Notices by Catherine is not giving up. (catdragon@mastodon.world)

#Today wind was rough, barely managed two miles but as the dog had a lack of enthusiasm it was OK. Almost 67 (next week)and starting to feel it these last few months. Joints aren’t what they were and arthritis is a bitch kitty. It’s weird, getting older is a series of compromises, body let me do this today and I will do that. I will forgo salt and sugar and an Advil will get me through a long hike. Turmeric and CBD cream will allow my yoga practice.

The birthdays of the old require such candles

#today an old friend passed. #BobRivers the guy who did the #TwistedTunes songs, who was a DJ out of Seattle for years and had more fun living his life than anyone else I’ve known died after a long battle with esophageal cancer. Battle? More like arm wrestling to be fair because he knew there was no winning, but holding to a draw gave him time for his dozens of projects and hobbies.
Never thought the guy I’d get high with would get famous, felt kind of weird to be honest.
1/

He was never an asshole about it though. Drove a 20+ year old pickup truck he kept running with duct tape, gum, and profanity. Lived in no name jeans and sneakers. If you asked him what the best things ever were ( something we’d frequently do when we talked ) he’d say meeting Lisa, having his kids, and getting walk on parts in two Star Treks.
He was genuinely kind and funny and I’m going to miss him.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
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@hellomiakoda @jag0325 @socprof @Scienceisnotopinions @JonChevreau I will never understand why caring what happens to other people is so difficult for so many people.

@blogdiva satire becomes believable when the world loses its mind.

@GossiTheDog the uniquely American tragedy of buying into your own brand so hard that you believe you can’t fail.

@glynmoody the ones who understand the threat are the ones trying to figure out how to have it fill their pockets and put them in power.

@multiverseofbadness oooof.
Going forward it would be good if they granted you a just in case POA.

@multiverseofbadness you know the bank will reimburse if you press charges.

@bmacDonald94 @TanyaGKasim we can’t fix everything but we can try to help with some things.

@TanyaGKasim @bmacDonald94 I gather things like blankets coats and tarps up at whatever second hand I can get them cheap and pinch pennies to buy dog food and gift cards for coffee and fast food and hand them out at a roving encampment near me. I don’t have the money to hand out online. If I had that much I’d be buying people decent shoes, sleeping bags, and camp stoves.

#Today been shopping around for homeowners insurance this week and I have questions.
They want to know how old the house is, how old the roof is and if you have deadbolts. What sort of heat ,do you have a home based business, is there a fire extinguisher. Garage or not attached or not , is there a Ring doorbell.
Pool? Trampoline? DOG? OMG what kind of dog and have they ever bitten anyone.

Know what they DON’T ask?

Is there a firearm in your home and is it secured.
‘Murca

#Today I made and decorated gingerbread cookies with a three year old.
It is possible that I still have icing in my hair.

@mekkaokereke perfect breakfast, pie and a cup of coffee.

@Nonilex it isn’t dismissed though, it’s withdrawn. This means double jeopardy doesn’t apply should trump still be on the top of the grass when his term ends.

@RenewedRebecca last time was just the dress rehearsal. This time he has all three branches of government under his thumb.

@jeffowski nope, that part of not going back I have control of and I will never forget nor forgive. I don’t associate with fascists.

#Today the spouse and I were at the store and a woman stared at the just got the sutures out 5” scar on his forehead.
Then, and she was old enough to know better, she asked him how did it happen.
Without a seconds pause he said ‘my dear it’s a fencing scar but fear not, I bested my opponent’.
She scuttled away and he said ‘I’ve been planning that response all week’.
I’m still giggling.

#today sorry I’m drinking tonight. Been a minute but I’m having a giant pity party because apparently my eyesight is going the way of the Dodo.

@paulc @stonekettle but yet.
I have a friend stuck down there that I finally heard from. He went down to visit his mom who’s in assisted living . So he was there before the warnings and stayed to be sure his mom would be OK.
And then, when he was with a group of ordinary people who were pulling other people who were on the wrong side of a flood across with a rope the ground collapsed under them. He’s got three fractured ribs and a broken wrist. 1/