vol. 5 AOS 2
Greetings,
Yeah, I know. Mother’s Day, yada yada. Here’s an atlas of ways to re/consider that…
May 14
Historical
What about Mothers’ Day? As in the following, per historian, Heather Cox Richardson:
If you google the history of Mother’s Day, the internet will tell you that Mother’s Day began in 1908 when Anna Jarvis decided to honor her mother. But “Mothers’ Day”—with the apostrophe not in the singular spot, but in the plural—actually started in the 1870s, when the sheer enormity of the death caused by the Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War convinced American women that women must take control of politics from the men who had permitted such carnage. Mothers’ Day was not designed to encourage people to be nice to their mothers. It was part of women’s effort to gain power to change modern society.
The Civil War years taught naïve Americans what mass death meant in the modern era. Soldiers who had marched off to war with fantasies of heroism discovered that long-range weapons turned death into tortured anonymity.
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Hell no
Here’s a take, as conceptualized by therapist Nedra G. Tawwab, who knows that it sucks to have to kiss ass to narcissist parents, so who the hell wants to be guilted into doing it just so Hallmark can make bank?
Hell yes
Help wanted
May 12
May 11
May 7 (redux)
Here’s the photo of the horse, Read, and myself, which should have posted last week, but went missing for some reason (I have replaced it on the web version now).
Have a great week!
Peace,
Whitney
Joe horse asked today when were you coming back to Notchey Place. 🌷
Wishing you a new start in a fabulous place with all the comforts of a welcoming home. Thank you for all you do...