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Kirsters Baish| House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has been claiming that the real reason the Democrat sent memo hasn't been released is due to President Trump stalling the whole thing. Obviously this isn't true, but Adam Schiff accidentally just proved that it was false… and in doing so, threw Pelosi right under the bus.
The Daily Caller reported that California Democratic Representative Adam Schiff confirmed that the Democratic Party's memo had to be scrubbed for sources and methods. Schiff confirming this completely goes against Nancy Pelosi's claim that the delay was because of President Trump working on a cover-up. Schiff then criticized former President Barack Obama for his lack of response to cyber warfare.
The White House has had issues with the Democrats' "rebuttal memo" about the surveillance of President Trump's associates. The document could disclose" sources and methods."
Schiff explained during a newsmaker's breakfast meeting on Wednesday which was sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, "We need to go through that and identify that which remains classified and would implicate sources and methods or investigative interests."
Schiff's comments totally went against what Pelosi had previously stated.
White House counsel Don McGahn released a statement on Friday saying that Trump was "inclined" but "unable" to declassify the Democrat's 10-page memo since it "contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages."
After McGahn's statement, Pelosi was quoted saying, "President Trump's refusal to release Intelligence Committee Democrats' memo is a stunningly brazen attempt to cover up the truth about the Trump-Russia scandal from the American people."
The memo is simply an attempt at countering the four-page memo that was released by California Republican and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes.
The Nunes memo confirms that the FBI had used the unverified Trump dossier in an application in front of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The FISA court issued a warrant to spy on an unpaid advisor to the Trump campaign, Carter Page, because of the document.
Schiff seemed to backtrack when it came to the Trump-Russia collusion issue. He stated that the Democrats' definition of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia was a lot lower than any possible criminal acts that were being reviewed by Robert Mueller and his special counsel.
Schiff told reporters, "I've never said there was proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Our responsibility is not determining what can be proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. Our responsibility is to tell the country as much as we've been able to learn."
Schiff had criticized Barack Obama for his failures to impose a "deterrent" against hostile countries whose focus was to push cyber attacks against the private sector during the election.
Schiff stated, "I think the Obama administration should have done more to establish a deterrent when it had the opportunity. I was urging back when the North Koreans hacked Sony that we establish a deterrent then. I feared if we didn't, not only would the North Koreans be back, but others would take a lesson from this that cyber-hacking and attacking is a freebie. There's no consequence."
The Democratic Party is falling apart, and it doesn't seem that there's anything anyone can do to stop it.


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A little News From the Hill - Oh, my lovely friends I have had to back track a little to get it all in. And I'm about to hit the road again for South Carolina where I'll be with the beautiful people at Burry Books for A Moveable FEAST tomorrow night for a great evening. If you are on the coast - check it out and see if tickets are still available. Can't WAIT! Now - backtracking on the spider story so I can work my way up to the Snake story, the fireant story and beyond.)
Yes, I was bitten by a brown Recluse. In my bed. At five am. I was not amused. I whipped on the light having known that yes, something has stung me and stung me bad - actually, feels like it may still be stinging me. I suspected Scorpion. I always suspect scorpions. Let's just call it that cabin in the woods writing experience. Once your writing cabin becomes infested with scorpions but you are DETERMINED to stay for a month to finish your deadline you are always suspecting of scorpions thereafter. No Scorpion. I would have fared better. Brown Recluse. How do I know? Cause I found it skutteling on it's spidery legs across my sheet and I gently killed it. Yes, I actually, purposely did this. I killed it with a sock so that I would not obliterate it into a blob of spider goo so that it could be identified by a doctor.
THEN - for the perfect transport I grabbed a box of Michael Farris Smith matches from his book, The Fighter with the cover of The Fighter on the front, dumped matches, stuck the spider in said box and placed it in my crossover bag which I just about wear to bed. Because it is a true crossover that fits like you are crossing over the big ocean and climbing mountains and traveling through the Aussie outback. These are my requirements for the proper purse. Because someone might say - HEY mate! You want to go to Australia today- I've got an extra ticket? And I won't even have to say, wait let me get my purse because I'll be wearing it. But I digress.
Oh, dead spider we will go, dead spider we will go, hi-ho the dairyo-deadspider we will go.
I thought of going to the emergency room at 5:30. But I had an important writerly conference call at 8:30 so I grabbed ice for bit, took Benadryl and drank extra coffee. Could not, would not miss that call. Hung up from call at 9:30 and walked out the door to the doctors. At first they asked, What makes you think it was a brown recluse? Then I pulled the matches from my purse and they were slightly confused by everything. They thought I was gonna light up. Which I can understand if you are sitting in the little room waiting too long after you have waited in the big room. THIS is a COFFIN I tell them and open the box. They are - impressed. Yes, That IS a brown recluse. And all the doctors confer to look at it. I am now The Fighter. I have earned their respect for killing and capturing the creature and bringing it in.Extra respect for not smashing it to smithereens.
The bite is on the inside of left arm. Right where one would receive a blood transfusion. I find all this evil and curious. I am supposed to be leaving in two days to drive across three states for a book luncheon event and to speak. To speak at a book luncheon event. There. That's better. As in - I'm not simply attending - I am the speaker. And showing up is highly favored upon the bookstore owners and the good people who have bought tickets. The show must go on I say. And something to the effect - DOC, you gotta hook me up with some antibiotics. I have read about these things. They tell me that they HATE to give me antibiotics because when the Zombies come and I really need them they won't work because I have built up a resistance. My arm is on fire like a hill of fireants are eating my flesh alive. I tell them I kinda think I need them antibiotics. They give me a tetnus shot. I kinda tell them I'm not leaving without some antibiotics. At this point they see the glazed, crazy look in my eye and consent because they have other patients waiting but me and that spider aren't going anywhere until they give me something. So, they concede and give me a weak antibiotic to take twice a day. Four hours later I call and tell them, JUST FYI - the red line is shooting up my arm to my heart! They tell me to take FOUR antibiotics and they will call in a refill. The weekend arrives. I call the hotline and say - you know, I think this thing is really getting worse. They tell me to go to ER or come into see them the next day. I always have things to do that preclude going to the ER. Like, I'm just gonna read this book and ice my arm and take 47 Ibuprofen and two Benedryl and look at this thing.
Next day. I go to the doctor. I PAINFULLY slide up my sleeve to my bicep. Any sort of thoughts of me saving antibiotics for the Zombie rush have now gone out the window. They order an antibiotic shot STAT and a STERIOD SHOT and call in MUCH STRONGER ANTIBIOTICS and ORDER AN ULTRASOUND at the hospital and SCHEDULE ME FOR BLOOD WORK.
"You guys know I got a thing to do right? Like I'm driving out of town tomorrow?"
Alone? they ask me.
"Don't be silly," tell them. "Of course alone."
My sister the nurse comes to look at my arm. I can tell she doesn't like it. Not one bit. And that she is in her stay calm mode. As in don't let the patient know how serious this is. She gives me instructions about - should this OPEN UP while you are on the road alone. (Actually, she didn't scream those words, she was speaking very softly, they just sounded like they were screaming) you need to wash it with this super -anti-fungal medicine from another planet and then PACK IT WITH THIS SPECIAL DRESSING I'm giving you and rub it down WITH THIS HORSE CREAM I GOT FROM TRACTOR SUPPLY. (I'm not kidding about any of that.)
