Women's rights change as they travel from state to state.....men's rights do not. Read that sentence again. 8647 ************************************************************* I was up early Friday morning (5/15) to get XENA set up in anticipation of Pat’s visit to quilt her queen sized quilt, made recently at our QUAP retreat: She worked on that all day: while I got the outside borders on my One Block Wonder, and spent a bit of time re-arranging the newest HST quilt on

In just 132 days, (NYC Mayor) Mamdani’s record is being framed as a bold example of fast-moving, results-driven leadership. According to the claim, he closed a massive $12 billion deficit, showing a focus on fiscal discipline while still pushing forward with public services. At the same time, more than 100,000 potholes were fixed, giving New Yorkers smoother, safer streets and a visible sign that everyday problems were being addressed. His administration also reportedly secur

Donald Trump has said he “does not think about Americans’ financial situation” after official figures showed US inflation surged to a three-year high. America’s consumer prices index rose from 3.3pc to 3.8pc last month in a jump that was bigger than analysts had predicted. It means prices are rising at a faster pace than wages for the first time since Mr Trump’s inauguration last year, with average hourly earnings up by just 3.6pc in the year to April. (full story here:‘I do

Evan Hill, Jarrett Ley, Alex Horton, Tara Copp, and Dan Lamothe of the Washington Post reported that Iranian strikes since February 28, when U.S. and Israeli air strikes began, have caused far more damage to U.S. military sites in the Middle East than Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the U.S. government have admitted. While the damage from the Iranian strikes, which have killed and wounded servicemembers, is itself important, so is the underlying story: the U.S. government

As of now, I cannot transfer any pictures from my phone to my computer. Thus, I cannot up load any pictures to my blog. Until I can possibly get this figured out....no blog entries. :~(

A girl born today will have fewer reproductive and voting rights than her grandmother. Read that sentence again... 8647 ************************************ MAY, 1st, 2026 – today is my BLOG-O-VERSARY…..I have been writing this blog for 15 years. I started in May of 2011 and it grew out of the letters I used to write to my family and especially my parents and eventually Michael’s mom and my Aunt Violet. I am pretty sure it was my friend Nancy who introduced me to creati

I think this picture speaks for itself, except for one thing....when did this become normalized? Why is it not on the front page of every newspaper in the country? Why is it OK with all of the white men standing behind tRUMP that he sleeps through meetings?!?!?! 8647 ************************************************* Michael and I both had had a doctor’s appointments on Tuesday morning (4/28)…his was in Pineville and mine was across the street! My weight has gone back up

Covid-19 vaccines sharply reduced hospitalizations and emergency room visits among adults last fall and winter — but you won't hear that from the agency behind the research. The CDC's acting director blocked publication of the findings in the agency's flagship journal, sources said, even though the study had cleared internal review and was scheduled for release. Read more. tRUMP's continuing attacks on women reporters: Nov 14th - ''Quiet, piggy'' Nov 18 - ''Insubordinate'' No

Each year in the spring, I take a trip to Tennessee for our QUAP (Quilt-aholics And Pat) retreat. Janice comes to my house the day before, and this year we took off early on Saturday, April 18th. We drove several hours, then stopped at the Moose Café in Asheville for a fabulous breakfast: This year we arrived at PLACE OF GRACE in Clarkrange, TN around 1 PM and set up our machines and excitedly greeted everyone else who showed up: Nancy (co-leader who hails from Chicago)

tRUMP lashed out over his war in Iran in a series of Truth Social posts on Tuesday night. The president targeted those who have been critical of his war or failed to show support for his choices, namely Pope Leo XIV and NATO. Full article here: Trump melts down in rapid-fire Truth Social posting spree 8647 ********************************************* Michael was very excited to get back to golfing on Monday (4/13) after the doctor imposed 4 weeks off for his pacemaker bat

President Donald Trump deleted an image he shared on social media that depicted him as Jesus Christ after it sparked backlash — including from some evangelical and conservative allies. He later said he thought the AI-generated image was showing him as "a doctor." Really???? He thought he looked like a doctor? And what sense does that even make? And The Republicans STILL keep doubling down on him. 8647 ******************************************* Thursday (4/9) was a wh

Donald Trump sent his top lawyer to the Supreme Court to argue that birthright citizenship should be stripped from hundreds of thousands of American-born babies. It went so badly that his own solicitor general nearly argued Native Americans aren't citizens either — and had to be rescued by a Trump-appointed justice. In one of the most jaw-dropping exchanges of Wednesday's already disastrous hearing, Justice Neil Gorsuch — appointed by Trump himself — pressed Solicitor General

The UK has announced that they are no longer going to share intelligence with the US because they “cannot trust” Trump! It took a little less than a year for Donald Trump to ruin our special relationship with the United Kingdom, and it’s a sad sign of how far we’ve fallen that our closest allies cannot trust us anymore. “A Foreign Office source told The i Paper that the White House’s “America First” approach showed Trump had ‘no compulsion about screwing over allies’ and stat

Minnesota wanted to investigate. The FBI took over. Then cut Minnesota out entirely. The state no longer has access to the evidence, the witnesses or the scene. The ICE agent who killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis on January 7 will face no criminal charges. The DOJ ruled it justified self-defense. DHS said Good "weaponized her vehicle." Video analysis showed her car was turning away from the agent when he fired. A family autopsy found she was shot i

President Donald Trump praised himself for constructing a $400 million ballroom while addressing farmers affected by his tariff policies at a White House event Friday. ( Trump delivers tone deaf speech to farmers impacted by his tariff policies ) 8647 **************************************************** I got my latest 16 patch quilt loaded up for quilting on Saturday (3/21): and worked on that most of the day: I just had 2 rows left to go when I stopped for dinner wit

3/23 - Donald Trump rejected a deal that would have immediately reopened the Department of Homeland Security and ended the chaos at U.S. airports. According to reporting from Punchbowl News, Senate Republicans—led by John Thune—approached Trump with a plan to fund all of DHS except ICE. The proposal would have restored funding, ensured TSA agents got paid, and brought stability back to airports across the country. Democrats were prepared to accept the deal. Trump said no.

The cost of building a new hospital is about $100 million. We're dropping the equivalent of 10 hospitals a day on Iran. tRUMP decided this war was a better use of taxpayer money than giving American's healthcare. IT'S NOT! (Adam Schiff) AND (no surprise here)....tRUMP continues to make false and unproven claims about the war in Iran. (See full article here: Fact check: Trump’s barrage of false or unproven claims about the Iran war - AOL 8647 **************************

The President of the United States is now floating the idea that journalists should be charged with treason and death for reporting things he doesn’t like about his war. Sit with that for a second. Treason in U.S. law is one of the most serious crimes on the books and historically has meant literally aiding an enemy in war. Trump is instead applying it to reporters doing their job, while simultaneously praising FCC threats to yank broadcast licenses from networks that don’t c

At the Board of Peace, Donald Trump abruptly began praising Melania Trump and her movie. “She has a very successful movie out right now, like number one. Can you believe this? Big movie star, and I always say it’s trouble, because I always say there’s not room in one family for two stars. I told her that we can’t have two stars in one family, so I don’t know what that means. It’s not good.” Trump also claimed that Melania, the movie, “became the biggest-selling documentary in

This is what this president spends his time doing..... Already mired in an unpopular war in the Middle East, buffeted by a struggling job market and a cratering stock market , and facing new questions about his involvement with convicted sex traffickerJeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump saw fit to use his widely-viewed Truth Social platform on Monday morning to lash out at HBO host Bill Maher. You can see Trump’s flurry of attacks here . 8647 *******************************