Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania that we each inhabit.
Welcomings will be posted at the start of each week (usually Saturday night with a Sunday date). To find the posts, just bookmark this link and Voila! (which is Moose for “I found everyone!!”).
The format is simple: each day, the first moose to arrive on-line will post a comment welcoming the new day and complaining (or bragging!) about their weather. Or mentioning an interesting or thought provoking news item. Or simply checking in.
So … what’s going on in your part of Moosylvania?
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Good morning. So glad our MVP did well last night, and the Swift endorsement will help get the word out to younger voters. Also glad I have wfh today, my back is stiff and getting in that noon workout will be a challenge.
I like how Taylor Swift tied her endorsement to the need to set the record straight after the false AI-generated “endorsement” that tRump trumpeted. Saying that she had to endorse because of the bad behaviour of him and his minions was brilliant. The signature “Childless Cat Lady” was a dagger.
Good morning, meeses! Wednesday …
It is 77 degrees in Tucson 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 100. The weekend forecast shows high temperatures below 90 for the first time in a long time and extending into the next week.
I am going to pick and choose articles to read about the debate. I don’t want to overdose on Schadenfreude, a debate win is a snapshot and we have an election to win. I did find it refreshing that the ABC moderators chose to fact-check in realtime instead of letting outright lies be broadcast on their network – there was no “sane-washing” in evidence. The New York Freaking Times’ initial headline (“Fierce Exchanges Over Country’s Future Dominate Debate”) was panned so widely that they eventually changed it to “Harris Puts Trump on the Defensive.” One Bluesky poster summed it up after the first headline: “The New York Times employs 1,700 journalists and NONE of them watched the debate?” Today’s headline was finally an accurate recap: “Harris Dominates as Trump Gets Defensive.”
If tRump recovers from the narcissistic injury he suffered last night, he will be in Tucson on Thursday afternoon to snarl traffic and probably to talk about immigrants eating pets and how unfair the ABC moderators were. The City of Tucson got wise after being stiffed for $80,000 for a 2016 rally (they ended up having to write it off), they demanded – and got – up front payment for the rental of the venue and for city police providing security:
Shocked SHOCKED that Bernie Sanders also stiffed Tucson. A 2020 report from the Center for Public Integrity, by the way, showed a combined $1.82 million worth of debt from tRump’s rallies.
I finished my early morning urgent projects and will spend some time organizing my to-do list. I did not win the $800 million Mega Millions jackpot so I will need to get back to work.
See all y’all later!
Good Wednesday morning, Moosekind! I didn’t wake up until 7, which is late for me. We have another faultlessly lovely day in bone-dry Ashburned, where the leaves are turning brown rather than red. Right now it’s 63 F., going up to 80-ish. I did see the lovely one-third Moon last night, but the skies will fog up on Tuesday, just in time to hide the Full Moon. This area be curst, as dear Bill Shakespeare would have said.
Going to a morning coffee at 10, then stopping by the farm stand for peaches—if they have any—then to pick up dry cleaning. Big day tomorrow, my writers are meeting. AND—our anthology has been printed! Yay! Guess what everyone’s getting for Christmas! The writer who received the copies reports that it looks really good.
That’s all from me, Moosekind. I wish our brilliant, beautiful Madame Vice President a wonderful day, and our adorable VP nominee (“Mind your own damn business”) Tim Walz, and all Meeses a wonderful day as well! Of course, today is a sad anniversary. Too many things are happening right now, it’s easy to lose track.
It’s 63 heading for 87 and sunny at the moment. Clouds supposed to move in this afternoon. I hope late afternoon. Not only for the electricity generation but also I’m doing laundry today and will be hanging it out as soon as the washer finishes. Yesterday we got 16.2 KWHs and the m-t-d is 149.9 – on track for a good month. So far.
I didn’t watch the debates. I knew KH would wipe the floor with him, so to speak, and can’t stand the man’s voice. Need to get on to my boosting. Holding the Good/Healing Thoughts for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Dee linked an excellent video from Kamala Headquarters that just had Kamala’s voice and very few glimpses of tRump’s face. I recorded the debate but I won’t need to watch it – I saw what I needed and will read the rest.
I saw that. I’ll go back and watch it after I get the laundry out. LOL.
