i will wade out
till my thighs are steeped in
burning flowers
i will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
alive
with eyes closed

~ e.e. cummings

#poetry

I was fortunate to move into a place that has a row of tall trees and a little creek running behind it.

When I feel overwhelmed or contemplative, I need only sit outside on my balcony.

In these moments, I feel welcomed by the little leaves waving a greeting with the slight breeze and understood by the soft trickling of water reminding me to breathe.

And I can't help but smile as the black squirrel runs down the tree to grab the small apple I threw out there, before the deer can get it.

Can't say I'm looking forward to the after debate when MAGA switches their commentary from Kamala Harris: being dumb and sleeping her way to the top to.. Kamala Harris: angry Black woman.. when she refuses to let Trump, cut her off, bully her, or intimidate her by standing too close in that super creepy way of his.

But I do want her to take him down!

#politics
#trump
#harris

Chapelle de L'ange au Violon (Chapel of the Angel with Violin) in Congues-sur-Orbiel, France.
Photography by Quentin Chabrot.

#Photography

Just out of curiosity.. does anyone remember Henrietta Hippo?

My brain takes some weird turns at times. 🤣

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwJQ6G7Z_II

It's been amazing to watch. Even as I sit alone in my living room, I find myself laughing, smiling, and clapping. A wonderful and joyous change from the usual snarky comments I make when you know who is being featured on TV.

#DNC
#Politics

Dear Google calendar.. as I am the one who makes the entries into my own calendar, please stop sending me email messages inviting me to the event. I already know!!! 😂

Paxlovid is expensive w/o insurance ($1750 vs $25).
But if you can get it is worth it. Despite the bad aftertaste (it's rapidly going away after the last dose), it does minimize most symptoms.

I still test positive and with the low fever I still need to isolate. But I would rather do that than get someone else ill who can't fight it off.

Please be careful. This variant is rapidly spreading.

2/2

Covid update..

It's been one week since the onset of symptoms, 6 days since testing positive, and I finished the paxlovid this morning.

My temp reached 100.5 (my normal is 97.5) and that lingered a few days. All cold symptoms were gone except for a dry cough since day 3. Yesterday I thought I was feeling better with no fever and went to the lake to sit outside and read. Came home an hour later and slept for 3 hours. Woke up to another low fever.

1/2

If you are dead to me, the first step I take to removing you from my life is deleting your city from my weather app. 🤭

It's a real thing..

Why vote for Kamala Harris instead of Donald Trump?

Profound explanation..

Source: @ Dashwoof/tiktok

#politics
#trump
#harris

Not going back..

#politics

In this moment.

A wonderful message in a video from a few years ago making the rounds again.. keep the faith.

Down in the valley, the first of May
Gatherin' flowers, both fresh and gay
Gatherin' flowers, both red and blue
How little thought of what, what love could do

Don't you break my heart
Don't you break my heart

Bonny Light Horseman

#CoSoMusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOHXZafCk2Q

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#politics

"These are the days Joe Strummer prepared us for!!" - Molly Jacobson

In years past many have had had the prospect of tolerance and the possibility of acceptance, only to see those hopes slowly whittled away by increasing divisiveness. It's time now to push forward full throttle and fully embrace and appreciate each other.. not for our commonalities, but for the inherent and individualistic beauty that resides within each of us. We are all worthy of love, admiration, and affection.

Just love one another.

#CoSoLove

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