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mrs mickanen adopts humanoids by (me!) sandra mickanen

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mrs mickanen adopts humanoids debut comic by (me!) -mrs sandra mickanen

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"STAMPS!" for golden psalms bespoke community shopping plaza -by sandra mickanen

what?  i don't yet know..

but!  i received a post card from my daughter recently, and this just...

i was so delighted!    -made me feel so good!!   it is wonderful to receive something in the mail, handwritten,  something that is not a bill, or advertisement!    

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that got me to -re-realizing how important the letter writing/stationery store will be at golden psalms!

because..  let's proactively give as many people as possible that wonderful, delighted feeling, that comes only from receiving a post-card, card, letter, note from a loved one..

phone calls are special too, no doubt..   but a card or letter!  its its own magical, wonderful thing.. 

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fills my imagination again!!  pick out your beautiful paper, envelope, pen   -from an exciting selection!

stamps made exclusively for this letter writing store...  with (exclusive) new stamps on an irregular, unpredictable basis, so each stamp has unique value and a time stamp..

most importantly, here.. at golden psalms..

the charming PLACES TO SIT DOWN AND WRITE THAT CARD/LETTER on the spot..

while you dine, picnic..

surrounded in store by books that contain letters, posters with famous handwritten letters featured..

etc.

re-imagining..  with great JOY!  the over-sized, one of a kind, designer USPS MAIL BOX..

   -THE! mail box everyone wants to have their picture with, as they pop in their post-card, card or letter..

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in my imagination....   this is a super, SUPER COOL, very popular, fun, joyful, fruitful place!  so much joy in the shopping, writing, mailing process...    and the JOY! for everyone on the receiving end of a card or letter from... 

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in reality,   - i realize the security that would be needed...   i mean, our local USPS on Piedmont, here in San Jose..   

the number of times its been vandalized..     the blue mailboxes themselves!    the metal, mailboxes, BOLTED down, outside the post-office, so you can still mail things when the post office itself is closed..

even one of those has been sawed-off and stolen..

how can any of us ever have anything nice, fun, joyful, family-friendly, positive and good..

with criminal thugs so empowered...       we are pro law & order, and need a lot more of it around here.

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yes   -golden psalms will indeed require high security..  we'd want to 24/7, 365 protect it from thugs, thieves, vandalism of any/all kinds, including graffiti, 

a sanctuary for good, law abiding, respectful, people, families, who just want to be safe, have a blessed day..

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turn page:  notes..

i've been watching some very HIGHLY inspiring interviews, and could write, write, write, write...

but, 

i need to be painting write now.

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worth noting:  

used to be,  you had 2 people reading/assessing the same article; and even though they were reading/assessing the exact same article, in its entirety,  they could come up with different points of view about it.

in todays culture, 

often, 2 people, are getting exposure to entirely different articles...

their exposure is utterly different; what they do, 

and quite significantly now,  what they DO NOT SEE, 

as a result, 

it is literally, fundamentally, utterly and completely true, that people are living in different realities.

     when time allows, i found a paragraph that will help me land a powerful analogy to this truth.

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recent interviews brought to mind for me

    -let's say you have a dream,  (which i did, and it was the sweetest dream to wake up to, just this very morning..    it involved getting my grandson and his friend on a dance floor at a wedding)

but, the point i want to make is this  (aware im not the 1st to make this point, but im inspired to share its truth)

-can't prove the dream you have in a court of law, can you.  there is no way to 'prove' it;  no eye witnesses...     

only you know..    and then people are left to believe you or not...

an outsider could never KNOW..   only believe or not believe.

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another interview brought to mind for me

    laws;  there are laws against stealing..    laws against breaking things, damaging things...

no laws against breaking someone's heart though..

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also inspired by..  recent conversation with a 20-something navigating the dating world..

good God, that is some extra challenging terrain to navigate!

i have many healed scars from the experience myself, 

but, let there be hope!

i did ultimately fall crazy in love with the most remarkable man.

and we are   happily   married.

that's God's signature...     

hallelujah & amen!