MY SON, my funny, makes me laugh like nobody else tough as nails not much empathy for Mom's foibles son says - OH MY GOD! Do you want to lose your arm? Do you want to type with both hands? They should have sent you to a surgeon! That should have been opened up! You have to get that POISEN out! Do you know how serious this is???? And the most precious thing in the world is - he truly cares that his Mummy might become well, a mummy. He is worried about me and my having to type with one hand. Okay, he is worried that I am gonna die.
MY OTHER SON who just flew in from some television photo shoot desert thing says and calls me on facetime video and I answer in the dark because I have been up all night in pain with spider bite says - HEY - and I can see his face clear as day because it's day but I have glorious CRAIGSLIST BLACK OUT CURTAINS THAT ARE A SHADE OF EGGPLANT THAT I LOVE AND HAVE HAD FOR FOUR YEARS AND WILL NEVER GET RID OF - pulled because of the light and the night and the spider bite - and he says - MOM!!! WHY are you in the dark?????? And I say, 'because of the spider bite and I've been up all night in pain" and he says - What spider bite? You got bit by a spider? And then I say some stuff and love you and hang up. Then I text him a picture of the spider bite arm. And he text back - OH MY GOD MOM THAT IS AWFUL THAT LOOKS TERRIBLE AND YOUR ARM LOOKS LIKE A ZOMBIE ARM!!! (The Zombies. Always the Zombies.)
And these are guys who have been to war multiple times and they are both tough guys and so I appreciate the level of their concern. And I got to hit the road cause I'm a writer and there are people actually waiting who have bought tickets to see me and hear me talk about my book. Imagine that! I am not paying THEM to sit there and listen to me they have actually paid to listen to me talk about a book I wrote and want them to buy that they are buying. Yes, I'm going to take my antibiotics and my ice pack and I'm going to go be with them and tell stories.
So I'm like some lone cargirl cowgirl driving down the road signing, Me and my spider-bite . . . hihohiho - But it's more like Lone Desert Highway, cool wind in my hair - Cause my air is still broke in my car and I drive with all the windows down doing 80 and when I stop and get out people think I have purposely styled all this hair JUST LIKE THIS BECAUSE WHY ELSE WOULD SHE WALK AROUND WITH ALL THAT HAIR STICKING OUT. But they don't realize -
No, that woman is on medication cause her arm looks like the Zombies got her and she looks slightly crazy so we not gonna mess with her. This is true. People don't mess with me. Because they have a sense that all hell will break loose or there will be a Holy Ghost revival rain down and they just don't know but they know its something strange, something not just ordinary right there about that one.
Lone woman, ice bag on left arm where it looks like I had a bullet wound by some Steampunk Dystopian space gun. And I'm trying to ride this horse to the next town and make it before sundown.
The drive is 4000 hours away. I think I feel the fever coming on. The sun is setting and a storm has whipped up on the Maggie Valley side of the mountains. But the show - the show must go on because it's about the power of story. This thing That is in my blood. More powerful than spider. Full of light and not of shadow. It's about brining the story home. And sharing it with the incredible people who support authors and celebrate new novels and memoirs, these offerings of words on paper.
Wishing you incredible, beautiful ordinary days.
And so it has begun. The road trip. The book tour. The seeing people on the road. If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook their are more photos than I can post here but I am moved by every single soul I meet along the way. That includes the strangers, the surprises.
I grabbed Little Miss Sunshine and hit the road. (She's pictured here at a writer's hideaway in Oxford, MS before my visit to Square Books. Can you tell she's smiling. Well, she is. ) For those who haven't followed years of road trips and book tours Sunshine is the name I gave to a carry-on bag I purchased years ago for a book tour. It was me going very against type because I normally wear black on black with a side of black. Carry a black bag. And a black suitcase. I was in a professional luggage years ago preparing for book tour and had decided I would invest in a piece of luggage that would survive the miles ahead of me. Something with those magical 360 wheels that glided and rolled and zippers that refused to be broken. A hard case worthy of a few hard miles. I was checking out with a black bag when I turned and looked up and saw this multi colored case on high display in the corner of the store. "Wait!" I said - "I think - I want to see that one." They took her down, I rolled her around. Contemplated color. That wild splash of color. And thought - yeah, she's going with me.
My journey with Little Miss Sunshine as I named her started and we went coast to coast to coast. Airline security smiled when they saw her coming. Passengers commented. Hotel clerks. She brought sunshine wherever she went. Eventually, the metal started sticking out of the edges of the handle, her paint peeled off. She got battered, worn, weary. Just like me. It took years but I finally put her in the back of the closet. Ordered a set of three white metal cases one Black Friday super sale on line. They arrived. I looked at them suspiciously. They didn't even blink at me. I thought - well, I'll just cover them with travel stickers. Places I've been and others I've longed to see. I took them on one trip to Residency. Crammed with too much stuff, too many books, things to stay warm. Their wheels drug a little bit. They didn't have the - dare I say it - magic of Little Miss Sunshine. And they didn't smile at me from the corner of a hotel room when I went to bed at night in a strange city miles from home. They. Did. Not. They also turned out to be the bane of my existence when I had to end up on a Greyhound Bus in between cities that was delayed for a day and that is another travel story entirely. One I've written but not published. You cannot spend days in a Greyhound Station or on the bus with three white suitcases, a laptop bag, and a purse. If only I had just little Miss Sunshine and My Backpack we would have been in fine shape.
BACK to - the moment at hand. It was time to hit the road for Confessions of a Christian Mystic Road trip. I pushed those white suitcases to the corner of the room, reached far back into the closet and drug out the battered, metal baring, paint peeling old friend. Little Miss Sunshine rides again.
Amazing things happen on the road. Surprising things. People come into your life that you weren't expected. With it, they bring their stores. There is the conference of crossing lives that doesn't happen unless we are out on the road, out of comfort zones, our normal agenda's. It brings to mind so many stories after so many books and so many years. Taxi drivers in New York who told me stores about how they arrived, where they came from. About what they read to their children. Sherlock Holmes comes to Mind. A taxi driver told me of reading the series to his daughter when she was young and for the rest of their lives he called her Sherlock and she called him Watson. Those are the kinds of stories you pick up on the road. The power of real lives.
I stopped at a rest stop to use the rest-room and get right back on the road but when I was walking to my car an old man was standing outside is car, maybe he could have been my Daddy's age if he'd be living now. He had a metal arm, wore a cap that showed he was a Vet, been in the service, served maybe more than just a few years for certain. He still had that air of military on him. Of having served. And as I tried to walk right past him and hurry to the car my feet pulled up to a sudden stop. I mean, full on stop. I sort of just stood there looking at him and said So, how are you doing today? The sun was shining, the sky blue, the miles ahead of me piling up by the minute and me - as is my usual - already falling behind. Already with more to do than time and space allow. He was smoking a cigarette and paused and smiled, surprised. What I didn't say was thank you for your service. That might have been implied. He said, What brings you out on the road on a pretty day like today? So I told him. Book tour. Got a book. Doing a thing.
So you're a writer?
That I am, sir.
Is that a fact? My, my.
And then we talk a bit. He's waiting on his daughter. She just had a baby and they were coming back from Nashville headed home to Memphis. The baby had been premature he said. Not but a few pounds. But now - "He's all the way up to twelve pounds. Just had his checkup. He's doing fine."
