LA still not on fire.
Woke impossibly early. Had a writing class (on East Coast time). Tried to read all day but didn’t really. Weeding. A quick swim.
It was a two-delicious salads day. Ken cut back an overgrown bougainvillea and scratched up his arms pretty bad. Commentary about sports on. And on. They have no plan! They all agree, there is no plan. He’s hot-headed alright. No Steve Kerr, but still. I didn’t know there were so many female sportscasters now. I didn’t know the Stanley Cup playoffs were on. I didn’t know the Indiana basketball team was called the Pacers. Billy knows all the commentators (male and female). All the teams. All the cycles and where we are in them.
I saw Senator Padilla manhandled and handcuffed at least fourteen or fifteen times today. Maybe more. A real red line. The act and then the lying about constituting a double whammy.
Am I exhausted because of the escalation of lawlessness or because of jet lag or because of brother/sister tone at times uncharitable? The dog needing to go out at 2 am certainly doesn’t help and neither does Israel bombing Iran.
Plans to see C and girlfriend tomorrow. I’ll get to see the cat condo C made for their two kitties and where he’ll be living come August.
Dee~ How nice to get to see C and girlfriend 🙂
I love seeing the views from his house and the Marti bookmark is great!
Good thing there are computers and an online world to visit when the sport go on too long. Not the case when I was growing up and my dad watched hours and hours of golf (how do you even keep your eye on the dang ball?!) and tennis (please!). On TV and if he fell asleep in his recliner, remote on chest…he’d wake up yelling if one tried to gently lift it off to change the channel. My mom learned to quietly turn the volume down. haha
I love the views here too. My camera roll is packed with photos from every vantage. The story of your dad falling asleep watching sports but stirring at any attempt to change channels is classic!
Looking forward to the visit later.
I saw a fat lizard yesterday (actually thought it was a mouse at first) and thought of you…
Well I wrote a comment but it went poof but then it is Friday the 13th and I do hope you are wearing a clove of garlic to ward off the many evil vibes…jeez! I kid you not, I have been known to wear a necklace of garlic on Friday the 13th. Today, I just taped a garlic clove to my New Mexico t-shirt!
I think of you in LA, with Billy, soon to see your son and his girlfriend, with K at your side, poor brave gardener and I think that this is a balance point: the world is terrible but above the hills, in Billy’s wonderful home, with new vistas, time spent together, even if there are sports, this is how we move thru the days: family together. (Re sports: when my husband started to make it a habit of watching football, I decided to go with it and since I know nothing about football, I made it a point to always choose the opposite team- kept it lively around our house!)
When I made the bookmark from New Mexican windfall, I did chant some protection as I stitched but should have made the bookmark about 20ft long given what is going on everywhere!
Tomorrow No Kings Day so if you venture out, please be safe. Robert Reich yesterday in his newsletter had a poster that showed a gnarly old tree, roots spreading all over the ground. In the Center of the tree, an arm rising with clenched fist and the words, “You are the Solid in Solidarity.” To all of us who, each in our own ways, are the solid- let us be safe, let us continue to speak out, let us hold together.
I’ve been so focused on the fact that No Kings Day is June 14 (and it being the Dictator Wannabe’s bday as well) that I completely missed Friday the 13th. Usually I note it. Not with garlic but still.
I likely will not attend a rally on Saturday. Don’t want to leave Billy for however long. Today there’s coverage. Tomorrow not. He thinks it’ll be dangerous. I think the expression of solidarity will be uplifting.
A visitor yesterday told us that the highways are noticeably emptier and that ER traffic is down 25%. People are grocery shopping for their neighbors. People are scared, which is the point of course.
And did you see the idiot blathering on about how we need the workers in the fields? And in the hotel business? What you notice is, one, his mind is well and truly gone. And two, how stupid he was to begin with. And three, how incapable he is of forming policy. Do we now have a TACO with regards to immigration?
I wish. Unfortunately I don’t think his acknowledgement of how great the farm workers are will make any difference at all.
Thanks again for my lovely scrap! That could be a name for a beautiful bookmark too.
I could comment on politics but you and Marti have covered it all way better than I could. Instead I’ll tell about my discovery of a new to me author Kristina McMorris. I love historical fiction and Little Free Libraries where I picked up Sold On A Monday that made my day. I can’t put it down .. will be reading more of her books. My favorite time to read is before going to bed and in bed after waking up. I can’t think of a better way of bookending my days with a good book given that all the in between keep me busy with all the doings of wife and mother .. cleaning and cooking .. constantly interrupted with news news news all leaving me frustrated angry and exhausted. Marti your bookmark is lovely and Dee continue to enjoy your family time. 😘🤗🙏
Going to Goodreads to add your recommendation.
Tina your comments, political and otherwise, are always wise and spot on to me. Thanks for the author recommendation. I keep a list of books that I want to read, don’t buy many, go to the library, so I added the name to my list.. We share the same rituals except I don’t read when I first get up as I am dancing or on the internet but I do read when I have some spare time and also, every night when I get into bed.
I order from ThriftBooks a lot. I’ll check out good reads.
My most recent compelling novel came out of one of my neighborhood kiosks. Love those little libraries.
Tova Mirvis, WE WOULD NEVER. She’s a Newton writer so I hope to hear her read one of these days.