“We are the women that our parents warned us against, and we are proud. Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.” - Gloria Steinem
Gordon Parks, Untitled (Malcolm X taking a photo), 1963
weekend of Adagio for Strings, OP. 11, udon spicy, news horrific, The Eleventh Hour, Salman Rushdie, sowing Gaillardia, Bad Bunny thawing side streets, cognitive dissonance
Typical Ozarks forecast - might get 1 to 8 inches of snow and some ice. Or we won’t. Say less.
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“A soothsayer bids you beware the Ides of March.”Shakespeare
Making soup is a gift. The time to make it slowly and bake bread is a gift. The thyme from the garden still grows.
Every dry January - well damn, hot tea is pretty great.
Meanwhile in Infectious Diseases Clinic…
“I am optimistic in the long run. A great man once said that the true symbol of the United States is not the bald eagle. It is the pendulum. And when the pendulum swings too far in one direction it will go back.” - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Currently thankful for: Mid 19th Century Revival architecture frisson peppermint concretes onomatopoeiac sibilance chionophiles
current interests: leaf mold umami cold stratification lexicology food history Winter 1 radioactivity bird migration fermentation
Happiness is seeing your teen in complete joy mode. Blame it on a k-pop concert. But yeah, the crowd was joyful. No worries Gen X, the kids are alright. Music is the anchor and the sail.
Happy Veterans Day! We extend our gratitude to all who serve. See you in the stars, Dad.
Today’s walk was marveling at leaf pigments. Carotenoid and Anthocyanin do not disappoint. Bonus, I get to share a copy of Powers’ The Overstory with a neighbor this week.
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The week so far: 1. Well this did not go as expected. 2. speed bumps, so many speed bumps 3. OFFS 4. Deeply thankful for Halloween candy
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As of this week, there is nobody left on Earth who witnessed this moment live.
Awaiting “all the leaves are brown” season. Garden plants giving up the ghost.
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.” Harry Truman
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.