yesterday i was grateful for a clean house and the fresh baked bread that Holly made…
today i am looking forward to the farmer’s market and an exploratory trip to Home Goods…
yesterday i was grateful to be found in generally good health by my doctor…
today i am looking forward to getting the laundry and vacuuming done, and dismantling the Christmas tree with Holly…
yesterday i was grateful for an afternoon of reading by the fireplace with Holly…
today i am looking forward to getting my annual physical over with (it makes me anxious)…
January 1, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Not a must read post by HCR, but this closing paragraph stood out to me…
As we launch ourselves into 2025, one of the key issues of the new year will be whether Americans care that the U.S. government does the hard, slow work of governing and, if it does, who benefits.
2025-01-01 - smbk - Obsidian Publish
happy new year!… for reasons that should be obvious…
this year i decided that i need a solid coping strategy for meeting it all with quiet fortitude… i needed a strategy that keeps me fully grounded… i have put together a coping plan… it begins with a…
follow the link to read more…
yesterday i was grateful for all the work Holly and i got done in preparation for our New Year’s Day open house…
today i look forward to further prep and yoga at the end of the day…
experimenting with Obsidian Publish… check it out…
in the wake of the election, which is an unmitigated disaster from my point of view, i have decided that i need a coping/resistance strategy… i believe it necessary to ground myself in a vision of the world as i “wish to see it”… though i would have vastly preferred to be dealing with a Harris/Walz administration, i would still have needed this strategy, because as arguably better as they would have been, they still represent the business as usual that continues to destroy the planet…
Just finished reading SEVENEVES by Neal Stevenson. Nearly 1k pages of reasonably compelling sci-fi story telling that fails to do much character development and fizzles at the end. I feel like it should have been two novels with as much effort to develop character as to describe technology.
Yesterday i was grateful for the blessings of Christmas Eve with Holly.
Today i am looking forward to Christmas dinner with friends.
We are having a white Christmas…
To those celebrating Christmas, in either pagan or Christian form, i wish you fulfillment of your nostalgic expectations and the creation of new good memories for the coming year.
It’s amazing how satisfying it is to find a lipstick color that matches my nail color!
Yesterday i was grateful for the shops with interesting stocking stuffers that are on Main Street and only a couple of blocks away.
Today i am looking forward to making a Feast of Seven Fishes dinner for Holly and myself, Christmas music and watching It’s a Wonderful Life.
Christmas movies we have watched so far:
Lost at Christmas Polar Express Spirited The Man Who Invented Christmas Charlie Brown Christmas A Christmas Carol, George C. Scott version The Holiday Falling for Christmas An American Christmas Carol The Red One Silver Linings Playbook White Christmas Good Old Summer Time The Shop Around The Corner It Happened On Fifth Avenue The Feast of Seven Fishes Love Actually
Yesterday i was grateful for the shearing coat i inherited from dad… it was sooo cold!
Today i am looking forward to a relaxed day with a few Christmas prep things to do here and there.
Yesterday i was grateful for all the Christmas lights we have spread around the house and watching more Christmas movies with Holly.
Today i am looking forward to making the Santa run to my Brother and Sister in laws which was postponed by the snow on Friday.
The crazies are crazy, period. They’re not artists or revolutionaries. They’re just insane. Laing and his mental masturbation can’t tell me fuck all about that. The crazies are crazy. Take a look for yourself. And insanity is not art, not in the least, it’s not revolt. They’re poor devils, the insane, the insane are the poorest devils I know. (Rainald Goetz and Adrian Nathan West, Insane)
Yesterday i was grateful for the beauty of falling snow.
Today i am looking forward to continuing to get the house and ourselves ready for Christmas.
The American oligarchy is back, and it’s out of control
Today the great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
December 19, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered,” Paine wrote in that fraught moment, “yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.”
Yesterday i was grateful for an afternoon of manicures, Christmas shopping, tree decorating and movie watching (White Christmas) with Holly.
Today i am looking forward to snow!
Yesterday i was grateful for an afternoon of “me” time, in which i tried a new burger place for lunch (it was good), did some Christmas shopping and read a good book in a coffee shop.
Today i am looking forward to getting my nails done in a Christmassy orange/red.
Yesterday was emotionally challenging in a number of ways. The day resolved well. I was grateful for the opportunity to grow. I was also grateful for the sci-fi reading group Holly and i started attending last night.
Today i am looking forward to pilates class and continuing with holiday prep.
Yesterday i was grateful for the very good evening Hatha yoga class led by Anne.
Today i am looking forward to lunch with Holly after yoga and swimming.
from this morning…
