Monday morning (10/26) I got up and packed my clothes….packed the car….picked up Pam…and headed off to LAF (Laura and friends) quilting retreat: Let's meet the rest of the participants...... -this is Laura, our fearless leader.....who corraled us and organized this whole shebang: -this is Janet....at her first, ever retreat! -Linda C....an amazing and interesting woman, who I am grateful I got to know a little bit better -June, who married off her daughter on Saturday, an

President Donald Trump was humiliated three times just minutes into his speech during a rally in Florida ahead of the midterm elections as protestors stood up against him. full article here:Donald Trump's Florida rally interrupted 3 times, minutes apart in embarrassing moment 8647 *********************************************************** I was up at 7 AM on Wednesday (10/21) for an appointment at ORTHO CAROLINA for myself at 8 AM. I have been having a lot of pain in my

I am so very disheartened about the ads from Republicans about the mid-terms that I just can't stomach looking at another article. And the man that supports and definitely encourages all of the violence and ugliness... 8647 ********************************************** PSA - I will be on a quilt retreat next week.....so no more blogs until at least next weekend... ******************************** I headed to ALDI on Friday morning (10/16)….now, Michael does 99% of the gro

Judge loses patience and threatens sanctions as Trump crosses the line in BBC lawsuit (full story here: Judge loses patience and threatens sanctions as Trump crosses the line in BBC lawsuit 8647 *********************************************** A bunch of people couldn't open the FB link I had in the last blog....so I will just tell you....we had a COW sauntering down our street here in Sun City!!! It was wandering about for many hours (having escaped from a nearby farm)...

Trump forgets what country he's in before asking crowd to boo Canada after humiliating blunder (see fulll article here: Trump forgets what country he's in before asking crowd to boo Canada after humiliating blunder) 8647 ******************************************* Iris was still getting over a cold on Tuesday morning (10/6), so she didn’t come for a visit…instead I video chatted with Janice (since on Wednesday I will be at the first day of our 2 day SHQ retreat), and then

It seems Donald Trump is once again embodying his "Dozy Don" nickname. On Monday, September 28, the 80-year-old president welcomed journalists into the White House to answer questions after announcing what he called the biggest steel facility in American history, which is scheduled for construction in Iowa. (full article here: Donald Trump appears to 'fall asleep' on Fox News as viewers say 'call the nursing home') 8647 ******************************************** Michael

''At 6:22 tonight, at the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, the room filled with red hats and shirts suddenly went quiet. A minute later, the President of the United States of America pushed through the curtain and emerged onto the stage with newly dyed hair and thick orange makeup. As the music blared through the speakers, he slapped his right thigh over and over again as he made his way to the podium. Standing there, he said something so horrifying that i

At 9:39 this morning, a true patriot and countryman stood before members of Congress while a barrage of flashes exploded in his face from the swarm of photographers sitting on the ground in the crowded room on Capitol Hill. Wearing a deep blue “American Flag” suit and his right hand raised high, he swore that his testimony would be “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you, God.” With his own legal team directly behind him, former Special Counsel Jac

Our house/dog/cat sitter came by Saturday morning (9/5), just to re-aquaint herself with the animals and where everything is. I quilted and sewed on binding all day and by mid-afternoon, I had another totally done quilt: and the quilting was done on my black/white heart quilt. Of course, as the last row was quilting, I realized I forgot to embroider a label on the front :~(, so I quickly did that on my second quilt: before getting it loaded up: ***************************

*** PSA - PLease don't ask me to explain how the blog works (or more importantly DOESN"T WORK!!!) Every time I call to find out why someone who has subscribed to my list is no longer getting it when I post, I get some totally run around explanation that makes no sense what-so-ever (not to mention that it always takes at least 40 minutes to get a ''real live person'')! Anyway, one of the things they said once upon a time is that if someone does not access the blog for some (

