#newman center

[apenitentialprayer]

Are you actively involved in ministry in an official capacity at a parish, diocese, or apostolate? If not, and I mean no offense, but you should definitely give it a go. Your light can’t be behind a bushel basket forever. And you have so much to offer!

That's really kind of you to say, anon. :)

The only kind of ministry I've ever had an official role in was as the leader of my college campus's Newman Center (they're organizations based in secular colleges meant to provide spiritual guidance and resources to Catholic students). It was probably one of the most fulfilling aspects of my college experience.

It also crashed and burned under my tenure, but I'm more than happy to let COVID share part of the blame for that

#asks #me #Newman Center

[brotherconstant]

FOUNDATION | 2.07 | A Necessary Death I wanted to see her. One last time.

#foundationedit #foundation apple tv #possibly the most devastating scene this season and that's saying something #even without knowing the facts that will transpire later the music score and their acting both give it away. this is a goodbye #and even worse this is a mother sending her child to die. god #speaking of necessary deaths... :( #foundation #she-is-center #she-bends-light #brucella newman-persaud #judi shekoni #beegifs

[goodsirs]

Brucella Newman-Persaud as She-Is-Center in Foundation — 2.07 "A Necessary Death"

#foundation #foundation apple tv #she is center #brucella newman persaud #foundationedit #scifiedit #tvedit #brucellanewmanpersaudedit #*

[thedalatribune]

© Paolo Dala

[L] Adam Barnett Newman (1951-1952) The National Art Center (Minato City, Tokyo, Japan)

[M] Untitled Mark Rothko (1969) The National Art Center (Minato City, Tokyo, Japan)

[R] Light Red over Black Mark Rothko (1957) The National Art Center (Minato City, Tokyo, Japan)

Paintings That Spoke Of The "Tragedy Of Being Human"

The most unexpectedly uplifting and consoling artist of the 20th century was the abstract painter Mark Rothko, the high priest of grief and loss... Appalled by the sentimentality around him, he learnt to make art that was insular, unrelenting, somber and oriented towards pain. Rothko's favorite colors were burnt burgundy, dark gray, pitch black, and blood red, occasionally alleviated by a sliver of yellow...

In 1958, Rothko was offered a large sum to put some murals for a soon to be opened opulent New York Restaurant, the Four Seasons on Park Avenue. It was, as he put it,

"a place where the richest bastards of New York will come to feed and show off".

His [Rothko's] intentions for them soon became clear:

"I hope to ruin the appetite of every son of a bitch who ever eats in that room."

And to that end, Rothko set to work on some large black and maroon color fields expressing a mood of terror and archaic anguish.

However, shortly before the paintings were due to go on display, Rothko had a change of mind [He cancelled the exhibition.], called up his patrons, explained his feelings, and sent back the money. He then gave his paintings to London's Tate Gallery where they were hung in a quiet, airy, contemplative, religious-seeming space, that enclosed the viewer in an atmosphere of meditative mortification. The paintings remain ideal companions for visitors who drift into the gallery at their wit's end, who might be working through the loss of a partner or the ruin of their career - and who need more than anything else to know that they are not alone.

The School of Life ART/ARCHITECTURE - Mark Rothko

Fortunately, some of the collections from the Tate was in Tokyo when I was in Japan and I was finally able to see a couple of paintings by the legendary Mark Rothko. It was a surreal experience. I felt something that couldn't really explain while I was standing in front of a Rothko Painting.

[Sorry for the blurry photo. A museum security personnel came to and asked me to put my phone away while I was taking this photo. Apparently, you can take photos of other artwork, like the artworks of Claude Monet, but you can't take a photo of Mark Rothko's paintings.]

#Art #Barnett Newman #Mark Rothko #Adam #Untitled #Light Red over Black #Abstract #Light Works from the Tate Collection #Musuem #Gallery #Exhibit #Painting #People #City #Urban #The National Art Center Tokyo #Minato City #Tokyo #Japan

[garadinervi]

Alfred Jensen: Concordance, Edited by Lynne Cooke and Karen Kelly, Essays by Lynne Cooke, David Anfam, Michael Newman, and Maria Reidelbach, Dia Center for the Arts, New York, NY, 2003 [Exhibition: September 20, 2001 – June 16, 2002] [Leo de Goede Books. © Estate of Alfred Jensen / ARS, New York]

#graphic design #art #mixed media #drawing #visual writing #handwriting #geometry #pattern #exhibition #catalogue #catalog #cover #back cover #alfred jensen #lynne cooke #karen kelly #david anfam #michael newman #maria reidelbach #dia center for the arts #2000s

[mthguy]

Stephen Sondheim’s Follies  

The legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed musical Follies was presented by the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. 

