Pediu que eu decifrasse a flor. – O Outro Lado

Pediu que eu decifrasse a flor.

Pediu que eu decifrasse a flor.
– passiflora – eu falei
e detalhei as cores na leveza do dia.

Não enxergo o movimento das cores…
– ela disse –
Enxerga com a alma as tonalidades da paixão de viver.

Eu peguei as mãos dela e desenhei estrelas.
Guiei-a nas linhas finas lilases, que como tentáculos, saem em círculos em volta da flor e a brancura esconde o perfume que suavemente exala.
Eu, dou riso aqui, pela simplicidade dela entender a paleta que desenho.
Ela, ri lá… por captar a essência que a paixão causa na alma

Mariana Gouveia

Source: Pediu que eu decifrasse a flor. – O Outro Lado

Advocates Network says much more to be done in 2024 to improve governance, human rights in Jamaica – Petchary’s Blog

Prime Minister Andrew Holness (foreground) with members of the Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) at Jamaica House in St. Andrew on March 22. Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte (second left) and Ambassador Rocky Meade (third right), are co-chairs of the committee. (Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson, JIS) Source: Advocates Network says much more to be done in 2024 to improve governance, human rights in Jamaica – Petchary’s Blog

Harvard’s Claudine Gay and the conservative culture war – Vox

But the fallout at one of the nation’s elite universities is also illuminating the ways in which the political right is increasingly targeting education, with deliberate efforts to “take on” elite schools by stripping them of federal student loan money and undermine diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, and a parallel movement to undo K–12 education with laws that limit the teaching of history or ban books and classroom libraries. Source: Harvard’s Claudine Gay and the conservative culture war – Vox

Here We Go Again … | Filosofa’s Word

Here’s what I tell them: By not voting or voting for a third party, they’re actually casting a vote for Trump.

Some respond by saying that Trump may be a curse, but they’re sick and tired of voting for the lesser of two evils.

Wrong. Biden is not evil. Trump is truly evil.

If there’s one argument I can’t stand, it’s the “I’m not going to vote for the lesser of two evils” argument.

The fact is, America has a two-party system. You may not like it, but that’s our reality. The founders did not opt for a parliamentary system, where citizens have more options of whom to vote for.

Source: Here We Go Again … | Filosofa’s Word

 

Mask mandates return at some US hospitals as COVID, flu jump | Reuters

Inside a COVID-19 ward in Oklahoma City

Dr. Syed Naqvi, a pulmonologist, dons an N95 mask before entering the ICU at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights

Source: Mask mandates return at some US hospitals as COVID, flu jump | Reuters