Tuesday!
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It's also so we can find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. Members come here to check in. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care.
Our diaries are now produced a new group of regularly-scheduled writers:
Monday: BadKitties
Tuesday: jan4insight
Wednesday: Caedy
Thursday: weck
Friday: FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:broths
Sunday: loggersbrat
We also welcome submissions from anyone who would like to jump in, whether as a fill-in for someone else, or just because you feel like writing. Please mention it in the thread, or Kosmail FloridaSNMOM. Anyone scheduled who would like someone to fill in for you, please do the same.
If you'd like to be part of the Itzl Alert Network, please leave a comment asking to join, or send us a message asking to join. We'd love to have you. The bigger our network, the less likely someone will be stranded all alone.
Greetings, campers! It's been an interesting (and by interesting, I'm referring to the ancient curse, "May you live in interesting times...") week both inside and outside the realm of Kosland.
Since I firmly believe we can't live in constant heaviness and stress, I have decided to dedicate my weekly IAN diaries to seeking out and sharing with you things I find uplifting. It's important not only to remind ourselves of what we fight for, but to rest and rejuvenate so we can rise and fight again.
With that, I offer this video of one of the most uplifting songs I know (partial lyrics are below the embed, for those who can't access videos). There is a briefly annoying intro on the vid, but after that you will hear the lovely Judy Collins singing "From A Distance:"
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From a distance
We are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope
Playing songs of peace
They are the songs of every man ...
From a distance
You look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance
I just cannot comprehend
What all this fighting's for
From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
And its the hope of hopes
Its the love of loves
Its the heart of every man
What kinds of things make you feel uplifted and glad to be alive?