✊🏼🐻❤️🔥🦅✊🏼.
Because poets, musicians, storytellers, comedians, and artists:
Charge and recharge us
Inform
Encourages for us to try to understand a different POV
Offers a moment to escape
Asks for us to reflect
Gives us endurance
Etc. Etc. Etc.
“J.R.R. Tolkien did not belong to a political party, and his views do not align neatly with modern political categories. In his personal letters, he described his politics in complex and seemingly contradictory terms, calling himself both an anarchist and a monarchist. His worldview was heavily influenced by his devout Catholicism and Christian beliefs, his opposition to industrialization, and his experiences in the First World War. 👇🏼
We are all living through dark, scary times right now, and I want to share this with anyone I can.
Not that I believe any one here needs this, but because I believe we all need this highlighted right now.
It is an important message that I hope you will read and share.
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A rough Haiku based on a few personal 🤬 viewpoints...
A Child's Safety Is Worth A Ban on Assault Rifles!
A Child's Peace Of Mind Is Worth Firearm Regulations!
There Is Nothing That Can Justify Placing A Child's Life In Jeopardy!
✊🏼🦅🇺🇸✌🏼🇺🇲.
The Power Of The Lady
A Petite Story By Ann Crystal
Art by Ann Crystal
#petitestoriesbyAnnCrystal
The Lady could always feel the shift before it happens. It has happened before. Generally the shift in weight is barely noticeable, but there have been times when the weight causes an almost intolerable imbalance.
Yet it is usually this Woman's obligation to wait and assess, to give the imbalance a chance to even out and restore equality.
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖
1- The Enchanted Greenhouse & The Giver Quartet 📚🥳💝.
2- News about Superman sequel, “Man of Tomorrow“ expected to fly into theaters 2027 🦸♂️🎬💝...I'm excited, and I still need to catch the first movie 😂🤩🎬💝.
3- Learned that “The Giver“ is part of a series, then was really excited that the “The Giver Quartet“ is an unabridged collection of all four books 🥳📚💝.
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This book crackles when opening, like an old antique tome. Like a book of magic ☺️🪄📚💝.
I randomly opened to this page upon first exploring this brick of a book 🥲📚💝.
#moviesnseriesreviewedbyanncrystal
#TheGiverreviewedbyanncrystal
A surprise from my mom! 📚💝
These are both simply beautiful 😍📚🤩. Both have sprayed edges.
Is it a coincidence that the Giver Quartet is highlighted in red? 🤔👀🤗. Hadn't even realized that “The Giver“ was part of a series!
I'm going to complete some of my current reads before I begin these.
🥳📚 Too Excited 📚💃.
#moviesnseriesreviewedbyanncrystal
#TheGiverreviewedbyanncrystal
#reviewedbyanncrystal
Thank You @dabbe 🐝 for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.
@bellabella 🐝
@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@The_Book_Ninja!
@CBee 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@ImperfectCJ 🐝
@Itchyfeetreader 🐝
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@lil1inblue 🐝
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@vivastory 🐝
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When you're a brown-skin American and there is no place to park except beside an unmarked white van in a lonely parking lot??? 🚐🤔🥺🧐🤨🤗...I know I'm warrior, I just didn't feel like one at that moment 😂🤣😂.
I had planned to read at least one chapter/story each day of this readathon...and I have 🥳📚💝.
Thank You @Bookwormjillk for hosting this readathon, it was wonderful fun 👏🏼🥳📚💝.
#SummersEnd #readathon
#SummersEndreadathon
#reviewedbyanncrystal
One day late!!!! 📚👀📚.
These are the books I am going to focus on for the readathon.
To Shape A Dragon's Breath had grasped my complete interest, which caused me to “mostly“ neglect these current reads.
I plan to read at least one chapter/story each day of this readathon.
Thank You @Bookwormjillk for hosting this readathon ☺️📚💝.
#SummersEnd #readathon
#SummersEndreadathon
I've been keeping out of the comments and debates about God and Prayers both here on Litsy and in RL.
Until today.
A friend came to me and demanded for me to explain how my “good“ “kind“ “loving“ God could allow such bad things to happen in the world “all the time.“ And don't give me, “God Works In Mysterious Ways“ or that “There's A Reason For Everything“ crap.
If you'd like to know how this conversation continued, please keep reading.
