But what IS normal, right? A big question!!
Mostly, I mean that I start back to work today, after having had 5 days off.
But also — there is just less and less and LESS news to post here, gang. I mean, besides all the news that you can easily get everywhere else now. Which is a great thing.
I still check all the channels and videos, but there is nothing that requires re-posting here. If I find something, I will, of course, post it.
Phil should be live tonight at 8PM Eastern time. Check here later to confirm. His livestreams are going to remain informative until at least the inauguration.
So it seems that I’m sort of getting my life back. I’m going to keep my Trump flag flying until Inauguration Day. It is a bit tattered, since it’s been out there for 4 solid years, in all sorts of insane weather– including tornadoes. But I guess, once I take it down and fold it up and put it away in late January… I will officially have my life back.
Meanwhile, Valerie in Brooklyn and I are embarking on a plan to get our creativity onto a daily schedule again. She’s a painter and I am, of course, a writer. So each day/night, we’re going to text each other a quick summary of what we each worked on and for how long we worked on it that day.
A type of “accountability” schedule. To get ourselves back into the old, pre-war headspace of painting and writing every day. Yay.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played Birmingham last night. and tomorrow they play a SOLD OUT show in Paris and then the Wild God European/UK Tour is over.
It seems like it was an unbelievably successful, beautiful, emotional tour, gang.
Here’s a photo from Birmingham last night:
And beginning in April 2025:
Meanwhile,,,,
Here’s the Daily Feature.
What Would Keith Richards Do?
This is our random selection — yet again, from Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations, and the topic is SURVIVAL & BOUNCING BACK. I found today’s selection oddly timely and personal [see my post from yesterday]!
Speaking to a NYC audience at a 9/11 tribute concert, 23 years ago, Keith said:
“You know, I gotta feeling this town’s gonna make it.”
As usual, he was right.
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And that is it for now, gang.
Enjoy your Saturday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting!
I love you guys. See ya!
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This morning’s breakfast- listening music!!
Nat King Cole’s, “Straighten Up & Fly Right”. 1943. Enjoy, gang.
Marilyn's Room 
A key question: will you now go into serious truth-seeking mode? Particularly as to nomination of RFK, Jr.?
It seems a mixed bag with him and his way of assessing things.
I like his emphasis on food and food safety, in general, and anti-big ag and big pharma. However, as Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Centet, HE (Offit) is the REAL skeptic, with his team, and MANY others. Hopefully, RFK will join cooperatively with them, and continue to learn, if he’s confirmed.