PLEASE BE ADVISED. The above itinerary is an incomplete picture of our evolving itinerary. It does not represent everywhere we're going to visit. For example, look at the dates for New Mexico (i.e., October 10) and Austin, Texas (i.e., October 13). Clearly, we will be visiting somewhere else in Texas on our way to Austin. We just don't know where yet, and may not know until we get there. This holds true for all the other gaps in our itinerary. We're not pre-planning every single day and destination.
CJ, I can find or potentially offer a place to stay in Prescott AZ. Interesting community (world's oldest rodeo, conservative community but large influx of californians in past 10 years, multiple small colleges - one that is very left "woke" but offers cool programs that adds to the eclectic mix of people - in fact, so "woke" I believe they tried to require clot shots even for their online students!). Happy to help! Oh, and I should let you know - it is stunningly beautiful here too.
-Declare which stolen land you currently stand on,
-State which pronouns you are currently using, and
-Say something negative about Trump and the patriarchy.
Wokians refuse to listen to anything before receiving that information from a person first at the beginning of every single conversation. (Lol!)
~~~~~
My life was totally blown up in 2020. I think I’m currently trying to relocate to The Black Hills in South Dakota, but to be honest, I have no reason to be anywhere at any point in time… Maybe I should just go with you?
It “blew up” for ALL of us in some way, shape, or form in 2020. I feel it was Universe’s way of waking people up out of their stupor. Waking us up to all the crazy that most people never paid attention to. It showed us who we were, the strength of the bonds we had in our friendships/relationships, and actually has made us stronger for it. Some woke up, others still cling to the old reality, which going forward will likely not serve them well.
You can stay with me if you want. I live in Bakersville, NC. It’s right by the quartz mine in Spruce Pine. Which is interesting. The south is very fascinating. It doesn’t look like you’re planning to spend much time here, but I think you should. It’s a bizarre collection of people who are almost completely separated from each other. I am from Chicago originally, but I’ve lived in the south since 2008 (on and off). I’m definitely not a southerner. But I see how strong the divide is between people here. I think it’s fascinating and bizarre and sad. I’m very aware that as a northerner I was brought up to look down on southerners. Especially people with strong accents…. Especially people with certain flags in their front yards… etc. it’s something I think about often. It’s a weird thing to navigate sometimes, but I think that we don’t have to agree with everything someone else believes in order to be kind. We definitely don’t need more hate in the world. Feel free to reach out if you want to stay here.
Thank you for your invitation! We have six days dedicated to the South, eight if you count New Orleans. I'm not a southerner either, technically (grew up in Miami), but I spent time there. Can you please get in touch via email with the contact form at the Consent Factory?
I'm a Mendo County part-timer. I was so disappointed in the public response to Covid, as reflected in The Advertiser and on KZYX. Completely upended my faith in the county as a counter-cultural refuge.
Yes - I agree - The owner / editor of the ADA is so pro-vaxx - from even before Covid. Unfortunately for him, he is now suffering with two kinds of cancer. And KZYX, don't even get me started. I will not donate to them because of their Covid reporting. They are still pushing the Covid vaxx for babies in their public service announcements. They must get paid a pretty penny for disseminating that propaganda. Interestingly, the AVA did publish CJ's letter today.
😂 Excellent. I wonder if the Wokians would even get the joke here lol... "I appeal to you, former brothers and sisters, in the name of all that is Woke, that all of you agree with one another in what you say, and that there be no divisions among you, and that you be perfectly united in mind and thought."
The best I can do in NM is breakfast, I’m a bit of a loner, introvert, and have a few friends. If it happens very cool if not Oh well. Currently I am on holiday and just started to read “Zone 23.” Enjoying the read. Do enjoy your adventure. America is no longer divided; it has been fragmented into thousands of little pieces, but you’ll see for yourself. Cheers!
Hi C.J.~ We have been supporting you in heart and pocket for some time now, appreciating your humor and rooting you on from afar as you dealt with the German legal system. You were a solid rock for us during the "Covid" years, helping us to keep our wits about us. Your recent project is going to be truly worthwhile and we'd love to contribute any way we can. We need so much healing in this country right now, if not the world, and I believe your idea will help initiate that process. My husband, Spencer, and I live in Santa Fe, NM. It is a very blue pocket full of wokesters and it has been interesting, if not depressingly sad, to have been excommunicated from our liberal circle of friends since "Covid". It seems the polarity just gets stronger. We would love it if you would consider Santa Fe as one of your destinations. I will be inquiring with our local bookstore, Collected Works, to see if they would be interested in hosting such an event as yours. The question I have is would you like it to be an event, or are you looking for one on one with the woke, and/or a bit of both. I'm sorry we only have my art studio with a queen size bed in it to offer you ... not sure if you guys would find that acceptable but you'd have your own bathroom. I may have missed some recent newsletters regarding how you see this all unfolding, and my apologies if I'm asking redundant questions, but though we are, shall I say, the elders of the community, we have access to quite a few thirty-somethings who could be willing to speak with you. We are good cooks, so dinner around the dining room table could be entertaining, as well as delicious. Looking forward to hearing from you. Paddy and Spencer
CJ, exciting news about your upcoming itinerary! But, you can’t make the only stop in Texas, Austin. While it has a very distinct character it is something of an anomaly. Please consider a stop in Houston on your way from Austin to New Orleans. It’s Texas’ largest city/metro area - and will meaningfully add to your understanding of the people and culture here in Texas. I’d be happy to help coordinate your visit if you decide to include Houston.
