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may peace prevail on earth

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what Ming believes

me:  Sometimes I think I’ve had so many ancestors, the world couldn’t hold all of their dead bodies.  But I guess some were burned. M:  This is not a night topic. me:  And the world is really big.  Do you think my ancestors love me? M:  Ancestors love the living. me:  What do they do… Read More »

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happy solstice

We met a lady at a gas station minimart in Maricopa, California.  She was waiting for the bathroom.  She wore a beautiful Frida Kahlo teeshirt and has a house in Las Vegas as well as a house in Old Orcutt where her grandkids live.  She was headed to Vegas while we were headed to my… Read More »

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the moon

We got to the motel room and I put my pink plastic water bottle on the nightstand, but somehow I bumped it, and the lid popped open as if fell.  Water spilled a lot and kept spilling.  I asked Ming to get me a towel.  He realized the bottle itself had broken, on the bottom. … Read More »

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comfort

Our friend is visiting from New Orleans.  She is the kid of our other friend.  She runs a Catholic Worker house.  She used to run this one, for a while, with her spouse.  Today we went to her sister’s house and sat at the kitchen table, just talking for a while.  I drank peach Perrier. … Read More »

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Red

Last night we took R out for dinner for his birthday.  We went to vegan Mexican food.  He liked the chips and his chorizo breakfast burrito.  Ming got an impossible burrito and a Mexican coke.  I got a chorizo breakfast burrito that was so salty I couldn’t finish it. We talked about how he quit… Read More »

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a very Catholic Worker Christmas

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atc

Beautiful atc by my mail artist friend Predrag Petrovich.

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how I really feel

Last night I went to a women’s group.  There was dinner then a talking circle.  I’m glad I brought the leftover black eyed peas plus spinach because dinner was chicken.  The lady had this delicious peach juice.  Peach mixed with something else maybe. I was shocked to be given presents.  I was given a plastic… Read More »

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bathroom asura

“Hey, will you take a picture of the weird painting in our bathroom?  I want to blog about it,” I asked Ming. “What weird painting?” he asked. “Oh no.  You mean I’m the only one who sees it?” I asked. “What do you think it is?  Have we talked about this?” I asked. “Yes.  I… Read More »