Good morning, 57 and light rain. I didn’t watch the debate last night so reading the analysis this morning has been very nice. The thought of not hearing his voice ever again brings tears. May this be an election defining moment! Best wishes to all.
Thursday Meese. Yesterday was hard – so many memories of working in the WTC evoked. Those lost – lives changed forever.
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HOW are they going to fix the voter registration thing before the election?
Good question, with no clear answer. :(
Nice walk/run this morning. 36 minutes in all, 16 minutes running — made it to ¾ mi. In the office. Linda Ronstadt issued a pretty awesome statement about tfg & his little buddy. Glad she’s still around.
The Tucson Music Hall was renamed The Linda Ronstadt Tucson Music Hall last year to honor the Tucson native and favorite daughter of the Old Pueblo. I was wondering how she would feel to have her name mentioned when they were talking about the creepy garbage Dumpster coming here. I will have to go look for what she said.
Here it is, as reported by a local TV station:
Yay, Linda!
Was delighted to realize that in Spanish, “Linda” means “beautiful.”
Good morning, meeses! Thursday …
It is 75 degrees in Tucson 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 99. Sunny skies are in the forecast. Sunday’s forecast is for a high of 88 and a low of 72 and we hope to get a hike in.
Sixty-seven million people viewed the debate. I think that is a good thing as it is an excellent introduction of our candidate to people who didn’t know her. The contrast in vigor and style and the ability to form meaningful sentences was stark. Now the hard work of moving the needle in the swing states begins. A Wisconsin Marquette poll released this morning showed that 9% of voters are planning to vote third party. If half of those voters decide to flip to one candidate to another, that could tip the election which is only a 4 point Harris lead. Polls aren’t votes but they do help campaigns figure out where to use resources.
I spent too much time yesterday reading about the debate and I have a stack and an Inbox that are out of control. I need to triage my to-do list and get some things done today.
See all y’all later!
Good beautiful Thursday morning, Meese! Right now in Ashburnikins it’s 66 F., going for a high of 85. Must think of something to wear to my meeting at 1 p.m.
Wil spend the morning preparing for my Writers’ Group meeting. It’s our third anniversary as a group, so we’re going to celebrate with wine and cheese. One guy is bringing grapes so we can have an orgy. How do you “orge”? Anyway, a good time will be had by all.
My Australian neph sent me a book review of his favorite author’s latest book, and a “bleak” article in The Australian Age newspooper by some cat named Stan about Kamala, and how we’re all doomed because she might be elected. I couldn’t read the whole article, but saw enough to realize it was a typical example of misogynoir. Wrote back to Nephew that we’re dancing in the streets here because she’s our nominee! Australian chaps hate women so much that when they did have a woman P. M. they made sure to drive her out. Ugh!
Anyway, this weekend I’ll have to check my voter registration and my Social Security login (they’re changing the procedure), and go to Lidl to buy chocolate Halloween-type sweets to use for the Authors’ Festival. Last year they had chocolate skulls. H’mm.
I am enjoying the pale ghost of the Moon while I can. Rain on Tuesday, or so They allege. I’ve almost finished editing the first book of the trilogy. There are only three likable characters in the whole book. Hope the next two will be better.
No rehearsal tomorrow night! Calloo, callay, O frabjous day! Wishing a good day to all at the Pond!
The new Social Security login is fairly straightforward. Now that they have login.gov instead of requiring people to use the extremely complicated id.me, a third party “security” site run by who the hell knows, it is much better.
It’s 69 heading for 78 and overcast. We may or may not get rain later today. The clouds did move in yesterday afternoon – pretty much have stayed – and we only generated 10.6 KWHs. The m-t-d is 160.5 and if we can manage even 10 KWHs a day for the rest of the month we’ll still have something decent if not great altogether.
Cloud and Freddie did get out when I took the laundry out. Sigh. But while they scared me by disappearing out of the yard for half an hour, they really weren’t out that long. Under an hour. So that hurdle – and first laundry without two little black cats zipping out – is now past. Looks like there will be another couple of laundry days of hanging clothes outside. As much as I am not looking forward to cold, aching hands and all the keyboard problems they bring, I am most certainly looking forward to no bugs!
