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Have to admit it … :\

I started reading this article in the NYT because recently I was abandoned with cold deliberation by someone I love greatly. Well, that is … that’s how it seems to me. But maybe – just maybe – there’s no cold deliberation but a temporary surfeit of ME. RSD, eh …? ADHD ????? – why not … Continue reading Have to admit it … :\

Have to admit it … :\

I started reading this article in the NYT because recently I was abandoned with cold deliberation by someone I love greatly. Well, that is … that’s how it seems to me. But maybe – just maybe – there’s no cold deliberation but a temporary surfeit of ME. RSD, eh …? ADHD ????? – why not … Continue reading Have to admit it … :\

From a dear American friend …

A real WTF ?!

My mate over in my home town Perth is a serial emailer – of late they’re mostly political. He is conservative. I am of late mostly apolitical; and were I to return to giving a rat’s arse about which party runs this country, I would very definitely not be voting the Coalition. Be that as … Continue reading A real WTF ?!

The joy of being a cat’s mama

I’d made an appointment with the Lort Smith Animal Hospital to take Boodie to have his horrid claws clipped. This is so … so FRAUGHT an occupation that the last time we had such an appointment the clipping didn’t happen; as the vet – a large bloke – was unable to hold Boodie (and I … Continue reading The joy of being a cat’s mama

Current fiction writing

I dunno that this is something anyone other than easily-irritated old broads think about. It’s definitely a current syndrome: authors writing fiction a good while back didn’t indulge. But today’s writers, imnsho, do so with impunity. Which is to say, only this e.-i. o. b. (see above) appears to notice. The characters can read minds: they … Continue reading Current fiction writing

Contemptible bullies

They won’t be seen behaving like this with any other country’s leader, of course: they took advantage of Zelenskyy’s arrival to posture and froth, like the scumbags they are.

I stand with Ukraine

This is a post on my friend Colorado’s blog, and I have stolen it because I feel it !

Helpful …? – take II

This is meant to make it easier to comprehend what I’m on about. It might not help at all !!! [grin] The news is BAD. I somehow or other managed to increase the number of stitches along the working edge before decreasing for the left sleeve. Which means, of course, that I lied when claiming that … Continue reading Helpful …? – take II

We can only try …

… to understand the pain. California and the fires: all values are upended.