Losing Dolly Parton and Wendell Berry within a week of each other is an ineffable loss for a very particular demographic of southerners of which I am a part.
@appyobliged I could never understand the factions.I wanted to meet other ”normal” people,somehow the choices were prairie dress mom, prepper mom, wine mom, etc., all in the extreme.Meanwhile I’m wondering: Does no one want to wrap up this cloud-in-a-jar thing and go ice skating at the mall?
“The agrarian standard, inescapably, is local adaptation, which requires bringing local nature, local people, local economy, and local culture into a practical and enduring harmony.”
-- Wendell Berry
I’ll spend the rest of my life trying to make it so.
Rest in peace.
I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Wendell Berry RIP [5th August 1934 – 31st August 2026]
Among all the brilliant, irreverent performances Tim Curry was also a gifted designer. In the 90s he saved a dilapidated Los Feliz estate from demo and lovingly restored the home and gardens to its 1920s grandeur. He later sold to Colin Farrell.
I was not ready for this loss.
To translate into the jargon of Catholic social teaching: Everybody likes to talk about the principle of solidarity, but no one wants to practice the principle of subsidiarity. Of course, O’Rourke’s version hits harder.
Harris County wants the average homeowner to pay 12% more in county property taxes to bankroll a 12% increase in government spending.
Families have to set priorities and live within a budget. County government should too.
Fund the priorities. Cut the waste. Find the efficiencies.
@WallStreetApes The minute a serial drunk driver uses the word “disrespected” while demanding a pay raise for her public service position as TREASURER under investigation during a budget crisis I will assume they’re disrespectful of taxpayers and will not be taking them seriously.
@AppyOrtho The Armani Luminous Silk is the gold standard for me but $$$. I’m not mad at the elf soft glam - not as perfectly perfect but workable and it’s less than $10 at HEB
@AnarchoDarling I don‘t complete sales on platform-cash or Venmo only -and I definitely think that gets listings flagged and throttled. I sell higher end antique and vintage home decor, used to sell in a day with multiple offers. Now it can take weeks and price reductions have no effect.