tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81878883750730547782024-03-05T12:25:10.887-05:00Quick TAKES & tasty tidbitsQuick short bits and pix from an NYC peace and justice activist -- personal and/or political, serious and funny, even literal recipes at times. From the person who brings you Peace Hugs.Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.comBlogger454125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-58329346561833347092022-01-31T10:30:00.006-05:002022-01-31T11:15:16.284-05:00Snow Days ~ Over the Years<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/QNGvwoCDV8U" width="480"></iframe>
Who doesn't want to keep a few snowy memories accessible? Here's snow stuff from Queens, New York City, NY as well as some Ohio photos, complete with a tree-view from a condo window. The music iPhone provided, nice beat. Quickly presented and it may have been inadvertently edited. Perhaps there will be a Take 2. <div><br /></div><div> YES -- let's try it HERE: https://youtu.be/EZFmDoNr8sU</div><div><br /></div><div>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/EZFmDoNr8sU" width="480"></iframe></div>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-89719798749319789522020-09-21T12:04:00.001-04:002020-09-21T12:04:24.265-04:00Add on Words #WWF<div dir="ltr"><div><h1>Add on Words</h1></div> <div>Found while playing <b>Words with Friends</b></div><div><br></div><div>sadZA (African corn porridge) </div> <div>colZA (vegetable oil from rapeseed)</div> <div>ZOOn (biol. individual animal coming from a single egg)</div> <div>And let's not forget aJAR</div> <div>SOz - alteration to sorry (1990s)</div> <div>EvZONE kilted Greek soldier</div> <div> </div> <div>oVOID - egg shaped</div> <div>IMPi - a band of Zulu warriors</div> <div>RioJA - a Spanish wine</div> <div>FLAMEn - a priest serving a particular diety</div> <div>CAPiz - a small marine bivalve</div> <div>smiLAX (a climbing shrub or asparagus)</div> <div>BUCKo - man</div> <div>JOCKo (chimpanzee or any monkey)</div> <div>QUIPu (Incan knot recording method)</div> <div>oxID (an oxygen compound)</div> <div>ZAyin (7th Hebrew letter)</div> <div>ZAyde / ZAide (grampa - Yiddish)</div> <div>COXa - a hip bone or joint</div> <div>mZEE (in E Africa an older person, elder)</div> <div>sQUIT - a small or insignificant person; diarrhea </div> <div>adJIGo - Australian yam</div> <div>MOFOngo - Puerto Rican mashed plantain dish</div> <div>sQUIZ - a look or glance; to look or glance</div> <div>uMU - a Maori oven</div> <div>oGIVE - a pointed or Gothic arch </div> <div>dUNITE / DUNite - a type of igneous rock</div> <div>JACKy - an aborigine </div> <div>GOpik - monetary subdivision of the manat (Azerbaijan; alt. qapik)</div> <div>QIndar / Qintar - Albanian money 1/100 lek</div> <div>QIviut - underwool of musk ox (or cloth made from it)</div> <div>Jowar - durra (a sorghum grain)</div> <div>SorGO / sorGUM - a type of grain</div> <div>Louie = looie / looey - shortened lieutenant</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> </div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-27726673123435193662019-09-21T14:32:00.000-04:002019-09-21T14:32:46.217-04:00Environment: We Seriously Need a Green New DealThere is environmental action being done this week and it is high time this takes center stage and stays there. Instead we have an executive branch in Washington DC that is trying to roll back what environmental protection / laws we have. If for no other reason (and there ARE lots of others IMHO), we must Dump Trump and his ilk. Complicit Republican legislators must not be forgiven for supporting him. (Burn the GOP lifeboats, per <b>Driftglass</b> and <b>Blue Gal</b> of the <a href="http://proleftpod.com">Professional Left podcast</a>.)Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-73639833317056809662019-03-01T16:03:00.001-05:002019-03-01T16:03:53.187-05:00Genealogy interests too!Today is a learning day encompassing spirituality and genealogy study, yes genealogy [which I pronounce with a LONG E]. I have been dabbling in genealogy a little more seriously for the last couple of years and am listening to and enjoying #RootsTech's livestream since I am #NotAtRootsTech. Over the last several years I have been listening to @Ancestry's <b><a href="https://twitter.com/cristacowan">Crista Cowan</a></b> and a number of good genealogy podcasts and YouTube casts. Time to share some of the info (though I have heard that Blogger may be on its way out). Time to get back to blogging on a number of topics, actually. Watch this [blog] space. But right now I am getting back to <b><a href="https://www.rootstech.org/">RootsTech</a></b>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-5361393218590837492017-04-10T11:44:00.001-04:002017-04-10T12:24:27.278-04:00Ariana Gillis - Dream Street [Official Music Video]It has been five years since <b>Ariana Gillis</b> posted this on YouTube -- it still haunts me, still a favorite. My thanks to <b>Chris Johnson</b> at <a href="http://bluerootsradio.com">BlueRootsRadio.com</a> for introducing her to me. He's back on <a href="https://live365.com">Live365</a> and you should give BlueRootsRadio a try. Stream it for free! (And I wonder if Ariana has lived up to her promise. Must do some Research.) <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="216" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oG0OyJ7iPsA" width="384"></iframe>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-52862348878753661172016-11-13T14:13:00.001-05:002016-11-13T14:13:39.609-05:00On