And as the world burns from fires and floods due to global warming and climate change, I find myself looking at the moon today, December 12, 2019 or 12.12.19 which almost sounds like 12.21.2012. And according to twitter posts and articles, The decade’s last full moon will occur at 12:12 a.m. on 12/12, Wednesday night’s full moon is the last one of the decade. It’s also a “cold moon. And other twitter posts and comments go on to say

“Whether you believe in the energy of a full moon or not, tonight is a great night to let go of everything that no longer serves you from the past decade. All those negative experiences, all those old thoughts, all of the living in the past… let it go.”

and

“This full moon is really exposing the truth about people in your life especially friendships/relationships. Pay attention and if it doesn’t feel right, don’t keep it there anymore.”

and

“The Full Moon in Gemini is attracting some discomfort in order for you to realign your balance. It will serve you best to meet this humbly, without trying to hide from your inner truth.”

and a host of other twitter full moon comments and thoughts. And even though it’s not really the end of the year yet at I type this blagh post, winter solstice, the holy dayze and Jesus Christ’s birthday are upon us again and the end of the year, the end of a decade and maybe the end of an era as that blog post title says above is almost here. And some things have come to pass again, and it was the end of some peoples lives this past year. And Blogger is still here about 10 years later after I started blaghing these blog posts in web 2.0 user generated content internetland. And I guess this is another Gregorian calendar year where there are more memories to be remembered or forgotten and more recaps to be recaptured. And One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
And so that I am no queen passage comes to mind again that I find myself posting on this blagh every so often: It seems to be finally here on this day and in this year again.

I am no Queen
I sit a widow and shall see sorrow
I kannot walk any further
my journey may end here
there are no words to take away the pain
to replace a person who is gone
my eyes are dim and heavy with grief
I kannot close them
I do not wish to see the darkness they hold
this thing which I have greatly feared
has come upon me with trembling
kausing all my bones to shake
I am scared with dreams and terrified
with visions of what will my funeral be like
when I die today at this very moment
will there be a funeral
who will come and who will pay
will they eulogize me and what will they say
leave me to sit and decay
make me your centerpiece in a chair dressed up dead
preserve me with spices, mummify me
let the birds of the air pluck me
the beast of the field tear me
till I be consumed by maggots and
dust and fly away when I die
there hath been no greater love than
that which hath been
it is the sound of Rachael mourning for
the children that never were
no one to comfort her
no where to wail lament save the ocean
why died they not from the womb
why died they not the breast prevent them from suck
why died they not the knees prevent them
why died they not give up the ghost that
no light shine upon this day
cursed be the man that saith the child is born this day
it is the wake of a funeral procession about to begin
it was a sunny day that day across the street from the graveyard
and we all laid down in our coffins to die

Auld Lang Syne

And being that I have been attempting to vend those DecorForU #blacklivesmatter #notmypresident, #nopolicestate, #occupywallstreet, #berniesanders, #yoga, #brooklyn, #manhattan, #washingtonsquarepark & #Iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins for $2 each at Washington Square Park the past couple of years or so, when I came across Kristin’s post in facebookland about Oriel being arrested at Washington Square Park last week, it caught my eye.  And her Facebook post read something like:

And Jesus crap!!??  Since when do the way too many…. green park rangers get violent at Washington Square Park. And that video of Oriel being arrested at Washington Square Park, that really cool artist, vendors and beyond park to be found in New York City, is horrifying to watch, with images of what looks like police brutality or green park ranger brutality in it.

Though lo and behold again! I am not sure if this has anything to do with that artist protest that finds itself posted in that Blogger title above, Oriel was seen while vending DecorForU #blacklivesmatter #notmypresident, #nopolicestate, #occupywallstreet, #berniesanders, #yoga, #brooklyn, #manhattan, #washingtonsquarepark & Iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins for $2 each at Washington Square Park yesterday. No one is free when others are oppressed.  And what, if anything, does this have to do with a no police state. Have a great Washington Square Park artist protest day and more.

Come visit us at this years 13th Annual New York City Anarchist Book Fair. We will have books, zines, MORUS tote bags, Black Lives Matter necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins, squatter patches and much more. We hope to see you there!

The NYC Anarchist Book Fair aims to offer a space for people to connect with one another as well as to provide broader access to the rich and varied spectrum of anarchist ideas and practices. Now is the perfect time to explore these ideas and practices and to bring them into play in our communities and the world.

https://anarchistbookfair.net/

Those were the above words to that MORUS at NYC Anarchist Book Fair Facebook event invite for that NYC Anarchist Book Fair held at Judson Memorial Church this past weekend that I attempted to vend those DecorForU #blacklivesmatter #notmypresident #nopolicestate #occupywallstreet #berniesanders #yoga #squat #morus #theshadow #tompkinssquarepark #washingtonsquarepark #lowereastside #eastvillage #manhattan & #iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins for $2 each at Morus’s table.  And we had a great time tabling MORUS tote bags, Black Lives Matter necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins, zines, patches, books and more at this years 13th Annual NYC Anarchist Book Fair.