The thrilling - and possibly historic - New York Philharmonic concert version of Follies presented at Avery Fisher Hall was a reunion of sorts, albeit one with a happier ending. To cast this all too transitory event, the producer Thomas Z. Shepard brought together veterans of Sondheim musicals stretching from the 1964 Anyone Can Whistle to Sunday in the Park With George - among them, Lee Remick, Elaine Stritch, George Hearn, Liz Callaway and Mandy Patinkin. They were joined by other stellar musical-comedy hands who exemplify the Broadway heyday whose passing Follies mourns - Barbara Cook, Carol Burnett, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Once this company paraded before the orchestra to the glittering melody of the opening song, ''Beautiful Girls,'' it was impossible to separate the fictional show-biz reunion dramatized in Follies from the real one unfolding on stage. The audience, more than willing to let the distinction slide, simply erupted into pandemonium.

The cheering rarely subsided thereafter, and not without reason. Mr. Shepard assembled this evening to record the complete Follies score, which was mangled on its original Broadway cast album. Although there were still a few elisions (mainly of dance music) in the concert, this version was as complete, gorgeously sung and sumptuously played as Mr. Sondheim or his fans could wish. But there were other reasons for the thunderous response as well. Even in concert, Follies proved much more than merely a star-studded recording session. The performance made the case that this Broadway musical can take its place among our musical theater's very finest achievements. (Frank Rich, The New York Times)

#youtube #follies #stephen sondheim #lincoln center #avery fisher hall #new york philharmonic #lee remick #elaine stritch #barbara cook #george hearn #mandy patinkin #carol burnett #betty comden #adolph green #liz callaway #phyllis newman #liliane montevecchi #jim walton #howard mcgillin #daisy prince #andre gregory #arthur rubin #licia albanese #erie mills

[simple-and-cozy-life]

I went to adoration last night for part of Holy Thursday and spent two hours praying conversing with God.

I originally was just going to stay an hour, but I really had a lot weighing on me.

I really desire marry my boyfriend but we're both in wacky places in our careers and it doesn't seem feasible to get married yet. I really yearn to be his wife and he my husband. We could have so much joy through that. I've literally dreamt of it and we're so perfect for each other. I cannot wait to support each other and welcome little ones. I want to nurture and provide for all of them and have a wonderful little family.

I am also leaving to study violin/viola performance at a university in another state 3 hours away. I really am not sure if I made the right decision but I'm committed now. It's something I very much want to do and to become better at my craft so I can teach better and get better gigs.

It weighs a lot on me because I'll be two extra hours away from my boyfriend and I really like my students at my current job. I spent a lot of time in prayer about them because some of them worry me. I also don't have all the moving details ironed out yet, which stresses me out.

Much of the conclusion I came to is the things I want will happen, just not yet. I just need to make it through these next two years and everything will be fine. It might not exactly look like what I envision, but there are lessons I need to learn at grad school beyond the coursework itself.

Grad school will be challenging. Being away will be challenging. Starting somewhere new will be challenging. Finances will be challenging.

But I'm not going into this alone, even if I'm the only one moving there.

I will need to trust that He will lead me, and I will follow.

