OT ~ Welcome to Saturday!

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 4:00am

Sit-a-while
on swinging porch
where tin-dippers and
sweet water
in cool touches
meet lips
from hand dug wells.
“I use the words you taught me. If they don't mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.” ~ Samuel Beckett
Good morning good people,

Yoann Bourgeois ~ performance

Kissing dragonfly and blossom
smelling one, marveling winged flight of other
shrouded in green, earth’s color
in all
together; stung in reminder
of what it is to be
Moss sleeping on northern side
abides til waken by dew
succulence, a sponge
grows and hides away til rain ... drops
and
carbon forgets to breathe
love.

“The refugees burned anything to keep warm. “The smoke was so thick that every time I put my pen on the page and made the paper wet again, an unbelievable, dense smell came off it. The paper had absorbed all the smoke from standing in these spaces.” ~ George Butler, Belgrade Warehouse, 2017, the Syrian Crisis, The Guardian.

White Album anniversary time, don't have the latest, these will have to do.

Today's OT in thoughts of our friends and all families with no home for the holidays. May peace be with them and you.

The porch is yours ...

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Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 6:22am

Forgot attribution for Art: Nighthawks by Edward Hopper.

Have a good week, everyone.

Submitted by eyo on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 7:46am

Man robs Cloverdale bank blocks away from police department

I woke up, made coffee, read the news, laughed out loud. Happy Saturday! Edit to add: Wow, that Clare de lune vid was not what I thought it was going to be. Cool. Love symbolism, see it everywhere. thanks
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/8966826-181/man-robs-cloverdale-bank-...

A man robbed a Chase Bank branch in Cloverdale on Friday afternoon, snatching an undisclosed amount of cash before calmly strolling mere blocks away from the city Police Department.

The suspect entered the South Cloverdale Boulevard bank around 1:20 p.m. Cloverdale Police Sgt. Rudy Segobiano declined to disclose whether the man brandished a gun or implied that he had a weapon without showing it, stating that such information could jeopardize attempts to identify the suspect.

The man was last seen “walking calmly” westbound on First Street, police said. No one was injured in the robbery and police said they arrived within minutes.

Walked right by my house! LOL where was I? baking pie

The 101 through Cloverdale is a CHP speed trap too, PSA for holiday travelers. Be perfect, be careful.

Highway 101 stop prompts federal lawsuit against Rohnert Park police

Huffaker and Tatum, who often worked together, were taken off duty in April and placed on administrative leave when the city began its ongoing internal investigation into the role Flatten alleges they had in his traffic stop.

The internal probe was expanded in late July, one week after the sudden resignation of Rohnert Park’s longtime director of public safety, Brian Masterson, and three weeks after The Press Democrat began publishing a series of stories examining the city’s aggressive program to confiscate drugs and money by pulling over drivers on Highway 101, the main thoroughfare between the famed Emerald Triangle marijuana growing region and the urban Bay Area.

Many of the traffic stops occurred near the Sonoma-Mendocino border, 40 miles to north of Rohnert Park.

I am not going to link it, but another one of our community olden exited this world by train yesterday. RIP Michael Rosenberg. Ear buds are the devil now, like BB guns without an orange tip. The politicians will outlaw headphones near the tracks, probably. I regret ever voting for SMART, a fancy wine train for a few dozen commuters was not what they told me it would be. meh I hope it never comes to Cloverdale now, I hope it goes bankrupt, and the wealthy CEOs go somewhere else. HOPE

peace

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 7:42am

Had i time this morning i would find the

@eyo
bank robbery clip for Peter Sellers. Take care in the smoke, eyo. Have a good one.

I woke up, made coffee, read the news, laughed out loud. Happy Saturday! Edit to add: Wow, that Clare de lune vid was not what I thought it was going to be. Cool. Love symbolism, see it everywhere. thanks
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/8966826-181/man-robs-cloverdale-bank-...

