Stepping outside this morning feels like being mugged by the air around you. It’s not hot yet, a mere 73 degrees Fahrenheit, but it still feels as though the weather outside wants to kill you, making it difficult to breathe or, in my case, drink coffee. I’m often having my first or second cup of coffee when I take the dogs out each morning. I’ve tried getting the dogs to hold off but Hamilton just gets too anxious and, as we saw on Monday, is likely to have an accident if forced to wait too long. This morning, though, we went out and as I’m sipping at my coffee Ham looks back at me as if to say, “What is this fresh hell you’ve brought me to?” Neither of the dogs was anxious to stay. It looks as though it’s going to be an inside kind of day.
Storms are inching their way in our direction. As I’m typing, their bothering Springfield, IL, and St. Louis, MO. I don’t think they’ll actually cool things down any, though, and a new set will be here to keep things damp tomorrow. I still don’t think that the rain and threat of storms will keep the neighborhood quiet. If anything, it means having to do our July 4th “barbecue” indoors, and the kids don’t seem to care either way as long as they get to eat.
All of yesterday morning was spent writing as well as this morning. The issues facing us as a country are dire. If you didn’t get a chance to read Part One, yesterday, please take time to do so today. There’s a ton of misinformation about the ruling, which has people reacting in the wrong direction. Should we dissent? Yes, absolutely, but one needs to understand why. Yesterday we looked at the severe blunder that the majority made. Today, we’ll consider the practical fallout.
Meanwhile, if you have any friends/family in Jamaica, you might want to check on them Hurricane Beryl is headed in that direction and this powerful storm is taking no prisoners. People in the Southern Caribbean islands are largely homeless after the Cat5 storm passed over them yesterday. Jamaica isn’t exactly known for its storm-proof architecture. Don’t be happy. Worry.
A friend of Kat’s borrowed our lawn mower yesterday. Apparently, they have a difficult neighbor like ours who enjoys calling city code enforcement. It occurred to me this morning, though, that at no point while we were helping them load the mower into their car did we actually show them how to turn the damn thing on. Our mower is electric. There is a specific order of pushing the button and then holding down the handle or else it won’t start. Kat hasn’t said whether they’ve contacted her or not. I hope they figured it out.
I made a mistake last night and had pizza with the kids. I like pizza, but not only is it carb-heavy, it’s a good place to hide all kinds of sugars. Normally, when we order pizza I get an order of wings, no sauce, so that I’m not at risk. Trying to save $8, though, I didn’t order the wings yesterday. I ate the pizza. My sugar spiked hard. And then the pizza turned on me in the middle of the night. The mistake is mine and I have to own it. I’ll have to be extremely careful with what I eat the rest of the week.
There are a bunch of interesting headlines this morning. The death toll from a stampede at a Hindu religious congregation in northern India has risen to 121, proving that Christians aren’t the only ones who get stupid regarding religion. Farmers in southern Lebanon are wondering if white phosphorous, used by the Israeli military in cross-border clashes has contaminated their soil. New research shows that some ants perform limb amputations on injured comrades to improve their survival chances. The National Black Farmers Association called on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO Tuesday to step down after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts. See, not everything is about SCOTUS.
Stepping outside this morning feels like being mugged by the air around you. It’s not hot yet, a mere 73 degrees Fahrenheit, but it still feels as though the weather outside wants to kill you, making it difficult to breathe or, in my case, drink coffee. I’m often having my first or second cup of coffee when I take the dogs out each morning. I’ve tried getting the dogs to hold off but Hamilton just gets too anxious and, as we saw on Monday, is likely to have an accident if forced to wait too long. This morning, though, we went out and as I’m sipping at my coffee Ham looks back at me as if to say, “What is this fresh hell you’ve brought me to?” Neither of the dogs was anxious to stay. It looks as though it’s going to be an inside kind of day.
Storms are inching their way in our direction. As I’m typing, their bothering Springfield, IL, and St. Louis, MO. I don’t think they’ll actually cool things down any, though, and a new set will be here to keep things damp tomorrow. I still don’t think that the rain and threat of storms will keep the neighborhood quiet. If anything, it means having to do our July 4th “barbecue” indoors, and the kids don’t seem to care either way as long as they get to eat.
All of yesterday morning was spent writing as well as this morning. The issues facing us as a country are dire. If you didn’t get a chance to read Part One, yesterday, please take time to do so today. There’s a ton of misinformation about the ruling, which has people reacting in the wrong direction. Should we dissent? Yes, absolutely, but one needs to understand why. Yesterday we looked at the severe blunder that the majority made. Today, we’ll consider the practical fallout.
Meanwhile, if you have any friends/family in Jamaica, you might want to check on them Hurricane Beryl is headed in that direction and this powerful storm is taking no prisoners. People in the Southern Caribbean islands are largely homeless after the Cat5 storm passed over them yesterday. Jamaica isn’t exactly known for its storm-proof architecture. Don’t be happy. Worry.
A friend of Kat’s borrowed our lawn mower yesterday. Apparently, they have a difficult neighbor like ours who enjoys calling city code enforcement. It occurred to me this morning, though, that at no point while we were helping them load the mower into their car did we actually show them how to turn the damn thing on. Our mower is electric. There is a specific order of pushing the button and then holding down the handle or else it won’t start. Kat hasn’t said whether they’ve contacted her or not. I hope they figured it out.
I made a mistake last night and had pizza with the kids. I like pizza, but not only is it carb-heavy, it’s a good place to hide all kinds of sugars. Normally, when we order pizza I get an order of wings, no sauce, so that I’m not at risk. Trying to save $8, though, I didn’t order the wings yesterday. I ate the pizza. My sugar spiked hard. And then the pizza turned on me in the middle of the night. The mistake is mine and I have to own it. I’ll have to be extremely careful with what I eat the rest of the week.
There are a bunch of interesting headlines this morning. The death toll from a stampede at a Hindu religious congregation in northern India has risen to 121, proving that Christians aren’t the only ones who get stupid regarding religion. Farmers in southern Lebanon are wondering if white phosphorous, used by the Israeli military in cross-border clashes has contaminated their soil. New research shows that some ants perform limb amputations on injured comrades to improve their survival chances. The National Black Farmers Association called on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO Tuesday to step down after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts. See, not everything is about SCOTUS.
So, what are you going to do with your day?
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