Dear America, what is being revealed is our deep connection to violence & brutality. We are at an inflection point. Doing nothing only promises more of this. We’ve become the horror of the world. Our leaders wear AR15 pins next to their hearts.
"Try to forget what objects you have before you - a tree, a house, a field, or whatever. Merely think, 'Here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow,' and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact colour and shape, until it gives you your own impression of the scene before you."
- Claude Monet
Mass shootings in the US:
2014: 273
2015: 336
2016: 383
2017: 348
2018: 336
2019: 417
2020: 610
2021: 690
2022: 647
In the first seven weeks of 2023: 67
We do not have to live like this. No other country on the planet does.
Lake Crescent, Washington:
Situated about 30 miles west of Port Angeles in the Olympic National Park, Washington:
I'm "used to wrap text books in supermarket brown bag book covers and doodle on them during class" years old.
I'm "used to wrap text books in supermarket brown bag book covers and doodle on them during class" years old.
Doing some housecleaning on my laptop, I rediscovered this place:
Retro Cocktail Hour:
https://www.mixcloud.com/MartiniBunker/the-retro-cocktail-hour-978-february-11-2023/
The Retro Cocktail Hour with host Darrell Brogdon serves up music that's "shaken, not stirred" every week from the Underground Martini Bunker. Broadcast every week on public radio stations, including Kansas Public Radio; Wyoming Public Radio; WKMS Murray KY; KJEM, Pullman, WA; WSKG in Binghamton, NY; KBFG, Seattle WA; Four Corners Public Radio; KGOU, Norman OK; Public Radio Guam; Jefferson Public Radio, Western Oregon; WICN Worcester, MA; and Radio New Zealand, among others. Find merchandise, playlists and more at https://www.retrococktail.org. If you enjoy, please toss a few coins in the tip jar above!