One of my favorite artists, Andy Goldsworthy, works in a gallery in England, to bring nature into an experience of his art. Thanks Jenny at Salt & Light for sharing on her blog where she visited the gallery!
Questions I filled out for my second visit to the Messina Cancer Center...getting my blood checked out. All is ok for now, no cancer, they reported.
The staff was very friendly. I guess I was most impressed how it felt to be around people with cancer again...the upbeat humor as well as a bit of stress. But mainly a 'caring for each other' attitude.
These were real issues, not the kind created by psychopaths in politics. Of course many people have real issues as a result of the stupidity in politics. I woke up early the other day because I thought of how I'd gladly intervene if I saw ICE acting upon any of the people around me. I'm someone who could easily be interference for the safety of others, without doing much but taking videos or standing in the way. Nobody depends upon me to provide food or shelter for others, while innocent people are being taken away from their families.
Besides, hopefully my standing up for what is right will be another brick in the resistance. However, one doesn't go back to sleep after having these thoughts.
Seen at the check-in counter at Messina Cancer Center.
My job this week is to throw away all those old journals. Who did I think I was? Someone with a life worth reading about by some descendants or another? Pshaw! Let's be realistic!
BUT, I took many photos of the pages I'd written which reflected my life history...just as a summary. Then I woke up today remembering selling my trailer to my girl friend whose husband was going to build their home on their land...and going for 3 months on a cross country trip with my older two sons. Now just when did that happen? My oldest son is a good historian, though he was just 11 at the time.
I haven't found that in my journals yet!
It was quite a snazzy 70s trailer, with sunken living room floor covered in orange shag carpeting. Pretty sure the kitchen appliances were all avocado. And a skylight over the dining area next to the sliding glass door to nowhere. I hope Stephanie Lynn Thornton (who later divorced) enjoyed it while they built their house.
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“Often, the news of the climate crisis paralyzes us with a succession of bad news that makes us feel hopeless imagining everything we’re bound to lose. Push aside that worry for a moment by listing everything that no impending disasters could take away, like the color blue, your fondest memories, or the affectionate protectiveness between parent and child of many species, including our own.”
Jessica Jacobs and Nickole Brown, from their book WRITE it! 100 Poetry Prompts To Inspire
Thanks Katharine Beckett Winship on Substack for the above quote. I no longer am a paying member, but somehow she emailed me one of her posts...and thus I read a bit about her love of the rivers.
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Hello, Barb
ReplyDeleteI am glad your check up was good news. There have been some awful reports on what's happening with ICE now.
Have a great day and happy week ahead.
Good morning. I've recently also become an early bird, probably because I still am going to bed a few hours after the sun sets (and often take naps.) Anyway I just wanted to add that the journal of hand made papers and binding is going to be kept, though I'm cutting out the parts that I wrote on. It's such a beautiful little book.
Delete...cancer has visited 3 members of our family in recent years!
ReplyDeleteThe older we get, or maybe just knowing more older people, I think, gives us more friends and relatives who have cancers. No fun.
DeleteCongrats on the screening result, and good idea to take pics of the more signficant journal entries.
ReplyDeleteMy journals contain lots of venting of emotions, when there wasn't an appropriate person to share them with. So it's a good thing I'm trashing the majority.
DeleteI'm glad you got good results. And I think blogging has often overtaken journal writing. I've never understood writing for yourself, though. To me it's writing to share.
ReplyDeleteYes, I do blog a lot more than I've journaled in the last few years. But journals are more private, kind of like diaries, where I let my hair down so to speak. You never hear half the stories!
DeleteI love Andy Goldsworthy, his whole concept of art and nature. Thanks for the reminder.
ReplyDeleteThe ephemerality of some of his works was amazing also...ice, leaves, sticks. A good reminder of our place in the greater picture.
DeleteLove the new header picture and thanks so much for the video of Andy Goldsworthy. He's always been one of my favorites as well.
ReplyDeleteMy sister kept personal journals her whole life. She specified in her will that they be burned unread. Her oldest granddaughter wanted to read them but her daughter and I said no and put them on the burn pile.
