Yes, I’m heading to town here soon to get all the MANY groceries — which, of course includes food for my many frisky cats.

Yes, it’s kind of unreal how much food very young cats eat compared to what my own cats eat, now that they’re 12 years old…

However, 2 of my co-workers at the train station are pitching in to help keep these FIVE young cats fed. (I am fostering them, indefinitely, and maybe even forever. We’ll see.)

So. Yesterday.

I didn’t get my new front door yet, because all those many guys came back to finish the gutters and soffits on my new roof! I had no idea this hadn’t been done already. They were here for 8 incredibly noisy hours yesterday and were not able to install the new door yet. So they’re coming back one day this week to take care of the door.

Want to hear a story that brought tears to my eyes? I’ve posted here before about how, in this little village I live in, during the summer months when school is out, an old-fashioned “ice cream truck” goes around the village giving free hot lunches to kids in need. A local family owns the truck and does this all by themselves.

The truck was out and about yesterday. It stopped in front of my house to give 3 young girls hot lunches to take home. And then, if that wasn’t cool enough — the man got out and gave hot lunches to all the Mexican guys who were here working on my roof!! The workmen, most of whom didn’t speak English, were stunned when the man wouldn’t take any money for it. “No — it’s free!” So all the workmen got an unexpected free lunch.

I happened to be looking out my upstairs window when it all happened and it just broke my heart in the best way.

Meanwhile, today I am getting a new ceiling fan installed in my family room! Right at dinner time, so that should be fun.

For posterity, I took photos of my old door before it gets replaced. I love this old door, gang. The iron work on it is so cool. And the history of it fascinates me: who went in & out of this door, and looked through its window, during the last 123 years? You can’t really see the iron work in the photos, nevertheless —

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In other news–

The lovely French actress Anouk Aimee has died. She was 92 (!!). I really loved her.

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For some reason, this next post has a lot of people arguing that the “fence” around the Supreme Court is normal, and also, outdated photos of the really tall older fence are circulating, causing the disputes.

However, “Nancy Drew” was in DC yesterday and reported:

“Waist high fencing has been installed all the way around the SC building. I was told it was for some decisions that are about to come down.”

She has her usual video footage to support it.

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Phil did not do his live last night, but hopes to do it tonight, instead, at 8PM Eastern time. He is planning a second one for tomorrow night, as well. Check here later to confirm.

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Charlie’s update for today – CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – TUESDAY 18TH JUNE 2024 (17 mins):

Keyboard Operator – 6/18/2024 Looks like HRC is preparing to swap in for Biden (34 mins):

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Matt Roeske — Vaseline Cobalt Glass, Copper, Healthy ways, Crystals, and Borax (54 mins):

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James Tabor – Lost in Translation: The Redeemer in the Book of Job is NOT Jesus! (22 mins):

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Ross K. Nichols — A Synoptic Synopsis – Exodus/Numbers/Deuteronomy (1 hr 15 mins):

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And I think that’s it for now, gang.

After I get back from town, I have a bunch of writing to do on both the screenplay adaptation and the staged-reading versions of our play, “The Guide to Being Fabulous”.

So, have a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world!!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Listening-music from breakfast today! “American Girl” live! (The video below is not the version I was listening to, but I like the video because it is so Tom Petty in 1978…)

“American Girl” was the first single from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers first album (1976). It did not chart here in the US, but did chart in the UK. However, it still became a classic Tom Petty song. And oddly enough, it was the last song Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers played together live (in LA), before he died a week later (2017).

I could do an entire post about why I love this song and what it has meant to me, but for now, I’ll just post the video. Enjoy, gang!!

“American Girl”

Well, she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn’t help thinkin’ that there
Was a little more to life somewhere else
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
And if she had to die tryin’
She had one little promise she was gonna keep

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night (Make it last all night)
She was an American girl

Well, it was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony (Ooh)
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441 like waves crashin’ on the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God, it’s so painful when something that is so close
Is still so far out of reach

Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night (Make it last all night)
She was an American girl (Ooh)

c – 1976 Tom Petty