OT Finding it hard to care about basketball

Maybe not given that he was assassinated....Miller died of old age in Big Sur....but go ahead and stare at the rubbish bin if you like...I'm looking at fields of flowers right now off my deck...beautiful to behold...and the flowers have never stopped me from being politically active or pissed about the trash in the gutter...you choose to find good in the world as well as the bad but don't get mired in the muck my friend.

 

I remember in the middle of a horrible war sitting on the deck of the ship watching dolphins leap for flying fish in the Tonkin sunset....I remember those times more than the stress of the war. Doesn't mean I didn't have my angst about the war...I did, but life goes on even though people make a mess of the world

 

I've written the autobiography already...it's in my time capsule for my children's children's children......

 

actually it's expanding ....I live in a giant flower garden and it's lush ...I don't live in Ukraine or the south where the world is burning up CC...my property is actually a sanctuary for wildlife and the frogs and bees like it here...which is a sign you live in a place that will sustain life. Not much concrete around my place

 

I can relate. What happened in Uvalde really fucked my head up.

 

You gotta hug your friends and your family. Get closer to them if you can. Remember that, in the face of sweeping movements against you, you as an individual human being can care for and be cared for by other individual human beings. Strengthen that, so that your hard shells can protect softer centers. When you watch tv, hug someone while you do it. Hell, tell your friends you love them. Tell them you're scared. Cry about it. But do it together, for goodness sake. We are nothing alone. We can be tossed around and blown to the winds never to be seen again. People close to us give us weight, anchor us to reality.

We can't change anything about The World, but we can change how the people around us feel. Be lights in the dark for each other. If you can pursue basketball together, do it. If it's a lone pursuit, it probably won't feel as good. Prioritize giving and receiving kindness.

 

I can hug Lucia. Cats have no prejudice.

 

A fellow traveler:

 

Damn. I would call them.