A man robbed a Chase Bank branch in Cloverdale on Friday afternoon, snatching an undisclosed amount of cash before calmly strolling mere blocks away from the city Police Department.

The suspect entered the South Cloverdale Boulevard bank around 1:20 p.m. Cloverdale Police Sgt. Rudy Segobiano declined to disclose whether the man brandished a gun or implied that he had a weapon without showing it, stating that such information could jeopardize attempts to identify the suspect.

The man was last seen “walking calmly” westbound on First Street, police said. No one was injured in the robbery and police said they arrived within minutes.

Walked right by my house! LOL where was I? baking pie

The 101 through Cloverdale is a CHP speed trap too, PSA for holiday travelers. Be perfect, be careful.

Highway 101 stop prompts federal lawsuit against Rohnert Park police

Huffaker and Tatum, who often worked together, were taken off duty in April and placed on administrative leave when the city began its ongoing internal investigation into the role Flatten alleges they had in his traffic stop.

The internal probe was expanded in late July, one week after the sudden resignation of Rohnert Park’s longtime director of public safety, Brian Masterson, and three weeks after The Press Democrat began publishing a series of stories examining the city’s aggressive program to confiscate drugs and money by pulling over drivers on Highway 101, the main thoroughfare between the famed Emerald Triangle marijuana growing region and the urban Bay Area.

Many of the traffic stops occurred near the Sonoma-Mendocino border, 40 miles to north of Rohnert Park.

I am not going to link it, but another one of our community olden exited this world by train yesterday. RIP Michael Rosenberg. Ear buds are the devil now, like BB guns without an orange tip. The politicians will outlaw headphones near the tracks, probably. I regret ever voting for SMART, a fancy wine train for a few dozen commuters was not what they told me it would be. meh I hope it never comes to Cloverdale now, I hope it goes bankrupt, and the wealthy CEOs go somewhere else. HOPE

peace

Submitted by eyo on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 10:56am

Peter Sellers bank robbery

@smiley7 @smiley7 rotfl! Thanks, I edited the Subject 'cause it was spelled wrong anyway.

THANKS

Added: Sonoma County residents enduring perhaps most polluted air ever here

North Bay residents will face another weekend of some of the worst air quality ever reported in the region with local public health officials and medical professionals drawing comparisons to pollution-plagued cities such as New Delhi and Beijing.

All the smart ass comments have been kicked out of me, for now. Rain and wind forecast Tuesday, mother nature's outside air cleaner. blow away

Paraphrasing Jennifer Stone: "Breath easy, and if you can't breath easy, breath as easy as you can."

peace

Submitted by mhagle on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 5:11pm

I agree . . . the Clair de Lune video was far out

@eyo

Poetry it was.

Liked the story about the bank robber. For some reason, I was hoping he escaped.

What kind of pie?

I woke up, made coffee, read the news, laughed out loud. Happy Saturday! Edit to add: Wow, that Clare de lune vid was not what I thought it was going to be. Cool. Love symbolism, see it everywhere. thanks
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/8966826-181/man-robs-cloverdale-bank-...

A man robbed a Chase Bank branch in Cloverdale on Friday afternoon, snatching an undisclosed amount of cash before calmly strolling mere blocks away from the city Police Department.

The suspect entered the South Cloverdale Boulevard bank around 1:20 p.m. Cloverdale Police Sgt. Rudy Segobiano declined to disclose whether the man brandished a gun or implied that he had a weapon without showing it, stating that such information could jeopardize attempts to identify the suspect.

The man was last seen “walking calmly” westbound on First Street, police said. No one was injured in the robbery and police said they arrived within minutes.

Walked right by my house! LOL where was I? baking pie

The 101 through Cloverdale is a CHP speed trap too, PSA for holiday travelers. Be perfect, be careful.