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Thank You @dabbe 🐝 for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.
@bellabella 🐝
@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@The_Book_Ninja!
@CBee 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@ImperfectCJ 🐝
@Itchyfeetreader 🐝
@Jari-chan 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@julieclair 🐝
@kelli7990 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@Mimi28 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Susanita 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
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There is talk about there being nationwide protest during Labor Day weekend.
If you're going out to join the protests, please be careful. Please keep in consideration that Federal Agents are armed and Little t has now armed the National Gaurds as of this week.
Little t and his minions are playing monopoly with America and Americans.
We the People must play this reality like a game piece on a chess board if we are going to win.
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Thank You @catsandbooks for #ShowAndTellTuesday ☺️👍🏼🎨💝.
Made this from recycled and upcycled materials.
This is a pricetag from a Peter Rabbit plush. The front has a splendid image of Peter Rabbit, but the back had the product information and the barcode box.
This is made from a material that allowed me to sand off the wording and barcode.
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There has been some debates today about Our Nation's Flag.
I was raised by my mom that I should always respect Our American Flag and Our Land or I am only disrespecting myself.
But now there is a threat coming from Little t aimed at anyone burning or disrespecting Our Flag
Please share this posts with any protesting friends. This is serious! We cannot give these people a single reason to send out the National Guard across the America.
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Since the raidings began because of Little t's ignorance, my mom is “not allowed“ to go grocery shopping alone... she's a little warrior who is ready to fight back and defend her American rights, which means she would likely get herself into trouble if she ventures out and about alone ✊🏼😂.
I wanted to give a warning to be careful while going out shopping.
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✊🏼🦅🌟♥️🤍💙.
Just saying.
pickI wish this kind of read was available when I was a teenager!
As a book about a girl and her dragon, this book was splendid fun. As a book about an indigenous island girl and her endangered species dragon, this is the kind of book I've been waiting for...as an indigenous reader, this fantasy is a treasure 📚🐉💖.
I prefer books without battles, but some may find this a bit slow paced.
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We are the Hope! United, we are the Remedy ✊🏼🫂🌟❤️🤍💙🦅.
Thank You @dabbe 🐝 for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.
@bellabella 🐝
@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@The_Book_Ninja!
@CBee 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@ImperfectCJ 🐝
@Itchyfeetreader 🐝
@Jari-chan 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@julieclair 🐝
@kelli7990 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@Mimi28 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Susanita 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝
Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖
1- Loving #ShowAndTellTuesday, not only the posting of my own work, but also viewing projects from other Littens 🤩👍🏼💝. Thank You @catsandbooks for creating this! Art and craft is always very important to encourage 🎨💝.
2- Garden Magic 🌱💝.
5- The Magic of Reading 🪄📚💝.
4- Litsy & HaikuHive 📚🐝💝.
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Thank You @catsandbooks for #ShowAndTellTuesday 🥳🎨💝.
I'm no expert. I just freehand without a pattern. Crochet this shoulder shawl as a Christmas gift for my Mom. I used two colors of cotton yarn and two crochet hook sizes ☺️💝.
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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖
1- @dabbe challenged me to write a Batman Haiku this week, and it was grand fun 🪄✍️🦇💖. Then today, talking chocolate with @dabbe compelled me to bake chocolate chip cookies, dangerous deliciousness 🍫😋💝. Thanks @dabbe for a week of inspiration 😉👍🏼💝.
2- Batman 📜🦇🔖💖.
3- Chocolate chip Cookies 🍫😋🍪.
4- Garden Magic 🌱💝.
5- Litsy, HaikuHive, & #ShowAndTellTuesday 📚🐝🎨💝.
Since we will not shop at Walmart, and do not feel safe shopping at Vons, we have rediscovered Walgreens.
No DVDs, yet Walgreens still stock books!
When I purchased these, the cashier was excited that a customer was buying books. She said the last selection had to be returned to the supplier because no one seems to buy books anymore!
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“California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault right before our eyes, this moment we have feared has arrived.“ - Gavin Newsom, Governor of California
💙✊🏼🐻🌊✊🏼🦅💙.
There are so many stories that I want to share from California. These are the some of the ones that made me cringe the most.
This post in no way covers all the the stories happening in Los Angeles County NOR across California.
Please do further research to fact-check or if you would like to know more or want updates on the people highlighted here.
