aaahhhh yes, perfect analogy for life right now: everything we expect to be wholesome and unadulterated is now infested with bugs. everything is rotten from the inside out and we just accept it and say thank you and trudge on.
If you freeze flour (or anything else) when you bring it home and then thaw it back out there will be no bugs in the future. Old trick from wiser times. Of course, that means you have killed all the eggs in the freezing but we eat ze bugz every time we eat. We just don't (and don't want to) know it. That's like so much in life. We don't want to know the reality. Just the fantasy.
I loved this. This kind of portrait is important to paint so that we are not gaslighted into thinking things were always this bad (and therefore must remain like this). The daily sorry mess my daughter and I observe in the MTA, between the half-functioning trains, the rats the size of labrador puppies, the poor humans who walk through every train half (or fully) out of their minds, the babies grasping around for attention while their mothers are buried in their phones... This is a world we must fight to fill with love and attention once more.
Yessssss.....!! THIS: An unassuming decay of standards.
Here in Mexico, the gringos have brought a hatred of plastic bags to the area and so many shops don't provide you with a bag...and now, even in the bigger towns, BIG grocery stores have stopped giving you bags, too! Sooo, if you forget to bring a bag (which I invariably do, every time) you're left bagless and how are you supposed to carry all that stuff? When it first started happening I'd say, in spanish, "Where are we, the Soviet Union??" Hahaha. They probably thought I was crazy, of course. Now, for the first time in my life I have to BUY plastic garbage bags for garbage instead of just using the ones that I got, for free, at the store. Feels like a scam. And also I just can't stand that 'scarcity' mentality... I know I may in be in the minority on this subject because I THINK that people in the US and Canada have been trained to bring bags with them to stores but I've been out of the country for 19 years so....totally untrained. Sigh.
When I AM in Canada, I notice the little things, too, the way standards are slipping and making it feel like we're going backwards instead of forwards. It certainly is extreeeeeeemely creepy-feeling.
As far as food quality, we are in trouble. Mono agriculture is a killer, our soil lacks minerals, and food quality has gone down around 75% from what it was 100 years ago. People keep keep eating junk because our body feels starved constantly... hence obesity, diabetes, disease. This is like food 'stuff' with hardly any nutrients. So, it is not only a matter of 'poison' in our food (chemicals, larvae, etc...) but also the fact we are slowly 'starving' ourselves because we are not getting the proper amount of nutrients. I really would consider going full on Kurt Russell and escape NYC, and maybe finding a community or something like that where people are growing their own food.
Last Friday’s Philosophy Club: As I listened to the callers, I noticed they were the same callers on the previous Friday P. Club. Are you being targeted? The callers seem to be harassing you.
I am sure anyone doing anything half-worthwhile is being targeted, that would make logical sense. But I didn't notice being harassed in any way, I quite enjoyed the conversation!! I thought it was very friendly! I guess I have Russian standards, blunt etc :))
Although I did not engage in the conversation I listened intently to try to understand others in your circle views on something I rationalized long ago. All I heard was respectful dialog. And a few interesting points of view. If they found you their viewpoints have validity for consideration.
Thank you, Larry! What do you mean by the same callers? It's a weekly call, so lots of the people are the same people. I swear, I didn't sense any hostility or harassment toward me at all, I enjoyed myself very much, it's such a great group of people, and so much intellectual curiosity!! Hugs to you, and thank you for your kindness!
Good for you!! I don't like zoom all that much but it allows us all to talk! There should be an option that looks like a camera, usually you need to click on it to enable your camera.
Thank you Tessa, keep up the great work you do please.
Flour and bugs in it, another theory (no, there are no eggs, fruit flies anyone?):
When the substance (flour in this case) is depleted of the life force, the in-formation exchange between the substance and the universe will try to bring the energies in harmony and the substance will be in-formed (bugs) to self-destruction and return the energies to the universal realm, because in Nature nothing can be wasted, is a recycling process, even our own bodies that daily.
