I don’t really have time to post this morning. I slept in a little and now I gotta scoot!
And after my shift with my 94 year-old Japanese man, I’m having my pre-Christmas lunch at Tequilaville with my Q-following friend!
Only 4 more days until Christmas, gang, and so far the house is not a complete disaster. The tree is still standing, although the foster cats climb it every night and they have knocked off dozens of ornaments, unstrung some lights and left the star askew….. I am still just grateful that they didn’t bring the whole tree down!! Yet!!!
Christmas Star Askew! Lights missing!Just some of the dozens of ornaments they’ve knocked off the tree — but only one of them actually broke!!!
Okay, have a great Saturday, wherever you are in the world!
Even though I am still really tired, I am bowled over by the beauty of my clients this season.
I was not expecting any gifts or even any cards, but my clients are kind of blowing me away with their kindness. Yesterday, one of my clients gave me a gift and a Christmas card that sort of took my breath away — and when I thanked her for it, the beautiful things she said to me about the job I do for her and her husband brought tears to my eyes.
It’s a difficult mix between knowing I will be alone this Christmas because my dad is gone now and I basically have no family left who are still speaking to me, and my friends are far away, spending Christmas with their families.
So the fact that I will actually be spending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with clients who genuinely care about me — it is hard to process that mix of gratitude, love, loss.
I have to say, though, I am really looking forward to spending Christmas Day with my 94-year-old Japanese client that I adore so much!!
We have such an incredible time when we are together. He and I have so many unlikely things in common that I could do a whole blog post about it.
When I saw him on Wednesday, in the course of our conversations, he said, “I only have a couple more minutes to live.”
And I said, “Do you think you could hold out for another week, because I’ll be coming here on Christmas and I’d hate to be here all by myself.”
He laughed. and he said, “Okay. I’ll hold on another week…”
I’m expecting Christmas Day with him to be just beautiful.
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Anyway. I digress!
There is NO NEWS, gang!! It’s getting insane! The amount of stuff that they are pretending is happening that is not really happening….
I’ve been to Telegram, YouTube, Truth Social, Rumble, X….. and it is all the same.
This is not “news” but it’s interesting, if not sickening. You should probably read it.
“…Most Americans over the age of 45, and certainly all readers of The Anti-New York Times, should already know that Fidel Castro was a Communist dictator who ruined Cuba — driving its mostly White upper and middle classes to flee to Florida while the communist state and its rabble hordes dispossessed productive Cubans who stayed. There was celebration in the Cuban enclaves of Union City, NJ and Miami, FL when the unrepentant old bastard finally died in 2016..
Of more interest to our eager students of real history is the long-since forgotten story of the mighty media organization that dusted off the badly defeated rebel, put him back on his feet, and helped to install him as dictator. That’s right, boys and girls. Without the maneuvering of Sulzberger’s Slimes (aka “the paper of record”) — specifically the pro-communist correspondent Herbert Matthews(cough cough) — and the Evil Eisenhower-Dulles State Department, Castro’s revolution of 1959 would never have succeeded..[…]”
Nick Cave sent out the best Red Hand File yesterday!! It’s all about how he is going to be spending Christmas — with his family, and going to church.
I have to tell you, gang, just knowing that he is going to have such a perfect Christmas is going to make my own Christmas that much happier. It really is. I’m going to get a lot of joy out of just thinking about it.
He said, in part:
“…And somewhere, amid the feasting and joyful human messiness – this beautiful, this happy, this sorrowful estate – I will acknowledge how extraordinarily fortunate my family and I are to have this good Christmas Day. I will remember, too, amongst all the making and the doing, the energising principle around which this day revolves that speaks so eloquently of rebirth and renewal, and the end to waiting – that of a mother bearing a child in a stable, revitalising the world for all eternity.”
Our random selection comes from Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. And the topic is — CHILDREN (!!).
Keith says:
“They give you that little bit — that important bit of living when you absolutely don’t know shit about nothing.”
Who could say it better ???
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And that is actually it for today. I essentially have the “whole day off”, but then, tonight, I will be with that sweet 99-year-old blind lady, who lives out in the middle of deep, dark, snowy nowhere with 3 huge happy dogs and two big rascally black cats.
It’s a full house and it’s full of love, gang.
Okay.
Enjoy your Friday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I leave you with this.
The 94-year-old Japanese man had the great good fortune of seeing “South Pacific” on Broadway (in 1950), back when it was brand new and the legendary Mary Martin was starring in it.
