The above is my morning mantra along with "Pull yourself together and get on with it."
This is one of those freaky morning shots where I caught the reflection of my wee indoor garden on my TV screen and it looked like a painting.
This was yesterday outside my building and it got worse.
But the sun just came out and all is well. I just heard from my doctor and I'm scheduled for another iron infusion. But I'm fairly stable otherwise, kidney function up and down, which is the pattern now. I feel fortunate I have lived this long.
And I look around the building here and wonder if I would switch places with anyone else and the answer is no.
Grandgirl is showing me the finer points of AI. And I am curious and will remain so about this world and the universe as long as I am able. I stay engaged politically and pull away now and again when it gets painful and horrifying.
I have enormous compassion for my USian friends as I read the insane rantings from their leader and the absolute freedom he has to crime all he wishes without consequence as he loots the treasury. Unaccountable to anyone. I wish I believed in an afterlife and hell for this creature.
I am grateful to live in this wonderful country of ours and even more grateful I live way out on the edge of it on a rock in the wild Atlantic. Like an afterthought. But a lovely one.
I gave the Ugly One a hell of a tongue-lashing in a recent dream. So satisfying. -Kate
ReplyDeleteLove to know the deets of that Kate. I am grateful I don't dream about him but have said I'd like to see him hung in public like Mussolini, upside down so I could throw rotten eggs at him.
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I love this post. I’m in the U.S. and do follow what is going on and do what I can to push things in the direction I would like them to go, but I refuse to let it ruin my life. Like you, I wouldn’t trade my life with anyone. ❤️
ReplyDeleteSo good to hear Jean. I vent a bit on Bluesky, some days a lot when things are appalling, but then pull away for a while to soothe the senses.
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It is nothing short of inspirational to know you. I too would not change my country for any other, and especially not for the USA.
ReplyDeleteIt's so good David that we don't have to resort to jingoism in Canada and admit now and again, things could be better but this country is the very best and showing the way for the rest of the world as to how to resist creeping fascism.
DeleteGood to know you too David, your photos are so wonderful and book recommendations also. I put your whale book recommendation aside for my daughter. It's gorgeous.
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That sounds nicely positive, in spite of what is happening to your south.
ReplyDeleteWe have a great leader Andrew who is lighting the lantern for the rest of the world to move away from the autocracy to the south.
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My daughter-in-law is a preacher, and recently one person asked her if he'll had different degrees if heat, because she thought all these Epstein files men should be put in the hottest part!
ReplyDeleteI love that Sue. May the Fahrenheit be in the thousands for these appalling felons.
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That snow looks so pretty, yet so cold. I'm not at all sure about any type of afterlife, but I sure do wish for a fiery hell for that orange marshmallow brain.
ReplyDeleteMost of us do and the more I hear of the alleged murders he organized and his child abuse, the sicker I feel that he will get away with all of it.
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I would gladly move to your beautiful neck of the woods if able. It is insane that we are doing nothing to remove Trump from office. Looting $10 billion? Where is Congress? And did you see the US hockey team yucking it up w/him? And the ridiculous video he shared of himself knocking out the Canadian player? The list is never-ending.
ReplyDeleteEvery day Elle, every day there is something appalling and nothing stopping him. But the resistance is mighty and that gives me hope. You would be so welcome here!
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Pull yourself together and get on with it." is what I say most mornings, being the other side of 80 too....brrr that looks cold out of your window.Today we have a sun shiny day!
ReplyDeleteWe have sun today too Chris, but we had record snow falls. Part of me is glad as we had really bad forest fires this past year it was so dry so now the ground is pretty well soaked all the way down. Fingers crossed.
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Here I am, not in your beautiful North but here in the South where I have experienced that Mussolini thought more than once! Reading it here made me laugh but it's absolutely not funny. Where you are seems calm, unlike here.It's a nightmare.
DeleteGlad you're doing ok, and I so enjoy reading your thoughts on this and that.
DeleteWe are fortunate in our PM Marge as he's doing an amazing job, a lot of it below the radar as he forms all these new trade alliances and US intelligence is compromised so very little is being revealed openly. I so hope you Felon gets tossed soon before he does irreparable hard to your country. He is terrifying.
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Just as others would not change their country for any other, neither would I. Admittedly, there are so many things (and people) that are just wrong for lack of a better word, but there are just as many good things and good people as well. They just do not make the headlines.
ReplyDeleteI've been incredibly impressed with the people of Minnesota and their bravery and kindness (feeding neighbours, paying their rent, teaching their kids as they cower inside their homes). It shows me that kindness, compassion and empathy are thriving in spite of being surrounded by evil.
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I'll just repeat myself: You live in a beautiful place!
ReplyDeleteYes, I do Charlotte and I know it and appreciate it. And I hope that the world will veer in the direction in justice for all and most of all empathy and kindness. So many have lost touch with these.
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Gorgeous...You are so lucky!
ReplyDeleteIt really is so lovely out here, weather be damned at times, but the summers make up for it, and living so close to nature and the ocean. Thinking of you and Mercy, my friend.
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