All is information (with the hyphen after the in). In the case of humans, a lot of misinformation also (disease). Our thoughts (information) affect our health.
I saw Naomi's post, yes. I think the decline is straight in our faces. I think the reasons are far more complex than the injection but being injected with crap didn't help for sure.
Not to put too big a pin in your bubble, but NYC hasn't fallen quite as far as you think. We moved to the metro area in June of '48, so Dad could take international flights as his bids. Idlewild opened for that business in July that year. Some of my early memories of NYC include drunks passed out in the gutters in the Bowery, and no one paying the least attention, including drivers, garbage mountains several feet taller than I was, during strikes, all over the sidewalks, transvestites lounging outside homosexual bars, also in the Bowery (Sweden was the only place doing the reassignment surgeries then)... all before 1955! The Puerto Rican and blacks' gang rivalries were just starting then as well, mostly in Harlem, on the west side of Manhattan. But the homeless were there too, just no tents.
IF there's enough support and willingness to do so, which is increasingly lacking in a greater and greater percentage of the population, yes, but suppose, just for now, that's not what needs to happen... Suppose it needs to get worse for the ultimate course correction to occur?
MAMMON, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
(Ambrose Bierce. The Devil's Dictionary, 1911)
https://cwspangle.substack.com/i/138320669/so-remember-every-picture-tells-a-story-dont-it-rod-stewart
Excellent!
What was the Golden Age of New York?
How does one measure?
I heard a comment on a post that claimed a homeless person produced the lowest carbon footprint.
This is the lifestyle we should all thrive!
How pure?
The more I think upon it, the more profound the comment exposes our present dilemma.
aaahhhh yes, perfect analogy for life right now: everything we expect to be wholesome and unadulterated is now infested with bugs. everything is rotten from the inside out and we just accept it and say thank you and trudge on.
it’s time to stand up and demand better.
thank you
If you freeze flour (or anything else) when you bring it home and then thaw it back out there will be no bugs in the future. Old trick from wiser times. Of course, that means you have killed all the eggs in the freezing but we eat ze bugz every time we eat. We just don't (and don't want to) know it. That's like so much in life. We don't want to know the reality. Just the fantasy.
I loved this. This kind of portrait is important to paint so that we are not gaslighted into thinking things were always this bad (and therefore must remain like this). The daily sorry mess my daughter and I observe in the MTA, between the half-functioning trains, the rats the size of labrador puppies, the poor humans who walk through every train half (or fully) out of their minds, the babies grasping around for attention while their mothers are buried in their phones... This is a world we must fight to fill with love and attention once more.
Thank you my dear!!! Yes!! And the rats the size of labrador puppies made me laugh (not the rats, the expression).
Thank You, Sister Tessa.
Sorry about the Big Apple and the weevils in the flour bags.
;-(
Yessssss.....!! THIS: An unassuming decay of standards.
Here in Mexico, the gringos have brought a hatred of plastic bags to the area and so many shops don't provide you with a bag...and now, even in the bigger towns, BIG grocery stores have stopped giving you bags, too! Sooo, if you forget to bring a bag (which I invariably do, every time) you're left bagless and how are you supposed to carry all that stuff? When it first started happening I'd say, in spanish, "Where are we, the Soviet Union??" Hahaha. They probably thought I was crazy, of course. Now, for the first time in my life I have to BUY plastic garbage bags for garbage instead of just using the ones that I got, for free, at the store. Feels like a scam. And also I just can't stand that 'scarcity' mentality... I know I may in be in the minority on this subject because I THINK that people in the US and Canada have been trained to bring bags with them to stores but I've been out of the country for 19 years so....totally untrained. Sigh.
When I AM in Canada, I notice the little things, too, the way standards are slipping and making it feel like we're going backwards instead of forwards. It certainly is extreeeeeeemely creepy-feeling.
