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Brain-eating amoeba + covid warnings-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us1omJ39-E4 Don't let children play in water or go to water parks or swimming pools. Fortunately, the weather is growing cold. They can even get it from touching basket balls or bowling balls.  Don't play with other children. Should always wear masks and gloves, take off mask by straps and discard or throw in laundry, take off disposable gloves and drop in trash immediately, wash hands after, change cloth hand towels daily. Lot of laundry and trash, but better that than ventilator and death. 9-28-2020    

Knit or crochet--puffy sleeves and hand-dyed wool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUDz3cDJl30 I don't think you can dye acrylic as you can't boil it, it will probably melt and if cool dye, color will probably slide off. But the natural colors sure do look natural and soft. I still have a pot of mangosteen-skin dye that I have made for ages. Also Jonah's Hands easy crochet hat for kids + scrubbies--dishcloths -- Google Jonah's Hands or Jonah Larsen, he's the crochet genius sweet kid, don't know what age he is now. Also check out $1800 Harry Styles patch cardigan worn on Today Show, wh is really easy to make. 9-28-2020  

Brad Parscale attempted suicide --

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/27/politics/brad-parscale-hospitalized/index.html Article has suicide prevention hotline #s at bottom. Share-- Wow. The fallout begins. Oh BTW, tomorrow when the reporters ask, what's his name will say, "Who?  I don't know him, but he was very very close to us." 9-27-2020  
NYT has obtained Trump's tax returns--detailed article with smashing illustrations-- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html Most possibly the most corrupt family in world. Increasing reports of drug use and pics of dilated pupils. This is not Presdt Carter's  peanut farm blind trust. Rick Wilson is his book, Everything T. Touches Dies, has some predictions, such as "the daughter will bring down the father" and "T will marry Hope Hicks." She's returned to the WH, not clear what she does there, maybe irons his suits while he is wearing them. He does look a lot fatter, his hair is white and  he has a new a new suit--blue--that looks like polyester and shiny from ironing. You can see the Wilson predictions in Amazon online sample, last chapter. * Get your flu shot. Deadline to apply for mail in ballot is Oct 30, if you are US citizen. Of course if you are not a US citizen, like Duches...
Federal judge ousts trump's public lands chief. https://www.npr.org/2020/09/25/917116718/judge-ousts-trumps-public-lands-chief   Basically trump wants to open everything for mining. He needs to be stopped.  #VoteHimOut 9-25-2020  

NBC Nightly News 9-24-2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uezh63r8FxI    Trump booed. Debate prep.   Trump booed, hiding behind column. 9-24-2020 Trump's chin--like thing he boasted of grabbing.

Trump's chin at RBG lying in repose--

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8768787/Crowds-boo-Donald-Melania-Trump-couple-pay-respects-Ruth-Bader-Ginsburg.html     

Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsberg

 
Dr Fauci on trump's exaggerated vaccine claims: No one has seen the data. https://www.thedailybeast.com/dr-anthony-fauci-on-donald-trumps-covid-19-vaccine-boasts-no-ones-seen-the-data Dr Fauci's dry wit and careful statements with his new normal voice, after removal of throat polyps, would be funny if 200,000 not already dead in USA and the rest of world reeling too. My friend in UK planning to go S again from Nn part before next lock down. Maybe Boris Johnson is better than d j t, bc he had virus himself and he said, he nearly died.  His girl friend has had a baby. km 9-22-2020 Clay Bennett    

PBS special on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_yxHv7CoyM She was such a small person, even shorter than I, but so strong.  I ran into her backstage when I was ushering and asst house manager for Annenberg Center Theaters in Phila. Rest In Power is now projected across the top of the Supreme Court building and flags are flying at half mast. Last but not least, I like her lace collars and jabots, her shawls and her jackets. 9-19-2020  
Bragging and attacking Biden, trump made at least 25 false statements in Wisc. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/politics/trump-fact-check-25-false-claims-wisconsin-rally/index.html  
Important read--how you catch covid https://elemental.medium.com/the-most-likely-way-youll-get-infected-with-covid-19-30430384e5a5 reminds me of when I caught something like Sars after being stuck in a crowd in Bkk Chinatown. 9-18-2020  

Bored? eat your slippers/cake

Bloomberg QuickTake @QuickTake Last night How Covid-19 led two bakers to make hyper-realistic illusion cakes Here’s how two bakers turned their passion into a business, making Hong Kong-themed illusion cakes like dim sum and milk tea during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo via @QuickTake  

trump calls his own CDC director "confused"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR1Dpbm_gqE This from a fool who does not wear masks, said chlorox and light shld be put in body and vaccine will be ready by Oct. Redfield said it will be till next summer bf we get vaccine and wearing masks is more effective. 9-16-2020 Cartoon by Ann Telnaes.

