Author: Claire
Today I am grateful …
For the Commentariat, all my blog readers, and everyone determined to live free;
For Her Royal Highness Princess Ava Prettypaws, ACD, BC, even though she is an awful attention seeker who intrudes on my hermitude;
For the nearly 15 years each that I had with heartdogs Robbie and Jasmine;
That Hillary Clinton isn’t about to become president of the U.S.;
Brrrrr. It’s one of those days. Chilly and gray. Not raining yet (which somehow makes the cold gray colder), but we’re about to head into a week of unusually heavy precip. It’s the kind of day when even goofing off seems like too much work. The temptation to crawl back in bed with the mattress heater cranked up and a dog and a cat on either side for extra warmth is strong. Very strong. I may just go do that. After answering email. After Thanksgiving shopping. After a mid-day workout. After prepping a blog for tomorrow. Eventually. Meantime, if you’re…
Friend of mine is currently having fed problems. So far, the representatives of the Unnamed Federal Agency are choosing to show the velvet glove rather than the iron fist. But my friend is savvy enough to know the iron fist is there and could slam down with deadly force at any time. With care, I think my friend will be okay. As we discussed this creepy fed business recently, I said (knock wood) that while many acquaintances of mine had had fed encounters over the years (which nearly never ended well), I’d never had one myself. Then I remembered. A…
Happy Friday, everyone. Here, for your perusal are a few nice finds and random thoughts. —– I found the above image via Gab.ai, which is now having an influx of libertarians, anarchists, and pro-gunners following the infamous Twitter purge. —– And here’s a polar bear patting a sled dog. This isn’t the first polar-bear-and-dog buddy image on the ‘Net. But it may be the most lovable. —– Seems everybody’s got a hopeful agenda for Donald Trump, who remains (despite media certainty that he’s Adolf Hitler reborn) quite the blank slate. Some of those hopeful agendas are worth getting behind. But…