ruther it sung in songs than droned by egos or something perceived- the slighted pride of ignorance.
It was a simple night ,we toasted winter coming ,forgot the mess created , feet tapped, a hoot ‘ye haw ‘ another chorus please …so far from ‘..me but not for thee’ because love was familiar , preferred, well worn..it’s really best when …we all just get along…….
We stand together in earnest agreement with your words and also of the many follower's who religiously read them each day. We are and will be a force. Together, we stand. Keep shining that light, Mary!