For we walk by faith, not by sight. Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord. Therefore, we aspire to please him, whether we are at home or away. - 2 Corinthians 5:7-9

Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap. -St. Hildegard of Bingen

#st Hildegard pray for us #st Hildegard is my patron saint #i am both a musician and a writer #and we are btoh very similar #i aspire to be like her #theres a newman center at the university I'm going to go to #i also hope to be a leader there in some way #i am part of the music ministry at my church #im going to miss my current parish #its a nice place #i just have so many fears and worries about this #just need to give it to god #personal #catholic #catholiscism #tradlife #tradwife #tradblr #traditional housewife #well get there #which i plan on being a sahm when we have littles #and subbing or giving lessons on the side #and still being active in my church #i also want to take piano lessons at my university so that i am less mediocre #im so incredibly mediocre at piano #im a fair violinist and violist #i want to be better though #even if i wasnt taking this opportunity for free grad school id have to stay put at my current job #alas alas #this will definitely be a challenge of trusting god and following his lead even if its scary

[heressomethingyoushouldknow]

It’s EAT TO THE BEAT IN SOUTHFIELD with the DETROIT SOCIAL CLUB Thursday, July 13th

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#Arthur Littsey #Blues Music #Carl Graves #Chris Kent #Darnell Gardner #Detroit Blues Bands #Detroit Music and Vocal Group #Detroit Social Club Blues Band #George Posey #Joanne Newman #Kenny Welk #Little Brother Arthur David #Southfield #Southfield Municipal Center

[bacallbazaar]

An all-wool beige suit adaptable to any season of the year, is worn by glamourous star, Lauren Bacall, in the new Warner Bros. film DARK PASSAGE. Designed by Bernard Newman, the draped-shoulder elegance and soft full sleeves highlight the jacket that boasts huge patch-pockets and round collar of same material. Semi-flared skirt has double-stitched center seam down the front.

#lauren bacall #dark passage #1947 #film #warner bros.

[brotherconstant]

FOUNDATION "Why The Gods Made Wine" (2.06) BROTHER CONSTANT & HOBER MALLOW + Spacers

#foundationedit #'can i offer you a hand?' vs *drops him like a sack of potatoes* is sending me #foundation #foundation apple tv #brother constant #isabella laughland #hober mallow #dimitri leonidas #she-shines-brightly #evelyn miller #she-is-center #brucella newman-persaud #beegifs #foundation spoilers #constant x hober

[sholmeser]

actually what i think would be cool is an ace attorney game where each case is its own individual mini-spinoff. first case is kristoph gavin: ace attorney a few years pre-aa4 with apollo as kristoph’s college intern and clay as the defendant. we get to learn more about clay and apollo’s friendship alongside apollo+kristoph and krisnix dynamic. we’re forced to forge evidence because there isnt anything concrete proving clay’s innocence, giving us an inside glimpse into a corrupt attorney’s life. second case is simon blackquill investigations pre-UR1 where on someone else dies at the space center and metis is accused. we see more of athena/simon/aura/metis family dynamic as well as athena and juniper’s friendship as children. manfred von karma investigations (kid miles and vk family dynamic) or lana skye investigations (pre-SL9 ema mia gant jake angel neil) or mia fey ace attorney (maya lana pearl morgan diego maybe even dahlia and iris) or robin newman ace attorney/hugh o’conner investigations (self-indulgent but would be so cute)….the possibilities are endless……just fun little ways to expand on pre-existing character dynamics that might not have been discussed too much without necessarily making an entire game revolving around those characters

#i dont say fran investigations or athena ace attorney bc those could more easily be their own games #anyways more thoughts. mia ace attorney could be a murder at kurai’n village #shes college student interning at rossberg’s so she investigates with diego while getting to hang out with her family #not sure who prosecutor could be but lana as their co-counsel #getting to see how she interacts with morgan and pearl #kristoph aa speaks for itself i need it soooooo bad #i need clay real. and also more krisnix content #ALSO SELFINDULGENT BUT IF AT THE END OF MIA AA SHE ASKS DIEGO OUT ON A DATE. HELPME😭😭😭😭😭 #hes like a little more nervous than usual and shes like Hmm….it seems like Mr. Armando wants to ask me something…. #AND THEN LETS SAY THERE WERE FLOWERS UNDER WVIDENCE OR SOEMTHING. U CAN PRESENT THEM AND ASK HIM OUT #OHMYGODDDDDDDDD😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #also selfindulgent sorry but id kill for miego interaction #ok im done now sorry #ace attorney #gyakuten saiban #myne

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Underground Empire: Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman's must-read account of "How America Weaponized the World Economy."

I'm coming to Minneapolis! Oct 15: Presenting The Internet Con at Moon Palace Books. Oct 16: Keynoting the 26th ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.

