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#TTT @dabbe #takethreethursday

I guessed on a few, so I'm thrilled with my score! Three of my favorite holiday songs:
1. “Christmastime is Here“: not from a movie, but a tv show--the best holiday one ever! (A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS, of course!)
2. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas“: written for the movie MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS and sung by the incomparable Judy Garland.
3. “Silver and Gold“ by Burl Ives: another tv show (RUDOLPH).

No quote, other than to announce a status update that I am 50% through this!!! #NonficNov #CaresPieShow #PineapplePomegranatePie

Random book from our personal library.

"Picture a man sitting beside a dead tree. He is indoors and wearing a crown. From the ceiling hangs a parasitical shrub that legitimates sexual assault. He is singing to himself about a tenth-century Mittel-European murder victim using a sixteenth-century Finnish melody. Earlier, he told his children that the house had been broken into by an obese Turkish man. This was a lie, but he wanted to make his children happy."

Uplifting Christmas tale about the vast generosity of humanity and… No, just kidding. The Soviet Politburo sounds like MAGA. Loyalty is rewarded, knowledge is silenced and ignored. Lies spread en masse, and bullying to ensure the compliance of the people. Inevitably, all is lost. The future of all authoritarianism.

😂 ♦️ ♠️ ♥️ 💰😂

#foodandlit #Italy #Jubilee

In case you haven‘t been following my #wordoftheday posts, my mom @Doll8455 is continuing her dramatic story using each word of the day. I look forward to her next post in the saga everyday!

#wordoftheday

“The most prestigious posting was to Spain, the greatest supporter of the Vatican. Spain controlled large chunks of Italy—the duchy of Milan in the north, and the kingdom of Naples, which shared the southern border of the Papal States. The second most important posting was to France, Spain‘s inveterate enemy and historically a far less supportive ally of Rome.”

Wish I‘d heard more about this very well-researched and -written book (which did win some awards and was nominated for others). It‘s such a window into undocumented life in LA. Hard to imagine anyone not growing in empathy after reading this (and it holds special meaning for me because I began teaching sociology to incarcerated men in SoCal this year). Great audio narration by the author.

It's a palette cleanser reading month for me, so I'm reading the tagged book and listening to music. Here's a top 50 list from Questlove, and a playlist of the songs mentioned in the 1979-1982 section.
#tuesdaytunes @TieDyeDude

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/questloves-top-50-hip-hop-songs-o...

https://tidal.com/playlist/ae1ff1c5-514f-4f47-83a1-096720e7daec