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24 hours later ... vacation came to an abrupt ending. Never packed a place up so fast. @abbywambach I hope your family’s cottage is still dry. The tour guide pointed it out from the ferry two days ago and it’s beautiful! Sending positive vibes from Philly for dry weather ahead. #thethousandislands #rochesterproud @leigh.here.now

Home from a week in rural Vermont and north country New York. A gorgeous place to read Jen Pastiloff’s new book On Being Human with my favorite non-human.

One of the dreamy perks of having a mobile writing/editing life and a painter wife.

On Being Human is here! It’s been mind-glowingly exciting to see my friend Jen Pastiloff’s book skyrocketing into people’s lives since its release 3 days ago... and there’s a good reason for it. This book is BEAUTIFUL! A brave, vulnerable book about “waking up, living real, and listening hard.” Check out the reviews from Bustle, Washington Post, Cheryl Strayed, Glennon Doyle, Liz Gilbert...and the forward from Lidia Yuknavitch says everything: “We could use a little more heart song these days. We could use some fierce joy that won’t shut up.” Congratulations, Jen – MUAH! #onbeinghuman

The Specials “Free Nelson Mandela” 1984. Method 37: Singing (link in bio) The images of the Trump Baby balloon flying over London have made me downright jolly. Sky News even released a promo video in advance of Trump’s UK visit that feels like the trailer of a horror movie. The citizens of Brighton made great use of Method 37 during Trump’s first visit to the UK in 2017. The melody the of 1961 classic, “Hey Baby!” is a popular football chant, but in the new anti-Trump rally cry, protestors sang: “Hey Donald Trump (oooh, ah!) I wanna know why you’re such a c*nt!” Singing has a long history as an effective method of nonviolent action. Protestors have burst into song to interrupt unwanted speeches or to spread ideas during marches or public events. Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh has written about the use of singing during the Buddhist struggles in South Vietnam in 1963: Political satirical songs are easy to learn by heart and can be circulated very quickly. They were widely used during the struggle against Ngo Dinh Diem [who was ousted as head of the government in 1963]. There were hundreds of them. The most famous was “nghe ve, nghe ve, nghe ve, Nhu Diem”, a song dealing with the corruption of that regime. The Specials’ song Free Nelson Mandela was released in 1984 as part of the bloodless revolution that ended apartheid in South Africa in 1990. Listen and imagine the rallying, unifying effect of such a buoyant sound. To read more examples of Method 37, check out my Instagram post about a story that occured during Nazi-occupied Poland eight months before D-Day. In the midst of my Trump Baby glee, this anniversary is a grim reminder that democracy is not something we can take for granted. #nonviolentaction #DDay #genesharp #writersofinstagram @leigh.here.now

Excerpt from Gene Sharp’s The Methods of Nonviolent Action, p 150. Blog post: Method 37: Singing. (link in bio) The images of the Trump Baby balloon flying over London have made me downright jolly. Sky News even released a promo video in advance of Trump’s UK visit that feels like the trailer of a horror movie. The citizens of Brighton made great use of Method 37 during Trump’s first visit to the UK in 2017. The melody the of 1961 classic, “Hey Baby!” is a popular football chant, but in the new anti-Trump rally cry, protestors sang: “Hey Donald Trump (oooh, ah!) I wanna know why you’re such a c*nt!” Singing has a long history as an effective method of nonviolent action. Protestors have burst into song to interrupt unwanted speeches or to spread ideas during marches or public events. Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh has written about the use of singing during the Buddhist struggles in South Vietnam in 1963: Political satirical songs are easy to learn by heart and can be circulated very quickly. They were widely used during the struggle against Ngo Dinh Diem [who was ousted as head of the government in 1963]. There were hundreds of them. The most famous was “nghe ve, nghe ve, nghe ve, Nhu Diem”, a song dealing with the corruption of that regime. The Specials’ song Free Nelson Mandela was released in 1984 as part of the bloodless revolution that ended apartheid in South Africa in 1990. Listen and imagine the rallying, unifying effect of such a buoyant sound. To read more examples of Method 37, check out my Instagram post about a story that occured during Nazi-occupied Poland eight months before D-Day. In the midst of my Trump Baby glee, this anniversary is a grim reminder that democracy is not something we can take for granted. #nonviolentaction #DDay #genesharp #writersofinstagram

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