Anitra Kitts
@anitrak.bsky.social
writer, weaver, spinner, traveler, seeker, occasional preacher, temporary migrant, possibly re-incarnated Australian sheep dog
Just finished The Great Believers by @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social & I'm busy thinking about why no one talked about AIDS during Covid. Like it had never happened and that Covid was the 1st plague since the middle ages & I wonder why? (privilege) Now I see the fear threads reaching from 1 to the other
May 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Just finished The Great Believers by @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social & I'm busy thinking about why no one talked about AIDS during Covid. Like it had never happened and that Covid was the 1st plague since the middle ages & I wonder why? (privilege) Now I see the fear threads reaching from 1 to the other
Wait, Trump is posting @ Putin via his social media? Isn't he the POTUS? Doesn't he have some sort of dedicated land line on his desk for moments like this?
April 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Wait, Trump is posting @ Putin via his social media? Isn't he the POTUS? Doesn't he have some sort of dedicated land line on his desk for moments like this?
I've been watching some travel videos recently and I'd like to sign my executive order saying that no one can use the word "picturesque" more then twice per every 30 minutes. God gave us a thesaurus and even threw in the computers to help access the word lists. Please, I'm begging you.
April 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I've been watching some travel videos recently and I'd like to sign my executive order saying that no one can use the word "picturesque" more then twice per every 30 minutes. God gave us a thesaurus and even threw in the computers to help access the word lists. Please, I'm begging you.
So...okay, the wrong guy(s) got shipped to the south on immigration roundup crazything but...someone can't get on a plane, walk up to the front door of the prison, and then knock, show a piece of paper with the guy's name on it and say, "hey, we need this one back please?" What? Oh come on.
April 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
So...okay, the wrong guy(s) got shipped to the south on immigration roundup crazything but...someone can't get on a plane, walk up to the front door of the prison, and then knock, show a piece of paper with the guy's name on it and say, "hey, we need this one back please?" What? Oh come on.
Okay. I am venting. Lets start a war on our phone with an app. ..Seriously? Back in my day: never write in an email what you wouldn’t write on a post card.
March 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Okay. I am venting. Lets start a war on our phone with an app. ..Seriously? Back in my day: never write in an email what you wouldn’t write on a post card.
I’m in the EU Parliament room and feeling emotional about democracy
March 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I’m in the EU Parliament room and feeling emotional about democracy
I spent some time escorting a small child from playgroup to lunch w the parents of the child this morning. There is joy in this simple passage. I started a painting. I'm about to go spin some wool. Right now the sun is setting & the songbirds are singing. These are my acts of staying balanced today
March 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I spent some time escorting a small child from playgroup to lunch w the parents of the child this morning. There is joy in this simple passage. I started a painting. I'm about to go spin some wool. Right now the sun is setting & the songbirds are singing. These are my acts of staying balanced today
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I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.
March 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.
My plants survived the winter! And I've ordered seeds for summer!!
March 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
My plants survived the winter! And I've ordered seeds for summer!!
It is so easy to hit the ohmygoddidyouseethatpanicbutton right now. I'm doing all the emotions everyone else is doing. But I'm also trying to find my grounding. I want to sustain hope for myself & extend hope 2 everyone around me. Here are 2 links below that I send as invitation to you. Choose Hope
March 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM
It is so easy to hit the ohmygoddidyouseethatpanicbutton right now. I'm doing all the emotions everyone else is doing. But I'm also trying to find my grounding. I want to sustain hope for myself & extend hope 2 everyone around me. Here are 2 links below that I send as invitation to you. Choose Hope
Out my back window I see a small, thin, tiny little sliver of moon low in the sky. The light is diffused. This beauty has been here for us to see for generations & will still be there for generations to come. My seeing is important. The moon is seen. This is how we get through this.
March 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Out my back window I see a small, thin, tiny little sliver of moon low in the sky. The light is diffused. This beauty has been here for us to see for generations & will still be there for generations to come. My seeing is important. The moon is seen. This is how we get through this.
Why do i need to say this? Trump is not who Putin needs to negotiate with. Seriously.
February 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Why do i need to say this? Trump is not who Putin needs to negotiate with. Seriously.
I remember when the news came in limited spurts - the morning paper, the evening tv shows, the top of the hour radio headlines. Then you went on with your day. I'm trying to go back to that life but the addiction of anxiety is intense.
January 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I remember when the news came in limited spurts - the morning paper, the evening tv shows, the top of the hour radio headlines. Then you went on with your day. I'm trying to go back to that life but the addiction of anxiety is intense.
Some thoughts about Christianity and the Christian Church and sermons
It might have been a while, if ever, since some of you have encountered Christianity in person. I think most of us these days see the church through the lens of the media - which presents incomplete information.