So glad to hear it. I dug around in the car. Found my reading copy of Confessions. Signed it for him and passed it on. Then headed on down the road. Because. We have one life, our stories, this Divine moment of compassion and consideration and a moment, just a moment to reach each other. To whisper those words, All is well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.
And we are not alone.
Peace and love to you and yours. Me and Little Miss Sunshine got to get on down the road.
My Love Letter to You
This is officially a love letter. Mine to you. Yesterday, I was videoing for a little upcoming book trailer for Confessions of a Christian Mystic - and what I thought most about was you.
About how important you are to me individually. It seems like when a newsletter goes out that it's a blanket of info meant for a mass group of people. But that's not the way I see you. I think of you individually reading these words, finding your way to Confessions, and how the book will personally speak to your heart.
When I was writing the book I thought I can either tell stories or I can tell the truth. I chose the truth. By that I meant - as book reviewer, Tina Chambers said in her book review for Chapter 16 wrote, "River Jordan pulls no punches with new spiritual memoir." You can read the review entirely here.
That's what I was thinking in another kind of way. I thought - life is short. No matter how long it is, it's short. And I only have this little bit of time to say what it is that I have left to say. Should I live to be 100 years old there is only now, this small, beautiful shadow to step into and out of and then we move to the beyond. I wanted to say the most important words I had to offer in those years. This was this moment.
Confessions is filled with those words. Stories of growing up very southern in the rural landscape of what you might call a Southern Gothic backdrop of family and a foreground of dirt, lighting, heat, fireflies, Gulf Waters, and Palm trees. My time was divided between the salty, white sands of the beach and the backwoods of my grandparents. It was as perfect for a little girl born to write as it could be. When I was Eleven years old my mother joined the Episcopal Church. It had quiet, and candles and reverence and a holy hush. And, it too - was as perfect for a little writer girl as anything could be.
The result of all of those experiences, of family and love, writing and living and loving, of spiritual experiences and midnight road trips are captured in this little book. I hope you discover a local copy soon at your local Indie store or where ever you buy books. You can preorder copies today here at a variety of links. Tomorrow is the BIG LAUNCH DAY WHEN IT OFFICIALLY GOES ON SALE. Your pre-orders help this writer TREMENDOUSLY. Because it lets the publisher know at Faith Words/Hachette to keep printing those books. :)
Here are a few shots from our great sneak peek evening event at Parnassus Books In Nashville. I was awed and a little dumbstruck by the fact that the great, Internally loved, awe-inspiring author Ann Patchett introduced me for the event. In what reality - in what universe does that happen??? Not in mind but apparently I am now living on the fringe of a new reality.
If you read and love Confessions of a Christian Mystic - please, tell someone and share the news. This is a little genre-busting surprise of a book. It's hard to put into any particular genre. Because of that- it's unique, it's special in a myriad ways but it's also difficult to review, to find easy lines for it to fit into so that it can be promoted and reviewed. I promise you - it will come down to you, dear reader, to let the world know about it. Confessions is no longer my baby, she's gone out into the world and fallen into your sweet hands.
Please check my events page for the big Confessions Road Trip. And, check back in as events are being weekly. I do so hope to be in your neighborhood and to see you, meet you, visit with you on the road for a great time of stories and sharing.
I am making effort to get this to you before I hit the road this morning for Jackson, MS to be with that great group of readers and Pulpwood Queen girls the BB Queens of Jackson for tomorrows official On sale day launch at April 2nd at Lemuria Books. Wednesday, I'll be at Square Books in Oxford. This weekend, April 6 I'll be over Georgia way at Foxtale Book Shoppe in Woodstock then down to Florida to be in my hometown of Panama City, FL at St. Andrews Coffee House in Conversation with the great writer and journalist, Tony Simmons on Thursday April 11 as we talk about writing, the power of story and how Hurricane Michael changed the face of our beloved city but didn't crush the spirit of the people there I know and love. Saturday afternoon I'll be at the incredible Sundog Books at Seaside, Fl April 13 and then off the next week to Page and Palette April 16 in Fairhope, AL. Then headed to New Orleans to visit Garden District Book Shop on April 18.
When a break arrises I want to send you a note on the books I'm reading, what wine I discovered I've enjoyed, my latest movie binges and more. So please forgive me for the short, fast commercial but I don't want to miss getting the word out to you on Launch Day. Also, in that effort this little missive will be filled with typos and errors. Please forgive.
Wishing you Blessings in your life in all you do this day and always. Praying for your every peace in the midst of the magic of your life. In all its turmoils and triumphs. May true love find you and keep you at every turn. And may all the moments you live each day be touched by that special something that lets you know you are alive for a reason.
Sending you much love!
Your Fan,
River Jordan
CONFESSIONS has ARRIVED!
Reflections during Lent in Real Time.
The baby has arrived! Ginger called me to the back of Parnassus Books today and said - Hey, River - take a look at this!
The surprise were the boxes hidden away of Confessions of a Christian Mystic which OFFICIALLY arrives April 2. There is a sneak preview party at Parnassus Books March 29 at 6:30 and books will be available.
Me being laden with allergies that do NOT belong to me. I don't know whose allergies these are but I don't want them. This is the kind of thing people go to the doctor to get a shot. I have never been that person but I am the proud owner of a new box of Allegra because that generic stuff I took this am did NOTHING! Tomorrow I have high hopes for a different kind of day.
In the meantime - Catherine was kind enough to let me grab her and ask, Will you hold my book? And she did! And I am dancing for joy - on the inside - because today I was more like . . . a slug. That's how I'd describe me. A slug. BUT ---
Confessions of a Christian Mystic is BEAUTIFUL. I must give kudos to Hachette/Faith Words for doing an OUTSTANDING job and from someone who loves books, printing, publishing, first editions - Oh, MY. I'm a little bit over the moon about.
Mama said - It's bigger than I thought it would be. (Insert your favorite emogi here. ) For me - it was the moment where you are just glad that the baby is healthy. And then you look at the baby and decide it's the most beautiful baby in the world. Because that's the way Mother's are. All babies are the most beautiful. It's creation and new life and glory be.
And - here's another thing. You would be amazed at the difference between an advanced reader copy known as an ARC in the business and holding the REAL DEAL. It's like holding a baby doll and someone saying - this is kinda, like gonna be like your baby. But then the real thing arrives and realize, No, that was nothing like holding the real thing at all.
I started reading Confessions and was surprised at the words. The stories. The honesty. The revelation. The passion. The truth. And, yes, the beauty of it. It is an odd, little quirky work about growing up a little southern gothic girl (that means the stories that surrounded me were of a particular literary genre nature) who was born to be a southern novelist and who believed in signs and wonders.
I read a chapter aloud titled, The Dream Readers and wanted to shout with how much I loved it and how it captured this slice of my growing up, being at my Grandmother's house and the women of the family who believed in Jesus and about signs and dreams and forebodings.
Then I turned to a chapter about the full moon and watching it on a winter night, whispering prayers, being filled with a strange and wondrous Peace and I began to cry. At my own words. Again. I decided to not try to read that chapter aloud.
There's a letter to a friend about being southern and a believer that includes an entire PROLOGUE from a Novel-in-progress, letter to my granddaughters about death and faith and living, a letter to friend about Divorce, a short-short story about a man who sees a light at the window, a chapter where I imagine Death being a train we catch and the angel of Death being a bartender who pours memories and revelations in a glass - one tiny, final sip of this thing called life.
