Flag Day 2025 Peaceful assembly carried the day in America. Small town folks came out in big numbers, energizing each other. We are not alone. Trained men on trained horses in large cities trodding on freedom breeding only contempt for a small man, orange-stained, straining on a gold throne.
Month: October 2025
Indigenous Peoples Day — First People (repost with link to new Martin Panamick information)
image: “Fish”, by Martin Panamick Learn more about Martin Panamick (1956-1977) here. Also, looking for more information on Martin, I found this very interesting journal about him and how he was killed under mysterious circumstances. It’s going to be difficult to write about indigenous people in the North American continent without accompanying guilt and shame….
#SLS repost from 2019 (2nd insect)– Red Mosquito — Pearl Jam (with bonus info at the very end)
Pearl Jam with Jack Irons as drummer I just listened to The Doors sing about a mosquito in Ange’s post and it reminded me of this song by Pearl Jam. I thought I’d written it up before and learned it was for SLS post looking for an animal 6 years or so (time flies!) so…
POPO 2025 — Day 12 — Claws
Claws It is not through the face but the ears with which a cat shows her mood. Pointed forward with purr. Pointed back with tail swish. Eyes can go either way. The beast in her is in her claws.
#SLS — “Firefly” (edited repost of WMM 2024 — Day 1 — Lilli Lewis)
When I saw Jim’s SLS prompt this week, my first thought was Pearl Jam’s exquisitely poignant song, “Given to Fly,” but decided instead to do a repost about Lilli Lewis, whom I first heard on Spotify’s Release Radar, with her song, “Firefly.” I was not able to find lyrics. Lilli Lewis I use my voice…
The Oracle Speaks — Ask a rock why
Ask a rock why. When will they be, forest-haired, singing some stormly sky to lathered light? Diamond-breasted dreamers lust after summer shadow. Sad moon honey crushes ache together, bitter, smelly eggs. Red rain, please recall garden petal dresses, sweet roses moaning with their bare fiddle symphony. Bonus message: play goddess, shine show no ugly rust….
POPO 2025 — Day 11 — Knowing
Knowing Knowing such things happento us, are happening to others,knowing such things are possible,how can we, they, go on withoutdismantling? Many do.If they, we, survive, how?These are questions screamingin our faces right now.
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