I'm struggling a bit with staying calm 🥺🤬🤨 during all of June.

First my dad couldn't understand my mom. They had an argument because my dad couldn't understand why my mom or I wouldn't go into the neighboring town to pick up a non-necessary item for him.

My mom and I have been remaining local. Again, we're Americans. But these masked men are kidnapping Americans and immigrates and placing them in unmarked vehicles.

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#californiananncrystal

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After all the chaotic reality posts, I feel I should share some happy inspiration to balance things 📚💝. Thank You all for being my Litten Neighbors 🐻📚💝..

#californiananncrystal

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When I'm freaking out about reality, and my current read takes me to the one magical place that always feels safe and cozy...a bookstore 📚💝.

My previous book review was long because I didn't keep up with my posts as I read...I will try to do better.

Not thrilled about the threat to Kasaqua's life if Anequs fails.

I expected a world ruled by Vikings to be a little different...

Loving the steampunk vibes!

#nampeshiweisitreviewedbyanncrystal

Prayers and Good Vibes Please for the expedite of a new California law that would:

Outlaw bounty hunters and citizens from joining in on immigration sweeps.

Only permit medical masks to protect health. Outlaw other masks on agents.

Require that agents identify their branch, and that they are indeed U.S. agents.

I do not know if this law requires vehicles to be marked.

Or if it protects Americans from being harassed/arrested for filming.

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“In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.“ -Wilma Mankiller

🐻🙏🏼🌍🫂🌎🌱🌏✌🏼🦅.

#californiananncrystal

🐻🙏🏼🌍🫂🌎🌱🌏✌🏼🦅.

#californiananncrystal

🐻🙏🏼🌍🫂🌎🌱🌏✌🏼🦅.

#californiananncrystal

🐻🙏🏼🌍🫂🌎🌱🌏✌🏼🦅.

#californiananncrystal

Another Haiku based on my American Indigenous prospective. Please note that my Ancestral World was made up of many different Tribes with many different prospectives. What I share, is my favorite understandings of these Ancestral teachings.

The medicines of the Bear are among the most powerful. They are potent healers and enduring protectors (esp. kids). The very depiction of the bear or symbol of a bear paw is considered protective.

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You know, when U.S. agents first began terrorizing our streets, there was one really chaotic day of protests in the city of Los Angeles.

But Mayor Bass and Governor Newsom immediately worked to deescalate the chaos.

The following days weren't pretty, but many agitators were arrested, and the days became better and better.

I fully expected for Hollywood and celebrities across the board to join the mostly peaceful “No king Protests.“

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Meet Hoss, a pencil fairy I made from a little pencil. Sits on a pencil sharpener rocking chair from Ponderosa Ranch.

Miss visiting the Ponderosa Ranch in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA. Such a fun, beautiful place. My family's, yearly vacation place when I was a child. We loved the breakfast hayride with eggs, sausage, etc. And the lake view 😍🌲🐎🌲💝💝💝.

#craftbyanncrystal

Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖

1- Summer Solstice 🌞💖.

2- June 20, First official Cheech Marin Day in Los Angeles, CA 🎨💝.

3- my mom and I somehow calmed ourselves down after catching an unexpected live news conference. How could someone come and fib to us about our own City and State! But Californians refuse to be agitated 🤞🏼🐻✌🏼, we refuse to be lied about ✊🏼🐻✌🏼.

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I finished this on the eleventh of June, but wanted to weigh the story...then reality became extra crazy...and remains frightening.

Warning, the following is a long babbling review.

This read was good, yet nothing like I expected.

There's no rhyme or reason to which book I investigate, nor how much I investigate, before reading.

I didn't give this book much research beforehand. I had learned that it had been banned, possibly even burned.

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CALLING All from All Faiths from Around The Globe!

I am now a link in a global Prayer chain. A Universal religion call for Prayers.

☀️Begins the start of Summer
☀️Continues all Summer
☀️Ends...when you feel the world is better.

No check-ins anywhere.
Pray or send good vibes from your religious prospective, from wherever you are, whenever you can. Just Believe.

#unrelated2books
#EarthHealingHopepostsbyanncrystal
#californiananncrystal

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Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝
@Mimi28! 🐝
@Jari-Chan 🐝
@Itchyfeetreader 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

My explanation for this Haiku follows in commets

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Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 😉🌹💝.

🥳1- Indoor: checkers, candy land, Clue, Yahtzee, Game of Life, (list goes on, and on...my mom and I love playing games). Outdoor: hopscotch, tag, table tennis.

