Thursday, 7 July 2011

This week at Chaos HQ

Spoon full of sugar for the medicine. 
We've been dreaming in bi-cultural cupcakes and munching on Transatlantic flags. I've been humming one of my favourite American tunes. 

As the founding mama of this great modest house, I have been stubbornly clinging to the self-evident truth that all humans are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights.

The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 

Be they young or old. Unlucky or lucky in the lottery of life. 

Woody Guthrie, one of my favourite patriots, says it best. 

The Dust Bowl Troubadour spent his strange and fascinating life showing fascists what hillbillies can do. This July marks the centenary of his birth. 

The timing is fitting: where their parents had job and housing opportunities, young people now have ample time to cultivate their folk music skills in the great outdoors. Fortunately, a folk music kit is pretty cheap and folds up easily for storage in a leaky bedsit, or under a park bench.

Happy birthday Woody - you are still the man for your time and place. 


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12 comments:

  1. SAHMlovingit7 July 2011 at 09:03

    This land is your land, this land is my land! Perhaps people involved in recent events in the blogging community should reflect on Woodys words for a while ;)

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  2. Rachel Faith7 July 2011 at 09:42

    Hah, good point Heather: bloggers, tear down those virtual fences!

    Sigh, I am such a hippie :)

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  3. Polish Mama on the Prairie7 July 2011 at 16:12

    Well said, my husband is a huge fan of hillbilly style folk music. I also adore folk music.

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  4. Rachel Faith7 July 2011 at 18:23

    Folk music is great. I love how Woody wore that word - hillbilly - with pride.

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  5. Truffle8 July 2011 at 11:26

    Ana looks really sweet in this pic. You guys have such beautiful girls - it's no wonder the whole world wants to photograph them when they're in the park!

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  6. Rachel Faith8 July 2011 at 12:35

    Aw thanks Truffle - sometimes I get bogged down in the day-to-day slog of being a mama and forget to remember how sweet they are - thanks for the reminder. Hope you are having a good week :)

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  7. zookeeper8 July 2011 at 14:29

    Hello from a remis blogger (no new post as I write, but one up soon)- I had never heard of Woodie Guthrie until my Kiwi maternity nurse played his music to my newborn babies - wonderfully inappropriate and non-PC but fantastic lyrics and tunes. Must look him up again! :-)

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  8. Jenny Matlock8 July 2011 at 14:39

    Folk music, sweet little girls AND cupcakes! Geez, this post is wicked perfect! Love Arlo Guthrie, too!

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  9. Rachel Faith9 July 2011 at 07:44

    Thanks Jenny! Gotta love the whole Guthrie family, I agree :)

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  10. Rachel Faith9 July 2011 at 07:46

    Hello! Don't ever apologise for blog remission - just a sign that, unlike me, you have an actual life!

    Woody for newborns, now there's a thought :)

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  11. Splendid Little Stars9 July 2011 at 14:43

    sweet little girl being fed American cupcake becomes even sweeter! believing in life, liberty, and happiness. hillbilly favorites tripping off tongue in hopes that mankind will finally uphold evident truths.

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  12. Rachel Faith10 July 2011 at 13:16

    One can always hope/dream, eh? And till then, there's always cupcakes :)

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