Barbara M. Brunner

@barbarambrunner

Artist. Vigilist. Protectress. Stop all war. Close all slaughterhouses. Tend to all life in need.

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Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· 13d

I just heard these words, inside. They struck me, deeply, in the personal with my cancer but, more so, with the truth of who we are as a species. We are love. I do not want to say too much about what I feel. I do want to ask if anyone else has heard these words and what they might mean to you.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· 13d

All thoughts welcome. My best to everyone.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Jul 21

There must be more, enough for a book on why we should "expunge" such words. Such a book could be quite educational, and deep in a "make the case" sort of way. I'd write that book.

Just words: Landlord. Livestock.

What other words should be expunged from the modern dictionary, and mindset?

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· May 17

I wish us the wisdom to heal the gaping holes left in our humanity from childhood conditioning that sliced and diced our compassion to allow the "other," human and nonhuman, to fall through the embrace of our concern. May we rise to end all war, close all slaughterhouses, and tend to all in need.

Two kittens born outside. There were three and their mom. I found homes for all of them as well as over 60 others who've shown up in my yard over the years. Please them all and everyone who helped secure them loving homes.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· May 2

When $ is kept out of circulation thru extreme wealth accumulation, it harms the rest of us and the commons. No one becomes wealthy as an island. To offset, let's implement a "hoarders penalty" on bank accounts and certain assets of the ultra-wealthy who engage the practice. Is this idea out there?

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Mar 10

I want to take a moment to thank all who care for those in need, and speak out to change our ways. It's easy to think the world is suddenly in crisis, but these folks know the truth. Our cultures were built on the domination and suffering of others, human and nonhuman. They know we can do better.

Two beautiful "temporarily" homeless kittens. Two of the over 60 cats and kittens that found their way to my house, and on to forever homes.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Mar 1

Rough wording, yes, but it is what I feel.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Jan 29

I just realized that I am holding the light against the darkness of the Trump regime for my late mother as well. It brings me to tears. It also gives me strength. Is anyone else out there holding the light for a loved one who has passed? Please share in their honor. My blessings to all.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Jan 25

I so feel that. Even so, the greatest perceived threat, and rightly so, to men who seek to order the world to their liking are women who do walk into the world refusing to know their place and whose compassion for human and nonhuman life, and nothing less, give them their marching orders. So be it.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Jan 7

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Dec 10

I stopped writing on Substack months ago. I've been dealing with basic survival and, although I continue to do so, I thought it time to return to writing again. Below is my current focus. I put it out to the universe in hope of support for doing the best that I can for the greater good. Blessings.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Dec 2

The greatest perceived, and rightly so, threat to men who seek to order the world to their liking are women who refuse to "know their place" and whose compassion for human and nonhuman life, and nothing less, give them their marching orders. While men stay the home front, it is for women to march.

53 gold circles to represent tribal lands as a whole, 50 states, D.C., and U.S. territories as a whole. Four burgundy circles to represent: As we give, so we receive. As above, so below.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Nov 18

90% of hourly wage earners and 60% of salaried make less than $29/hr. AI says it is not enough for basic needs. Most young people do not have a chance to rise into their own on their own. And many elderly are working until death. We are subsidizing the predator class with our lives. It's enough.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Nov 16

My Sunday message to the human species: Close all slaughterhouses. End all wars. Choose universal compassion.

365+1 hearts for every day of the year plus one for leap years.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Nov 11

When I heard about this 50 year mortgage, I was inflamed because I have always hated the way that repayment of a mortgage is structured. So I asked: How much interest on an average new home loan would a mortgage holder pay at the current interest rate with a 30 year mortgage and a 50 year mortgage?

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Oct 27

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Oct 5

I haven't known how to introduce myself on Bluesky but thought I'd share this as a possibility, one that could prove to be mutually beneficial. After 15+ years of caring for my elderly parents, who have both now passed, my once big world became very small. It's time to come out of the woodwork.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Sep 15

My thought on the matter.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Sep 14

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Sep 1

I just noticed these two photos in two different bluesky posts, and took grabs of them. It looks like the image is from about the same time on the same day, but the hats are different. Was it just a change of hat, or is one photo doctored?

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Aug 16

I've learned that when I express my compassion for humans, pets or species in the wild, I am received well on social media. When discovering that my compassion extends to “farmed animals," that openness often disappears. It prompts me to write on our capacity to "suffer with," a.k.a. compassion.

Text on off-white solid background:
The word “veganism” is as triggering a word as “socialism” in American culture,
perhaps more.