🤩2- Books: The Mud Pony by Caron Lee Cohen, The Sweep Series by Cate Tiernan. Movies: City Lights/Charlie Chaplin, Zorro/Antonio Banderas, (another endless list).

#WondrousWednesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

#unrelated2books

It was scary this last weekend. It seemed the pieces on the chess board had been strategically positioned... remains scary out there, yet Thankfully none of the fears of kingship or martial law was officially announced. 🙏🏼🇺🇸✌🏼.

It is easy to believe that hatred has become mainstream, something I “suddenly“ have to constantly remind myself not to believe.

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Thank you @AllDebooks for #Chatterday and Thank you @Eggs for the tag ☺️👍🏼💝.

We spent the day trying to avoid feeding our anxieties...then my mom began watching Captain Courageous (1937)...which caught my interest too...and the next thing you know we were both in tears 😭😭...dang good movie was a tear jerker 😂🎬💝. Our day was peaceful.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

Let us hope that Sat. is just one day, just one day of uncertainty and worry. Hopefully there'll be no real attempt at kingship.

Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖

1-my garden 🌱💝

2-my family 🌳💝

3-My Litten friends, Thank You all for being so very kind 😘💝

4-Magical HaikuHive 🐝💝

5-the magic portals of books 📚💝

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

To all Littens who are going out to protest, be safe ✊🏼🐻✌🏼🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲🙏🏼💝

Did I Blink? 🙏🏼🐻💝.

Well, that was a terrible conclusion to a stressful day!

I had always loved how my neighborhood was a mix of cultures and religions... beautiful.

Today, was the first time we felt in the minority...literally.

The way we were stared at with hostility. Scrutinized.

I fully expected to be asked for my ID, or to see the return of Jim Crow signs.

My mom and I are American Indigenous! Our ancestors were here before America!

It has been ruled that the power over the California National Guard will be returned to our states's Governor, Gavin Newsom!

🥳🙏🏼🐻✌🏼💃.

Each Summer, I stash away my pens and use only pencils for both writing and sketching 📒✏️💝.

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝
@Mimi28! 🐝
@Jari-Chan 🐝
@Itchyfeetreader 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

#unrelated2books

“Washington envisioned a republic where power rested with the people and was not concentrated in the hands of a single individual.“

As an American Indigenous, I don't usually hoot for the founding fathers...due to the whole stolen land and genocide history...nevertheless, perhaps we all need to remind the suppressors

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I'm trying to understand how Little t could have issues with immigrants when he's first generation American by his mother, second by his father, and two of his three wives were man-made Americans.

How could Little t have hatred for immigrants?

If this is correct, this continues to make me wonder if he is using the immigration issue simply to take people's attention away from the gift he plans to give himself on his Birthday Jan. 14: Our America.

Again, NOT tagging everyone because this is both political and supports feminism (sorry men, I know you aren't all in agreement with what's happening). ✌️

Not only many republicans voted for Little t, there were many, many men who cast their vote simply to keep a woman from becoming president.

Men betrayed the women in their lives, which has seemingly endangered us all... girls, women, journalists, two-spirited+, Mother Earth, immigrants, etc.👇

Thank You @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕🐎📚.

1- Haven't preordered in years. Just tried returning to mail ordering books, but waiting for their safe delivery drove me crazy 😂. While I WAS tempted to preorder the tagged book...I'm just going back to keeping a lookout for books wherever I may find them. Do miss having a bookstore, I use to have books preordered/ordered and held for me all the time.

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There's many different flags that I'm seeing during these LA protests. Curious, I seeked out this book from my bookshelf. It contains information about the flags of the world...A gift from my mom.

This is the first page that I opened to 🤔📜🌟❤️🤍💙.

Wanted to share In case anyone needs a quick reference sheet.

🙏🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲.

#californiananncrystal

🌟🐻👮👮‍♀️👮‍♂️🇺🇲🙏🇺🇸.
May St. Michael be with the Police Officers of the City of Angels.

#HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

I'm not tagging this one because it is both political and religious...and I've already posted a Haiku today.

🤬🥺😢🙏.

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal

#fundthepolice

Learned about Rough Haiku from @dabbe on @Jari-chan Haiku post.

Did some research and had to give it a try.

Went with a 5-5-5 to tie in with my Haiku's theme. 555 for the fictional phone numbers used in movies and TV.

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How crazy is my obsession with Batman?

When I first watched the TV commercial for this product, I immediately considered it perfect...for a mini Bat-Signal 😂.

🤔 🔦✨🦇✨ Wonder...😜👀.

#zeal4batman

Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖.

1- Made Brownies 😋🍫💝.

