Ken Beldon

When Tyrion killed Tywin on the privy, they decided that no one should ever suffer the same fate without the opportunity to call for help.

Partial quote: "I don't want my children to chase American illusions marketed as American dreams, but I want them to understand why things went wrong. To appreciate everyday miracles and not think them small...." (continued in book THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP, www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com)

"We would love America out of defiance and defy America out of love."

--THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP
www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com

You know you’ve reached a truly unprecedented level of political malpractice when even People Magazine throws shade at you.

Looking at some survey data here. Trump/Elon cutting off all cancer cure research is the issue that freaks voters out more than any other, also the one they've heard the least about. Important for voters to hear more about this.

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Heard Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush sing, “Don’t give up, ‘cause you have friends…” for the 1st time in years.
They want us to feel hopeless and scared and isolated.
Whoever and whatever sings, talks, listens, writes, draws, holds, dances, breathes us back into connection are blessings.

From Rebecca Solnit.

Move slowly and heal things.

Center City Whole Foods workers vote to unionize, becoming first U.S store to do so Philadelphia union organizers say the vote is about more than just higher wages and better benefits. The store is on track to become the first in the U.S. to unionize.

A check on the power of the oligarchs.

Me, waxing rhapsodic about Wonka candy.
Spouse: “Is there a difference between Runts and Nerds?”
Me: (blinking in disbelief)…”Is there a difference between Jupiter and Earth??”
(What happens in a very happy marriage when a chocolate person and a gimme sugar person speak separate languages.) 🍫 🍭

And then I thumb through one of them, and see a note in my mom’s, or her mom’s, handwriting. And full spectrum memories come up.
Yep, I’m keeping the cookbooks with me. 2/2

With the ubiquity of online cooking guidance, and knowing how to make a whole variety of things without recipes, sometimes I wonder if I need my cookbook collection, especially the older ones.
1/2

Brilliant content.
As the account says in its bio, “Everything I didn’t know I needed.”

Fantasy on Fire Middle American grief for California dreams.

New article! I wrote about the California fires, American pop culture, and climate catastrophe grief: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/fantasy-on...

With Philadelphia Macy's closing in Center City, what happens to the Wanamaker Organ and holiday displays? News that the Center City Philadelphia Macy's is closing quickly spurred questions among residents across the region; what would happen to the Eagle statue in the Grand Court?

I so hope they find a way to keep the Wanamaker Organ and the holiday light show going. Such a wonderful part of Philadelphia Christmastime in Center City.