Wow, was it an intense month for me, caregiver-wise!
I enjoyed yesterday immensely — having the whole day off. I did not get much done, but that was the whole point.
Today, I’m back to working a double-shift, and then tomorrow, I’m out of here very early in the morning, so I won’t be posting to the blog.
Honestly, there is not much news — beyond the “precipice of WWIII” drama. But one really nice thing is that the alliance between Putin and Trump is becoming more and more out in the open, and the end of the Ukraine stuff is right around the corner.
“The parallels between the Trump-Putin collaboration of today and the Abraham Lincoln-Tsar Aleksandr collaboration of about 160 years ago are spooky similar.
Even then, the Rothschild Cabal and their British partners were plotting to overthrow Russia’s Romanov Dynasty while splitting up the rising United States powerhouse via a regional Civil War (neither the US nor Russia having a central Judenbank at the time!).
In order toblock the Confederate / Rothschild scheme to bring Great Britain and France into the war on the side of the Confederacy, Lincoln, through his Secretary of State, William Seward, arranged for the Russians to dock part of their Pacific fleet in San Francisco, and part of their European fleet in New York. Rothschild’s UK-France Axis (the NATO of its day) got the message and stayed out of the war. .
Unfortunately for Abe and Alex — whose own “bromance” was routinely mocked in the pro-Confederate British-Rothschild propaganda press — the Cabal eventually killed them both. […]”
Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – That Didn’t End Well‼️ (3 mins):
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Nigel Watson (Finland/UK) – WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO OUR FOOD? SHOUD YOU BE WORRIED? (9 mins):
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Great!!
SGT Report interviews Matt Roeske – HIDDEN HISTORY & OUR GREAT AWAKENING — MATT, CULTIVATE ELEVATE (1 hr 15 mins):
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And that’s it for the news.
As for our Daily Feature–
What Would Keith Richards Do?
Today’s random selection came from, yes, Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. And the topic is SELF-KNOWLEDGE.
On that topic, Keith says simply:
“You don’t know me. I know me.”
I’m guessing this will come in handy for all of us, at some future point! Perhaps, even today!!
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Today, is the one-year anniversary of the death of one of my favorite songwriters, Shane MacGowan. RIP, you incredible human being. Thanks for coming here when you did, and staying as long as you did.
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And that is it for today, gang.
Enjoy the holiday weekend, if you live State-side! Otherwise, just have a great Saturday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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In never-before-seen archival footage Tom reflects on each member of The Heartbreakers. (2 mins):
If you live State-side, I hope you are having a great start to your Thanksgiving holiday.
Here, there is some happy news. I don’t have to work a double tomorrow!!!! My afternoon shift got cancelled. I will be home by 11:30am tomorrow (Thanksgiving) and I won’t have to be back out until mid-morning on Saturday.
I am really, really tired, gang. You just have no idea.
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Okay. Not much to post about today — a lot of people have started their holiday, it seems.
I’m guessing that everyone already saw the mainstream news (alleged cease-fire underway; all of Trump’s plans underway; the left is still having a meltdown over everything, etc. etc.)
If you saw yesterday that now Walmart is doing away with DEI, here’s a related piece:
“Study Finds DEI and Anti-Racism Training Sow Divisiveness, Suspicion, and Hostility
While diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have almost become a religion here in America, an unexpected backlash is quietly brewing. The backlash isn’t just among those who question the DEI’s underlying Marxist agenda; it’s an unintended consequence among those exposed to it. A recent series of studies unveils a troubling paradox: anti-racism trainings—celebrated as the antidote to prejudice—appear to sow the seeds of divisiveness, suspicion, and even outright hostility. Rather than illuminating the path toward a more inclusive society, these trainings encourage individuals to find bias where none exists, turning innocuous interactions into acts of imagined oppression.[…]”
I am hoping that by next Thanksgiving, I will have a normal life again. And maybe even celebrate Thanksgiving! With other people!! For the first time in years!! It used to be my favorite holiday — back when my family was still alive and intact, and I cooked up a storm for everybody!!
I guess we’ll see. At the start of the New Year, I might start accepting applications for a new family…
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Enjoy your Wednesday, wherever you are in the world.
There’s not much to add since I posted yesterday afternoon. But if you follow Q, then you know that the news out there is actually terrific!!
