Friday, April 03, 2020

which one am i

recent events + circumstances have led to a bit of reflection within my family. while my mom was isolated in rehab after a car accident (she flipped the car), and we were processing my dad's tenuous grip on life over the phone, the subject of her three children came up. i asked her if it's fair to say my oldest sister is the "strong" one, and that my other sister (the middle child) is the "perfect" one ... she agreed in general. these are generalizations that have been in place for years in my family's culture. i've never really had such a designation to my knowledge, so I asked her "which 'one' am i?"

she didn't have a quick, easy answer. "you're ..." she thought about it. "you're like ... saint francis of assisi." too kind and not at all specifically accurate, but we were talking generalizations.

so, which "one" does that make me?

Sunday, August 25, 2019

home remedy

tom-A-hawk's Gout-Out

in a small (4oz) juice tumbler, mix

- 2oz TART cherry juice (trader joes is best/best value)
- 2oz tom-A-hawk's ginger turmeric brew*

* tom-A-hawk's ginger turmeric brew
- 32oz ginger drink (i've used the ginger people's, r.w. knudsen makes a lemon-ginger-echinacea i've been using lately.)
- fresh ginger root, grated
- fresh turmeric root, grated
- teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

pour off 2-4oz ginger drink to make room, add grated ginger, turmeric, and pepper. let steep overnight.

Thursday, December 27, 2018

attributed to karl rove, 2004

People like you are still living in what we call the reality-based community. You believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality. That's not the way the world really works anymore. We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you are studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors, and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

tom-A-hawk's law of #transit

tom-A-hawk's law of #transit - if you get to the stop w/ 5 mins to spare, the #bus is 5-10 mins late. if you cut it close AT ALL, bus is RIGHT on time, or a little early. 😤 @MetroTransitMN

Sunday, May 20, 2018

last night’s dream

a reggae song, “alien dna,” performed by a black woman in a sunday hat, + her girls.

Friday, May 18, 2018

when things aren’t going as planned, consider that the way they are actually going will end up working out better.

Saturday, April 28, 2018

last night’s dream

i am breathing the air, + walking barefoot on the sand, of mars.