It's ironic, but not surprising that it's artists who have shown more bravery in defense of the democracy & the constitution than news organizations, law firms, universities, tech oligarchs, and Republicans.

I've reread the Lord of the Rings many times & the other night I was rewatching the Fellowship, and I remembered a conversation I had with an editor who said nobody really likes the Two Towers. Which I found so strange because in some ways it's my favorite book of the trilogy.

My burning question before I headed to the barn today was how muddy would the horses be. Odyssey was bad, but my old man Vento won the contest. Behold my now brown stallion.

Cozy, rainy day here in northern New Mexico, and I'm working on one of the novels.

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

What makes me Rebel scum... Oh excuse me, radical left scum. (In no particular order). I think health care is a human right, so give us universal health care. I want USAID restored. I want people respected & treated equally no matter their gender, sexual orientation, race, or religion.

Enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner with George and Parris, and instead of turkey or roast beef we had crab legs and crab cakes. My favorite food. And I'll just say this, folks are in for a real treat when A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premiers.

Stayed up way too late last night watching the Fellowship of the Ring.

I decided the kitties needed to don their gay apparel.

Plum pudding is on the stove steaming. Will be ready in around 6 hours. In lieu of a sixpence it has a GoT coin inside because why not?

And I remembered that I had an ugly Christmas sweater so I dug it out and wore it to the barn party because it was 64 degrees this afternoon.

Wishing everyone a beautiful, joyful and peaceful holiday.

My little local market is just a joy. They carry ham hocks, and calves liver, goose, duck, and lard for traditional bicochitos, and I was so happy, they had turkey thighs and legs so I could just cook a thigh and not an entire turkey, especially since I don't like white meat.

Fascinating article about Saturn's moon, Titan. www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-st...

God I love New Mexico & Santa Fe. Went out early this morning to get a new passport photo. I had to go early because the photographer was doing the Santa photos at the De Vargas Mall, but while I was there I spotted this poster damn if this isn't the essence of my wonderful, eccentric state.

I was eating a pork chop cooked with cherries, beef broth, pecans, seasoned with marjoram, cloves and nutmeg and Yondu desperately wanted that pork.

I am very appreciative of all the lovely posts I got regarding the Apple New article about The Measure of a Man. Just wanted to point out that all of my books try to take on weighty issues, and books make great Xmas gifts. I have 2 series currently available on most sites.

It's Saturday so here is Yondu looking like he was on a 3 day bender, and can't figure out where his feet might be.

My old Xmas Tree skirt fell apart last year and I had forgotten to order a new one. Rushed to do it last week, and this lovely thing arrived. Nicely blingy. The kitties already love sleeping on it beneath the tree. They are so good, they have never tried to climb the tree or play with the ornaments.

As the orange felon & traitor currently squatting in the White House looks to pull America out of NATO the Europeans have the perfect replacement for U.S. military might & know how... Ukraine. They should immediately bring Ukraine into the alliance & then close the skies over that suffering country.

Wild that even all these years later the episode still resonates. (Do wish they had gotten my name right though). apple.news/Agea33fXtRhK...

Gave a long interview, and it goes live tomorrow. If you are interested and the follow up conversation with my friend, Michael Cassutt you can find it here. wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

I've been having adventures with my Xmas tree. It just would not stand up straight, and I realized one of the screws wasn't actually entering the trunk. So I added another piece of wood, and Voila. Then I realized my old tree skirt had fallen apart last year so I ordered a new one.

I would like to thank AutoZone for awarding me the prestigious I Filled A Tire With Air Peace Award this morning.

I've been having so much fun with my friends so I am late posting this picture of the amazing birthday cake that my very talented & brilliant friend Elijah baked for me. He asked what I wanted & since I'm on a Loki kick (what with the novel I'm writing) he created this absolute masterpiece. Behold!

The cases against Letitia James and James Comey have been dismissed. Wish it was "with prejudice", but I would be very surprised if this corrupt DOJ tries this stunt again. Of course, if the orange felon pushes hard enough his lap dog little miss Pam will probably refile.

We moved my website from HostGator to GreenGreeks and now my mail won't work again. Such joy. I know Ken and the team at Orphic will get it fixed, but damn why doesn't everything have to be a struggle?

I took a break from horses today. It rained all day (which was lovely), and met some fellow movie/TV people for brunch. Then I came home and wrote. Which has been very, very nice

I can't stop crying over the fate of the whale on the Oregon coast. I so desperately wanted something good to happen, just one win in this time of such utter darkness with ACE seizing people off the streets & pedophiles at the top of our government & people losing their health care & SNAP.

I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?

I love this picture of Loki I grabbed this morning because he looks like he's waiting to order and he is not happy with the level of service at this establishment.

I had a young trainer ride Vento today, and Andrea lunged Odyssey so I finally got some writing down on both novels... in between taking the trash to the dump, and picking up wine for Thanksgiving dinner, and... and... and.... I desperately need a wife.

This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.

OMG! I have finally seen the northern lights. These were taken from the hill in front of my house at 10:00 tonight.

Robert's knows his Court is about to slide into utter irrelevance if they didn't start throwing people the occasional bone. Now he can continue to rule entirely in favor of corporations, and gutting the Voting Rights Act which is all the conservatives on the court really want to do.

Finally one piece of good news in this blasted wasteland of political news.... apnews.com/article/supr...

@therickwilson.bsky.social Dear Rick, I'm very confused by these sites that tell me Trump's approval is at 42%. Listening to you and Andrew this seems fanciful. So, what is going on? Are these aggregate numbers?

New Covid booster achieved. This is the New Hotness that helps protects against the new variants. As usual the reaction is starting to hit, so I'll go to bed early and sleep it off. Small price to pay to protect me against Covid.

This is monstrous. The Nuremberg trials can’t come soon enough.

Were only 3 issues on my ballot here in rural New Mexico. Fund protection of our environment, bond issues to fund public schools & to select two members of a college board. I always vote yes for education & to protect the environment & I hope the people I selected will protect universities.

Trump has about as much respect for The People's House as he does for the people.

Here is a close up of the other two stickers that I got at my polling place yesterday. Gods, I love my state.

Oh what a relief. Democratic sweep! Now if we just hold the judges in PA that will be the cherry on top this lovely Tuesday Election Day.

Just made my appointment for the new Covid vaccine. I want to be protected against the new variants. Already had my flu vaccine and the new pneumonia shot, because I'm not an idiot and I know vaccines are our friends

Just finished watching the 3rd season of The Diplomat. Damn, talk about ending on a cliffhanger. Hope we don't have to wait one of two years for season 4.

I will really be glad when Odyssey is no longer a teenager. He got new shoes Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday we had a surprise rain storm and he took the opportunity to go off running and bucking. He was so far off the ground the barn manager said he looked like a deer.

First the tasteless Trumps destroyed the Rose Garden. Then he moved on to shredding the Constitution and the rule of Law. Then he shat on Americans in an AI post And now he's destroying the White House, the Peoples House. I have never hated anyone as much as I hate Trump.