The Kirkby stone, from website: http//www.britainnexpress.com
Picture caption from website:
“The Loki Stone is an 8th century carved representation of the Norse God Loki, bound and chained. It is one of only two known carvings of this type in Europe, and the only one in Britain. We do not know how the stone came to be in Kirkby Stephen, but it serves to remind us of the Norse influence in this region during prior to the Norman invasion of 1066.
We do not know where the stone was originally located. It has been moved several times over the centuries, and for many years it sat amongst a collection of old gravestones outside the east end of St Stephen’s church, open to the elements. Thankfully, it has now found a home inside the church, immediately opposite the south door, where it can be instantly seen by visitors on entering.”
Hail to the Mischievous One, the bringer of laughter Hail to the Giver of Strange Gifts, the bringer of fortunate happenstance Hail to the Mother of Monsters, the bringer of love to the forgotten and scorned Bless and walk with us this day.
So we are coming to the end of the month of June, where I’ve been sharing various Pride memes daily, and today I would like to share with you a few particular favorites:
Here is the first one – based upon a scene from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:
When I first saw this scene – I cried.
This scene makes me cry, not only because it captures such a lovely moment of friendship, but because it encapsulates a wholehearted acceptance of personal identity.
And that’s what moves me.
When I first saw this scene, I immediately worried that, as it happens in real life, Kor *might* argue with Jadzia (imagining Kor responding with some insistence, as “you’ll always be Curzon *to me*” or some such) as I feared Kor would not accept the ‘new’ identity of his old friend- who is now identifying themselves as Jadzia – therefore rejecting/dismissing Jadzia for who they are now versus who they were before.
I mean, aren’t Klingons usually very conservative and strict in their mindsets about a lot of situations?
And I need not have – as Jadzia takes a calm breath and simply, gently corrects Kor while embracing him- and Kor immediately accepts/respects the correction and they both lean into the embrace, and into this wonderful moment of mutual joy and presence.
And that’s how it’s done.
And so, here is the other of my favorite memes for this month of Pride:
If a Klingon can recognize and embrace such a moment, then so can’t we all, eh?
Since this particular situation could have just as easily happened at my neighborhood library, you could say that I consider this of local (and of personal) interest to me.
Now, the only (unfortunate) difference is that it is very likely that the Moms for Liberty folk vastly outnumber the people around here in Florida who’d agree with me on this being a good thing.
But this!
This outcome — even though it happened thousands of miles from where I am — gives me hope.
And that’s hope enough for me to keep trying, to keep pushing, and keep using my voice to to disagree with the Moms for Liberty and anyone else like them.
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