A walk, a hat, a book and charity shop finds

Finally the perfect day ! A walk around the neighborhood , checking on people's gardens and flowers. There are many but it seems there are mostly wild flowers growing as though we are still in lock down covid days. Curious how those years changed everything for us- some for the better- like- staying home more, letting nature be natural.  Lupines and buttercups, foxglove and poppies taking over  where  there once were mowed lawns. Maybe people have decided that "the look" is not all that - given up control- it is easier than trying to tame the land . That can only be a good thing , especially for spring bugs!

Walking in the  brand new sunshine is amazing, blinding- sunglasses are essential! A hat is too . When I got home I ordered one that actually fit my  micro head. That is another result of the covid years- too bad for brick and mortar but, tell you what- ordering from where I am sitting right now and getting the thing in two days is quite remarkable. So, now I have a hat that I would never have been able to find in this town.

It is a good one and can crumple up to fit into a carry on or a pocket while walking. Springs right back into shape! Unlike the person wearing it. There comes a point when "springing into shape " is no longer likely.

 

Walking in the sunshine , seeing in 3D like I just got eyes and am trying them out.For the longest time I thought my glasses were at fault but , no, it is just the light of day , rather lack of, that made me think that vision might be a thing of the past- like "springing". My glasses are just fine.

Big cottage/little cottage...neighborhood hasn't changed much  although there was a large chunk of ground that has been made bare where the cutest little cottage and garden was. Right on the corner- blackberries all around it protecting it from intruders. GONE! just like that! Dimes to doughnuts there will be a condo built...Building in this town has suddenly  gone nuts- slapped together with no thought of esthetics , quality or environment. I would say "butt ugly" but I don't know about that expression...I think butts are cute and they are really great cushions. Without them sitting would be impossible - and then what would I do with my time???

Sitting now , reading the book that I ordered from , yes, Evil
Amazon...One would have to sit  to read this exceptional horror story written by  Daniella Mestyanek Young  about being raised in the worst sex cult imaginable , not as suicidal  as Jonestown and maybe not as widely spread as Mormonism , a cult is a cult- but "The Family" or "Children Of God" as it was known in the beginning really takes the cake for patriarchal insanity and sexploitation.  -God is love and love is sex and your body is god's and children as young as 6 months old can be married off to the old toot that invented this horror show- according to the "family".  So, yeah, disturbing as hell , this life of a young girl in this prison of depravity where beatings were daily , starvation and isolation , thought control , no reading, lack of education , rape  and orgies with children - WOW, unfathomable but there you have it. Reasons to read this ?  Question nature or nurture- that old argument and to question everything everyone who, affecting conviction or authority, says, especially if they are male.

 Though Daniella was born into this situation she managed to get out eventually , educate herself, enroll in school- she has  just graduated - a masters from Harvard and has a  family of her own.  Who knows how wonky her psyche might be- I have not yet read that far. I found her on a podcast being interviewed by an ex-Mormon woman- the opposite of the Children of God's philosophy-but  Mormon "purity" code has much in common- just opposite end of the spectrum - both are extreme.

"Uncultured" is a gripper, very well written and flows right along, however ,  it should come with a warning to many of us who were  little girls caught in a powerless situation, confused, exploited,  called "love" and  OH the shame of it all. Patriarchal bullshit is the downfall of humankind. Perhaps it is more than that- why do we buy in? Fear? Most likely. It is complex, this being human on this planet event.  We are finally (maybe) coming to terms with the fact that there are more than two genders in our species ( except in Florida...)  That there are all of the in betweens - still dominant are the CISgender males - they do like control, they are used to it, it is their "birthright" , anything else is a threat to that, I suppose. Ok, enough of that heavy heaviness.  On to - STUFF.

These are the things I found for a dollar in the charity shop-

 

and three little pigs- I had some that I got from ETSY along with the wolf but I gave them  to Flora - I was lucky to find these three for a dollar in the charity shop, the orphans love them. No scary  wolf.

This day is another beauty- I might go outside, new hat, new sunglasses- old attitude Smash the Patriarchy!  Cheers!