T E A R S

Deep in the American story is this story told by the white men who came to this land, Turtle Island, without their white women whose eyes were filled with terror. European women had never conceived of the concept of women being free, or the intellectual possibility of women's rights until they saw how the women living in the Red Nations upon the land white folks believed 'they' had discovered lived their lives! Today, those daughters, those white women's descendants are still with those terrified eyes they try to hide are unable to free themselves of their terror because deep and silent within the caves of Old Europe is the threat white men whisper in their ears.

They can take what they allowed to become law.  ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 3/28/19

Photographer Mercedes Castillo Sánchez. "Rebuke" — with Jose Perez Melendez and Nerea González Cazorla. (Nov. 28, 2017)

Photographer Mercedes Castillo Sánchez. 'Absolve' — with Jose Perez Melendez and Nerea González Cazorla. (Nov. 28, 2017)

Photographer Mercedes Castillo Sánchez. 'Mordant' — with Jose Perez Melendez and Nerea González Cazorla.. (Nov. 28, 2017)

Photographer Mercedes Castillo Sánchez. 'Confined' — with Nerea González Cazorla. (Nov. 28, 2017)

Rebuke — with 

A Study in Manhood.

Mia Malkova in tennis shoes and jean shorts defines a special. Understanding the special is fundamental to the riddle of a whore's dynamic role. The perspective of a whore has two eyes: how a man uses her, and what the healer needs to help her healing the angst of her soul. It is pondered, the theft of soul, understanding why she is important to the equation of vitality vs. elements that detract from the whole, and the need for wholeness whores express in their actions.

It may sound like a riddle; it is, but on the outside of that vernacular is understanding of the human condition that created a role for a woman to play. When in our collective history did the two-sided role the whore plays within forget men's role as a whore himself? If a whore is merely a woman's role the denial of men cannot possibly follow the rules of simple math: (x + y = z).

- Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 9/25/18

Mia Malkova soft in this purple ensemble and in this position tugs hard at the loins. In the code of deep manhood the determinative element is within the will. But, the will has to be defined. Is a man a whore, the woman a whore, and if so how does one devalue what she does not have as an estimated value to honor? - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 9/25/18

Shifts

One Texas county just swore in 17 black female judges

By AJ Willingham, CNN Jan. 01, 2019

A new year brought the swearing-in of newly elected officials in Harris County, Texas, and among them were 17 black female judges.

The group of women, who were part of a local democratic campaign called "Black Girl Magic Texas," first made history -- and headlines -- when they won their respective midterm elections in November. Together, they make up what is believed to be the largest group of black female judges to be elected at the same time in Harris County history.

The Harris County Democratic Party posted photos of the swearing-in ceremony, which took place on Tuesday morning.

"Today we usher in a new era of representative government and progressive leadership in Harris County," the group wrote.

The public was invited to attend the ceremony, and images of the event from CNN affiliate KHOU show a packed house.

County Judge Lina Hidalgo was also sworn in on Tuesday. Hidalgo is a 27-year-old Colombian immigrant who unseated incumbent Republican Ed Emmett in November. At the time, Emmett had held the position of Country Judge for more than ten years.

Hidalgo has spoken at length about the importance of diversity in Harris County's government. "We made history in Harris County on November 6 by electing a talented group of individuals who reflect the people and communities we serve," she said in a press release for Tuesday's ceremony. "That would not have been possible without the support of the residents of Harris County."

Harris County, which includes Houston, is the largest county in the state. According to the most recent census data, 43% of people in Harris County are Hispanic, and nearly 20% of the county's residents identify as African-American.

17 Black women judges elected to offices in Harris County, Texas November 2018. photo courtesy of Harris County Democratic Party.