And I fell in love with this story in all it's Southern Gothic, Christian Mystic storytelling ways. In love I tell you. Which is exactly the way a new mother should be. Someone ready to whip out a photo and say - let me tell you about my baby.
I was bold and inspired in the telling. I pray to be so now in the revealing. It's time to take this baby on the road and bring her out into the world to meet you. I do so hope you love her.
God bless and keep you on this March night full of stars and wild with story.
Reflections on Lent
It's not your Mother's Lent. Or mine. A friend wrote me yesterday to say she was starting my Lenten study for the umpteeth time that I wrote way back in 2011. Things have changed. A lot. And so, it occurred to me Ashes to Ashes, Dust To Dust, that I should re-visit Lent.
Normally, Lent is one of my favorite Biblical seasons of the year. A quieter repose. Right now, my life feels so rushed and crazy it's not a place I want to settle into. Lent. It means a lot of things to me. Most of them bring to mind a kind of solitary Thomas Merton kind of living. A lifestyle that takes time to reflect. Or a giving up of something - anything - that I might not be in the mood to give up. Sugar. Caffeine. Red Wine. Bread. Meat. Except Chicken. I've had a bout of food poisoning due to a suspicious chicken. Which is what caused me to miss Ash Wednesday services. And doing my radio show. All because of some mysterious chicken salad from a deli that has normally - great chicken salad. But there is the mysterious element of our lives that things can change at any moment. What was once the norm can become oh, no no.
Our normal is done away with in the flash of an instant. Our regular. Our routine. And, that can ultimately be good thing because routines serve their purpose but they can also get us lulled into a state of mind where we are moving at dark speed. Like, we are underwater. Just going through the motions. Where nothing really touches us. Not our emotions or our faith. All of it is commonplace.
Years ago when I wrote my reflections on lent it was for a reason. I had written a book about Praying for Strangers, a silent resolution I had that I never meant to carry out. But I did. And I spoke to people and heard their stories and wrote many of them down in a book that went on to be a bestseller in some areas and beloved by many readers who took on the practice as a spiritual discipline that they carry on to today. I did this for years - not just one - because I saw the results of it in the responses I received when I told people they were my special stranger for the day. I did this in a very Episcopalian way to put it in certain terms. Rock n Roll in others. That is I said it quickly - I do this thing - I say a prayer for a stranger each day before I go to sleep - today your my person - See Ya!
What that means is - it doesn't come off as very, religious in that kind of way. It does come off as sincere. And the story of what happened along the way is that people would stop me as I tried to get away to tell me, "You have no idea how much I needed to hear that today because . . . " or - "Funny you should choose me because . . . " or - simply, "Thank you!"
Over the course of that time I began to value the human heart a little more. No, a lot more. I started seeing through the plastic practiced faces we all wear out into the world. After numerous people went from smiling hello, Saying simple things to Thank you for shopping with us - to breaking down in tears - I realized wow, the whole wide world has a secret underlife going on that no one knows about.
April 2 I have a book coming out thats about being a southern novelist, working my fanny off as a human and as a writer (not literally because I have a maximus not a minimus) and about believing in signs and wonders. What I really want to talk about is fiction, southern fiction, hard driven southern fiction or that old - It was a steamy night in the city by the bay - kind of fiction. But it's Lent. And I have a book coming out called Confessions of a Christian Mystic which leads one to believe it may have 1) Confessions 2) that I'm a Christian and 3) a mystic.
Yes, there shall be stories about all of those things shared on the road. I'm gearing up so to speak. Getting my mind right as the famous line from Cool Hand Luke goes. And if you are anywhere in the neighborhood of one of the cities on tour I'd love to see you. More events are being added weekly so do check back but you can check out the events here. So, what could be a better time than to give my blog over to reflections on Lent. Which means living a messy, faithful life in the middle of all if it. And the ways we continue. And possibly embarking on 40 days of saying a silent prayer for a stranger. Because like the many churches that took on this resolution for Lent when PFS arrived I think I'll join them. Churches of all denominations. And by All I mean all and then some. And agnostics and atheists who said they would find a way to pray for stranger each day.
Lent. It's always been a good time for self-reflection and in that vein self-discovery. I hope these daily offerings, musings, and reflections are something that will offer you sustenance along your journey. Because words matter. And because we are on this journey together.
Thanks so much for reading, liking and sharing with friends.
March 2020

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End of Block Assessments
Our Primary end of block assessments are now available for each term, together with Answer sheets.
These KS1 and KS2 Primary school teaching resources are free to download and use in the classroom. They are perfect for monitoring progress and checking understanding of the content.
YEAR 1 ANNOUNCEMENT – earlier this year we took the decision to discontinue mini assessments for Year 1, however, we have now produced an alternative format starting from Summer block 2. Previous end of block assessments are being converted to this format and added for downloading. For a full update, please read our Year 1 blog. Keep checking back for updated Year 1 replacement resources!
Click on the links below to download the files for the year group you want. Year groups can have differing numbers of blocks depending on the term's content, not all have every block in each term.


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Just think… You're on your Las Vegas ATV Tour with Vegas Off Road Tours taking a break, serving your natures call (if you know what I mean), it's such a peaceful landscape…
A calming breeze, a sunny day, the Nevada desert mountains in the background in watercolor shades of blue… and yet, without your knowing killers are on the move, a fight of life and death between predator and prey. The Goodsprings desert just outside of Las Vegas offers a variety of these predator/prey relationships. Let's take a look at a few, shal
Goodsprings Desert Predators:
Coyotes are often a big part of the predatory system being as they're big and everything else is usually small. They are known as "omnivore opportunists" meaning they look for whatever they can eat! This includes, mice, rats, squirrels, gophers but also means they will eat things such as insects, fruits, and if possible the occasional fawn or sheep. Just because they are big, does not mean they are king of the desert, however! On rare occasions these dogs have been hurt, or even killed, by mountain lions, golden eagles, and great horned owls.
Mojave Rattlesnake
The rattlesnake is a very dangerous predator, even to humans. He has caused many deaths for people and is better left on his own. He doesn't migrate and usually stays around the same area of living. He might steal a rodent's burrow for shelter. The predators for rattlesnakes are the kingsnake and the roadrunner. Although with two predators this snake is doing pretty good being a predator himself for rodents, other snakes, lizards, birds, bird eggs, and some insects.
The roadrunner isn't as silly as we all know him to be. He is a very serious predator for lizards, snakes, grasshoppers, mice, and rarely birds. Sometimes he might even be eating seeds or fruit and even the eggs of other birds. They typically take shelter under brush and little trees but can often be seen in open areas while hunting. And it seems that on top of all that, he is very good at teasing and skillfully escaping the coyote's grasp.
Goodsprings Desert Prey:
Mourning Dove
These birdies got their name because of the low tone they make when they sing. Rather than sounding like a happy tune or a lovely sonnet, it sounds like they're mourning a loss! They mostly feed on seeds found in the ground and sometimes on snails in the spring time. These birds are preyed on usually by big cats, and bigger avian predators, sometimes even lizards! An interesting fact about these birds is that they drink water by sucking rather than scooping up water with their beaks like typical birds!
This little lizard is amazing. He doesn't require water. He prefers to live in compact spaces under rocks. And he is very territorial only really letting females into his space. He's an herbivore and can leap from rock to rock with ease! His main predator would be coyotes and avian predators.
