I extend my same hope for new growth and long-term survival that I put into my plantings this season to the people of Ukraine, who are being bullied by the noxious weeds, Putin and Trump, but are standing tall.

A nation in critical distress since January 20, 2025.

photo copyright: Tracy Barbutes/San Francisco Chronicle

I know he didn't Klan Plan it this way, but his signature is very violent and is intended to visually dominate whatever he is signing.
Trump first, everything else second or worse.

Never forget this other truth.

My Trump 47 Shower Drain Cover, gold plated Mar-a-Lago limited edition, has arrived!

Its highly polished mirror finish will reflect my nether regions to show its author DJT how I feel about him as he strains out my dead skin, dead hair, dead microbes and the occasional dingleberry.

Today's Republicans are wrong about everything.
Back in the 1930s when we collectively felt deeply the failures of 20th Century capitalism upon our daily lives, true citizen leaders stood up for what was most important in our democratic society, "of the people, by the people, and for the people."

I have a high-energy, high-anxiety AmStaff/Boxer mix I rescued from the shelter in 2020, early in the pandemic.

But he's an affectionate psycho, like so many of my GFs over the years. 🤣

I'm not all politics and culture issues.
Here's one of my special places I discovered in September while visiting NoCal and Oregon- the Redwoods of Jedediah State Park.
The ultimate in forest bathing for this Texas resident.