What a fantastic show it is– the music, alone, is incredible. Imagine anyone being able to experience that show, live, on stage, when it was brand new. Let alone, being a young Japanese-American, who spent his childhood in Japan, during WWII, then returning to NYC at age 17, and then seeing a show like “South Pacific”.
He and I discuss that show all the time, actually. It’s a show I just love. And I adored Mary Martin when I was a little girl.
Last night, by candlelight, I lay in my bed, listening to a few of the songs from “South Pacific”, but once I landed on the song below, I couldn’t stop playing it!!! “This Nearly Was Mine”. I just kept thinking about the miracle that I have even met this amazing man so late in his life. It is such a blessing to me, to be able to hear about the stories of his life — they are extraordinary. Okay. Enjoy, gang!!
“This Nearly Was Mine”
One dream in my heart One love to be livin’ for One love to be livin’ for This nearly was mine
One girl for my dream One partner in paradise This promise of paradise This nearly was mine
Close to my heart she came Only to fly away Only to fly as day flies from moonlight Now, now I’m alone Still dreamin’ of paradise Still sayin’ that paradise Once nearly was mine
I’ll keep rememberin’ kisses From lips I’ve never owned And all the lovely adventures That we have never known
One dream in my heart One love to be livin’ for One love to be livin’ for This nearly was mine
Nothing but optics and psyops, for as far as the eye can see, across all the lands, hither and yon.
Phil posted that he had HUGE news and will try to do a livestream soon. Of course, the stock markets are also tanking, so his huge news might have something to do with buying gold and silver. I guess we’ll see.
Meanwhile — here is an example of the endless stuff I see constantly right now. Anytime you see or hear the number 17 these days, it’s a sure sign that it’s a Q-related psyop. [Q being the 17th letter of the alphabet.]
The formerly holy and exalted post-World War II institution of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) coming up short on its spending targets, in spite of a “war” going in the Ukraine, — coupled with Commander Trump‘s mounting threats to pull out of the already defanged organization — are just further indicators that the New World Order is dead. All that remains now is the play-acted closing drama to start in 2025. […]
Among the religious devotees and dupes of NWO Globalism, NATO ranks right up there with the UN, the WHO, the EU, the World Bank and the IMF as an “indispensable” institution of “global stability.” The truth is, that from its inception to the present day, NATO — a wholly-owned subsidiary of the CIA which itself was founded just two years before NATO — has always been a enforcement racket in service to the Globalists.
The origin of NATO traces back to the Treaty of Brussels of 1948 among Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the UK — four European states which had conspired to start World War II in the first place […]”
If you scroll down to the bottom of the article, you find the passage about Solomon dealing with the Queen of Sheba’s hairy legs. It is actually pretty interesting.
However, if you read the whole article, you’ll see how, depending on which religious texts you are studying, the stories of Biblical characters can often change greatly. (Which is why, long, long ago, among myriad other things, some people were taught that Jesus never married, while others were taught that he was married to Mary Magdalene, and so they worshipped her as much as they worshipped Jesus.)
Actually, yesterday, I was with my 94-year-old Japanese client. He was a ministerial student while also attending NYU — back in the 1950s. So we talk about God and Christianity a lot.
And yesterday, in the course of our conversations, I mentioned something about Christmas not really being Jesus’s birthday and he had never heard that before.
However, Pope Julius I, in the 4th Century AD, declared December 25th to be Jesus’ birthday. This was allegedly to help Pagans be more comfortable just celebrating Christ right along with the Winter Solstice.
And even though Orthodox and Ethiopian churches consider Christmas to be in January, even longer ago than that, Jesus’ birthday was celebrated on (what we would call) April 17th, around 6 BC.
So it all depends on what you’re studying.
But me and the Japanese man concluded that it doesn’t make Christmas any less joyful.
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I apparently digress!
Oh, however, I should probably tell you now, in case I forget– I saw my schedule for January, gang, and it looks like the agency has finally settled on a truly manageable schedule for me! Only 3 double shifts in the whole month, plus I’ve got plenty of room to finally set up a writing schedule for myself again.
So I might actually start being a sane person sometime soon. We can only hope. I know that I’m getting pretty tired of constantly feeling like I’m out of my fucking mind…
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Our Daily Feature!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
We are right back into Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. And the topic is SHOW BUSINESS.
Keith maintains:
“I go onstage to get some fucking peace and quiet.”
I’m sure we can all relate….
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And that is it for today!
Enjoy your Thursday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys! See ya!
