screaming the quiet part out loud…
yesterday i was grateful for the authenticity event featuring my twenty something friends, Leah, Apollo, and Kat, among others… Leah’s soulful singing of her original songs was divine…
today i am looking forward to restorative yoga and lunch with Holly…
yesterday i was grateful for yoga, lunch with Holly and the sci-fi reading group…
today i am looking forward to pilates and my work at the cemetery…
yesterday i was grateful for the shearling coat that was my father’s as we demonstrated peacefully in front of Senator Schumer’s offices in the bitter cold…
today i am looking forward to my walk and coffee in my favorite coffee shop…
yesterday i was grateful for the delicious salmon i got in exchange for letting chef Savanna use my carbon steel fry pan to make lobster rolls in the farmer’s market…
today i am looking forward to gathering at Chuck Schumer’s Peekskill office with Holly, Donna and Susan… and to coffee with Karen…
yesterday i was grateful for an afternoon with a good book, my wife, the dogs, the cat and the fireplace…
today i am looking forward to hunkering down in a manner similar to yesterday, while the storm churns outside…
yesterday i was grateful for a candlelight dinner with my wife, featuring crab cake mac and cheese, roasted brussels sprouts, and a really nice vouvray wine…
today i am looking forward to the winter storm barreling towards us… may it be a last gasp of winter…
yesterday i was grateful for restorative yoga and a slice of pizza…
today i am looking forward to valentine’s day dinner with my wife, featuring crab cake mac n cheese and a nice bottle of wine…
yesterday i was grateful for a good conversation with my mom…
today i am looking forward to restorative yoga and a slice of pizza…
it’s early days, but i have not, so far, been affected by the machinations in Washington… i don’t know anyone who has, beyond the fear of what might happen… have you been affected?… or do you know anyone that has?… i want to hear your stories…
yesterday i was grateful for a quiet afternoon of reading by the fireplace…
today i am looking forward to pilates with Tessa…
yesterday i was grateful for a really relaxing while invigorating yoga class with Ann…
today i am looking forward to lunch with my wife and in person photo salon…
and this…
February 9, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson
The people who think that bearing arms is central to maintaining American rights are the same people who tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election by storming the United States Capitol because they do not command the votes to put their policies in place through the exercise of law outlined in the U.S. Constitution.
this…
February 9, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson
On Friday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order “protecting Second Amendment rights.” The order calls for Attorney General Pam Bondi to examine all gun regulations in the U.S. to make sure they don’t infringe on any citizen’s right to bear arms. The executive order says that the Second Amendment “is foundational to maintaining all other rights held by Americans.”
yesterday i was grateful for the exercise i got shoveling snow and watching the super bowl with my brother, even if it was a blowout…
today i am looking forward to getting my nails painted red for valentine’s day…
In trying times like these, sharing your story is your superpower. Policies are abstract until they have a human face. Show people (rather than tell them) why changes are bad (or good) for the health of Americans and our country. The collection of stories and experiences helps to demand a response from and hold our elected leaders accountable.
yesterday i was grateful for freshly laundered bedding…
today i am looking forward to making chili and watching the super bowl with my brother…
currently in our forecast… nearly 3’ of snow over the next 8 days… it’s been years since we had that kind of snow…
yesterday i was grateful for a night out with my wife, attending the literary open mic, LitLit, and the friends i ran into there…
today i am looking forward to household chores and the beginning of a big snowstorm…
my coping strategies, updated and refined…
coping strategies - smbk - Obsidian Publish
i want, as much as possible, to disengage from the patriarchy, capitalism, materialism and commercialism… short of societal collapse, these isms won’t disappear in my lifetime, but i can behave in a way that doesn’t center them… instead i can center the people i deal with and their happiness… i keep my engagement local as much as possible… i pursue a gift oriented economy as much as possible…
yesterday i was grateful for feeling better and the snow…
today i am looking forward to a quiet day at home with wife, dogs and kitty…
yesterday i was grateful for coffee in my favorite coffee shop and a productive afternoon with my colleagues at the cemetery…
today i am looking forward to snow and a good book by the fireplace…
say what?…
February 4, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Stunningly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced today that the U.S. has made a deal with El Salvador to send deportees of any nationality—including U.S. citizens, which would be wildly unconstitutional—for imprisonment in that nation’s 40,000-person Terrorism Confinement Center, for a fee that would pay for El Salvador’s prison system.
say what?…
February 4, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson
In yet another bombshell, after meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump told reporters tonight that the U.S. “will take over the Gaza Strip,” and suggested sending troops to make that happen.