2- Made pizza fries, basically homemade fries topped with pizza goodness 😋🍟🍕🧀💝.

3- HaikuHive and Litsy 🐝📚..

4- My Haiku notebook 📒🐝.

5- that my mom raised me to value Books 📚💝📚.

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

There was a news story about this today, and I found it perplexing.

As one who was lucky to have storytime in my childhood, this makes me...sad? Worried.

As an adult, those early experiences with books adds to the coziness of reading as I unconsciously reminisce...

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Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 😉🌹💝.

1- “being kind“ and “always believing in the magic of hope“ are my starter points...and “becoming a garden parent.“ 🌞🪄🌱💝.

2- 😜🤩🦉.

3- garden critters...those silly rascals 😂😍💝💝💝.

#WondrousWednesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

#unrelated2books

Been spending quality time over the last two weeks with Lucifer, what a character!

☀️😜💖.

#californiananncrystal

Thank You @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕🐎📚.

1- Absolutely.

2- The first book that jumped to the surface is, Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann.

#Two4Tuesday

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

#unrelated2books

My new garden shoes were a bit too bland, so I decided to zazz them up 🪄🎨🖌️💝.

#craftbyanncrystal

A little orange notebook that I saved for special jottings. I added the drawing 🪄📜✍️🐝💝.

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝
@Mimi28! 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

Raymond Burr was gay? This makes the fourth Gay Hunk that I've crushed on 😂🤔, I blame those stunning eyes of his.

How have I been a fan for so long and not known about this fact?

I found it tragic that Burr had to hide his relationship with his partner, of 35+ years, Robert Benevides.

As a Perry Mason fan, I want to publicly post a toast to the actor who made the Perry Mason character a Hollywood legend and the one who was his partner.

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Thank You @debinhawaii for #5JoysFriday 💕🌺💖.

1- My 2 Year Litsyversary 🥳📚💃🏽💝.

2- My Litsyversary Book, Story Of My Life by Lucy Score 📚💝 #futureread.

3- Made stuffed, mini Apply Crumb Cakes 😋🍎🥟🍏💝.

4- June is coming 🌞💝.

5- Fridays are normally overwhelming...this makes the second “nearly“ easy-going Friday in a roll 🥳.

#StoryLakereviewedbyanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

Made stuffed, mini Apply Crumb Cakes 😋🍎🥟🍏💝.

#StoryLakereviewedbyanncrystal a #futureread

#californiananncrystal

#craftbyanncrystal

Thank you @Eggs for creating this fun play-card and Thank You @Deblovestoread for the tag 😘📚💝.

1- when my mom was a little girl, she had chosen the names Demetrius and Delilah for her future children. When she had my older brother, my dad wouldn't allow it. I always wondered how much power names truly had and how my personality might have changed if I had been given the name Delilah.

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Thank You HaikuHive and all Littens for making everyday a “Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood“ of Litsy 📚💝.

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝
@Mimi28! 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

Purchased early for my two year Litsyversary 📚💝. Even wrapped it up and placed on my bookshelf especially for today's celebration ☺️📚💝...yeah, I'm wacky like that 😂.

#StoryLakereviewedbyanncrystal

#litsyversaryanncrystal

It's My Litsyversary 🥳📚💃💝💝💝.

Thank You Littens of Litsy for making this place extraordinarily magical. I am so very grateful to have found this wonderful community.

🥳📚💝.

#litsyversaryanncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

Thank You @TheSpineView for creating this fun play-card & for the tag 💕🐎📚.

1- I've four books that I'm currently reading. Been focusing on “Bless Me, Ultima,“ by Rudolfo Anaya. While not a favorite, it's an interesting read.

2- I began “The Blast from the Past,“ by Lucy Score & “Terciel & Elinor“ by Garth Nix. Triple excited about both, yet haven't really read too many pages/chapters into these stories because I really want them to last.

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😍🦇💝.

#zeal4batman

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝

Note: US as in us Americans of the U.S. United States 🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸🌟❤️🤍💙.

Thank You @dabbe for #HaikuADay #HaikuHive 🐝🪄📜✍🏼💖.

@dabbe 🐝
@TheBookHippie 🐝
@TheSpineView 🐝
@Kristy_K 🐝
@JenlovesJT47 🐝
@lil1inblue 🐝
@DebinHawaii 🐝
@bellabella 🐝
@julieclair 🐝@BooksandCoffee4Me 🐝
@Reggie 🐝
@Eggs 🐝
@jdiehr 🐝
@vivastory 🐝
@CBee 🐝

#HaikuHivecommunityLittenAnnCrystal 🐝