🤭 Grudgingly Corporeal

A rocky path leading to a cliff with a little puddle with gathered rainwater. On the left an almost bare tree, her roots leading towards the path. Fallen leaves scattered everywhere. In the distance tree filled hills with some mist hanging above. The sky is grey.

Wishing you a wonderful Sunday, or what's left of it ☺️.

#photography #nature #landscape #stunday #EastCoastKin #ardennes #herou

"Kyoto --
falling straight down
the first winter rain" Issa Kobayashi

(image: rain in Kiyomizu temple, Takeji Asano)

Am I the only one who really wishes dogs could talk?

No.

Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.

My response ⬇️

Let’s begin our Sunday morning with a positive and uplifting vibe

Music is Power

What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow

Thanks for recognizing the power of field recordings and the music of our ancestors-pure and unadulterated.

"A person with dementia deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. This is measured in little acts of kindness. Ask him to help with daily activities. Help him develop ways to compensate for changing abilities. Be patient when he takes more time than usual. Offer appreciation and praise for the job he is doing. Kindness is a language everyone speaks... and everyone understands." ~ MaryAnne

Small acts of kindness measure our caregiving.

#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving #kindess #quote

And yes, I know I'm guilty of this myself. But I'm making a concerted effort to stop. And I hope you'll consider joining me. We're all human beings just doing the best we can. Give grace, even if you don't get it back. Solidarity isn't transactional.

Logic Rules

Print featuring a lifelike black and blue bird perched on a diagonal twig against a hazy grey background

The work of contemporary #printmaker Andrea Rich #womensart

For many bookworm, first generation kids, the likelihood was low of hearing a new word they encountered in print.
(I remember mispronouncing ‘macabre’ and ‘posthumous.’)

In the foreground of a mixed forest, four old birch trees with lichen and moss growing on their trunks

“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”💚
― Robert Louis Stevenson

#ForestFriday
#trees
#photography
#EastCoastKin

"Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining" ~ Anne Lamott

@mckait.bsky.social looks glorious, no?

Let’s hear it for librarians and libraries!

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Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The word is books and pronounced deegahwaneeskee jhoogahlawkah

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

The word for "books" translates as "talking leaves" in Cherokee

"The true purpose of arts education is not necessarily to create more professional dancers and artists. [It's] to create more complete human beings who are critical thinkers, who have curious minds, who can lead productive lives."

If you've ever wondered why some people are so anxious to undermine arts education in public schools and to censor arts institutions...

Good bye, picture books.

My 6-year-old and I just finished reading our first chapter-length book together.

THE WILD ROBOT was the perfect introduction to a complex, well-told narrative.

It’s been incredible to witness her tiny human brain coming to terms with it all — “a book can be THIS?!”

YouTube video by therotatingchinmen Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs

youtu.be/g1kDd6yBQZ4