Flowers Everywhere

A VIDEO even!!!

Banned Books

 

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO02/20220407/114616/HHRG-117-GO02-20220407-SD018.pdf

Including four by Patricia Polacco, renowned childrens' book author/illustrator.

The Golden Hour

 

Into Great Silence by Eva Saulitis

From Wiki:

Eva Lucia Saulitis (Latvian: Eva Lūcija Saulītis; May 10, 1963 – January 16, 2016) was an American marine biologist and poet, based in Homer, Alaska. With a career spanning decades, she primarily focused her research on marine life and environmental impacts. Her contributions to and passion for environmental research and conservation can be seen woven into her books and poetry. By blending her love of nature with her artistic ability, her texts have received notable recognition.

The image is a link to Abe Books

(I'm not monetized)

Sixteen hours before the Valdez struck Bligh Reef, fisherwoman Rikki Ott (her website) testified to the Mayor's Oil Action Committee in Valdez argued for more industry oversight and disaster preparation (p. 60). Her Wiki page.

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/water-quality/evos-lingering-oil/

Jenna McClintock, Ballerina

Early exposure to ballet triggered unbridled enthusiasm when I chanced upon Marta Becket's Armagosa Opera House outside Death Valley.

Ms. Becket was 91 in 2016 and I could not get an audience. Jenna was dancing frequently and the experience was magical. Here's a link to my blogpost with some details.

A few days ago randycofer-r3n8i left an appreciative comment on the Youtube video I made of Jenna dancing. It is one of the amazing things about travel...stumbling upon artistry and beauty.

Here she is dancing her original work, Bailar.

Here's a link to a current website about her.

If Only I'd Waited!!!

 

Enough

Lack of greed has continually kept me from making as much as I could've. I've repeatedly sold too soon, when I thought enough was enough. But I admit that it's been hard to watch sums that could've been mine disappear.

Anticipating a surge, I began watching when the pre-market trading began at 2 a.m. I can't trade in the After Market, but I can in the pre-market and I've usually done well. But as I watched the climb from $63 - 66.72, I decided, at 4 a.m., to wait.

The drop had begun from 72.00. When I awoke at 11:30 it was at 67.66. At 67.74, with the day's increase at 19.81%, I sold. The auto pilot bumped me up to 67.75 and I made an additional $0.66. 

I've yet to determine my profit, but it was William J. O'Neil wwho advised selling at the 20% mark.

Tapping the image will, as will the link above, take you to the Amazon site. (i'm not "monetized." It's a good book. Most libraries have a copy. For real-time insight, check out Haley Zhao's LEGS Meetup.)

I recouped the $600 loss when ZEPP plummeted and a few more. Enough.

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