Category Archives: social justice

Trump and the Baby Snatchers

Posted on 2018/06/18 by circuskitchen

June 18th 2018 “I don’t have a long treatise to issue here, no meandering argument. I am simply outraged beyond my ability to articulate it.” ~Charles M. Blow STILL the Trumpsters rally behind him. Denying this is even happening. Which is … Continue reading →

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Family Separation at the Border: It’s Everything

Posted on 2018/06/17 by circuskitchen

June 2018   And this article is succint and informative:   Seizing Children From Parents at the Border Is Immoral. Here’s What We Can Do About It.   Never in my life did I imagine bearing witness to  anything like … Continue reading →

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At Rise: Don’t Make Me Answer That

Posted on 2018/06/14 by circuskitchen

Thursday, June 14th 2018 AT RISE:  Mom is holding sleeping daughter close in bed.  Boy climbs in other side.  Mom turns over, snuggles in and wraps all around in and over. Mom:  You got gotted. Boy:  Ha.  I don’t really … Continue reading →

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Border Separation: Harvesting Babies Fresh Off the Tap

Posted on 2018/06/14 by circuskitchen

Thursday, June 14th 2018   Federal officials took her daughter,  while she was breastfeeding the baby. They handcuffed her for resisting. Another day another dollar for privatized prisons. Another victory for xenophobes. Another head for the ledger. I listened to … Continue reading →

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Disparity

Posted on 2018/06/13 by circuskitchen

Wednesday, June 13th 2018 I started my day as I always do snuggling and giggling in a cozy bed with my children. Later I stopped by city hall to reserve a moving truck parking permit in front of our house … Continue reading →

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Children in Cages – What to Do?

Posted on 2018/06/11 by circuskitchen

June 11th 2018   These children are imprisoned for being born somewhere. https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/dhs-official-658-children-taken-from-adults-at-border-1245015619748 My hospital clown training has taught me that the pain we feel in the face of others’ suffering is not only perceptual but neurological.  And the way … Continue reading →

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Children in Cages

Posted on 2018/06/11 by circuskitchen

June 2018   I can’t even with our administration’s new practice of tearing children from their mothers and throwing them in cages.  Heretofore this was the worst torture imaginable; unthinkably ripping a child from a mother’s arms as in Sophie’s … Continue reading →

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Randy Rainbow Live in Boston with Gavin

Posted on 2018/05/17 by circuskitchen

Thursday, May 17th 2018 For Gavin’s 10th birthday I gave him tickets to see RANDY RAINBOW LIVE! 2018-05-17 RANDY RAINBOW LIVE IN BOSTON [1:58]:   It was awesome, thrilling and wonderful and we had NO idea we would get to … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness: Just Breathe (Video)

Posted on 2018/05/07 by circuskitchen

May 2018 I just love this Just Breathe video about Mindfulness. Just Breathe” by Julie Bayer Salzman & Josh Salzman (Wavecrest Films) [3:41]:   That’s three minutes and 41 seconds very well spent. #MindfulnessIsASuperPower  #WithMindfulnessAllThingsArePossible #MindfulnessIsTheAnswer ♥

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Do We Have Any Pizza Left Mom?

Posted on 2018/04/30 by circuskitchen

Monday, April 30th 2018 AT RISE:  Mom & kids are walking to the bus stop before school the day before Boy turns ten. Boy:  Hey Mom? Mom:  Yeah babe? Boy:  Do we have any pizza left? Mom:  Well yeah (there are … Continue reading →

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