Antelope Squirrel
The antelope squirrel is a cute little critter that is actually the only small mammal active during the spring and summer months. They store food for emergencies and have their young 28 days after mating. This mammal likes to eat seeds, fruit, insects, and green vegetation in their tiny burrows that help them to escape the scorching heat. Their main predators include hawks, owls, coyotes, snakes and more.
So the next time you're riding with us out in the Goodsprings desert on your Polaris ATV enjoying the tour, stop for just a moment to give silence for the poor prey running from Nevada desert predators!


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In a letter (below) to the membership dated April 19, EST Bilello would like members to sign an authorization card that will authorize the District Council to represent members, for the purpose to "strengthen the negotiating position of the officers and Executive Committee that are currently engaged in negotiations with contractors associations" for wages, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment.
Since I have received numerous questions from the membership about signing these cards, I sent the following questions to the District Council for an answer.
1. The contract that was voted on by the membership was it an 8(f) or a 9(a) contract?
2. If 9(a), why was the contract presented to the membership without the membership signing authorization cards?
3. A 9(a) contract appears to be more restrictive on the contractor, was full mobility negotiated in exchange to sign a 9(a) contract?
4. The UBC has negotiated a 90-day wage freeze, a $2.13 wage give back and full mobility, all in opposition of the will of the membership. Given this track record members may be reluctant to sign an authorization cards. What assurances can you give the membership that the Council will bargain in good faith, in the best interest of the membership?
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Contract Update: Should I Sign Council Authorization Cards?
In a letter (below) to the membership dated April 19, EST Bilello would like members to sign an authorization card that will authorize the District Council to represent members, for the purpose to "strengthen the negotiating position of the officers and Executive Committee that are currently engaged in negotiations with contractors associations" for wages, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment.
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- AnonymousApril 25, 2012 at 5:39 PM
DROP DEAD UNITY TEAM !ReplyDelete
- Spill StainApril 26, 2012 at 4:51 PM
The UBC International and NYC District Council of Carpenters continued failure to protect its members warrants the membership to not sign the card. We members should first list our demands Class Action Lawsuit for Trustees on both sides (Collusion Concert) Rescind assesments from previous blue card signing (Extortion)Fire ALL UBC Apointees and rid all Local EBoards of International apointees immediatley. This could be the cornerstone for the DC to mend there dysfunctional relationship they have thrust upon the rank and file who pay their salarys. Thank you all members who care. Sincerely Spill StainReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 27, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Do not sign anything brothers and sisters this is where you can Kerry mccarron on the run this man does not ASK FOR ANYTHING HE USUALLY JUST TAKES so when he asks you to sign cards DO NOT DO IT! This is his only way to RULE you and that means you are giving up you rights by signing this card. DO NOT HEP MCCARRON TO REDUCE YOUR RIGHTS FURTHER BY SIGNING THESE CARDS BROTHERS AND SISTERS REMEMBER THE BLUE CATD HE SCREWED US ON THAT. WE THE MEMBERS WANT TO VOTE ON OUR CONTRACT DO NOT SIGN THIS CARD OR YOU WILL BE GIVING THE SELLOUT DELEGATES THE RIGHT TO RATIFY A NEW CONTRACT WITHOUT YOUR INPUTReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 29, 2012 at 9:34 PM
This Card is just a re-affirmation of what you already are a UNION CARPENTER. After the Scamalgamated Car-Painters Union fiasco the Contractors need to be shown we are ALL on the same page. It is an Authorization Card and nothing more. If you are a union carpenter and do not know what an authorization card is then WE ARE in trouble.ReplyDelete
- Donny AranaApril 30, 2012 at 10:22 PM
I will sign the white card. All this does is crush the traitors from amalgamated crooks and scammers and make us a stronger union. Dont let all the anonomous posters that are really with the amalgamated traitors put their spin on it. Amalgamated are the carpenters that no longer have a strangle hold on our union that want to start a new union in the name of democracy- what a line of bullshit. The only reason they are trying to start amalgamated is so they can have control and benifit personaly. The members finally have a say in this union (ratification of contracts)and the right for all members to attend delegate meetings. This has never happened in the past because the "good ol boyz" had everything for themselves , every thing was done behind closed doors. The good ol boyz have been kicked to the curb and the doors are wide open for all to see. Our newly elected leaders have ripped up the old list of "three a day elegible people" because the hiring process was a sham. I was eligable and was on the list and still believe it is right to rip up the list and start all over. I will sign the white card because it will crush the amalgamated scammers. The is the only purpose for the white card -dont let the spin doctors tell you it is Mc Carrons way of taking control of us, that is pure bullshit. If you want to crush amalgamated and all the cons behind it -SIGN THE CARD. Respectfully yours, Donny Arana.ReplyDelete
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Welcome to my page of quotations about sleeplessness. I've had insomnia since age fourteen. It runs on my dad's side of the family. I've tried the gamut of remedies but my body just refuses to get consistently good shuteye. However, one of the good things about being an insomniac is that this website would've never existed without my hyperawake superpowers! And I can try to blame typos on middle-of-the-night brain. Happy slumbers to you, and enjoy the quotes.
When you have insomnia you're never really asleep, and you're never really awake. ~Fight Club, 1999, screenplay by Jim Uhls, based on the 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk
People who have insomnia lie awake all night for an hour. ~20,000 Quips & Quotes, Evan Esar, 1968
Insomnia is invisible
but hard as concrete.
~Terri Guillemets, "Can't freakin' sleep," 2016, blackout poetry created from Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, 1996, page 21
A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow… ~Currer Bell (Charlotte Brontë, 1816–1855), The Professor [written before Jane Eyre, 1847, but published posthumously, in 1857
Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night… without the satisfaction. ~Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse, 2006 July 22nd, www.fborfw.com
Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. As for so-called soothing thoughts, fewer people have been kept awake by innumerable worries than by numerable sheep. Dull books are equally dormicidal. A bed full of animal crackers is far more lulling. ~Clifton Fadiman, "I Shook Hands with Shakespeare," Any Number Can Play, 1957 [The Shakespeare game referenced in the chapter title is basically a literary version of Six Degrees of Separation, or Kevin Bacon.
An insomniac is either asleep with one eye open, or awake with both eyes shut. ~20,000 Quips & Quotes, Evan Esar, 1968
In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. ~Colette [hashtag infj!
…O sleep, O gentle sleep,
Nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee,
That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down,
And steep my senses in forgetfulness?…
~William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II, c. 1599 [III, 1, Henry IV]
If an insomniac had as many ideas during the day as he has at night, he'd make a fortune. ~The Comic Encyclopedia, Evan Esar, 1978
awake until 3 A.M.
hard hours — in the dark
anxious shadows lingered in my imagination
~Terri Guillemets, "Hard hours," 2019, blackout poetry created from T. Greenwood, The Golden Hour, 2017, pages 59–60
Nothing cures insomnia like the realization that it's time to get up. ~Quip found in Edwin H. Stuart's Typo Graphic magazine, 1961
I fell into a refreshing, thirty-seven-minute night's sleep. ~Clifton Fadiman,
I ran in the house and I fell in a heap.
I needed my rest, but I just couldn't sleep…
I tossed and I flipped and I flopped and I flepped.
