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NO KINGS Shoreline Washington

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  Shoreline, a city of 58,000 people 9 miles North of downtown Seattle hosted a NO KINGS rally on Saturday June 14th 2025. School children to senior Citizens on scooters and people from all walks of life showed up to wave signs and marched between 175th and 185th on Aurora Avenue North. Bodies and signs jammed the sidewalks and walking trails, a violinist played Mozart, the sun shined and  motorists kept a continuous symphony of horns honking. Shoreline became  a movable feast of resistance against the current Presidential administration, Mid block crossings were taken over by protesters who moved peacefully waving flags shouting this is a great day, Join Us! Get out of your cars, we are making a difference for two hours straight. A clown handed out free bumper stickers NO KINGS Since 1776 and Marine veterans carried signs reading We don’t take an oath to a King or Dictator. I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against...

Inked in Rain June 21st 6:30 pm New Seattle Voices in Print Hugo House 1634 11th Ave Seattle Washington

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Save the Log Cabin Cedar Tree May 8th 2025 Seattle Washington

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 May 16th Update the Log Cabin Cedar Tree was partially removed this morning in NW Seattle. Tree Action Seattle reported from the scene   mentioning the tree had 12 limbs and was being evaluated by an archaeologist as a possible culturally modified tree. With City of Seattle permit in hand, Seattle Police Department onsite the chainsaws were fired up and limbs were dropping. As of Friday evening some of the Log Cabin Tree remains standing. A tense standoff ensued between a saw crew and neighbors in Broadview Thursday morning May 8th over what neighbors are calling the Log Cabin Tree. The Ellsworth family lived in a log cabin on the property since 1934 and the property was recently sold. The Log Cabin Tree is a Western Red Cedar tree with a 68” trunk diameter and reportedly over a 100 years old. The group of neighbors hired an arborist who looked at the property lines and determined the tree may possibly be co-owned with the neighbors to the north. The new property owners have ...

Thirty ways in Ten days to enjoy Mexico City

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  Thirty ways in Ten days to enjoy Mexico City note: sites with links and stars require reservations sometimes weeks in advance ⭐ denotes a Michelin starred-restaurant Chicōmecōātl Maize goddess and deity of food, drink and human livelihood Casa Azul, Frida    Kahlo collection. Basque de Chapultepec Miguel Hidalgo largest and oldest urban park in Latin America   Chapultepec Castle one of two palaces in North America once inhabited by monarchs   Maizajo ⭐ Fernando Montes de Oca 113, Colonia Condesa, Taqueria & fine dining   Casa Azul Londres 247, Del Carmen, Coyoacán Museo Frida Kahlo make reservations Amatista   Centenario no. 31, Col. Del Carmen Coyoacán Tostada heaven expect a line Mercado de Coyoacán Ignacio Allende s/n, Del Carmen, Coyoacán  a public market  San Juan Bautista Church and Monastery, Ignacio Allende s/n, Del Carmen, Coyoacán Contramar Dgo. 200, Roma Nte., Cuauhtémoc Fine seafood dining relaxed atmosphere Cityze...

Visually Uplifting Pictures Telling Stories New Anthology release from Free Spirit Publishers

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  The very virtue of self-upliftment is a great gift you can give yourself, to help you lead a purpose-driven life. Let this book serve as a reminder and be your guiding light Visually Uplifting   The book is currently available on our website -  www.poetschoice.in

Scaffold State of Mind

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It was my moment to hail a yellow cab at West 53rd St in Midtown, 189 Bowery and step on it! I had wanted to say instead they hailed me and we haggled in some cobbled together language resulting in cancellation of Muhammed’s Uber ride and decamping in gray beard the sage of Manhattan yellow cab. I had just spent time viewing Van Gogh, Picasso, Diego Garcia and Wojnarowicz’ work and was beginning to ponder this new age where terracotta tones in Two Nudes imbue misogyny and the masks on Les Demoiselles d’Avignon seemingly hide cigarette burns. Starry Night became a mosh pit for a selfie competing with French tourists.  Would Van Gogh want my mug photo bombing his work? I had wanted to stay for Marty introducing the film Black Narcissus and steer the conversation to the Picasso problem. No time for that as we are hurtling down Park Avenue and Waze keeps telling the cabbie to turn left and soon we are driving through the second story of a building on an overpass with inches to spare ...