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News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Tuesday October 1st 2024

Returning: Chapter 32

Be Not Afraid

By PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL

a photo of the author
Patrick Cabello Hansel

Mother Light followed Agnes or Agnes followed Mother Light, and Angel and Luz and Angelito followed them all. Instead of travelling through time, it felt like time was travelling through them. The winter dawn had begun to paint the sky a cacophony of colors: pink, red, purple, fuchsia, blood orange, red. As they walked, they heard the mating call of a cardinal—the first time one had been heard that early in February.
Agnes led them back to the senior apartment building; the same one where she had led them into the trap Brian Fleming had set. As they got closer, Luz and Angel could feel their bodies tighten.
“We’re not going back into that building,” they said, simultaneously.
“No,” Agnes said. “But I have to.”
That was all she said, and then quickly zipped in. Attafe (aka Mother Light), took their hands in hers and said, “Agnes will not tell you, but she was forced to help the man who is trying to destroy you. He has held one of her beloveds hostage, under threat of death or worse. She has chosen to risk everything in order to reunite you with little Lupe.… Read the rest “Returning: Chapter 32”

Dave’s Dumpster: June ’23

Dave Moore & Linnea Hadaway have lived here since the Reagan 80s and became life partners while originating the cartoon series “Spirit of Phillips.”

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Raise Your Voice: See the Eagle Dancing in the Sky

By PETER MOLENAAR

A picture of the author with a black face mask reading 'Solidarity'
Peter Molenaar

The U.S. is one of only six countries in the world without paid family leave… not for a newborn baby, not for any reason. With Mother’s day in mind, this fact is especially heartbreaking.
May 13th and 14th, 2023, Cedar Field Park…
Keep in mind: Little Earth’s Mother’s Day Pow Wow is an annual event. Despite the threat of rain this year, it was especially the ‘fancy dancing’ of the younger women which lifted the spirit of one and all. Yes, the practice of this physical grace reflects the drum, yet is on a par with the ballerina… the tasseled regalia swirled like an eagle playing with the currents of the sky.
Speaking of the eagle…
If the Republican Party maintains it’s refusal to lift the debt ceiling, our country will default on it’s debt for the first time in history. This might mean the slashing of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, while imposing economic instability here and across the globe. Alternatively, might they consider increased taxation of the super-rich and a decrease in military spending, in order to make the world safe again?
Meanwhile…
Our oceans have absorbed nearly 90% of the energy trapped by global warming, such that this April’s global sea surface temperature was the highest in recorded history.… Read the rest “Raise Your Voice: See the Eagle Dancing in the Sky”

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