Taste: a pat of vegan butter
Sight: black tomatoes; purple berries; folded flowers; circles, squares, triangles, diamond shapes
Sound: the rrrr grind of the french press plunger
Smell: puppy fur
Touch: the slow fall of the french press plunger, a soft steady pressure
Extra: a 15 mile walk; I dreamt of puppies.;
“That which is hateful unto you do not do to your neighbor. This is the whole of the Torah. The rest is commentary. Go forth and study.” — Hillel
“I know that many men and even women are afraid and angry when women do speak, because in this barbaric society, when women speak truly they speak subversively - they can't help it: if you're underneath, if you're kept down, you break out, you subvert. We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains. That's what I want - to hear you erupting. You young Mount St. Helenses who don't know the power in you - I want to hear you.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin
“Women are instructed, by the way victims are treated and by the widespread tolerance of an epidemic of violence, that their value is low, that speaking up may result in more punishment, that silence may be a better survival strategy. Sometimes this is called rape culture, but like domestic violence, the term narrows the focus to one act rather than the motive for many; patriarchy is a more useful overarching term.” ― Rebecca Solnit, "A Short History of Silence," The Mother of All Questions
Grateful for: life
Sight: black tomatoes; purple berries; folded flowers; circles, squares, triangles, diamond shapes
Sound: the rrrr grind of the french press plungerSmell: puppy fur
Touch: the slow fall of the french press plunger, a soft steady pressure
Extra: a 15 mile walk; I dreamt of puppies.;
“That which is hateful unto you do not do to your neighbor. This is the whole of the Torah. The rest is commentary. Go forth and study.” — Hillel
“I know that many men and even women are afraid and angry when women do speak, because in this barbaric society, when women speak truly they speak subversively - they can't help it: if you're underneath, if you're kept down, you break out, you subvert. We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains. That's what I want - to hear you erupting. You young Mount St. Helenses who don't know the power in you - I want to hear you.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin
“Women are instructed, by the way victims are treated and by the widespread tolerance of an epidemic of violence, that their value is low, that speaking up may result in more punishment, that silence may be a better survival strategy. Sometimes this is called rape culture, but like domestic violence, the term narrows the focus to one act rather than the motive for many; patriarchy is a more useful overarching term.” ― Rebecca Solnit, "A Short History of Silence," The Mother of All Questions
Grateful for: life
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