@DemocracySpot
Mmmmm. Biscuits. We had a biscuit bake-off one New Years Day. All the guests brought homemade biscuits. I provided Honey Baked ham, hoppin' John, greens, homemade jams, cake, pie, and champagne punch. It was a blast. A friend from New Orleans won the taste test.
** IT’S HERE! FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC THREAD ON #MastodonMusic **
Tonight’s theme is:
🧑⚖️⛓️⚖️ PRESIDENTIAL FELONIES 🚨🚔👮
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🎵 Post songs having to do with crime/prison along with what you’re drinking. 🎶
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I bet there's rich folks eatin in a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin coffee and smoking big cigars
I know I had it coming I know I can't be free
But those people keep amovin
And thats what tortures me
For me there are a few people who are usually equalizing, and I can just be around them, so I won't count that. But generally, I find about 3 times a week, I'm game for socializing. A day in between to rest is usually nice, but the larger the gathering or if we go somewhere particularly noisy or I'm meeting new people that involves more effort, and my social battery empties sooner. I'm very curious where everyone else falls on this!
@RickiTarr
Late to the gathering of introverts. Contact with people everyday keeps me balanced. New people, neighbors, good friends, relatives, weak or strong connections; they all count.
@MarcusMuench @flexghost
Downtown Julie Brown. "Cause I'm a Blond" and other great hits. The lyric that sticks is "I want to be a Veterinarian, cause I just love children!"
@flexghost
I lived through the 80's, and that feels like an accomplishment. Sound track is Prince, Michael Jackson, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Bonnie Hayes, Ry Cooder, Joe Jackson, Doc Watson, the Neville Brothers, Katie Webster, Bonnie Raitt...so much fun music of that decade. The big change from vinyl to CD's, with lots of mixtapes in between. Katie Webster from "Swamp Boogie Queen" https://tidal.com/track/271339059?u #MastodonMusic
@flexghost@MarcusMuench
"Earth Girls are Easy" one of her big hits - was made into a movie starring Jeff Goldblum as an alien. This is proof that I survived the 80's.
Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved transit, not only did it transform the city’s public life & economic success, but the traffic got better.
The Mason Bee (Blue Orchard Bee) House is fully occupied. They were extremely active building nests until a few days ago. Now they mature, and we'll see how many emerge next spring. #Gardening #Pollinators #MasonBees #BOBS
What advice would you give to someone just starting out in a relationship?
Mine might sound kind of dark in relation to the question, but here goes:
People change, and they should, it's part of being a person. Some people are lucky, and they change in the same direction, but some don't, and that's okay too. There's no shame in leaving a relationship or changing the nature of a relationship that no longer serves you. We are all taught that every relationship, whether romantic or friendship, is supposed to last forever, but nothing is forever, and forcing something that no longer works, just ends in anger and bitterness. Knowing when to let go is as important as knowing when to hold on through a rough patch, and how to know either of those things is the most cliché advice of all, COMMUNICATE.
@RickiTarr
I can't give advice here, but will forward advice I received from a teacher about 60 years ago. She survived invasion by the Nazis, years of refugee status with her son & husband, new home in the US, sudden death of her husband after reaching this golden shore.
Be prepared to take care of yourself and your children by yourself.
@RickiTarr
At some point, we all "stand alone" and do not know when it will be necessary. Death, divorce, disability, dementia - bad things happen, and life goes on. I think about your homelessness post from yesterday. With or without support systems, how will you cope with a sudden change? A relationship as a crutch is only that.