"The moral crisis of our age has nothing to do with gay marriage or abortion. It's insider trading, obscene CEO pay, wage theft from ordinary workers, Wall Street's continued gambling addictiction, corporate payoff to friendly politicians, and the villionaire takeover of our democracy." Robert Reich 8647 ********************************************** Thursday (8/27) was quilting…Michael packed the car and I headed out. I had a much more productive day today than last we

Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image portraying himself in a Jesus-like role, then deleted the Truth Social post after criticism from both supporters and opponents. The image showed Trump appearing to heal a sick man, creating political problems because objections came from across the ideological spectrum and emerged during his broader dispute with Pope Leo XIV. read the full story here:Trump deletes AI 'Jesus' image after backlash erupts from his own Christian supporter

The guy who promised to fix everything on day 1, is still trying to blame President Biden on day 580. 8647 ********************************************** Friday (8/21) was spent loading up and quilting on Marvella’s arrow quilt: and I finished the quilting part: before leaving at 6:15 PM with my honey, picking up Karen, and heading to Fort Mill Community Playhouse for CRIMES OF THE HEART. It was a GREAT play….with 2 people we knew in the cast, and we enjoyed talking to

How very pathetic: Donald Trump absurdly wins another tournament — weeks after Bedminster triumph ( (see full article here:Donald Trump absurdly wins another tournament — weeks after Bedminster triumph) 8647 ************************************************************** I spent all day Sunday (8/16) quilting on Pam’s quilt, and by the time I headed upstairs for dinner, I had finished it (Baptist Fan, her favorite stitch pattern!): and loaded up her second one. **********

After insisting that the USS Lincoln would soon be “replaced” by another ship, Trump was asked whether the current deployment has gone on too long. “No, no, no,” Trump replied. Leaning in closer to the press corps for emphasis, he quickly added, “Not nearly long enough.” (Read the full article here:Pressed on conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, Trump says all the wrong things) BREAKING: CNN's Pamela Brown Goes Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and Tells the Truth Trump Doesn'

A group of psychiatrists and mental health professionals published an op-ed in The Hill, arguing that Trump exhibits a "reality-untethered, increasingly dangerous decline.” They pointed to late-night communications, intense fixations on political enemies and a recent expletive-filled Oval Office tirade regarding Iran as signs of emotional instability or age-related cognitive changes. Recent viral clips of Trump mishearing reporters aboard Air Force One have further fueled the

“Trump targets Abdul El-Sayed's wife in racist Truth Social frenzy The president stayed up late posting again and singled out the wife of newly anointed Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, posting a picture of El-Sayed and his wife, who wears a hijab, next to a picture of himself and Melania, with the caption "two Very Different America's" [sic]. El-Sayed was asked about the racist post by Jake Tapper this morning, and the clever physician completely flipped the script on him. "

President Donald Trump’s latest poll numbers have sunk to the lowest levels of his presidency—and are nearing historic lows for any second-term president. Read full article here:Trump’s polls hit new low—with one notable exception 8647 ***************************************************** I loaded up the 3rd QoV on Saturday morning (8/1), since my backing looked beautifully unwrinkled by then: It took me a long time to decide on a pattern….I really didn’t want to take aw

President Donald Trump erupted Friday in a lengthy 253-word rant over his stalled “anti-weaponization fund,” his taxpayer-funded $1.7 billion fund dedicated to awarding payouts to Jan. 6 Capitol riot participants who he claimed had been “hunted down like dogs.” Read the full article here:Trump throws tantrum as key priority crumbles in real time: 'Hunted down like dogs' 8647 ********************************************************** Michael headed out for an early morning

In August 2024, candidate Donald Trump told a rally crowd that Joe Biden was "using the strategic reserves, which is meant for military, which is meant for war," and pledged that "We have to fill up the strategic reserves immediately." Two years later, with the United States locked in a protracted conflict with Iran, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is doing the opposite of filling up. According to figures circulated by Geiger Capital and Hedgeye, the SPR has fallen roughly 25