And some of those vendors listed in this years program at this New York City Anarchist Book Fair were:  PM Press – ANTIFA NYC and East Rev – Anti – Joy – AK Press – ACT UP – Autonomedia – Bitch Betta Have My $ Collective – Earth First – Fifth Estate – M.A.C.C. – NYC Anarchist Black Cross – M.O.R.U.S – Viscers Print Goods – Unhappy New York- Defend Democracy in Brazil – Interference Archive – Subway Slip – World War Three Illustrated – The Base – Unity And Struggle – The New Press – Teleidoscope – the Anti – Hero Project – Stealing Fire Comic – Side -A- POP GYM- D di V CCC-Z C – Tahrir Scarf – Subway Slip – Socialist Rifle Association – prayers zine – OR Books – NYC War Tax Resistance – Club A Kitchen – Common Notions – Earth Strike – Haymarket Books – Industrial Workers Of World – NYC GMB – KaloticCraft – Reflective Zines – New York City Action Medical – National Animal Liberation Press Office – Take Care Magazine – The Operating System- NYC Shut It Down

Have a great NYC Anarchist Book Fair day and more.

And so having just signed in to that Occupy Art Blog to post about that Black Lives Matter Art Show That Went To London this past weekend, I thought I would sign in to this Blogger blagh to post those vacation part photos of that Black Lives Matter Art Show That Went To London this past weekend, as I thought that if I take one of those summer vacations to somewhere on planet earth, I might as well attempt to do a Black Lives Matter Art Show while there. And after booking one of those hostels online,  gee do I find myself posting a lot of photos from that tourist and sightseeing vacation to London as part of that Black Lives Matter Art Show Goes To London.excursion that took me to Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Oxford Street, Borough Market, the Tower Bridge, Hyde Park and the neighborhoods of East London, Bethnal Green, Shoreditch, Brick Lane Sunday Market, Hackney and other tourist spots with the London Underground.and those Santander Bicycles. And there aren’t many other words that I can think of to add to this blagh post at the moment, as every picture tells a story, I think. Have a great summer vacation day and more.

And there is a House of YES Block Party going on in New York City on this day as I type this blagh post. And even though I didn’t make it to that block party, I did manage to make it an 8th Annual Bushwick Collective Block Party that was a block away from that House of YES Block Party in that neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn to be found in that city of New York, in an attempt to vend those #blacklivesmatter, #notmypresident, #occupywallstreet, #nopolicestate, #berniesanders, #yoga, #bushwick, #brooklyn and #iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains and pins for $2 each at, well, during, this  block party and that Bushwick Art Crawl that was a block away from this Bushwick Collective Block Party as well.  And if I must blagher say, one thing that particularly stuck in my mind was a sign that read “bushwick collective exploits artists plus community’ that was seen while vending that jewelry at, well during, that block party on this day, that finds itself posted in one of those photos above. And the rain held off on this day for those block parties yesterday, though not exactly for House of YES Block Party today, as it just started raining as I type this blog post and their block party seems to have turned into a rain dance in a 15 minute downpour.  And what  else is there that  I can blagher say about these New York City events that has not already been said in blogger time except what those Facebook event descriptions say.  And that Bushwick Art Crawl Facebook event reads something like:

A FREE art festival in the public space in Bushwick,
on Wyckoff Ave, and surrounding art studios, galleries, pop ups centered around the JEFFERSON L TRAIN STOP.

We invite the community to IMMERSE into celebrating art with the many artists studios, local music talent, performance art, live art, body painting, installations, a creative experience that sparks new bonds and reshapes the neighborhood!
Organized by Arts in Action Corporation, non profit for the Arts.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bushwick-art-crawl-tickets-61325600522

To participate/register with Art work, as performer, music or creative activities,
visit http://artsinactionorg.net,
all registration forms are there

And that 8th Annual BUSHWICK COLLECTIVE Block Party Facebook event reads something like:

– FREE COMMUNITY EVENT –

VIP access available on @eventbrite on 4/20

LIVE STREET ART • LIVE MUSIC • BEER GARDEN • DJs • B-BOY DANCERS • MERCHANT VENDORS • FOOD TRUCKS • GIVEAWAYS • FREE PRODUCT SAMPLING • And MANY MANY more announcements COMING SOON🥳

And with the  exception of that “bushwick collective exploits artists plus community’  sign seen during this Bushwick Collective Block Party and Bushwick Art Crawl, this block party rocked.  Have a great New York City Block Party day and more. 

