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Monday, September 1, 2025

September 1st

I've sometimes thought that we should celebrate the New Year on this day instead of in January. My new year began with a new school grade, a new class, new teacher... The new notebook was the thing most significant: all that potential, as yet uncommitted. Brown paper bags made into protective covers for schoolbooks, before they are irresistibly decorated with doodles... Summer was over and now it was my chance to get things right, to find redemption for all the mistakes of last year, back when... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 24, 2025

A strategy for resistance and balance

I think we should all do what we can to bring the world around to a place of well-being and balance, but we can't be blaming and shaming ourselves for not doing more than we can, for not taking on more than we are capable of, more than we can bear. Just speaking out is something but so is recognizing that there is much that has to be left to others in positions to do them. So for our own personal balance, sometimes we have to turn away and leave it to the qualified and capable. We can support... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 18, 2025

Voting for or voting against...

It's never actually 'either/or.' When we vote against what we don't like, we are voting for the other candidate. Those who voted against Biden's VP, against the woman, against the not-white candidate, voted for Trump. Those who chose to abstain voted for Trump. He was no mystery, he held no secrets or surprises: We could all see what he was, and we knew he lied with his mouth even when he acted out his intentions for the future of the US. And sometimes he did state outright what he'd do in a... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Waiting for the camel...

News out of trumpland flattens my feelings as straws keep being loaded onto the proverbial camel, and while it's collapse is inevitable, why is it taking so long? Of course DT is not the biggest problem, just the head of a deeper infection in the body-politic. It's a pretty big camel, which might be the reason it has not already dropped to its knees; when the fall comes, it is going to make quite a mess! No matter what comes next, it will bring great changes to the very fabric of this country. Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 9, 2025

here we go again...

Today, Aug 9, we are asked to forego support of any corporate interests in the US: a general strike against working, shopping, using Facebook, streaming Netflix and Amazon Prime... Who's asking? That would be the organized resistance against the absurdities and atrocities being perpetrated in the name of the American people by the current misadministration. Since They've been manipulating the ballot boxes, gerrymandering voting districts, disenfranchising legitimate voters, rejecting mail-in... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Times of Change

As this American life gets more chaotic and absurd by the day, one of my daughters, the one in Seattle whose British husband got his US citizenship only a couple of months ago, and their two young daughters are moving to the UK this month. The girls are already enrolled in a school that's just down the road from Hampton Court Palace, so they'll be finding digs in that area. The plus side has that they be out of reach of conditions in this country with all their absurdities. His work is... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Back to fun and games!

Yesterday went well enough for the Colorado Springs Jugger team, winning 3, losing 2 matches and so probably progressing to the higher level match-ups today. I guess we'll know when we get there. It's going to be hot again today. Yesterday got into the mid-90s and today might be warmer, in which case I will be sitting in the car with the a/c going. I don't handle the heat well these days. By the time we got home yesterday I was so exhausted, I was in bed with my feet up at 7pm, and asleep by 9.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

No thank you please!

I saw an ad today for a baby cot that, when the baby cries, deploys a variety of lights and motions to calm the unhappy, restless kiddo. Oh yeah, that's so much better for the parent who doesn't want to be disturbed. Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Raising a glass...

to CANADA! Happy Canada Day! Thank you for your patience with us, for your compassion and sympathy in these unprecedented conditions. I cheer you for facing down the evil clown puffing and pouting and threatening: You know how to laugh in the face of a bully. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 30, 2025

Wondering...

No one is making any bones about why so much of our tax dollars are being diverted from real human needs to create tax breaks for multi-billionaires. My question is, Why do these people who don't actually pay taxes need more tax breaks? Sign in to see full entry.

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