“I love to sleep. My astrological sign is the sloth.”
Today looks like yesterday, but the bright sun is deceiving. We are in the 30’s where we’ll stay all day. I have no plans for today. I’m thinking a sloth day. I do those sorts of days quite well.
When I was kid, Saturday was my favorite day of the week. The morning was leisurely. I’d wake up sort of early, grab my Rice Krispies, add milk and sugar then plop myself on the rug in front of the TV to watch cartoons, series like Tin Tin Tin and sometimes serials. The serial I remember the best is Gene Autry’s Phantom Empire. I can still picture scenes from it, especially the long elevator which took them deep underground. After a while, it was time for me to hit the road. In warm weather I’d grab my bike and take off for parts unknown. In cooler or snowy weather I’d walk. Sometimes I went ice skating either at Recreation Park, the MDC rink or the swamp. I remember how weird my feet felt in shoes after skating for a while. I wasn’t the best skater, but I did manage backwards. Once the matinees started at the movie theater up town, I’d spend my afternoons there. A cartoon was always first, before the main feature. I remember seeing The Wizard of Oz. I remember getting pelted by candy and watching Al, the owner, running up and down the aisles shining his light trying to find the miscreants. I also remember the very back rows were filled with teen couples making out as we used to call it.
In Ghana, I often shopped in town on Saturdays at the stores and kiosks and in the market if it was market day. The kiosks were three sided with open fronts filled with shelves. I bought my margarine and condensed milk at a kiosk. In the market I bought my fruits, vegetables and meat, live chickens and beef at the butcher shop, the word shop being loosely used here. I bought yams, bananas, pineapple, oranges, pawpaw, mangos, tomatoes and onions. I’d carry my purchases home in my shepherd’s bag, a woven bag which stretched to fit everything and got very heavy. Before I got my moto, I’d walk to and from town. Usually, though, a car would stop and offer me a ride home to my school. I was the only white woman my first year so they all knew who I was.
The dogs are napping on the couch. They lead an easy life. Jack too is napping. It is just that sort of a day.
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November 25, 2023 at 1:49 pm
Hi Kat,
Today is partly cloudy with a predicted high of 62°. A cold front is approaching from the northwest and we might get some rain today and tomorrow.
Yesterday I didn’t leave the house and so far today looks like a repeat of yesterday. I might even shave and shower. The next big shopping spree is Cyber Monday. I hope that people buy lots of stuff over the holidays because the economy will be a big issue in next year’s presidential election. Amazingly, the recovery from the economic recession caused by the pandemic has been successful. Sadly Republicans are living in a right wing fantasy land that economic times are terrible.
For some reason far right wing nut jobs were elected last week in Argentina and in the Netherlands. Hopefully this trend doesn’t continue. Our American experiment in democracy could end if the orange pumpkin gets back into the White House. He and his cronies are already planning to get revenge for his 2020 election loss. His plans include weaponizing the Justice Department to go after Democrats and Republicans who opposed him. He plans on firing most of the civil servants in Washington and replacing them with his right wing minions. Other plans include using the Military to quell any protests against his policies by invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 and turning the military against civilians. He has publicly announced he will round up every illegal alien and all Muslims for deportation.
Republicans have been chomping at the bit to hold another Constitutional convention and rewrite the document without provisions like the Bill of Rights. This is scary stuff and the public and the press have their heads buried in the sand. I know we’re in trouble when Texas’ far right wing governor, Greg Abbott endorsed the pumpkin for President again.
November 25, 2023 at 6:33 pm
Hi Bob,
That is perfect weather for this time of year. We stayed chilly all day, and I stayed home.
You are so right about the fantasy world the Republicans are living in. They raises holy hell about the cost of gas which is now the same as it was before inflation. They say nothing. The maga crazies still contend the inflation is out of control though we have lower inflation than the countries in the European Union.
I totally agree with everything you wrote in the third paragraph. Social security and medicare too are on the chopping block. There are Republican reassurances, but we know they are only to trick the electorate.
I fear for this country should Trump be elected.
November 25, 2023 at 7:06 pm
Hi Kat,
I also fear for this county because of the repugs.
I used to love summer Saturdays.
I finally got my IHHS worker–a person paid by the county for disabled people, to help with chores. Would you believe my laundry is done, bed is made, bathroom and kitchen cleaned!!! We did find out where the mold is from, but I doubt my scumlord will fix it.
I haven’t written much as my back hurts a lot but I think of you every day. If I can I’ll send a surprise in the mail.
Love,
Lori and Cookie
November 25, 2023 at 9:57 pm
Hi Lori,
That is great!! When she is done with you, send her over here! There is probably a place where you can complain about mold, and your landlord would be forced to clean it up.
I love surprises!!
Love rom all of us: Jack, Henry, Nala and me