Meanwhile, speaking of policy, of which Trump has none, J.D.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm I haven't seen it. I'm so glad to know about it — will look for it. It makes me think of something John McNeill, who got thrown out of the Catholic priesthood for coming out as gay, wrote in one of his books. He said that if all the LGBTQ people in the world went on strike for a single day, things everywhere would shut down, especially in the "caring" and "helping" professions like education, medical care, and so on. LGBTQ folks are everywhere and much needed.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm It's the best! And I know yours must excel.
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Karen Strickholmreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @lolonurse You will freakin' LOVE them! Probably will be served as one huge matzo ball in a rich chicken broth with vegetables, sometimes egg noodlea too. If you are ever sick, matzo ball soup is the ansolute cure - it's called Jewish penicillin and for good reason! 🥣🥣🥣
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Karen Strickholmreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @lolonurse Exactly! Here in the nursing home, a lot of the workers are native American, or just "native" as they prefer to say, as in "She is native." Most of them grew up on the reservations. They come from various tribes, a lot of Navajo and Pueblo. The navajo employees speak that language to each other on the job. Many hispanics here too, asian and anglo are the minorities here. It's so interesting!
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Karen Strickholmreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @lolonurse Totally 1,000%. They have no idea! The dominance of homogeneity in human consciousness is finally coming to an end, perhaps. Part of our evolution, I believe.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Karen Strickholm last edited by
@KarenStrickholm @lolonurse Yes, not a clue. So many of us have never educated ourselves to think about life from the perspective of others, so that, when the loss of those others suddenly affects our real lives, we're in shock. Or, alternatively, we vote to strip women of rights, never imagining that a woman in our lives (or we ourselves as women) will be affected by what we've set in motion through our votes. Then the chickens come home to roost for us.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Karen Strickholm last edited by
@KarenStrickholm @lolonurse Yes, a story repeated over and over across the US, with the minority communities varying from place to place. In my aunt and uncle's final years in a care facility in Houston, I often wondered what their son, who'd turn on Rush Limbaugh to listen to as he drove me to see his parents when I visited, thought about the fact that almost every single person giving loving care to his parents was a woman of color. Did he even see, I asked myself.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Karen Strickholm last edited by
@KarenStrickholm @lolonurse You're giving me yet more reasons to play another trip back to Connecticut and Brooklyn to see my family members there. I'll land and when they pick me up at the airport, I'll say, "Let's go eat!"
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@wdlindsy @KarenStrickholm
I feel so fortunate for where & how I grew up. The part of NY City, as well as the nature of my dad's work, gave us exposure to all sorts of people from all over the world. And my father was a total feminist. One of his best friends was the first woman to become a PE (professional engineer) in mechanical engineering. However, he couldn't tolerate idiots. -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm You had rich experiences and opportunities many of us growing up can only dream of having had.
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lolonursereplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @KarenStrickholm
It's so true. I have to laugh- this city girl who learned to milk cows at age 4. My life now kind of stinks, but I have wonderful, fun, amazing memories.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm Wonderful-sounding memories. I would not have a clue as to how to milk a cow, though my roots are not that far removed from farm life. My father's parents farmed until he was a small boy. All four of my grandparents grew up on farms. I'm sure all could milk cows, but that art or skill did not pass down to me.
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lolonursereplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @KarenStrickholm
My aunt & uncle had a large dairy farm, where we often went during summers. All extra hands were welcome, and I was a curious & willing animal lover. They had barn cats, a herding dog, an elder draft horse, chickens, ducks...so perfect! -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm You had rich childhood experiences. By my childhood, only two siblings of my grandparents were farming — a brother of my maternal grandmother and a brother of my paternal grandfather. I loved to visit the great-uncle and -aunt with a small farm south of Little Rock, the brother of my maternal grandmother. It was like stepping back in time, and I'd beg to spend the night with them and get to experience what farm life had been like for a very long time.
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lolonursereplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @KarenStrickholm
The one thing I would have liked least was the fact that the cows need you 365 days a year, so there are no weekends, holidays or vacations. -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm Yes, that's something my spouse talks about. He grew up on a farm in northwest Minnesota, which combined grain-growing with maintaining a dairy, a herd of beef cows, chickens, hogs, and other livestock. Milking and feeding the cows was a 7-day-a-week job, 365 days in the year. Until he left for college, from the time he was old enough to be in the barn, he milked cows morning and night every day.
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lolonursereplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy @KarenStrickholm
Indeed! Once one cousin went into the Army, another went to college, and the other got married, my aunt & uncle had to hire a guy they knew, give him a place to live above their garage... and he wasn't reliable. So much for "family farms" (or family fishing boats, etc.) -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to lolonurse last edited by
@lolonurse @KarenStrickholm It's a life that requires real dedication and sacrifice, and if you don't raise a family of lots of children – 8 of them in my husband's family, a family his mother, who was one of 12, called a small family — you miss out on a lot of free, unremunerated labor.