@phase2 Definitely.. free style works best for me. That or I look like I’m casting a spell on the stars. 😃

Rant:
I don't know who needs to hear this but the roots of country music come from black music, more specifically slave music.

The first string bands were comprised of enslaved people. The banjo is derived from African instruments. The structures and themes have origin in field hollers and slave spirituals.

If Beyoncé wants to make a country-western album, more power to her.

Fuckin' white people thinking they actually own the arts.

Another hurricane. @LnzyHou @TheRealDelia

@TheRealDelia We do still have one though honestly, we don't actively use it. I think it's been at least a decade since anyone has answered a call on it. LOL

Same about the answering machine. it's been full for years. I don't see the point in clearing it. Anyone who we want to talk to knows to call the cell numbers.

The land line is just an in case kind of thing.

@TheRealDelia We had a home phone while the children were in school so there was one number they needed to memorize. We kept it longer because during a hurricane, the cell towers were down but we could still reach family through the land line with a corded phone.

Make a wish?
Make more than one - no one ever said you had to limit your wishes.

@j71m3 Yes, it is a process and not entirely linear. I'm not giving up.. I am worthy of the same grace I give others.

*proud to be climbing up out of the rabbit hole of trauma and reaching a point I can forgive everyone and move forward*

"But have you forgiven yourself?"

*coming to a stand still.. turning around.. and jumping back into the rabbit hole"

No one said this would be easy, but jeesh!

For those of you missing out on the snow. ❄️❄️❄️

beep beep…

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
~ Dalai Lama XIV, The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology of Writings By and About the Dalai Lama

#Quotes

Happy Valentine's Day.

#CoSoLove

@tippitiwichet Your friends should have listened. 🤗

I want love to be simple. I want to trust without thinking. I want to be generous with my affection and patience and love unconditionally. It is easier to love a person with their flaws than to weed through them. I want to love the whole person, not parts; and this is how I want to be loved.
~ Jewel Kilcher

If the sun is shining, stand in it - yes, yes, yes.

~ Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CV0rfRHFiHP/

Also..

MORE women than men have college degrees.
As college students head to campus, there will be more women than men in lecture halls — a trend that is reshaping this country and our politics.

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/data-download/women-men-college-degrees-good-news-democrats-rcna100833

WOMEN are now out-earning or making the same as their husbands in nearly half of marriages.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/20/more-women-are-out-earning-their-husbands-in-the-us.html

IN FOUR decades, the share of 25-year-olds with children has dropped from 39 percent to 17 percent.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4032467-americans-are-waiting-longer-and-longer-to-get-married/

They want you to fear the idea of a christo-fascist government to steer your anger in one direction. But remember, it is ALWAYS about money and power.

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#Politics #Economy

SINGLE women own more homes than single men — and overall homeownership is now majority female.

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/20/single-women-homeowners-us-map

Just in case you thought the overturning of Roe v Wade and the subsequent recently submitted bills from several State Houses to put a women to death for having an abortion was based strictly on religious fervor..

IN THE coming decade, women will hold greater economic power than in previous generations. Women are about to be in control of most of the $30 trillion in personal wealth by 2030.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/women-money-economy-finance-investing/

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#Politics #Economy

You are halfway through the week. You've got this!