The cat posse is ready for my full undivided attention.
Check this out of your public library. It’s great.
Flower offerings from a friend.
Dear Ma & Aunty Critch a bunch of dipshits have taken over the White House. What are we gonna do?
Solace in books!
Let’s go on a long walk under an oak canopy.
The clouds have secret messages to deliver.
Liseli and I went for lovely walk this morning.
The colors of spring in the city of angels.
Which area shall I relocate to? Hmmm…
It all started with this free book from the library.
Rereading this. So good! The first time I listened to the audio version.
Study the bees. They have all the answers.
Back when I was a little 12 y.o. Now I’m going to retire. What do you think of that Ma?
The way forward.
Balancing act.
I’ve abandoned succulents and am going all in on geraniums.
Greetings middle-aged mammals. By that I mean senior mammals, but that doesn’t have the same ring exactly. It’s a cool grey day in the city of angels. Spring break for the teachers of my district. Retirement draws near. I only have to drive to the salt mines 34 more times. 34 more entries in my classroom journal. This is going to be another random thought postcard. Whatever pops into my head. My fingers are taking dictation and the teacher brain is not going back to edit.
France has entered from stage left and I am watching Adrian Leeds non-stop on the Youtube. It started with a free book at the library and has escalated. You know how these things go. Anything I find on YT about solo, single women over 60 moving to France. I’m there.
A delicate new shoot has risen to the foreground in the fertile soil of my fresh spring mind. A lovely idea of retiring to another land. Moving off to live another life. A land with world class healthcare, cheaper property, a more social lifestyle, a departure from car culture. The south of France is calling my name. Remember the sea-side-trailer-park-commune-for-little-old-ladies idea I’ve shared over the years? Can we do it in France? Let’s dream big, gentle readers!
I’ve begun French lessons via comprehensible input with Alice Ayel (24 euros for 3 months) and Lucas
My mind is in retirement bliss mode. Imagining all that my still young life has in store for me.
I’m utterly sick of all the manure the trump regime is throwing on our democracy. His fawning meetings with other dictators. Rounding up innocent people and sending them off to Salvadoran torture chambers. Bullying our free press and universities. Intimidating our trans friends. Erasing Black history in the Smithsonian. Supporting Israel in its destruction of Gaza. Deliberately tanking our economy all for ego gratification. His idiotic Christian handmaidens wearing their crosses and parading their “faith” while at the same time supporting violent, oppressive, unjust policies. The entire thing is a disgrace to our country. If you have a different opinion than I, feel free to write about it on your own platform. I won’t give space for supportive comments or opinions on the shameful dictator and his goon squad & billionaire boy’s club. NO! This is no time for staying silent and I won’t. Let’s make a racket together. Scream it from the rooftops. Somethings wrong and the little old ladies of America aren’t going to stand for it.
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