It might have been a while, if ever, since some of you have encountered Christianity in person. I think most of us these days see the church through the lens of the media - which presents incomplete information.
January 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Some thoughts about Christianity and the Christian Church and sermons
It might have been a while, if ever, since some of you have encountered Christianity in person. I think most of us these days see the church through the lens of the media - which presents incomplete information.
It might have been a while, if ever, since some of you have encountered Christianity in person. I think most of us these days see the church through the lens of the media - which presents incomplete information.
The Christian church is based on the life, words, and actions of a man who challenged power. The Gospel raises up the poor as meaningful to God and scolds the rich for being selfish. We know that we can survive because we know what Jesus knew: Not even death ends us. Speak truth. Offer hope.
January 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The Christian church is based on the life, words, and actions of a man who challenged power. The Gospel raises up the poor as meaningful to God and scolds the rich for being selfish. We know that we can survive because we know what Jesus knew: Not even death ends us. Speak truth. Offer hope.
Food & emotion noticing: I went to research menus from roadside diners in the Western US for a meal in the book I am writing and now I am missing hard those huge breakfast platters. They don't make sage breakfast sausage here. I know the food is better here. =sigh=
January 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Food & emotion noticing: I went to research menus from roadside diners in the Western US for a meal in the book I am writing and now I am missing hard those huge breakfast platters. They don't make sage breakfast sausage here. I know the food is better here. =sigh=
I'm not sure what is going on but in the last few weeks I've been making bad decisions (ie eating that second cookie kind of bad) that also feel very honest and freeing. I mean I want to lose 10 more kilos but... there's that cookie just lying there and my mouth over here and... well.
January 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'm not sure what is going on but in the last few weeks I've been making bad decisions (ie eating that second cookie kind of bad) that also feel very honest and freeing. I mean I want to lose 10 more kilos but... there's that cookie just lying there and my mouth over here and... well.
Please add me, thank you
January 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Please add me, thank you
I started sewing a pair of pants and the front parts of the legs are draped over the machine. I have a commitment 2 make art & I have the page lying open w brushes nearby. I have a book I want to finish in 3 months & it is open on the computer. It is a good day today.
January 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I started sewing a pair of pants and the front parts of the legs are draped over the machine. I have a commitment 2 make art & I have the page lying open w brushes nearby. I have a book I want to finish in 3 months & it is open on the computer. It is a good day today.
2025 starts with cutting out cookies with a 3 year old son of some friends. Taking this as a good sign.
January 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
2025 starts with cutting out cookies with a 3 year old son of some friends. Taking this as a good sign.
When I was a child, it wasn't Christmas season till the CBrown show came on TV. I was thrilled with the release of the music CD as a young adult. It was a life line back to that magic, hopeful, joyful moment of TV storytelling when the season was darkening with family stuff. >
December 23, 2024 at 8:18 AM
When I was a child, it wasn't Christmas season till the CBrown show came on TV. I was thrilled with the release of the music CD as a young adult. It was a life line back to that magic, hopeful, joyful moment of TV storytelling when the season was darkening with family stuff. >
Sunday morning the 22nd of December. We are now past the gentle relief of the earth's slow return toward the sun and still before the grand frenzy of the family and gifting fest.We have no family near and here everything shuts down for 54 hours. we are gifted, mandated, time to do the small things
December 22, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Sunday morning the 22nd of December. We are now past the gentle relief of the earth's slow return toward the sun and still before the grand frenzy of the family and gifting fest.We have no family near and here everything shuts down for 54 hours. we are gifted, mandated, time to do the small things
I've recently changed meds and I'm observing how my body is adapting. I'm considering the news on how the world is changing but I don't look as often as I used to. I'm looking out my window and notice how the trees and houses are settling into winter's stance. Dawn is bringing pink to the clouds.
December 19, 2024 at 6:51 AM
I've recently changed meds and I'm observing how my body is adapting. I'm considering the news on how the world is changing but I don't look as often as I used to. I'm looking out my window and notice how the trees and houses are settling into winter's stance. Dawn is bringing pink to the clouds.
geeez. This writing thing when the characters go dark and start to show their pain.... my pain...their pain. I gotta go breath now.
December 13, 2024 at 10:11 AM
geeez. This writing thing when the characters go dark and start to show their pain.... my pain...their pain. I gotta go breath now.
I finished sewing a dress I've been working on this past week. It is comfortable and warming as I hoped. But it wasn't fun at the end because I felt internal pressure to get it done I can clean my studio/living room. So many opportunities to speak kindly to myself.
December 6, 2024 at 5:08 PM
I finished sewing a dress I've been working on this past week. It is comfortable and warming as I hoped. But it wasn't fun at the end because I felt internal pressure to get it done I can clean my studio/living room. So many opportunities to speak kindly to myself.