It was quarter past five when I finally slept…
~Dr. Seuss, I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew, 1965
I've had such bad insomnia the sleep cops have issued a warrant for my rest. ~Terri Guillemets, "The chase," 1990
The best cure for insomnia is a Monday morning. ~Sandra Cooley, 1980s
A man who, night after night, falls like a lump of lead upon his bed, and ceases to live until the moment when he wakes and rises, will such a man ever dream of making, I do not say great discoveries, but even minute observations upon sleep? He barely knows that he does sleep. A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep, in throwing a ray of light upon that darkness. ~Marcel Proust (1871–1922), Remembrance of Things Past, translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff
Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia. ~Joseph Wood Krutch (1893–1970), unverified
For insomniacs, night steals the morning. ~Terri Guillemets, "Night heist," 2017
Sleeplessness is a desert without vegetation or inhabitants. Only you, under a curse of some sort, alone; not mindless, but with no use for your mind; without pain, but with a body that needs pain to remind it that it still lives. ~Jessamyn West, The Woman Said Yes, 1976
Awake all night with melancholy thoughts… ~George Gilfillan, "The Poets of Night," Night: A Poem, 1867
three o'clock—
anxiety, regret
in the depths of worry
swept away in the
whirlwind of nothing—
a horrible nothing
~Terri Guillemets, "Insomnia ticking," 2019, blackout poetry created from Octave Mirbeau, The Diary of a Chambermaid, 1891–1900, page 6
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep. ~Dale Carnegie, unverified
What you don't worry about gives someone else insomnia. ~20,000 Quips & Quotes, Evan Esar, 1968
In the earlier years of his literary career he would frequently awake at night, get out of bed, light a candle, and compose many lines upon some poem which he said had "forced itself upon his mind." ~William H. Hayne, "Paul H. Hayne's Methods of Composition," c. 1892
A poet is an insomniac
and always writes best
by the light of a midnight candle.
~Terri Guillemets, "Flickering," 2009
My trouble is insomnia. If I had always slept properly, I'd never have written a line. ~Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961), Death on the Installment Plan, 1936, translated from the French by Ralph Manheim, 1966 [This title — Mort à crédit — has also been published in English as "Death on Credit."
The only cure for writer's block is insomnia. ~Terri Guillemets
It's at night, when perhaps we should be dreaming, that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull. I don't know if anyone has ever pointed out that great attraction of insomnia before, but it is so; the night seems to release a little more of our vast backward inheritance of instincts and feelings; as with the dawn, a little honey is allowed to ooze between the lips of the sandwich, a little of the stuff of dreams to drip into the waking mind. I wish I believed, as J. B. Priestley did, that consciousness continues after disembodiment or death, not forever, but for a long while. Three score years and ten is such a stingy ration of time, when there is so much time around. Perhaps that's why some of us are insomniacs; night is so precious that it would be pusillanimous to sleep all through it! A "bad night" is not always a bad thing. ~Brian W. Aldiss, "Reflections of an Ardent Insomniac," in The Guardian, 1972
A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by,
One after one; the sound of rain, and bees
Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas,
Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky;
I've thought of all by turns; and still I lie
Sleepless… last night, and two nights more, I lay,
And could not win thee, Sleep! by any stealth:
So do not let me wear to-night away:
Without Thee what is all the morning's wealth?
Come, blessed barrier betwixt day and day,
Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health!
~William Wordsworth, "To Sleep," Poems, 1807
I'm an insomniacaholic,
If there is such a thing;
Well, I know there is—
I am one, and their king!
~Terri Guillemets, "Insomniacaholic," 1989
Whiskey may not cure your insomnia, but it makes you more content to stay awake. ~20,000 Quips & Quotes, Evan Esar, 1968
two in the morning
mind humming from the inside out
thunder across crazy dreams
a night charged with god, heart, body,
thinking about how much I think
~Terri Guillemets, "Two AM," 2019, blackout poetry created from Jodi Picoult, Salem Falls, 2001, pages 281–286
He had been unable to drive away the gloomy thoughts which kept sleep from his eyes for a long hour… He had solved any number of difficult arithmetical problems, and mentally repeated the same prayer at least twenty times; but the sleep which he obtained after waiting so long and making so many efforts, brought neither rest nor comfort, and the old man struggled all night in the fiery embrace of the fever-god.
It was only in the morning, after awaking and happily falling off into a second sleep, that he enjoyed the peace and repose of both body and soul, which usually characterized his rest. When he again opened his eyes after this delightful morning's nap, a joyous ray, cast by the rising sun through the bed curtains, danced on the counterpane like a streak of gold, and gave a marvellous brilliancy to its variegated embroideries. ~Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870), The Watchmaker, 1859
There is, if one is lucky, the "first sweet sleep of night" and the last deep sleep of morning, but between the two appears a sinister, ever widening interval.
Sleeplessness comes when my thoughts outweigh the night. ~Terri Guillemets
Insomniacs don't sleep because they worry about it, and they worry about it because they don't sleep. ~Franklin Pierce Adams, as quoted in Evan Esar, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, 1949
Whelk was not sleeping… he rarely closed his eyes for longer than a few hours at a stretch. He rolled in his bedsheets. He sat bolt upright, woken by whispers… His sleep patterns and energy seemed dictated by something larger and more powerful than himself, ebbing and flowing like an uneven tide. ~Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys, 2012
When some years ago I read a piece by Ernest Hemingway called Now I Lay Me, I thought there was nothing further to be said about insomnia. I see now that that was because I had never had much; it appears that every man's insomnia is as different from his neighbor's as are their daytime hopes and aspirations.
When I am with you, we stay up all night.
When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.
Praise God for these two insomnias!
And the difference between them.
~Rumi, interpreted by Coleman Barks, 1979
The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. ~Leonard Cohen, The Favourite Game, 1963
Why is it that people who are troubled with insomnia are generally so proud of it? ~20,000 Quips & Quotes, Evan Esar, 1968 [So true! I think it's kinda like being proud of your black eye after a fight.
How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack. I might try busting myself smartly over the temple with the night-light. I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things. ~Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)
There is nothing like a sleepless couch for a clear vision of one's environment. ~Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)
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[Satire] UN: "We recommend that Americans sentence all top-ranking officials of the Trump administration to a decade of picking up trash along America's highways."
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The scriptwriters planted all sorts of potential plot lines in Season 1, and they just didn't go anywhere. Where's the Wall? Where's the deal with North Korea? Where's that Rust Belt revival?
Jon Stewart, the premier political satirist of his generation, is one of a kind. Or is he?


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Carol says life is better at The Junction than it was at the Mariner Apartments.
She had been living in a ground-floor suite at the Comox building that flooded in January, then lived in a trailer for three months before being accepted into the newly-opened supportive housing project in Courtenay. "It's gorgeous, I love it," said Carol, who has a view of Mount Washington from her second-floor suite. "The rooms are beautiful. The community has come together for all of us. They've supplied everything for us — make us feel at home."
Carol and other Junction residents pay $375 a month — the social assistance shelter allowance provided by the B.C. government. Rent includes two meals a day. If tenants can't make it for dinner, they will have a meal waiting when they come home.
"They should have done this years ago," said Carol, who has lived in the Comox Valley since 1969. "I raised my kids here."
Located at 988 Eighth St., The Junction is a three-storey modular apartment building that is housing people experiencing homelessness. It contains 46 units that each have a kitchenette and washroom. Two units have been designed for individuals with physical challenges.
The ground floor includes a commercial grade kitchen, common dining area and laundry facilities.
"There are people in our community that have been living without the peace of mind that comes with having a place to call home," Courtenay-Comox MLA Ronna-Rae Leonard said at a Friday ceremony to open the facility.
Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells considers The Junction to be one step on a "long journey to restore non-market housing." Combined with the recent opening of the Braidwood affordable rental complex in East Courtenay, he notes that 81 new housing units have been added to the city this year.
"This supportive housing facility will offer more than just shelter for its residents. It's a path forward to a better life through access to life skills, health care and coaching, led by people who care about them," Wells said. "The City of Courtenay is incredibly grateful to the Province and BC Housing for making this project a reality, and paving the way to a brighter future for these members of our community."
John Howard Society of North Island (JHSNI) will operate the building and provide residents with 24/7 support services, which include meal programs, life and employment skills training, health and wellness support services, and opportunities for volunteer work.
"We are so grateful to the City of Courtenay and BC Housing for creating this essential service that will change the lives of our vulnerable citizens who are experiencing chronic homelessness," said JHSNI executive director Wendy Richardson. "We all benefit when these kinds of supports are available, and people are no longer sleeping on the streets."
The John Howard Society also operates a transitional housing facility for youth dubbed The Station, formerly Abbeyfield House, next door to The Junction.


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Lena R. Gibson, 86, of Olney, died on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at her residence. Lena was born on March 1, 1934 in Shawneetown, IL, the daughter of Theodore "Buck" and Martha Elizabeth (Lowe) Nelson. She married Paul Eugene Gibson on October 31, 1956 in Olney and he preceded her in death on June 1, 2014.
Lena worked at the shoe factory for many years and was a homemaker. Lena was a very strong-willed person and loved her grandchildren very much. She was very protective of her family. She raised her children while her husband was on the road, working as a truck driver. She liked to play cards and an old marble game known as "Aggravation". She had a very strong faith in God and was very outspoken. She always cared about others, and was willing to go without something, if that meant that she could help someone else. She liked watching game shows and CourtTV, especially Judge Judy. She was a very good cook. She will be missed dearly by all those that loved her, and her absence will leave a hole in the many lives that she touched.
Lena is survived by her daughter, Cherie Nelson of Olney; Grandchildren, Christopher Hardin, Jennifer Hardin, Tiffany Nix and husband Shawn, Magan Hardin and significant other Kyle, Joel Hardin, Hali Morgan, Nicole Schaich, Matthew Schaich and his wife Alexis, Dakota Byers and her husband Stephen, Caitlan Willison and her husband Jon, Madison Carlson and her husband Logan, Whitney Gibson, Caden Gibson, Riley Gibson, and Zeb Gibson; Several Great-Grandchildren; Daughter-in-law, Emily (Gibson) Hahn of Claremont, special furry friends, Bear, Joey, and Oakley.
She was preceded in death by her her parents; husband; sons, Jamie Gibson, "Jody" Daryl Gibson; daughters, Paula Morgan and Debra Gibson; brothers, Robert, Jesse, John, Elmer "Jerry", James, and Dennis, and sisters, Georgia Mae and Sharon Fain.
Memorials can be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital.
A private memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, March 30, 2020 at the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home in Olney with a private family visitation beginning at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow in Union Cemetery.
The memorial service will be Facebook Live streamed at 11:00 AM via the Kistler-Patterson Facebook page.


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A report from The Sun a couple of years ago reported that 75% of children between the ages of 6-17 aspired to be a YouTuber when they are older. The platform has grown excessively since it began in 2005 and now almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube every single day. It's no surprise that this platform intrigues people to explore it further and theatre maker Claire Gaydon takes on the challenge of exploring it for her latest piece See-Through.
This piece is currently touring (find the dates here) till Spring 2020, with her latest performance on the 31 May at Derby Theatre. Claire is currently in the process of creating a new show with Zest Theatre called 'Youthquake' that'll be touring this Autumn/next Spring too.
I caught up with Claire to find out more about her piece See-Through and the intriguing process of exploring a popular millennial career/aspiration that fills the minds of young people who are invested in the platform.
Claire, start by telling us about your piece See-Through and what it's about?
See-Through follows the journey of a 29 year old out of work actor who tries to become a YouTuber. She's the archetypal millennial who was told she could do and be whatever she wanted and is now feeling like a failure. We see her experiment with making different types of videos in order to gain views and subscribers and we see the reactions she gets from her online audience. As she breaks down more and more barriers between her and her viewers, her videos become more and more confessional and she begins to struggle in defining her own boundaries.
Where did you start with this piece, what drew you into the idea of exploring YouTube and it's rise to becoming a popular career choice for young people? How long has it took to create your production?
It began in March 2017. I was actually trying to make a show about something else at the time. I devised a scene with a teenage girl (basically a teenage version of me) recording a YouTube video. The set up was the same as in See-Through, back to the audience and the live footage projected on the back wall. I became really interested in the image and the idea of an audience connecting with me through a screen without seeing my face. I was really struggling with the ideas around the original show I was trying to make (which were very conceptual) and decided to follow my instincts and go with the YouTuber idea. I finished making the show just in time for The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018.
Did you draw on any 'big' YouTubers in particular as research for your piece, if so, who and what did you discover about them?
Before 2017 I was pretty much YouTube illiterate. To gain a better insight I ran a workshop with a group of Year 9 in Lincoln. I asked them who their favourite YouTubers were and what they liked/disliked about the platform in general. I would say the most influential YouTubers in the making process were Ollie White, Laci Green and Tana Monteau. Ollie for his fun, family friendly stuff, Laci for her empowering educational stuff and Tana for the uncomfortable confessional stuff.
What is the most challenging aspect of this work?
It's different for every YouTuber but in general I think it's a very stressful job. The workload is intense and the pressure to constantly upload new material means it's easy to burn out. It's emotionally draining too. Presenting yourself and your personal life as your work takes its toll. Likewise, I think many people who work at a similar level to me in my industry are struggling too.
What do you hope to achieve from creating this piece of work? Who would you say it is aimed towards as an audience?
The show doesn't condemn or praise YouTube culture, but it does highlight areas that are problematic. In trying to develop a genuine and authentic connection with her audience 'Claire' (a version of me and and our aspiring YouTuber) creates confessional videos. At first they feel empowering, but they quickly digress into something that feels self-exploitative. YouTube's algorithm favours clickbait and controversial content over anything else so it's not a surprise that young people are feeling the pressure to create these types of videos.
In its most literal context See-Through is aimed towards 16-25 years old who are watching or making online content. For older audiences I hope the show offers an empathetic lens to a world that they might not know much about. I would love the show to inspire intergenerational conversations between young people and their parents.
Broadly speaking, I hope all audiences leave thinking about sharing. When we share, regardless of whether it's a performance or just in conversation with someone, we connect and that is a beautiful thing. But like anything, it falls on a personal spectrum and it's important that we make we're the ones setting the boundaries.
What has creating this piece taught you about YouTube as a career?
I developed a huge amount of respect for the hard work that goes into being a YouTuber. People who take it seriously 100% deserve respect for their craft.
I also discovered strong similarities between YouTubers and solo theatre makers. When I came across the statistic that 34% of young people chose YouTuber as their top career choice, I was pretty shocked. My initial question being 'why, why do they want to do this?'. As I came across more and more confessional content I started thinking about the desire to connect and and how, as a theatre-maker who uses partly autobiographical material, I totally identify with that too.
What has been the feedback on this production?
I've been really pleased with the response! YouTuber Christopher Bingham came to the show at the Fringe and sent a really nice tweet saying that the show had inspired him to make a positive change in his life, so that was really amazing.
