Definitions by Monkey's Dad

9 minutes of silence 

Observed by many, across America, to honor the life of George Floyd, murdered by asphyxiation.

In the sunlight of a spring afternoon, they stood together, side by side, and held a vigil - 9 minutes of silence - the time that George Floyd was pinned to the street and asphyxiated by the kneeling weight of a Minneapolis cop.

9 minutes of silence by Monkey's Dad June 2, 2020

Panarchy

In the midst of a pandemic, a country dissolving into violent chaos.

Destabilized by uncontrolled infection rates, surging unemployment, months of fear and anger, vast numbers took to the streets in incendiary protest against police violence toward blacks and America edged toward panarchy.

Panarchy by Monkey's Dad June 1, 2020

I can't breathe

True of COVID-19 sufferers and of George Floyd. The key phrase at this moment in American history.

"I can't breathe, said Floyd as he was being suffocated. "I can't breathe" thought more than 100,000 victims as they were dying of Covid. "I can't breathe" chanted countless Americans in the streets, protesting enduring police brutality.

I can't breathe by Monkey's Dad June 1, 2020

tell me now! 

The refrain of an adult with a child's level of patience.

"At some point maybe we can discuss it."
"No! Tell me now!"

tell me now! by Monkey's Dad May 31, 2020

harmonic-depressive

A bi-polar individual, or culture, hopelessly out of tune with itself.

In the grip of a pandemic with no cure, economic collapse, race riots, a virtual civil war between the reds and the blues, he felt America in the spring of 2020 descending into an harmonic-depressive state.

harmonic-depressive by Monkey's Dad May 30, 2020

where your sanity is

Hard to find, when the world seems to have lost its way.

All day she had been battered by fearsome news, exhausted by screen time, assaulted by warnings. Getting into bed - where she had worked since morning - she asked herself, "It's ten o'clock, do you know where your sanity is?" And her answer was, "Not really, no."

where your sanity is by Monkey's Dad May 28, 2020

homemade haircut 

Very 2020, it's a look.

Jessica was happy with her homemade haircut. Even if it looked a bit ... ummm ... uneven, it had been given with love.

homemade haircut by Monkey's Dad May 28, 2020