Early each (most) mornings the sun shines on the top of the tallest nearby mountain...let's see, what was its name? Maybe High Windy. If you know better, just let me know!
I was parked on Cherry St. and noticed "The Hop" where they make their own ice cream, including a vegan one.
The porches looked interesting, and I think the one on the left used to be a bar/restaurant kind of place, if I'm not mistaken. After Hurricane Helene many businesses closed because their staff or owners were impacted in their homes by floods or landslides.
Not my photo but going from Old Fort in McDowell County up through the Swannanoa Pass to Black Mountain, Buncombe county, NC.
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I have recently subscribed to a new outlet for news: "The Contrarian" which was recently formed by the journalists who left the Washington Post in opposition to it's owner, Bezos' limiting their voices. Jen Rubin is excellent at interviews. I watched her interview with Ruth Ben-Ghiat about authoritarian governments. It was excellent for knowing how they (Trump's) work, and especially some ways to deal with them. We are to acknowledge that we are the opposition, and what we can do as such. Since I signed on for the free version, I'm about to go ahead and get the paid version, with more information that will help me know what the opposition (my side) is all about.
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Today's art:
I noticed a couple of children's size rockers for resting tourists' feet. These are all painted by local artists and sold by the Chamber of Commerce. Black Mountain is known as "The Little Town That Rocks."
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Today's quote:
Even in the darkest days, the moon and sun make their ancient, reliable journeys. Birds sing. Some green thing insists on growing in a ravaged land. Our own human life force refuses to give up. |
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There are many alternate, independent new sites springing up. We need one strong one wit a big audience.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good thought. I'd like to know what you might have tried. A friend asked if I'd looked into 1440, which is advertised on Facebook. I said no, being skeptical of anything now that Meta is doing.
DeleteYes, AC is right. One strong voice is needed. But as so often happens, the dissent will probably not be able to coalesce as each group will want to be THE voice. This is what happened after the Women's March, and so the impact became diluted.
Delete...enjoy your amaryllis, they are a winter time treat.
ReplyDeleteThis was my first year with a variegated one, and I think I'll go back to pure red next year.
DeleteMeidas comes to mind. Here's a web link, and they have a YT presence. https://meidasnews.com/
DeleteThere is the Palmer Report. If only a big news org would stay strong. It looks like CBS will capitulate in what is a winnable case.
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful mountain scenes and the painted rockers are cute.
You must have a green thumb your plants are beautiful.
Take care, have a great day and a happy weekend.
Thanks, my thumb may be green, but many of my plants die back this time of year. So I was especially surprised to see the amaryllis push out another stalk with a bud on the end!
DeleteThat amaryllis looks like it will be glorious! Pretty how that mountain peak catches the morning light.
ReplyDeleteThat good old mountain will look so nice until the trees outside my window have all their summer leaves on, and then I can't see the other side of the valley for months.
DeleteLike yours, my Christmas amaryllis, after putting on quite a show, has sent up one last bloom stalk.
ReplyDeleteI've never had that happen before, though I'm no expert...but it was kind of nice!
DeleteI've been looking at the Contrarian too and will probably subscribe. We also like The Economist, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and some articles in the New Yorker. Oh, and Heather Richardson's Letters from an American, Robert Reich, and Jess Piper for other substack newsletters.
ReplyDeleteI've dropped a few of these, and not looked at a couple yet. Reading them all is kind of like needing another lifetime to work in parallel to the one I already have. You didn't mention Jay Kuo, who I also enjoy. Robertson Work also writes on substack and has a great history as a writer about compassionate civilization.
DeleteI just was looking at Carolyn Hax's column at the Washington Post. Someone asked about unsubscribing. Carolyn said,
ReplyDelete"Would you like me to list all the talented, dedicated, principled people who are still here? That would be the dullest chat ever.
I am sorry to see Jen Rubin go. I will likely subscribe to the Contrarian, to go with all my other subs, because it is not a zero-sum game. I am in a wait-to-see-what-they're-offering mode. Anyone doing the work in the accountability business is going to need real $ to do it, as we do. Obviously we're nearing peak subscription and few people can afford to carry every fact-accountable source, endangered as we are -- so I'd recommend reading Heather Cox Richardson daily, seeing what sources she relies on, and paying them."
Yes, the Letters from an American newsletter is in my in-box every day. I sometimes skim it when she goes into a lot of history. BUT, I just bought her book Democracy Rising!
DeleteWhat a glorious day you captured!
ReplyDeleteThanks, though these photos took more than a week to compile here! Glad to have you stop by.
DeleteI had wondered where the Washington Post's reporters went.
ReplyDeleteThe amaryllis looks good.
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