Overcast added to waning of the year means I slept until almost 8. My boosting days will be starting later and later until after Yule. LOL. Best get to it. Holding the Good/Healing Thoughts for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good morning, 62 and cloudy in Bellingham today. RonK just left for a mushroom seeking walk…..his new fascination. I’m shuffling laundry and listening to The Daily Beans podcast and to Simon Rosenberg on YT. tRump angst is causing me so much grief I need the relief of hearing positive messages. Best wishes to all.
Saw these and thought of you Jan :)
Hahahaha! Excellent – or excelente as they say in Tucson. “No More Orange” is brilliant!! (I will let people google “Chinga Tu MAGA” so that they can get the full effect.)
I read a local report on his speech here and I was gobsmacked that he was talking up his mass deportation plan in a city that is 42% Hispanic! Tucson is in the part of Arizona that was Mexico until the Gadsden Purchase in 1854; a lot of the Mexican American families here have roots that go back centuries.
Good morning. Second day in a row of running for 16 minutes, ¾ mi. We are really short staffed at work, yesterday was…..challenging. Hoping people are out enjoying the gorgeous weather today and don’t call.
Good morning, meeses! Friday …
It is 75 degrees in Tucson 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 97. Sunny skies are in the forecast. People will be burning sage here for a few days to cleanse after the visit of the MAGAt leader and his haters.
I am going to ignore the news today until I get a project done that I have been working on off and on for the better part of a year. I am down to generating some documentation and sending off a final invoice and I am determined to do that this morning.
See all y’all later!
Good Friday morning, Moosekind! When we woke up this morning it was like Brigadoon outside. The fog faded to just fog-pearls on the screened porch and I could hear the cricket chorus singing quietly in the woods. Made blueberry muffins for breakfast and gave half a dozen to the neighbors.
Speaking of pearls, on my evening walk with my friend and her tiny dog I saw the most pleasing sight of the moon, shining like a well-polished half-pearl in the cobalt blue evening sky. It cheered me quite a lot.
Yesterday we held a party for our third anniversary as the Blue Ridge Writers Group—yes, yes, wine, cheese, and two colors of grapes and much hilarity. We all admired the way our anthology looked. The front and back covers alone are worth the price of the book. In deference to their leader’s well-known passion for Shakespeare, the artists made sure the front and back covers included representations of Mr. W. Shakespeare’s portrait.
Today—work on the second book of the trilogy, this evening trot down the hall to visit one of my writers. I want to enlist her help in playing the huge practical joke at the Authors’ Festival. Dearly is about to go to the doctor.
Woke up far to early (4:45 a.m.), so I have to lie down for a bit. My back is aching. I’ll be all right after a little rest. Oh, the weather: gray skies and 64 F. in Ashburn at the moment, going up to 80-ish today.
Wishing a good day to all at the Pond!
It’s 66 heading for 77 and cloudy. Our return to summer has been delayed a few days. With the clouds we got less than 1.” rain and only 4.3 KWHs generated. The m-t-d is 164.88 – still on track for 400 but it won’t be much longer if these clouds don’t go away.
The Jonathans are in so I’ll be going to the Farmers Market in the morning. 10 years ago I went to the Market every Saturday during the season and got most of my vegetables and fruit there. Those days are gone and now I only get the Jonathans and maybe Pink Ladies after the Jonathans are done. It’s partly money since I’m no longer working but it’s mostly that the Market is crowded and almost nobody masks. sigh.
Time to get to my boosting. Holding the Good/Healing Thoughts for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good morning, 56 and cloudy in my garden today. So should I stay with the plan for an outdoor lunch on Sunday, or should I watch the rain forecast for another day and then decide? Such a dilemma! An end of the summer barbeque is more fun outdoors but not if it’s pouring rain. I’m grateful to have choices regardless. Best wishes to all.
Saturday Meese. Nice weather here today – 61 and sunny going up to 84
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Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and actor Rosie Perez join Nicolle Wallace to discuss abortion rights and the debate after Trump advisor John McEntee questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’ claim that women are bleeding out in parking lots due to the impacts of abortion bans – and a woman in Idaho provided receipts.
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Good morning. Got lots of cooking to do today, we are back to August weather so indoors is good. Making a new recipe, buffalo greens & beans, I hope it’s good. Also breakfast for the next couple of weeks. Maybe I’ll get to the gym, but cooking is a lot of work so I won’t feel bad if I don’t.
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