So I went to the store to get groceries. I realized as I checked out that more than half of the fresh stuff was for either my dogs or my birds. My stuff was the frozen packages at the bottom of the cart. So I’m guessing their blood sugar and cholesterol levels are probably way better than mine. Damn! Continue reading →
It always feels good
I voted yesterday. I walked into a public building, entered a private booth and cast my ballot. No one watched me. No one had the right to know how I voted. No one harassed or intimidated me as I went to vote. And no one would rain political repercussions down on me for the way I voted.
And that, folks, is what makes America so great and the Orange Man so frightening. He would take it all away.
And BTW, quick civics lesson… thank you Salesian nuns for teaching us these valuable lessons in being American… each state runs each Continue reading →
How pathetic is this?
You know you’re about to lose big when this paragraph appears in a story about you.
“If you’re scoring at home, Trump still trails Clinton by quite a bit in terms of newspaper endorsements. Clinton has over 80, while the Review-Journal is Trump’s fourth — fifth if you count the National Enquirer.”
Seriously, when you have to count the National Enquirer as one of your endorsements in order to get to five, you should probably just pack up and go home. Continue reading →
So it’s come down to this
Every time Trump leaned into the mike and said “Wrong”, he looked like he was doing an impression of Alec Baldwin doing an imitation of him.
The absurdity of this presidential campaign continues to drag us down Alice’s looking glass. Continue reading →
And proud of it!
I’m a NASTY WOMAN and proud of it.
Screw you, Donald Trump. Continue reading →
On the wings of an eagle
We had an eagle release from Bird TLC, the wild bird rehab center where I volunteer. The vet who started the program is Native American and he said that his tribe believes the souls of the departed are brought to heaven on the wings of an eagle. Given Abdul’s chewed up flight feathers, I figured he could use a lift. So I sent him to heaven on the eagle’s wings.
Hoisted on his own petard
There’s an old phrase – hoisted on your own petard – which I can remember my mother quoting in my childhood every time I did something she warned me not to do and it went bad.
The quote comes from Shakespeare and, since mom was briefly an English teacher, she loved those quotes. For sure it was not something often said by any other members of our extended family. They usually used Italian phrases when yelling at us and then refused to translate what they’d just said. Didn’t matter though. We knew from the tone just how much trouble we Continue reading →
Another reason to be glad you’re an Alaskan
We are not important enough for any presidential campaign to be bothered spending money running ads on TV here.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. The silence is appreciated more than you’ll ever know. Continue reading →
For all my bird crazed friends
This is a site with a fascinating article about Swainson’s Thrush and genetics and migration. Not a long read but very interesting. And certainly nicer to read than the front page of any given newspaper on any given day until this hideous election cycle has ended.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/migratory-birds-programmed-genetic-google-maps-180960442/ Continue reading →
Michelle Obama should NOT run for president
This woman has too much class, intelligence and common sense to be wasted in the joke that has become our election system. She needs to stay above the fray and continue speaking truth to power. She needs to continue to act as our moral compass in a world where pastors live in palaces and presidential nominees are admitted sexual abusers.
I want Michelle Obama speaking for me for as long as she can and I’m still around. This woman is too good to waste in politics. Continue reading →