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I leave you with this morning’s Christmas breakfast-listening-music!!
We’ve moved on to the fantastic Andy Williams Christmas album. (Yes, in fact it IS occurring to me that I am getting really old. Thank you very much!) Anyway.
“Do You Hear What I Hear?” Andy Williams. From 1965. (But it’s STILL a great fucking Christmas album!!!!) Okay. Enjoy, gang!
Yesterday was a great day! Not only was the weather gorgeous, but also, Kara and I had such a nice time celebrating her birthday at our favorite Mexican restaurant. No, not the one we go to when we drive a million miles to see a movie, but this one, which is much, much closer:
Yes, Tequilaville!
And even though it looks like some sort of drab warehouse from the outside, it is incredibly festive inside right now — Christmas lights and ornaments strung everywhere. Plus, the food is just really good.
However, my Q-following friend — the one I’m having a pre-Christmas lunch with on Saturday afternoon, after my morning shift — well, she texted me in the middle of the night and said she’d rather go to Tequilaville for lunch on Saturday instead of the Peony Bistro (directly across the street from there — Chinese & Japanese food), like we were planning. Not wanting to hurt her feelings and say that I’d just eaten at Tequilaville 5 minutes ago, I texted back: “Okay!”
So now I have to drum up some other friend and go to the Peony Bistro some other day, because I was really kind of looking forward to having Chinese food for a change.
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All right.
There’s a lot of interesting stuff going on out there right now, gang, but it’s still just a ton of optics.
If you follow Q, then you know that this is a really exciting time because the Q comms & deltas are just piling up all over the place. But other than that, you can get the “news” all over the place.
Instead!!
We will dedicate this post to not only wishing Keith Richards a happy 81st birthday, but also wishing Keith & Patti a happy anniversary!! (And, btw, that beautiful family has grown since that photo was taken!!)
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And in keeping with our Keith theme– here’s our Daily Feature!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
And as luck would have it, we landed back in the chapter A Chronology of Trouble. Yay! This is another weird one — it concerns the seemingly endless feud between Keith and Mick in the 1980s:
“The Brenda Years and WWIII: Keith comes across a book by an author named Brenda Jagger at a Paris bookstore near the very same apartment he couldn’t find a few years earlier. He now refers to Mick as “Brenda”. Tensions between Keith and newly named “Brenda” get worse. Keith claims he’s gearing up to replace Brenda with Roger Daltrey.”
No comment, I guess.
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Meanwhile, have a great Wednesday, wherever you are in the world! I will attempt to brighten my mood here before I have to leave for my shift, even though the rain is kind of getting me down…
Thanks for visiting, though.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I leave you with a nice blend of Keith and Christmas!
Keith Richards and the X-pensive Winos do their version of Chuck Berry’s “Run, Run Rudolph”. From 1992. Enjoy!!
Wow, did I have some great dreams last night, gang. And I woke up just feeling really happy today.
And today is Kara’s birthday, so I’m really looking forward to taking her out to lunch before my afternoon shift. I haven’t seen her since we saw the incredible Andrea Bocelli film.
And I have to say that yesterday’s visit with the insurance guy was actually quite fantastic. Not just because he’s making the whole Medicare Plan B thing a breeze for me, but, most importantly, we focused more on getting me truly affordable Long Term Care/ Assisted Living insurance.
This means that if something happens to me (like I fall and break something), I can now afford to have someone much like myself come in and take care of me every day!!!
Honestly, gang, when I am with my clients it is always in the back of my mind — what am I going to do if I ever need a home health aide? I can’t afford it!! And I know firsthand, what a difference it makes in someone’s life. Being able to stay at home and not have to go into one of those awful places where the poor elderly have to go to either recuperate or die.
My long term coverage starts February 1st (!!). And of course my Medicare starts July 1st. So on we go into the glorious sunset of old age… Actually, it really is a relief to me.
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Okay. Honestly, gang. NO NEWS. Assuming of course that you ignore the false flags, the false-false flags, the psyops…
Naturally, il donaldo trumpo posted this AGAIN last night. I’m guessing it applies to just about everything going on out there right now–
Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – About That CRASH 👀 (2 mins):
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A new interview with Colin Greenwood from yesterday.
Design Matters Media 16 December 2024 • 55 mins
“Since 2003, Radiohead’s bassist, Colin Greenwood, has taken his camera to the studio and on stage to document the rise of one of the world’s most cherished bands. He joins to discuss his legendary musical career and his beautiful new book,How to Disappear, capturing intimate photographs of his bandmates at work.”