DACA

Drumpf's a piece of 💩 In any event, you still have to grapple with your beloved outdated, and at times poorly worded Constitution, -Section 1, Clause 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment reads:

"All persons [BORN] or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside"

If you know the history adequately, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are the result of black liberation struggle and black grievances against the U.S. government. The 14th Amendment, in part, sought to address deficiency in the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision. The Dred Scott case (1857) held 'a free negro of the African race, whose ancestors were brought to this country and sold as slaves, is not a "citizen" within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States-- therefore had no standing to sue in federal court'

The irony, while [BLACK] Haitians and other [BLACK] Africans are blocked and/or deported under the Trump Regime, [WHITE] Russians and Norwegians are very welcome. And this is labeled merit-based immigration.

"While the president rails against children of undocumented immigrants, wealthy Russians rent his condos—at huge costs—so they can have American kids." - Michael Scipio 

Melania Trump was born April 26, 1970. She is one of the more beautiful women on the international stage, but as Trump's wife one of the most solemn troubled wives on the international stage. Being famous makes speculation legitimate for those of us who believe in privacy, respect it; but feel deeply the vibrations between couples simmering with dark waves between them. What can one do for so public a person and what does her marriage have to do with immigration?  - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 1/23/18 

Well, damn!

THE WHITE WOMENS PROTECTION ORDINANCE 

Spiritual Practice: fasting

Fasting Is Prescribed in the Abrahamic Faiths <3 span="">

The Jewish, Christian and Muslim religions all enjoin fasting. Moses observed a fast of forty days at Mount Sinai at the time of the revelation of the Ten Commandments. (Exodus 24:18) Although less common now, it is Jewish tradition to fast when mourning or when in danger. Most practicing Jews still fast on the Day of Atonement and for the one-week commemoration of the destruction of Jerusalem in 597 B.C. Jesus of Nazareth, peace be upon him, also fasted on the Day of Atonement and the forty days of Moses’ fast to ward off Satanic temptation.

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.” (Matthew 4:2)

Many Christians observe a forty-day pre-Easter fast, although now it includes abstention from only certain food items rather than all food and drink. Muslims fast the month of Ramadan and may, optionally, fast on most other days of the year.

The One God prescribes fasting for the faithful; and it has many benefits. Material pleasures can be generalised into food and drink, sexual pleasures, and vanity. Fasting requires abstaining from these, going against the natural instinct of Man to observe the commandment of God.This builds and strengthens a person's self-control, nearing them to their Creator. Other benefits of fasting include:

• Fasting instills patience, teaches self control and discipline.

• Fasting increases compassion for the less fortunate.

• Fasting builds focus on spirituality and deminishes focus on materialism.

• Fasting has many health benefits.

• Fasting can be atonement for sin and can earn great reward.

• Fasting is part of a strong spiritual and physical renewal plan.

• Fasting commemorates important sacred religious events.

The Muslim fast of the month of Ramadan is a continuation of the long history of fasting in the Abrahamic faiths. The self-improvement benefits of fasting make it an important means of improving one’s faith and practice of religion.

“And men who fast and women who fast…God has prepared for them forgiveness and a vast reward.” ( Holy Qur’an 33:35)

Broken by LAW

Murderous woman.

"The deepest fear a woman can conjure within a man is her being absorbed into killing..."

~ Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories

Feb. 12, 2017.

Death certainly stalks women scared inside of marriages and relationships with men violent in their nature who feel dominance is based upon the subjection of his woman to his will. In the aftermath of her breaking point his death is his design. The law doesn't see it that way because laws meant to protect men's proclivity towards violence against women needs to be protected by law so that by chance if a law maker finds himself in such a predicament facing jail time for beating his woman he has an escape route. Biblical laws, the laws within the Torah, and the Qur'an protect men's inability to have restraint. It is this simple. My studies have shown me nothing to contradict this finding.

When Death stalks it finds a way to reverse roles. The beatings a woman receives from a man is a beating from men. In her defense is her endurance, and the breaking point when she can take no more and kills the man. It happens in a variety of ways. For several reasons there are women who get away with murder. As much as it is wrong it is right.

Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories

Feb. 13, 2017

X'MAS why?

Children are the same the world over. They exude love expecting its return.

What is Child Labor?

