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Crystal Paradis-Catanzaro
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Living the lesbian homesteader life w/ my wife and our 3 dogs and 2 cats on the #EnchantedHoneystead. 🌈
José Andrés: People of Good Conscience Must Stop the Starvation in Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
Opinion | José Andrés: People of Good Conscience Must Stop the Starvation in Gaza
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Thank you @bhtnh.bsky.social for reminding us of this wonderful poem by Lucille Clifton, ending in:
"...come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed."
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50974/...
won’t you celebrate with me
i made it up here on this bridge between between / starshine and clay Compare to John Keats’s “betwixt damnation and impassion’d clay” in “On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again.” starshine and ...
www.poetryfoundation.org
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Humanity itself, including our psychology & the roots of all major religious doctrine, came from Africa.

We are interconnected, embedded in each other & we need to recognize that and confront our psychosis on skin color & differences.
—Dr. Edward Bruce Bynum, PhD @bhtnh.bsky.social #BHTTeaTalks
February 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In Yoruba cosmology there's a belief that conflict is ongoing. In order to resist, you have to start with a psychological approach so you don't reinforce the negative ideas instilled by the people in power.

Thank you Tony Van Der Meer at @bhtnh.bsky.social #BHTNHTeaTalks
February 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Inclusion is not a destination but a practice that demands commitment, vigilance, and humility. Our strength lies in the richness of our collective history." —JerriAnne Boggis, @bhtnh.bsky.social #BHTNHTeaTalks
February 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Ready to throw in the towel?

Why not give it to a cat in need of a plaything instead?
January 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM