Mornings lately…

While reflecting on Memorial Day I stumbled upon this cartoon. We have a national holiday to honor those who valiantly served and died for this nation. We weep. We mourn.

However, as we add billions of dollars to the war machine each year, we consistently and severely underfund aftercare services including housing, employment, and health care.

And we have spread onto our youth what the national priorities are. And they know.. it's not them.

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#MemorialDay

I think we all have this little theatre on top of our shoulders, where the past and the present and our aspirations and our memories are simply and inexorably mixed. What makes each one of us unique, is the potency of the individual mix.
~ Dennis Potter (1987), quoted by Rolling Stone’s Greil Marcus at the 2013 School of Visual Arts commencement ceremony.

#Quotes

All bigotry is rooted in fear.

Fear of the unknown.
Fear of enlightenment.
Fear of adaptation.

Bigotry begets hatred.
Bigotry begets violence.
Bigotry begets war.
Bigotry begets death.

This Memorial Day and every day –

Embrace the unknown.
Welcome enlightenment.
Permit adaptation.

Renounce hatred.
Eschew violence.
Prevent war.
Eliminate death.

Choose instead to be a beacon of love.
~ Chippy

~✿~ Photography: Beacon of Love by Mashfluxd on DeviantArt ~✿~

It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind. ~ Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations

#Quotes

This made me think of the "training" I had growing up, taught through the generations, that a lady never leaves the house without lipstick on. Yes, I still follow that rule.

Just a reminder:

My son has roped me into watching JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure with him and the kids put silly little figures on top of the sound bar. I feel like I’m in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

So.. a new idea?

The recent wave of book banning has gotten out of hand. Fuck the Mothers of Liberty and the idiots who abide by their wishes.

@voltronic This made me think of you. 😃

It is with a heavy heart that I bring the news that Vato was euthanized tonight at the age of 14. Though he was on seizure medication, the brain tumor caused a cluster of seizures tonight that lasted over 90 minutes.

But in his last few days, he spent a lot of time basking in the sun in his backyard. He slept with my daughter on her bed the past couple of nights, like two peas in a pod. He had time to snuggle and cuddle with all five of us. He died knowing he was loved. #DogsOfCoSo

I realize this may be easier said than done at times, but practice makes perfect.
You are never “too much” and you are never “not enough”! What you are is mismatched. There are people who will fully appreciate you. Let them find you as you are.. intact and wholesome and healthy.

Yes, I think extreme incomes should be capped.

For all the good girls..

"Men’s safety items protects you from inanimate objects. Women’s safety items protect you from… men." - Lainey Molnar

Heh.. this showed up in my memories.. I was so excited the day the Spy Museum retweeted me I was literally bopping in my seat.

Be brave.

Every day!!! (◕‿◕✿)

This just made me laugh so hard!