Sunday, March 31, 2024

Day 4235: Happy Easter, and the Easter Bunny.

    

"Aware":  old photo, junk collage, digital.


 




  


Want music?

 

    

Click : Deniece Williams, Gonna Take a Miracle.

 


  

 

 
2GN2S



Lookin' dapper


Photo: Helen Wright

Not just for Easter, but sort of related? A pair of eight-year-olds at Chelsea Elementary in Maine started a very cool new trend that's all about being yourself. It's called "Dapper Wednesdays," and every week, people who want to join in dress to the nines for a fashion-filled day. Now, the important thing is that everyone feels good in what they wear. "(You can) wear what you want and just say ‘ I don’t care if somebody bullies me. I'm who I can be,'" said student James Ramage. The school's administration loves it and has even started a "dapper closet" so any kid can find something fun to wear. Cool?
Sometimes
 

Sometimes things don’t go, after all,
from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel
faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don’t fail.
Sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well.

A people sometimes will step back from war,
elect an honest man, decide they care
enough, that they can’t leave some stranger poor.
Some men become what they were born for.

Sometimes our best intentions do not go
amiss; sometimes we do as we meant to.
The sun will sometimes melt a field of sorrow
that seemed hard frozen; may it happen for you.

 
- "Sometimes," by British poet and author Sheenagh Pugh 





Natural Confusion


When young Wonder Woman was about three, Aunt Vonda and I decided we should let her visit the Easter Bunny at South Coast Plaza.

On the way, we mentioned that she would get to visit the Easter Bunny. Our tone told her it was something special. Once in the huge mall, there was excitement in the air. Then as we could see the crowd in the distance, we could see a really tall Easter Bunny.

What we didn't anticipate, was that a three year old might be expecting a small, small than her, soft, furry, cuddly bunny like in her picture books. So, a giant, non-cuddly, not soft bunny who walked on his back legs was just not right. Terrifying in fact.

I can still hear her saying, "I do-not want to meet the bunny!" and again, and again. We didn't make her do it, but we did try to explain and let her watch others meet the Easter Bunny. Instead we moved on to the carousel, where riding on colored animals was okay.



 
 
 
 

  
 
A 4+ minute video, Buffet , here
 
  
Just because ...
 
 
Bird of Paradise





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Saturday, March 30, 2024

Day 4234: Assume I Can, and Sponges?

 

 

"Search": photo, collage, ink, digital.

 

 

 



  

Want music?

 

    

Click : De Barge, I Like It.

 


  

 

 
2GN2S


Assume I can!

Madison Tevlin, 22-year-old actress, advocate and model


I love  this bold, honest ad created in recognition of World Down Syndrome Day, which was March 21. In short, it poses the question: Why do you assume people with Down Syndrome can't do basic things, like have a drink or live on their own? Wouldn't it be better to assume they can? Our friends at CNN Audio spoke to the star of the viral video, 22-year-old actress, advocate and model Madison Tevlin, who says she loves "proving people wrong" about all of the things people with Down Syndrome can do. “I always say that I have Down Syndrome, and it’s the least interesting thing about me,” Tevlin said. “The part of who I am, well it’s not all of me. We should all celebrate our differences in our own special and unique ways.”

 

Read the whole story and 1-1/2 min video here






Well, not really, we are in Henderson, Nevada (but can see it in the far distance.)

As  GH#2 and I got through security, we headed way down to Gate 20. On the left side of the promenade were large display cases filled with various kinds of re-cycling art. This was one.

   



 

 
 
Our flight was delayed so we took selfies!
 
 
 

 
 
And, we enjoyed the sunset from John Wayne Airport, Orange County.
 
 
 

 
 
Now, Goodnight from Henderson.
 
 
 
 
 
 

  
 
A 5+ minute video, Ugly, here
 
 
 
  

Just because ...
 
 
Green Magpie

 


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