If you don’t follow Q, well, I don’t know what to say. But even the Charlie Ward daily update today flat out says there is not much left to report because everything is finally coming true (good stuff, that is).
If you’re late to the table and want to try to follow Q, this channel is a good one:
News Treason Channel 17 – from 2am today (FYI: pizza was a DS code word for pedophiles who mostly preferred little girls):
“Dan Scavino @ 1:16am: “KARMA”.
Q-Drop 663 is the only drop that mentions “karma” that isn’t part of a hyperlink.
Q-Drop 663 just so happens to mention Klaus Eberwein.
Why does that matter?
Klaus Eberwein was a former Haitian Government Official whom was due to testify in a corruption hearing involving the Clinton Foundation.
Problem is, he was found dead of a “suicide” just days before the hearing.
As an added bonus: He owned a pizza restaurant, which I’m sure was just another coincidence.
Double bonus: Drop 116 makes mention of a “crumb dump incoming fast”.
For those new to Q: a “crumb dump” signified that Q was about to make a lot of drops with relevant information.”
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Sanity4Sweden – Red Cross say no to contaminated plasma (6 mins):
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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Starmers CRAZY New Laws 👀 (3 mins):
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Nigel Watson (Finland/UK) – HARRY LIME & THE CRIMINALS OF THE COVIET UNION (12 mins):
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And our Daily Feature.
What Would Keith Richards Do?
This one actually struck a really deep chord in me (no pun intended), especially as I work on my memoir and am constantly confronted by the fact that my adoptive mother was a very destructive and abusive person and that it destroyed our whole family. I was not raised in a spirit of love, that is for sure.
Anyone raised in an abusive home knows what I’m talking about.
What I wanted most was a loving family and in my imaginary world in my head (in terms of my mental illness), I had an enormous, loving family that I would always retreat to when my “real life” got unbearable, which was almost all the time. And interestingly enough, in that imaginary world, there was no mother at all, only a father — and about 18 children. I’m serious.
Anyway.
The random selection comes from Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. And the topic is FAMILY.
If you are familiar with Keith’s life at all, you know that he had a rocky relationship with Anita Pallenberg, but which gave him 3 children, one of whom died as an infant. But that he has an incredibly beautiful family life with Patti Hansen, whom he’s been married to for almost 41 years. Keith has a total of 5 children and 5 grandchildren (with another on the way).
Keith’s reply to the topic of family:
“The only way you can be like me is to have a good family.”
Also:
“Sometimes the only thing you’ve got to hang on to is family.”
And I’ll leave it at that!
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Okay. I want to get to work on the memoir here before I have to take off and work another double-shift!
But once again, I have to say, that I just love the patients I have right now. I’m with my favorite 94-year-old Japanese man every day this week (since Saturday, actually) because his private nurse is on vacation. He is the most amazing man! We talk about his life for hours. He has had the most incredible life. And while we talk, he cries, he laughs, he takes my hand and holds it tight. Sometimes he kisses the back of my hand and says; “Thank you so much for being here. Thank you for all of this.” And most of the time now he remembers my name.
And — what can I say, gang? It is the most blessed experience.
Okay. Have a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I leave you with this again! Just because I’ve been playing it constantly. Enjoy, gang. Life is so beautiful.
“JUST IN: 🇬🇧 Petition calling for an immediate General Election in the UK surpasses 2,300,000 signatures within 48 hours.”
AND–
“India saved $25,000,000,000 by importing discounted Russian crude oil.”
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I saw this from il donaldo trumpoyet again, and thought: hmmmm.…..now what?? [FYI: Popcorn is Q-related, meaning this is all scripted; we’re watching a movie.]
Nick Cave sent out a great Red Hand File the other day, regarding Bob Dylan mentioning Nick and the Bad Seeds’ Paris show in a tweet. (I thought it was posted to Threads, but apparently it was on X.)
Nick said, in part:
“Sitting in bed with Susie in a post-tour stupor, watching ‘Carry On Up the Khyber’ and eating Belgian chocolates (gift from a fan), my phone suddenly lit up as excited friends started sending me Bob Dylan’s tweet–…”
Also, Cave Things has a Black Friday sale going on from now until December 6th!!