Child labor is work that harms children or keeps them from attending school. Around the world and in the U. S., growing gaps between rich and poor in recent decades have forced millions of young children out of school and into work. The International Labor Organization estimates that 215 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 currently work under conditions that are considered illegal, hazardous, or extremely exploitative.

Underage children work at all sorts of jobs around the world, usually because they and their families are extremely poor. Large numbers of children work in commercial agriculture, fishing, manufacturing, mining, and domestic service. Some children work in illicit activities like the drug trade and prostitution or other traumatic activities such as serving as soldiers. - Sonny Red Cloud  

Child in labor.

Lines in Circles: Sacred Math

Lines of attraction do not taper off into the oblivion of any kind of deconstruction. Lines evolve over the expanse of substance in the hope of being squares, rectangles, triangles, off-angled alignments leading towards designs. It is the substance of purpose that creates art from lines and circles.

Out of line are circles arching, aligning, making do with being concentric in nature or being spontaneously eloped with eclectic treatment of mysterious things lines can separate us from in the fast movement of paces through our dichotomy, our perceptions, our understandings and our way of being present or absent from the teachings of the circle. Without the sacredness of line and circle the cross section of line into graphs for one mind to understand another mind will miss the flow of circles meandering effortless through and connecting to the internal concepts willing to be part of traditions, sacred awakenings, and the riddles of existence.

All this is learned in silences. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories nov. 02, 2016 

Les Nus de Lumière et d'Ombre de Dani Olivier

an American Business story.

Children are the same the world over. They exude love expecting its return.

What is Child Labor?

Child labor is work that harms children or keeps them from attending school. Around the world and in the U. S., growing gaps between rich and poor in recent decades have forced millions of young children out of school and into work. The International Labor Organization estimates that 215 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 currently work under conditions that are considered illegal, hazardous, or extremely exploitative.

Underage children work at all sorts of jobs around the world, usually because they and their families are extremely poor. Large numbers of children work in commercial agriculture, fishing, manufacturing, mining, and domestic service. Some children work in illicit activities like the drug trade and prostitution or other traumatic activities such as serving as soldiers. - Sonny Red Cloud  

Child in labor.

Give Her A Gun!

looking up. Jessica Dawn‎.

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe Vetoes Bills Allowing Domestic Violence Victims To Defend Themselves

By Cowgirl On April 2, 2017

Governor Terry McAuliffe Leaves Domestic Violence Victims Unprotected

Richmond, VA –  Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe vetoed several bills from the General Assembly’s 2017 session on Monday. Some bills would have enabled domestic violence victims to protect themselves while other vetoed bills would have prohibited obstructing enforcement of federal immigration laws.

Keep in mind, Governor Terry McAulife previously made the news with us when he restored voting rights to 200,000 convicted felons before the presidential election.

According to WTKR, he vetoed House Bill 2000, which stated that  “No locality shall adopt any ordinance, procedure, or policy that restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws.”  The bill was introduced by a Republican Delegate and sought to end the protection of sanctuary cities.

Governor Terry McAuliffe’s response was that passage of the bill would “send a hostile message to immigrant communities.”

He also vetoed House Bill 1852 and Senate Bill 1299, both sponsored by a Republican Delegate, and a Republican Senator respectively.  This bill would have allowed a domestic violence victim, who is protected by a restraining order, to carry a concealed weapon for 45 days after the order was issued, as long as they are not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm.

According to the bill’s co-sponsor, Delegate Todd Gilbert, “It provides petitioners of a protective order the ability to carry a concealed firearm for a limited period time in order to protect themselves as they see fit while they await the issuance of their permanent concealed carry permit.”

Governor McAuliffe defended his veto and said that the legislation “perpetuates a false narrative that victims of domestic violence are made safer by arming themselves.”

The Governor apparently doesn’t think that victims of violence are safer when they have the means to protect themselves from further violence. Unfortunately, there’s a need for additional protection.
According to a University of Pennsylvania study, about 11% of 231 women killed by male abusers had been issued a restraining order. About one-fifth of the female victims who had a restraining order were killed within 2 days of the order being issued; about one-third were killed within a month.