Self-care, Healing, and Protesting: a second response<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:'san francisco',-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,'.sfnstext-regular',sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:12px;letter-spacing:-0.23999999463558197px">"If you're a Trump voter who is tired of being called a bigot, if you say you voted for him based on gun rights or economic issues, or because you think Hillary really was that awful, and in spite of his rhetoric, rather than because of it, I believe y</span><span style="font-family:'san francisco',-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,'.sfnstext-regular',sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:12px;letter-spacing:-0.23999999463558197px"><span style="font-family:inherit">ou. If you're in my life, I clearly don't think you're a vile hateful person. But if you're now watching protests across the country and you don't understand why, or think they are just being sore losers, let me break something down for you. These people aren't just angry or sad that someone they didn't support won the election, they're scared. </span><br><br><span style="font-family:inherit">They're black Americans who hear talk of law and order and remember a racially charged stop and frisk program, or see an emboldened KKK holding a celebratory parade. </span><br><br><span style="font-family:inherit">They're Muslim Americans who worry that spitting in their face is now okay and violations of their rights to assemble and their rights to privacy are about to come. </span><br><br><span style="font-family:inherit">They're LGBT Americans who fear not just of the loss of marriage rights or restaurants gaining the right not to serve them, but of an administration that thinks it's more important to research electrocuting the gay out of them than AIDS. </span><br><br><span style="font-family:inherit">They're Hispanic and Latino Americans who are scared their children will be bullied in schools, and their families ripped apart while their culture is mocked. </span><br><br><span style="font-family:inherit">They're women who are wondering if we've normalized groping, and if their career endeavors will be judged by their face and body, and not their minds</span><br><br><span style="font-family:inherit">I believe you when you say you didn't vote for any of these things. Most of America wasn't thrilled with the choices we had in this election. But If you didn't know that this is why they're protesting, if you think it's really just about free tuition or more government giveaways, then you, like the elite liberals you love to castigate, have also not been listening. If you're tired of being called a bigot, then you need to use the same voice you used on Tuesday and speak out against these things fully and clearly. It's not enough that you didn't say them yourself. You need to reassure your friends and family members who feel like they no longer have a seat at the table that you still stand with them, even if your priorities were different on Tuesday. If you aren't willing to do that, then you have no right to call for unity." </span><br><br><span style="font-family:inherit">- Michael Rex</span></span><br clear="all"><div><span style="font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px">-- Shared by Liz Lee Effenberger of Tacoma, Washington, on an Occupy Democrats' FB post, "Do not shame....Self-care takes different forms. Help each other heal."</span><br></div><br><div class="gmail_signature"></div> </div> Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-26634294303748889492016-11-13T14:03:00.001-05:002016-11-13T14:03:31.862-05:00Post Election -- On Self-care, Healing, and Protesting: one response<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:'san francisco',-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,'.sfnstext-regular',sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:12px;letter-spacing:-0.23999999463558197px">"I listened as they called my President a Muslim (as if it were a bad thing). I listened as they called him a monkey. I listened as they said he wasn't born here. I watched as they blocked every single path to progress that they could. I saw the pictur</span><span style="font-family:'san francisco',-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,'.sfnstext-regular',sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:12px;letter-spacing:-0.23999999463558197px"><span style="font-family:inherit">es of him as Hitler. I listened as they openly said that they will oppose him at every turn. I watched as they did just that. I listened and I watched and I paid attention. Now, I'm being called on to be tolerant. To move forward. To denounce protesters. To "Get over it." To accept this...</span><br><span style="font-family:inherit">I will not. I will do my part to make sure this great American mistake becomes the embarrassing footnote of our history that it deserves to be, as quickly as possible. I will do my part to limit the damage that this man can do to my country. I will vote. I will watch his every move and point out every single mistake and misdeed in a loud and proud voice. Do not call for my tolerance. I've tolerated all I can. Now it's their turn to tolerate ridicule. Be aware, make no mistake about it, every single thing that goes wrong in our country from this day forward is now Trump's fault just as much as they thought it was Obama's. I find it unreasonable for them to expect from me what they were entirely unwilling to give.