yesterday i was grateful for a spa afternoon at Beauty Ritual and Music of and with friends at the Towne Crier…
today i am looking forward to Saturday chores and maybe a jazz concert…
These characters – #Heracles, Perseus, Jason, Theseus – were often subtly, or unsubtly, co-opted to offer models of #male-virtue for their young readers. The females were frequently relegated to the background as defenceless virgins, vicious monsters, or grotesque old women.’
—Jennifer-Higgie
–The-Other-Side
are there women super heroes that do not embody the male-virtue warrior archetype?… can we center a woman super hero who does not default to violence to save the world?… would Mother Teresa be such a woman?… Frances Perkins?… others?… must heroism always involve violent acts?…
Catholic church chooses its response to trump, trumpism, and authoritarianism…
Prevost’s choice of the name Leo invokes the principles of both Leo XIII and his predecessor, Pope Francis. In his own lifetime he has aligned himself with many of Francis’s social reforms, and his election appears to be a rejection of hard-line right-wing Catholics in the U.S. and elsewhere who have used their religion to support far-right politics.
yesterday i was grateful for restorative yoga with Maryanne and a delicious Kashmiri lunch at Fisa, Danbury Fair Mall…
today i am looking forward to a spa afternoon at Beauty Ritual then joining D&S for a Bruce Molsky concert at the Towne Crier…
a profound turning point for humanity?…
Mastering artificial intelligence while dominating global communications would go a long way toward breaking down existing nations and setting up the conditions for a brave new world, dominated by tech oligarchs.
yesterday i was grateful to arrive at the end of the day without drama…
today i am looking forward to restorative yoga with Maryanne and then lunch with Holly…
yesterday i was grateful for Holly, Gweno and Pizza Phill…
today i am looking forward to pilates with Tessa, getting paid and working at the Cemetery…
yesterday i was grateful for the rain and Anne’s yoga class…
today i am looking forward to yoga with Maryanne and lunch with Holly…
yesterday i was grateful for the farmer’s market, vegetable starts, spring rains and signs of Fiona feeling better…
today i am looking forward to more spring rains, yoga with Anne…
yesterday i was grateful for time spent in our garden, planting, cleaning up…
today i am looking forward to the rain…
yesterday i was grateful for a walk down Main Street and a new unisex top from Burkelman…
today i am looking forward to thunderstorms…
yesterday i was grateful for Wonderbar and a martini after an enervating day dealing with cemetery business…
today i am looking forward to restorative yoga, progress on our driveway and dinner with d&e…
yesterday i was grateful for the compliment on my tunic/dress from an african american gentleman in an suv…
today i am looking forward to my weekly in office day at the cemetery..
yesterday i was grateful for lunch with Gwenno and Holly…
today i am looking forward to Beauty Ritual and Karen Pickles, fresh nails and progress on our front garden…
yesterday i was grateful for the gift of a fabulous group of necklaces from Eleni, the lovely peony tulips we got at the farmer’s market, and the the beautiful flowers we got at Sabelecos….
today i am looking forward to lunch with Holly and Gwenno and yoga with Anne…
yesterday i was grateful for the helpful feedback on my writing from Anna and Susan and Bill’s birthday party…
today i am looking forward to the farmer’s market, finishing the laundry and a quiet afternoon with Holly…
yesterday i was grateful for coffee with Karen and the Pakistani-Indian restaurant at Danbury Mall and COSTCO…
today i am looking forward to Bill’s birthday party and writer’s group with Susan and Anna…
yesterday i was grateful for restorative yoga with Maryanne and a shopping stroll with Holly on Main Street…
today i am looking forward to coffee with Karen and maybe a trip to COSTCO with Holly…
yesterday i was grateful for yoga, Pizza Phil’s and a food photography salon…
today i am looking forward to my colleagues at the cemetery and more progress on our front garden…
yesterday i was grateful for Stephanie at the Honda service department…
today i am looking forward to yoga with Maryanne and virtual photo salon…
yesterday i was grateful for a strong turnout for the protection of democracy…
today i am looking forward to the farmer’s market and maybe some strolling and shopping on main street…
Twenty Ways to Matter – The Marginalian
if you read nothing else today, read this…
yesterday i was grateful for McMillan Plumbing, who got our house drain flowing again, One Nature and the boulder wall they partially constructed, a tiny hole in the wall Mexican restaurant we discovered and baby turkeys…
today i am looking forward to protesting against kinghood, and it finally being warm enough to wear a spring outfit, including sandals…
of course there would be an expensive plumbing emergency at a moment when you are spending thousands on a garden renovation… no, the two are not related… sigh…
yesterday i was grateful for restorative yoga, lunch at Toro and a quiet evening at home with Holly…
today i am looking forward to my first day of tending the turkey chicks, and continued progress on our garden renovations…