At the end of Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman's new book Underground Empire, they cite the work of John Lewis Gaddis, "preeminent historian of the Cold War," who dubbed that perilous period "The Long Peace":

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250840554/undergroundempire

Despite several harrowing near-misses, neither of the two hair-trigger, nuclear-tipped arsenals were ever loosed. When the Cold War ended, the world breathed a sigh of relief and set about refashioning itself, braiding together economic and social interdependencies that were supposed to make future war unthinkable. Nations that depend on one another couldn't afford to go to war, because they couldn't hurt the other without hurting themselves.

The standard account of the Cold War's "Long Peace" is that the game theorists who invented Mutually Assured Destruction set up a game where "the only way to win was not to play" (to quote the Matthew Broderick documentary War Games). The interdependency strategy of the post-Cold War, neoliberal, "flat" world was built on the same fundamentals: make war more costly than peace, victory worse than the status quo, and war would be over – if we wanted it.

But Gaddis has a different idea. Any effect Mutually Assured Destruction had on keeping fingers from pushing the buttons was downstream of a much more important factor: independence. For the most part, the US and the USSR had nonintersecting spheres of influence. Each of these spheres was self-sufficient. That meant that they didn't compete with one another for the use of the same resource or territory, and neither could put the other in check by seizing some asset they both relied on. The exceptions to this – proxy wars in Latin America and Southeast Asia – were the disastrous exceptions that proved the rule.

But the past forty years rejected this theory. From Thomas Friedman's "World Is Flat" to Fukyama's "End of History," the modern road to peace is paved with networks whose nodes can be found in every country. These networks – shipping routes, money-clearing systems, supply chains, the internet itself – weave together nearly every nation on Earth into a single web of interdependencies that make war impossible.

War, you may have noticed, has become very, very possible. Even countries with their own McDonald's franchises are willing to take up arms against one another.

That's where Farrell and Newman's book comes in. The two political scientists tell the story of how these global networks were built through accidents of history, mostly by American corporations and/or the American state. The web was built by accident, but the spider at its center was always the USA.

At various junctures since the Cold War, American presidents, spies and military leaders have noticed this web and tugged at it. A tariff here, a sanction there, then an embargo. The NSA turns the internet into a surveillance grid and a weapon of war. The SWIFT system is turned into a way to project American political goals around the world – first by blocking transactions for things the US government disfavors, then to cut off access for people who do business with people who do things that the US wants stopped.

Networks tend to centralization, to hubs. These central points are efficient, but (as we learned during the covid lockdown) brittle. One factory fails and an entire category of goods can no longer be made – anywhere. When it comes to global resiliency, these bottlenecks are are a bug; but when it comes to US foreign policy, these chokepoints are a feature.

Farrell and Newman skillfully weave a tale of individuals, powers, circumstances and forces, showing how the rise and rise of world-is-flat rah-rah globalism created a series of irresistable opportunities for "weaponized interdependence." Some players of the game wield these weapons like a scalpel; others (like Trump) use them like a club.

This is a chronicle of the dawning realization – among US power-players and their foreign adversaries, particularly in China – that the US lured its trading partners into entrusting it with financial clearing, IP enforcement, fiber landings, and other chokepoints, on the grounds that American wouldn't risk the wealth these systems generated by turning them into engines of coercion.

But then, of course, that's exactly what America did, from the War on Terror to economic sanctions on Iran, from seizing Argentinian reserves to freezing Russia's cash. Sometimes, the US did this for reasons that I sympathize with, other times, for reasons I am aghast at. But they did it, and did it, and did it.

America's adversaries (and frenemies, like the EU) have tried to build alternative "underground empires" to offset the risk of having their interdependencies weaponized (or to escape from an ongoing situation). But therein lies a conundrum: world-is-flat-ism has ended the age of indepedence. Countries really do need each other – for energy, materials, and finished goods. Independence is a long way off.

To create new interdependency networks, it's not enough for countries to agree that they don't trust America as neutral maintainer of their strategic chokepoints. They also have to agree to trust one of their own to operate those chokepoints. Lots of countries have come to mistrust US dollar-clearing and the SWIFT system – but few are willing to allow, say, China to run an alternative system that carries out settlements in Renminbi. The EU might be able to suck in some "friendly" countries for a Euro-clearing system, but would China trust them? How about Iran?

