The storm passed as all things do. The air returned to warm and I slept a while. We never lost power. Lucky. Only a few branches and foliage fell and were immediately swept up by police personnel. The second night of this full 'sturgeon' moon rose and calm prevails here, though I know there was much damage elsewhere thanks to face book friends, but no serious injuries in my circle. Caring thoughts for those in the storms track who lost much, were injured or died.
"As the
story goes, after an entire year of operating at a loss (“in the red”)
stores would supposedly earn a profit (“went into the black”) on the day
after Thanksgiving, because holiday shoppers blew so much money on
discounted merchandise. Though it’s true that retail companies used to
record losses in red and profits in black when doing their accounting,
this version of Black Friday’s origin is the officially sanctioned—but
inaccurate—story behind the tradition."
"The first recorded use of the term “Black Friday” was applied not to
holiday shopping but to financial crisis: specifically, the crash of the
U.S. gold market on September 24, 1869. Two notoriously ruthless Wall
Street financiers, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, worked together to buy up as
much as they could of the nation’s gold, hoping to drive the price
sky-high and sell it for astonishing profits. On that Friday in
September, the conspiracy finally unraveled, sending the stock market
into free-fall and bankrupting everyone from Wall Street barons to
farmers."
~*~
"Beatitudes of Buylessness"
Reverend Billy, activist actor, performs with 'The Church of Life After Shopping Chorus' and 'The Not
Buying It Band' at The Sanctuary
for Independent Media in Troy, New York.
Most of us will always have plenty to do so long as we have some energy, imagination and curiosity: art projects, home and personal maintenance, time with friends and family, or just walking out in the world. Reading, naps and meditation are free and freeing. Full Moon The precise time
of the full moon is 05:39 P.M., although it's set to be
impressive through the night as it rises in the east after the sun sets. https://www.countryliving.com/uk/news/a25260017/beavers-moon-november-full-moon/ Museum of Modern Art Offers gratis admission between 4 and 8 p.m. on Black Friday as part of its Uniqlo Free Friday
event and if you want to miss the inevitably huge line,
arrive after 6 p.m.
Even though it's Politics This Episode of the Late Show is Brilliant
https://www.youtube.com/embed/gUcGGVTme3w?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0 Tuesday Sunshine came and went. I did fifty or more little domestic things around the apartment, made some changes to a drawing in process, cooked and prepped meals for several days and when the rain started again around midnight, I went for a neighborhood constitutional. Holyhock Bush Sweet Mimosa Blooms Gramercy Court on 22nd Street
~*~ Wednesday Sun's Out Though storms are on the way. ~*~ Thursday Made these to send to Rose Kelleher... ...she sent me five of her beauties to mail to remind folks to vote Last blooms on the free flowers with petal memories Trip to Trader Joe on 31st Street, where purchased 1/2 and 1/2, beans and a potato, then used their very clean rest stop before leaving On a stretch of 2nd Avenue, many homeless men gather for safety
The Moon shines on all of us alike * ~*~ Friday When news of the wide world wearies When my whirling spirit runs out of steam I take to my bed for relief, let go of queries, despairs and self pity, 'things aren't only just what they seem.' "These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep." -Shakespeare-
Meanwhile Can anyone identify this artist of popular childrens stories? (A gift from Nancy Erisman ) ??? ~*~
Momentous events swirled around us that Christmas, and though I may not have known what they were then, I absorbed feelings, read distress or calm in gestures, and heard it in tones of voice as all children do.
These stand out: January 20th, Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated to a 4th term as President of the United States. April 4th, American troops liberated their first Nazi death camp in Germany. April 12th, President Roosevelt died suddenly at Warm Springs, Georgia and Vice President Harry Truman became the 33rd President. On August 6th, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, and on August 9th dropped a second one on Nagasaki. August 14th Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender on the radio, signaling that the second World War was officially over. In a lighter vein, on October 29th the first ballpoint pens went on sale for $12.50 each at Gimbels Department Store in New York City, and one warm June day, I received my first one after kindergarten graduation. 1949
1963 (a guess, but definitely early sixties) Learned this poem by heart to perform a recitation for family and friends as my gift to them that year, and much later, in my sixties, I repeated it for my Massachusetts friends but needed the script for some parts. Here is the poet himself recorded February 22, 1952 at Steinway Hall in New York.
https://youtu.be/Hv4-sgFw3Go 1991 This little book, a tender tale about the passage of time, came from my old friend and Visual Arts classmate, Theresa. It emerges from my Christmas Box to join the figurine each year.
2015 What could be more joyful than melt-in-your-mouth chocolate truffles in the morning from my sweet neighbors, Talbot, Jenny and Sami-Rose.
by Neal Young
The whole sweet album from a very different decade. He was kinda' an old man even when young I've grown more comfortable with the pace than I was when I was twenty something and in a hurry for the dance. Its simple, and slow like me. A bit of a rhythmic shuffle's just fine. I'm in no big hurry these days, and I really appreciate a vocal caress, with some toe-tapping spirit thrown in. Hope you will too.
