In some traditions, Requiem masses are not permitted on Sundays (which commemorate Resurrection) so All Souls would be transferred to Monday. But I say it's all one.
Heather Cox Richardson’s daily letter begins tonight like this:
Yesterday I wrote that President Donald J. Trump’s celebration of his new marble bathroom in the White House was so tone deaf at a time when federal employees are working without pay, furloughed workers are taking out bank loans to pay their bills, healthcare premiums are skyrocketing, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are at risk, that it seemed likely to make the history books as a symbol of this administration.
But that image got overtaken just hours later by pictures from a Great Gatsby–themed party Trump threw at Mar-a-Lago last night hours before SNAP benefits ended. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby skewered the immoral and meaningless lives of the very wealthy during the Jazz Age who spent their time throwing extravagant parties and laying waste to the lives of the people around them.
Well, dear ones, lift up your hearts. We will band together and not permit these horrible humans doing disgusting things to become normalised. Let us continue to call a spade a spade and a perversion a perversion.
I would think Don Jr. would strenuously object to attacks on cocaine facilities in Venezuela. How would he get his nose candy if daddy messes things up? Susan
I would say disappointing. Not that I look forward to the sleep study but I look forward to knowing what sort of device is going to be recommended to help me get more restful sleep.
Ah, I understand, having had to wait six weeks for the visit with the ENT doc. So far, it looks like the new med I'm on is helping. Just don't yet know if it will help enough to get an average of 7 hours' sleep per night. But I'm up to 6 hours per night on average, and that is a bit of improvement. It would be nice to not require surgery that has a yucky recovery.
I hope you get good help, W.A.. Any chance they can call you if they get a cancellation, to get you in sooner?
It felt wonderful to be in Canada for a short while today, at the Haskell Library and Opera House! Author Louise Penny spoke and answered questions. She is quite engaging and truly funny. I'm not sure that comes through in her crime novels...but then, I haven't read one yet! The talk took place in the gorgeous Opera House and the book sale took place in two rooms in the Library downstairs. One room for the books in English and for Americans and the other room for the books in French and for Canadians. I wish I could have just stayed there a couple years.
Well, tonight’s headlines don’t make for restful sleep. So I’ll just leave the titles and we can look up the details on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteTrump says he’s ordered Pentagon to ‘prepare for possible action’ in Nigeria
Pentagon shifts to Pacific strikes seeking stronger link between targets and US drug trafficking
Trump considering plans to target cocaine facilities inside Venezuela
Why is there so much talk about nuclear weapons this week?
He must be petrified of the Epstein files. One begins to wonder if Johnson is named as well.
DeleteWouldn't surprise me, creep that Little Mikey is.
DeleteHeather Cox Richardson’s daily letter begins tonight like this:
ReplyDeleteYesterday I wrote that President Donald J. Trump’s celebration of his new marble bathroom in the White House was so tone deaf at a time when federal employees are working without pay, furloughed workers are taking out bank loans to pay their bills, healthcare premiums are skyrocketing, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are at risk, that it seemed likely to make the history books as a symbol of this administration.
But that image got overtaken just hours later by pictures from a Great Gatsby–themed party Trump threw at Mar-a-Lago last night hours before SNAP benefits ended. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby skewered the immoral and meaningless lives of the very wealthy during the Jazz Age who spent their time throwing extravagant parties and laying waste to the lives of the people around them.
Well, dear ones, lift up your hearts. We will band together and not permit these horrible humans doing disgusting things to become normalised. Let us continue to call a spade a spade and a perversion a perversion.
ReplyDeleteI would think Don Jr. would strenuously object to attacks on cocaine facilities in Venezuela. How would he get his nose candy if daddy messes things up? Susan
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
Delete👋 Waving hallo from the Haskell Library, straddling the Canadian Border!
ReplyDeleteThe Pettiest Reason Why a Black Nobel Prize Winner Says His U.S. Visa Was Just Revoked - Click
ReplyDeleteEverything Donald Trump is doing makes sense – if he’s dying - Click
ReplyDeletePlease let that be so. Susan
DeleteDid I say I had a sleep study today? It's actually Nov. 330. Still a Sunday but four weeks from now. I'm going to have to pay more attention to dates.
ReplyDeleteDoes the wait feel frustrating or like a reprieve?
DeleteI would say disappointing. Not that I look forward to the sleep study but I look forward to knowing what sort of device is going to be recommended to help me get more restful sleep.
DeleteAh, I understand, having had to wait six weeks for the visit with the ENT doc. So far, it looks like the new med I'm on is helping. Just don't yet know if it will help enough to get an average of 7 hours' sleep per night. But I'm up to 6 hours per night on average, and that is a bit of improvement. It would be nice to not require surgery that has a yucky recovery.
DeleteI hope you get good help, W.A.. Any chance they can call you if they get a cancellation, to get you in sooner?
It felt wonderful to be in Canada for a short while today, at the Haskell Library and Opera House! Author Louise Penny spoke and answered questions. She is quite engaging and truly funny. I'm not sure that comes through in her crime novels...but then, I haven't read one yet! The talk took place in the gorgeous Opera House and the book sale took place in two rooms in the Library downstairs. One room for the books in English and for Americans and the other room for the books in French and for Canadians. I wish I could have just stayed there a couple years.
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