Celebrate those you Love

If you haven’t recently celebrated any of your loved ones, I would suggest that is exactly what you do before day’s end. Why? Well, for starters, this fleeting life might be reason enough, but I’d say there are plenty among us worthy of streamers and praise and song with dance as an easy flourish.

I will start off in joyous celebration of two birthday twins. Uncle and nephew born under the sign of Virgo who share a special day this week: it is who they are that I celebrate. Of course, there is much time for the little one to show his own divine self, however, he has already revealed a sweet disposition. As for his Funcle, well, to know that guy is to love him: I have yet to find anyone who would dispute that fact. He’s a true summer peach, a misty forest, a fireball and a velvet sunset rolled into one delight.

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Barbie, Indictment #4, and Summer’s End

Did I get your attention with that title? I really don’t have much to say about “Barbie” other than duh. I mean who doesn’t realize the world is in the control of rich white men? Casting Will Ferrell doesn’t really change the fact that men like Ron Desantis and his cohorts want to not only change our history books and keep women barefoot and pregnant, but want to keep guns in the hands of equally irresponsible and angry white men and trans women the target. “Barbie” is fun and all, and the litany of indictments aimed at putting that clear and obvious criminal behind bars is also fun and all, but this is a man’s world. T-man’s rich and not afraid to lie or coerce or slander or destroy for his own gain, so whatever, I am thinking about more immediate last-ditch summer-blowout fun-shine and sun-scapes this week. You too?

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In the Heartland

Storm warnings came in loudly as we skipped out of Ohio, and into Indiana and straight to Illinois. Considered rerouting ourselves but braved the forecast all while the alerts of poor air quality from the wildfires peppered our day.

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