I will wave as you pass our ranch of tiny cattle on your way to Austin (offer still stands 3 hots and a cot) and pray for surviving all that Austin has to offer. I must agree with Johnls comment - austin 20 years ago was still great, texas warmth, embracing, hospitality in abundance, eclectic, chill, especially safe and truly the music capital. Not so much now. Super happy travels and tons of fun!
Austin will give you a great idea of what Texas is not like. San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth will give you the pulse. Fredericksburg would be your best stop.
Thanks for the tip! I've been through Texas a few times, many years ago. Got arrested in Dallas in 1976. Broke down in Seguin in 1986. 4th of July. All the white motels were booked. Ended up sleeping in some strange accommodation in the black part of town. I've never been to Austin. Figured I should probably check it out.
Odds are we'll end up staying over in Lubbock or near there on our way to Austin, and we've got a dinner invitation in Houston on our way to New Orleans.
The Valley is also quite interesting, the border towns of Brownsville, McAllen, Laredo come to mind. Mostly Mexican American populated, like a great deal of Texas, actually.
I agree with you that Austin is an exceptional enclave in Texas and not representative of it.
PLEASE BE ADVISED. The above itinerary is an incomplete picture of our evolving itinerary. It does not represent everywhere we're going to visit. For example, look at the dates for New Mexico (i.e., October 10) and Austin, Texas (i.e., October 13). Clearly, we will be visiting somewhere else in Texas on our way to Austin. We just don't know where yet, and may not know until we get there. This holds true for all the other gaps in our itinerary. We're not pre-planning every single day and destination.
CJ, I can find or potentially offer a place to stay in Prescott AZ. Interesting community (world's oldest rodeo, conservative community but large influx of californians in past 10 years, multiple small colleges - one that is very left "woke" but offers cool programs that adds to the eclectic mix of people - in fact, so "woke" I believe they tried to require clot shots even for their online students!). Happy to help! Oh, and I should let you know - it is stunningly beautiful here too.
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Thanks so much! Can you please get in touch with me via email with this contact form? https://consentfactory.org/contact/
how about Kerrville?
You forgot to:
-Introduce yourself,
-Declare which stolen land you currently stand on,
-State which pronouns you are currently using, and
-Say something negative about Trump and the patriarchy.
Wokians refuse to listen to anything before receiving that information from a person first at the beginning of every single conversation. (Lol!)
~~~~~
My life was totally blown up in 2020. I think I’m currently trying to relocate to The Black Hills in South Dakota, but to be honest, I have no reason to be anywhere at any point in time… Maybe I should just go with you?
It “blew up” for ALL of us in some way, shape, or form in 2020. I feel it was Universe’s way of waking people up out of their stupor. Waking us up to all the crazy that most people never paid attention to. It showed us who we were, the strength of the bonds we had in our friendships/relationships, and actually has made us stronger for it. Some woke up, others still cling to the old reality, which going forward will likely not serve them well.
So forge ahead!
Beautiful area
Thank you for your humour this Sunday morning.
You're welcome. I'm trying.
You can stay with me if you want. I live in Bakersville, NC. It’s right by the quartz mine in Spruce Pine. Which is interesting. The south is very fascinating. It doesn’t look like you’re planning to spend much time here, but I think you should. It’s a bizarre collection of people who are almost completely separated from each other. I am from Chicago originally, but I’ve lived in the south since 2008 (on and off). I’m definitely not a southerner. But I see how strong the divide is between people here. I think it’s fascinating and bizarre and sad. I’m very aware that as a northerner I was brought up to look down on southerners. Especially people with strong accents…. Especially people with certain flags in their front yards… etc. it’s something I think about often. It’s a weird thing to navigate sometimes, but I think that we don’t have to agree with everything someone else believes in order to be kind. We definitely don’t need more hate in the world. Feel free to reach out if you want to stay here.
Thank you for your invitation! We have six days dedicated to the South, eight if you count New Orleans. I'm not a southerner either, technically (grew up in Miami), but I spent time there. Can you please get in touch via email with the contact form at the Consent Factory?
https://consentfactory.org/contact/
I just sent your plea to our local rag, the Anderson Valley Advertiser for publication. May it snag a few woke folks for you.
