Do remember: a narcissist cannot not lie.
Always. Every day and every night. Evenings and weekends. Personally and publicly. Small things, big things, all the things.
They must lie to protect The False Self -- the fabricated image-world they've been building since their 3-ish-year-old selves decided they couldn't handle the real world.
It's a thing.
Some people have narcissist…
In honor of my dad Jim Newburn (on his birthday and his endless curiosities at the edge of the Universe, I share this video with you. A rather fascinating that the skies of the ancients and mythology are not the skies of today.
Whoa! I just had a moment of daydreaming and feeling into a rather disturbingly dystopian vision of a possible future.
Yeah, lots of vagueness in that sentence above. But plenty of visceral sensations.
What I saw just now was our nation some time in the not too distant future -- say, a decade or two from now,…
I know it’s crazy cold out now and being outside gardening probably isn’t high on your list. Still, spring is but a month away, and now is the time many a gardener start laying out plans for the gardening season coming up.
I’ve put together a Local Gardening, Plant, Eco & Farm-to-Table Resource of Events, Organizations…
"God Save Mike Pence!"
Words I never thought I would hear my mind speak -- and mean it. Well, at least in one sliver of life. But here I am, grateful beyond measure for the pair Pence has grown in speaking up and in calling "Mr. President," in essence, a liar--oh, and with facts to back…
I just encountered the story of Camille Claudel, an artist from a century prior who worked side by side with sculptor Rodin and eventually was snubbed, institutionalized and crushed.
Is just some other random DEI history tidbit to sweep aside?
Or not? How much is-ness isn't there when individuals aren't allowed the freedom to follow their paths?…
The Elon & Felon Team march on. Will they burn so many and so much, and so quickly, that none can respond in the Chaos if the Ages? Will they spark so many fires of resistance to burn away their treachery?
Time will tell.
In the meantime, we each can do what we can from where we…
Some of us can see Trump's gaslighting with "facts that aren't facts but are facts, to him, because he calls them facts." We can see how little critical thinking is going and how many people are accepting something as true because, well, Trump said it, or some podcast they listen to amplified the lie without…
Here's an article I wrote for a local gardening newsletter.
Beyond Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
As you’re finishing up your spring garden plans with vegetables a-plenty on your mind, consider creating some space to plant more herbs, as well. Quite a few herbs are rather easy to grow in the “7b hardiness zone” where we…
The WaPo has an article discussing reasons for falling birthrates. OK, yeah. Lots there. But the story is never the full story unless the lens of generational change is laid over the data. (That's my stance, at least.)
Societal moods (or what we also call eras) affect birthrates, which always go down in Fourth Turnings, or…
Mitch voted against Tulsi. Against Pete. The lone Republican dissenter against the former; one of but a small trio for the latter. The Resistance has begun.
I predict a new movement. A minority voice within the Republican party at first. Growing in size as repercussions of Trump's Revenge Tour 2025 begin to show in effect, and…
I wasn't much of one into history in my days of mandatory and free public education. And I wasn't particularly interested in civics either. But I do remember being bowled over when learning about the three branches of the U.S. government and their powers to check each other.
That care and intelligence I found brilliant, wonderful…
