Happy Summer

Is It Truly Liberty’s Day?

I wonder what I can celebrate today

There is much to not celebrate today —

Unceded indigenous lands, the world’s largest genocide of so many indigenous peoples, political leadership that fails to impress.

I thank Shaler McClure Wright for finding some golden treasures and sharing them today. Here’s one —

[embed]The Most Iconic American Artwork Is the Hardest to See The Statue of Liberty is caught between the sublime and the souvenir, our critic Jason Farago explains. Look again…www.nytimes.com

It’s a truly inspiring artistic composite.

As are we all.

There are still people here in this country doing what they can to inspire, lift us up, and give us hope.

Enjoy your freedoms, your family, and all you cherish.

I wonder how much longer we will have all these.

Link to Shaler’s article with free links from the NYT.

[embed]Free Links for NYT’s Interactive Series ‘USA At 250’ Shared from The New York Times ‘The Morning’ newslettermedium.com

And don’t miss this one by Joe Guay - Dispatches From the Guay Life! either.

[embed]I Witnessed Humanity at Trader Joe’s Today and Sobbed A reminder: There is still kindness — it’s a minuscule percentage of awful people making life difficult for all of usmedium.com

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