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Here We Go

July 19, 2022 at 8:20 am by Claudia

And here we go with the heat advisories. Today it will reach 92° with a heat index of 95° to 100°.

This is my least favorite part of summer. You really can’t go outside for more than a short time. I’ll water the plants on the porch this morning. We did get some rain yesterday, but not nearly what was predicted. I checked the radar and every big storm was either just to the north of us or just to the south. It’s like the storms got together and agreed to avoid us.

It’s not that I love storms and wind – I don’t – but the rain? Yes, please. Especially now.

I also woke up too early and that isn’t helping my mood.

I’m trying to stay away from the news this week, other than watching the hearing on Thursday evening at 8 pm. My spinning brain needs a break.

I’m just about to finish my book. Reading has also been slow lately. I feel too scattered and it has an impact on my concentration level. I read a lot last night in bed and saved the ending for this morning so I could fully appreciate it. This Mick Herron series is so darned good! The one I’m finishing is called Spook Street  and the next one in the series is London Rules, which is arriving tomorrow.

If you decide to read them, read them in order.

Okay. Time to water the porch plants and take some photos before it becomes unbearable!

Stay safe.

Happy Tuesday.

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The Hearings

June 22, 2022 at 8:46 am by Claudia

I’m going to keep this short today as I don’t really have much to share except my rage at what was done to Shaye Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, by Rudy Giuliani and Trump. These good and patriotic Americans were slandered by the man who should have been protecting them. It’s mob behavior, of course, because Trump is first and foremost a thug with a lifetime of ties to the Mob. His mentor was Roy Cohn, for heaven’s sake.

These two women were subject to slanderous accusations and death threats, simply because they did their jobs. Because Trump/Giuliani concocted a bogus scenario and were happy to throw them under the bus. And the Republicans who testified were also subject to death threats.

Yesterday’s hearing was riveting. All of the hearings have been riveting.

Added to this, the news that armed police stood in that school in Uvalde and waited to get a door unlocked that was never locked while children and teachers were slaughtered. The powers-that-be are attempting a cover-up. But it’s not working. Innocent lives lost because the police did nothing.

It’s too much, isn’t it?

So that’s what yesterday was about: the hearings.

In the meantime, I finished the Mick Herron book, Real Tigers, and am about to start another Herron – Spook Street. I love his writing which is nothing short of superb.

An off-and-on rainy day today and tomorrow.

Stay safe.

Happy Wednesday.

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Two Fawns and a Rose

June 19, 2022 at 8:28 am by Claudia

If you’d hadn’t known better, you’d have thought it was a fall day yesterday. Very, very cool and windy. A strange one day occurrence. This morning is still quite cool but it’s going to reach the 70s, unlike the 60s of yesterday. I’m going to head on out later this morning and pull the enormous amount of weeds that have popped up everywhere. It’s supposed to be sunny all day long.

This morning I heard a car honking and knowing that usually means animals are crossing the road, I looked out. There was Mom with two  fawns. I thought there was just one, but there are two. One had taken off into the woods but a few minutes later, I saw all three of them walking in the back forty. They sure seem to like hanging out on our property. Stay safe, little ones.

What else? I filled three large bags with books, then redid that particular bookcase which is in the bedroom. All three bags were unloaded at the library. That’s a very satisfying feeling. For those of you who say you could never part with your books, know that if I had more space, I’d probably hang on to all of mine as well. But we have over a thousand books here. Here, in our little cottage, which also holds lots of furniture, 7 dollhouses, and 15 musical instruments. There is only so much space. When you’re faced with that, you know something has to go. I have a lot of books I would never part with. But I read a lot and there are many books that are okay, but once I’m done, I’m done. I can easily part with them.

And what is better than donating those books to my small local library? They’re a source of badly needed income for the library. I’ve also seen some of books end up on the shelves. Pass them on to another reader.

Time to make another cup of coffee before I start in on my weeding.

Happy Sunday.

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