The Furious Spinner

It is the flood, I'm certain of it. It was storming last night and raining so hard it woke us up three times. Let's just contemplate that. We live in the PNW. As they say, rain is our liquid sunshine. (As we drove into Portland last night, Mario said, "Ahhh, Portland in its natural state.) We stopped in Portland to eat (Bombay Cricket Club) and shop at the co-op, then we drove home. I think truck drivers should be required to do SOMETHING about the water that sprays off their trucks when it rains. It's quite dangerous. In fact, the last hour of our trip was the harriest. When we got to our town, the rain was washing away the snow that had accumulated earlier in the day. We unloaded our car, slogging through the slush and rain. We were drenched, absolutely wet rat soaked.

Now it's morning. I will confess I feel a bit groggy, swollen, lethargic. Where I am should not matter to my state of being. But I'm missing the desert. That feels greedy. So I will let it pass. I just need to settle into the boots of home. Get the house cleaned. Listen to the birds here—although I think they're all too waterlogged. Go see Linda. She sounds great. (I called her regularly while we were gone, of course.) She says she's gained back all the weight she lost when she was...dying.

I'm looking out the windows at the spots of snow left on the gorge. Breathe deep the gathering gloom...

No, no! Just kidding.

Did you hear about Cindy Sheehan being dragged from the State of the Union? They didn't like the t-shirt she was wearing. Very sad. The wife of a rep was asked to leave too. She had on a t-shirt that said "Support Our Troops." I'm telling you this country is becoming more and more fascist. Have you looked at the fourteen characteristics of fascism lately? Here they are in a nutshell (what a great figure of speech): Powerful and Continuing Nationalism, Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights, Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause, Supremacy of the Military, Rampant Sexism, Controlled Mass Media, Obsession with National Security, Religion and Government are Intertwined, Corporate Power is Protected, Labor Power is Suppressed, Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts, Obsession with Crime and Punishment, Rampant Cronyism and Corruption, Fraudulent Elections. Wow.

Is there any doubt?

Very sad.

OK. I need to get up and going. Make my own sunshine. Work on the Church of the Old Mermaids. That'll do the trick. They are the opposite of fascists. I bet Sister Sheila Na Giggles Mermaid would have a lewd joke to go with this situation. I'll have to ask her later. (Don't worry. I'm not channeling. I'm just expressing the liveliness of my characters.) Or maybe I should hang out with Grand Mother Yemaya Mermaid. She would have something profound to say about the state of the world. Or maybe Sister Ruby Rosarita Mermaid. She'd tell me to go eat my vegetables. Or eat something. That is good advice.

May You Eat in Beauty! 1 comments

1 Comments:

I just found you and was intrigued with your name - "furious spinner".

I am "spinning grandma" on a homestead blog.

I agree with you about the nazi deal. I have been saying since before GWB was re-elected that he was aiming this way. I was frightened when I read about him starting a youth group. Haven't heard about it lately, but I'm sure it's still either in the making or hidden somewhere.

I have preached that he and the new government ideals are pushing for a 'christian' nazi-ism. If you are not christian, you are going to get it, sooner or later! It is amazing that so many of my friends (and relatives) that are so behind the government and GW because they are 'moral.'

Mabye we of 'our kind' should rebel, but we are so minority that it would only cause us harm.

Blessings

By  Connie Peterson, at 4:43 PM  

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