Love this one, Blair. I have always had mixed feelings about this holiday, because this country is stolen. The fact that we have to conveniently erase that factoid in order to celebrate has irked me. I also hate fireworks. Or, the noise. It's a simulation of war games, and that just doesn't feel good to me. And, yes, they are beautiful and mesmerizing. I want to do some positive reflections tomorrow, I think it's a great idea. And we have to own all parts of our history, not just the convenient ones, right? May the fifth be with you (not talking about tequila here...I think). xo
May the fifth be with you! Tequila, vodka, or not. It’s so weird how I’ve grown older, all holidays are conflicted, Thanksgiving especially. I appreciate you sharing about fireworks… I had a whole paragraph in here about how they’re just torture agents for dogs, and how if you’ve seen one beautiful firework show you’ve seen them all — but I didn’t want to bring people more down than we already are. Thanks for adding your thoughts, Nan.
I love this reminder not to let anyone take away how much we love our country despite everything going on. Also, as a Star Wars fan-- I've seen all 9 movies and a couple of the spin off series and movies- I love the subversiveness of the message. The rebellion lives- May the force be with you!
Oof it can get really rough. Always a good sign to take a few steps back and regroup. When we're seeing red we're in too close to do anything truly useful anyway.
Thanks, Nancy. I think the background is interesting too...since it could be argued that Thatcher and what's happening now are connected. And regarding the bill. Sigh. It's really over.
Thank you. Your words are filled with much goodness even on dark fear-filled days.
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Love this one, Blair. I have always had mixed feelings about this holiday, because this country is stolen. The fact that we have to conveniently erase that factoid in order to celebrate has irked me. I also hate fireworks. Or, the noise. It's a simulation of war games, and that just doesn't feel good to me. And, yes, they are beautiful and mesmerizing. I want to do some positive reflections tomorrow, I think it's a great idea. And we have to own all parts of our history, not just the convenient ones, right? May the fifth be with you (not talking about tequila here...I think). xo
May the fifth be with you! Tequila, vodka, or not. It’s so weird how I’ve grown older, all holidays are conflicted, Thanksgiving especially. I appreciate you sharing about fireworks… I had a whole paragraph in here about how they’re just torture agents for dogs, and how if you’ve seen one beautiful firework show you’ve seen them all — but I didn’t want to bring people more down than we already are. Thanks for adding your thoughts, Nan.
Oh, I'm so glad I could bring those people down for you, Blair! I aim to please, always. Love to you, sweetie! xo
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Thank you for your active hope!
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I love this reminder not to let anyone take away how much we love our country despite everything going on. Also, as a Star Wars fan-- I've seen all 9 movies and a couple of the spin off series and movies- I love the subversiveness of the message. The rebellion lives- May the force be with you!
Thanks for getting it on all the levels! May the Fourth be with you, Diahann!
I'm really having trouble channeling g my outrage. Maybe that was their aim--make me so outraged that I just give up.
Oof it can get really rough. Always a good sign to take a few steps back and regroup. When we're seeing red we're in too close to do anything truly useful anyway.
I love this. The background info was so interesting. And yes, this Fourth is so out of synch. The Bill passed since you wrote this. Not a surprise.
Thanks, Nancy. I think the background is interesting too...since it could be argued that Thatcher and what's happening now are connected. And regarding the bill. Sigh. It's really over.
It is so scary what's going on. We're toast. The country is toast.
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