Highway 101 stop prompts federal lawsuit against Rohnert Park police

Huffaker and Tatum, who often worked together, were taken off duty in April and placed on administrative leave when the city began its ongoing internal investigation into the role Flatten alleges they had in his traffic stop.

The internal probe was expanded in late July, one week after the sudden resignation of Rohnert Park’s longtime director of public safety, Brian Masterson, and three weeks after The Press Democrat began publishing a series of stories examining the city’s aggressive program to confiscate drugs and money by pulling over drivers on Highway 101, the main thoroughfare between the famed Emerald Triangle marijuana growing region and the urban Bay Area.

Many of the traffic stops occurred near the Sonoma-Mendocino border, 40 miles to north of Rohnert Park.

I am not going to link it, but another one of our community olden exited this world by train yesterday. RIP Michael Rosenberg. Ear buds are the devil now, like BB guns without an orange tip. The politicians will outlaw headphones near the tracks, probably. I regret ever voting for SMART, a fancy wine train for a few dozen commuters was not what they told me it would be. meh I hope it never comes to Cloverdale now, I hope it goes bankrupt, and the wealthy CEOs go somewhere else. HOPE

peace

—

Marilyn

"Make dirt, not war." eyo

Submitted by QMS on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 7:31am

Thanks for the double white

Really enjoyed those records when they first came out.
Be safe.

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Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 7:44am

You're welcome, QMS, have a good one.

@QMS

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 7:45am

Folks, have to run out, back late for replies, enjoy the porch.

Submitted by Raggedy Ann on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 8:16am

Good morning, smiley ~~

Sweet sixteen was the age
of this tender young girl,
and on her birthday it was that
she was gifted with a most precious
keepsake ~ her White Album ~
which remains in her top
ten, to this fine day.

Thank you so much for it this morning.

Have a beautiful day, everyone!

edited to add: eye candy is wonderful for the soul. What peace the Bourgeois performance brought to me. A thing of beauty.

—

"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 9:33pm

Wish i had the old albums.

@Raggedy Ann

Been a wonderful day for me on the mountain with friends; good to return home to more. Happy and loving week to you and may your poetry flow.

Submitted by eyo on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 8:55am

Eleni Kounalakis omg

I just started looking at the California election results for real, seeing is believing. Why not just change the name to clintonfornia? San Francisco was already rebranded ChanZuckerberg why not. Apropos if it's referred to as The Brown State now too, don't tell Mr. "I'm not Trump" Newsom.
https://vote.sos.ca.gov/

county elections officials plan to complete their work by December 7, 2018.

Then what, boom boom out go the lights? sheesh At least this time I feel like they are counting all the ballots, unlike 2016. feelz
https://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/maps/voter-turnout

55.2%
as of November 16, 2018, 8:16 p.m.

What would happen if everyone voted? Counting until Christmas? Ceiling Cat talk me down.

good luck

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 9:25am

We're sorry, ceiling cat cannot be reached at this number.

@eyo

We have, however, found a suitable replacement team:

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Submitted by eyo on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 9:50am

Yes, basement cats

@enhydra lutris Thank you for the cats photo, they are gorgeous.

"Red skies in the morning... " is just creepy now, I don't like it. Bother.

basement peace

Submitted by mhagle on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 5:14pm

Beautiful cats

@enhydra lutris

And other cool photos.

—

Marilyn

"Make dirt, not war." eyo

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 9:33am

Good morning, Smiley. Thanks for the OT and the

poetry and tunes. Back home and have almost unloaded and unpacked and also almost have the office back together. Farmers' market today, assuming tht they're still holding it in spite of the toxic air. I suspect that the vendors have all been at work all along and will all be there in masks. We'll walk down and see in a couple of hours, which leaves that much time to find some chore(s) I can do in under 2 hours. The hardest prt of camping/road trips is, of course, the first day home, so off we go.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 8:20pm

Listening to Cat Stevens as i write;

@eyo @enhydra lutris African pigeons in disguise may appear to be cats; depends upon how many coconuts one has cracked.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 11:51pm

Foreigner Suite is my favorite Cat Stevens song

@smiley7

The first time I listened to it I was in awe of the middle part of it. I listened to it over and over countless times.

