My phone keeps reminding me by showing photos of myself from the early days of December 2019 that the ebb and flow of human activity was normal back then.
I always appreciate how clearly & honestly you write, and your excellent choices of visual imagery (some so apt I gasp a bit at my computer). It's such a gift to find open, unforced and again honest writing about sadness, loss, anger and health in this present moment. (I mean health in the sense of one's own personal health experiences, not the cult of "I'm So Healthy!!" living). Cheers.
I wish, here in the twilight of our lives, we could find a way to train our young folks in the ways of liberalism. Here in the US the oligarchy has stigmatized the term, often accusing colleges and universities of providing "liberal" education. Should any publication dare to publish the truth of a matter it will be accused of being "liberal". The obscenely wealthy find liberalism to be a threat, and indeed it is. We in the states can not have low or no cost healthcare because the morbidly wealthy preach bs about the taxes needed to fund the program, knowing full well the cost of healthcare to average Americans is WAY more than taxes to fund the program would be. Not to mention the loss of millions (billions?) to the hospitals and insurance companies they own. The capitalist Republicans have taken away a child care tax exemption and thrown millions of families with children into poverty. Universities charge extreme tuition and finance companies charge extreme interest forcing the educated into lifetimes of debt. Again, obscenely rich Republicans (capitalists) fight against any relief for the indebted lest their banks loose money on the loans. Consolidated business are taking over entire marketplaces, driving up prices on food and housing blaming inflation where none exists tossing millions into the street. It's to hell in a hand basket for this country, doesn't matter who the next elected (or not) president is as long as the obscenely rich 1 % capitalists run the country. Fascism or Democracy doesn't really matter. Without social safety nets, affordable housing and healthcare, some form of a welfare state. Things that made our country great. FDR began the welfare state in the '40s and LBJ capped off the welfare state and human rights. Capitalists have chipped and chipped away at all of these things, even making it harder to vote for some, to fight the wrongs done to them.
Back to my point. It's really up to the young to save our country. And man do they have their work cut out for them. It was done once by what I call "The Greatest Generation" and that is not without reason.
I always appreciate how clearly & honestly you write, and your excellent choices of visual imagery (some so apt I gasp a bit at my computer). It's such a gift to find open, unforced and again honest writing about sadness, loss, anger and health in this present moment. (I mean health in the sense of one's own personal health experiences, not the cult of "I'm So Healthy!!" living). Cheers.
Thanks JM.
I wish, here in the twilight of our lives, we could find a way to train our young folks in the ways of liberalism. Here in the US the oligarchy has stigmatized the term, often accusing colleges and universities of providing "liberal" education. Should any publication dare to publish the truth of a matter it will be accused of being "liberal". The obscenely wealthy find liberalism to be a threat, and indeed it is. We in the states can not have low or no cost healthcare because the morbidly wealthy preach bs about the taxes needed to fund the program, knowing full well the cost of healthcare to average Americans is WAY more than taxes to fund the program would be. Not to mention the loss of millions (billions?) to the hospitals and insurance companies they own. The capitalist Republicans have taken away a child care tax exemption and thrown millions of families with children into poverty. Universities charge extreme tuition and finance companies charge extreme interest forcing the educated into lifetimes of debt. Again, obscenely rich Republicans (capitalists) fight against any relief for the indebted lest their banks loose money on the loans. Consolidated business are taking over entire marketplaces, driving up prices on food and housing blaming inflation where none exists tossing millions into the street. It's to hell in a hand basket for this country, doesn't matter who the next elected (or not) president is as long as the obscenely rich 1 % capitalists run the country. Fascism or Democracy doesn't really matter. Without social safety nets, affordable housing and healthcare, some form of a welfare state. Things that made our country great. FDR began the welfare state in the '40s and LBJ capped off the welfare state and human rights. Capitalists have chipped and chipped away at all of these things, even making it harder to vote for some, to fight the wrongs done to them.
Back to my point. It's really up to the young to save our country. And man do they have their work cut out for them. It was done once by what I call "The Greatest Generation" and that is not without reason.
Is it JM?