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If you don't believe in fairy tales, and you don't find Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce to be a breath of fresh air, this is probably not the place for you.
Move Along . . .
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Friday, August 22, 2025
A few questions -
I do not know Alex Schiller, but I follow him at Facebook.
He refers to himself as a professional window cleaner and an accidental writer.
He recently posted this list of questions. Because I have the same questions, and guessing that many of you do as well, I have "borrowed" them to share here. I hope Mr. Schiller doesn't mind.
They're legitimate questions and we need to be asking them. AND, we deserve answers.
Where are the homeless people who got rounded up in DC? Why are we spending more to do that than it costs to shelter them?
Why did Putin arrive to Trump waiting on the tarmac and soldiers kneeling to roll out a red carpet, while European leaders and Zelensky were met by a Deputy Secretary of State?
Why is JD Vance taking 7 vacations in six months, including raising an entire river, and most recently at a $28k per week resort?
Why is Kristi Noem living for free in a house that should be occupied by the head of the Coast Guard?
Why is the president allowed to sell Crypto and sneakers?
Why is there a gift shop in the White House? Why does it sell Trump 2028 hats?
With the OBBB and DOGE and tariffs all in place, why did our deficit for July run in the hundreds of millions, and why was it higher than a year ago?
Why is Texas "entitled" to redistricting by single-party mandate, but California is "anti democracy" for letting voters decide if they want to redistrict?
Why can Trump call federal law enforcement into Capitol Hill to deal with homelessness and crime 10 miles away, but he couldn't call them on January 6th?
Why is a man who threw a sandwich being prosecuted by the same administration that pardoned hundreds of people who assaulted police officers, with weapons, in the same city?
If illegal immigration is the problem, why are people being snatched from court appointments?
Why was Ghislaine Maxwell moved to a country club prison and put on work release?
Why have my groceries, homeowners insurance, utilities, and student loans all gone up while I'm being told we're the hottest country in the world and our economy has never been better?
How am I supposed to trust the guy responsible for the nation's health when he thinks cutting disease and vaccine research is a good idea, while celebrating putting real sugar in soda, banning a color, and seeming not to understand that Riboflavin is a vitamin and not a dangerous chemical?
Don't we need FEMA?
Should the Secretary of Education know the difference between Artificial Intelligence and steak sauce? I feel like she should.
Why are we spending a billion tax dollars to retrofit a plane that Trump gets to keep when he leaves office?
How does painting a fence black for a half billion dollars make it too hot to climb at night, and if all the paint peeled off when they did it in 2019, how is it gonna stay on there now?
What are they going to do with the deportation camps when they run out of deportees?
Did it seem weird to you when the President named himself director of the Kennedy Center, then invited himself to host, then took time to consider whether he would be available, then accepted, then thanked himself for the honor of having asked himself? Seems weird.
If I get approached in my vehicle by screaming men wielding rifles and wearing masks who refuse to identify themselves, do Castle Doctrine laws still apply? I'm in Florida.
What kind of training are those guys getting anyway? Is there like a civil rights cartoon they have to watch, or is it all just mountain dew and cash bounties?
How long does someone need to be in charge before they have to stop blaming everyone else for their own bad policies, poor optics, and incompetence?
If Intel is coerced into giving 15% of its profit to the government, is that not socialist?
What about giving a $19 billion bailout to farmers after tariffs and immigration raids devastated their revenue? Socialism or no?
Who's making all those 9-figure swing trades hours before unscheduled tariff announcements?
Why have so many people connected to the White House Crypto Dinner received pardons or had investigations dropped?
Why does everyone pretend that Clinton, Obama and Biden weren't the only 3 presidents in history to reduce the federal deficit?
If Project 2025 wasn't associated with Trump, why are the Director of OMB, Sr. Counselor on Trade and Manufacturing, FCC Chair and General Counsel, CIA Director, Border Czar, and Press Secretary all listed as authors and contributors?
I have more questions, but these seem like a good start.
Friday, August 15, 2025
So excited
So. Last weekend I pouted because I couldn't watch The Chiefs play on TV.
I mentioned to Donald that they were playing tonight and I was gonna miss the game again.
Well, one phone call later from Dear Husband to Spectrum and Voilà - I am ready for some football!!!
Chiefs vs. Seahawks
Tonight
And i Can Watch
I Love Don Barley
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Disappointments and Happy Stuff
First disappointment - The Chiefs game was not televised. And I am not gonna pay $84.50 a month for that streaming channel.
Second disappointment - they lost. 17-20. 😥
But, i found a book written by one of my favorite authors that i somehow missed. So I have 600 pages of bliss to dive into.
And i am reminded of this quote -
"… but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short."
- - - Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (1817)
I agree.
Happy Sunday, everyone!
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Saturday, August 9, 2025
What's Up?
what's up.
Well, up here on our mountain, not a lot.
I'm pretty excited about watching the Chiefs play this weekend.
I haven't been spending too much time at Facebook except for a couple of groups which are pretty drama free, and to check in on friends and family I care for a great deal.
I've read some good books. Planning a couple of big trips coming up in the future. Tried a few new recipes. Just normal stuff.
I recently read an interesting article in the NYT - some of you might enjoy it.
A Letter to the Future
Writing yourself a letter is a good way to identify the things in your life that matter — as well as those things that you can let go.
While I haven't written myself a letter, I have been writing this blog for a number of years, which might be viewed in the same way as a letter from me to me. Looking back at some of these pieces, I'm surprised at the things I don't remember writing.
Not surprising is how my love of certain things rings as true today as it did when I first started writing Meanderings and Muses. Poetry, for.one. Paris for another.
Horizon (to Tristan Tzara) by Philippe Soupault
The whole town has come into my room
the trees have disappeared
and evening clings to my fingers
The houses are turning into ocean liners
the sound of the sea has just reached me up here
In two days we’ll arrive in the Congo
I’ve passed the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn
I know there are innumerable hills
Notre-Dame hides the Gaurisankar and the northern lights
night falls drop by drop
I await the hours
Give me that lemonade and the last cigarette
I’m going back to Paris
(translated by Rosmarie Waldrop)
Home, for another.
And.
I still feel exactly the same about the things I've written about that i don't love. And i always will.
And I hope you're all doing well.
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