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This was an interesting read. Surprisingly nonpreachy given the subject; and well worth the time.

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Perks and Mini

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Wikipedia / Image from pinterest / Machiavelli / George Santayana / Thucydides / Image from pinterest / Abba - Waterloo / J. M. Barrie - Peter Pan / Fibonacci spiral / Unknown

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Waiting for April - a ‘Little Dancing Rabbit’ by Seth Fitts.

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A faint glow flickered behind the canyon ridges, and at first, it felt like a threat no different from fires past. Inside one home, Erliene Kelley, an 83-year-old grandmother, believed, as it had always gone over her 57 years in Altadena, that it would never roll down the hill toward homes. 

This time, however, the air was drier, and the winds were harsher, made even worse by a year of punishing droughts after months of record-breaking downpours last spring. Within hours, flames tore downhill, devouring tidy lawns and cherished front porches, leaving behind only the warped shells of cars and remnants of decades-old memories. 

An evacuation order never reached Kelley; she wasn’t alone in that reality. Local officials rushed to evacuate parts of Pasadena and Altadena mere minutes after the fire, now known as the Eaton Fire, erupted. Yet in her neighborhood just west of Lake Avenue, those orders didn’t arrive for hours — long after flames had already engulfed several homes. That delay has proven fatal in one of the only largely Black neighborhoods in that entire corner of Los Angeles. Seventeen residents, including Kelley, many of them older or with mobility challenges, died in an inferno they never knew was closing in.

Text messages to Kelley went unanswered, anxious calls rang hollow, and at sunrise, her family was told no home stood at the address anymore. The lethal combination of a climate-changed canyon and failing infrastructure — poorly maintained power lines and an outdated emergency alert system — proved too much to overcome. 

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Everything is definitely worse and also my life is exactly the same in its daily reality in a way that I don’t really know how to reconcile.

I’m not always sure if I think Samsara is true but the immense, unrelenting avoidable and inevitable wretchedness; past, present, and future, that surrounds me suggests that it is.

In upekkha and karuna I’m prone to the near enemies of indifference and pity.

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Kirsten Chursinoff

A selection of berry-themed textile art. Free-motion machine quilting and hand embroidery, using some quilting and applique techniques.

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Foragers (2022, Jumana Manna 🇵🇸)

Palestine is the home for several wild, edible plants. Za’atar and akkoub are popular herbs in Palestinian culture and cuisine. In 1977, however, Ariel Sharon declared za’atar a ‘protected plant’, rendering its foraging, possession or trade a criminal offense. Akkoub suffered a similar fate when it was labelled protected in 2005. Those who pick za’atar and akkoub subsequently became lawbreakers and in many cases were indicted and convicted. Despite this, several Palestinians, especially the elderly, are willing to defy these laws.

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rebecca horn, “the feathered prison fan” 1978

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Joe Batt Little Ones Marauders #8 (Glazed ceramic)

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me having a weird time: man this weird time sucks! i don't feel like myself! i wish i was having a normal time!

me having a normal time: well the weird time did have a certain je ne sais quoi...

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“The great Mystics tend to recognize that Whoever God is, he or she does not need our protection or perfect understanding. All of our words, dogmas, and rituals are like children playing in a sandbox before infinite Mystery and Wonderment. If anything is true, then it always has been true; and people who sincerely search will touch upon the same truth in every age and culture, while using different language, symbols, and rituals to point us in the same direction. The direction is always toward more love and union–and in ever widening circles.”

— Richard Rohr

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John Perceval  Australia   01 Feb 1923 - 15 Oct 2000

The acrobat angel   1958

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Water Dropper Shaped Like a Rabbit Cast bronze with carving Edo period, 18th–19th century Tokyo National Museum

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An unusual and finely tailored tobacco-coloured wool coat

c. 1911

Kerry Taylor Auctions

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scaring the hoes with rare wisdom and knowledge

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Evening Shawl

c. 1875-1885

possibly French

The Metropolitan Museum of Art