CNN read hundreds of pages of recent federal court rulings involving President Donald Trump’s administration. The language judges used to describe the conduct of the administration and its lawyers is extraordinary. Some of the words they used: “retaliatory,” “misleading,” “unconstitutional,” “squalid” and “irrational.” Read more. 8647 ************************************************** I spent Friday (6/26) and Saturday (6/27) the same way…labeling, loading up and quilti

Speaking to the journalists heard in the background, the 80-year-old declared, "The war is going very well, as you know. We're winning by a lot. Iran is making very big concessions. We'll see what happens, but it's been very, very powerful. It's going very, very well." (Donald Trump 'struggles to breathe' - and Fox News viewers are concerned) WAIT??? didn't he announce it was over last week?!?!?! 8647 ******************************************* It was sewing…sewing….sewi

To remind you, here’s what Trump said on “Meet the Press” that aired on June 7: “The [2020] election was rigged. It was a dirty election … And it’s happening again right now in California…. they’re cheating on the election. … they’re crooked…. You know that these elections are rigged. … Your elections in this country … are like a third world country. Your elections are crooked.” When Trump lies with this kind of vehemence, does he sincerely believe what he’s saying — in which

''At 2 p.m. this afternoon, the President of the United States sat down, clasped his hands, leaned forward, and with a weak voice, he told the reporter seated right in front of him that “there are no limits” to his power. This comes after a long night of travel from the G7 summit in France, back to Joint Base Andrews, and then on to the White House, where a visibly worn-down Donald Trump sat for an interview with Marc Caputo for the Axios show. And in a clip shared tonight, h

tRUMP has already spent $60 million on his birthday.... Republicans make feelings loud and clear on Donald Trump's UFC White House event ********************************** At 11:16 this morning, Gavin Newsom, the governor of California and the man responsible for the fourth-largest economy in the world, released a statement standing at a podium with American flags on one side of him and the California state flag on the other. During the 4-minute and 42-second video, he was di

tRUMP has stated 55 times that he defeated Iran. tRUMP has stated 35 times that Iran is destroyed. tRUMP has stated 38 times that a deal is imminent tRUMP has stated 25 times that the Strait of Hormuz is open. 8647 ************************************** I spent Monday morning (6/8) with the library craft group, and Monday afternoon Marvella & Daine swung by to drop off some quilts and visit a bit! I also got rid of a bunch of yarn I had been given from various peop

Another tRUMP trantrum on MEET THE PRESS....truly, he's like a 3 year old... (Trump critics are pointing out one tiny detail from his Meet the Press tantrum) 8647 ********************************* I did a little bill paying Friday morning (6/5) before heading to the studio to finally finish quilting on HST 2. I also got set up and started to put the binding on the back of another quilt: I got about half way done before heading over to Pam R’s house for a long and lov

Trump sees his slate of D.C. vanity projects a "welcome distraction" from an ongoing affordability crisis, but MS NOW slammed the idea. "Newsflash, it's not working," MS NOW reporter Jake Traylor said. (see full article: 'Newsflash— it's not working': MS NOW dumps more bad news in Trump's lap) 8647 ************************************************ I got the HST quilt labeled on Monday morning (6/1)...I thought it was kind of a neat location: before getting my backing pre

Thank you all for your kind emails and texts on my ''unscheduled'' blog entry. There are 2 excellent women to follow on FB: -Heather Delaney Reese -Heather Cox Richardson Both are political commentators, putting themselves out there to continue to tell us the truth. 8647 ***************************************************** HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!!!!! I headed out to quilting on Thursday (5/28) after my honey packed the car. I had 2 people who couldn’t make my class

5-31-2026 At 8:15 this morning, the President of the United States began panicking in front of the entire world. For more than seven hours, he posted nearly 50 times. And when he finally slowed down, it would stand as one of the most revealing fits of rage of his presidency to date. Because what he shared was beyond any reasonable person’s comprehension. He complained that because China has a ballroom, he should have one too. He posted an image of a “Trump Peace Prize” bearin

It has been roughly a year and five months of nonstop chaos, instability, and cruelty. (Heather Delaney Reese) In a deranged Truth Social rant, Donald Trump upped the ante on his raging megalomania, proclaiming himself the “Number One Attraction anywhere in the World” suggesting he just might ditch musical artists for an upcoming Wednesday event and insert himself as the main attraction. Who needs them? “I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’… so I am thinking about br

The week of May 17th... There is so much going on in the news that it can be easy to overlook the fact that the president continues to tell a whole lot of lies. President Donald Trump delivered a dizzying variety of false claims in his public remarks over the past week. They included inaccurately rosy assertions about the US economy and the war with Iran, baseless attacks against Democrats, and his familiar egregious lies about American elections. (Read the entire article her

The US will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, an apparent reversal after recent moves by his administration to reduce the number of US troops in Europe. The surprise announcement creates further uncertainty about the US posture in the region. Read more. Come home....go back....come home....go back....he changes his mind on a whim....based on nothing.....no wonder we are the laughing stock of the world right now. 8647...

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