Farrell and Newman make a good case that US's position at the center of the web is a historical accident, and possibly a one-off, contingent on the ascendant post-Cold War ideology that said that markets and the interdependencies they create would neutralize the threat of handing a rival nation that much power.

Which leaves us in a world of interdependency in conflict. If Gaddis is right and the Long Peace was the result of independence, then this bodes very ill. The only thing worse than a world where no one can depend on anyone is a world where we must depend on entities that are hostile to us, and vice-versa. That way lies a widening gyre of conflict that felt eerily palpable as world events unfolded while I read this excellent, incisive book.

Political science, done right, has the power to reframe your whole understanding of events around you. Farrell and Newman set out a compelling thesis, defend it well, and tell a fascinating tale. And when they finish, they leave you with a way to make sense of things that seem senseless and terrible. This may not make those things less terrible, but at least they're comprehensible.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/10/weaponized-interdependence/#the-other-swifties

My next novel is The Lost Cause, a hopeful novel of the climate emergency. Amazon won't sell the audiobook, so I made my own and I'm pre-selling it on Kickstarter!

#pluralistic #henry farrell #undergound empire #chokepoints #swift #weaponized interdependency #books #reviews #gift guide #political science #new cold war #surveillance #ip #soft power #abraham newman

[jupiitersreturn]

♡ Midpoint Synastry Part One

What Is A Midpoint? A Midpoint represents the halfway point of two celestial bodies. It is the mathematical point of the center where two planets meet. Midpoints are highly sensitive as they are a combination of the energies of two separate planets. Therefore, the Midpoint Individual will be the most affected by the energy.

How Do I Calculate My Midpoint? Sadly, Astro.com does not have a Midpoint Calculator so it's best to use Astroseek.com's Midpoint Calculator instead!

What Are Midpoints Used For? Midpoints are used to reveal underlying and complex dynamics in one's own Natal Chart or the compatibility chart of two parties.

♡ Commitment and Longevity can be seen through the activation of the Sun/Saturn Midpoint in one's chart in Synastry. Sun = Vitality , Saturn = Longevity. It is the most potent when touched by someone's Sun, Juno, or ASC. This aspect is found in almost all of Hollywood's Long Lasting Marriages.

V. Beckham - Sun/Saturn Midpoint Conjunct David Beckham's Juno + ASC.

B. Lively - Sun/Saturn Midpoint Conjunct Ryan Reynold's Juno

J. Woodward - Sun/Saturn Midpoint Conjunct Paul Newman's Sun.

Tom Hanks - Sun/Saturn Midpoint Conjunct Rita Wilson's Venus.

♡ Having your Sun/Venus (feminines) or Sun/Jupiter (masculines) Midpoint in someone's first house has a very similar energy to having Venus or Jupiter in someone's first house. It can indicate attraction, an "ideal type" and therefore an ideal partner.

(In this context) In a Man or someone who is looking for a feminine partner, the Sun/Venus Midpoint represents the ideal feminine partner and the Sun/Jupiter Midpoint represents oneself. In a Woman, or someone who is looking for a masculine partner, the Sun/Jupiter Midpoint represents the ideal masculine partner and the Sun/Venus Midpoint represents oneself.

B. Lively - Sun/Venus Midpoint in Ryan Reynolds First House

R. Reynolds - Sun/Jupiter Midpoint in Blake Lively's First House

P. Newman - Sun/Venus Midpoint in Joanne Woodward's First House

E. Presley - Sun/Venus Midpoint in Priscilla Presley's First House

N. Kidman - Sun/Jupiter Midpoint in Keith Urban's First House

♡ Moon conjunct Sun/Moon Midpoint can indicate a Soulmate Relationship, especially if it is a Double Whammy.

Joanne Woodward's Sun/Moon Midpoint in the same sign as Paul Newman's Moon

Paul Newman's Sun/Moon Midpoint in the same sign as Joanne Woodward's Moon

♡ Asteroid Eros (433) conjunct someone's Moon/Mars Midpoint can indicate intense sexual attraction. Additionally, much like a Moon-Mars conjunction, it can indicate physical and emotional attachment.

