rambling Warmongers... Well...there was that. It's sort of amazing that just when you think, "Okay, maybe I have a little bit of a handle on things" they break the cup completely. The US bombed Iran. We could see it coming. But then Trump did his "two
fiction Messages... The message came through with just a phone number. No name attached from her contacts. She would have liked to tell herself she didn't know who it was from. That the number wasn't familiar to her. But that would be a lie. She had erased his
rambling Smiles, Everyone, Smiles... I talked about the anniversary of my father's death on Monday, but it was also the anniversary of my mother's birth. She would have been 93. I inherited a lot of mannerism and traits from my mother, but mostly her face. And not just the fact
rambling No Faux King Way... There are moments in life where you see the split very clearly as it happens. The before and the what comes after. Fourteen years ago my sister-in-law called me to tell me the paramedics were with Dad and it didn't look good. Not even five minutes later she
rambling Pride Goeth Before... ...the summer? Okay, maybe that's not how it goes, but it's Pride month and it's almost summer so I'm saying that counts. Yesterday we went to the No Kings Day protest in Beaverton (I'll write about it later, Pride Goeth
rambling Mid June Gloom... Okay, so I wrote at the end of May that I was going to work on getting the scale numbers to budge in June and we are now two weeks in. I also had my follow up appointment for my ankle this week so I figured it was time to
rambling It's Been a Week... It's a form of PTSD in a way. Watching California right now and remembering the BLM protests in Portland in 2020. For those of you that were around me back then you know I pushed back hard on the narrative that the right and Trump and the MSM
rambling So Angry! I had a dream last night where Brent and I had a fight like we haven't had since we were in our 20s. I was telling him about it this morning and he said, "What have I done that you are really mad about that your subconscious
rambling Withhold Judgement... A few days ago I read a story about a family that is facing a horrific tragedy. One of their children had been hit by a car and died. And then the police arrested the parents and charged them with child endangerment and neglect. The mother was with the two
rambling Look... ...I know it's all just petty nonsense and it's designed to take the focus off of other more important things but... Come on. This is amusing as hell. We all knew it would end like this. People were pushing for it to end sooner by calling
rambling The Meaning In Life... I did a little bit of gardening yesterday. The leaves from my tulips and daffodils are about spent so it's time to trim them back. There were weeds to be pulled and flowers to be watered. While I was pulling weeds from the side yard I thought about
rambling I Just.... The President of the United States posted on his social network that Joe Biden died in 2020 and was replaced by a clone. All of that is bonkers. From the fact that the President of the United States owns his own social network to the whole posting (reposting, or ReTruthing
rambling And that's a Wrap on May... I was working on titles and they all ended up sounding really worrisome like May it End... So yeah, that's a wrap on May. And how did it go? Still ahead on my reading goals. I read six books, four fiction and two nonfiction. So not the total
rambling Hate to See It... Jake Tapper's book flopped. He's been hawking it, and everyone on CNN has been hawking it, and still...flopped. Oh hate to see it. What a shame. Pobrecito. Annnnyway.... Okay, so maybe not anyway. Let's back up. For any of you who might not
rambling Survivors, Ready? I used to be a huge fan of Survivor. I can remember first hearing about it in upfronts the year it was going to come out. (Upfronts are previews of new television given to ad agencies to let us see where we might want to spend our client's
rambling Feedback Please... Okay, asking for reader participation for this one. To comment you'll have to click through to the actual page instead of just reading in your email. I've mentioned that I'm kind of stuck. I'm trying to decide what I should write about
rambling Beyond Belief... They are going to stop making the penny. Which is a fine idea. Canada got rid of its smaller coins ages ago. Nobody really uses them for anything anymore. They cost more to make than they are worth. A large portion of the population doesn't even use cash
rambling Equilibrium... I was visiting with a friend this week and she said that she's more optimistic this month than she has been. And there is reason for it, for sure. The courts have been pushing back. Democrats in Congress have been speaking out more and more. The protests haven&
rambling Fine, Thanks... I got a text message this morning: "How's your mental health?" I didn't recognize the number, it wasn't a contact but I almost answered it anyway. I do have friends who would text that out of the blue. But before I could
rambling Good Enough... I cleaned out the oven this morning. Cleaning the oven is one of the worst chores on my list. It's hard. Everything has been baked on. Multiple times. There is always a spill on the bottom floor of the oven (partially because I have never been able to
rambling Just a Bunch of Random Updates... Like the title says, just a bunch of random updates today. I want to get back into the habit of consistent writing, but I've had a hard time finding topics to discuss that aren't just a repeat of me screaming into the void right now. I&
rambling About that Time... Every year I write my grand nephew and my grand niece letters that they will open when they graduate from high school. They started out as "Hey, this is what you were like!" letters but as they live very far away I don't really know what
fiction Honestly, Though... She stood at the nurses' station waiting for them to notice her. She could have said something but she was content to eavesdrop for a moment instead. She was in no real rush to see what she knew was waiting for her. "She reached out and put her
rambling Leaving the Nest... So this one is going to be a little disturbing for my more sensitive souls. You can back out now if you want and I'll understand. Go on ahead...I'll wait... Brent and I were doing some yard work yesterday. He's building a small
rambling Awkward Moments... At physical therapy this morning... "So what are you doing for Mother's Day?" "Nothing special, we don't do anything. One of the only benefits about being an adult orphan." "Oh, well, yeah, I guess that's true. You have kids