“70% off all Notebooks and Stickers
50% off the Suck My Dick Collection
30% off all Charms
50% off Silkscreen Prints
40% off T-shirts
50% off Happy Tea Set
40% off all Tiles
AND MUCH MORE”
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And in my own life…
Well, a few of you guys either have a dark sense of humor or want to encourage me to become a stalker!
I think about 10 of you actually voted in my opinion poll the other day (!!)(see post here) and it was a tie between:
“Drive to his house and park across the street and stare at everything that goes on there”
and
“All of the above”
And even though I wasn’t actually going to do any of the options, and I was going to leave him the fuck alone…
I did actually join his Youtube channel. Even though there are tons of videos of him in concert all over the internet, his personal YT channel only has one video posted on it and that was posted about 3 years ago.
Didn’t seem like an active channel, really. But I could not help myself. I posted a comment and asked him a question that could, you know, be read by anyone in the world and not sound salacious or offensive or anything.
And I figured that maybe some day, a couple years from now, I might get some sort of response.
Well. Try a couple of hours later (!!!)
Holy cow.
I was astounded! But it was a very cheerful reply. This whole thing has really just blown me away, gang. In the last 50 years he has lived all over the place. And I have lived mostly in NYC, but also in Pennsylvania, and several places in Ohio… And now we live 30 miles away from each other? In the middle of nowhere?
And why did I even think to google him in the first place? So weird.
Anyway.
There’s even more good news — I seem to be past the notes and research phase, and I believe the actual memoir is getting ready to come through, gang.
And if you’re keeping track — Valerie and I have been doing our “creativity schedule-thing” for over a week now! Without missing a day. And she has almost completed a new painting!!
And here’s a little more research for the memoir–
Keith Richards remembers John Lennon (1 minute):
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And that is it.
Yoga awaits. And then dinner and a rerun of “Mrs. Brown’s Boys” and then collapse in bed!! And get ready for a double shift tomorrow!!
But it’s all good, gang, because I am excited about going back to NYC…
Okay. Enjoy what’s left of your Monday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I leave you with this!! Enjoy, gang!!
Keith Richards – The Interview You’ve Never Seen Before – Restored From 1988 (33 mins):
Research for my memoir continues for the 6th straight day. I wish I could post here publicly some of the stuff I am re-discovering, but I don’t want to invade anyone’s privacy.
However, it is blowing my mind. I will at least show you this much — just so you can see how much my mind keeps getting blown!!
This photo below is of one of the musicians who was in the band The New Riders of the Purple Sage, in 1972. I did not know this guy at all, however, he looked uncannily similar to the guy I “lost” my virginity to in February 1974. That guy was a musician, also. He was 5 years older than me, so it was a huge scandal, because I was 13 (he thought I was 17). But I was seriously grateful to him and I am to this day, in fact!!
Anyway. The photo of the musician from the New Riders of the Purple Sage is the only “memento” I have of the guy I knew, because I only knew that guy for a few hours , one afternoon, 50 years ago…
Well, long story short. The guy that I lost my virginity to, who was also a musician, is, oddly enough, STILL a musician and….. he fucking LIVES thirty miles from me, out here in the Hinterlands.
He is apparently a very highly regarded bluegrass musician in these parts and he plays a lot of gigs. He’s almost 70 now. He still has the beard and mustache, but his hair is white and cut very short.
I even found his street address, but he appears to be married so I’m just going to leave that all alone. But wow. How fucking weird is that?? (Oh, and he’s a Republican so he likely voted for Trump.)
(Oh, and Valerie is keeping pace with me — a sketch, drawing or painting every day so far this week!!)
Here’s something that is similar to my post from the other day.
I found this photo of the bedroom I had from 1971 to early 1974. From the time I was 11 to 13 years old. This is how the room looks now:
You can’t really see my bedroom in these two shots below, but here is a little of how it looked in 1972 and 1973:
And in the above photo, if you look at the very top right, there was a poster of the Rolling Stones on my wall that I adored and I found the photo online today that the poster was made from — a press conference for their Hyde Park concert 1969:
This is all just stuff that is ‘around the edges” of the memoir, but it is so weird, how I’ll suddenly get an idea to google something and then my entire past is sort of “alive” again. It is the weirdest feeling, gang.
