… Fiona woke me up at 2 AM, needing to go downstairs, drinking water, out briefly, then back to bed… i slept in to 4:30 am, a bit later than i like, a bit later than usual…

… weight down two days in a row, step count up… hoping to keep the trend going…

… no Heather Cox Richardson post this morning, yet, it will probably come later with an apology for forgetting to hit the send button or an explanation regarding power failure or…

… Republicans doubling down on voter fraud claims and law changes, banner headlines on the news last night something to the effect of “Fears Grow that GOP Will Steal the Election in 2022”… US democracy is profoundly threatened, the leaders of one side having decided they don’t care for it anymore… they have convinced their constituency that they are rescuing it, not destroying it… it is imperative that the “For The People Act,” be passed and signed into law, it is needed to head off the destruction of democracy, filibuster be damned…

… the birds living in the eves of our roof over my studio window have begun the day’s round of feeding the family, they arrive to a great deal of clamoring from their babies… we will wait until they fledge to seal the opening…