“someone walked passed the door possibly”*

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài

Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm


1.

“someone walked passed the door possibly”*

dare not pass the door

alone, I saw you there on the roof

fighting with the wind

gosh the cold chapped lips

you shattered into joy

since you’re dead

the dead are usually more beautiful

the entirety of dusk, bloodying everything

all the white windows

2.

the cold wind like memories

obstinate

you ran as soon as someone called your name

Thảo Phương

like grass you lived just once that afternoon

you ran in that direction

so all could see your undulating breast

your chest in the rain

that’s the reason for your absence

winter was as sharp as a blade

across the sky

Quang Dũng sat by as

“Tây Tiến”* the French headed out for phở

as…

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MOTHER EARTH SATURDAY POST , Early

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I couldn’t wait til Saturday to share the following snip from a horror report on climate change, from a Daily Kos reader:

Today, this week, as California sluggishly moves through what the San Francisco Chronicle reports as the worst heat wave in the state’s history, I feel compelled to give voice to my fears. Because holding them inside is causing such intense anxiety. Maybe venting will give me some release.

It’s so hot that life isn’t going on as usual. The world feels drained of energy, as if everything is feeding the ferocious heat. Businesses are closing early. Schools are canceling outdoor activities. And we have fires burning on both ends of the state as we enter what has become the most dangerous time for wildfires in California.

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Autoconfiança

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A autoconfiança é uma qualidade da mulher que sabe se comunicar de forma clara, que não faz drama, e não usa de subterfúgios como artificialidade falar o que pensa. Não, a mulher que é autoconfiante, ela é simples, direta em seus posicionamentos. Não tem essa de querer fazer charme, ou ser ” a coitadinha” para querer se promover à custa do “dó das pessoas”. Se fosse assim, ela seria tudo, menos autoconfiante.

A pessoa que é autoconfiante, ela passa a imagem de alguém sério e dinâmico. Jamais vai ser aquela pessoa que irá agir dentro de uma simplicidade para parecer serena, no seu modo de atuar. Não, “ela acredita no poder que tem” e é esse o detalhe que a torna fascinante, justamente demonstrar esse poder que emana com naturalidade de si. Não é que ela seja ” arrogante “. Sem dúvida, no primeiro momento, isso pode até parecer. Mas…

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How to protect the West

Darcy Hitchcock

Rewilding isn’t just about wildlife. It can also help us address climate change and wildfires. Twenty scientists have created a plan to connect huge swaths of Federal lands, creating corridors for animals to move and migrate from increasing heat. The only challenge: cheap grazing permits would be eliminated on 29 percent of the land currently available for grazing.

A new paper written by 20 wildlife biologists and ecologists and published in the journal BioScience this month offers a simple, cost-effective solution to many of the problems plaguing the West: climate change, a loss of biodiversity, and even mega-fires. The authors suggest we replace livestock grazing across large swaths of federal public lands with protected habitat for two controversial and seemingly unrelated species—wolves and beavers.

The plan includes compensating the ranchers. Interestingly, only a small fraction, two percent, of the country’s beef supply come from cattle roaming public lands anyway.

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A simple question — Filosofa’s Word

Originally posted on musingsofanoldfart: A simple question for elected officials in my old party – the Republican Party. What will you have to defend tomorrow, next week, next month…next year? And, will it be from an old, alleged crime or a new one. I have been asking this question of GOP officials for over four…

A simple question — Filosofa’s Word