Toward a World that Works for Everyone
A dear friend who, over the years, has served as a muse of sorts by posing the most thought provoking questions…he sent me a meme. It wasn’t just any meme, either. It was a quote from German historian and philosopher, Hannah Arendt, and it’s appropriate to the world today…but with a few caveats. I agree […]
The designers of the opening ceremonies for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games surely had an agenda in mind, and it seemed primarily to be about drag queens and satanic symbolism (big shocker). Talk about moves and countermoves…last night, Paris very inconveniently went dark. No electricity to the city hosting a long planned global event, except […]
There’s a bunch of reasons to not engage in the Olympics. Not many have the natural talent to participate, much less the resources and dedication required to compete to be the best, fastest, most accurate or skilled athlete in the world. In that way, it can hardly be said that there aren’t other individuals around […]
It’s difficult for me to admit that the Trump who did the J13 rally in Pennsylvania might have been the actual and biological one. I don’t want him to be, because that would shatter what illusions that I might have held about the safety of pretty much anyone on this planet. At the same time, […]
I have to admit that I must surely be in denial that my President could actually be shot. In my heart of hearts, I know that he’s protected. The fact that a bullet came so close to ending the life of one who we see as Donald J Trump…maybe I just can’t wrap my mind […]
I’m having a hard time focusing on or investing in anything of this world that doesn’t have to do with the daily necessaries of life. I’m certainly capable of doing whatever…or I imagine myself to be, anyway. With the knowing that this reality isn’t actually what we might have thought, and that we still don’t […]
As we’re all now inescapably aware, the stories, theories and speculations about what’s actually happening are many and varied. I read a post allegedly made by JFK, Jr. as the current Vice President. The post itself, if made by a credible and unimpeachable source, would certainly be a positive one in that it implies that […]
It does feel like I’m a reporter afield. The feeling of not being home just doesn’t go away. We’re slowly accumulating the things that life requires in this world, all while wanting to skip it all and just get to the part where everything changes so that we don’t have to replace anything at all. […]
Wow…I’ve been barely skimming the surface of actual news since the fire, and it seems the crazy has been ramping up exponentially. I’ll read a headline on the research board, and my revulsion to reading even just those few words keeps me from venturing any further into the story. Certainly not to post any of […]
We’ve been in our new and temporary dwelling for 11 days now, and it’s just so interesting, this process. Expectation can generate anxiety and disappointment, and I actually did anticipate certain perceptual shifting around getting out of hotel life and into an actual house. The thing is that even though certain things have shifted, there’s […]
I bought this lovely bouquet of flowers when we were at that other hotel, because we really needed a lift there. I saved all the rose petals and have them in the glass vase that I got to keep the flowers watered in. Probably something about not wanting to let go of a thing so […]
by Mike Dooley, April 16, 2024, via email Tut.com Today, don’t think or say, “I’m tired,” “I’m hurt,” “I’m angry.” Don’t even think or say, “I’m happy.” Instead, think and say, “I’ve chosen to be tired, hurt, angry.” Or better still, “I’m choosing to be happy.” You don’t get “hit” by feelings, you feel them […]
Where to start…how about by saying it was an accident, and not an attack because of what I post. I’m not much of a target, actually. At this point, four days after the fire, my daughter and I are feeling mostly at peace with the experience. The first two days were brutal, because our home […]
Suzi at renaissance fair Suzi has just replaced her computer, thanks to you, and plans to write an update today. Friday, 3/29/24, note from Catherine: Suzi will do her own update! She is aiming to post it on Saturday, 3/30 Suzi Maresca and her daughter Merinda have just been struck by tragedy. They were at […]
Well, who knows at this point what caused the 4 a.m. spike in cell service outages today? Downdetector.com is reporting outages still in effect as of this writing, late morning on the 22nd day of February. Speculation abounds as to what the cause of this widespread outage is. I still don’t have cell service here […]