Thank you so much!
I'm a Mendo County part-timer. I was so disappointed in the public response to Covid, as reflected in The Advertiser and on KZYX. Completely upended my faith in the county as a counter-cultural refuge.
Yes - I agree - The owner / editor of the ADA is so pro-vaxx - from even before Covid. Unfortunately for him, he is now suffering with two kinds of cancer. And KZYX, don't even get me started. I will not donate to them because of their Covid reporting. They are still pushing the Covid vaxx for babies in their public service announcements. They must get paid a pretty penny for disseminating that propaganda. Interestingly, the AVA did publish CJ's letter today.
Same. I stopped donating to KZYX because of Covid reporting.
I can’t wait to read your book after this exciting venture.
💯!!!
😂 Excellent. I wonder if the Wokians would even get the joke here lol... "I appeal to you, former brothers and sisters, in the name of all that is Woke, that all of you agree with one another in what you say, and that there be no divisions among you, and that you be perfectly united in mind and thought."
The best I can do in NM is breakfast, I’m a bit of a loner, introvert, and have a few friends. If it happens very cool if not Oh well. Currently I am on holiday and just started to read “Zone 23.” Enjoying the read. Do enjoy your adventure. America is no longer divided; it has been fragmented into thousands of little pieces, but you’ll see for yourself. Cheers!
We'll definitely be stopping somewhere in New Mexico. Stay tuned.
Austin's nice but not typical of Texas.
Austin is insane🦄👨🏿🎤🧑🎤👩🎤.
Hi C.J.~ We have been supporting you in heart and pocket for some time now, appreciating your humor and rooting you on from afar as you dealt with the German legal system. You were a solid rock for us during the "Covid" years, helping us to keep our wits about us. Your recent project is going to be truly worthwhile and we'd love to contribute any way we can. We need so much healing in this country right now, if not the world, and I believe your idea will help initiate that process. My husband, Spencer, and I live in Santa Fe, NM. It is a very blue pocket full of wokesters and it has been interesting, if not depressingly sad, to have been excommunicated from our liberal circle of friends since "Covid". It seems the polarity just gets stronger. We would love it if you would consider Santa Fe as one of your destinations. I will be inquiring with our local bookstore, Collected Works, to see if they would be interested in hosting such an event as yours. The question I have is would you like it to be an event, or are you looking for one on one with the woke, and/or a bit of both. I'm sorry we only have my art studio with a queen size bed in it to offer you ... not sure if you guys would find that acceptable but you'd have your own bathroom. I may have missed some recent newsletters regarding how you see this all unfolding, and my apologies if I'm asking redundant questions, but though we are, shall I say, the elders of the community, we have access to quite a few thirty-somethings who could be willing to speak with you. We are good cooks, so dinner around the dining room table could be entertaining, as well as delicious. Looking forward to hearing from you. Paddy and Spencer
Forgive them, Father
For they know not woke they do.
Hey C.J. - go out there and "grab em by the pronouns" - for me!
CJ, exciting news about your upcoming itinerary! But, you can’t make the only stop in Texas, Austin. While it has a very distinct character it is something of an anomaly. Please consider a stop in Houston on your way from Austin to New Orleans. It’s Texas’ largest city/metro area - and will meaningfully add to your understanding of the people and culture here in Texas. I’d be happy to help coordinate your visit if you decide to include Houston.
I will wave as you pass our ranch of tiny cattle on your way to Austin (offer still stands 3 hots and a cot) and pray for surviving all that Austin has to offer. I must agree with Johnls comment - austin 20 years ago was still great, texas warmth, embracing, hospitality in abundance, eclectic, chill, especially safe and truly the music capital. Not so much now. Super happy travels and tons of fun!
Exciting itinerary! Hoping to meet you in NYC, probably in October.
I love your witty epistle which will probably be misunderstood and ignored by the smugly oblivious Wokians!
Austin will give you a great idea of what Texas is not like. San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth will give you the pulse. Fredericksburg would be your best stop.
Thanks for the tip! I've been through Texas a few times, many years ago. Got arrested in Dallas in 1976. Broke down in Seguin in 1986. 4th of July. All the white motels were booked. Ended up sleeping in some strange accommodation in the black part of town. I've never been to Austin. Figured I should probably check it out.
Touche!
Odds are we'll end up staying over in Lubbock or near there on our way to Austin, and we've got a dinner invitation in Houston on our way to New Orleans.
The Valley is also quite interesting, the border towns of Brownsville, McAllen, Laredo come to mind. Mostly Mexican American populated, like a great deal of Texas, actually.
I agree with you that Austin is an exceptional enclave in Texas and not representative of it.
Agree it’s not TX anymore.