And, yes, some very friendly suit & tie guy is coming over this afternoon to discuss my MEDICARE PLAN B options (!!!) because I will be 65 in a mere 8 months and he didn’t want me to go for another moment without focusing on THAT.
Unbelievable.
But I have to say that I was okay about making the appointment because he actually showed up at my house, in person. He was actually out by my kitchen porch when I drove home from work last Wednesday.
And he drives the very same car that I do. A brand new 2025 Honda Civic sedan — same exact color, too. It was so weird. I was driving down the street toward my house — and then imagine my surprise when I saw that somehow my car was already parked in front of my house and that I was already home! WTF???
When I got out of my car and went over to him (he was young, attractive, very well dressed), he said, “Marilyn?”
He knew my first name, so that immediately set off alarms in my brain. Does he work for the IRS? (To whom I owe money). Does he work for Social Security? (To whom I owe money). Is he here from the County, wanting to ask me something about my new roof? (Thankfully, I owe them no money at all…)
Anyway. Refer to the part above that explains why he actually came, and even though I am morally opposed to all types of insurance…. I figured I’d find out what he has to say about Medicare Plan B because he was really nice and he knew my name…
[If you don’t live in the US, this will explain what this gobbledygook is about.] [And if English is your second language, this will explain what gobbledygook is about.]
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Okay!!!
As usual, not much news. But this really jumped out at me yesterday. Especially knowing how much I detest A.I. and what it’s done to my writing career.
Allegedly, it’s a “suicide”… Hmmm. [Full article is here.]
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This will make you absolutely sick. But it’s still worth reading.
[…] In a November 2008 report titled: Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) — the agency which oversees all intelligence agencies — and the National Intelligence Council didn’t just telegraph Stupid-19, but also “guessed” the time-window and foretold how many people were to have been genocided in America and worldwide.
Just to add a bit of critical context, the multi-topic report about a “transformed world” was published right about the time that Obongo was elected, marking the start of the Bildberger-certified “16-year plan” to finish off America once and for all with 8 years of Bath House Barry followed by 8 years of Killary Clinton. The math: 2009 + 16 = 2025. […]”
I’m going to try to get some writing done around here today. Wish me luck!!
And tomorrow, before my afternoon shift, I’m taking my dear friend Kara out to lunch for her birthday!! Yay!!! Something to do besides work…
And on Saturday, after my morning shift, my Q-following friend and I are meeting for a Christmas-celebratory lunch!! Something else to do besides work…
Okay. Enjoy your Monday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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You knew it was coming!!! And here it is!! From 1970. José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad”!!
Maybe the best Christmas song, ever! Sing along and enjoy, gang.
Not much to report — if you missed Phil’s livestream about the Christmas cash giveaway, he did briefly mention that on his next live he’ll explain the drones that are all over the place in the US. Check here to stay updated.
But I’m guessing the whole thing is a White Hat psyop to get the sleepers worked up over the fake Biden Administration not giving a hoot about Americans…
And I’m also guessing it’s nothing to worry about, when Trump, himself, posts this:
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I only got to see a few moments of the Army – Navy football game yesterday, because I was with a patient, but here are some interesting images from it:
If you don’t live in the US, you might not understand the significance of Daniel Penny. He was recently a victim of NY lawfare but he won.
“Coincidence that the only base they show during the Army-Navy is GUANTANAMO and the Army uniforms resemble a game of HANGMAN??”
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I haven’t been copying posts lately from Real Raw News because I’m not sure what’s really going on, but allegedly, the new trend at Gitmo is executions without a tribunal… Meaning that if they decide that you’re guilty then you’re dead. Just like that.
I guess we’ll see where that trend goes.
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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Starmers Housing EXPOSED 👀 (3 mins):
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Sanity4Sweden – Sensitive and Dangerous situation right now (5 mins):
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Very interesting, gang! From a few weeks ago.
The Way Forward – Rethinking DNA: Examining the Evidence featuring Dr. Tom Cowan (1 hr 12 mins):
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Other stuff!
A couple of images from Instagram that I love:
Yesteryear (wherein I spend much of my time!!):
Nick Cave’s ceramics that depict the life of the Devil are on display again in the Netherlands, at the Museum Voorlinden, and this was one of the publicity photos!! Visit the exhibit HERE.
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Our Daily Feature continues!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
From Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. The topic today is BEING ALIVE. Keith tells us:
“To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.”
I have to say that I heartily concur!!
