I don’t even know where to begin. Every single time I write a paragraph about political news, another wave of political news crashes and the old post seems pointless. I have a feeling this will be the case for the next three months. I feel as if we’ve had an October Surprise per month, every single month since at least March of 2023. I do not like this. I think I’ll just copy this little paragraph to my clipboard so... Read more
I woke up sick. The colitis from June keeps coming back, then almost clearing up, then coming back again. I was afraid to make an appointment with the GI until I was sure we had another year of insurance, and I haven’t gotten the official letter yet. Besides, Serendipity was still up on the jack being repaired. I wasn’t sure when, exactly, we would be mobile to get to appointments again. I was avoiding spices and NSAIDs and eating yogurt... Read more
Let’s talk politics again. Specifically, our old friend J. D. Vance. This week has been characterized by Joe Biden making a laudable if cliche-filled speech explaining that he’s stepping down from candidacy for a second term for America’s sake, and then Jill Biden treating everyone to ice cream on the White House lawn. It was also characterized by Kamala Harris building a great deal of momentum in her run for president, though she’s still in a dead heat with Trump... Read more
The birds took flight as soon as I came back to the garden. Most every songbird in the neighborhood likes my sunflower wall. There are fat clumsy pigeons who nest in my gutters and cause leaks– I am supposed to hate the pigeons and chase them away, but I like them. They are the bird I would be if I were a bird. There are soft brown sparrows who look too round to fly. There is a majestic red... Read more
I’m not saying you shouldn’t use the Hallow app. That’s not what this post is about. It’s just about making people aware so they can be savvy consumers, especially in an election year. I am a firm believer that consumers shouldn’t be shamed for using a product they find useful, even if that product is problematic in some ways. I don’t believe that being a purist about everything you buy and use can possibly fix the problems that are... Read more
I’ve been trying, and failing, to keep up with writing about the political news. The political news keeps coming, and I have a hard time catching up except by making quips on X/Twitter. I still have a draft responding to all the hysteria regarding Joe Biden’s stutter, and I’m sad that that just doesn’t seem to be relevant right now. But I want to take a moment to try to get astride of all the weekend’s developments. On Thursday,... Read more
It hasn’t been the best of summers. Sometimes things get worse before they get better, and sometimes they just get worse. I never know which it is until after the situation is over. I tried a new probiotic pill to see if it would help heal up the embarrassing remaining symptoms that I was having– hopefully from the antibiotics I took to treat the colitis and not from the colitis. I couldn’t afford to have colitis any more. I don’t... Read more
The news is moving at a breakneck pace, so I just want to quickly write out a few more thoughts on the horrific events that took place in Pennsylvania on Saturday. First of all, my condolences go out to Mr. Comperatore’s family, and I will pray for the repose of his soul. I can’t imagine what they must be feeling right now. I’m also praying for the recovery of the other two injured persons and glad that, last I heard,... Read more
And we’re back to the races. I have a few more things to say about the horrific events over the weekend, and I will. I have another draft almost ready to go about the continued fallout from that disastrous debate that occurred a little more than two weeks ago, or twenty years if you’ve actually been trying to follow the news and comment on it. But the news is coming so thick and so fast, I need to comment briefly... Read more
I had another post for today: a political one, in fact. I’ll get around to that later. I just want to say that I am watching the news coming out of Pennsylvania with shock and horror. I am devastated that at least one person is dead. I’m very sad that it happened in a part of the state of Pennsylvania I know and love so much. Political violence is absolutely never the answer. We should condemn whoever did this,... Read more
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