Pouring bloody murder here! And the thunder is shaking the house! I have shrunk down to half my size!

Picking today to try to shield another person in the Epstein files from prosecution is about as tone deaf as you can get

There’s a brand new post at www.susanbranch.com with two views of winter! Our old Martha’s Vineyard house … and here in California… ♥️♥️♥️ Lots of new news to share.❌⭕️

Went out to get the rest of the groceries and close the van doors, found Simon sitting in chair Joe just bought in yard sale. Wasted no time! 😂Cats!!! 😹 isn’t he adorable!!? 😻

Transferred b’days to new calendar, took down Xmas tree, played w/new faux fireplace mantle, walked outside in the GREEN, and today? I’m being interviewed by Santa Barbara Blue Dot Living Magazine! Best part, it’s interviewer’s FIRST interview, he is 15, and his mom is driving him up here! Cutest!🌟

The President told the oil companies about the Venezuelan invasion (but not Congress, representatives of all of us, our country.)“They were all in,” said Trump. 😭

My main takeaway from the Jack Smith testimony: we should push our presidential candidate to make him Attorney General in 2029.

Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.

Interesting take on getting rid of Citizens United. 👏

Those observing Christmas are celebrating a family of asylum seekers. If there is indeed a "War on Christmas," it's being waged by those trying to make our country less safe for the poor, for the marginalized, and for refugees.

Merry Christmas Eve… God bless us one and all.💝💝💝💝💝💝💝

While everyone else is playing in the snow, living in a Christmas card, here on Central Coast of California we’re walking the beach and going to farmers market! Still merry and bright! Bloom where you’re planted!! (Beauty contest, gorgeous Protea flowers!!! and BLUE eyes!💖)

So much if what he was will go on bringing light forever. #RobReiner

Okay, my new “fireplace” is in. Doesn’t even need actual fire 🔥 to warm up the room. It’s permanent now, on a large mirrored wall on the other side of our dining table!!! I am in mad wob! With it, and with guy who made it! I laugh every time I look over there!! Transformed!🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

We don’t really NEED a fireplace, not here in our part of CA, but EVERYONE needs a mantle!💖 So Joe is building me one. 💫Making me a little Christmas nook. And for year-round decor in the dining room! I’ll send more pics soon!

Listen! We are so blessed in America to have free elections; if we all pay attention, & educate ourselves, we have the power to FIX this.

Everyday is #Caturday❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

We are LOVING PBS, The American Revolution, another genius Ken Burns production.🎇 Are you watching?👏👏We thought we knew it all, but we were wrong! So good!!🇺🇸No wonder the rest of the world waits on pins and needles to see if our story will continue! 🇺🇸

Driving an hour south yesterday on California 101… stunningly pretty!

Look what came in!! My new dish towel! So happy with it, luv-lee color, fabric, good size, red stripes on both sides, absorbent, and festive!😆 Read more at susanbranch.com and click on shopping. ❌⭕️

How come monsters don’t eat ghosts??? 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 Because they taste like sheet. 😝 😅🤣

I love him so much… he stood guard over Halloween in our neighborhood from our front 2nd story bedroom window for at least 15 years! 👻 #Casper #Halloween #Tradition

My art project is ready ! One sign for me and one sign for honey 🐸🫶🐸

We're going to make history tomorrow. #NoKings

It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring. Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.

Waaaaaah! 😪 Way too soon! We should have a Diane Keaton party and everyone come dressed like Diane Keaton, and celebrate her life and all our memories she was part of. Very sad to see her gone.😔

I’ve been watching this butterfly chrysalis hanging from my birdbath… yesterday it was EMPTY!😱 I’m new at this so I thought something got it. But no, just below it, supping on yarrow, there it was!💃🏻 We grow butterflies in our butterfly #garden You’re welcome earth, it’s the least we can do. 💞💞💞

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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Not even about politics. It’s about this, the Epstein files, & other assorted corruption by the rich and powerful.

Have to show you this rose we planted this spring! It’s like a watercolor… no two flowers are the same. Do you have it? It lasts a long time in a vase, looks beautiful until the bitter end. Called Double Delight. Fragrant! And prolific! My new favorite! #rose #garden

Sunday Morning 🌞 just starting!👏

It's here! It's here! Henry and I are excited! Your new Summer Book has made it all the way to Indiana!! @dearsusanbranch.bsky.social. "Summer" was my first SB book, so I've always been partial. You know what I'll b doing tonight. xxoo

It’s a Time Machine in our garden! And an amazing sky!

Going fast, to the tune of 400 books in the mail each day! Did you order yours? When you get it, let me know; already running out! Think Christmas! BTW, from left, Kellee (Queen of my Studio), her MOM, Kitty😍, Kellee's friend, Ashley, MY Joe!!!💝 Revised 30th Anniversary edition of The Summer Book!👏

Last night, warm and crickety! Outside enjoying Joe’s birthday lights at 8 pm when it finally got too dark for gardening!!!

Guess what? A new blog post is UP!! Hope you love it!💝(Video catches sights and sounds on my walk! Joe on the tractor!)

We met in 1972! Girlfriends forever! Terrie has ice cream, I have peach dessert, Diane has pitcher of water! Getting by with a little help from our friends!😘😘😘😘 New friend, Butch on guitar!🥰

More more more…💝💝💝 🥳🎈🥳🎈🥳🎈🥳🎈🎂🎈🎊🎁

MIA because we had a party that took every last second to prepare for— Joe’s birthday! It was the BEST! Such a fun time… a whole garden full of love -~ to heart overflowing!

It’s my dad’s birthday, he’d be 102 today. My champion! Here he is with me at a book talk in Santa Barbara; plus a little note he wrote for no reason, (proof of paternity👏showing off his happy gene), and two excerpts from my book, Fairytale Girl.💝 Happy Birthday darling Daddio in heaven.💝

It’s here! 5 copies for me, overnight from the printer — it’s gorgeous! They did a wonderful job.👏👏👏This never gets old! If you preordered, your book will be sent the minute the rest of the shipment arrives! Can’t wait to see what you think!💝

#Tsunami watch issued for US West Coast, #Hawaii after 8.7 magnitude #earthquake strikes near #Russia. If a wave is generated, it's expected to reach #California at 11:50 p.m. and the Los Angeles area around 1 a.m.- ABC7 Los Angeles abc7.com/post/tsunami...

NEW: New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan (R) has declined a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over the state’s full statewide voter registration list, citing state law and cybersecurity concerns. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This orange tree was here when we bought this place in 2002.🍊 Juiciest best oranges, no seeds, maybe Valencia. It sits on the edge of the driveway with a dry field behind it. I gave it a bench and a hydrangea… and WATER! 💝

News from the garden! Nature is pure magic. I am in awe of what it can do. We need to love it more. Such a GIFT!💝 Here’s our Calamondin tree in bloom, happy agapanthus, our plum tree, the calamondin is still a baby, someday it will be 15 to 20 feet tall. 😊 Have a WONDERFUL day!😘

Today is #AskAnArchaeologist Day and our intrepid team @nattrustarch.bsky.social is poised ready to answer. So, what have you always wanted to know about archaeology?

My dad used to review my books.👏👏👏How I miss him!!! 💝

Summer afternoon in the garden!!⛱️