i feel sick...
monday june 29, 2020: Kern County residents, we have until 5 pm today, Monday, to protest possible closing of all KC Libraries by board of supervisors vote. Please contact everyone you know who supports local libraries -- the number is 661-868-3640. You must mention agenda item #28. Thank you for spreading the word in these last final minutes. jennypage
Monday, June 29, 2020
Saturday, June 27, 2020
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the latest obsession - this is ville virtanen, & he reminds me of boris karloff... when i was younger/before i was mrs page, this would've gone in my "future ex-husbands" folder. i just love the sad, saturnine face & everything about this actor in this series!
this (bordertown, original title sorjonen) was a swell show, not bc of plots, which oftenttimes tho luridly gripping seemed far-fetched, but mostly bc of the main character, pictured here, w/his brainy oddness & awkwardness, & i did love the cinematography w vastly lucious overhead shots of scandinavia, & the tough female cop of world-weary beauty. the show makes me want to study finnish...sigh. the gnat-mind flits again.
in other news, i did NOT do something sh*tty last wk, & the world's a mess, it's in james's kiss, & i'm reading a book about punk rock & most of those ppl were pretty crappy humans. what a shock.
americans should speak out about injustice! i remember as a kid learning about "manifest destiny" & wondering, "why did they think that land should be theirs when the 'indians' already lived there?" a country founded in genocide & slavery cannot have lasting peace. :(
in much smaller news, yet enormous in my life right now,
james + jenny = true love
nothing is harder or more worthwhile.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
taking it eeeeeeeazzzzzzeeeeeeeeee
hi. i wrote a long screed about the the u.s. right now but ain´t gonna post it. too many others so much better-informed, even tempered, & brighter than i am are writing about & commenting upon it all... so instead, i got to attend a 12 step mtg from atlanta on zoom & now will post a picture of howlin' wolf bc today is his bd. he would be 110 yrs old. what a powerful & handsome man he was... wow... 
billy watson called james ¨the modern-day howlin wolf," & more & more i understand it bc chester burnett was a real man´s man but not a pig, good to women. he performed w/ferocity, vulnerability, & complete commitment, was an original, searing performer, & also drove women nuts w/his silly, wild, lascivious antics. james doesn´t do the latter much nowadays, for which i, his wife, am very grateful.
so on to more topics that have nothing to do w/the foul, continually putrid actions of the imposter in chief & his minions... iḿ using this time of no teaching to work on yard art w/junk from the yard sale & came across this beautiful work: https://www.soosunnypark.com/unwoven-light
i don´t know whatś going on w/james & i making an album, or CD, or downloadable, or whatever it would be... but iḿ grateful to have given my old clavinova to a deserving student so i could set up the old korg sp-250. mama bought it for me yrs ago in the pomona arts district, so itś special for that reason & i haven´t been able to use it bc the external speaker broke & couldn´t find anyone to fix it, so i combined it w/my awesome roland amp which i ALSO can´t use at gigs bc it was in james´s rollover crash several yrs ago. the green hornet was totalled, but james came out somehow, amazingly, w/a sore shoulder, tho he was ejected from the vehicle during the crash. the amp, along w/lots of other gear, also went flying across several lanes of the I-5. and except for a volume level short circuit (its volume drops by half sometimes when it powers up), it works still! that is one tough husband... and one tough amp!!
anyways, this new set-up sounds so swell, i want to play the piano all day. so whenever we get going on recording, iĺl be ready. :)
the other day we got to go out to eat in a restaurant after having had a bad experience w/rude ppl. so the timing was especially nice. i had baked potato w/fixins, green beans, & catfish. james had a chicken salad & fake beer. and we were happy to be out & about, tho cautiously.
hereś our pic from that day. james gets more & more handsome all the time. <3 p="">
finally got a new phone after nearly 5 yrs, so i snapped a pic of some of the last of this yrś wildflowers.
below is what my high school friend jenine posted on fb. she moved to new zealand after shrub (as molly ivins called him) was elected. she is brilliant, & in this case, she is correct.
"I have privilege as a White person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice about it...
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson).
I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark).
I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis).
I can sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
I can go to church (#Charleston9).
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell).
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant).
I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland).
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile).
I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones).
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford) .
I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher).
I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott).
I can be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover).
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese).
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans).
I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood).
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo).
I can run (#WalterScott).
I can breathe (#EricGarner).
I can live (#FreddieGray).
I can ask someone to put a leash on their dog when it is required in the public park we are in (#ChristianCooper).
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED. #GeorgeFloyd
White privilege is real. Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience today.
#BlackLivesMatter”
*I copied and pasted this...please do the same.
billy watson called james ¨the modern-day howlin wolf," & more & more i understand it bc chester burnett was a real man´s man but not a pig, good to women. he performed w/ferocity, vulnerability, & complete commitment, was an original, searing performer, & also drove women nuts w/his silly, wild, lascivious antics. james doesn´t do the latter much nowadays, for which i, his wife, am very grateful.
so on to more topics that have nothing to do w/the foul, continually putrid actions of the imposter in chief & his minions... iḿ using this time of no teaching to work on yard art w/junk from the yard sale & came across this beautiful work: https://www.soosunnypark.com/unwoven-light
i don´t know whatś going on w/james & i making an album, or CD, or downloadable, or whatever it would be... but iḿ grateful to have given my old clavinova to a deserving student so i could set up the old korg sp-250. mama bought it for me yrs ago in the pomona arts district, so itś special for that reason & i haven´t been able to use it bc the external speaker broke & couldn´t find anyone to fix it, so i combined it w/my awesome roland amp which i ALSO can´t use at gigs bc it was in james´s rollover crash several yrs ago. the green hornet was totalled, but james came out somehow, amazingly, w/a sore shoulder, tho he was ejected from the vehicle during the crash. the amp, along w/lots of other gear, also went flying across several lanes of the I-5. and except for a volume level short circuit (its volume drops by half sometimes when it powers up), it works still! that is one tough husband... and one tough amp!!
anyways, this new set-up sounds so swell, i want to play the piano all day. so whenever we get going on recording, iĺl be ready. :)
the other day we got to go out to eat in a restaurant after having had a bad experience w/rude ppl. so the timing was especially nice. i had baked potato w/fixins, green beans, & catfish. james had a chicken salad & fake beer. and we were happy to be out & about, tho cautiously.
hereś our pic from that day. james gets more & more handsome all the time. <3 p="">
finally got a new phone after nearly 5 yrs, so i snapped a pic of some of the last of this yrś wildflowers.
below is what my high school friend jenine posted on fb. she moved to new zealand after shrub (as molly ivins called him) was elected. she is brilliant, & in this case, she is correct.
"I have privilege as a White person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice about it...
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson).
I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark).
I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis).
I can sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
I can go to church (#Charleston9).
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell).
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant).
I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland).
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile).
I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones).
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford) .
I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher).
I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott).
I can be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover).
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese).
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans).
I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood).
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo).
I can run (#WalterScott).
I can breathe (#EricGarner).
I can live (#FreddieGray).
I can ask someone to put a leash on their dog when it is required in the public park we are in (#ChristianCooper).
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED. #GeorgeFloyd
White privilege is real. Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience today.
#BlackLivesMatter”
*I copied and pasted this...please do the same.
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