Change is now

April 14

The reason for the pandemic is slowly coming to light. As I watched Democracy Now talking about farm workers and meat packing plants, mostly made up of emigrant workers, and  the unjust care for their welfare, These large corporations have a monopoly on the food industry. They are interested in profit for stockholders, not the well being of their workers. Not only are the farm workers underpaid but look how the animals are raised, killed and processed. To top it off much of the food is shipped all over the globe.

I am hoping that all will come back to the communities. That people’s well being will come first and I see that changing already. Many people find they can work at home. There are a lot more small farms. Here in Eugene the Saturday farmers market is thriving. I heard the seed companies are selling out of stock and that means people are putting in back yard gardens.People are stepping up to the plate to find ways to get us out of this chaotic time. States and cities are working together. There is more unity, more compassion.   Ordinary people working at jobs of service are now recognized and appreciated, from grocery store workers to garbage collectors, to farm workers to cleaners to care takers to doctors and the list  goes on

Excerpts from Bernie’s campaign ending speech 

As you all know, we have never been just a campaign. We are a grassroots multi-racial, multi-generational movement which has always believed that real change never comes from the top on down, but always from the bottom on up.

Martin Luther King, Jr. reminded us that "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." The fight for justice is what our campaign was about. The fight for justice is what our movement remains about,  what is possible and what we are entitled to as human beings.

Bernie went through a few if we don’t believe statements

If we don't believe that we are entitled to health care as a human right, we will never achieve universal health care. Etc .  It was a good speech 

The paradigm must change to we all deserve and believe  we will attain all things that give us abundance  and freedom to live in harmony with humanity  It is Spring, new growth new ideas forever eternal forever changing. 

Peace and love

Happy Easter

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE

Thank you all for your beautiful comments that you make on my posts. I really appreciate your response. It was Doug's idea for me to keep in touch with people and so I said I would do the posts, but I don't follow up and look at face book very often. So what does Doug do? He is a hermit, a very loving and lovable being. On face time he just showed me some  beautiful unique drawings  he made but he does not share them. We are what we are and there is no changing that.

LOVE AND PEACE

Spring blossoms in Eugene

more flowers in the neighborhood

read captions under photos

this is a variety of camellia. The tree blooms for a long time, from March to now

I don't know, very beautiful

big leaf maple

up on the Butte

little daisy like flowers grow in the grass

path by river

apple blossoms floating on the water around the roots and rocks

reflections with apple blossoms

big leaf maple flower is eatable

many fallen trees lie in the woods and by the paths 

paths along the river

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Saturday market

this is an amazing tree in flower

sculpture on wall down by the outdoor market

small oak with last years leaves and new leaves coming our

camellia tree

camellia blossoms when they fall on the ground

Ya Po Ah

Why

This pandemic is a shock to us all. It is like when I found out Trump was president. The same shock  and disbelief. iAs the saying goes, Everything happens for a reason. The reason is what we have to figure out. It goes way beyond a virus that can kill humans. It is a wake up call to the way things have been managed, or mismanaged. What to believe, what is the truth and with our own beliefs how do we sort out what we believe to be the truth. It might be the dark night of the soul. It is a time for many in the time of isolation to question what is important in their lives. How do I pay the bills, buy food. If I have enough can I help others. What about the poor and homeless that have bee left on their own to survive best they can.This definitely makes all of us realize that we are all connected to the whole globe, Technology  and communication are uniting us. In the midst of despair love and compassion is radiating out in our thoughts and prayers. The world will never be the same. There is no going back, The cord is cut. We will move forward in a new way, all of us together will survive to create a better world. Do not be fearful, fear is negative and can weaken your immune system. It is projection into a future you do not want to create. Stay in the now and believe you are safe. We are surrounded by people that care for us, family, neighbors, friends and those we don’t even know. This is a new beginning, a birthing, a time for new inventions for a holistic world. It is coming, I know it is coming, be patient, believe  and it will come into being.

Love Audrey

Go out into nature. It has healing energy

Animals make us happy

In these times it is good to smile so I have a few cats and other animals to amuse you

The first ones are by Bernard Langlais an artist that lived in Cushing Maine. He loved animals especially lions

show at Colby College

other artists animals

Napping by Audrey Bechler

Swimming in the river by Audrey Bechler

the lookout rock by Audrey Bechler

Pam's cat had to much catnip

Last  my pet cats

Boo after a flea bath

Can we er friends?

looking down at Tippy

Tippy in the chair