Masks are under serious threat at being banned widely due to politicization. This would be a public health disaster. If you are only wearing a mask at protests, please consider also wearing them elsewhere. The more people mask, the more we normalize masks and protect them against bans.

If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?

I think I’ve got this socializing thing figured out. I say to my pet Cockroach while sipping tea.

Cold Turkey.

Happy Gotcha Day to MernaLena. My good friend who helped me get through a horrible year.

RemyRue thinking about trouble.

Raking leaves to cover some plants and picked up a pile that held this (two tailed?) swallowtail. Looks fresh, may have pupated at an inopportune time.