American Indian Boarding School in the 1800’s BoardersA string of stolen children, scared, confused, snake, capped with flying penguins.Led to stools, stripped, dusted,and shaved, paving the way:institutional erasure.Sacked, sad, desked, rapped,slapped — and worse.So much worse. Unwilling orphans cry for parents.Unheard pleas echo lifetimes. From the Law Librarians of Congress website: In 2021, Canada passed…
Month: September 2024
POPO2024 Day 30
A hummingbird just cruised by,looking for last year’s sulfur cosmos.It strikes me that she hasa food supply memory.Sorry, little lady, not yet;but come back next weekand fill your wee belly.
POPO2024 Day 29
Is there anything more relaxingwhen the mind starts to racethan the coo of mourning dovein duet with a purring cat?Two worlds, synchronized;one moment, this momentas I drink first cuppajoe,windows open, looking outon plants that have bloomed,those about to, and the growingnumber of golf ball-sized tomatoes.
Doodads — tomato, prickly pear propagation, fermenting, witch hazel, oh my
There are still pics from Tuesday at fmg but they will have to wait. Instead, the focus of this post will be tomatoes, prickly pear propagation, more fermentation, and status of the witch hazel bushes. Tomatoes It’s been an ongoing experiment with the purple reign tomatoes. The reviews that said they produced dwarf tomatoes is…
POPO2024 Day 28
The wild has beenbred out of us;the part that recognizessoul huntersthen flees or fightsto see tomorrow’s light.Yet the urges remain,to rationalize then actin dark savage ways.We pad plush cagesin domesticities’ days,but under cast moonsprowl forests,blood in our hearts,seeking prey.
Friday Favorite Feature 47 — Carter Vintage Guitars YouTube Channel
cartoon by Marcus Connor(https://www.brainlesstales.com/about) Happy Friday Everyone! This one’s going to be short and sweet. Not sure what I was surfing for but I came across this YT channel and now I’m hooked. Carter Vintage Guitars has a set-up kinda sorta like Little Desk Concerts, yet it is distinctly different. It focuses on vintage guitars…
POPO2024 Day 27
It’s Friday again?Fridays fly like cardsshuffled by a card shark.(TGIF days are gone.)I meet them withdisappointmentat my terminalprocrastination.
Tao Talk 