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notice anything? by sandra mickanen

within the span of one week, i talked with two different people who drink the same brand tea i recently started drinking; but both people had no idea the tea bag's contained positive messages. it was one of the first things i noticed. 

within the same week,  -yesterday to be specific, 

my husband and i were driving together, and he brought up some pretty important information about RPM's

RPM info is smack dab in front of me, on the dashboard, lit up, every time i drive. 

"i've been driving since i was...    14  ,   -sixteen years old.  i have NEVER paid a bit of attention, i never even glance at the RPM info on the dashboard, like ever.

i bet if we took a poll..        i'm not alone on this.."

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human beings don't notice every thing; or any thing; they notice specific things; unique to them.

now,  humanoids.   and i won't, but i could spend a great deal of time thinking about how..   what.. under what circumstance, in what environment..   what a humanoid will and will not immediately notice.

then there's, 

not just  -notice-   but -internally respond- to

which, quite naturally brings me here:

CH =      and CH=

 and i don't believe i did incorporate the word, i came up with, into my vocabulary, via writing or conversation, 

yet.

selah! & amen.

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with love & healing prayers for longview washington from (me!) -sandra, (us!) -the micks #LHPart

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Parable of the diseased rose bush -by sandra mickanen

how they use rose bushes at the end of rows of grapevines, 

not for the aesthetic value, 

but because they serve as early warning signs..

if you see the rose bush showing signs of disease, you still have time to save the grapes.

in my opinion, 

and observation, 

and result of research, 

and the reason i am livid every time i hear san jose leadership claim victory for 'getting homeless off the streets'

is because, 

what we see, 

is that yes, they do get a % of drug addicts, mentally ill, those who can't hold down a job, or be trusted by their own family, 

they do get a % off the streets, 

and they place them near otherwise hard-working, tax-paying, law abiding contributors..

and then the hard-working, tax-paying, law abiding, contributing citizens have their safety, cleanliness, civilized lives destroyed

THEY are forced to move;  stores forced to close;  children forced to change their routes to school..

i keep repeating..  we are not bringing them up; they are bringing us down.

it is the equivalent of seeing the diseased roses..

and then uprooting the diseased roses..

 re-planting them throughout the vineyard; 

and claiming victory for getting rid of the disease.                 -it is only spreading. 

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how many times...      Dignity Acres Emergency Campground   On the Outskirts...

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selah! and amen.. 

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We are endeared to Spencer Pratt for life; here's why -the micks

 we both want FREE...

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I AM POWERFUL -sandra mickanen imagining

in my imagination, i just walk over, 

"get this SH*& cleaned up!    -yesterday!

have someone come get these...    this...    that guy sleeping over there in the middle of the parking lot

have someone come get all the loiterers off this property

get them to dignity acres emergency campground where they can shower & sh*& and eat like a civilized human being, until we figure out the next thing to do...

get some security guards here..    NO LOITERING, NO TRESPASSING, NO DRUGS, NO BEGGING, NO STEALING, NO THREATENING, NO PANHANDLING, NO LITTERING!!

  -have animal control come get these stray dogs..

let's get this place cleaned up already!

have someone power wash the SH*& off these sidewalks...

get a crew to clean up the litter...    

get this landscaping back in order...

cover up that vandalism..   paint over that gang graffiti..

and i just walk and point out the obvious, and bark orders..

and things get done.

dignity acres emergency campground, in my imagination, is already built and functioning..

this gives law enforcement and social workers a place to bring every single loiterer, panhandler, beggar, passed-out drug addict, mentally ill, delinquent...    

and allows our shopping plazas, parks, neighborhoods to return to SAFE & CIVILIZED

I STILL cannot believe, in San Jose, California, of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

in 2026...

2026!!

store owners are still having to clean up human pee & feces off the sidewalks before they can open their stores..

and can't believe i have to step over a passed out drug addict in order to get inside a store..

or look at broken, cement walls, litter, trash, graffiti, broken down cars, vans..

and despite the pictures, calls, letters, emails, open mics at city council meetings, in person talk-to's at farmers markets with council members..

despite YEARS worth of efforts by the citizens...

NOTHING.

it is, in fact, by the leaders, by the owners...    it is being normalized and ignored.

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which is why...

WE LOVE SPENCER PRATT!!

tbc. 

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TWO ROOTS Plant Co. PLANT BINGO EVENT -way fun! win/win... -sandra mickanen sharing

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