[video:https://youtube.com/watch?v=KY_CD2rts0s]

Did you go skiing today, Smiley? I just read that NYC got hammered with snow. They are calling it SnowVember. 7 inches of heavy snow that shut down the city. Thousands of people are without power. My snowTober memory is of leaving home when there was a skiff of snow on the ground. The radio was telling people to stay home. I thought that they were joking, but the closer I got to SLC the more snow there was. By the time I got to work there was 4 feet of snow.... my boss looked at me and asked what I was doing there and told me to go home. No way was I going back out in that.

—

“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt

Submitted by smiley7 on Sun, 11/18/2018 - 12:26am

Yes, sweet snoopy, i did ...

@snoopydawg
how kind and perceptive of you to know. You've open a door, i could write pages of what this means. All the hugs and to step on that snowy stage, again, not knowing if i'd the stamina to do so.

Began on the magic carpet, very beginner area, for about 40 minutes, took a break, went back for a little, a long break and in the afternoon took the express to the top of the mountain.
Really have to manage my breathing, skied a hundred yards or so and pulled up to breath; cutting to the chase; all went better than i expected for a man who should be on supplemental oxygen 24/7. Thrilled to my toes as i may get my legs under me, as we say, by Dec 7 when i begin playing Santa on skis until xmas--loving and skiing with the little ones all over the mountain and Santa is known to dance on skis once in a while.

Oh, you just made this day terrific. Thank you for understanding so much.

Now, enough of the self-centered, stage hound-dog i am; how are you? Plans for the holidays?

Now that poetry:

Submitted by snoopydawg on Sun, 11/18/2018 - 7:00pm

Glad to have brightened your day

@smiley7

Doing it and while not knowing if you'd be able to must have made it even more special for you.

could write pages of what this means.

I'd love for you to write about what skiing means to you. I would read it. My uncle was on ski patrol and he took my brother and I skiing with him every Sunday. We were the first ones on the mountain and the last ones off. We blew our allowances on cheap food at the Porky lodge and get back to skiing.

The SLC Winter Olympics in 2002 were held at Snowbasin were we skied, but because of it the lift prices are out of my range. But then there's plenty of space to cross country ski....

This is me and Dusty Dawg taken many moons ago. Dusty could go a long way until she couldn't anymore and I'd carry her back in my backpack. Fun memories!

—

“When out of fear you twist the lesser evil into the lie that it is something good, you eventually rob people of the capacity to distinguish between good and evil.”
~ Hannah Arendt

Submitted by smiley7 on Mon, 11/19/2018 - 6:38pm

Look at those gaiters, the pup and snoopydawg in paradise

@snoopydawg

Thanks for sharing this beautiful memory; Snowbasin, lucky dawgs.

Hell, adding skiing with you to the bucket list, have good ski instructor friends in Utah; and maybe a few other c99ers could come along, too.

The encouragement to write more, appreciated, i may try and weave some ski stuff in on Saturdays. I've written a lot about skiing for magazines and newspapers and up until about four years ago was a long-time member and contributing writer to Epicski which was very familiar to c99 or kos, a website founded by a group of the very best skiers, trainers, examiners and writers of the top mountains. We wrote, mostly technical pieces about teaching, progressions and so on, taking it into the spiritual level as well. Freely sharing our knowledge with each other and learning. Unfortunately, Vail corporation purchased the site without telling us why at first and we continued on for a year or so under their ownership. Then out of nowhere, no warning, we all, across the country, received an email from Vail saying that they were closing down the site immediately. We discovered later that their corporate brain saw us as free information and competitors. I cried about its demise.

