five words that made my day… “your dress is so pretty”… delivered by a young woman passing by… nothing quite like the feeling of being appreciated for my fashion choices… it happens a lot… mostly women, but men too…
i have the sense that my willingness to be an anomaly on the street brings a smile to a lot of people’s faces… it coordinates with my feeling that one can quietly have positive impact on people and society… in subtle ways… just by being a positive presence…
i have gotten to know a young woman on Bainbridge Island, WA… her name is Ella… on my last day she gave me a card suggesting that we should become pen pals and that she hoped i would continue to be “unapologetically me”… i am sure that was an appreciation of my happy feminine presentation…
my mother, who claims she doesn’t understand my desire/need to present femininely, seems to enjoy having a more traditionally feminine presence in one of her children… “feminine mystique” is not my sister’s bag… it is my bag… mom and i shared fashion magazines and clothing catalogs… she wanted to get her nails done with me, but the salon i wanted to go to wasn’t open… i love this new relationship with my mother…
Heather Cox Richardson 09-03-25
Today President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War,
as Donald Trump was running for president i said that he would be an authoritarian and that he would get aggressive towards our north and south neighbors…
Heather Cox Richardson 09-03-25
after being stymied by the courts for its actions at home, the administration yesterday announced it had blown up a boat in international waters in the Caribbean with eleven people on it, alleging the boat was carrying illegal drugs to the United States from Venezuela.
and, it appears we are threatening military action against Venezuela…
Trump plays down possible regime change in Venezuela; US deploys stealth fighter jets | Reuters
The Trump administration has ordered the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter jets to a Puerto Rico airfield to conduct operations against drug cartels, sources told Reuters on Friday.
The new deployment comes on top of an already bristling U.S. military presence in the southern Caribbean as Trump carries out a campaign pledge to crack down on groups funneling drugs into the United States.
the planet spins… shit happens… life goes on, or doesn’t… as it does, i plan a day of domestic goddess activities… laundry, vacuuming, kitchen reorganization, errand running… i work on spreading my feminine joy… i have control over my feminine joy and its expression… i have lots of evidence it is helping people around me… be themselves… find their own joy… express it…
