I just received this heart-warming video link from Sharon. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Archive for the ‘Corona Virus’ Category
Sharon Katz and The Peace Train and the kids in Tijuana — #washyourhands
Posted in Corona Virus, tagged #washyourhands, books, Corona virus news, inspiration, Janet Mason, Janet Mason Tea Leaves, kids from Tijuana, kids singing, lively music, Music, Politics, Sharon Katz and The Peace Train, THEY a biblical tale of secret genders, Tijuana, writing on April 1, 2020| Leave a Comment »
An Italian Grandma tells us to wash our hands and Randy Rainbow provides some levity — #StayAtHomeSaveLives #amreading
Posted in Corona Virus, tagged books, Christianity, comedy, Corona Virus, Funny news, inspiration, Italian Grandma, Janet Mason author, Janet Mason Tea Leaves, Randy Rainbow, YouTube video on March 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Here’s links to two funny videos addressing the current crisis. I’m posting them in order of hilarity. The first is an Italian grandma offering us her pearls of wisdom and the second is a song parody by Randy Rainbow.
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Change is in the air — #amreading #amchanging
Posted in Corona Virus, tagged books, Buddhism, chickens, Christianity, Corona Virus, corona virus and food, happy chickens, inspiration, Janet Mason author, Janet Mason Tea Leaves, Music, pandemic, Plant Based News, Religion, THEY a biblical tale of secret genders by Janet Mason, THEY by Janet Mason, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist Church, vegan, vegan chickens, veganism on March 22, 2020| Leave a Comment »
I have been rather amazed at the resilience of people in my many communities — particularly in my queer community. Perhaps it is because we have been through this before. The AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s left its devastating mark on entire communities; it was global; and we were at first not sure how it was spread. It’s important to remember that queer people fell in love and partnered in that era — including my partner and myself.
One of the ways that my partner and I are getting through this crisis is by staying connected to our faith based community. Kudos to our minister Reverend McKinley Sims (Kin) who went immediately to a digital format. The Unitarian Univeralist Church of the Restoration (in Philadelphia) already had a live-streaming platform which has been strengthened and the minister also did the service via Zoom so we could hear people’s joys and concerns. Kin gave a rousing sermon and opened with a pre-recorded rendition of “I just want to celebrate another day of living.” Hope was inspired. I’m sure that was intended. There was also excellent live music, with the musicians maintaining the new social distance in the church that was empty of the congregation.
photo by Gloria Rohlfs
Another way that I am dealing with this period is by understanding the scientific history of this pandemic. Plant Based News just posted an excellent video (which you can see on YouTube). It featured a 2015 talk by Dr. Greger who is an important author, plant-based diet advocate and a physician with a background in infectious disease. His talk was spell-binding. Not only did he predict the current pandemic, but he connected the history of infectious diseases to the history of the domestication of animals for human consumption. In particular, he connects the spread of influenzas to the factory farming of chickens. I took away that if the Corona Virus hadn’t spread from wet markets in a region in China that it would have spread a different way. It still might. It’s up to us to change and stop providing a market for diseased chicken — or any chicken.
Janet Mason, author 