</span><br><span style="font-family:inherit">They will find no shelter here." - Jeremy Mitchell</span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_signature">-- Shared by Mel Feliz on an Occupy Democrats' FB post, "Do not shame....Self-care takes different forms. Help each other heal."</div> </div> Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-30116466282595379572016-11-11T12:09:00.001-05:002016-11-11T12:19:03.914-05:00Trump Protest Thoughts<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">New York had a relatively peaceful demonstration yesterday. Peaceful assembly is a right in the Constitution. New Yorkers also know that Trump is a con man -- he has a history of it and lost decisively in New York, and he's a former Queen's street boy. We don't see him keeping his populist promises (which he borrowed from Bernie who had huge crowds that went unreported in mainstream corporate media). It is not in Trump's character. He's already reneged on his wall promise -- it is now a strong 2-layered fence at certain places (like Hillary suggested). I think it is early to be out in the streets but I will be there, peacefully and loudly, when he attacks women's rights, the social safety net, the environment, etc., and doesn't deliver on jobs and stopping bad trade deals. The folks out there are being pro-active and should not be condemned for peaceful assembly. Violence is another matter. </span><br clear="all"><div><br />
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I miss and am still mourning actor <b>Alan Rickman</b> who died this past January. This is a favorite moment, a song from the movie <b>Truly Madly Deeply</b>, which seems apropos, missing Alan, here performing with <b>Juliet Stevenson</b>. "The sun ain't gonna shine anymore" but there IS some sunshine on YouTube.<br />
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Watched the PBS <a href="http://www.pbs.org/show/american-masters/" target="_blank">American Masters</a> special on <b>The Highwayman</b> and found this on YouTube. Truly a powerful special and THIS song has been a favorite for a long time. Watch the special (currently available from PBS via Roku and elsewhere. I had to watch it TWICE, THAT good.Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-66540040342695133002016-01-02T18:22:00.000-05:002016-01-02T18:22:11.890-05:00Lord Of The Dance - Jim McCannThis is one of my favorite Celtic sounding songs sung by the awesome <b>Jim McCann</b> who I just learned died this past March 5, 2015 at the age of 70. He had lost his beautiful voice to throat cancer in 2002 after a remarkable singing career, including a stint with <b>The Dubliners</b>. He lives on in such music. Thanks, Jim, for sharing your gift with the world! <br />
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Mix together these ingredients:<br />
3/4 Cup shortening (melted, cooled a bit) /<br />
OR butter, softened <br />
1 Cup sugar<br />
1/4 Cup molasses<br />
1 egg<br />
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Sift or whisk together in separate bowl:<br />
2 t baking soda<br />
2 Cups flour<br />
1/2 t ground cloves<br />
1/2 t ground ginger (or 1 t)<br />
1 t cinnamon<br />
1/2 t salt<br />
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<li>Chill for an hour or so (metal bowl helps).</li>
<li>Roll into small balls and roll balls in sugar.</li>
<li>Bake on greased cookie sheet at 375 degrees 8 to 10 minutes.</li>
<li>Leave on sheet a minute or so then remove to wire rack to cool.</li>
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Made with shortening, the cookies may harden to ginger snaps after a few days but the butter version stays pretty moist unless you bake them longer. Storing in cookie tins works well.<br />
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<br />Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-86000123917494035502015-09-07T13:34:00.003-04:002015-09-07T13:34:39.580-04:00Who is Bernie Sanders? Watch:<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="216" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LOnN3GSRUPQ" width="384"></iframe><br />
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This 9:07 minute mini-documentary on Senator Bernie Sanders from YouTube's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWQ9ZFFhEqUZ0r1IspnBm6Q"><b>The Daily Conversation</b></a> deserves to be given more play and will answer some of the questions of my friends who wonder about his background and why I support him for President of the United States of America in 2016. #FeelTheBernKate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-69337380492183374522015-08-19T23:35:00.001-04:002015-08-19T23:35:15.290-04:00Wondering<p dir="ltr">Checking out the Le Pan mini tablet. Maybe I can type fairly normally, albeit on a tiny keyboard. It is bigger than my phone! Adventure!</p> Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-87077227415353486142015-05-16T10:39:00.002-04:002015-05-16T10:39:28.948-04:00Killing People is WrongThe Boston Bomber will be murdered by the state of Massachusetts. The awesome Pulitzer Prize winning columnist <a href="https://www.facebook.com/schultz.connie"><b>Connie Schultz</b></a> immediately posted on the issue on Facebook and her many friends and follows responded. My comment was:<br />
