Rough morning. I hate that the shutdown is over without any gain. I'm angry. Bad sleeping last night, likely for the same reason. Ugh. Hoping some sunshine gets me turned around.

I feel this and no doubt look it.

PREACH!

Please wear a mask.

@lujan.senate.gov don't let this happen!

If MJ ever wonders, #NMrollcall kinda falls apart when she's not at the helm. We miss our leader and hope she's enjoying her guests. I'm enjoying a raspberry sucker and a blue tongue. Yay leftover candy. Glad to see cities and states make a big statement with their votes Tues. Enjoy Fall, y'all

Saw my favorite dog today. Known him since he was a pup, now 120 lbs. First thing his human said when I arrived, "I still can't believe he doesn't bark at you." I'm not; he knows I'm part of his pack since day 1. Love that big goof and his older (canine) brother. Now, where's the lint roller?

Vote!

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Jose Andres Group continuing free weekday lunch for Feds at China Chilcano (no longer at Jaleo, Zaytinya, or Oyamel) (expecting a lot of folks not to get the word this week and show up disappointed)

Vile

Ooof. Very full. Dinner out with friends. Reading for a bit, then sleep. Full heart and full tummy.

Friends - bulk up your TBR list!

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end. In the meantime: • Figure out a small way to help someone • Figure out a small way to fight back • Figure out a small place to find joy • Figure out a small way to grow and thrive And do it often.

One more reason to love New Mexico youtube.com/shorts/nGqrr...

LIST: Food banks, pantries in New Mexico

The states in gray are the states where the governors are more afraid of Trump than they are of killing the people they were elected to represent.

FOOD BANK DIRECTOR: “For every meal a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides 9. There’s no way we can meet that gap. We were not built to do this.” (@TNDemocrats are imploring @GovBillLee to fund SNAP with the billions in reserves as other states are, but he refuses)

If you proclaim yourself a Christian, you need to donate to food charities NOW. Jesus fed the hungry & told his followers to do so as well. 1 in 8 Americans is about to lose access to daily food. HELP THEM. Food banks can stretch your dollar farther than your can of beans. Give money & time.

SNAP benefits are about to stop; every dollar you give a food bank goes further with their buying benefits than cans you give. Donate locally if you can. If you're short on money, donate your time - someone has to stock those shelves and create bags of food to hand out. FOOD is necessary!

Who uses SNAP? The temporarily unemployed The unemployed Seniors Children People with Disabilities Foster Families Military Families People with extended leave due to illness. Their own or a family members. Adoptive parents And Many have one or more of the above in the Home. FindHelp.org

The old rulebook is gone. It's not coming back and we all need to accept that. The DOJ is weaponized. the GOP is rigging elections. Trump is literally bulldozing the White House. Democrats need to operate under this new reality, fight hard, and play by the same rules.

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

Sign of the Times...

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...” apnews.com/article/pope...

This is really bad

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

Read it. Think about it. Share it with people who can still muddle thru and save themselves.

Ebooks on sale!

#NMrollcall Good morning skeeps! I'm at Steel Bender. Orange hat. Orange flannel, black jacket, orange bag.

True or false?

Mark Kelly: “lf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. They’re just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.”

Read. I don't care if it's Sweet Valley High, Harry Potter, or Harlequin. It's like eating your vegetables and exercising your body. Take care of you and READ! LMK if you need a book recommendation.

#ThisIsTrumpsShutdown 🚫

also I love independent journalists but what I would love more is journalists who are currently independent being able to do their work in newsrooms with legal departments and legal funds as opposed to not having that infrastructure/safety net when the government is disappearing people.

Florence + the Machine “Drumming” on headphones as lightning strafes the sky. Kinda perfect.

Cubs win! We're gonna have postseason baseball at Wrigley. #GoCubsGo

Open your eyes! Ladies, protect yourselves and your sisters.

September is National Library Card Sign-up Month, and with one card, the possibilities are endless.

Scrubbing tile floor: microfiber cloth, hot water, and elbow grease. My joints from top to bottom will be in pain. But based on the dirty water I'm dumping, it's overdue. Today I'll get 20% of tile in the house done. The question: how many days will I spend and how many rooms will I do?

Today gratitude overfloweth. I'm always grateful for where I live. Today I appreciate the more urban pieces (TJ's) that weren't part of the decision to move here, yet I'm happier here with them. Couple that with cool Fall temps & gorgeous skies, and my heart nearly explodes. It's been a (1/2)

Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok. They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post. They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets. “Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.

Wooooooo! Love the cool temps this weekend. We had a totally chill day yesterday. Today we at least came downstairs. Football I don't care about on TV. Open doors and windows. Finished a book and got the next 6 in the series! My kind of day.

🚨 UPDATE on the current COVID vaccine access situation in the US. Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.

Yesterday we visited Green Mountain Falls, CO to visit the kinetic sculpture Off the Beaten Path by Patrick Shearn. I wasn’t ready for just how dynamic it was even in the slightest breeze. Reminds me of a murmuration of starlings. Incredible artwork. It’ll only be up through October 19th.

People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC