LOVE the nest with your horses's hair woven in. Beats the heck out of those horse hair jewelry momentos us horse folks buy/make after our heart horses die.
as for the socks - well Joe Pug has already woven No Kings and need for feet into his lovely Nation of Heat song (p.s. it is due time Neko Case appeared on his podcast, IMHO)
Outside the train station there's a bold painted sign
It says try to be patient don't forget to choose sides
We got the loudest explosions you ever heard
We got two dollar soldiers and ten dollar words
If I didn't own boots [socks ;-)] I wouldn't need feet
ah, wonderful. I wil be in my No Kings city, and today there will be no news allowed for preservation of my life. I will visit my cousin's lush farm, with 2 new fillies, watch them frolic and kick up their soft new heels, jumping purely for joy. I will listen to 'I'm an Animal' Thank you
I love the cat socks. I have 20 or more pairs of cat socks myself. (Only two feet as well, but I hate doing laundry, so I have enough socks to get me through many months.)
Baby wild turkeys are so cute. I saw them on Shelter Island one summer.
I lived in rural southern NH (Mason) for close to 20 years; your descriptions bring back great memories. Old nests, horse farms and, oh, the turkeys!!! I was certain that there were way-more turkeys then people in Mason NH, and that was a BIG plus! If we went down to a few of the water holes this time of year you had to be on the lookout for turkey nests, and if you did momma wasn't backing off protecting her brood and you went somewhere else! No negotiation!
The other memory was the horse properties. At least 1/2 the residents had horses, and I was especially fond of the smells driving the dirt roads (80% of the town were dirt) in the spring, coming around a bend and getting the first scent of a horse farm. You came to memorize where they all were. One paddock faced right up on the road and if the top half of the paddock doors were open you were likely to see the heads of two huge Belgians' sticking out. Scared the shit out of me the first few times. Then, coming home from a local farmer's market one day, I saw them hanging out, stopped, and "donated" 10lbs of carrots I had just bought. Made friends for life!
Cal Anderson Park- 11 am, then a march to Seattle Center. Be there if you care.
You have bindweed out there, too? I thought that was just a PNW thing! Oh well... The price of liberty is eternal weeding, as Wendell Phillips almost said.
With everyone marching and gathering in spirit. I’ll be listening to bird song. We know there are four different types of birds’ nests in our yard. Can’t wait to see my old grey hairs entwined in them like last year’s!
Black Water. Brings me right smack back to 1975. Seemed tumultuous then to me, growing up in Detroit. We were still reeling from Watergate. I can hardly believe this is the same lifetime. It's certainly not the same country.
Periodic necessary reminder: Big a problem as Trump is, the Republican Party, politicians and voters both, are a much bigger one and has been such for decades (depending how one counts, going back to ca the 1880s).
Gotta vote, gotta vote them out of power, then purge the national Democratic Party. Not a complex plan at all, even if events make it look so.
Another reminder: If we’re to get out of the disaster we’re living it in, it’s going to be a bottom up project. No one’s going to save us. We’ll rescue or no one will.
We should always welcome the opinions of everyone. How else will we see our flaws. I was near Tampa, but decided to ask questions about who was organizing the protests before observing. It was shocking to find that the 50501 organization, meaning 50 States, 50 Protests, 1 day, is being funded by socialist groups, which once funded Bernie Sanders presidential election efforts. I immediately harkened back to my polysci profs words. "Socialist gather the production with the intention to distribute it evenly to all persons, but they never do." Turns out that it has something to do with the best person(s) to distribute wealth are the ones that earn it. Yes abuse can take place, but for the most part they don't waste it. I asked a number of protesters if they were aware of this. None of them were. One person,fell back stunned, as a ghostly white sheet came over them. I find it very curious that the media did not revel this.
Every representative party seems to go to the extreme, and the other party gets to answer with another. I'm no fan of Bill Clinton, though I did vote for him the first time, but he got a measure passed that required all bills be aligned to the associated government department. Meaning bills to fund the national parks would be handled by the interior department. This would have eliminated earmarks that have led to the wild spending now being rained in. However the supreme court shot it down.
So MMT doesn’t exist and our sociopathic wealthy masters will bring back the New Deal?
You know Objectivism (which is what is implied in your reply) is unworkable BS?
Or am I missing something? Certainly looks like you think the answer is in a nonexistent monied class — people who believe in a noblesse oblige beyond slapping their names on buildings — as opposed to the monied class we have.
Yes I subscribe to a system of freewill. Though, Rand's notion of objectivism seems a little to edgy for me. Essense is derived from reality as we know it, and percieved in the moment. Rarely do we have time to contemplate the hungry tigers prefered menu. Is not the alternative to objectivism a subjective existence. I wouldn't think of eliminating taxation, and depending on the idealism of the noblese. Though this billionaire rant is way to misguided. Of the top ten wealthiest families who donated to the 2020 presidential election zero were republicans. Only one billionaire doner was so listed in the 2024 election. We all know who that is. The billionaires want government to subsidize their subjects with government programs, rather than taking responsibility for providing a working system. ie...healthcare. This is our systems failure. Another missed point is that all of the oligarch's have first entered government before becoming wealthy, and rely on controlling and corrupting the government to maintain their profit structure. Billionaire's still have to try and influence government from a more transparent external position after succeeding, and still deal with open market realities. Listen to Elvira Bary, a Russian born authors discussion on this. She tells it from both sides.