Glad you honored your sister's wishes. It is often tempting to go around them. Goldsworthy is certainly a talent of our times.
DeleteGood news for you from that bloodwork!
ReplyDeleteOn my to do list is to sort through a two drawer file cabinet here by my desk. I know there is stuff to be tossed that no one who comes after me needs to read. It's Death Cleaning but done while living.
I have the 2 drawer filing cabinet, as well as several piles of papers that haven't been filed from the last year (or so.) I start on it, then something much more important comes along, so it's not done! Death Cleaning while Living...you've described it well!
DeleteA good reminder of things that need doing.
ReplyDeleteI got out the envelope of some papers, but haven't updated them. That should also be done. But after Christmas probably...
DeleteRE "These were real issues, not the kind created by psychopaths in politics. Of course many people have real issues as a result of the stupidity in politics."
ReplyDeleteBy FAR the most vital urgent and DEEP understanding everyone needs to gain is that a mafia network of manipulating PSYCHOPATHS are, and always have been, governing big businesses and institutions (eg official medicine, big academia, big tech, big banks, big religions), governments and the world -- the evidence is very solid in front of everyone's "awake" nose: see “The 2 Married Pink Elephants In The Historical Room”... https://www.rolf-hefti.com/covid-19-coronavirus.html
"We’ll sit on the edge of our seats watching made-up tales about psychopathic killers while psychopathic killers rule the world." --- Caitlin Johnstone, Independent Journalist
And psychopaths are typically NOT how Hollywood propaganda movies (or the Wikipedia/WebMD propaganda outlets) have showcased them. And therefore one better RE-learns what a psychopath REALLY is. One'll then know why they exploit/harm everyone, why they want to control everyone and have been creating a new world order/global dictatorship, and many other formerly puzzling things will become very clear.
The official narrative is… “trust official science” and "trust the authorities" but as with these and all other "official narratives" they want you to trust and believe …
“We’ll know our Disinformation Program is complete when everything the American public [and global public] believes is false.” —William Casey, a former CIA director=a leading psychopathic criminal of the genocidal US regime
But global rulership by psychopaths is only ONE part of the equation that makes up the destructive human condition as the cited article above explains.
Without a proper understanding, and full acknowledgment, of the true WHOLE problem and reality, no real constructive LASTING change is possible for humanity.
And if anyone does NOT acknowledge, recognize, and face (either wittingly or unwittingly) the WHOLE truth THEY are helping to prevent this from happening. And so they are "part of the problem" and not part of the solution.
If you have been injected with Covid jabs/bioweapons and are concerned, then verify what batch number you were injected with at https://howbadismybatch.com
"There are large numbers of scientists, doctors, and presstitutes who will sell out truth for money, such as those who describe people dropping dead on a daily basis as “rare” when it it happening all over the vaccinated world." --- Paul Craig Roberts, Ph.D., American economist & former US empire official, in 2024
"Every time people accept a new restriction—mask mandates, digital IDs, cashless payments, 'green' regulations—they reinforce the system and normalize control. Authorities rely on social pressure and fear of consequences to drive compliance. Most individuals don't want conflict, so they follow rules even when they disagree. THIS SILENT MAJORITY ENABLES A SMALL ELITE TO CONTROL BILLIONS. Without MASS OBEDIENCE, digital IDs, CBDCs, and surveillance grids cannot be enforced at scale. The system thrives not just on active co-operation, but on passive acceptance—shrugging off restrictions as inevitable or 'for the greater good'. NON-COMPLIANCE—whether through using cash, rejecting digital IDs, or resisting propaganda—denies elites the participation they need to legitimize their agendas. Ultimately, compliance is the lifeblood of control; RESISTANCE, EVEN IN SMALL ACTS, IS THE ANTIDOTE." --- AI Chat bot in 2025 (https://archive.ph/Wdzsg)
"Don't believe anything these people tell you, ABOUT ANYTHING. It isn't time for a civil war against your neighbors, it is time for a revolution against these hoaxers and thieves." --- Miles Mathis, American author