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An Author Profile...
Marguerite's top interests.-Human rights; social equality; democracy; health care; international connection; foreign language; foreign film; music; literature; books; singing; holidays.-Oh yes; Christmas! Walking; writing; world peace. Coffee; tea; wine; and those lovely skinny Italian biscotti cookies!-And dreams. Marguerite is not afraid to dream.-Paz. Take good care; alle! In this dark difficult time.-And Fijne Kestdagen; Feliz Navidad!🎋
Hollandse Meisje...
Marguerite hails from the dear small mythical land that lies below the level of the sea; called Nederland. Which is notably the blue and white of Delft blue. She has also lived in the soft wheaty rectangle; of a middle state called Kansas. Which was a strange and awkward transition for her! (Although she did like it there.) She loved the farms! She dreamed of farms.-She begged her father to buy a farm! She has also lived in the greatest of golden states; California! Where the sun will ever shine; and the people too. Even when; for brief strange periods of time; Democracy doesn't. But she will always hope for both.🎋🎋
Blue State Girl.
Marguerite currently lives; blessedly; in a blue state.-That is at least politically open; if not a bit; or even sometimes; quite a lot; socially regressive and austere. She has had; quite sadly and relentlessly; an older neighbor stalk her; and bully her; quite cruelly; for a very long time. (Ever since; in fact; she was raising a child.) So; for brief periods of time; and for psychic relief; she will imagine; or even say; that she is from another state.
And you can't imagine how good that feels! But odious people should mind their own lives; and mind their own business! And not try to destroy others.-Look inside and fix that; for chrissakes.-Look inside; and fix that mess that lies within you. Because destroying others cannot make you better.
But no; truly; she is from this one. (She is from this state; she means.) And she should not have to do that; should she?-No. Shapeshifting; stateshifting? No! Bully O'Rourke; leave her alone! She thinks; that people should grow up; to mend their own insidious destructive hypocrisy. And learn to find other activities than preying on a gentle neighbor.-Shouldn't they?
And then; until then; give up that spot on that church pew; ja? Because they say that her god can see. (Just to remind her bluntly.) And that when she goes to kneel in that church; each day or on Sunday; she will not be blessed and forgiven for her hypocrisy; no! She will only get callouses on her knees.
Because Marguerite believes; that you cannot keep repeating an offense; can you?! And still get points for heaven too? That would be kind of a cheap deal! (Like; buy one; and get five free!) But a true spirituality is a rich and beautiful life-enhancing thing. And it does not mean; letting people walk all over you!
That is not saintly; that is just stupid. And she has a rich enduring eternal cache of her own precious spirituality. And she finds; that hypocrisy and duplicity are truly the most difficult dangerous things to see.-Things to write about; and things to see. So that this writing is surely no party for her! But at some point; you must assert your right to say; Fuck off! (Yes; she said it; oh; dearie me!) But fuck off. Because this life must be about me.
You may also like; if this subject is of use or interest to you; her wise; deeply thoughtful book; The Honor Code.-Women need to defend themselves! Women need to defend each other. Even from; or especially from; other women sometimes!-Yes; sadly that too. And fortify yourself! As it is no tea party. And surely there will be no cookies. For some thirty years or more; there haven't been. Just a lot of creepy insults; and stalkings.🎋Your determined fighter; marguerite.
The Bully
Girls of Blue Hill.
Girls of Blue Hill.
And if neighbors would please reign her in! For example; try this instead.-Why don't you just leave Marguerite alone? Because the bullying; quite frankly; reflects badly on everyone. Participatory bullying is; quite frankly; not the same thing as participatory democracy. In case you did not know. In fact; it is a hate crime. Did you catch that? It is a hate crime.
Marguerite is writing this for others too.-As it seems there are so many who are bullied and harassed these days. Artists are getting harassed. Immigrants are getting harassed. Transexual people are getting harassed. Political people are getting harassed. Women are getting harassed. Religious people are getting harassed. There is a contentious; adversarial tone; of our new administration; that is causing a lot of people to get harassed! But Marguerite's art and life; and her website; and her work; are an equal opportunity space for well wishers only; and for joy and social equality. And it takes more than one to tango! Which of course you know. So if you are in with bullies; then you are; of course; completely guilty of that; and complicit in that. So try this instead.
Leave her alone! Leave people alone. And quit your evil conniving whisperings; and pointings; and stalkings; and doxing of; and preying upon; and insipid gossip and bullying of her.-Even in high school; Marguerite did not ever experience that.-EVER. People always respected her. And her peers; even at fifteen; and sixteen; and seventeen years old; were far more mature than that!
And the taunting of her outside of her studio window by night?! (So that she could hear each voice; make note.) Each jeering heckling voice; and loud cruel raucous laughter.-On a recent night too. And the mocking of her beautiful earnest gentle peaceful writings; her beautiful earnest gentle peaceful dream.-Have they gone mad? To ridicule another's life?! Outside of her studio window by night?! Which seems a truly evil criminal thing.
