and this…
February 9, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson
The people who think that bearing arms is central to maintaining American rights are the same people who tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election by storming the United States Capitol because they do not command the votes to put their policies in place through the exercise of law outlined in the U.S. Constitution.
this…
February 9, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson
On Friday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order “protecting Second Amendment rights.” The order calls for Attorney General Pam Bondi to examine all gun regulations in the U.S. to make sure they don’t infringe on any citizen’s right to bear arms. The executive order says that the Second Amendment “is foundational to maintaining all other rights held by Americans.”
yesterday i was grateful for the exercise i got shoveling snow and watching the super bowl with my brother, even if it was a blowout…
today i am looking forward to getting my nails painted red for valentine’s day…
In trying times like these, sharing your story is your superpower. Policies are abstract until they have a human face. Show people (rather than tell them) why changes are bad (or good) for the health of Americans and our country. The collection of stories and experiences helps to demand a response from and hold our elected leaders accountable.
yesterday i was grateful for freshly laundered bedding…
today i am looking forward to making chili and watching the super bowl with my brother…
currently in our forecast… nearly 3’ of snow over the next 8 days… it’s been years since we had that kind of snow…
yesterday i was grateful for a night out with my wife, attending the literary open mic, LitLit, and the friends i ran into there…
today i am looking forward to household chores and the beginning of a big snowstorm…
my coping strategies, updated and refined…
coping strategies - smbk - Obsidian Publish
i want, as much as possible, to disengage from the patriarchy, capitalism, materialism and commercialism… short of societal collapse, these isms won’t disappear in my lifetime, but i can behave in a way that doesn’t center them… instead i can center the people i deal with and their happiness… i keep my engagement local as much as possible… i pursue a gift oriented economy as much as possible…
yesterday i was grateful for feeling better and the snow…
today i am looking forward to a quiet day at home with wife, dogs and kitty…
yesterday i was grateful for coffee in my favorite coffee shop and a productive afternoon with my colleagues at the cemetery…
today i am looking forward to snow and a good book by the fireplace…
say what?…
February 4, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Stunningly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced today that the U.S. has made a deal with El Salvador to send deportees of any nationality—including U.S. citizens, which would be wildly unconstitutional—for imprisonment in that nation’s 40,000-person Terrorism Confinement Center, for a fee that would pay for El Salvador’s prison system.
say what?…
February 4, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson
In yet another bombshell, after meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump told reporters tonight that the U.S. “will take over the Gaza Strip,” and suggested sending troops to make that happen.
yesterday i was grateful that my cap procedure didn’t turn into a root canal procedure…
today i am looking forward to meeting with my cemetery colleagues and pilates…
yesterday i was grateful for the familiarity and comforts of home…
today i am looking forward to returning to my favorite coffee shop…
the X factor… did anyone see Musk dictatorship coming?… not in any reporting i saw ahead of election…
how much do we have to worry about trade wars escalating into shooting wars?… asking for a friend…
yesterday i was grateful for a safe trip home, the thousands of people involved in making it so, and the hugs and kisses of my wife and dogs…
today i am looking forward to returning to my east coast routines, especially my yoga practice…
… red was a late arrival to my lipstick rotation… i think i will wear it more often now…
How Red Lipstick Defeated Hitler — Eternal Goddess
Burlesque superstar and red lipstick aficionado Dita Von Teese once said that ‘Heels and lipstick will put God into people,’ and no truer words have been said. There are myriad reasons why the allied forces managed to defeat Hitler and his fascist regime of the second world war, and some may argue that there isn’t one concrete reason. Instead, lots of little acts merged together and won. So, this is how red lipstick helped us win the war.
yesterday i was grateful for breakfast with my brother and sister and a ride to the airport from my brother…
today i am looking forward to holding my wife in my arms and being smothered by doggie love…
Heading home to NY…
yesterday i was grateful for dinner at my brother’s house and watching several episodes of Emily in Paris with him…
today i am looking forward to starting the journey home…
California’s wildfires exposed failings of the state’s leadership
That’s right, one wildfire year obliterated decades of costly, painstaking efforts to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions. And 2020’s fires were far less severe than the horrific ones we’ve recently witnessed in the Los Angeles area. We get wildfires nearly every year, which are constantly incinerating our climate goals. So there’s no need to argue over climate science, something—if we’re honest with ourselves—few of us know much about.
this is a stupid and irresponsible argument…
thinking about my first experience with genderless bathrooms… it was a little disconcerting walking into a bathroom being used by a mother and child at first… but i have decided i really like it, for a host of reasons, not least of which is it made me, as a trans-feminine person, more comfortable than walking into the traditional “men’s” room… and no, i have no plans to try to use a women’s bathroom…
yesterday i was grateful for a visit to the Seattle Aquarium and the soothing sounds of rain as i fell asleep…
today i am looking forward to dinner at my brother’s house…