Sunshine Patriots

 I was emailing  a blog friend this morning

 and shared some thoughts:

These are the times… I’ve been thinking a lot about those words lately.

"summer soldiers and sunshine patriots”

It could have been written about Americans today not just in 1776

“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated” 

Thomas Paine

My soul feels like it is being nibbled on by forces out of my control. 

I don’t enjoy the sensation. Not one damn bit. 

But I’m still here. I still care about the world I am leaving-

still believe there is enough goodness in humanity to make it all work. 

Teetering at times toward hopelessness 

but that is borne out of frustration more than a loss of faith.

I refuse to be a sunshine patriot- 

Only fighting when it is easy, only sacrificing when it is easy.

Freedom is hard won, hard kept - 

Not trying, is denying all those who lost everything

 for the freedoms we have now; 

still not enough for many, but within reach. 

If we only just try, care, reach, give,

 just a little more, for a little longer.

Z

COLD AND HARD

VOTE

Not voting while you have the freedom to do so

is an unforgivable act as far as I'm concerned. 

 Millions have died and continue to die  

for the right to be free and to be free from persecution. 

Millions in the world right now

yearn to vote, to choose futures for their children.

This caravan that 45 

is fear-mongering contains just such folks.

Common sense says people who are walking 

thousands of miles and have left everything behind

 and are carrying their children on their backs

 are desperately yearning

for freedom and a safe place to be.

Cold Hard facts.

We may not have most of our freedoms

for very much longer. 

Do not for one second think it cannot

happen here, the groundwork has been in the 

works for decades and this insane 45

is allowing it into the core of government

 and we need to elect people 

who will PROTECT 

and ensure the continuation of our founding

fathers values that have made this democracy work.

Please View

A Night At The Garden

It's short about 7 minutes

Notice George Washington, 

the American flag hanging with the NAZI flag

young boys dancing gleefully

as a protester is beaten and stripped, 

attacking the free press...

Look and sound familiar?

From the Smithsonian about the film:

"It really illustrated that the tactics of demagogues have been the same throughout the ages. They attack the press, using sarcasm and humor. They tell their followers that they are the true Americans (or Germans or Spartans or…). And they encourage their followers to “take their country back” from whatever minority group has ruined it.”

I am resisting

 I am scared shitless

for my kids and yours.

Just Made Me Happy

 “I want to skip to the end of the Trump movie where it fades out and captions tell us how long they each got in prison,” by @OwensDamien.

just made me happy to think...

I've now sold off over half of 

what I acquired

over the past 40 some years.

 Yet no one would say my

home is spare. Not by 

a long shot.

Still work to be done.

I have some "craft" items I'll 

be showing you soon.

I'm looking for good homes for them,
as I've loved them well

Vintage flashcards (lots)

Stones for jewelry making - jar after jar
Piles of chain for jewelry

Netty Le Croix pattern packs (wonderful primitives)

Email me if anything interests you

and I'll try to get photos out to you quickly.

That's all for this morning.

I'm just treading water with a 

lap around the life pool now and then.

Trying to be calm and serene.

Z

ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

It turns out that I indeed do have sleep apnea,

and a c-pap machine is needed.

I will be going back for another night

at the same center and that worry has caused 

 even more sleep issues.

I spoke to the Supervisor, told her my story

and she scheduled me on a day 

when my former tech

is not on duty. That was very kind.

Still the experience itself was unpleasant 

not just the tech, so trepidation is

the current condition.

Seeing as how I stop breathing 78 times an hour,

which is "not the worst she's seen, but up there",

I have no choice but to go.

It's now been a year since I hobbled

onto this merry go round.

The thrill is gone, looooong gone.

The only comfort I find is that fall

is coming and this confining heat is 

nearly over. Still I live where

natural disasters are infrequent so I 

count my blessings there.

All the more reason to vote in folks

 who actually understand the urgency for 

change worldwide to protect the planet and reduce,

if we still can, effects causing such climate calamities.

Being able to breathe and exist on the planet

trumps all other issues combined.

pun intended

though I hate using anything other than #45

Making a conscious effort to create often

like I used to, a friend and I are going

to be stuffing pumpkins at the end of the week.

Fall will heal me once more,

I'm counting on it.

Z

btw- my new room design is 

working perfectly. It almost feels 

like all the extra room is helping my breathing.

Clear away the clutter gals

where ever it may be.

Whiplash and Freefall

When I'm 64

I will believe that 65 is still a ways off.

Then yesterday it was here,

in all it's - glory?

Wonderful calls from kids and friends,

a lunch with a great friend,

and a goodie box of pampering goods from

the kiddos topped off my 64th year.

I do not mind being 65.

What I do mind is the constant whiplash

I feel from the criminal actions of #45.

Every time I think this is it;

this is what will finally wake up 

that malevolent side of America;

I go back into freefall, 

praying for a safe landing.

Take away all the horrific maneuverings we have 

been forced to watch unfold and narrow

the focus to just the smallest of us

in this world.

Children

Remove religions, races and ethnicities

and pare down to the core of our humanity.

Loving and caring for the 

children of the entire world.

If you cannot believe in that,

fight for that,

despair over that,

then your humanity is gone.

If every query of what path to follow

began with the question

"what is best for ALL the children?"

perhaps we all could once more 

feel safe and proud.

free falling

I can no longer handle roller coasters

or airplane turbulence.

Those sensations are terrifying to me.

I can sue for whiplash,

could I sue #45 and friends for causing me 

the same mental anguish

of humanity's free fall?

A Wife's Message?

I really don't care do U?

After my first shock of disgust 

something occurred to me. 

Is it at all possible,

maybe, just maybe 

this is a message from a wife

to a sick bastard of a husband?

A trapped animal will chew off 

it's own leg

to escape.

update: Just read an article posted minutes
ago on the Guardian
that others are thinking what I thought.
Woot!

Pillow Passion

Sometimes you turn a corner and in a glance

your heart does a flutter and you just know

there is something you adore and must have.

The Opal brand at Target is darling daughter's favorite, 

and I thought I would peruse for possible gifts for her.

Instead, for the first time since Christmas, 

I bought something for me.

I am still on my downsize passion,

and I donated five things last week, so I'm still on 

the right side of the scale.

Isn't she pretty?

I usually make all my pillows,

and I always buy when something is on sale,

but oh, I just loved this pillow at full retail!

I have this GORGEOUS black/tan fabric

that I have hoarded for years

and plan to make additional pillows to 

be pillow gal's friend.

I know I'm anthropomorphizing a

silly pillow but I don't care.

It's been 10 months since first Dr's appt 

and I'm soooo over it.

Yesterday I broke one of my toes.

Yeah yeah I know....

*****

#45 is a fascist

His wife has disappeared, why is that

not #1 on every report?

(Please let her have come to her senses,

and please let her spill. Please let her true friends

help her and save her.)

Climate change is wreaking havoc daily,

but let's not believe in science.

We're playing games with a nuclear armed 

country with a psychopath in charge,

AND we've begun a trade war with many

 of our closest allies.

RESIST

and VOTE!!!