… it’s not possible to know all the ways we impact those around us… we can only know if we behaved with honesty, integrity, and compassion… if we have done that most of the time, then our impact will be significant, even if we don’t know it…

Last night around rhe Todd Rundgren Concert there was a man from Amsterdam, or was it Copenhagen?… we chatted before concert began… he said Europeans are astonished our election is so close… i told him 50% of Americans are too…

Hoping the rumors dems are slipping in blue wall states are intended to energize the dem base…

October 21, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson(https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-21-2024)

… the line between democracy and fascism was not wealth, or education, or race, or age, or nationality. “Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi,” she wrote… “But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis,” she wrote. “Those who haven’t anything in them to tell them what they like and what they don’t—whether it is breeding, or happiness, or wisdom, or a code, however old-fashioned or however modern, go Nazi.”

Night Of The Living Dead checked off our horror film watch list…

Just finished watching The Mist… wow!… that was thought provoking apocalyptic horror… Marcia Gay Harden brilliant in role of religious zealot.

I like your dress,

… says the trans woman behind the vegetables at the farmers market. I have had this knee length sweater dress for almost a year now and this is the first time anyone read it as a dress. Most people take the less discordant view that it is a tunic. It’s the small things that can make us happiest.

Awesome lunchbox for Halloween!…

Metal lunch boxes in a store window. White box with “Human Organ For Transplant” in red letters stands out in the lower left.

From this morning…

Key food supermarket sign in background, white car bathed in yellow security lighting in foreground, compacted cardboard recycling in mid ground. Vintage photo effects applied.

A good time was had by all…

Overflowing street garbage can with vintage photo effects applied.

Cue Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein.

The new diggs of my favorite coffee shop… i understand we will be moving in before end of year.

Interior of a coffee shop space nearing completion. Blond wood strip flooring and cabinetry.

Selfie from this morning…

Selfie in a tv screen in a shop window.

From this morning…

Political banner for Kirsten Gillibrand on a chain link fence illuminated by a streetlight.

What inflation?…

Sunoco gas station price sign. Cash price for regular gas is $3.03 9/10. The shot looks up from base of sign with wide angle.

… there are stations in and around Beacon where the price of gas is below $3…

From this morning…

Arched doorway illuminated by entrance light which spills out onto sidewalk and street. The image has an Edward Hopper vibe.

Warning!

Street scene illuminated by streetlights. A sign on the left warns people not to park if they don’t live in the building. building corner to the right of the frame.

From this morning’s walk…

Yellow wire mesh table and chairs in window of a restaurant.

The interior of a local bar and restaurant in early morning… take n this am.

Interior of a restaurant decorated in a french bistro style. Early morning.

From this morning…

2 Halloween pumpkins illuminated by streetlights.

Parking lot, baled cardboard, fence, building and silhouetted mountains in the distance.

Ron English artwork on side of building. A muscular baby prepared for a fight floating in the clouds like a superhero.

From this morning’s walk…

Skeleton in a front yard illuminated by lights from left side.

Light from a doorway spills across a sidewalk from left to right.

A wrought iron fence casts a shadow on the sidewalk from left to right. The fence has clef curves and spear points.

… have a good day!

Headshot of a trans person wearing black headband, black top, thick green crystal frames and lipstick.

OF ALL THE chapters for this book, this one was the most difficult to write. When I talked with friends and acquaintances about self-love I was surprised to see how many of us feel troubled by the notion, as though the very idea implies too much narcissism or selfishness. We all need to rid ourselves of misguided notions about self-love. We need to stop fearfully equating it with self-centeredness and selfishness. (bell hooks, All About Love)

… self love has been a key component of my trans-feminine shift… i love my feminine self… not selfish or self-centered, but a coming home to myself…

From this morning’s walk…

Early morning sky above a house and utility pole.

Bench at the corner of a building illuminated by security light. Temporary traffic barrier to the left of bench also illuminated by security light.

Shirt with two big fishes on it. Left side fish swims up and right side fish swims down.

October 13, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson

“He is the most dangerous person ever. I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he’s a total fascist. He is now the most dangerous person to this country…a fascist to the core.”  (former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley)

… apart from those who understand and want fascism, and they are not an insignificant number, does anyone embracing Trump really understand what they will get if he is elected?…

From this morning’s walk…

tree branch and leaves, wires connecting to a building, some in silhouette, some illuminated by building security light.

utility pole and wires framed by tree on the right and building top corner on the left, pole illuminated by streetlight above mounted on the pole but not visible in photograph.

office chair tipped over on sidewalk and illuminated by building security light.