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“Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.” BOTD Herman Melville 1819 Melville by Joseph O Eaton #Booksky

"I'm having nasty, nasty visions And baby you're in every one, yeah And I'm so afraid I'm gonna find you with A so-called smoking gun..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gQE...

Robert Cray - Smoking GunYouTube video by RobertCrayVEVOwww.youtube.com

"I don't see how anybody cannot be political in this day and age. There's so much going on and you have to be aware and you have to vote. Our lives are political." "All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy." BOTD Robert Cray 1953

BOTD Henrietta Lacks, in 1920 in Roanoke, VA. Lacks was a poor black tobacco farmer who died at age 31 from cervical cancer, but whose cells were taken without informed consent continue to be used in medical research. #Booksky

"Nothing left to do but smile...smile....SMILE!" "America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think." BOTD Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia 1942 Garcia by Richard E. Aaron

"Politics: The systematic organization of hatreds.." ~Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra, A Life #Booksky

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit! Image by Carrie Paris #Witchsky

Happy Lammas, halfway between solstice and equinox, when we celebrate harvest and abundance from the earth. Demeter is the grain Goddess. Image is Demeter from the Invoking the Goddess Oracle and Action by Lisa de St. Criox #Witchsky

African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design by Ron Eglash Eglash investigates African fractals in architecture, traditional hairstyling, textiles, sculpture, painting, carving, metalwork, religion, games, practical craft, quantitative techniques, and symbolic systems #Booksky

Kuba clothes/raffia/Congo ~ They incorporate appliqued "patches", embroidered shapes and patterns, openwork, tie-dye, cowrie shells, barkcloth and border elements.

The *cat activation noise* 🤩😻🐈 #Caturday

I love the Saturday mornings when I don't have an early petsitting appointment or venue to work. (They are VERY few & far between) Pictured is Scarlett akas Panchita #Caturday

"Whatever the fight, don't be ladylike." BOTD American labor organizer, schoolteacher, and dressmaker Mary G. Harris Jones, 1837, known as Mother Jones from 1897 onward, who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist.

The Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women's Magic by Lindsey Stewart A crucial telling of U.S. history centering the Black women whose magic gave rise to the rich tapestry of American culture, wellness, and spirituality that we see today #Witchsky #Booksky

“Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are [those] ready to believe and act without asking questions.” BOTD Jewish-Italian writer & chemist Primo Levi 1919 #Booksky

'Ghost Teapot' by Pantovola ❤ Pantovola is a doll and textile artist creating art dolls and doll sculptures, and an otherworldly universe for them to inhabit in which story telling is the beating heart. Materials used are vintage and antique textiles, clay and old curio & trinkets #Witchsky

Pioneers planted 4 corn kernels for every plant they hoped to harvest: "1 for the maggot, 1 for the crow, 1 for the cutworm, and 1 to grow." ~ Savory Spice Shop, Austin, Texas Image is Historic Images / Alamy Stock Photo, Public Domain

Leonora Carrington Strength XI, 1955 (Tarot) #Witchsky #Tarotsky

'Forest Sleep' Kelly Louise Judd 2010 #Witchsky

Didion and Babitz by Lili Anolik Didion is revealed at last in this “vivid, engrossing” and outrageously provocative dual biography “that reads like a propulsive novel” revealing the mutual attractions—and antagonisms—of Didion and her fellow literary titan, Eve Babitz. #Booksky