The mesopotamians, greeks, romans, and every king after them printed currency as needed, based on silver and gold reserves. We have no gold standard today. Are you suggesting MMT is an open fiat. If not so, what's to limit the transfer of our wealth to outside interests, while the down trodden in our country suffer unknowingly. We rely on the inherent review of duality in our political parties. The monied interest exist on both sides, and it is kept in check by a knowledgeable class free from the subjective interests of tyrants. This is why we are having this discussion, and Neko is great for letting us. She expounds dialog without hate, though I have to say my hatred for Mark David Chapman (John Lennon's killer) has not wained. Let every one have there say.
1.) This is the beautiful post I needed this week. Thank you from the bottom of my tired heart.
2.) The Nest is so beautiful. I’ve never had horses, but I love them so much. I can only imagine the joy and heart ache of finding it. Nature is extraordinary.
3.) I recently also had a run in with a fierce mama turkey near my home. I saw the baby run across our path into the bushes, so I knew I was near a nest. Then Mama came for us! Valiantly defending her baby, flapping her wings, flying into the air, letting us know, we were in her house. It was startling but so amazing. My friend and I paused, backed away, gave space and they both disappeared into the brush.
Thank you as always for your posts. They mean so much to us.
That was a beautiful description of a walk in the farm. Such a contrast to the loud and angry world we must inhabit. Sad and beautiful. Angry and kind. What a world.
The nest brought tears to my eyes - it is so beautiful.
Doobie Brothers songs are on all the airwaives here since it is their 50th anniversary.
You could make one sock into a fingerless glove and don all three at once.
We are bringing Darryn to her first protest on Saturday.
There is hope and beauty everywhere, we need to keep fighting for it.
Choppy statements but heartfelt.
Snuggle that Darryn for me! xo!
Will do!
Brilliant.
LOVE the nest with your horses's hair woven in. Beats the heck out of those horse hair jewelry momentos us horse folks buy/make after our heart horses die.
as for the socks - well Joe Pug has already woven No Kings and need for feet into his lovely Nation of Heat song (p.s. it is due time Neko Case appeared on his podcast, IMHO)
Outside the train station there's a bold painted sign
It says try to be patient don't forget to choose sides
We got the loudest explosions you ever heard
We got two dollar soldiers and ten dollar words
If I didn't own boots [socks ;-)] I wouldn't need feet
I come from the nation of heat
Peace
ah, wonderful. I wil be in my No Kings city, and today there will be no news allowed for preservation of my life. I will visit my cousin's lush farm, with 2 new fillies, watch them frolic and kick up their soft new heels, jumping purely for joy. I will listen to 'I'm an Animal' Thank you
I love the cat socks. I have 20 or more pairs of cat socks myself. (Only two feet as well, but I hate doing laundry, so I have enough socks to get me through many months.)
Baby wild turkeys are so cute. I saw them on Shelter Island one summer.
You had me at '20 or more pairs of cat socks'...☺️😺
My wife Jenny and I send our collective good will to you and all the good people in the country I know is still there .
Stay safe.
I had a flashback to myself riding my bike to school singing this new music by Doobie Brothers, oh blackwater 🎶🎶
That would be 1973ish.
It is good to hear the critters are happy and loving life, it's cold here and I'm down with the cold bug
Viva cat 🧦 😺
That nest is amazing...and I just LOVE those cat socks...sooooo cool!💜
I lived in rural southern NH (Mason) for close to 20 years; your descriptions bring back great memories. Old nests, horse farms and, oh, the turkeys!!! I was certain that there were way-more turkeys then people in Mason NH, and that was a BIG plus! If we went down to a few of the water holes this time of year you had to be on the lookout for turkey nests, and if you did momma wasn't backing off protecting her brood and you went somewhere else! No negotiation!
The other memory was the horse properties. At least 1/2 the residents had horses, and I was especially fond of the smells driving the dirt roads (80% of the town were dirt) in the spring, coming around a bend and getting the first scent of a horse farm. You came to memorize where they all were. One paddock faced right up on the road and if the top half of the paddock doors were open you were likely to see the heads of two huge Belgians' sticking out. Scared the shit out of me the first few times. Then, coming home from a local farmer's market one day, I saw them hanging out, stopped, and "donated" 10lbs of carrots I had just bought. Made friends for life!
Cal Anderson Park- 11 am, then a march to Seattle Center. Be there if you care.
Peace, Love, and Power to the People!
You have bindweed out there, too? I thought that was just a PNW thing! Oh well... The price of liberty is eternal weeding, as Wendell Phillips almost said.
