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Donna

Donna

@dwhsan.bsky.social

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Journalist, high school/college educator, artisan/artist. All I can do is breathe, stay centered, and let Spiritus drive my Camino. I do know when canoe/sailboat tips and you go overboard, let your body go limp: Free-fall until you resurface.

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Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 19d

News just makes me cray cray. Circle of Influence rather than Circle of Concern current focus. I'll Chop Wood and Carry Water, though I think Enlightenment is more than that. Lots of koans need revision: Many paths lead to the same destination; it doesn't matter how you get there. IT DOES MATTER! 🔆

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 20m

I was spoofing a friend who doesn't like American women by sending him Kravitz's American Woman. Now all he wants to do is float like a butterfly & sting like a bee. Kravitz prefers dragonflies. 🦋🐝 🐲🪰

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Lenny Kravitz Performs 'Fly Away' | Power Our Planet: Live in Paris

YouTube video by Global Citizen

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 1h

Been schooled again. Yes, my ex was Berber (Latin for barbarian). That was early 90s. Many now prefer Amazigh and Imazighen. I should have just included photos of his family rather than the ones I took in Sahara. The "nomadic" ones (Bedouins) now have satellite and play video games.

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 14h

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The Continuous Body of Christ

Father Richard Rohr reflects on our universal participation in life and the connectedness to which Christ invites us: We all need to

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing else to say. Song is precious to me bc it got me thru a long-distance relationship. As we walked several floors to apt each floor had different smell bc a variety of ethnic foods being cooked for dinner. My only regret right now: I should have moved to Paris.

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Raining in Baltimore (Counting Crows) - Allison Crowe (live)

YouTube video by Allison Crowe

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 1d

No one ever called me a Bad Mama Jama unless maybe behind my back. You know those boys and their Locker Room Talk. How many X were we told that Merch would remodel the House.

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She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)

YouTube video by Carl Carlton - Topic

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 1d

Cleaning CD cabinet. Boy did I like/listen to eclectic tunes. I just laughed when I listened to this one. Since I got Pepper, I noticed when I go to any store there's more stuff for dogs, not cats. Why would that be? Maybe Spike knows the answer.

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George Clinton - Atomic Dog

YouTube video by Joseph Farrow

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 1d

Samba Bionic is worth a listen:
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Naked Rhythm - Frequency - YouTube

Can be found at: Amazon.com (best choice) or discogs.com You can listen to it at: allmusic.com ENJOY :)

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 1d

I don't how many times this test has come. Who's procrastinating? It's not me. Everyone has childhood traumas. Some are benign; others just suck the marrow from your bones. I'm not sure I could help anyone rise above those.

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Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 1d

I found this CD of Naked Rhythm I used to listen to a lot. I was asked to Post this bc Babylon is just Blah Blah. I like Deep Lotus but I couldn't find any links that wouldn't require subscript bc on 🦋 access to all. I hope that's still the case in a month or two.

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Naked Rhythm - Babylon (2006)

YouTube video by olaboga13

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 1d

Returning to Ras. Here's his response to historical moment @ the time he sang these songs. He was laughing and probably still is @ how divisive the C protocols were among family/friends. Stories to tell but not gonna rear-view that one.

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Ras Sheehama Acoustic Lockdown Garden Session ft. Chris Eiseb on Djembe and Onai on harmonies

YouTube video by Ras Sheehama

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 1d

I do not think I'm better than anyone. Read lots of newsletters and contemplate on trying to be humble bc of my own fallibilities. Here's this week's Summary from CAC's Richard Rohr:

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Christianity: A Living Tradition: Weekly Summary

Sunday We are part of a living tradition of action and contemplation, people who have gone beyond the theoretical and are living out this wisdom in

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 1d

Here's another newsletter I read. The conference on AI was in Delhi: mailchi.mp/mindandlife/...

One of founders of Mind & Life (which includes Dalia Lama & Francisco Varela) also does work with prisoners (US prisons) bc he used to be one.

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 1d

I've been asked to Post Prince and the Revolution performing Purple Rain. Origin stories important. Always give credit where credit is due. Maybe Yogi Tea tags need to start saying things like this/that.

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Prince - Purple Rain (Official Video)

YouTube video by The Codfather

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Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 1d

I've decided to leave the States & 👀 JJ in one of my old stomping grounds. To be in your 20s hitchhiking around the Yucatan is pretty good gig. Unfortunately, cruise-lines + local-gov in cahoots: Yucatan's natural, coastal settings now just bunch of resorts. I'm heading inland after the concert. 🇲🇽 🪅

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 2d

Did you read my no declawing reply and that I've also been cutting the nails of my father who's in Hospice. I have lots of stuffed animals and they're lots kinder to me than U.

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 2d

Poetry, art, fiction +++, and music, from ancient to modern eras can partly (particularly when experienced as community) transcend division. I've always gravitated toward syncretism if that's even possible. ✨

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Sign in Ireland.

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 2d

This song quite popular w some students after I shared it w them & they included it in sound-track for Yearbook slideshow (90s). SPHS leaned into importance of Yearbooks. Always had a really cool assembly on Yearbook Day.
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Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 2d

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Got my second order of 5X5s in mail. This time gonna use 20% off bc I need to buy more to get the collage right. Ask Ani if not sure about my collage plans. Today's delivery made me 🤗.

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 2d

I'm just a Wayfarer who's willing to be schooled when the schoolin' is righteous. Godspeed to us all!

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Winton Marsalis Eric Clapton - Play the Blues 6/6

YouTube video by Sebastián Quijano

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe instead of Buffy, Plant, Habib, & Tanya this young man needs to be the Songsinger. I think Big Ben would love him. Maybe they should collaborate together.

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Simon Cowell Made Him Sing A Cappella! What Happened Next SHOCKED Everyone! 😮

YouTube video by Talent Recap

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, I took these photos (minimally edited). Why so shocked that I'm a semi-good photographer. Nothing @ Nat Geo level, but others have published my photos like INaturalist: www.inaturalist.org A CA non-profit published some in book I've never seen/read bc never given a copy.

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 2d

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Photos of the Week: Miniature Beer, Foam Fight, Vortex Race — The Atlantic

The Cow Race Grand Prix in Switzerland, Halloween preparations in Germany, observations of International Sloth Day in Panama City, a zombie walk in Mexico City, and much more

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna end w another version of Stairway to Heaven. I've always wondered why she's buying Stairway when she could just walk up it, take a loan, put part on credit. Koshare (the Hopi clown deity/trickster) giving me a hard time tonight.🌻

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Robert Plant - "Stairway to Heaven" - Live at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire - October 21, 2023.

YouTube video by Zeppeliano Fan Club The Led Zeppelin fan Club Brazil

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Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 2d

Peeps in lunch. Why H wrote peep shows are over, that the time had come for pole dancing, I don't know?. Asking women (or anyone for that matter) to pole dance (Gentleman's Club Style+) is questionable. Maybe they make lots of 🫰. Still, according to El/Garp & others, it's not a "righteous" act.

Donna @dwhsan.bsky.social · 3d

Getting Closer to Big Witch Overlook, Elevation 4160, Great Smoky Mts. I'll leave 🦋 tonight w performance of Stairway to Heaven @ Kennedy Center. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxO...

Heart - Stairway to Heaven (Live at Kennedy Center Honors) [FULL VERSION]

YouTube video by Don Jack

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