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Okay.
The news continues to be full of optics and psyops, but if you follow Q you are probably feeling extremely excited right about now.
[…]More good news to report — or rather, more good news being promised / telegraphed to us. We now learn that NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) — the corrupt agency which stores dubious data supporting the Climate Change Hoax — is, along with the Fed, the Department of Education, the CIA etc, on the chopping block of Commander Trump and the Q Team. […]
So much winning, and on so many fronts. It calls to mind a hard-to-believe (at the time) prediction shouted out by then Candidate Trump at a 2016 rally:
“If I become president, we’re going to win so much, we’re going to win economically, we’re going to win the military. We’re going to win with health care. We’re going to win with every single facet. We’re going to win so much, you may even get tired of winning. And you’ll say please, please, it’s too much winning. We can’t take it anymore. Mr. President, it’s too much winning. And I’ll say, no it isn’t. We have to keep winning. We’re going to win more.” […]
“🇨🇳🇷🇺 China says all parties must remain calm and exercise restraint following Ukraine’s use of US and UK supplied missiles to strike Russian territory.
“China’s stance of encouraging all parties to de-escalate the situation and commit to a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis remains unchanged.
China will continue to play a constructive role in this regard.”
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If you need help making ends meet or providing your kids with a great Christmas this year, Phil & Keri are doing another $100,000 free cash Christmas giveaway!
Click here and scroll for the rules and application.
Also, I think Phil is planning to do another livestream tonight at 8PM, but check here later to confirm.
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Plus, there are still PLENTY of Q deltas being met, daily. It’s off the charts now, in fact. They are anticipating more Q -related drops to come from Elon. If you want to keep up on all that, follow NewsTreasonChannel17 and keep scrolling.
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From a day ago, in London…
Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – What REALLY Happened At The Farmers Rally Yesterday (4 mins):
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This is worth listening to, if you want the background on all the Leftist shenanigans still going on with the courts in the US.
Audio only podcast (14 mins):
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This happened yesterday on Instagram!!
Bob Dylan posted to Threads about seeing Nick Cave in Paris!
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And our Daily Feature!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
From Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. The topic is Strength & Suffering.
Keith advises us:
“At the end of the day you don’t mess with me. There’s no point in doing it.”
Methinks he probably means that! And I’m guessing it’s something we should each adopt for ourselves, as well! If a certain situation comes up in your world, without hesitation, just say: Don’t mess with me. There’s no point in doing it. And see what happens!!
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Okay!
Yes!
We have snow here today!! I don’t think it will amount to much, but I guess winter is arriving, as we speak (type). And many of my neighbors have already been doing that thing they do so well: Putting up all their Christmas Decorations even before Thanksgiving…. CRIMONY!!! Who has time for this???
I’m actually a little (a lot) (hugely, in fact) apprehensive about putting up the tree and all the decorations this year because I now have SO MANY frisky cats around here!! And 5 of them have never seen a decorated Christmas tree before!!! (Heavy, heavy sigh….Methinks I can already see fragile Christmas ornaments flying all over the place.)
Anyway.
In addition to beginning firearms training, and my ongoing courses in various Christian Antiquities with James Tabor, the Mondly App just updated it’s French courses in Business Conversation and grammar, so I am back to studying French again everyday!! (Yeah, well, I’m not really sure how I’m managing all this, but you know, life sort of takes over and I simply go with the flow. It feels so incredible to have my life back.)
Sandra and I are scheduled to chat early tomorrow afternoon — now that the run of the other play is over, it will now be all about preparing for the staged reading of “The Guide to Being Fabulous” Off-Broadway. I will tell you more details when I can, gang. But it is sufficient to say, that my life is just hugely changing right now. And I’m very excited about it.
And this new daily “Creativity Routine” between Valerie and me is proving to be very productive so far. The goal is to produce something/anything each day, even if it’s just for a few minutes a day.
So far, I’ve been able to work on my new memoir a little bit each day, for 4 days in a row. And also over the past 4 days, Valerie has done sketches, drawings, and begun a new painting(!!) . So this really is working, gang. And it feels incredible.
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Okay. I gotta scoot! I have an afternoon shift today, followed by one of those Required Skills/Training Incentives at the agency’s offices this evening. Yay.
