...that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes too near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself that you tasted as many as you could."
- Louise Erdrich #read, #rise, #resist 2/2

Published at the tail end of the 1980s. A book for all ages, an incredible read befitting this what-the-literal-f*ck timeline we find ourselves mired in right now. #neverforget #read #rise #resist

Said without an ounce of irony: Preach!

Beautifully said. There are more of us, and we are indeed stronger together.

Yep. Cheers to everyone being dragged into 2025 kicking and screaming with a, like, deep aching sense of dread. #truthbomb

It's flagrantly racist. "Cowboy Carter" is a phenomenal album from beginning to end and an undeniable success. Beyonce captures the country-music genre with exceptional talent and vision. The exclusion is shameless misogy-noir in action. Yet again.

Yes! This. Beautifully put. May it be so.

Damn! But yes, absolutely. What you said, Pam Keith.

I feel you. I seem to get followers, yet few to no likes. Granted, I'm just beginning here, but my follower-to-engagement ratio doesn't pan out.

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Front right in the house 🏠 🍳🤘

Truth! This voting cancer survivor can attest.

Because f**k learning from history. What the hell, let's repeat our mistakes. Why not? What do we have to lose? Good god, Lemon. 🙈🙉🙊