Wednesday July 11

Robert Reich's right on assessment of #45's vaunted deal making prowess. A lot of hot air and no accomplishments.

Thursday July 12

We are getting back to something like normal. The last three months have been chaotic. Simplifying, or downsizing, or whatever the hell you want to call it is not a simple matter. The new recliners should come tomorrow so the downstairs will be in nearly final shape with a lot more room to move and a lot fewer things. The upstairs is half finished with the bedroom pretty much how we want it: again fewer things and more room to move. The new freezer is doing well and restocked with our most used items. That was a major mess and totally unforeseen.

The gardens?, you ask. Going along nicely. I see several peppers and some tomatoes--none near pickable yet. I have been taking herbs for drying regularly. I saw several flowers I should deadhead.

David Brin has a nice, biting article on our present situation. My own thoughts on the mess: we need an implosion of both political parties. They no longer represent our interests and need to be replaced by political parties that do. They both should go the way of the Whigs and into historical oblivion.