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President’s Day
Today is President’s Day and I am spending it watching an AWS webinar. I totally forgot it was a holiday when I registered, but at least I’m being productive. Unfortunately, this past Saturday was not a productive for the United States. Tyrant Trump was acquitted by the Senate, his enablers. Only seven people in the…
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Winter Break Road Tripper
So we are road tripping right now and just stopped by the Salton Sea. It was smelly enough to invoke puking sounds as I sunk my shoes deep into disgusting smelling sand,, and for a moment panicked by the unstable ground beneath me quickening like quicksand. My shoes are covered with grime and stink, but…
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Season of Making
This holiday season I decided to make gifts. I have dabbled in wire wrapping, wood burning, sculpting, and soap making. So fun!
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Busy Bee Update
I have been very busy lately, but in a good way. Just when I was about to give up, I landed my dream job! My boss is a woman and she rocks! She is approachable, positive, professional, and definitely a leader that I can look up to. I don’t think I’m speaking prematurely. Sometimes your…
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Current State of Events
It is the language of the unheard where the marginalized are forced to voice their anguish with loss of lives through the loss of wealth and property. With the backdrop of Covid 19 class warfare nestles inside a race war while Twitter fact checks Tyrant Trump as he continues to incite and inspire violence. People…
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God Bless Alice
This morning my body prayed through yoga and freed me. My program is changing, and I can feel it through a deeper connection with the universe. Even when I am lost of all purpose, I am finding there is a purpose in every moment. My body is breaking away from the unconscious fear that habitually…
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UC Strikes Again!
I am back at work after a very successful three day strike (October 23-25) with AFSCME 3299. Workers took a stand for issues regarding pay raises, racial inequality, and the outsourcing of labor. For UPTE-CWA, it was historical as it was our largest strike ever. Markets on campus were closed down, surgeries were delayed, and appointments…
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#metoo
“Me Too” was a phrase that started in 2006 when Tarana Burke, a social activist and community organizer, used it in a campaign to empower women of color who had experience sexual abuse. In 2017 Alyssa Milano popularized the phrase when she used it in a hashtag to draw attention to sexual harassment and assault. …