New Year, New Beginnings

Wishing you the courage to do the best you can do. 

Every day is a new opportunity to bring beauty and kindness into the world. Love, Mari 

New recordings on http://marimack.bandcamp.com

Give a listen and if you choose to support my work to create more recordings, great! If not, a listen and a share is also appreciated.

Next show: Mari Mack & Livin' Like Kings 

1/19/2018

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  Wise Words for Wednesday
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  Going Nutty During the Holidays
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  Artsboretum

  "People Get Old" Lori McKenna
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  A Vehicle for Change

  Recommended Read: David Garibaldi: "Finding Moments of Ignition"
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  No on AB84
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  For Evergreen

  New Orleana Revamps Complete Streets Plans

Hemp Legalization Enjoys Broad Bipartisan Support.

In case you missed this story in June, this hemp bill enjoys bipartisan support.
Hemp has potential as a replacement crop for our farmers, who are going bankrupt at alarming rates due to sudden tariffs on soybeans.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2018/06/28/u-s-senate-votes-to-legalize-hemp-after-decades-long-ban-under-marijuana-prohibition/

Another crop with great potential : Milkweed.

Women AND Men Are Paralyzed By Patriarchy

Just came across this short Quartz piece on Alexis Ohanian, Serena Williams' husband. It helped me to understand why I get angry every time I see an article touting Beto O' Rourke's possible 2020 run for POTUS.
https://qz.com/work/1415102/hww4-alexis-ohanian/

[Mari Mack Music] Soul Travelers Recap, Visiting With Mom

http://www.marimackmusic.com/2018/11/soul-travelers-recap-visiting-with-mom.html

Obama in the Rain

Photo credit: Brooks Craft July 2012

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Recommended Read

A Holocaust Survivor Was Scheduled to Speak. A Massacre Couldn't Stop Her

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  Hey Hey Mama : Benefit for Breast Cancer Prevention : Saturday, July 21, 2018
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  Woman loses job while son is on life support. Meanwhile, her GoFundMe asks only for food and gas to get back and forth from hospital.
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Recommended Read: Yes! With Kennedy's Vacancy, Only Voting Can Check One Party Rule

If we learned anything from the 2016 Presidential election, we learned that every vote counts. If you don't vote, you don't have a say.

Recommended read and feel free to share:

http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/with-kennedys-vacancy-only-voting-can-check-one-party-rule-20180627

Shows this week.and next...

Please join me and my musically gifted and socially conscious friends at the Impact Hub Oakland, this Saturday for a show that creates jobs in the music industry while raising funds to aid in the fight against breast cancer! 

Hey Hey Mama : A Led Zeppelin tribute. 

http://www.marimackmusic.com/2018/07/shows-this-week-and-next.html?m=1

[ Mari Mack Music ] Leap of Faith : Thoughts on Failure and the Courage to Try Again

http://www.marimackmusic.com/2018/07/leap-of-faith-thoughts-on-failure-and.html

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Life is Precious

Not sure if the two are connected, but the way I see it, both are tragic. Life is precious. It is about time we all started treating it as such. Not sure what it is going to take to make a change for the better.

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/06/27/milo-wants-vigilantes-start-killing-journalists-and-hes-not-being-ironic

http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/bs-md-gazette-shooting-20180628-story.html

Border Family Separation Actions, Protests

Local : Wed, June 20, 2018 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM PDT
Marin County Civic Center - Post Office In protest of the Trump Administration's cruel and inhumane policy of separating children from their parents at the border, the Marin community will gather for a vigil on World Refugee Day.
Please join us as we come together in protest and song. We will hear from public officials, community leaders, and affected residents, and learn about opportunities for action. We will send you an email with the exact location as soon as possible.
 Please bring signs as desired.
Flameless candles will be provided to all participants. We are coming together to demonstrate our opposition to this horrific new policy.
Bring your families and tell your friends.
Together we can bring an end to this practice that violates American values.
The vigil has been organized by local groups concerned about the administration’s immigration policies, including Indivisible Marin, Indivisible Sausalito, Marin County People Power, Novato Stands United, REsisters and SURJ Marin.
Activist and faith-based groups across Marin have joined in support of this effort.

National: 
June 30th
https://act.moveon.org/survey/June_30_Pledge/

Donate:

http://firrp.org/

https://supportkind.org/

https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/18/heres-list-organizations-are-mobilizing-help-separated-immigrant-child/

Food for Thought : Depression

Lots of depression triggers circling. Here are a few resources:


SPIRITUALITY AND DEPRESSION webinar next Sunday, June 24 and Wednesday, June 27.
Marianne Williamson

https://marianne.com/spirituality-depression-free-webinar/


“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

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Can We Talk About Anthony Bourdain and Alcoholism? 

http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/article213372539.html

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published on Cafe Tamburo

Next Show : July 21st "Hey Hey Mama" Cancer Relief Benefit! Mill Valley Music 10th Anniversary Show Recap, Father's Day Thoughts, Mom Update.

http://www.marimackmusic.com/2018/06/next-show-july-21st-hey-hey-mama-cancer.html

Stephen Colbert on Cruelty as an Immigration Deterrent, "Ricochet" : Film About the Politicalization of a Tragic Death

I gasped in horror while watching yesterday's press conference. Thankfully, Stephen Colbert is using his platform to raise awareness. Hopefully, some more people will "get it."

https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/1007434644084568065


"Jeff Adachi is raising funds for his newest feature film about the tragic death of Kate Steinle and the trial of the immigrant accused of her murder. The film examines how then candidate Donald Trump's used the case to fuel his anti-immigration policies, and ultimately attempt to pass a law increasing penalties for immigrants facing deportation."

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ricochet-film-fund-security-family#/

Mill Valley Music 10th Anniversary : "Blood on the Tracks"

In case you missed it, I posted this on my main music blog yesterday:

http://www.marimackmusic.com/2018/06/reminder-mill-valley-music-10th.html

If you are near Mill Valley and want to buy tickets, here is the link:
https://throckmortontheatre.org/event/mill-valley-music-10th-anniversary/