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And that is it for today.
I have one shift later today — a married couple that I adore and they are only a 15-minute drive from here!! Yay. When I get back home, the night is still reasonably young…
But for now, I am going right back to bed. I’m effing exhausted, gang. It’s not that my caregiving job is physically difficult; it is emotionally overwhelming, but in a positive way.
For instance — when I was with the sweet 99-year-old blind lady on Friday night, as I was leaving her bedroom to go home, she called out — “I love you!”
Wow, gang. That stopped me in my tracks. I said, “I love you, too.”
I was raised in a family that NEVER said “I love you.” Never. The only people in my family who have ever said they loved me was my grandma in Cleveland and one of my uncles. My grandma has been gone for 35 years. My uncle, thankfully, is still alive (92) and still tells me he loves me every time we talk on the phone. But even my dad, who recently died and took all the joy right out of my life along with him — he never told me he loved me. Although I know that he did.
Anyway. I don’t want to a sound as if I will take it anywhere I can get it. However, if someone takes the time to tell me, “I love you,” it means the world to me.
And then multiply that moment times every shift I’ve worked since Friday night, and it leaves me exhausted. In a very good, if somewhat confounding, way.
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Okay. Enjoy your Sunday, wherever you are in the world!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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This morning’s Christmas-listening music!! Still on a Dean Martin binge!! Such a great Christmas album, gang. Enjoy!
I sort of have the “day” off. Meaning, I don’t have to work until this evening, so I’m planning on just taking it slow here today and making it last until I have to leave.
Tomorrow I’m working a long double shift, so I probably won’t post to the blog again until Sunday.
There is seriously not much to report — beyond the various psyops that are all over the place.
I think with both Christmas on the horizon, and the Inauguration getting closer, people just aren’t really posting much news. It’s mostly opinions, and tons of Q stuff. (Except in the UK.)
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Tonight, however, Phil is going live at 7PM Eastern time. It is supposed to last 3 or 4 hours, because he is announcing all the 100 recipients of the Christmas cash giveaway. There will be some brief intel at the very beginning, though. Check here later.
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But here’s this!
From the Red Sea Film Festival, going on right now in Jeddah:
Johnny Depp’s film, “Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness” played at the festival yesterday.
There are tons and tons and TONS of photos and videos from the event. However, sadly, I must conscientiously report that there is not one single solitary photo of Johnny smoking, so this could be an imposter… just sayin’.
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Okay!
As a prelude to our Daily Feature:
And now, our Daily Feature.
What Would Keith Richards Do?
Our random selection was once again back in Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. (I was kinda digging that Chronology of Trouble chapter we landed in the other day, so hopefully we’ll land there again soon!) The topic today is INSULTS. (We’ve been in this topic before!)
Keith’s response to the Beatles smash hit, “All You Need is Love”:
“Yeah — try livin’ off of it.”
I feel this is kind of a shrewd observation, coming as it did, during the Flower Power movement and the Summer of Love stuff, etc. Always iconoclastic! Go, Keith!
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If you’re having trouble trying to figure out what to buy me for Christmas this year — look no further than Cave Things!!
This lovely necklace would make me exceedingly happy, so if you feel like spending $117 on me, plus trillions of dollars in overseas shipping, I will be pleased as punch!!
“For Lovely Creatures of all kinds, a sweet keepsake necklace designed by Nick Cave.
This gold plated necklace is custom made in the UK for Cave Things and presented in a matte card jewellery box.
Material: 18ct gold plated brass Size of text plate: 5.8 cm Chain: 18 inch sterling silver, 18ct gold plated”
It is certified the “Best Necklace Ever” by Nick Cave himself. Purchase HERE!! (If you need my current address, trust me, it’s all over the fucking Internet…)
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And just FYI!
The annual Christmas Sale at Smashwords is going on now! Even though all of my eBooks on Smashwords are free all the time, I am still technically involved in the Christmas Sale once again!
Visit this link, and scroll down to find my eBook titles. They are all FREE to download! (For adults only, though.) It includes all 3 volumes of The Muse Revisited, and the eBook edition of Freak Parade.
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And that is it for today, gang.
Enjoy your Friday, wherever you are in the world!
Thanks for visiting!
I love you guys. See ya!
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And I leave you with this!
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Making of Wild God – FULL FILM (13 mins):
I also leave you with this!!
Christmas -breakfast-listening music!!!! (The cats seem to love Dean Martin’s Christmas album just as much as I do!) Enjoy, gang!
Marilyn's Room 