It reveals a man-made hierarchy of compassion sustained
by the gaping holes in our individual and collective humanity.

It reveals our need to heal ourselves whole, again.

(More on this, soon.)

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Aug 12

I believe that all should have the vote, of course, and apologize for the broad strokes. The point is that it may prove more strategically beneficial to form the case AGAINST men having the vote than defending why women should have the vote. We've done that. It's fire with fire time.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Aug 11

More than resistance, it is time to redefine who we are and how we work. It is time to inform elected officials of our vision for our country. It is time to give the orders. Here are some opening thoughts.

The greatness of a country is poorly measured when measured
in terms of stock markets and war capabilities.

The only worthy measure is in the degree to which belonging reduces suffering and common will furthers a greater promise.

‘We the people’ in the United States, however, are conditioned
to subsidize capitalism with our lives and that of non-humans,
and at the cost of the environment as well.

This is not belonging.

  It is no more than a chance to survive.

And that is not good enough.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Aug 10

I wake this Sunday to the stark realization that the piercing goal of all to the left of the Trump faithful should be to set sights on the Republican Party landing itself in the dustbin of U.S. history as quickly and smoothly as possible. I do mean that it land itself. We need only shine a light.

Text: Either the Republican Party lands in the dustbin of U.S. history, or the U.S. lands in the dustbin of world history.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Aug 9

It's no surprise that Trump forces want to repeal the 19th amendment. It's just another sign that we so need to strategize how best to kick ass, nonviolently of course, so that we can move beyond our 1776 status as subjects and get on with forging a compassion-based commons worthy of our children.

The shadow of a winged female against the U.S. flag.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Aug 1

Working on it.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Jul 22

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Jul 8

More flowers from the yard. (Yep, I am taking a mental/emotional break in between writing. It's intense out there.)

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Jul 8

Yesterday, I plugged in an old desktop for the distraction and found writings for a television series I'd forgotten that I'd written. It is based on decades of dreams I've had, and continue to have. It's called "The Ultimatum." Here's a bit of it. I so wish that I had made it happen.

Proposed Drama Series
The Ultimatum
Barbara Mae Brunner
All Rights Reserved, 2017.

“The Ultimatum” tells the story of a small group of women who, without foreknowledge of what is to come of their actions, find themselves at the head of an unprecedented effort, that they are determined to keep non-violent, of “the people” to re-found the United States of America. Set in present day, the series begins with a scene that is repeated leading into the last episodes. This opening scene highlights the happenings at makeshift base camps immediately before hundreds of thousands of women emerge upon Washington D.C. to execute the ultimatum. From the opening scene we go back in time to the start of a dramatic storyline concerned with why and how it is that the people of a country, especially one proclaimed to be the leader of the free world, came to such a drastic measure. What happens after the successful execution of the ultimatum is not within the scope of the series, as I see it, because it would belabor the story into the mundane and diminish its authenticity and power.
The story unfolds around three women who first cross paths through their professional responsibilities as a judge, a reporter, and an expert witness. They choose to come together and stay together, however, by way of their unwillingness, if not their outright inability, to return to “normal” after being exposed to the difficult circumstances of a court case—circumstances that rattled their worldview and undermined the conveniences such provided throughout their lives. What begins as an uneasy encounter between three women yearning to make sense of the senseless, evolves into the journey of great numbers of women and men, as well as their allies and their “enemies,” to, ultimately, re-found the country. Throughout the series uncertainty plagues many of the women, and many struggle with the temptation to escape their own conscience and return to the familiarity of their old lives.

And some do just that, with many finding that their old lives no longer exist because their old selves no longer exist. The tipping point, where awareness cannot be ignored, had been reached.   In the midst of some intense storytelling, “The Ultimatum” takes on the most difficult and, in some instances, unexplored issues facing us as a people and as a species, and it integrates these concerns into the storyline in such a brilliant way that it cannot help but be heard, yet it does not carry the heaviness of a documentary or the staleness of a Sunday talk show. This story is about trials, triumphs, and trust. We go deep into what it means to be human and, more fundamentally, what it means to be sentient. We take on nothing short of how we approach survival as a species. It seems a lot to ask of a drama series, but there couldn’t be a better time to do it or way to do it. And it can be done.

Shadow of a winged "angel" onto a modified American flag where 'XOXO' replace the stars.

Barbara M. Brunner@barbarambrunner· Jul 7

Flowers from my yard, just in case anyone needs a mental or emotional break. Blessings to all.