A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

Magical Midlife Flowers by K.F. Breene

 

neigh whinny whinny buzz buzz buzz buzz

total eclipse of the heart - from many pieces into one

gotta find a backing!!!

mistaken identity

Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero

when this picture showed up on my phone, my first thought was that NoJo had shaved his beard and cut his hair...

brown eyes ... dark brown hair ... tattoos ... little  daughter ... mid twenties... 

yes, at first glance

i mistook this young man for my grandson...

he is not NoJo 

 he is Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero

and he is dead 

he was a documented, legal immigrant from Columbia, a taxpaying father and husband who had not committed anydamncrime other than driving while brown ... and he was murdered in cold blood by United States government agents because of the color of his skin - shot through the window of his car - his limp, bullet-riddled body dragged out of the car, thrown face down and handcuffed...

an eye witness said that his last words were, "I tried to stop."

his blood is still staining the pavement where he died.

he isn't the man they were looking for ... a case of mistaken identity ... public safety ... if you comply you will not die ... a full investigation will be conducted ... worst of the worst ... blah blah blah ... lie lie lie ... if you believe anydamnthing the current regime says, knowing that they are lying liars who lie, then you are a moron.

his wife and his little daughter are grieving and i grieve with them

he could be my grandson...

berry harvest

The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes

little rebel

 on or about july 4, my country's independence declaration will be 250 years old 

there are a LOT of new cross stitch charts commemorating the semiquincentennial - i chose this one...

to celebrate the WOMEN rebels

who never seem to receive recognition for our struggle for freedom and for equal rights

dunno when there will be a start on this one - hopefully before the Constitution's semiquincentennial

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.