[AND! The entire meeting is in French, and for Biblical Scholars only, and firearms are REQUIRED! So I gotta get moving here.]
[I am, of course, just kidding.]
Enjoy your Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
************* Last night’s listening-music-by-Candlelight!!!
Remember this one, gang??? Such a HUGE hit from my wee bonny girlhood in Cleveland!! Okay, gang. Enjoy!!!!
“A Man Without Love” ❤️ Engelbert Humperdinck 🎤 1968
Yes, and by that I mean: bullshittery is incoming.
Everyone — including Charlie Ward’s news update today, and even Simon Parks’ update (!!), which is never on the same page with anyone else’s intel, are jumping on the same “WWIII” bandwagon this morning.
I’m guessing that maybe this is why they still won’t let Phil do a livestream yet? To try to get this idea that we are on the “brink of war because of Biden” to stick? And that any input from Phil is going to send us all looking in another direction?
Obviously, I just don’t know.
But what I do know, is that Biden is dead (and has been dead since March 2019), so that is not “Biden” essentially declaring war on Putin by way of Ukraine; it’s just some guy doing it.
And Putin and Xi are Trump’s allies, so I’m not buying any of this sudden brink of war narrative, gang.
“BREAKING: Donald Trump confirms he is prepared to declare a national emergency and use the military assets to reverse the Biden invasion.”
I’m guessing that you cannot invade another country from the afterlife — although, I am not 100% certain of this since I have no recollection of the afterlife, even though I’m guessing I’ve been a resident there many, many times. (This is based solely on how exhausted I usually feel.)
Anyway. No actual Biden = no actual missiles going anywhere, in my book. So the narrative must really be that Trump is going to save the world. (Which is actually fine with me.)
One really nice thing about today is that I have the whole day off, which means I am not at the mercy of anyone else’s TV today, so I will not be forced to watch Fox News regurgitate this same “missiles at Russia” narrative all day long…
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Well, it is over! No, not the election!! (Well, yes, that is over.)
But so is Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ Wild God Tour of Europe & the UK.
And, as I had suspected, the sold out show in Paris last night looked massively amazing. (The only thing that disappoints me a little bit is that it seems Nick got a haircut — maybe in London? Just when it was finally getting to that length that I absolutely love! Gone, baby, gone.)
Anyway. Here are 2 photos from Paris last night. (The 2nd one is missing the credit, sorry. It got cut off, unintentionally.)
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And, for now, the Daily Feature continues!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
And our random selection came from — you guessed it — Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. And the topic today is MUSIC.
One of the many, many, many, things Keith has to say about music:
“There is something about music. When you like it, you want to find out where it came from.”
And this statement, coming from a man who was so instrumental (no pun intended) in creating my brain and, in essence, giving birth to my whole life, beginning when I was 12 — well, it looks like a simple statement, but to me, it says everything. [Hence, my new memoir-in-progress. ]
Similarly, you may recall that I posted this a few months ago, and it resonates for me in the same way as the quote above:
And that segues into that new thing Valerie and I are doing — texting each other every day about what we got done on a given project and how long we spent doing it.
This is in order to help each of us get back on a daily routine of doing our creative stuff. Me — writing; Val — painting.
And it was incredibly successful for me yesterday, gang!
I only spent 45 minutes on my memoir yesterday, before having to get ready for work, but so much stuff came out of my brain!! Including the title of the memoir:
Joy — The Shortest Season: A Memoir 1971-1980
The memoir is about the various fathers and father figures I had in my early life and how they shaped me into becoming who I am.
This is the second in a trio of memoirs. The first being In the Shadow of Narcissa — a memoir of my childhood, covering my adoption in 1960 up to early 1971, when I was 10 years old. (Still in progress.)
The third memoir will be about my early life in NYC — Manhattan, Mon Amour. (1980-1989). Basically, the sex, drugs, and rock & roll memoir.
Anyway, I was just thrilled with the amount of work I got done in 45 minutes yesterday. It’s all notes, but the notes took me down roads that I was not expecting. Including, but not limited to(!!):
This amazing house we lived in where so many cool things happened to my brain — we lived here from July 1971 to early 1974, up until my dad left us:
And, this might seem creepy, but it is not intended to be.
