A post about the importance of the bittersweet and another way to understand the haiku tradition of wabi-sabi--and why it aligns so well with the bluegrass high lonesome sound.
High Lonesome Haiku, by @JasonCMcBride https://t.co/oelprqqnVp
@dandelionmama@marktucker Trek can also be dangerous. None of our kids went on Trek and when asked by leaders why I would say my ancestors didn’t die on the plains and suffer life-long injuries so their descendants could cosplay pioneers. I dislike Trek so much
Seeded Ground is a short botanical horror comic about growth. Everyone needs room to spread their leaves! If this growth is impeded, bad things happen. 🌿
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Denim in the West,
Gold rush dreams, pioneers stride,
Blue jeans stand the test.
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@EliMcCann They’d offer us tea first, as was the custom. We’d politely decline. Then they’d say, of course your Americans, offer coffee. Which we’d decline. Then they’d offer Coke and we’d say yes. Water wasn’t potable & few Chinese people drank milk. Our MP felt Coke was the least bad opt
@EliMcCann My super devout dad (at least as far the WoW) figured if the prophet wanted us to not drink caffeinated soda, he’d explicitly say something. But parents discouraged us from partaking. On my mission in Taiwan we had Coke all the time. 1/2
Start writing the book. It has a 0% chance of survival. The years and obstacles ahead of it are nearly insurmountable, the psychic pain will be significant, and the journey is almost guaranteed to be financially worthless. We're writers. We don't do math. Take the shot.
you know whats weird. they really spent like 5 years of our childhoods really fucking gassing up Johnny Appleseed. would not shut the fuck up about him. like he was some legendary american colossus or something then after 4th grade he evaporated like yezhov from that stalin photo
@BxPersonified 3 the strike is a game of chicken between studios and the guild. The fun pickets show the studio the writers have the will to outlast them.
@BxPersonified The WGA pickets are about 3 things: 1 gaining publicity for their demands and the strike. The pageantry helps attract media attention I think. 2. disrupt ongoing productions so the studios have to shutdown. The block party vibe definitely helps this. But the biggest thing is…