Clearly there is a need for these women to be able to defend themselves immediately upon issuance of a protection order, but Governor Terry McAuliffe doesn’t seem to think so.

He also vetoed two bills sponsored by the same Republican Delegate and Republican Senator.  These bills would have provided funding to businesses that offer free gun safety and training programs for victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, stalking, or family abuse.

The bills would have also allowed anyone who obtained a protective order to receive a list of firearms training courses that are approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.

Those bills would have ensured that victims received proper firearms safety training.
The General Assembly will meet on April 5th to consider whether to override Governor McAuliffe’s vetoes.

Republican leaders were quick to criticize Governor McAuliffe, who had vetoed multiple other bills.  They said that his office was “the most disengaged administration” that they had ever worked with.

I express my sympathy to the citizens of the state of Virginia because these politicians who defend criminals are exactly who U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was talking about when he said he would cut federal funding.  The Governor’s veto just made the state of Virginia open to becoming a sanctuary state.

It makes no sense to me to veto bills allowing domestic violence victims to carry a concealed weapon until their permit can be approved.  It would only take a quick criminal history check to see if someone was eligible to temporarily carry a concealed firearm until their complete background investigation could be completed.  Free training was provided.  It’s a win-win situation but apparently not to the Governor.

It seems that Governor Terry McAuliffe just has deep-seeded antipathy to firearms. Why else would you deny victims the ability to defend themselves? Do you think that there’s any excuse for these vetoes? We’d like to hear from you. Please let us know in the comments.

Looking into the eyes of Erin Nicole Eley‎

"Looking into the perspective of a woman deeply engrossed in the dynamics of a brutal relationship is outside of what I understand about strength, and marriage and the coming together of man and woman. Understanding that dynamic alone separate without the parts that give whole understanding to it, as well as providing a gun to an abused woman with a restraining order is a shallow approach to a complex problem. There is a lost logic there hidden amongst the tall grass of those emotions she must be experiencing. Fear has to be an overriding emotion she must have harbored and justified over the years of her relationship, and according to the stories, and talk show guests on the subject fears manifest in different ways, mostly clouding judgment. So, why put a gun into the hand of a woman who hasn't a warrior code a man would respect?

In the aftermath of an escape with children, in most cases, a gun doesn't have the logic of impeccability a warrior needs. A slave, a beaten woman and an abused child share an irrationality a gun will not restore and they are without the discipline a warrior needs in battles from within (jihad), and with enemies without and should not have the power to take life with a gun, if they do not know the basics of taking life without one.

In battle escape is the best defense, if a superior force shows no signs of giving peace, or restoration of soul, mind or body and hiding to gain strength is the wisdom of a beaten animal in the wild.

So, apparently the average woman who escapes an abusive man is unprotected by any man. If there are no men in her life to protect her why should she trust that government men and men from the NRA are looking out for her best interests giving her a gun to protect herself after she went through hell to leave a dangerous man? There are self-serving motives in action in this legislation, if you follow the logic of conservatism, and conservative Christianity's thought processes that often engineer the thinking of mean and abusive wife beaters! If there isn't thought given to the other aspects of the issue then ask law makers why not?" - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 4/5/17  

5 Laws of a People.

Chitimacha teaching


"There is responsibility for each person towards each person. This is the first law.  Council is important and being inclusive is a fundamental law for living on Earth: Law two. The third law that came to mind sparked the Judeo-Christian trigger within me, and with some embarrassment I thought about the order of the gender: Man then Woman. I stopped because unlike the Eden story the emphasis is on joint cooperation, and no one in the story is above the other. The fourth law.

The Earth is dependent upon the Animal, Plant, Mineral, Human, Sky People relationship and the story instructs the Chitimacha on the fifth law of the People."