These are the 2 bedrooms I had — one in 1975 and one in 1979 — where I attempted suicide. (And no, I did not attempt suicide because the rooms are so god-awful ugly!!) Followed by a photo of the basement where I was raped by 2 guys from the high school during Christmas vacation in 1974.
What fascinates me is that I found these photos online yesterday, on zillow.com — a site that lists houses that are or have recently been for sale. And so these rooms are simply out there in the world now and have nothing physically to do with me and my life anymore. But when I found the photos, I was like, holy shit.
My bedroom from 1975, but as it looks now
My bedroom from 1979, but as it looks now
The basement from 1974, but as it looks now — which is basically, exactly the same.
I have no idea what inspired me to look for these photos of the old houses yesterday (there are a total of 8 that I lived in from 1971-1980).
And I was certainly not expecting the photos to be a veritable touchstone, opening up the whole memoir, to the point where a title even came out. So it was a really fruitful 45 minutes yesterday.
Today, I have all day to work on the memoir, so I am really excited about all this, gang.
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Okay.
Enjoy your Monday wherever you are in the world!!!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I posted this song recently, but I leave you with this again, because I was not expecting that title to come out of me yesterday — and I think I played this song 723 times yesterday after that.
(By the way– if you aren’t aware of it, my middle name is Joy, and that is connected to all of this stuff, too.)
A huge Top 40 radio hit from when I was 11: “Joy” By Apollo 100. (Based on Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”.) Enjoy, gang.
Well, yesterday, my worn and tattered, 4-year-old Trump flag got all tangled up in my autumnal front door decorations, and so rather than have it completely disintegrate by Inauguration Day, I officially took it down last evening when I got home from my shift.
Here is what it looked like when it was brand new and not so tattered:
And now it is at least clean, and folded, and stored away for posterity. I loved that flag. I wonder if my neighbors will be astounded to discover that it is now gone?!
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Okay!!
On a similar note — I love these guys!!! I am so grateful for them. I guess when heroes are in the process of flying around on their private jet and saving the free world, they dine on fare from McDonalds:
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Okay. Phil is supposed to do a livestream TONIGHT at 8PM Eastern. I guess we shall see!!! Check here later to confirm.
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And tonight is the final show of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ Wild God Tour. It is sold out — in Paris. I cannot even imagine how spectacular the show is going to be, gang.
Here is George Vjestica (Bad Seeds guitar player) in Paris just now:
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And here is Keith from a few years ago, but I love this photo! I found it yesterday on Instagram.
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And speaking of Keith….
Since everything else is changing, I’m not sure how much longer I’m going to do the Daily Feature, but for now, here it is!
Our random selection today came from Chapter Three: The Philosophy of Keith!! And the topic is BOREDOM.
Keith says:
“Boredom? To me that’s an illness.”
And I don’t know about you, gang, but I can seriously relate. I have never been the type of person who easily gets bored. It just doesn’t happen. My mind is always going and going and going.
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Okay!
Another new thing in my life!!
In two weeks, I begin firearms training!
The one and only time in my life when I tried to learn how to shoot a gun (a rifle), I was 17 years old and absolutely terrible at it. But we’ll see how it goes this time. And this time it will be primarily a pistol.
I’m taking the classes HERE: Buckeye Shooting Center:
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And on that note —
Today is the first day that Valerie and I are doing our new creativity/accountability schedule plan — whatever the heck you’d call it!
But we’re both excited to get started. (See yesterday’s post.) And that means I gotta scoot, because I also have to work another (shorter) double today.
So enjoy your Sunday, wherever you are in the world!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I leave you with this! Continuing that “Americans with Guns” theme!
From Johnny Horton — his huge hit from 1959, “The Battle of New Orleans”. Enjoy, gang!!
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.
On November 15th 1980, I moved to New York City. Just a wee bonny, intensely fucked-up, sexually abused, suicidal, heavy drinker/drug-taking, but totally headstrong and fearless-despite-all-fears 20-year-old songwriting lass from Ohio… determined to make Manhattan my home!
And it became my home for nearly 30 years.
Post 9/11, though, NYC changed a lot. It really became a horrible place. And prior to Tuesday, the last time I had been to NYC was in September 2019, just before the plandemic & lockdowns. I was no longer a fan of NYC at that point. I went there mostly for business stuff and to visit friends. But I didn’t enjoy the vibe of Manhattan any more.
