Happy Friday! I ran across an old bag of letters today--the antediluvian snail mail kind--and it was like finding treasure. What's the best letter you ever received? #BeforeTheInternet

A Customer Service win: I get some of my pets' food at #Chewy. I called them today, a SUNDAY, to ask a question. My call was answered on the first ring BY A PERSON and my problem was solved in about 30 seconds. God, it was so refreshing. And so rare.

#Democrats, PLEASE make the most of the momentum that the wonderful American people have given you. Yes, get rid of #KristiNoem and #StevenMiller, but keep going. Fight Fascism and Chaos and #ImpeachTrump.

Snow is more fun when you have a dog. #SnowyDay #DigbyTheDog #DogInTheSnow #BlackLab

Daphne thought that my red bowl centerpiece needed a little something extra. #HappyCaturday

If you support a corrupt president, you support corruption. #RuleOfLaw #Impeach #Prosecute

Oh, why can't extraterrestrials just fly down and take him away? Surely they must long to study grotesque and unnatural beings? #HelpHumanity #GoodRiddance

Today our book club discussed HOW TO HYGGE. I think we got a handle on it. 😊 #BookSky #HYGGE #BookClub

Peach loves the igloo feature in the cat tower she got for Christmas. #Caturday #FuzzyFeline

The Rule of Law. Take note of all the people who are conveniently forgetting it, again and again. #ReclaimSanity #RuleOfLaw #Justice

Rudyard Kipling and I were both born on December 30--he in 1865, I in 1964. 100 years between our birthdays--yet his words have always resonated with me. A pertinent quote from "The Light That Failed:" “We're all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding." #wisewords

Fluffy cats at Christmas. #caturday #Peach and Daphne

Happy Christmas Eve.

On Dru’s blog today. #ChristmasReads. #CozyChristmas. #cozymystery. #VeronicaBond.

More #caturday relaxation advice, this time from Peach: try sitting on warm laundry and see if it helps you ease into your nap. 😆

Happy #Caturday from Daphne, my full-time relaxation consultant.

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The 'leader" of this country has used a beloved icon's tragic and violent death to draw attention to himself by mocking that man, #RobReiner. There is no depth too low for this pathetic parasite of democracy. He is unfit to govern. #25thAmendment

In this fragile time, we all want to be treated gently. Even music can sound harsh to me when I'm stressed out. But I've found the solution! A playlist called "Holiday Bedtime." Every Christmas song is an instrumental lullaby with little gentle bells. :) #Soothing #UnstressedChristmas

“You are what you do, not what you say you do, “ said Carl Jung. That’s bad news for Trump, right? #Liar #WorldOfIllusion

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He fears and despises women. He calls them “stupid“ and “piggy” and “nasty” because that’s the best comeback a limited intelligence can summon. And they have to say, “Thank you, Mr. President. “ What kind of Theatre of the Absurd production is this? And can I get my money back? #MyMoneysOnTheWomen

A third of Americans now revere what the Constitution tells them to mistrust and despise. The pResident no longer pretends to be anything but what he is: openly racist, misogynistic, xenophobic, violent, aggrieved, and unrepentant. The mask is off, and STILL some see perfection. #FaceReality

I'm not a fan of the Black Friday vibe. I love the utter peace of the day after Thanksgiving. #ReadingandTea #Mellow #SlowDown

Remember the old folk tales about the devil and people who sold their souls? The devil always managed to trick them and make their "reward" a misery because, well, he was the devil. That's my worry about #TheEpsteinList. That somehow those grifter devils will manage to pull the rug out once again.

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A Christmas cozy in a castle. Some holiday alliteration for you, and a new mystery, too! #cozy #christmas #Mystery #CastleDark #HolidayReads #BookSky

I'm excited to read the best of The Strand Magazine #25YearsOfTheStrand. In this new compilation. #TheStrand is celebrating its 26th Anniversary as a quality source of mystery fiction--available to us since the turn of the century! #Mystery #GoodReads #BookSky

It's Simple. But maybe some people need to sing along with @raffic.bsky.social to get it straight. #Democracy #WeThePeople "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfi5otpMvHE&list=RDvfi5otpMvHE&start_radio=1

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I saw someone post their regret that everyone was “so mean “ to Trump. Perhaps they didn’t notice that Trump was “so mean “ to immigrants, people of color, women, veterans, Democrats, people who disagree with him, children, the disabled, the elderly, the young, the non-rich, the intelligent.

Oh, dear Hamlet, something is truly rotten in the State of Denmark, and Sweden, and Poland. But these days the enemy sends spy drones to threaten the populace. All because yet another insane man-child has dreams of world domination. And of course OUR man-child has given him free rein for a decade.

We have to pass tests in order to be doctors, lawyers, teachers, accountants, to assess our ability to do the job. We have to take a test to get a driver's license or determine placement in school. But the assessment of the president's competence is nonexistent. Why?

Trust in the wisdom of Sophocles. #TyrantsFall

The suppression of truth-tellers is the default mode of any corrupt coward who craves power. It is also a threat to all freedom-loving people, all artists, writers, thinkers, humanitarians. Speak out while we all still can. #FreeSpeech #CantPickAndChooseFreeSpeech

Yes, good vs bad is eternal. But when the bad is preventable and leaders do nothing--ask questions. WHY won't POTUS do more to protect children? WHY discriminate against all minority groups? HOW can so many powerful bodies ( #SupremelyBiasedCourt) do nothing to rein in corruption? #Think #Resist

We have been lied to many times by many people. It's as though we've come to expect lies rather than truth. Outside of the endless river of political deception, today's most egregious falsehood: "Your call is important to us."

A heartbreaking day. If we hear “thoughts and prayers” and “ guns aren’t the problem” rhetoric, and if they go on to say that this is a mental health issue, then know this: 1. Trump cut mental health services significantly. 2. This administration does not care about America’s children

When your cat does your PR. :) #booksky #lazy

One way to help NPR and PBS is to FOLLOW ‪@npr.org‬ and @pbs.org Free speech is granted to us in the American Constitution. Fascists are trying to shut it down. #supportpublicmedia Please share!!

I have just discovered the books of @catsteadman and am powering through them all! Good writing, great suspense. #CatherineSteadman #Booksky #Mystery

When the going gets tough, read "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, take some deep breaths, and know that tyrants fall.

"My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night. But oh, my foes, and oh, my friends-- It gives a lovely light!" --Edna St. Vincent Millay

What if we all lived our best life and didn't try to control the lives of others? Wouldn't that be nice? #LiveAndLetLive

Trying to focus on the positive? Play this over and over. #whattheworldneedsnowislove www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUax...

Fight the "Big Beautiful Bill" (subtitle "Billionaires' Bloated Bag of Villainy, inspired by the devil) in any way you can. It will be devastating to all of us, and to our poor nation. #OfthepeopleBythepeopleForthepeople

Sometimes, when I question the logic of a person's "true facts," they yell, "Do the research!" I guess this is a euphemism for "I have never done research on this topic, but I enjoy hopping on the 'Misinformation Express' on the reg. Also, my thinking cap was long ago lost at sea." #criticalthinking

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