Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Four of today’s selections are from 2020 or 2021, which is pretty unusual. The 2021 ones may be contenders for the end of 2022 best of list, as they were watched too late for 2021 list. Every Breath You Take (2021) original title, “You Belong to Me”…
Month: January 2022
dVerse — Quadrille Monday #143 — Breathe
Rising, skeleton grey against white winter weak bulb, appetites spring. Memory’s green sprouting raiment soon-kept promise – songs on birdwing. To blue drowns, tickles toes and sands as tired bellies flop jumbo towels. Then orange, now brown clowns skip; seasonal powders circled; muse’ fragrant palettes. top image: “Four Seasons,” by Yvonne You De Jackson (aka…
Indian Child Welfare
image link I’ve been thinking about the overview video I watched yesterday from Turtle Talk. I took a few notes as I listened and hope I got everything straight as I wrote it down. My notes: In 1978, the US Federal Government enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA.) At that time 1/3 of Indian…
Doodads — Bird Sunday
It’s been a sunny but very cold day, with bitter winds. Sitting inside in the warm on a cushy couch, I was able to snap a few pictures of birds that variously perched in one of the apple trees while waiting their turns at the bird feeders. The way they fluffed up shows you how…
Fletcher, Fort, and Singel: “Defending the Indian Child Welfare Act” — Turtle Talk
For anyone interested in learning more about the mission and activities of the Michigan State University’s Indigenous Law & Policy Center, this one-hour video gives you a very good look at who they are and what they do. It’s important. The issues span generations and across the United States. Indian Child Welfare Matters! If you…
Book Review — _In Cold Blood_, by Truman Capote
We all have our souls and we all have facades and then there’s something in between that makes us function as people. That’s what I have the ability to communicate. –Truman Capote, in the introduction to, In Cold Blood. Truman then proceeds to do just that. He meticulously details each of the Clutter Family members…
TSM 193 — Annointed
“James Dean playing the bongos, NYC, 1955. Photographed by Dennis Stock ” Celluloid flutters far away grooves deepen on this sunny day No ivory tickles needed When steady muse heartbeat heeded Smoke curls, blue, lazy, upward rise Windless rapture behind closed eyes Bongo trio passes the joint Lubricated, our smiles annoint Carrie is today’s host…
Tao Talk 