Good advice… I do not have a good hand today.. I think I will sit back and wait to see how other are going to play their cards… Hope everyone is having a good Monday!
“Live is not a matter of holding good cardsm, but of playing a poor hand well”
DIRECTIONS:
1. Place strawberries and water in blender. Cover and blend on medium-high speed until slushy. Blend on medium speed until smooth. Transfer to 2-cup measure.
2. Wash and dry blender. Place frozen yogurt, reduced-fat yogurt in blender. Cover and blend on medium speed until smooth.
3. Place crushed candy cane on small plate. Pipe decorating gel around rim of two 12-ounce glasses. Dip rims into crushed candy.
4. Carefully pour yogurt mixture and strawberries at the same time into glasses, creating a half-and-half design. Serve with large drinking straws if desired.
(Betty Crocker had the original but I changed it up with Greek yogurt, honey and protein powder. This makes it really help you through the afternoon and gives you the energy to finish wrapping those presents and filling out the cards)
image courtesy of Paul Parkinson
I maybe late in the game today, but I do not think you can actually put a date on the necessity of remembering for this, we need to remember it each day. But for the last 14 years November 20th is International Transgender Day of Remembrance. I have stood up for, had to actually state “I am the mother of a child who is gay” just so folks say, “Oh she knows what she is talking about”, instead of — “WHAT is the issue? Why are we even questioning this? He is your co-worker, your friend.. She is your employee or employer… They are child … he is your student… ? What can possibly be making you have that look on your face.”
Why should I need to identify any of this? Because people are insistent on labels and putting people in boxes. People are people, why not treat them as such. Because even in this day and age, when more and more people are realizing this is not a choice! Bigots and hate mongers, and destroyers of lives still run amuck. Today we look, we remember, we light a candle for those who have died at the hands of the haters and closed minded (insert your favorite mean spirited word because I have nothing nice to say and you know what Thumper says) at one LGBT populace, one that is probably the most difficult to live, and one I cannot imagine how some of my dearest of friends who happen to fall into this “box” deal with on a day to day basis.
Meet Natasha Troop. She is a writer, a parent, a teacher, a friend, a lover, a weaver of worlds… a poet, a woman, a member of the human race and a post op Transgender Woman. She is one of the most beautiful women inside and out I know, and she is my friend. I wanted to share her photo today, with her beloved bridge from Stansbury, VT from her current novel series. She is one of the lucky ones, she has a wonderful family, an incredibly support system and she is alive. For her and for every transgender man and woman who live daily with the hate that have caused a day of remembrance to be necessary, I love you and this is one 21st Century Mom, lover, Mona Lisa, Alaskan, teacher, student, writer………. member of the human race
I have watched the violence over the years towards my friends, the slander and the slurs, the discrimination… I can do or say nothing more than what I do now, be a friend .. sometimes I fall down on the job (sorry guys) sometimes I get lost in my own crap, but overall, you are my friends. I do not like even using labels, because you are who you are, but I am really extra proud to call you my friend, and I am honored to know you. You teach me more about how to be a member of the human race every day, thanks.
“The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester’s murder — like most anti-transgender murder cases — has yet to be solved.
We live in times more sensitive than ever to hatred based violence, especially since the events of September 11th. Yet even now, the deaths of those based on anti-transgender hatred or prejudice are largely ignored. Over the last decade, more than one person per month has died due to transgender-based hate or prejudice, regardless of any other factors in their lives. This trend shows no sign of abating.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance serves several purposes. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, an action that current media doesn’t perform. Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who might otherwise be forgotten. Through the vigil, we express love and respect for our people in the face of national indifference and hatred. Day of Remembrance reminds non-transgender people that we are their sons, daughters, parents, friends and lovers. Day of Remembrance gives our allies a chance to step forward with us and stand in vigil, memorializing those of us who’ve died by anti-transgender violence.”
From International Transgender Day of Remembrance website.
For detailed statistics about the numbers of people killed worldwide due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice, visit the March 2012 update from the Trans Murder Monitoring project.
OTHER SITES & POSTS OF IMPORTANCE -
HUFFINGTON 2012POST – 50 Transgender Icons
You can download the full TGEU TDOR 2012 Press Release here.
To see a map showing all 265 reported cases of the TMM TDOR 2012 update, please click here.
In comparison to the TDOR updates of the last years (162 reports 2009, 179 reports in 2010, 221 in 2011), we are witnessing a significant increase, which points to the extreme level of violence many trans people continue to be exposed to.
The update shows reports of murdered or killed trans people in 29 countries in the last 12 months, with the majority from Brazil (126), Mexico (48), and the USA (15), followed by Venezuela (9), Honduras (8), Colombia (6), Uruguay (6) and Guatemala (5). In Asia most reported cases have been found in India (6), Pakistan (5) and the Philippines (4), and in Europe in Turkey (5).
You can find a list with names and more detailed data here.
Note: The above quouted text is from http://www.rememberingourdead.org/day/what.html
The Remembering our Dead Web Project and The Transgender Day of Remembrance are owned by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, All Rights Reserved
With fall leaves floating past me on this cold fall morning. I am reminded of my promise to do some crafting today. While I was perusing Pinterest I found this delightful craft idea and will be starting to work on this today. I am in love with this idea and I have a bunch of what I deem “junk beads” which would be so beautiful! Thanks to Linda!
Milky Way – Palouse,WA – Putt Sakdhnagool – source -PhotoBotos.com
Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.
The author of In Search of Lost Time
http://www.photobotos.com/milky-way/
Ray Bradbury by ~ArtemisiaSynchroma
The author of Fahrenheit 451 was born on this day in 1920.
