It just occurred to me that DJT is the ultimate energy vampire. How to fight fascism without draining all of one’s lifeforce, that is an important question.
I stumbled upon this video from Oprah Winfrey. I have complex and mixed feelings about Oprah, but she makes a lot of interesting points which I am pondering.
One thing I know for sure is that the only way I will make it through these next years and hold on to my sanity and life is to find balance. And so, I will ponder this further.
I will say that I had hoped to keep whatever connections I could to those who support DJT. But now, I’m feeling that it is dangerous to remain in relationship with those who enable fascists. I am rethinking many things. This isn’t the time to be wishy washy.
Good morning and greetings from the post inaugural dystopian hellscape! How are you resisting today? I’m going to learn more about rights in dealing with ICE today. We have to stand up for our immigrant and refugee siblings. Here’s one useful link, if you’d like to resist ICE: How US Citizens Can Protect The Immigrant Community from the Deportation Force. What are you up to today?
And now for something completely different…
The Beatles from the White Album photos.
In an effort to stay sane, I’m going to try to post “fun stuff” along with the resistance, because joy is indeed an act of resistance (thank you, Audre Lorde).
I’m a huge Beatles fan. I love all The Beatles albums, and everything including and after Rubber Soul is indeed a masterpiece. I have always been a bit thrown, though, by the so-called “White Album”. It’s the only double album by The Beatles, and it’s very uneven. I’ve always thought that if they’d used their usual discretion as to what was “worthy” and made it a single album, it would be among their very best.
I took the liberty of creating my own version of “The White Album” as a single album, and created a “Beatles Novelties” with the leftovers. Here is what those two albums look like:
(Lara’s cut) “White Album”
Side A:
Back in the USSR
Dear Prudence
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
I’m So Tired
Savoy Truffle
Blackbird
Side B:
Revolution 1
Why Don’t We Do It in the Road
I Will
Birthday
Mother Nature’s Son
Sexy Sadie
Helter Skelter
Julia
Tell me that’s not an amazing album!?!? If you have Amazon/Prime Music, you can listen to this version here.
This is what the other album would look like:
(Lara’s cut) Beatles White Album Novelties
Side A:
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
Wild Honey Pie
Honey Pie
Glass Onion
Piggies
Yer Blues
Martha My Dear
Side B:
Rocky Raccoon
Don’t Pass Me By
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide
Long Long Long
Cry Baby Cry
(Bonus) You Know My Name (Look Up My Number)
Good Night
Revolution 9
If you have Amazon/Prime Music, you can listen to this version here. What would your version of these two albums look like?
Wow, I really left my five readers hanging after that last post!! Here’s my sermon describing my trip:
Okay, now we’re caught up. Okay, not really. But if you want to see any of the services I’ve led in recent times, you can always find them at this link.
Horrifically, the United States elected a fascist in November, and here in January it’s already getting scary. I will not mince words, not in the face of fascism. I hope I will be here more often, calling it what it is. And sometimes making posts that are about completely unrelated things, just to keep sane. Because we have to embrace joy as an act of resistance in these times.
Fool of Spirit 