As far as food quality, we are in trouble. Mono agriculture is a killer, our soil lacks minerals, and food quality has gone down around 75% from what it was 100 years ago. People keep keep eating junk because our body feels starved constantly... hence obesity, diabetes, disease. This is like food 'stuff' with hardly any nutrients. So, it is not only a matter of 'poison' in our food (chemicals, larvae, etc...) but also the fact we are slowly 'starving' ourselves because we are not getting the proper amount of nutrients. I really would consider going full on Kurt Russell and escape NYC, and maybe finding a community or something like that where people are growing their own food.
Last Friday’s Philosophy Club: As I listened to the callers, I noticed they were the same callers on the previous Friday P. Club. Are you being targeted? The callers seem to be harassing you.
I am sure anyone doing anything half-worthwhile is being targeted, that would make logical sense. But I didn't notice being harassed in any way, I quite enjoyed the conversation!! I thought it was very friendly! I guess I have Russian standards, blunt etc :))
Blunt is great. Razor sharp too.
Why the same callers? It seemed like the callers were questioning your character,and integrity. Did you feel you had to explain and defend yourself?
Although I did not engage in the conversation I listened intently to try to understand others in your circle views on something I rationalized long ago. All I heard was respectful dialog. And a few interesting points of view. If they found you their viewpoints have validity for consideration.
Thank you, Larry! What do you mean by the same callers? It's a weekly call, so lots of the people are the same people. I swear, I didn't sense any hostility or harassment toward me at all, I enjoyed myself very much, it's such a great group of people, and so much intellectual curiosity!! Hugs to you, and thank you for your kindness!
OK Tessa, hugs to you too.
Both zoom meetings, I couldn’t connect to see the video. What do you think I’m doing wrong?
I connected to the Audio but not the video. I never used Zoom before. Last Friday was my second time.
Good for you!! I don't like zoom all that much but it allows us all to talk! There should be an option that looks like a camera, usually you need to click on it to enable your camera.
If you have troubles next week connecting to video, say something in the chat, we'll figure it out!!
Thank you Tessa, keep up the great work you do please.
Flour and bugs in it, another theory (no, there are no eggs, fruit flies anyone?):
When the substance (flour in this case) is depleted of the life force, the in-formation exchange between the substance and the universe will try to bring the energies in harmony and the substance will be in-formed (bugs) to self-destruction and return the energies to the universal realm, because in Nature nothing can be wasted, is a recycling process, even our own bodies that daily.
All is information (with the hyphen after the in). In the case of humans, a lot of misinformation also (disease). Our thoughts (information) affect our health.
Naomi Wolf has written about her observations mirroring the decline you speak of. She attributes those to the clot shot.
I saw Naomi's post, yes. I think the decline is straight in our faces. I think the reasons are far more complex than the injection but being injected with crap didn't help for sure.
I agree.
When complex problems are broken down to the basics, they are easier to understand and I suggest easier to solve.
achingly beautiful, Tessa x
Thank you, Chauncey!! xoxo
Not to put too big a pin in your bubble, but NYC hasn't fallen quite as far as you think. We moved to the metro area in June of '48, so Dad could take international flights as his bids. Idlewild opened for that business in July that year. Some of my early memories of NYC include drunks passed out in the gutters in the Bowery, and no one paying the least attention, including drivers, garbage mountains several feet taller than I was, during strikes, all over the sidewalks, transvestites lounging outside homosexual bars, also in the Bowery (Sweden was the only place doing the reassignment surgeries then)... all before 1955! The Puerto Rican and blacks' gang rivalries were just starting then as well, mostly in Harlem, on the west side of Manhattan. But the homeless were there too, just no tents.
Agreed. I've seen NYC go through many gyrations of many kinds.
Um...yeah, that's a good word for it!
NYC desperately needs another Gulliana
Those are getting to be an endangered species, virtually extinct in NYC.
Guys like him and Trump proved that bad situations can be corrected.
IF there's enough support and willingness to do so, which is increasingly lacking in a greater and greater percentage of the population, yes, but suppose, just for now, that's not what needs to happen... Suppose it needs to get worse for the ultimate course correction to occur?
Tessa, you said it a all:
"A dictatorship of the unmotivated, underpaid, and unhealed."
This is where we live...