So I listened to a bit of NPR’s special coverage of Trump announcing Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the supreme court, and then I google’d how bad could amy coney barret really be, and found these things. The first one is my hope, that someone who is a judge, and invested in the law, will … [Read more…]
Watching the trainwreck that is our country at the moment. Trying to figure out something I can do …. I will be registering voters and accepting absentee ballots in a city park, and I also signed up to register students to vote on campus. And I will be an election official again. I guess that’s … [Read more…]
What RBG is saying is everything I most believe in about Judaism, and why I light yahrzeit candles for my parents – it’s what you do here that counts, not the promise of the afterlife. I wanted to find the outro music but all it says on the website is “UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ARTIST: (Singing in … [Read more…]
And I’m not sure the one after’s starting any better. Last week started on Tuesday because of the Labor Day holiday, but even though it was a short week I feel like more bad things happened than good. And, I started writing this Saturday and am just now finishing the following Tuesday. It was the … [Read more…]
Some of the stuff I did do: Processed A LOT of tomatoes (I bought a 25-lb. box from my CSA that I brought home Thursday night); now in the freezer there is: A carton of chunky tomato sauce with white wine & rosemary; another of Marcella’s famous tomato-butter sauce; 2 cartons of roasted tomato sauce; … [Read more…]
It’s the first day of classes at University of Wisconsin today, and I’m sitting at the kitchen counter still in pajamas, doing a little work email, drinking coffee, and listening to public radio which is full of stories about campus response to Covid, including liability waivers and a few words from a student at UW-Eau … [Read more…]