Pup reminds be of Bogart, smartest dog i've ever had, more white than yours, same brown and a little smaller. "Don't bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to me again" time-frame, her namesake. Bogart could read me like a book, very independent and loving, double that loving. She lived to a very old age, awe ...

Skied today and taught two private lessons, i'm exhausted now; use to teach all day and nights and go play afterwards.

Anyways thanks again for this beautiful surprise.

Saw your post last night, but was to tired to respond. Sending hugs and wishes for a joyful holiday to you, snoopydawg.

Submitted by eyo on Sun, 11/18/2018 - 8:33am

I'll think to that

@smiley7 good morning. cheers
Cat Stevens - Miles From Nowhere

yusuf islam
as-salamu alaykum
peace be unto you

Submitted by magiamma on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 3:21pm

Best afternoon smiley...

2018 is the centenary of Rodin's death. The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be celebrating with an exhibit of his works in their collection.

But... There is now a museum devoted to Camille Claudel, a student and assistant to Rodin who became his star-crossed lover.

Camille Claudel crouching wo.jpg

Camile claudel Abandono.jpg

[video:https://youtu.be/W1WVrcXV9W4]

art & music feeds my soul and keeps me in balance. thanks so much for the weekly reminder. love the poem! have a great one...

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Submitted by lotlizard on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 6:55pm

Other sources say 2017 was the centenary of Rodin’s death

@magiamma
http://www.rodin100.org/en

Whichever year it was, Rodin was a true master and creator of beauty.

Putting in a plug for the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia:

http://www.rodinmuseum.org/

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 9:09pm

...

@lotlizard

Submitted by magiamma on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 10:21pm

legion of honor and stanford both

@lotlizard
have good Rodin collections right here in the bay area. They will probably do something too. I hope that they acknowledge the work that Camille did as his assistant in the exhibits. I think the one in nyc does. iirc she did a lot of the faces and hands for him. the museum in Philadelphia is amazing. wish I could go.

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Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 11:02pm

Isn't it rich, universality moves forward inspite

@magiamma
of today's headlines?

Claudel's "imploring" for all to see almost a century ago feels as present as the next breath; alive.

Ta.

Submitted by magiamma on Sun, 11/18/2018 - 1:17pm

maybe soapstone in your hands

@smiley7
but outside with a mask. Happy that you had a good day skiing. u go!!

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Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 8:48pm

Got to get back to the touch of soapstone in hands

@magiamma

I knew, hurray for good tidings and your perfect selections; magic.

Thank you.

Submitted by randtntx on Sun, 11/18/2018 - 5:02am

I just listened

@magiamma to that performance by Lhasa, it's really beautiful, thanks for posting it. The Camille Claudel is just incredible but heartbreaking.

Submitted by magiamma on Sun, 11/18/2018 - 1:16pm

It is heartbreaking

@randtntx
They put her into a mental institute and after five years said she could leave but her mother and brother did not want to take care of her so they left her in. wtf. later her brother had a show of what was left of her work, that which she did not destroy.

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Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 3:45pm

Brexit is breaking the Tories

link

Theresa May surely by now symbolises the phrase "bad day at the office". On Wednesday night, having spent months negotiating the deal by which Britain will leave the European Union next March, May had a gruelling five-hour meeting with her cabinet. That evening, she told the nation that agreement had been reached, though with reservations.
Those reservations burst into the open the next morning when the minister responsible for negotiating the said deal, Dominic Raab, led a wave of resignations, as May sat for three hours in front of parliament listening to MP after MP from her own party telling her they would oppose the deal. Some called for her to resign.

Britain is now in its deepest political crisis since the World War II. May's deal seems all but dead, as there is no viable way for it to pass through parliament. She herself still refuses to accept this. With just four months to go till "Brexit day", and a matter of weeks before the government must initiate emergency measures in preparation for "no deal" Brexit shortages, what happens next is anyone's guess. But a general election, a new referendum or a new Tory leader and fresh negotiations are all very serious possibilities.

Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 3:50pm

Iraq to defy Iranian sanctions

Will we then crush Iraq's economy?
link

Iraqi President Barham Salih has announced that his country has agreed to establish a "free-trade zone" along its border with Iran, following a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani in Tehran.

Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 4:04pm

Tulsi Gabbard for Prez?

heads will explode at GOS

Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu lawmaker from Hawaii in the US Congress, is considering to run for American presidency in 2020, according to sources close to her.
On Friday, at a Medtronic conference in Los Angeles an eminent Indian-American Dr Sampat Shivangi introduced Gabbard, 37, and said she could be the next president of the US in 2020. The brief statement was marked by a standing ovation, in the presence of the four-term Congresswoman from the 50th US State.
Gabbard, a Democrat, who addressed the gathering, however neither confirmed or denied that she is running for president in 2020.

Submitted by magiamma on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 4:16pm

I would work for her

@gjohnsit
have to look into it deeper, but iirc she's pointed in the right direction...

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Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 8:59pm

Why not? I'm in.

@gjohnsit

Submitted by mimi on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 10:58pm

Go girl, I say. She has seen enough to be in the know.../nt

@gjohnsit

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Submitted by lotlizard on Sun, 11/18/2018 - 6:13am

Tulsi Gabbard is what us Hawaiʻi kine folks hoped BHO would be

@gjohnsit
Obama da buggah wase time.

Submitted by mhagle on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 5:46pm

Thanks for the OT art, music, poetry . . .

Been busy lately and not able to spend much time here. It is after 5 CST so many might not see this, but I think I will post a couple of things anyway.

Well . . . it got down too 25 last week. I was pretty sick over the weekend and then my daughter said: "I need you to come with me this week." That's a priority, so I wasn't home when it froze. When I got home I picked in all of the green tomatoes and peppers impacted by the frost. Cleaned them, diced with the food processor, cooked together with onions and spices, and will have 10 quarts to freeze and put in chili. So all is not lost.

Next. "They" want to put a nuclear waste dump in West, Texas. That is the town that the fertilizer plant blew up a few years ago. Populated area. Plus, the waste will travel through all parts of Texas.

And another video that moved me this week. Russell Brand and Dr. Gabor Maté a renowned expert in addiction and trauma - here he is diagnosing Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Obama!

[video:https://youtu.be/rQwP0XRBjq4]

You would probably enjoy the entire podcast that is in the description link.

Russell Brand went from this sort of bad boy to an incredibly insightful interviewer. Dr. Gabor Maté has the best work I have seen on trauma and addiction. I am not done watching his stuff.

Well . . . that's about it. Pretty tired from today's work. Having company for Thanksgiving, and since we have so many frickin beautiful rescue animals, cleaning is a major chore. Sigh.

But I am thankful we have them and they are coming. It's all good.

Best wishes to all of you on Thanksgiving. Gratitude is the most beautiful holiday. Enjoy enjoy your loved ones.

—

Marilyn

"Make dirt, not war." eyo

Submitted by eyo on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 6:42pm

The last tomato

@mhagle thanks, I ate my last fresh tomato yesterday in a bean salad, one of the batch my farmer friend gifted before they left for Oregon. It was off the charts with flavor. She said there was ash on everything in their garden (on Pine Mtn.) before they left, sure there is more now.

I didn't really bake a pie, that was metaphor for side affect of a medicinal remedy. I was probably typing a comment when the bank got robbed. No one got hurt, I'm glad it wasn't the credit union, maybe the walk was too far? lol

Just another day in the neighborhood, per usual the Cadillac downstairs idled for about ten minutes, and the house next door fired up their wood burning stove because of course, it was cold this morning. Really it is just another regular air day around here now, people jogging by, the carpenters across the street working, a regular busy Saturday. I lasted about 10 minutes sweeping my doorway, it is really dry, warmed up to 72F. cough

Love those veggie photos. That vid kinda blew my mind, good one. Heal the world of trauma why not, that would be a nice revolution. g'day

peace toast

Submitted by mhagle on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 8:04pm

wish I could visit you

@eyo

That would be a blast.

