Prayer and a morning cuddle with the piggies. : ) They're getting bigger! Each day they eat a big bundle of timothy hay and two dishes of fruit and vegetables. We've discovered that Blossom (on the right) really likes kale, violets (flowers, leaves, and stems), and seeds. Honey adores tomatoes, strawberries and blueberries. They also eat cucumber, green beans, romaine, and spinach. Blossom is bold and energetic, while Honey is shy and placid. They love each other dearly, and call loudly to one another when they are separated, but when they are happy they make an adorable cooing sound.
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I just finished a really good novel by a new author. Letters to the Lost, by Iona Grey. I saw the book on the new fiction table at my local bookshop and picked it up. I'm so glad I did. It is a beautifully told, masterfully crafted story with wonderful characters that shifts seamlessly between the present day and World War II England. I highly recommend this one.♥♥♥
A short while ago I learned about St. Dymphna and the very special town of Geel in Belgium. Have you heard of it? For over seven hundred years the people of Geel have taken the mentally ill into their homes, cared for them and made them a part of their families. In the late 1930s there were about 4,000 boarders living among a native population of 16,000 people. ♥♥♥
"Remember when manual labor used to be considered good, honest work? That was before the neo-libs sold us on the scam of higher education and then raised the tuition rates." --a quote from my twenty-three year old son, whose friend was recently shamed by another young man for being a "college dropout and working at UPS". ♥♥♥
And, in that spirit, here is an interesting post on Garvan Hill that includes an interview with Camille Paglia. She speaks fast and doesn't have the most fluent speech pattern which makes her difficult to follow, but her message is worth a ponder. Especially in light of the rising suicide rate in the United States. "I never discuss anything except politics and religion. There is nothing else to discuss. Nothing of importance can be separated entirely from its social effect, which is politics, or from its ultimate value, which is religion." --a quote by G. K. Chesterton.
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Wishing you a lovely weekend. : )
I very much like the quote from your son. Geel sounds wonderful, I am going to read more about it.
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DeleteIt sounds like Honey and Blossom won the guinea pig lottery when you brought them home Susan :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an intelligent and articulate woman that Camille is! I really enjoyed watching her interview. She makes some excellent points. Especially, I think, about how so many in society are obsessed with finding someone else to blame for their problems and making a lot of fuss, instead of just taking responsibility and getting on with their lives.
I've not heard about Geel before, but I'm interested in finding out more about it.
Enjoy your weekend too xx
Hi Kim, thank you for the very kind compliment. :)
DeleteI really appreciate you taking the time to watch the video. I'm glad you found it worthwhile. I was a little hesitant to share it.
I always find it incredible that wonderful places like Geel exist and hardly anyone has heard about them. The media (at least here in the States) is a horror show.
I love your little friends, so snuggly cute :) Your son is wise beyond his years, you should be very proud of him.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Karen.♥
DeleteAwww - Gotta' love the little piglets.
ReplyDeleteThe interview with Camille Paglia was interesting. Definitely had to listen to the whole thing to get her point - but a good discussion. Kind of a brave discussion in this day and age. Using the words "transgender" and "fashion statement" in the same breath kind of caught my attention. I agree that her remarks are worth pondering.
I thought it was very brave of Camille Paglia to assert that in the current culture "woundedness" has become a statement of privilege--and a dangerous one. I'm still pondering a lot of what she said.
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