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, 54 cloudy, wind and rain…..gloomy weather suits my grumpy mood! It’s been a week, seems like the orange occupant was never gone :( Oh well, hair cut today, PT tomorrow so I’ll look better and feel better in spite of myself.
I focused on laundry and a simple sewing project yesterday and while it was satisfying to be busy I got alarmingly tired. So I’ll stay off my legs this morning and see what happens this afternoon. Best wishes to all.
Thursday Meese. it’s only 24 degrees here in Kingston NY. Wildfires continue to rage in NY/NJ.
Puerto Rico
Thanks bfitz for posting on Vieques – no word yet from Shelly
You’re welcome. Seriously hope Shelly’s OK. {{{Dee}}}
Good morning. Did my walk/run, it’s chilly by Texas standards. I needed long sleeves. In the office, hope I have enough caffeine. Lots of people on Blue Sky, it’s getting much busier. Hope everyone has a good day today.
Good morning, meeses! Thursday …
It is 52 degrees in Tucson 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 81. Sunny skies are in the forecast. This high is likely to be a temporary blip and then we will get cool again for the remainder of the week. Average November temperatures are a high of 76 and a low of 49 with average December a high of 65 and a lot of 41. We will be more like December. The moon was bathing my office with moonlight this morning!
I have not completely settled into a “what I will read and what I will ignore” news reading mode yet. I need to focus more on the fact that the Biden Administration will be in power for two more months and this time, unlike in 2016, we know just how awful a tRump maladministration will be and it is hoped that we could plan for that. I think that in 2016, the Obama Administration, in its belief in the best of humanity, thought that tRump would mature in the job and also that the institutional guardrails would hold. I definitely feel relieved that Rick Snot is not the Senate Majority leader and that mostly sane John Thune will be in charge. He will make sure that the traditional Republican guardrails are in place and understands that you don’t want to destroy everything and start over as Melon wants to do. I hope there are enough sane Republicans to block the worst tRump cabinet nominees, the ones who will do the most irreparable damage like Attorney General and Defense Secretary. We shall see! The Senate is not set yet because of automatic recounts taking place in Pennsylvania over Casey’s seat but even if he pulls out a win (not likely), it will be 52 to 48 with a JD Vance tie-breaker. We would need 3 Senate Republicans unwilling to go along with the MAGAtry and I only count two. That’s pretty close so I will not stress it right now.
After leisurely moving through projects yesterday morning and planning to take a “day of rest”, a crisis project hit that pulled me back to my desk and make me very grumpy. As usual, it looks better in the light of day (and after I was able to take my time this morning doing cleanup), so I am going to try today to take my “day of rest.”
See all y’all later!
Good Thursday morning, Meese! It’s cloudy this morning, thank Goddess, 41 F., and not getting much higher than 52 F., with rain expected later today. We need it so badly.
Yesterday I went to a morning coffee with my building neighbors, an afternoon forum of candidates who are vying for our votes in the firehouse primary on Saturday, then down the hall for dinner at the Pub with the hallway neighbors, and then to a musical event with dancing still farther down the hall. I hadn’t danced in 50 years—I mean, danced fast. I can do slow dancing. Made an absolute fool of myself, since Leading Man kept trying to twirl me around and I ended up twirling him. However, everyone else was rather snockered by that time, so I thought, who cares? At any rate, I had such a good time that when I arrived home I couldn’t get to sleep right away so I feel tired. Dearly had planned to attend as well, but as he went to the doctor in the morning, and out to dinner in the evening, he was just too tired to go anywhere.
Today I have my Writers’ Group meeting. Oh, lawks, I have to bang out an email with today’s agenda on it. I’ll do that as soon as I’m conscious.
Was walking past the Pub bar yesterday afternoon when two of the guys in my building hailed me and asked if I’d heard the news. I’d just come from the candidates’ forum, so I said no. One guy then informed me that Rapey McForehead was to be Attorney General. YECCH!
I dunno, we’re in for hell, people. Now that I’ve cheered you up, I’ll leave you. Do try to have as good a day as possible, won’t you, Pond dwellers? BTW, saw the lovely outline of the moon in the still-blue sky yesterday—the rain should end tomorrow in time for me to see Her Fullness.
