Friday, September 18, 2020

good news, bad news, and a finished drawing

The good news is, I woke up this morning feeling well. The afib is settling down and I went 38 hours with only a blip here and there, had a minor flare up last night but it quit sometime after I went to bed. So far so good today. I think part of the problem besides too much attention to bad news is that I was dehydrated from working out in the heat and sweating profusely and not drinking enough water to make up for it.

The other good news is that the owner of the python found her. She was in the garage the whole time. A major sigh of relief went up from the neighborhood.

The estate sale at Pam's old house is ongoing, tomorrow being the last day with everything 50% off, then everything that is left will be hauled off and we can get in there to finishing making repairs before the house officially goes on the market next week.

It finally happened, no more access to the legacy version of blogger but it seems two of my three biggest complaints about the new version have been remedied. I tried a test post, copied and pasted two paragraphs into the the new post form and while it did double space the paragraphs, I was able to just delete the second one and it let me drag and drop an image from my desktop instead of have to go through the 6 or 7 steps to post a picture. My third issue was the 'labels' where previously they showed a cloud of all the labels and you could just click on the one you wanted. Now, they don't show any at all but when you type a letter, all the labels that include that letter show up and you have to scroll through them to find the one you want. Still very cumbersome. The rest is just having to get used to the new arrangement of tools. So here's my first post using the new version (which I still don't like).

I'd have more to
rage write about if I was allowing myself to get immersed in all things Trump and the destruction of our democracy and it is just snowballing, the more desperate he gets the crazier he and Barr get with Barr musing about charging the governor of Oregon with sedition for allowing the protests there and Trump's attitude that it's only the incompetent blue states that have made our death toll so high (just to be clear, red state Texas is #3 in total deaths, more than California now, falling behind only New York and New Jersey and nearly twice as many cases as New York and second only to California, red state Florida being third), and all the revelations coming out about the actions of his appointees, people quitting left and right and coming forward with the goods. But I'm not going there.

So I spent the day finishing the drawing of the lotus bud.



Here's the photo Linda took.

https://lindaleinen.com/2020/09/06/a-slow-rising/



Well, the dog is reminding me it's her dinner time.

Just back from walking the dog to devastating news. We are truly fucked now. RBG has died and you know McConnell has already broken out the champagne.




18 comments:

  1. We are soooooo screwed. I really had hope that she'd survive. Yea, more lunatics on the court.

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  2. That is the first thing that my son said as well," we are so fucked". Mitch, the bastard Mitch, did not even wait for her to cool before announcing in a braggadocios way, that trumps appointee would be approved by the senate.

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    1. I felt the same way -- and muttered aloud, "She's not even cold yet!!!"

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  3. I was not as shocked about RGB leaving us because this is 2020 and everything is up for destruction. We did learn today that the East Coast will have the West Coast smoke blown out from our area this week. Yes it has crossed the U.S. That lotus is beautiful. I love those types of flowers (actually I love all flowers!).

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  4. It sounds like McConnell may have some pushback from a few Republican senators, so maybe those hearings won't be a total cakewalk for him. I'm like you -- staying aware of the news but not immersing myself in it.

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  5. The lotus you drew from Linda's photo is beautiful. A lotus is rising from all the muck in the world. Early this morning I saw stars for the first time in 8 days. What a relief to see an ordinary overcast sky after dawn. The air quality is good again here. May there continue to be good news about your heart.

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  6. I’m just gutted. Stayed up way too late last night reading tributes on Instagram. Much crying. And hanging onto the thin thread of hope that four republican senators will balk at a rush job is just exhausting. Of course, that hope also hinges on winning the election...

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  7. Yes very deep trouble. Have you read this article from the Atlantic?

    https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/09/fox-news-trump-language-stelter-hoax/616309/

    It just confirms that he doesn't have an original thought in his head.

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  8. Yes we are really in for a Political Storm now...But just because they Make a LAW does not mean we have to abide by it! Hope you feel better.

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  9. The lotus photo and your drawing of it are both quite beautiful.
    Unbelievable times we are living in. I'm truly scared about the future. Yes, I think we may be truly fucked.

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  10. I remember when McConnell told Obama it was his personal intention to make Obama a one term president. May he have the same good luck with RBG's successor. The effing bastid. Our country was not unified by Bush, or by Obama. There is a solid core of mean people who intend to hold all the money and walk over all the people impoverished. Our next president won't be fixing that.

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  11. The lotus looks like glass. I am trying to think about glass and clay for the time being because the rest of it is making me crazy. School has been back in session for a week, I am exhausted and the world is falling apart.

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  12. Such a simple, yet elegant bloom. Calming, just by looking at it. Thank you! And yes, so very sad about RBG... I know everyone has to die, and it brought her pain to an end, but still, she was such a beacon to all women. As for the Trump mess, we need to keep praying that people will pull the wool away from their eyes and ears and see/hear him for what he truly is, which is NOT presidential material.

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  13. I heard the Democrats gave McConnel an ultimatum that either he waits for the election and let the president after the swearing in pick the next justice or that they will stack the supreme court to 13 and do away with the filibuster if they win the senate. McConnel doesn't care. He'll go ahead and ram the next justice through.

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    1. he has to have the votes and it's not certain he does. if he does push it through, and I've heard the nominee will be that stupid woman who thinks husbands should rule over wives. wtf.

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  14. I don't know what's happening, but my comments keep disappearing. If there are partial comments out there, ignore them!
    I love your drawing; it's beautiful. I saved the image and have it as wallpaper on my computer now. The flower may have faded already -- in fact, I'm sure it has -- but your drawing won't fade! It's the power of art!

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