May Days of Note & Finding Love in Unexpected Ways

[bookstack of 5 books: Finders Keepers by Sandra Kitt, That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming, The Rule Book by Sarah Adams, The Boy Who Cried Bear by Kelley Armstrong]

[two packaged "Golden Bowl fortune cookie" next to a set of decorative chopsticks and a stainless steel dinner fork arranged against a crinkled sheet of tissue paper - image inspired by Sandra Kitt's book]

It's been a lovely start to the month of May with celebrating workers and the labor movement, a cultural phenomenon of a decades-long movie franchise, and Mexico's 1862 victory over France.

And no, I'm not ignoring the civil unrest and protests across the United States and around the world. We're at a crossroads as a society that's deciding if we are sincere in our claims of liberty and justice for all [people].

For clarity: I am pro-freedom, pro-equal justice, pro-people, anti-racist, anti-terrorist, pro-inclusion, anti-homophobia, pro-The Golden Rule regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, physical or neurological accommodation, weight, height...

Always sending waves of peace, good health, safety & joy your way

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