Tag Archives: Presidential Inauguration

The Toilet Zone: Second Flush

The Inauguration

“You will find it necessary to let things go; simply because they are heavy.” — Anonymous

Preface

As I draft this preface, on the eve of the inauguration of Trump’s second term, today TikTok went dark and returned in the same day. The recent news that Facebook will no longer use independent fact-checkers, instead ‘community notes’ like the X social media platform to determine the veracity of information, caused some friends to leave and join Bluesky instead. They posted their contact info, and said their goodbyes. Lastly, there’s the Facebook Blackout on inauguration day, plus a protest of Trump’s inauguration and news coverage by not watching. What does this really accomplish?  This is how I weigh in… Continue reading

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Marching, Mourning, & the Meaning of It All

How marching with the pink pussyhat power posse of my family and friends — and people from all over the world — helped me mourn and mark the anniversary of my mother’s death.

My mother’s favorite color was pink. I grew up in a home in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s that boasted a curvaceous coral pink sectional couch. Our bathroom was always painted pink, with bubble gum pink towels, little pink perfumed soaps, and plastic pink flowers. Mom always dressed in pink, including the day we buried her. At the visitation, our family wore pink in her memory; pink flower sprays adorned her white casket and flanked her like honor guard sentries. When family members returned home after the funeral service and burial — the sky was resplendent in pink — a message from our mother wishing us safe travels. Continue reading

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