Greetings from Colorado where I can assure you that bindweed is EVERYWHERE. 😫
With everyone marching and gathering in spirit. I’ll be listening to bird song. We know there are four different types of birds’ nests in our yard. Can’t wait to see my old grey hairs entwined in them like last year’s!
The humblest bird's nest is beautiful. Gracias.
Black Water. Brings me right smack back to 1975. Seemed tumultuous then to me, growing up in Detroit. We were still reeling from Watergate. I can hardly believe this is the same lifetime. It's certainly not the same country.
There was a guy on my middle school bus who could get the entire bus doing Black Water in rounds. That song marks a moment in time for me too.
Thanks for painting your nature walk for us - lovely, vivid and inspiring as always .
Periodic necessary reminder: Big a problem as Trump is, the Republican Party, politicians and voters both, are a much bigger one and has been such for decades (depending how one counts, going back to ca the 1880s).
Gotta vote, gotta vote them out of power, then purge the national Democratic Party. Not a complex plan at all, even if events make it look so.
Another reminder: If we’re to get out of the disaster we’re living it in, it’s going to be a bottom up project. No one’s going to save us. We’ll rescue or no one will.
We should always welcome the opinions of everyone. How else will we see our flaws. I was near Tampa, but decided to ask questions about who was organizing the protests before observing. It was shocking to find that the 50501 organization, meaning 50 States, 50 Protests, 1 day, is being funded by socialist groups, which once funded Bernie Sanders presidential election efforts. I immediately harkened back to my polysci profs words. "Socialist gather the production with the intention to distribute it evenly to all persons, but they never do." Turns out that it has something to do with the best person(s) to distribute wealth are the ones that earn it. Yes abuse can take place, but for the most part they don't waste it. I asked a number of protesters if they were aware of this. None of them were. One person,fell back stunned, as a ghostly white sheet came over them. I find it very curious that the media did not revel this.
Every representative party seems to go to the extreme, and the other party gets to answer with another. I'm no fan of Bill Clinton, though I did vote for him the first time, but he got a measure passed that required all bills be aligned to the associated government department. Meaning bills to fund the national parks would be handled by the interior department. This would have eliminated earmarks that have led to the wild spending now being rained in. However the supreme court shot it down.
So MMT doesn’t exist and our sociopathic wealthy masters will bring back the New Deal?
You know Objectivism (which is what is implied in your reply) is unworkable BS?
Or am I missing something? Certainly looks like you think the answer is in a nonexistent monied class — people who believe in a noblesse oblige beyond slapping their names on buildings — as opposed to the monied class we have.
Yes I subscribe to a system of freewill. Though, Rand's notion of objectivism seems a little to edgy for me. Essense is derived from reality as we know it, and percieved in the moment. Rarely do we have time to contemplate the hungry tigers prefered menu. Is not the alternative to objectivism a subjective existence. I wouldn't think of eliminating taxation, and depending on the idealism of the noblese. Though this billionaire rant is way to misguided. Of the top ten wealthiest families who donated to the 2020 presidential election zero were republicans. Only one billionaire doner was so listed in the 2024 election. We all know who that is. The billionaires want government to subsidize their subjects with government programs, rather than taking responsibility for providing a working system. ie...healthcare. This is our systems failure. Another missed point is that all of the oligarch's have first entered government before becoming wealthy, and rely on controlling and corrupting the government to maintain their profit structure. Billionaire's still have to try and influence government from a more transparent external position after succeeding, and still deal with open market realities. Listen to Elvira Bary, a Russian born authors discussion on this. She tells it from both sides.
The mesopotamians, greeks, romans, and every king after them printed currency as needed, based on silver and gold reserves. We have no gold standard today. Are you suggesting MMT is an open fiat. If not so, what's to limit the transfer of our wealth to outside interests, while the down trodden in our country suffer unknowingly. We rely on the inherent review of duality in our political parties. The monied interest exist on both sides, and it is kept in check by a knowledgeable class free from the subjective interests of tyrants. This is why we are having this discussion, and Neko is great for letting us. She expounds dialog without hate, though I have to say my hatred for Mark David Chapman (John Lennon's killer) has not wained. Let every one have there say.
How do you think the nation is made good again?
And by good, I mean better and more progressive than the 1880s—1933?
I love that Coco has fully healed. Good thoughts your way, Neko.
1.) This is the beautiful post I needed this week. Thank you from the bottom of my tired heart.
2.) The Nest is so beautiful. I’ve never had horses, but I love them so much. I can only imagine the joy and heart ache of finding it. Nature is extraordinary.
3.) I recently also had a run in with a fierce mama turkey near my home. I saw the baby run across our path into the bushes, so I knew I was near a nest. Then Mama came for us! Valiantly defending her baby, flapping her wings, flying into the air, letting us know, we were in her house. It was startling but so amazing. My friend and I paused, backed away, gave space and they both disappeared into the brush.
Thank you as always for your posts. They mean so much to us.
Ps. Lastly, No Fucking Kings! 👊🏻
That was a beautiful description of a walk in the farm. Such a contrast to the loud and angry world we must inhabit. Sad and beautiful. Angry and kind. What a world.