Please Note: I didn't include updates.
🙏🏼✊🏼🐻✌🏼.
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Thank You @catsandbooks for #ShowAndTellTuesday and for the tag 🥳🎨💝.
Made this tonight, from upcycled materials.
Saved the foil seal from baking powder and transformed it into a Batman bookmark 🦇🔖📚 by cutting out design, using double-sided tape to attach to a drawing I doodled, and attaching a string that I had saved from a previous project.
These make good ornaments. Just be sure to be cautious in case the foil is sharp.
☺️🎨🦇💝.
I combined Batman with one of my favorite sayings:
“Hope Is Like A Seed, & A Seed Must First Be Planted In Darkness“ -Unknown
To create my Haiku:
A Darkness Swept World
A Rage Born From Injustice
Yet Hope Is A Seed
🌱🌜🦇🌛🌻.
#zeal4batman
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I never heard about this book or movie. Sci-fi, and especially Dystopian stories, rarely interest me.
We had an opportunity to watch the movie this week...and I wasn't surprised to learn that the book has faced bans.
Is this what Little t and his administration aspires to transform Our America into?
This movie is both beautiful and horrifying.
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Kid me loved this actor, watched his version of TV Superman as a little girl and remained a lifelong fan ever since. This was one of the first shows I became a fan of without my brother to snuggle up to while we watched.
With the current hate infused climate of this Administration. This feels like a betrayal.
And the fact that Dean Cain's biological father is Japanese! How could he do to my people what was done to his?
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Thank You @dabbe 🐝 for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.
@bellabella 🐝
@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@The_Book_Ninja!
@CBee 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@ImperfectCJ 🐝
@Itchyfeetreader 🐝
@Jari-chan 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@julieclair 🐝
@kelli7990 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@Mimi28 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Susanita 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
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The restraining order didn't hold for as long as Angelenos & Southern Californians were hoping 🤬. They are ignoring OUR 1st, 4th, & 8th Amendments ✊🏼🐻.
They were in full tactical gear.
#californiananncrystal
#HighlightsfromCalifornia
#TroublingTimesinOurUSA
The following has been sourced from ABC 7 News.
Videos taken from the scene shows agents loading several people into the back of a Penske rental truck.
From LA Mayor Karen Bass: 👇🏼
Thank You for the tag @catsandbooks 🥳🎨💝.
This is a drawing I made a few years ago. It shows an artist at work by the seaside 🎨🖌️🌳🌊💖.
#LitsyCrafters
#ShowAndTellTuesday
#craftbyanncrystal
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖
1- Minutes after 10:PM, on Friday night, LA Mayor Karen Bass held a brief News conference to announce that, “the 9 Circuit court has ruled to keep freeze on SoCal Immigration Raids for seven counties.“ ✊🏼🐻✌🏼🥳💝. This will be appealed, yet is a major win nonetheless!
2- The 4th Amendment has been upheld ✊🏼🐻🌟🦅✌🏼💖.
3- August is here and it has began wonderfully 🌟🦅✊🏼🥳💝.
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Never read the book and don't have Hallmark channel access...but wanted to share because this seems incredibly good 🤩📚🎬💖.
A three part mini series.
#moviesnseriesreviewedbyanncrystal
Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖
1- made Christmas cookies 😋🍪💝.
2- & cranberry spread.
3- Watched Christmas movies with popcorn 🎬🍿😋💝.
4- Garden Magic 🪄🌱💝.
5- Litsy & HaikuHive 📚🐝💝.
#ChristmasinJuly
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
Note: This quote has unknown origins. It is said to be based on Sun Tzu writings.
#TroublingTimesinOurUSA
#quotessharedbycaliforniananncrystal
The grandson of President JFK speaks out about the renaming of, The Kennedy Center Opera House.
Sourced, The Hill by Judy Kurtz - 07/23/25 12:48 PM ET
“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces — but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers,” Schlossberg, quoting his grandfather, wrote in a Tuesday post on Instagram.
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Thank You @dabbe 🐝 for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.
@bellabella 🐝
@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@The_Book_Ninja!
@CBee 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@ImperfectCJ 🐝
@Itchyfeetreader 🐝
@Jari-chan 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@julieclair 🐝
@kelli7990 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@Mimi28 🐝
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@Susanita 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
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