American Folklife Festival. Compare and contrast. Nice, airy tents. Lots of people. Normal looking people. I don't know what year this is, but I'm not seeing body parts bulging or hanging out.They look healthy. They had clothes that weren't thin plastic from Walmart. That's it. We hated plastic 😂

She may either have food allergies, seasonal allergies, or diabetes. She's just 2. She's rescue and I chose the 4th of July for her bday. She's very itchy and miserable.Taking her for bloodwork tomorrow. Hopefully, with gabapentin in her. She was too feisty for them. It's going to be a killer bill.

1976. High school. We had plenty of coolers and you could smell the weed. We also had a fun folk life festival. And people weren't so inhibited and paranoid...

This little guy met me at my door this am. It's about 1.5 inches. Hope it's not an omen.

1970. Baez did this so well. We had protest songs galore. They were anti-war, pro immigration, and promoted peace and civil rights. "Keep hatred from the mighty and the mighty from the small. Heaven help us all." ✌️ Make love not war 😊

Homophobia song🎵 I am loving digging up this book! Maybe I'll be the crazy lady with the autoharp that roams the countryside, teaching songs. Ok, I can dream...because "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" 😭 should never die.

I enjoy singing old songs from this book. It has everything you could think of. Haven't found the group to go with it. I like the way "America the Beautiful" acknowledges flaws and asks for mending and nobility. I also like the additional verse at the end. It's a woke book 🤣 "Mercedes Benz" is next!

My Kiki. I had to put her on an elimination diet and cut out all the faves. Breaking my heart, but she seems ok. Lots of love and play. Food is her love language 😅

The very early church met in houses. They warned against false apostles, teaching that if an apostle or prophet asked for pay or stayed longer than 3 days, they were false 😅 The nationalistic church is a fake and for profit, while 30 % of Lebanon's people are persecuted Christians. Back to houses!

Nobody's had a cat on an elimination diet? After all the cat posts? Haha. C'mon, I'm dying here and would love to cut these 8 weeks of cat torture short. There's got to be a better way. Please tell me it won't take 8 weeks of my cat being depressed and sick. I had to go through it, it's awful.

I went to our farmers' market. The drive goes through all the charming houses in our historic district. Huge, old trees. Then you see the apocalyptic movie-style pole. The color is Already Rusted. There's one about every block. They ruined our vibe😖 The pictures don't really capture the enormity.

"If we cannot end our differences, at least we can help make the world a safe place for diversity." JFK 🥹 Learning so much from this book. Older students would see that we are now more communist than democratic and capitalistic. There are parallels to Trump's behavior "Teach your children well."

I'm obsessing about who my cat will live with when I die and if she'll be alright. There's just no solution, and I hate that. I wish there were someone who wanted her bequeathed to them. She's used to so much quiet, I can't imagine her being with many people or animals. Gambling on outliving her.

Cat in a sink. I think the grey and white markings are so pretty.

Just dug into this and her Poetry Handbook. Gonna do some walking and writing. Like I did before I tried to fit in. I ripped up my writing during my marriage. I remember thinking I didn't matter. It wasn't commented on, or even understood. It was dismissed. Don't ever stop singing or writing!

This book is saving my sanity. Laugh out loud funny. I haven't read "Make Russia Great Again." This is my first of his. Fortunate find. Hope our library has more of his books. Pure entertainment. Plus, the narrator loves etymology, and I've learned a few new words. A little bit of heaven for me 😆

My first. Too thin but I love the color. Congrats 👏 I like crocheting way better than knitting.

If you've never heard 5th Dimension, you've been deprived. Going through my parents' CDs and thoroughly enjoying this. Great songs, beautiful voices. Going back, when life was just normal to some degree. We're really thought we were ushering in The Age of Aquarius. "Let the sunshine in!" ☮️

My first triangular shawl didn't turn out to be an obtuse triangle, so I stopped it early. I haven't yet, but was thinking of a button and wearing it to the side. Your idea would work too. I'll probably never wear it but I love the colors. It was my first project.

Isn't she a beauty? Thank you, California. Love, Virginia.

Keep fighting. Northern Virginia is ruined. In our little historic district, we have a monster power grid a stone's throw from housing, lining our whole town. I had to grieve. Remember when we were so glad to have underground wires? Yeh. These poles will never fall down. Some are ugly rust colored.

She won't tell me why she loves this bag so much. I really do wonder why. It's not real comfortable 🤔

Right? Gluten free, but not too bad.

Her favorite thing. She won't touch the cat tree.

Playing

Enjoying this in the waiting room. Thus would be a good read for a child. We used to have one about the way things worked. Loved it.

It's interesting that they all have the masked eyes with the triangle of white. Same marking, different colors.

Have not started. Snagged these at a craft thrift store. $8 My lucky day. Craft thrift is a great idea. Poor people can't afford hobbies or pets anymore. Similar colors!

Your handle reminded me of this book I adore. Has almost everything lol. Now, if I just had an autoharp and could roam the hills singing to bands of children and telling them stories, sigh...I don't want the old songs to die out. People need to sing together regularly. Outside of church. I miss it.

It's been almost a year, and she's decided she'll sleep by me, instead of buried under the covers at my feet. Relationships take time when you had a rough start in life.