It’s 46 going to 64 and sunny today. Yesterday we generated 3.8 KWHs, not much but just enough with what we already had to reach 78.3 and stay on track for 180. We of course didn’t get any rain to go with the clouds.
The clouds started clearing around sundown so I did get to see the moon before going to bed and left my curtains open so I’d get moonlight tracking across my bed once She was in the western part of the sky. So that was good.
I do not know what I’m going to do about Xitter. More and more of my friends are moving off it to bluesky and other platforms. Basket’s shutting down his account this weekend. The TOS change that goes starts tomorrow is something he doesn’t want to be a part of. But I’ve got folks depending on me for the needs list. And I really don’t have the mental/emotional bandwidth to run that thread on 2 platforms, as guilty as I feel about not running it on bluesky yet. I keep thinking about it. Meanwhile, off to start my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Bfitz, what’s the TOS change?
Terms of Service
The only thing he mentioned as changing was that all legal issues would be tried in TX before a judge who owns Tesla stock.
It was something like they can use your posts for artificial intelligence to learn….something.
Good morning. I made it to 1.2 mi running! Even in the cold (hey, 44 feels really cold when it hasn’t been that chilly since March), it was hard to run for 24 minutes. The avalanche of people leaving Twitter for Blue Sky is astonishing. I’d stayed for my U2 fan friends (most of them are at the blue place now), people I watched MSNBC with — we now talk about NOT watching — and they’re now over there, it’s just the walking people and the official NASA accounts. I’m going to delete a lot of the posts I’ve made, not all of them because a lot were reposts and I don’t see the point in deleting those. If AI Bros want their machines to learn from my enjoying my friends’ music….
Friday Meese. Below freezing here in Kingston. I ignored politics last night and instead watched the Latin GRAMMY awards.
Windchill was below freezing overnight but the actual temps didn’t get quite that low. 35 now heading for 69 (a “warming trend”) and sunny. Yesterday we generated 7.89 KWHs and the m-t-d at 86.1 is on track and gaining. Which is good since Sunday and Monday are currently predicted to be socked in.
Not watching news or the like. I don’t need confirmation or specifics of what I knew was going to happen if twitler won. The Rs since at least Nixon have made cabinet appointments to undermine the departments they were put in charge of. That steady progression of destroying government is now out in the open, loud and proud. Whether twitler & his handlers will actually finish us off, we shall see. If he doesn’t the next R president probably will. Or unfortunately the next (white male) Dem president who’s bought the R propaganda that to beat them we have to become them. sigh. I’m OK as long as Social Security is OK. I’m good for possibly 3 years on my retirement savings, IF they don’t trash the Market, if Social Security is killed.
Meanwhile, gingerbread just came out of the oven and is cooling. The house smells lovely. And there are folks to boost. If traffic picks up at bluesky and drops at Xitter, I’ll switch platforms for my #HelpFolksLive daily threads. But not until then. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good morning, meeses! Friday …
Quick check in, 66 and sunny in Tucson.
I am heading out to get my Shingles vaccine before Bobby Kennedy eliminates all vaccinations next year.
See all y’all later!
Good morning, 49 and mostly cloudy in Bellingham today. I should be working at my desk but I’m playing solitaire instead. I’ll engage in real life soon, but for now listening to music and letting my thoughts drift while clicking the on cards is relaxing. Best wishes to all.
Good morning, meeses! Saturday …
It is 45 degrees in Tucson 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 61. Mostly sunny skies are in the forecast. Yesterday evening I watched the full moon rise over the mountains in real time. It takes about 2-3 minutes from the time you see her peak over the mountaintop until she clears. The moon views that we have here never cease to amaze and delight me. This morning she is shining into my office, high in the western sky.
I have been reading some fun articles about the trashing of the Republican Party by tRump. Of course, it won’t change their ways, they know that embracing MAGAttry is their only hope to win elections because their policy ideas are so unpopular. In state after state that protected reproductive rights, the worst of the worst also got elected. I read that the Michigan and Pennsylvania Muslims who voted for tRump are upset that HE TURNED OUT TO BE THE EXACT THING THAT EVERYONE KNEW HE WAS! Sheesh, I have no sympathy for them or their plight. Single issue voters need to pick a freaking party whose values match most of their policy goals and vote a straight ticket.
