Bittersweet Tess

In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing About the dark times. -- Bertolt Brecht (tr. John Willett)

@silvervisage a never ending cycle of hate

@bitsweetTess Word is Kent was a Bernie Sanders guy. A Socialist. He threw gasoline on volatile situation without any proof. Hate continues & sadly after many decades if not centuries history repeats.

Lying about Israel controlling US government is just as antisemitic as lying about Israel being a colonial apartheid state. The latter is rooted in Communist critical theory, the former in Nazi rhetoric of Jews being puppet masters. Both result in harassment of American Jews.

@silvervisage And to you, Brian. Happy Spring! 😊

@bitsweetTess Happy Friendly Friday, Tess.

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP FRIDAY “He has a right to criticize who has a heart to help.” —Abraham Lincoln

@TheClemHale He was a rare combination of intellect and courage

@bitsweetTess Lincoln has so many profound quotes. Thanks for this one, Tess.

@mimnermo8888 We deserve spring, amico. Happy Friendship Friday! 💜

@bitsweetTess Happy Friendship Friday to you. Spring has just arrived in Italy.

@KiddieChronicle the coffee turned him into a bunny? 😄

@Horatio_1234567 💜

For in your quiet presence, even the restless tide would seem at peace.

@ElenaRae644820 love the idea of exploring and taking responsibility for what we carry within.

If change feels hard, it’s not a lack of willpower—it’s a misunderstanding of how change works. Willpower can force short-term shifts. Lasting change comes from consistent choice over time. But consistency requires stable awareness. Stable awareness requires embodiment. Embodiment requires regulation. And regulation comes from emotional integration. This is the real process. Change doesn’t start with controlling behaviour—it starts with taking responsibility for what we carry within. And maybe, at first, it begins as a belief: that beneath everything, we are not broken— we are oriented toward love, and therefore toward goodness.

@blindete Love them both, but especially Cassatt’s celebration of motherhood

The info about ARTISTS BORN IN 1800 TO 1849 – Part 1 is from Google and Copilot. Images credit to many sites. Mary Cassatt (1844 – 1926) had a famously spiky friendship with Degas. They admired each other deeply, but both were stubborn and opinionated. Their arguments were legendary—yet Degas once said she was one of the few artists he truly respected. Cassatt was the only American to exhibit with the French Impressionists.

@lagrandedeesse Indeed

Beau cliche! Quel courage faut-il pour etre mere!

@anireB555222 @MikeFrye0511 What a cute picture! 😊

@MikeFrye0511 @bitsweetTess Happy Friday Michael, wishing you joy, peace, and light. May we find adventure along the way. 🙏

@Rebelparticle I hear you! 😄

@bitsweetTess Perhaps Lincoln had a specific ethical context in mind. I tend to critique rather continuously, more so when sympathy is in short supply ;)

@SpoonandSoul Same to you 😊

@bitsweetTess Happy friendship Friday to you 🌹

@MikeFrye0511 @anireB555222 wishing you a great day! 😊

@bitsweetTess @anireB555222 Happy Friday!❤️

@TroyCFisher Good morning, Troy. Wishing us both a great Friendship Friday 😊

@bitsweetTess Beautiful day to you, sweet Tess 🤍🤍

@Isabelle85995 Ciao, Bellissima 😁 Wishing you a happy Friendship Friday 💜

@bitsweetTess Right! 🫶 Happy Friendship Friday, dear Tess! 🤗 ☕️🥐

@breakfreeandfly Happy Friendship Friday, Michelle! Have a wonderful day! 💜

@bitsweetTess Happy Friday 💚

@blindete how interesting about the cataracts. I had no idea.

Claude Monet (1840–1926) kept painting even when nearly blind. Cataracts distorted his color perception, making the world look yellowish. Instead of stopping, he adapted—his late water lilies have a dreamlike, abstract quality partly because of his impaired vision.

@Tom_Lisi Good morning, Tom. Another amazing Friendship Friday for us to celebrate 😄☀️🐦‍⬛

Good morning @bitsweetTess

@ninaslostnfound So beautifully expressed. It reminds me tearing up at one of my daughters’ baby pictures, while simultaneously frowning about my arm looking fat on it 😆

"The world is both burning and blooming. You get the bad news and the sunrise in the same day. You cry over the headlines, then you laugh at a baby wearing a hat shaped like a bear. This is the dual citizenship of being alive. Rage and reverence, grief and grace. You are allowed to feel both. You are allowed to scream, and still notice how good the soup is. You don't have to choose. Let it all in." - Karen Salmansohn