OndinePMEdition

songwriter/singer/guitar for PM Edition
Mom and bleeding ❤ progressive
Soul of mermaid, mouth of a sailor 😏

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@kristinhersh Come to BlueSky, please 🙏

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@kristinhersh It's all good 👍

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@MeCookieMonster Please open an account on Threads! 💟

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Haven't been here much since Alexei Navalny's wife was silenced by the new sheriff. Today, I'm done, officially. Please find me on IG and Threads under the same username, @OndinePMEdition (though it's all lower case there)
Be kind, Peace out ✌️

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You can also find me, with this very same username on IG/Threads

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So, I'm out of here. If you're interested in staying connected, please check in with the PM Edition band page on Facebook, along with the Call Me Ondine page.
https://t.co/gdoQUNx3cW

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@elmo Well, buddy, I'll spare you the gory details...but thank you for caring ❤️‍🩹🫶

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So, I'm out of here. If you're interested in staying connected, please check in with the PM Edition band page on Facebook, along with the Call Me Ondine page.
https://t.co/gdoQUNx3cW

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@ImMusicMag 🤣

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@realginaschock @mrmusichead @scenefour Man, I wish I could. Any plans to drop by NYC?

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Holy WOW!!! Five years?? Already?!

https://t.co/dHwLeLpnXq

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Well said, @JoeBiden -

https://t.co/aBYeAbEmER

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Some of the same Republicans in Congress who strongly opposed giving relief to students got hundreds of thousands of dollars of relief for themselves to keep their businesses open.

I find this hypocrisy stunning.

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@sesamestreet 🐈‍⬛🐈

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@sesamestreet Somebody Come and Play, Hace Calor, and Good Things Growing!
Both my son and I grew up in Sesame Street!

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@kristinhersh Oh my God, so lovely!

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@gangof4official Oh,how I dearly wish you folks would cross the pond again and do a stand of shows in the NYC area 🙏🙏🙏

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BIG LOVE /GRAN AMOR

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Hailing from Havana, Celia Cruz soared to global fame with her powerful voice, becoming known as the "Queen of Salsa." Being of Afro-Latina heritage, she blended Taino, Spanish, and African cultures from her home country of Cuba, infusing her music with those unique rhythms.

Cruz's achievements include multiple Grammy awards, a National Medal of Arts, and being the first Afro-Latina to be on United States currency. She has performed on Sesame Street four times, including her certified classic 'Quimbara' in 1994. Today, Celia Cruz's legacy lives on through her enduring influence on Latin music, her role as a trailblazer for diversity in the industry, and her representation of the rich heritage of Afro-Latino culture. #LatinAmericanHeritageMonth

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@dishgirl4 @clairecmc @AlcairoCrystal THIS. This FTW today 👏👏👏

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@roriekelly Sooo WANTWANTWANT a t-shirt!

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@roriekelly Early sun can definitely be pretty, but sorry about your sleep deprivation--the struggle is real!

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It's a shame that more people don't take the time to really think about their values like this. If we're going to make the world a better place, it's imperative

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

More people than I can count have asked me, “How were you able to break away from the republican party so easily?”

First, yes…leaving was easy, but I won’t even pretend that the consequences have been as easy. Worth it, yes…just not easy.

So, here’s the answer. Since 1987, I’ve had the habit of making sure I keep myself in the know with what the the people who oppose what I believe are saying.

I grew up in a small rural community in the Midwest. I took what the 5,000 or so residents believed as the “gospel.”

Whatever the collective “wisdom” said, well…that must have been the truth.

I mean, I grew up around these people, and knew at least 2500 of them on a first name basis.

However, after I graduated, I moved to a Midwest metropolitan area. “Wait. These people are weird. They don’t get it.” I thought at first. Soon enough though, I started seeing that, hey….maybe there is another side to what I’ve always heard.”

Then I moved several states away. Then to the west coast. Finally, I to the island of Guam.

Each time, my world view was…well becoming a world view, and was no longer limited to just a “small rural town in Missouri” view.

Having broken out of that original “bubble” of my upbringing, I found that there was always more information to take in…on any issue that might be up for discussion. Information that was helpful in making a more educated decision.

For some reason, however, the idea of looking at the other side of politics….just didn’t happen until I was about thirty-five years old.

Up until then, I moved around enough that I really didn’t vote in local elections. I just faithfully voted in the Presidential & midterm elections.

The relative infrequency of voting once every couple of years, while serving in the Navy & living abroad, provided enough of a buffer that looking beyond my own party, at that time, just wasn’t something that had been on my radar.

From thirty-five on, however, while I still identified as a republican, I was starting to watch a little bit of left leaning news channels, and reading some of the same.

I actually voted for Barrack Obama in 2008. I thought he was intelligent, articulate and brought an element of a more youthful attitude…while still being very mature where it mattered.

As much as any other reason, however, I thought this was the man who could serve as a symbol of “This country is moving forward regarding race.” I wanted to play a small role in helping that attitude sweep across the nation. I felt it was long overdue.

By 2012, my republican roots had influenced me once again. By that time, I had now lost a number of close friends in combat, and was still fairly connected to military life….I just wanted retribution for the lives that had been taken from my world, and the best way to do that was through aggressive combat action. I voted for Romney, the republican on the ticket.

Having reached a point with my grief, that I knew I needed to work through it, I found a counselor who I knew and trusted, and started going through the process of healing.

In 2015, a good friend of mine had asked me to provide some guidance for the local republican party committee, I agreed. We were long time friends. I was spending so much time immersed in assisting the committee, that I was swept up in the energy that was sweeping through the republican party. It’s really about as simple as that.

Two years in, I was already speaking out colorfully against Trump. My former close friends were pulling away quickly. I didn’t care. The man was a clear and present danger to the country.

Then, COVID hit. Something inside of me broke. It snapped. I watched the republican party stand by and say nothing as he botched every aspect of the “response” to COVID.

It got worse from there. As you now know, it got MUCH worse. That experience cleared my slate to a “blank.” I started over, from scratch.

Since that time, I have voted blue in every election, from National down to local.