What's next for you with See-Through? Will you be touring the piece or are you creating a new piece of work already?
See-Through is currently touring till Spring 2020. Dates will be on my website when they're announced. I'm also currently creating a new show with Zest Theatre called 'Youthquake' that'll be touring this Autumn/next Spring too.
And alongside that I'll be putting a plan of action together for my new show 'Piece of Me'. This will be my most ambitious show yet so feeling really excited/terrified(!)
You can catch See-Through at Derby Theatre on 31 May. Book your tickets here.


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Recently, members of the National Coalition for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR), wrote to President Obama urging him to heed Pope Francis's call for governments throughout the world to help end war, poverty, the climate crisis, and systemic violence. The letter was unanswered. Seeking a response, close to one hundred activists gathered at the White House. This was part of the week of actions called for by Campaign Nonviolence with over 325 actions around the country between September 20 and 27.
Just prior to the historic visit of Pope Francis, NCNR activists gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. Amidst heavy security, speakers raised issues about Islamophobia, nuclear weaponry, extraction and consumption of fossil fuels, global inequality, corporate control of governments, climate chaos, killer drone strikes and other abusive actions in which the U.S. government is complicit. During the White House rally some twenty-five of the citizen activists went to the visitor's entrance to the White House to seek a meeting. After their request for a meeting was rebuffed, many of them sat down in solidarity with the world's suffering. While sitting there, they noticed many people, including members of the media, did get through to the White House. Since people were entering through this gate, some of the activists got in line. Again they were rebuffed, and eventually fifteen of them were arrested.
Those taken into custody were as follows: Joe Byrne, Baltimore's Jonah House, Don Cunning, Carol Gay, Mary Ellen Marino and Maine Saba, all from New Jersey, Joy First and Phil Runkel, from Wisconsin, Kathy Kelly and Brian Terrell of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Art Laffin, Malachy Kilbride, a Maryland Quaker, Joan Nicholson, a Pennsylvania Quaker, Max Obuszewski, Baltimore, D.C.'s Ellen Taylor, and the venerable Eve Tetaz, Washington, D.C. They were charged with disorderly conduct and are scheduled to be arraigned on October 15 in D.C. Superior Court. Many of them will go to trial to challenge a government which refuses to meet with them, and instead has them arrested. They came to Washington to call on our government to heed the words of Pope Francis and to stop the warmongering, protect Mother Earth and end income inequality.
David Swanson, from World Beyond War, spoke about the need to take immediate action, stating, "As the climate crisis moves beyond reversibility and the war-made crisis of the Middle-East continues to be worsened by governments seeking to fix it with more war, we cannot afford to take a year and a half off for election-distraction. The world needs radical change in Washington right now."
Kathy Kelly said: "The Obama administration bears responsibility to educate the U.S. public about the greatest terrors we face, - the terrors of what we are doing to our own environment. Not one dime of U.S. resources should ever again go to war profiteers, war planners, and Pentagon exploits. Instead, those resources should be used to alleviate the impact of climate change and to meet human needs within the U.S. and beyond."


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The Australian Army has fielded 6 M.A.P.S. (Mission Adaptable Platform Systems) at the Talisman Sabre Exercise 2019 enabling end users from 9FSB and 2 GHB to develop CONEMP for our Unmanned Ground Vehicles. Here we see the MAPS unit fitted with a fogging unit undertaking a PREMED role.


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Mary Shelley
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. After Wollstonecraft's death less than a month after her daughter Mary was born, Mary was raised by Godwin, who was able to provide his daughter with a rich, if informal, education, encouraging her to adhere to his own liberal political theories. When Mary was four, her father married a neighbour, with whom, as her stepmother, Mary came to have a troubled relationship. In 1814, Mary began a romance with one of her father's political followers, she then married Percy Bysshe Shelley. Together with Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont, Mary and Shelley left for France and traveled through Europe. Upon their return to England, Mary was pregnant with Percy's child. Over the next two years, she and Percy faced ostracism, constant debt, and the death of their prematurely born daughter. They married in late 1816, after the suicide of Percy Shelley's first wife, Harriet. In 1816, the couple famously spent a summer with Lord Byron, John William Polidori, and Claire Clairmont near Geneva, Switzerland, where Mary conceived the idea for her novel Frankenstein. The Shelleys left Britain in 1818 for Italy, where their second and third children died before Mary Shelley gave birth to her last and only surviving child, Percy Florence Shelley. In 1822, her husband drowned when his sailing boat sank during a storm near Viareggio. A year later, Mary Shelley returned to England and from then on devoted herself to the upbringing of her son and a career as a professional author. The last decade of her life was dogged by illness, probably caused by the brain tumour that was to kill her at the age of 53. Until the 1970s, Mary Shelley was known mainly for her efforts to publish her husband's works and for her novel Frankenstein, which remains widely read and has inspired many theatrical and film adaptations. Recent scholarship has yielded a more comprehensive view of Mary Shelley's achievements. Scholars have shown increasing interest in her literary output, particularly in her novels, which include the historical novels Valperga (1823) and Perkin Warbeck (1830), the apocalyptic novel The Last Man (1826), and her final two novels, Lodore (1835) and Falkner (1837). Studies of her lesser-known works, such as the travel book Rambles in Germany and Italy (1844) and the biographical articles for Dionysius Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia (1829–46), support the growing view that Mary Shelley remained a political radical throughout her life. Mary Shelley's works often argue that cooperation and sympathy, particularly as practised by women in the family, were the ways to reform civil society. This view was a direct challenge to the individualistic Romantic ethos promoted by Percy Shelley and the Enlightenment political theories articulated by her father, William Godwin.DbPedia
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Mary Shelley 1797-1851 author of Frankenstein lived here 1846-1851
24 Chester Square, Westminster, SW1, London, United Kingdom where they lived
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792-1822 poet & radical thinker & Mary Shelley 1797-1851 author of Frankenstein lived in a house on this site 1815-16
87 Marchmont Street, London, United Kingdom where they lived
In this churchyard lie the mortal remains of Mary Shelley author of "Frankenstein" her father William author of "Political Justice" her mother Mary author of "The Rights of Women" her son Percy, Jane his wife and the heart of Percy Bysshe her husband the poet
St Peter's, Bournemouth, United Kingdom where they lies
The poet & playwright Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife Mary authoress of Frankenstein lived here 1817-1818
Shelley House, West Street, Marlow, United Kingdom where they lived (1817-1818)
Mary Shelley and 'Frankenstein'. The novel 'Frankenstein' was written on this spot in 1816-17. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, aged 19, arrived in Bath in September 1816 and took lodgings here at 5 Abbey Church Yard. That house was demolished to make way for the Pump Room extension in the 1890s. She attended scientific lectures by Dr Wilkinson in the nearby Kingston Lecture Room. he suggested that one day electricity might be used to bring inanimate matter to life. this idea resonated with Mary, who had recently experienced nightmares in thunderstorms and inspired her to write 'Frankenstein'. Mary married the poet Percy Shelly in December 1816. When she left Bath early in 1817 much of the novel had been written. It was published anonymously in London in January 1818. Coincidentally there is now a vault beneath this sign containing an electricity sub-station that delivers thousands of volts to central Bath.
The Pump Room, Abbey Chambers, Bath, United Kingdom where they wrote (1816-1817)


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