Really?

 

I believe Mary Trump, Donald Trump’s niece who has known Donald Trump her entire life when she says that he has always been a bully, and that if elected President he will seek revenge on the people who have opposed him.

That is not Presidential material.

I have said many times that I don’t care if you like Kamala Harris or not, but I still believe in democracy, and want to preserve it. We have a country built on checks and balances to ensure that one aspect of the government does not overpower the others. Really folks do you want to give the President absolute power?

That’s absurd. That is a dictatorship.

Trump wants absolute power. Harris does not.

Where's the choice?

 Really?

We're been off-kilter, angry, polarized, fearful, raciest, and anti-women long enough, and I believe it was largely stirred up by Trump.

Time to have some joy in our lives.

 

From Michael Moore posted in Substack:

"Which is why maybe at this point in my rant I just need to say out loud that which is being said to me in private by people I respect — and not just in whispers, but in excited tones of exuberance: That a new era is being born, one where Caucasian is just one of the options but no longer the bossy pants of the world. Where it’s OK if you’re missing the lower right quadrant of the second X chromosome thus making it a “y” which means you’re never going to have your own Fallopian tubes so just deal with it and keep your hands off the gender who has them. Simple. 

"An aggregate of top polls as of today shows that Harris will defeat Trump in the Electoral College count by 270 to 268.

But I think we need more. We need to ensure Harris wins by a landslide.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

We Who Love Mother Earth

 

 “When you vote, whether you’re a Republican or Democrat, vote with climate in your heart. Vote for the candidate that will help create a livable future for your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Because the other guy’s going to burn us down.”—Jane Fonda

 

(Trump pursued an anti-environment agenda during his presidency and has on multiple occasions flown in the face of scientists worldwide with his dismissals of climate change as “bullshit” and a Chinese hoax.)

 

"We aren’t marrying them.” (The candidates), Fonda went on to say, “We aren’t making out with them. You might not agree with all they say, they’re human, but we can’t take four more years of not addressing Climate Change. We don’t have the time.”

 

I watched the Presidential Debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and felt totally beat up. My daughter says she hasn’t recovered yet. It was like mixing oil and water. It was not something you could cheer for, like an athletic event, that makes you feel elated should your side win. It was fear on one side. Hope and encouragement on the other.

It jammed our nervous systems.

This is the first time in my life as a voter I have felt that Democracy was at stake. Even with differences, we thought that the President would uphold The Constitution.—he vowed with his hand on the Bible to do that. (Yes, there were underhanded tactics, and even now there are fractions ready to overthrow the will of the people if the voting doesn’t go their way.)

I  understand that some voters do not know Harris well, she’s the new kid on the block, but we know Trump. He’s been yammering for the past eight years–longer, really. Yes, he started as a buffoon, as interesting, someone who was going to shake things up, make a difference, but then we got to know him better. We got to see that he is a cheat, a misogynist, a rapist, an abuser, a crook, and who apparently believes his own lies. That he likes Hannibal Lecter (a fictitious serial killer who ate people) makes me nauseous. He has praised tyrants and wants revenge on anyone who has opposed him.

Who wants that sort of fellow in the White House? What a legacy for our kids.

We have slinked around long enough under the bullying spell of Trump.

Let’s write a legacy that says, “It was close, but our folks fought for freedom, they did it for us. They refused to allow a dictator to become the Commander and Chief of our country.’

Time for us to pull ourselves up by our hiking book laces and show who’s the boss.

Okay, women—we can do it. Be the mother bear. (We love kids whether we gave birth to them or not.)

A  mother bear will stand up to a male Grizzley twice her size.

 

Vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

 

Linda Ronstadt’s P.S. to J.D. Vance:
 
I raised two adopted children in Tucson as a single mom. They are both grown and living in their own houses. I live with a cat. Am I half a childless cat lady because I’m unmarried and didn’t give birth to my kids? Call me what you want, but this cat lady will be voting proudly in November for @kamalaharris and @timwalz .

 

A story from one of my blog readers:

So it's winter in La Pine, snow on the ground, I'm headed up to Diamond Peaks to work on that Big Spiral Staircase (see my photo album on FB).  I stop at Ray's grocery to buy a sandwich and a soda.  I'm in line 1 of 3. There are about 15 people in the 3 lines all murmuring softly.  A little old grey haired lady is behind me when I say softly, "Oh nuts,  I wanted diet soda, not regular".  She says, "Well, I'll save your place if you run back quickly and get what you want.  Oh thanks says I...and do that very thing.  We move up a couple of spaces and she says, "What do you think of President Trump?"  I'm just entering the check stand and I grin and say in my deep baritone voice, "I realize where I am (La Pine grocery store...very red-neck country), "I am a Flaming Progressive Democrat.  I'm so liberal I give money to A.O.C every month.  (but do so with a huge grin on my face.)  Dead quiet in the store.  And she says....after a long pause...looking up at me...  "Well I'm sure you're a fine young man, anyway."  We all smile... I thank her ....and head our respective ways.

Life gives us opportunities and laughs at us, too.

This is Tricky

This is tricky.

 

A fist-sized frog lives in an environment beneficial for its food supply but tricky for a home. His home is mobile, warm, and swarming with the frog’s favorite food—flies. The downside of this living arrangement is that he might suddenly feel an earthquake—the “land” beneath his feet lunging at a remarkable speed, or suddenly submerging into water. Water? Well,  that’s okay for a frog, but froggy dear, watch out for the mud.

The frog is living on the back of a Water Buffalo.

You know that the presence of frogs is one indicator of a healthy ecosystem. Scientists have found that when Water Buffalos move into abandoned areas, they bring with them, an abundance of frogs, bats, and plant life.

It is estimated that Water Buffalos number more than "200 million across 77 countries on five continents.” (BBC) These animals have long been used as plough animals and treasured for their nutritious milk. (Their milk is higher in protein and fat than that of dairy cattle.) Now, they are earning a reputation among conservationists as handy landscape managers.

For decades, local farmers have allowed their water buffalo to roam freely as they carve channels where fish, frogs, and other species enter. These, in turn, feed the wetlands migrating birds. 

 

P.S. I chose the title The Frog’s Song for my non-fiction book published by Regal House Publishing. The subject isn’t about frogs, although Coqui frogs are in there, but because I read that symbolically, the frog calls the rain that settles the dust for our journey.

The Frog’s Song is a journey.

One day, my family of one husband, one daughter, one seven-month-old grandson, two dogs, and two cats, and this narrator took leave of their senses, put their house up for sale, and moved to a tropical island to live off the grid.

The journey is what life is about. And this was our journey. It left a sweet spot in my heart where our ten incredibly green acres once existed. 

 

To read more about The Frog’s Song, please go to my website: https://thefrogssong.com. (Read about our leaving. It isn’t in the book.)

Better yet, go the Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+Frog%3Bs+Song+by+Joyce+Davis&ref=nb_sb_noss.

I was hoping it was FREE on Kindle Unlimited, it sometimes is. Keep checking. I don’t know why the price varies. It’s like the weather.