I have to decide if I will try to save any of my old tweets now that Twitter has been permanently Xed out; it will never return because it can never be cleaned up and I would prefer my words not be there used by their AI tools. Melon Husk basically spent $44 billion to have a message board for his crackpot ideas and hate and those who flock to rich guys with crackpot ideas and hate.
This was a short week filled with client crises and so I have a long to-do list to catch up on. I did get my Shingles vaccine and can finish that course of treatment before the new maladministration takes power. I will take it easy and watch some sporting events today (including some I have taped) as the shot made me a little tired. By tomorrow, I should be ready to work again.
See all y’all later!
Saturday Meese. Got my Covid booster and flu shot – my arms were so sore had to go to bed early yesterday.
Getting ready to post Caribbean Matters – looking at impact of Marco Rubio selection as SOS
posted
They likely won’t have to deal with Marco Rubio for long. There is speculation that he is just being appointed to clear out his Senate seat for tRump’s daughter-in-law (in a deal with Ron DeSantis) and then he will be fired. I can’t figure out why anyone with a brain would give up a Senate seat and make himself an at-will employee of someone who hates you. Republican electeds are stupid.
Wow – that’s really interesting
Good morning. Watching the local news, which tfg is all over — the next four years are going to be really long. Going to kickboxing later, I may have to see if they have a 4 year membership.
Good Saturday morning, Meese! The sky is clearing, the temperature in Ashburn is 55 F., and the high will be 63 F. or something like that. The Metro section, which I still read, predicts we’re in for rollercoaster weather the next two weeks.
While I was driving home from Harris Teeter in the twilight yesterday, I saw a huge yellow Moon over to my left. Was so excited that I didn’t even go straight to the parking garage—just parked in the Visitors’ section, leapt out of the car, and tried to photograph it. Tried again when the sky turned completely dark, Herself had turned silver, and clouds kept drifting across Her face. The last Super Moon of the year, the Beaver Moon. I just can’t take good photos of Her, alas.
Anyway, Firehouse Primary this morning, Drama Club Meeting this afternoon. Next month’s actors’ workshop will teach us improvs, which sounds like fun.
What did the eejits think they were voting for? I keep remembering my last Tarot reading at Samhain, wherein the reader predicted that I would “go through some things,” but then emerge into a shower of golden pentacles. That has to be good, right? So could it be that aliens will kidnap Thing and take him away and the hand count of votes will show that Kamala won after all?
We shall see. Hoping everyone at the Pond will have a good day!
{{{Diana}} Aji’s people call this the “Freezing Over Moon”.
It’s 53 heading for 68 and sunny. Yesterday we generated 7.69 KWHs and the m-t-d at 93.92 is on track and gaining. Which is good since clouds & perhaps rain are moving in tomorrow & Monday.
I have been avoiding news so I didn’t have to see the face or hear the voice of the reigning R since 2001. Nothing new. Just more obnoxious in the presentation as far as Rs are concerned. Holding as tightly as I can to the hope/prayer that at least enough Rs really do consider the economy and Social Security will be OK. Because my retirement savings might carry me 3 years of bare-bones existence If they don’t trash the Market which they probably will. And I’m in relatively good shape since I own my home and don’t have mortgage or rent. The number of folks who will be homeless – or already are – even with Social Security (retirement or disability) is downright scary. I’m not sure when or how I’m going to shift operations from Xitter to bluesky but I’d better figure it out soon. Meanwhile I’d best get to my boosting. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good morning, 41 and cloudy in Bellingham today. Keith (PT) has helped me make some changes so I can work at my floral bench in the garage again so today I’ll start clearing the clutter. I haven’t worked there since last Feb so I’m looking forward to being in my space again. I’ll have to limit the time I spend but I have to do that regardless of where I’m working.
With some help from online friends I now have BlueSky on all my devices so I can start leaving twitter behind. I had trouble signing up initially and somehow managed to save two passwords with different user names, but one email. Simple mistakes can become complicated when absent minded me forgets to write everything in my off line password notebook! But it’s sorted out now and nice to scan the distressing news in a more calm place. Best wishes to all.