Who knows? We are both sort of poor, but who knows? Who knows??

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Marilyn

"Make dirt, not war." eyo

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 9:02pm

May the bounty you give to everyone in your path

@mhagle
return to you in thanksgiving.

Submitted by mimi on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 11:25pm

I am glad that Dr. Gabor Maté acknowledged and

@mhagle @mhagle
realized that Obama suffered as a child and deduct from there. Few were willing to look at this though it was clear to understand for those who were willing and open-eyed enough to do so.

Thanks for that interview. The Obama section of it was excellent. "This guy suffered" ... were Maté's last words of the interview. Right.

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Submitted by lotlizard on Sun, 11/18/2018 - 6:41am

Russell Brand & Gabor Maté—that’s really an insightful exchange!

@mhagle
That’s just how I see it. The Clintons, the Bushes, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, and now Donald Trump all damaged, traumatized souls, all equally okay with crushing the outsider and killing the weak.

However if we believe the media, the celebrities, and the elites, we are all now supposed to adopt Michelle Obama’s view of George W. Bush as a “beautiful, funny, kind, sweet man” . . .
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6388717/Michelle-Obama-reveals-...

. . . while continuing to treat Donald Trump as a horrible ogre because he exposes the system for what it is, which makes it and its other star players and supporting castes look bad.

Submitted by LeChienHarry on Sun, 11/18/2018 - 8:08am

Watched this video. Can't thank you enough. These two are

@mhagle @mhagle good together. The explanations of childhood trauma and cultural trauma are excellent. I had always thought of Obama as privileged, but Gabor makes some good arguments to the contrary.

And the story of Bill Clinton's upbringing is also instructive.

In Europe, many of the glamor boys like Berlusconi, Sarkozy, and others, have a celebrity sheen which belies a more sinister center. The voters seem to like drama, and do get some as a result.

All hell has broken loose in France. Macron is raising taxes which just went into effect on diesel. This is putting more economic pressure on truck drivers and the middle and lower classes, without touching the big fossil fuel producers or big companies who pollute. The little people are being used to supposedly push us all to electric. But the big polluters and fossil fuel extractors, are given a free pass. Sounds like corporate welfare once again.

Again it is the right which is applauding people standing up, while viscerally reacting to something unfair, but having no real narrative for it.

The parties of the left (in disarray) are sympathetic both of the need to deal with use of diesel and consumer fossil fuel for sake of the environment but also with the workers often rural, who have a need to use cars to get to work or to services in a depopulated formerly expansive village network.

My take is that the left should clearly state the urgency of the problems with fossil fuel extraction and use, then go after the extractors and big polluters. Then the central bailed out banks. There is more possibility with multiple parties, but also a lack of will, or focus, or concern about being elected. ((sigh))

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Submitted by randtntx on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 10:24pm

Listening

to the Paganini now. I haven't been listening to classical music lately and realize that I miss it.Thanks to all for the music and art. You all remind me to take some time for that.

I saw that mhagle noted that her temps dipped to 25 and she had to rush to harvest and process the veggies. (The chili sounds good) Our temps dropped to 26 and some plants look as if they did not make it, though I wrapped everything. I guess I will find out in the spring.
Wishing you all good week, I like mhagle's comment that gratitude is the most beautiful holiday, I will try and hold that thought.

Submitted by smiley7 on Sat, 11/17/2018 - 11:18pm

'the shelter of each other," randtntx, yes, glad

you made it this evening.

Submitted by randtntx on Sun, 11/18/2018 - 4:48am

Best to you

@smiley7 glad you had a good day on the mountain.