Nothing since September...I guess I haven't pissed anyone off of late. Still, it has been quite some time. Nothing to see here. I have been posting lots to Face Book about my politics, and getting some blow back from thems that drank of the Kool-Aid that is our current milieu. Still, I have some news. And as this blog started with a software malfunction, well, that situation is current again.
In spite of global warming, or maybe, just maybe climate change as a whole, this has been the worse winter in years. Lots of snow and cold and lots of melting and and 50s in-between the snow fall. Hard to predict what the day will bring. I am so glad we pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord as that was just silly nonsense promulgated by actual scientists who might know of what they speak.
One of my favorite things to do is to contemplate the end of our world, as we know it, the end times are approaching. The evangelicals have taken over and the madman is in charge. So, bend on over, kiddies, and kiss your sweet ass goodbye. Yes, let's piss off other madmen and bring about the nuclear holocaust that we have been preparing. The end is nigh. No wonder there is we are experiencing opiate overload.
So on that note I have been contemplating retirement. Well, more than contemplating. With the disheartening news afflicting MSU (so depressing) I have decided desertion is the better part of valor and will retire this year, soon. Very soon. Looking forward to doing volunteer work with the East Lansing Public Library and various Democratic political campaigns (Got to get rid of Mike Bishop). Lots of time for music with my band, the Instigators. Lots of time for playing music for the synagogue on Fridays. Lots of time to garden and putter and also read, read, read all the books I have acquired in the last few years. Now to be the summer of my content made even more glorious by my time. Huzzah and yee-ha!
All the good things about the house are still there. Touch wood, there have been no problems. The house is decluttered and organized and ready to get re-cluttered if need be. Getting new windows for the house and re-do the back deck and that should be the finishing touch. That will be done this spring, before I pull the pin.
Sophie is well, thank goodness, after having had open heart surgery back in November. It was touch and go for a while but now she is doing quite well. She and her sister Ethel have had a tough year, losing their mom last year and then Soph's heart surgery. But now Ethel has a cat and her own place, not in that order, and Sophie is recovering nicely. Things are shaking down.
I had two falls last summer and did not break anything. The first resulted in a boo boo to my middle finger, AKA social finger, of my left hand...a boutonniere deformity...PT and a splint and nine months later I am still having issues. I can play the guitar but the finger is starting to bend at the middle knuckle at an uncomfortable angle. Hence, hand doctor on Monday. The second fall was worse as I fell on my face and yet, thankfully, didn't break it. Must figure out why I keep tripping over unseen and imagined cracks in the sidewalks. Must...be...more...careful.
The band, the Instigators, came about as a neighborhood posting and finding two wonderful women to play and sing with, playing in public on open mic nights our original music and some traditional. To say I am having a blast would be an understatement. I am truly enjoying my life with this. Also playing with the synagogue players for services on Fridays and playing with another group of people on Sundays in the afternoon. Love it.
Well, with all this snow, and there is a great deal of it, I have already ordered my spring seeds and plants. The plants will come in late May from Oregon, I believe. Spring is a-coming. The annual opening day of baseball season party is scheduled for April 2nd, ere know actual opening day is the Thursday before, March 29th. Why or why is this even a thing?
That is pretty much up to date. I was there for the women's march in January, I will be there for political activities in Michigan all year, I'll be there for the seniors citizens, of which I am one, in Williamston to help them cope with technology. BTW, the Boys are very well, even the little guy, Simcha. He has become quite the bed hog of late and growls when I try to move him out of my way. Oh, well, it's a big bed.
