Having been followed because I was holding hands with my boyfriend, and having had things thrown at me/us for the same reason I can't help but think, while the results of those confrontations were nowhere near as tragic as Mr. Martin's case, had those people had guns things might have turned out much differently. We have much to do as a nation and as a world to eliminate hatred.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
It could have been me
In case you, like moi, missed President Obama's heartfelt talk on the Trayvon Martin murder, I include it here.
Having been followed because I was holding hands with my boyfriend, and having had things thrown at me/us for the same reason I can't help but think, while the results of those confrontations were nowhere near as tragic as Mr. Martin's case, had those people had guns things might have turned out much differently. We have much to do as a nation and as a world to eliminate hatred.
Having been followed because I was holding hands with my boyfriend, and having had things thrown at me/us for the same reason I can't help but think, while the results of those confrontations were nowhere near as tragic as Mr. Martin's case, had those people had guns things might have turned out much differently. We have much to do as a nation and as a world to eliminate hatred.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Butterfly weed
One of my favorite flowers in the side yard is the butterfly weed, one of the only things beside the Sweet William that remains of the "garden in a can" that I strew about the place shortly after I moved here almost a quarter century ago (Good God). I can just see the elves & faeries dancing in the ring.
We were blessed with a sea breeze today, which knocked back the temps from the mid-90s to the mid-80s by the time I got back from Somerville and Cambridge where it was much hotter, though they seem to have cooled off now, too. Feels like temp is still 90F with the dewpoint of 74F. 99F forecast for tomorrow. Fingers crosses mother nature takes pity on us again.
The Composers Conference starts Monday. Temps forecast for the beginning of the week in the 80s. Fingers crossed (again) that we can hold onto that the entire next two weeks!
We were blessed with a sea breeze today, which knocked back the temps from the mid-90s to the mid-80s by the time I got back from Somerville and Cambridge where it was much hotter, though they seem to have cooled off now, too. Feels like temp is still 90F with the dewpoint of 74F. 99F forecast for tomorrow. Fingers crosses mother nature takes pity on us again.
The Composers Conference starts Monday. Temps forecast for the beginning of the week in the 80s. Fingers crossed (again) that we can hold onto that the entire next two weeks!
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Our house
Is a very, very, very fine house. Shots from the garden taken a couple days ago.
Gorgeous out there now. Soaking up the coolness in anticipation of another hellish spread of 90+ degree days (and ridiculously high humidity) all next week, though there's a rumor of sea breezes keeping those of us near the coast a bit cooler. Fingers crossed.
Gorgeous out there now. Soaking up the coolness in anticipation of another hellish spread of 90+ degree days (and ridiculously high humidity) all next week, though there's a rumor of sea breezes keeping those of us near the coast a bit cooler. Fingers crossed.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Knitting lessons
Howdja like to learn to knit from him? Hubba, hubba!
Dewpoint 75F, heading up to the upper 80s today & another heat wave (90+F for three or more days) forecast for next week. Will this summer heat horror never end?
Dewpoint 75F, heading up to the upper 80s today & another heat wave (90+F for three or more days) forecast for next week. Will this summer heat horror never end?
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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