Which is a truly evil criminal thing. And seems a truly dangerous thing; and quite frankly; a terrifying thing to do! That does not belong in her civilized world. And all of those tragic predatory actions all fomented; by one single notable brainless tasteless classless culprit. (And complicit by many fools.)
Or she would not say.
But you must judge the world when you should; as you should; to defend a civil society. So cease and desist; Old Bully; cease and desist. Because she thinks; that thirty years is long enough; for her to have to withstand that.
And yes; no please about it. There is enough going on in the world; that she should not have to contend with such bullshit. Which word she would not ever use. It is an icky word; isn't it?-Yes; it is a horrible word! And it is a horrible way to be. But she has never encountered such behavior as that; in her whole life; full stop. Truly; in her whole life. Nor such people as that!
Who have no lives then; it seems; but to destroy others. But not her life; no thank you; no. She is not here to be a plaything for others.-Full stop. She is not here to be a plaything for others.-Full stop. Wait; one more time.-She is not there to be a plaything for others. It is pretty much as simple as that! So study that; learn that; and review that frequently; until you get it right.
She is from a deeply intelligent civilized family; and civilized world. Where those bullies could never belong. And if bullies come for you; just tell them the fuck to get away! Which is the first time she has written that. (Usually; she would just write eff; or perhaps; the eff; if even that.) Because she likes beautiful words; not swift cheap slang ones. And because she is a lady. But perhaps it is time for the gloves-off; she thinks. Because it has been too long.
Just a moment; let her practice then.-Ff-uuu-cck. Bravo; bueno! With an earnest silent intent; no joy.-No. No particular joy. But sometimes; honestly; you just gotta say what you gotta say. Because; and this has long been no surprise to her; there are gangs!-Of white middleclass female bullies too. In fact; quite prevalent ones! In every city and every neighborhood. Sad to say; sorry to say. And they are not smarter than you! (Though they think they are.)
And they are not better than you!-No. (Though they think they are.) They are just more obnoxious than you! But better to know what is true; because it can save you. It can preserve the light for you.-And leave the light on! For those who just gently quietly honestly truthfully play it through.🎋marguerite
What is Hate Crime?
And that harassment begun in the early 1990's. (When she gave birth to her child.) And sadly onward; to this day. And continued; year by year! By this truly sad frequent jeer.-Ah-ha ha-ha ha-ha ha! You're just a housewife! (Among many other things.) And welcome to the neighborhood; mother and child!
And good Christian men rejoice!
With head and heart and voice!
There is only one way to spell that:
H-A-T-E C-R-I M-E.
And the sad thing is; she did not really want to write this piece. But we are all; to a certain extent; obliged to be the guardians of civility and democracy; aren't we? And if you let things go too far; they will be gone; that's all. And we cannot let that be. Though she would much rather write; i love singing and poetry; and sipping tea.-Which is true! She does love singing and poetry and sipping tea.
Do you? Hello then! And may the joy of the holidays; and the season; be with you. And may your life be ever blessedly rich and beautiful; and bully-free. Though in this particular political climate; that grows more and more difficult to see.🎋marguerite; winter 2025
Postscript. And to underscore the weight of the severity of this crime; and its duration; in a court of law; she thought at first; she would ask for one million. But that is because she is innocent; and does not know money. But really; for its systemic and relentless weight; she thinks maybe more like 20 million. And she means; just for her! Because their are many others too; who have lived too long under the weight of the judgements of a mean; low; myopic uneducated society. The weight of the knowledge of that deeply saddens her. Maybe a coupla more million then. But though she wrote that lightly; she is not even kidding. She wishes she was. Could we say 100 million? She would donate much of that to others who have been harmed in similar ways.🎋
Just Yoking...
And no; not about that! But sometimes; for comfort and comic relief; she quietly thinks to herself.-Mahgah boogah bahgah. Kind of like that episode on Gilligan's Island that day; when; to save themselves from the headhunters on the other side of the island; they would have to say the secret password.-Poolo-si bahguhmbah!
And only poor Gilligan couldn't say it. So to amuse herself; to succor herself sometimes; she quietly says.-Mahgah boogah bahgah.-Well. She thinks maybe some of her creepy creeping neighbors are that! Oh; dear.🎋🎋
The Author
and Cat Granny Bloem.
and Cat Granny Bloem.
Marguerite; when she is not grousing about politics; has been writing; with greatest joy and pleasure since high school! She has also ever enjoyed the greatest beauty of music in her life. (And now often; the necessary solace too.) She plays the cello; the piano; the accordion; and she loves to sing!
She and her husband have also raised one strong tall smart handsome boy. (Who plays the saxophone!) Who is doing a lot of beautiful things now; with his girlfriend; in another city.-And yes; a blue one. (Strange now; to have colors of cities and states.) It seems a truly stupid time.
They are also the proud grandparents; of two beautiful kitty-kats.-Ja; so beautiful! And smart. But what are they thinking; you have to wonder!-Are you my mother? Are you my grandmother? Ja; dat is me.-Dag! Dat is me.
Peace; love; stay safe everyone. For as long as we have to. Until that will just be a given again; as it always used to seem to be; and ever should be.🎋marguerite
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