Writing on the side porch on this cool and clear September morning feeling peace but also disturbance. Isn’t that how it is anymore? Time goes ahead (hear the children play!) and time wallows and sulks (what am I supposed to be doing today?)
A list appears: make ratatouille; read Deb’s pages; organize prompts; delete photos; walk dog; stretch quad.
Meanwhile the destruction issuing from our government seems to know no bounds. We’re executing people in boats now? Yup. We’re using the military to stage flyovers to drown out the voices of rape and trafficking survivors now?
Yes.
But at least Trump is losing and losing and losing — in the polls, in the courthouses, on the national stage. Hubbell today offers a rallying summary.
By the way, I agree with Hubbell’s caution about using the term “soft secession.” Sarah Kendzior cautions against it as well. States forming alliances with each other to counter idiocy from the CDC, for example, is a function of the republic not of secession.
Still, all the memes and laments about blue state tax dollars effectively being used to support fascism really are eye opening. Our protests must remain loud and frequent!
Here’s a minor toxic problem of Trump, one that bugs me no end and that I confront daily — that is, how to label him in any given moment? I called him a “petty cunt” online yesterday for staging those jets to drown out the voices of Epstein survivors. But it wasn’t just small-minded and vicious pettiness, was it? It was a show of retaliatory brute force. It demonstrated a willingness to violate every Constitutional norm to silence his opponents. And it was also one of those lost moments of irony — because threatening the safety of American citizens while they’re saying they’re frightened to speak out just proved the point.
He’s such a cluster-fuck of sin, of weakness, of deficiency, of incompetence and contemptibility, that describing him defies all efficiency of language.
I’m saying that I hate that about him too.
BTW my objection, only objection, to using “they” to describe a singular being is how it fucks up language.
PS if I tried to publish this on Threads, I’d get a pop up asking me to reconsider.
Photos of mine from the Labor Day Rally in Waltham, Mass.
You beautifully state all that I think and feel –profanity included!
It is a complete mess out there. Cluster-fuck indeed. Ugh ugh ugh. We were in NC and omg it was like he didn’t even exist. Not on the news. No MAGAs flying flags like here in Northport. A white bubble of security. But bubbles break. It is their nature. Those folks had better wake tf up.
All that said, the first pic of you and the pooch is priceless!! Such a cute doggo.
I’m surprised that NC was so a-political. But people everywhere have their heads in the sand. We know this. The economic wreckage is slow in coming but it IS coming.
“They” is hard for me, too, as you know, both as a writer/ speaker, and in the role of listener. Sometimes, to help with clarity, I say “they singular” (just once, to establish the new norm), and I find it helps.
Trump, his administration, and his supporters are mean spirited bullies with power. If someone joined his team, they (plural or singular) know what they signed up for, and yes, I’m judging them. They asked to be judged by joining the team.
Agree. No one gets a pass. He promised to do a lot of what he is now in fact doing!
The best part is what happened last weekend. Everyone thought he was dead. So many people want him gone that all they/we can think of is his demise. The entire world wants him gone. Does he know? Does he care? Of course not…..can you imagine?????
It was a collective imagining that I quite enjoyed.
I’m happy to know I’m not alone in being at a loss for words when out comes to IT ….
Everyday I continue to think it can’t get worse IT proves me wrong. I know first hand the shame and guilt that child sexual abuse victims live with … but what these women have to continue to live with is unconscionable and to try and keep them from being heard … again it is all beyond words. IT has got to go!!!!
IT is good. I like IT.
Fried egg sandwich is what I had this morning for breakfast; I cook them the Spanish way, in lots of olive oil, basting the egg and letting the eggs get lacey brown. Plop it on a piece of toasted sourdough bread and it is superb. I remember my Dad having this for breakfast most mornings with a glass of wine, even at breakfast, and me with a cafe con leche, even at the age of five. My Dad had two very special little cups for us and each morning he would make cafe con leche for us for breakfast.
My rant of today: it gets harder and harder to stay sane when it comes at us from every corner1 Case in point- the heartless, idiotic, science denying clueless death squads out in force aka RFK Jr. and his minions…make no mistake, people will die and I am not being dramatic! Our family is coming in November, from CA, but are very concerned about their ability to get the Covid vaccine…Rich has a compromised immune system and it is very important that he be protected.We are hoping that this reason, in and of itself, is enough, to qualify them to get the vaccine from their Drs. Rich says if they can’t get the vaccine, they still should come because the best medicine for him is to see his daughters, son in law, daughter’s partner and our terrific grand kids. He says what matters is that we all be together and while I agree, deep down in my gut, I am the one who deals with what could come… I am not whining here, I am just stating a sad fact of just one aspect of life in America these days…
https://governor.wa.gov/news/2025/washington-california-and-oregon-launch-new-west-coast-health-alliance-uphold-scientific-integrity
I don’t know if these recommendations will come soon enough for your family’s travel plans. Be strenuously insistent that they wear masks while traveling — esp in the airport terminals. Your concern is completely rational. That people will die because of these inane “policies” is a stark reality.
And it’s not just national. The removal of vaccine mandates in Florida (their surgeon general referred to the mandates as akin to slavery — huh?) means that the state will lose (if it hasn’t already) the herd immunity needed to prevent a widespread measles outbreak. That’s the difference between 90% vaccinated and 92%. I hope families boycott Disney for the near term.
PS I ate late. Around 11? Maybe I was picking up on you. I can’t remember the last time I had a fried egg sandwich. Mine was also crispy-edged. Fried in butter. Also on sourdough. I melted a little havarti on mine as well.
(((Dee))) & the tariffs on imports from & exports between the US to Australia has halted trade
It’s the stupidest “policy” possible. And punishing India because they wouldn’t go along with his fictional narrative about ending a war between them and Pakistan? Sending them straight into Putin’s and xi’s arms! The press still failing to clarify who pays the tariffs. It’s so Alice in Wonderland.
A court has ruled most of his tariffs to be illegal exercises of presidential power but so far this Supreme Court doesn’t seem inclined to slow his power grab, so we’ll see.
Finn is beautiful and looking very optimistic about sharing the sandwich. I also found a way to change my profile from “observant etc.” which makes me feel better. Each day brings us further insanity and outright evil. It’s important to hold tight to the good things.
Finn knows I’m a sucker. What did you do to change your name ?
That’s a good question because it was a combination of luck and persistence. I know I clicked on my icon (which I also changed to a photo) and it led me into my WordPress profile. Fiddling around finally got me to the place where I could change my name, etc. The first time it told me it couldn’t save my changes but when I repeated it, it worked. I was in a stubborn mood.
I know how tiresome these things can be. Thanks for sticking with it!
And I get to see your smiling face!
🙂