♡ Saturn conjunct Moon/Mars Midpoint can indicate delays in sexual activity in a romantic partnership

♡ Venus conjunct Venus/Uranus Midpoint can indicate Love At First Sight

♡ Asteroid Amor conjunct someone's Moon/Venus Midpoint can indicate long lasting affection between two parties (platonic or romantic) no matter how their relationship plays out

♡ Mercury conjunct Mercury/Ascendant Midpoint can indicate that the Midpoint person feels as though the two parties have a natural affinity between their intellect and communication and that they feel comfortable sharing their thoughts with the Mercury person.

♡ Asteroid Agapenor (5023) conjunct Venus/Mars Midpoint can indicate True Love, whereas Asteroid Cupido (763) conjunct Venus/Mars Midpoint can indicate Limerence or Infatuation

♡ Asteroid Hera (103) conjunct a feminines Venus/Lilith or Mars/Lilith Midpoints can indicate jealousy or vengeance in a relationship

#fxiryspeaks #astrology #astro community #astro notes #astroblr #astro observations

[jungle-angel]

His Little Doodlebug (Rhett Abbott x Reader)

Summary: There's a damn good reason you gave Amy the nickname "Doodlebug"

Rhett had always had a deep love-hate relationship with Wal Mart in the month of August. Usually you would go and take Amy on a little excursion by yourself while Rhett and Royal ran down to Tractor Supply to get parts for the neighbors' farming equipment, but ever since you had gotten pregnant, that task had fallen on Rhett while Wes, his best friend, had decided to help Royal.

Amy hurried off towards the clothing section, her little sandals flapping against the tiled floor with her little circus-clown ragdoll tucked under her arm. "Hey, slow down there Doodlebug," Rhett called after her.

Amy giggled, excited as ever as Rhett pushed the cart that already had a few extra garden things in it. He didn't really have much of an idea about what kinds of clothes would be the best fit for Amy, but he was damn sure gonna try.

It was a whole back and forth mess of texting you pictures of all the clothes he could find that hadn't already been cleared out, little pairs of shorts with the lace trim around the legs, pretty little gingham dresses in pink, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple and red, plenty of jeans and little sweaters that would serve her well in late fall and early winter. However, what you knew you couldn't get in the store, you'd make by hand which would include plenty of Irish knit sweaters for Amy and the new babies.

"Hey!" Rhett called playfully to Amy as she zoomed from one end of the aisle and back to him. "Don't you run from me Doodlebug."

Amy giggled again. "Can we get more clothes Daddy?"

"Not right now Doodlebug," Rhett told her. "We've still gotta go to the other place and get your other stuff for school."

"No we don't," Amy giggled.

"Yeah we do, you're goin into preschool at the hippie school where Momma teaches," Rhett told her.

Amy held onto her ragdoll with one hand and her other one gripping the beltloop of Rhett's jeans with her little fingers. As soon as the clothes and the plant stuff had been purchased, Rhett loaded Amy and the bags up into the truck to head for the next destination.

Back into the center of town he went with Amy in tow, to the little shop owned by Mrs. Newman, who in turn would be Amy's preschool teacher. You and Rhett absolutely loved her store and all the supplies she carried, the cozy building with its knotty pine floors, shelves full of yarn, brightly colored wools, stones, books, pastel colored cloth and a whole host of other things that the children at the school you taught at would need for the coming year.

Two boxes of block crayons, a little case of beeswax and a basket of wool later, Rhett finally had what he needed and even let Amy pick a few items for later. He thanked Mrs. Newman, promising that over the weekend he, Royal and Wes would be down to help her husband fix his horse trailer.

Home he went and finally pulled up the driveway just as the sun had begun to set. Wes's truck was no longer there, a sign that he had gone back over the hill to the reservation to bed down his own horses and cattle for the night, yet the porch light had remained on. Royal and Cecelia would most likely be sitting out in the porch rockers, Royal smoking a hand rolled cigar while Cecelia told him about everything that had happened in the day.

"Alright sweet pea, out," Rhett said, opening the truck door so Amy could get out.

Amy practically jumped out of the truck and ran for the house, yanking open the door as Rhett unloaded the truck and kicked off his shoes in the mudroom. The house smelled so good with the steaks just having been pulled off the grill along with the smells of white rice and green beans trailing it its wake.

