(Denise)

The Zapotec civilization (600 BCE - 800 CE) established great cities in the Valleys of Oaxaca, in southwestern Mexico.

Although not as famous as their predecessors, the Olmec, they developed the first writing system in the Americas. It was logosyllabic – like cuneiform and Han Chinese characters – where a glyph represented spoken syllables.

Los alebrijes de Oaxaca están hechos con madera de copal ya que esta es una madera fácil de manipular. Son tallados y pintados a mano y ninguno es igual a otro. 

Yesterday I announced my run for a city council at large seat in Paterson. I’ve been met with so much excitement and support. Love is how we come together. Solidarity is how we fight together. Love and solidarity is how we will win.

So many people have been reaching out how to support my campaign.

But this isn’t my campaign. This is our campaign.

We’re going to change the city. We are going to build the type of city we want to live. That means we are including and welcoming everyone.

Reach out to join us and consider donating $10 to our people powered campaign.

I know that we will win.

No there’s definitely something wrong with someone’s way of thinking if they can justify killing innocent people, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that they have a mental illness.

Extremist beliefs isn’t a mental illness.

Bigotry isn’t a mental illness.

Entitlement isn’t a mental illness.

Hate isn’t a mental illness.

Having a dysfunctional moral compass isn’t a mental illness.

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The Horse Heaven Hills, near Prosser Washington, get lots of fog. It’s been a week or more since the sun was last seen (assuming it’s still out there) and the ice from the fog is really building up.