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girlofthesea@diasporasocial.net
Girl Of The

#towrite #mywork #letter

A Walking Stick from a Pecan Tree

Dear Jeffrey,

You wrote ~
“I fashioned a walking stick out of a branch from our pecan tree…”*
You see.  You are an "Our".
I am a "My."
You are a "We".
I am an "I".
You have all that I am without.
I have not seen a pecan tree since I lived in the South.
Nor have I had a slice of real pecan pie since then.
A substitute would be too cruel.
So, I pass them by.
But I often have pecans in my home.
I buy them in stores, or from far away places.
They are already nicely shelled.
I am denied the pleasure of cracking the shell open
with a nut cracker, or a light touch with a hammer.
I am denied crushing two together in the palms of my hands.
The goal is to get the pecan halves out in one whole piece.
I remember.

I am without relatives, and someone telling me
that my ancestors made beautiful jewelry out of pecan shells.
Others made boxes, furniture and toys from pecan tree wood.
I am without warm Southern breezes, and the scent of magnolias
and flowers in the air, and how it looks and feels when
It is just about to rain and the sun is still shining.
That all comes with pecans.

I am without the mindless chit chat in Southern accents
while we sat on a porch and snapped bushels of green beans,
shelled peas, and shucked the husks off of corn on the cob.
I am without my youth and innocent, happier days when I did not know ~
I was so ignorant. I did not realize those day were so precious
and would never come again.
I am without all of those pecan tree things.
But I do have corporate shelled pecans in a can as small mementos.

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

Julian #Assange writes letter to King Charles and urges him to visit #Belmarsh #prison

source: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/may/06/julian-assange-writes-letter-to-king-charles-and-urges-him-to-visit-belmarsh-prison

“As you embark upon your reign, may you always remember the words of the King James Bible: ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy’. And may mercy be the guiding light of your kingdom, both within and without the walls of Belmarsh.”

#Britain #king #letter #justice #wikileaks #news

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lizzischmidt@pod.geraspora.de
(: aNNa blume

“type a letter to the past”

the rules of the game are simple - choose a photo (preferably your own), edit with gimp and tag #sundaygimp on a Sunday ;-) … and follow the tag.

#sundaygimp

(and also #Sunday-photo-edit )

Note: if you do not use gimp, but still want to play along, just use the tag #Sunday-photo-edit and edit the images with your favorite image editor

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escheche@diasp.org
Sylvia J

Food, Farming, and Africa ~ An Open Letter to Bill Gates

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2022/11/17/food-farming-and-africa-an-open-letter-to-bill-gates/

"We, 50 organizations focused on food sovereignty and justice worldwide, want you to know there is no shortage of practical solutions and innovations by African farmers and organizations. We invite you to step back and learn from those on the ground." — Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa

#food #farming #farmers #seeds #sovereignty #africa #letter #billgates #open-letter-to-bill-gates #billionaire #arrogance #hubris #ignorance #capitalism #agra #environment #community

Food, Farming, and Africa: An Open Letter to Bill Gates | Climate & Capitalism

Food sovereignty activists challenge a wealthy white man’s flawed assumptions, hubris, and ignorance

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danieleg@diaspora-fr.org
DanieleG

Letter from Bachmann to Celan, Vienna, Christmas 1948. NOT SENT.

Dear, dear Paul!
Yesterday and today I thought a great deal about you – or about us, if you will. I am not writing to you because I want you to write again, but because it gives me pleasure and because I want to. I had also planned to meet you somewhere in Paris very soon, but then my stupid and vain sense of duty kept me here and I did not leave. What does this mean anyway – ‘somewhere in Paris’? I don’t know anything, but I do think it would have been lovely somehow!
Three months ago someone suddenly gave me your book of poems as a gift. I didn’t know it had come out. That was so… the ground was so light and buoyant beneath me, and my hand was trembling a little, just a very little bit.
[…] I still do not know what last spring meant. – You know me, I always want to know everything very precisely. – It was lovely – and so were the poems, and the poem we made together.
Today you are dear to me and so present. That is what I want to tell you at all costs – I often neglected to do so during that time.
I can come for a few days as soon as I have time. And would you want to see me? – One hour, or two.

Much, much love!
Yours
Ingeborg

Lettera di Bachmann a Celan, Vienna, Natale 1948. NON SPEDITA.

Caro, caro Paul!
Ieri e oggi ho pensato molto a te - o a noi, se vuoi. Non ti scrivo perché voglio che tu mi scriva di nuovo, ma perché mi fa piacere e perché lo voglio. Avevo anche programmato di incontrarti presto da qualche parte a Parigi, ma poi il mio stupido e vano senso del dovere mi ha trattenuto qui e non sono partita. Ma cosa significa "da qualche parte a Parigi"? Non so nulla, ma penso che in qualche modo sarebbe stato bello!
Tre mesi fa qualcuno mi ha improvvisamente regalato il tuo libro di poesie. Non sapevo che fosse uscito. È stato così... la terra era così leggera e fluttuante sotto di me, e la mia mano tremava un po', solo un pochino.
[...] Non so ancora cosa abbia significato la scorsa primavera. - Mi conosci, voglio sempre sapere tutto con molta precisione. - È stato bello - e anche le poesie lo erano, e la poesia che abbiamo fatto insieme.
Oggi mi sei caro e ti sento così presente. È questo che voglio dirti a tutti i costi - ho spesso trascurato di farlo in quel periodo.
Posso venire per qualche giorno appena ho tempo. E tu vorresti vedermi? - Un'ora, o due.

Con molto, molto affetto!
La tua,
Ingeborg

#letter #poets #love #Bachmann #Celan #English #Italian #translation

irreversiblechaos@iviv.hu
irreversiblechaos

I have branched out I am now writing letters to the nz Green party. They claim to love the planet let's see if they love power more then the planet.

Dear Green pary

I send this to you as you are from the area of my home and land but this letter is for all politicians in your party.

The history of the green party is intertwined with the anti nuclear campaign. New zealand stood above the world and banned nuclear weapons on our soil and we left the ANZUS agreement as part of this.

This took courage to go against the grain and stand up to power.

Right now new zealand has observer status in NATO, this organisation is based on the use of nuclear weapons and at this time NATO is in a proxy war that it was directly involved in starting.

As much as our politicians and media deny history this war is NATOs war. Mr Putin threatened nuclear war in response to NATOs threats of the use of tactical nuclear weapons. The USA nuclear doctrine which underpins NATO allows the use of tactical nuclear weapons in war outside of a direct threat to the nation.

They have given themselves the ability to use tactical nuclear weapons within the theatre of conventional war.

I have some questions.

You are in a position of power even without being directly involved in government as a politician you have access to media that most of us little people do not have.

Why has your party been silent on the threat of nuclear war and the use of tactical nuclear weapons. I don't care what side you are on but your silence is concerning.

You may support Ukraine but Ukraine and the people who live in Ukraine will not benefit from the use of nuclear weapons and neither will anyone else on this planet.

This war must stop and right now the only way that can happen is by negotiations it is not going to stop with a ukrainian victory. Lives are being wasted and all our lives will be wasted if we continue on the path we are going.

Right now we need actual leaders, leaders are not rulers. Rulers tell people what to do, leaders do not give orders they stand at the front and lead by example.

Are you so hypnotised by power that you will sit quietly and see the rulers of our world destroy us because they are phycopaths or will you stand up and lead. You have power why are you silent?

me

#letter #greenparty #nuclearwar #WW3 #propaganda #nato #newzealand

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