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<blockquote>Sr. Helen Prejean ("Dead Man Walking" nun) feels Dzhokhar is remorseful. She's met with him 5 times. Further, if it is wrong to kill someone, it is wrong for the state to kill someone. PERIOD. We must practice what we preach. The death penalty must go.</blockquote><br />
The violence must stop. -- And you ought to be following <a href="https://www.facebook.com/schultz.connie">Connie Schultz</a> on Facebook (and elsewhere, like <a href="https://twitter.com/ConnieSchultz">Twitter</a>). She posts about all sorts of issues as well as photos of her husband <b><a href="https://twitter.com/sensherrodbrown">Senator Sherrod Brown</a></b> and their dog <b>Franklin</b>. Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-457444803862421522015-05-05T02:11:00.000-04:002015-05-05T02:11:28.215-04:00Sanders announces, People respondGreat to see Senator Bernie Sanders enter the race of President. Announcing last week, Bernie received $1.5 million from 35,000 donors in the first 24 hours and people ARE responding. He appeared on Maddow Monday evening:<br />
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<blockquote>The Republican politicians have created havoc in Congress -- nothing is being done to help ordinary people or our environment. But the polls show only 49 percent of the people know they are in charge of the House and probably fewer know they are obstructing the Senate. The GOP expect the Dems will be blamed by voters for most of our country's problems and sadly they are probably correct. Meanwhile our citizens see their jobs shipped overseas while companies continue to get tax breaks for this. The Dems tried to reverse this and the GOPS stopped it. They are playing politics and people are starving and our environment is being decimated. Scary times. Not Christian and not ethical.</blockquote>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-42972582287437943742014-04-19T08:01:00.001-04:002014-04-19T08:01:35.005-04:00Aereo.comThanks to <b>Consumer Reports</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span>magazine, I have discovered <b>Aereo.com</b> which provides me the missing arial for my aged TV whose converter box which had provided broadcast channels bit the dust. I mostly watch online but it is great to be able to catch an awards show or other special, plus it records and it plays on Roku, my computer AND my phone. There is a Utah case going to the Supreme Court because the other companies want to squelch competition. Nonsense. Broadcast TV on the public air waves is my right whatever device or company assists me. Good luck, <b>AREO. </b>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-26884234488894388692014-02-23T16:56:00.000-05:002014-02-23T16:56:54.973-05:00President Obama: Just say NO to Keystone XLI hope that <b>President Barack Obama </b>sees this tweet from @PoppaWillie, thinks about it hard and fast, THEN says NO to the Keystone XL Pipeline. <br />
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">John Boehner has at least 100k Investment in KXL. <a href="http://t.co/qBKKSGL8kD">pic.twitter.com/qBKKSGL8kD</a><br />
— Poppa/Willie (@PoppaWillie) <a href="https://twitter.com/PoppaWillie/statuses/436223707078352896">February 19, 2014</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-31347858926000337002014-02-15T10:32:00.003-05:002014-02-15T10:32:59.807-05:00First Ladies for Presidents' Day Weekend<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">TO WATCH AND ENJOY AND LEARN: Thanks to the recommendation of my dear cousin,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1632914931&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/jean.keegan.10" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Jean Keegan</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">, I've been enjoying the C-Span's First Lady series presented on the web with a huge amount of additional historical material. Great way to spend some time over PRESIDENTS' DAY Weekend:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://firstladies.c-span.org/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://firstladies.c-span.org/Default.aspx</a> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">My thanks to <b>Susan Swain</b> for emceeing this great program. Follow her on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/cspanSusan">https://twitter.com/cspanSusan</a> </span><br />
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Read this: <a href="http://ecowatch.com/2014/01/10/congress-fast-track-tpp-threatening-health-environment/">Congress Moves to Fast Track TPP, Threatening Human Health and Environment</a>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187888375073054778.post-26271495538291801912013-12-26T21:21:00.000-05:002013-12-26T21:21:01.379-05:00Short Bread CookiesMy late great mother-in-law would make these for Christmas, but whenever you want a nice <b>simple</b> tasty cookie, make these.<br />
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Mix together these ingredients:<br />1 pound butter<br />1 Cup light brown sugar<br />4 Cups white flour<br /><ul>
<li>Roll into 4 rolls and roll them in red or green sugar (for Christmas).</li>
<li>Chill overnight.</li>
<li>Slice off cookies and bake at 350 degrees 15 to 20 minutes until golden.</li>
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Hey, use organic ingredients and you'll feel better about the pound of butter, but each cookie is small. FYI, my ex said <b>don't </b>use whole wheat flour. He tried it and "blech".Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0