- Gregory E. Woods

Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories Sunday,

May 22, 2011

Dawn Wolf, Awes & Dr. Thornes honoring & acknowledging original peoples of Turtle Island at 1st Global Conference on Defending Dalit Rights in March of 2015

food is resistance = Caruru é resistência... in Brazil

Instagram, the value of

Viktoria Odintcova, a Russian model sitting in a park. 

Wearing jeans cut off way above her thighs, a black loose fitting t-shirt with a V-cut showing her ample breasts, and tennis shoes, Viktoria Odintcova allowed herself to hang on to the grip of a man 73 stories above the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates dangling in the air to have pictures taken for the 'likes' on her Instagram account. The video features the crew practicing on ground, and then arriving at the Cayan Tower in Dubai to do the real thing (without permission). This is an international problem and she violated laws. The most grievous thing she did was to be socially disrespectful and contemptuous of Arab culture and the rules of safety accepted by nations without exceptions made for 'entitled' people from European countries. Somehow, Europeans and white Americans are snug in their assumptions of exclusivity.

Well, there is another thing not taken into consideration. There are ripple effects. Global economies. The things citizens do in other countries have impact internationally, and during a time of Arabic people's reaction to Western powers she left herself vulnerable in the part of the world who see her in a different light out of a woman's place in their house! Also, an assistant to the chief of police in Dubai said that Viktoria Odintcova “had been summoned to sign an undertaking not to repeat any dangerous moves that could endanger her life in Dubai.” According to Emirati newspaper The National. 

This young wisp of a woman, Viktoria, "grips a blond helper’s hand as he confidently encourages her to lean away from the top of the 1,000-foot building. As she leans back, her hair flows and her eyes close, and somehow she gets comfortable enough to look serene in images captured by her team. As if that were not enough of a risk, she then gets down on her knees, while still holding the hand of her “spotter” and then gracefully flops off the rails, the guy’s forearm strength the only thing keeping her from plummeting to the ground.

Somehow, she still looks beautiful, with her T-shirt falling off her shoulders, and her sneakers (they’re not even fancy suction-cupped shoes or something high-tech!) kicking about as if she’s just dangling from the side of a pool."

The Russian model is a thrill seeker. She has done other stunts in other parts of the world. Daredevils are not unusual. They are generally found in every culture as variations of the sort in guises such as wildly creative musicians or artists, soldiers of exceptional skill, athletes, politicians, parents, and so forth.  In today's world daredevils like this young woman face a challenge: too much attention immediately and a lack of business acumen. They cannot live invisible lives as we older people all have been able to do in times past. She will probably have her insurance rates increase. Undisciplined or uncaring or not knowing better people like her have to broadcast every adventure of their lives to be liked by total strangers, who either love and admire them, or despise them.

For 'likes' on Instagram, Angela Nikolau, another Russian model who last year in 2017 stepped off the roof of a ridiculously tall building in Guangzhou, China, in an adorable dress and heels! Viktoria Odintcova posed on the edge of a cliff in Sri Lanka, and has also bungee-jumped in Sochi, Russia, with a camera in hand, and prettily posed on the edge of a cliff in Sri Lanka.

Top model Coco Rocha pulled something similar when she balanced in pink heels on a ledge lots of stories up with no strings attached for the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Taiwan over the summer. Then she sat on the ledge, saying, “So here we are on set, you think it’s a normal day, until you might be asked to do something like this, and you do it willingly, ’cuz you love the art of fashion,” in her behind-the-scenes video for Instagram. She made sure to add the hashtag #DontTryThisAtHome.

It is childish. It's fun. The urge within them must burn to act out what they envision but the dangers are in the shadows and children raised to be unaware of how things work are easy targets in the vicious political games of terror, exploitation and a few other nefarious ventures. The questions they didn't ask most likely were who would protect them? How do I be disrespectful, and why is it important to have deep knowledge with your dreams?

Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories

Feb. 22, 2017  

Viktoria Odintcova dangling from the 73rd floor of Cayan Tower in Dubai for Instagram likes in Feb. 2017.

Russian model, Viktoria Odintcova dangling above Dubais from the 73rd floor of Cayan Tower in Feb. 2017.