"Oh jeez! Somebody's happy," Cecelia chuckled as Amy rushed to hug her.

"I was hoping the trip would tire her out," Rhett answered. "Hannah-Banana go to bed?"

"Nope," Cecelia answered. "She just ate, but I'll give her a bath in a few minutes."

"Thanks Ma," Rhett said, hugging his mother.

Cecelia took the clothing and supplies from him to put them away while he made Amy a plate full of steak, rice and green beans for her to eat before her bath.

Upstairs he went to his room, which had become your shared bedroom. Even though you were only five months along, you had already begun nesting, preparing the crib at the foot of the bed for the two little boys resting in your belly.

Rhett wrapped his arms around you and kissed your cheek, his hands coming to rest on your swollen bump. "Boys give you any trouble?" he asked.

You hummed, delighted by the warm breath on your cheek. "Not really," you sighed.

You two were yanked from the moment by the sound of Amy running through the upstairs hall in nothing but her pink wrap towel. "Daddy, can I use Momma's bubble bath?"

You two laughed and shook your heads. "Give Momma a minute honey," you told her.

Amy zoomed back into the bathroom as the bathtub filled up. You grabbed the pink grapefruit bubble bath out of the medicine cabinet and poured a little bit of the slimy pink liquid in for her and watched it foam.

"Guess someone had a bad case of the zoomies tonight," you laughed.

"Yep," Rhett answered. "Guess that's why we call her 'Doodlebug'."

#rhett abbott #rhett abbott x reader #amy abbott #royal abbott #cecelia abbott #royal x cecelia abbott

[afeelgoodblog]

The Best News of Last Week - November 7, 2022

🏳️‍🌈 - Meet the best-looking couple in the world

1. Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Argentina reveal they secretly got married

Beauty pageant queens Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Argentina secretly tied the knot on Friday after revealing they had been in a relationship.

In a joint Instagram post, newlyweds Fabiola Valentín, from Puerto Rico, and Mariana Varela, from Argentina, said: “After deciding to keep our relationship private, we opened the doors to them on a special day 28/10/22.”

Would this be the best-looking couple in the world? 😂

2. Book banning attempt defeated after community stands up for LGBTQ people

After a heated public debate, the Greenville County Council in South Carolina voted to keep LGBTQ books accessible to children at the public library.

A resolution from city Councilor Joe Dill — who recently lost the Republican primary and will not be maintaining his seat — proposed requiring the 12-location library system in the area to remove books “promoting sexuality” from all children’s sections.

They refused to allow “Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of The Universe” by Benjamin Alier Sáenz on the shelf due to “unnatural sexual behavior” when it has one gay kiss but Twilight has an entire human vampire hybrid. Glad the fight was finally won.

3. Man released from California prison after 38 years following DNA test

Maurice Hastings cleared of murder charge after testing of long-held evidence points to another person.

4. The shrinking ozone hole shows that the world can actually solve an environmental crisis

The ozone is on the path to recovery, if not fully restored. New data released on October 26 by NASA indicates that the annual ozone hole over the Antarctic reached an average area of 8.9 million square miles over the past year. That’s slightly smaller than last year, and continues a trend toward overall shrinking over the past several years.

“Over time, steady progress is being made, and the hole is getting smaller,” Paul Newman, chief scientist for earth sciences at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, said in a statement. “The elimination of ozone-depleting substances through the Montreal Protocol is shrinking the hole.”

5. Children refill a stranger’s empty Halloween candy bowl

6. Icelandair Announces Carbon-Free Flights by 2030

The airline will operate only emissions-free aircraft for its domestic routes. Some of these flights could start as early as 2026.

They will use only electric or hydrogen-powered planes. This decision puts Icelandair at the forefront of sustainable aviation, considering that other airlines are only aiming to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

7. Blindness Awareness Month: Don’t just be aware, be a friend

October was blindness awareness month, a month devoted to educate others about the realities of living without sight and to advocate for those who are blind or have low vision.

Because of this I wanted to give a shoutout to Be My Eye app. Be My Eyes connects people needing sighted support with volunteers and companies through live video around the world.

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