And so the The 32nd Annual Loisaida Festival, the 24th Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts and a host of other festivals and events happened this past Memorial Day weekend in that city of New York. And it was at that 24th Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts that I found myself at as one of those sign holders in Deb Lee’s  A Squatter’s Opera by Michael Shenker.  And that Facebook event invite for Theater for the New City’s 24th Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts reads something like as follows:

Memorial Day weekend kicks off the summer and there’s no more exciting way to mark the season than with a visit to the THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY’s 24th Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts. A FREE celebration that brings together over 70 groups for more than 270 performances. The shows reflects the neighborhood’s heritage and New York City’s incredible diversity. This year’s theme is 2020 Vision – SAVE Our Planet, Save Our Country, a call for a green revolution and a more welcoming nation.

MAY 24 – MAY 26
Friday 6PM – 1AM
Saturday NOON – 6PM Outside, 6PM – 1AM Inside
Sunday 6 PM – 1 AM

As Crystal Field, Executive Director puts it, “Art cannot move mountains, but it can move minds.”

And Deb Lee’s A Squatter’s Opera by Michael Shenker Facebook event invite reads something like as follows:

A SQUATTER’S OPERA – brought to you by Deb Lee

In the 1980’s before RENT, Michael Shenker created A SQUATTER’S OPERA, a gritty history of Squatting and our fight for the right to Housing on the Lower East Side. Originally performed in 1992 at TNC as the four-song cycle LIVE FREE OR DIE!, tonight we present one of these songs aptly named…Live Free or Die. Stay tuned for the full production in the future! This is a FREE event.

Writer & Composer: Michael Shenker 

Co-Directors: Elizabeth Ruf Maldonado, Deb Lee, Anne “An Address” Edris, Dara Wishingrad 

Musical Director: Elizabeth Ruf Maldonado

Musicians: Elizabeth Ruf Maldonado, Piano; Karl Bateman, Guitarist; Eric Blitz, Drummer

Singers: Joanie Fritz Zosike, Robert Hieger, Frank Morales, Marta VI, Karl Rosenstein, Elizabeth Ruf Maldonado, J. Gonzalez-Blitz, Kara Madeline, Wolfie and Alfie Rogers

Choreographer: Elizabeth Ruf Maldonado

Artists: Seth Tobocman, Anne “An Address” Edris, Rolando Politi, Fly!, Kathy Creutzburg, Jordan Worley, Aaron Sinifit

Sign-Holders: Barbara Lee, Carla Cubit, Ali Rogers, Ann “An Address” Edris, Fly!, Rolando Politi, Pete Missing? Ray of Rays Candy Store?, and many more fine folks to be confirmed.

Film Crew: Simeon Rose, Stefan Harshman, Paul DeRienzo
PA: Karen Souza

And if I must blogger say, Ray of Ray’s Candy Store left his store and he was there holding a sign also. And as one of those sign holders in that Squatter Opera, I didn’t exactly get to take photos of the actual performance, though Eden posted

Part of the squatter opera tonight at theatre for the new city. pic.twitter.com/YyP0GKutej

— EdenBrower (@edenbrower) May 27, 2019

a video of the play on her twitter page and Barbara Robin Lee‘s choir mate took a photo of the performance that finds itself posted in one of those photos above. And this Squatter Opera scene rocked and was really cool. And so what else is there that I can say about this Lower East Side Festival of the Arts and Squatter Opera that has not already been said in blogger time except have a great festivals day and more. Housing Is A Human Right. Live Free Or Die. Squat The World.

It was cold and rainy on that next to the last day of April, a few days before MAY DAY 2019. that I found myself attempting to vend those #blacklivesmatter, #notmypresident, #occupywallstreet, #nopolicestate, #berniesanders, #yoga, #squat, #morus, #theshadow, #brooklyn #tompkinssquarepark, #eastvillage #lowereastaide, #manhattan and #iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains and pins for $1 each on a drum set kit, makeshift vendor table next to Kelley and her really cool Police State cassette tapes she was selling, at another one of The Shadow“s Tompkins Square MAY DAY! concerts at Tompkins Square Park, before Chris came with the merchandise tables for The Shadow and all of the other bands merchandise.  And I have blaghed about May Day before on this blagh many times in times past and could almost just recycle the same post over and over as each holiday year rolls around.  And the rain held off for most of the concert. And Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council  held a May Day in the Park 2019 on this day as well with lots of good food and their Facebook event invite read something like

“Guess who’s back! Join radicals and anti-fascists from across the city for a fun, sunny day of free food, talks, games, crafts, sunbathing, zine-reading, face-painting, daydreaming, hand-holding and more as we celebrate May Day, community, radical life and the dream of a world where we can one day enjoy the commons every day! This year we will have childcare accommodations. ”

And then there was Food Not Bombs sharing good vegetarian food as well during  the concert hours. And so the bands played music, music and more music, and everyone danced, danced and damced some more until  the concert hours ended and another MayDay concert in the park has come to pass.  And there is to be more Shows in Tompkins Square Park this coming season.  And a host of other May Day events in the New York City area as well.

And the band played on.  Have a great May Day and more.