Get your flu shot this season--

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/14/will-two-flu-shots-boost-immunity-best-month-to-get-vaccine-during-covid-19-what-health-experts-say.html Already got mine, quite easy at CVS. Gives an added layer of protection, and one can get flu + Covid-19 at the same time. Over 60s need annual enhanced flu vaccine, as virus changed yearly. 9-15-2020 Children shld ask their pediatrician first.  

trump Putin cartoons from Twitter

 

trump does not care if California burns--

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/13/donald-trump-wildfires-california-oregon-washington-robert-reich Getty Images:  Golden Gate Bridge with orange sky

African flower crochet motif.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFvwOp3wsbs I wanted to make a blanket for myself using Tinna's hexagon mosaic crochet design, but it was too difficult, so I found this. This works up fast and rather similar concept. There are plenty of Youtube tutorials on how to connect the hexagons.  Or you can stitch the flower to the front of a turtleneck or the back of a jean jacket. km 9-10-2020  

Child covid, USA data

https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report/ 9-10-2020 Summary of Findings Reported on 9/3/20: (Note: Data represent cumulative counts since states began reporting) Cumulative Number of Child COVID-19 Cases* 513,415 total child COVID-19 cases reported, and children represented 9.8% (513,415/5,265,157) of all cases Overall rate: 680 cases per 100,000 children in the population Change in Child COVID-19 Cases, 8/20/20 – 9/3/20 70,630 new child cases reported from 8/20-9/3 (442,785 to 513,415), a 16% increase in child cases over 2 weeks Testing (8 states reported)* Children made up between 4%-14.3% of total state tests, and between 3%-17.3% of children tested were tested positive Hospitalizations (23 states and NYC reported)* Children were 0.7%-3.7% of total reported hospitalizations, and between 0.3%-8.3% of all child COVID-19 cases resulted in hospitalization Mortality (42 states and NY...

MOMA resuseable masks

https://store.moma.org/accessories/small-accessories/baggu-reusable-cotton-masks---set-of-3/13503.html?dwvar_13503_color=Earth&cgid= Just thought they are very well designed. No connection with MOMA. I make mine with nose wire sewn in now--used thin wire used to hang pictures, bent at end and in "tunnel" so it won't slip out of place.  You can also use ties from coffee bags. You can bend to fit bridge of yr nose once you have tied it in place. 9-8-2020
 They did not paint like this--this is a copyist and he's making a fake, which is illegal-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMy78H2_y0c

What happens to art when Authoritarianism rears its ugly head.

jfhttps://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Democracy-Seductive-Lure-Authoritarianism/dp/0385545800#reader_0385545800 I didn't know that she is married to a Pole. This book is interesting to me bc it mirrors Burma and USA. I spent 8 months in Poland in 1968-69, most of it in winter. It was May by the time my sister and I returned, and just Spring. kmk 9-8-2020

Orca who carried baby for 17 days gives birth again.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/us/orca-calf-j35-j57-whale.html This is like Buddhist Parable of the Mustard Seed, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisa_Gotami Burmese wiki (Zawgyi Font) https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%80%E1%80%AD%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AC%E1%80%82%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AB%E1%80%90%E1%80%99%E1%80%AE%E1%80%91%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AE and in one of his 10 human reincarnations, the Buddha was saved from drowning by a dolphin. http://www.buddha-images.com/mahajanaka-jataka.asp 9-7-202

Franz Kline's painting techniques--

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/post-war-american-art/abex/v/moma-painting-technique-kline When the art critic compared my paintings to Franz Kline in 2001, I'd never heard of him. Now I am going to get some house paint. I always did like B and W.    Blue cyclone -- Copyright K M Kaung  Pink Twin 1 Copyright K M Kaung Pink tiwn 2 copyright K M Kaung km 9-3-2020

art and fiber art--

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/painter-creates-driveway-gallery-to-cheer-neighbors-during-pandemic/2356258/ https://potomacfiberartsguild.org/ http://torpedofactory.org/partners/potomac-fiber-arts-gallery/ The Buddha said it's not a good time to meditate when you are sick or during a war.  But it's always a good time to make art. 9-3-2020

papier mache--my work

 Paier mache torso--construction  Papier  nache wounded man  Newspeak  Memory rolls/life extenders  Journey of a thousand miles. Torso All artwork copyright K.M. Kaung

More police brutality--This is an art post, bc Art should protect Humans and Truth

You Retweeted Mike Sisak @mikesisak · 12h Daniel Prude died March 30, seven days after Rochester, New York police put a hood over his head and pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes. The world only found out about it today, when his family released video and records of the incident. Video in Black man's suffocation shows cops put hood on him A Black man who had run naked through the streets of a western New York city died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement... apnews.com