The photo above is of the apartment building I lived in during my first marriage — to Chong Foun Kee. The Camelot building on the corner of W.45th & 8th Avenue. We were married at City Hall on April 9th 1981. I took the above photo on Wednesday, when Wayne & I were out walking around. My hotel was 3 blocks from the old apartment building! (And it is still in great shape.) (Whereas, the hustler bar that used to be directly across the street from our window has now been torn down.)
Well, anyway. I am back home now in the Hinterlands, gang, but I am here to tell you that I FELL IN LOVE with NYC all over again!!!! And I cannot wait to go back. And, in essence, make it my second home.
Wow.
The vibe there has officially changed. Again.
And while Spirit Airlines is the “no-frilliest” no frills airline I have ever encountered, it makes flying to and from LaGuardia an absolute breeze. Honestly, gang.
You have to pay extra for EVERYTHING on Spirit airlines, but who fucking cares? Not only did they get me there and back without any hassle at all, they actually arrived a half hour early at both ends of the trip. And at LaGuardia, they have an entire terminal to themselves. It took me, literally, less than 2 minutes to get through Security (with TSA pre-check). And, since it is not part of the main “LaGuardia madness,” it is a breeze to get picked up & dropped off by your car service.
If you have access to Spirit airlines where you live, I can recommend them, as long as you don’t care that there are no frills whatsoever. And, YES, it cost me only $80 each way. (!!!!)
And my no-frills hotel room cost me $155 a night.
Even someone such as MYSELF can readily afford this!!
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Okay. So I’m home. [Oh, and PS: I did see Sandra and the new play, but I still can’t post about stuff yet!!]
I did keep on top of all the politics stuff while I was in my no-frills hotel room. And it’s all pretty much the same news now: GREAT, as long as you are not a Deep Stater, or a hardcore Leftist, Neo Marxist, Trump hater.
Oh, and Wayne and I saw a really long line — meaning about 3 blocks long– of what looked like migrants getting on to private buses. With a bunch of official-looking men in bright orange vests, keeping everyone — men, women, children with a ton of luggage — in an organized queue.
Wayne & I just stared at it, you know? It’s really happening, gang. They’re all heading back home. (Although, I’m of the opinion that most of the “migrants” were from South American Central Casting and were harmless and easily traceable with their White-Hat-sanctioned cellphones…)
Anyway. Trump and the White Hats really are already Making New York City Great Again!! And I can’t wait to go back.
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So the news is brief today.
Before I forget, Phil is supposed to do a livestream this evening. I think it will be at 7PM, but check here later to confirm. He says it is good news!
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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Look What Starmer Just Did‼️ (3 mins):
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Sanity4Sweden – Toronto Rainbow Road. Argentina didn’t go to the UN Party (4 mins):
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James Tabor – Would Finding the Bones of Jesus Prove that He Was Not Resurrected from the Dead? (25 mins):
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This will help you understand what’s behind Trump’s various picks and why the other side is so upset.
“Deep Stater Jack Smith Convicted of Treason and Executed at GITMO
Deep Stater and Trump hater Jack Smith was executed at Guantanamo Bay on Friday after being convicted of treason at a military tribunal on November 4. […]
[…] Admiral Crandall presented evidence showing that Smith had received from the DOJ a $4.2 million stipend and $86,000/day per diem during the time he investigated President Trump. He also produced documents, obtained from Smith’s digital devices, proving Smith had a personal vendetta against Trump. […]
[…] Admiral Crandall told Smith the Deep State’s warfare and lawfare against Trump was at an end and that all like him would eventually face tribunals. He even said to Smith that the Deep State was retiring his body double and abandoning its indictment of Trump.
“You’ve lost, detainee Smith,” the admiral said. “You were destined to lose.” […]”
On November 10, White Hats caught up with and arrested a man they had sought since the day the illegal Biden regime appointed him secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The White Hat council referred to him as the “Queen of Spades,” the third most wanted felon in the White Hat’s deck of Deep State despots […]
White Hats last week rejoiced upon hearing that Alejandro Mayorkas was in custody awaiting a flight to Guantanamo Bay.
The arrest, a source in General Eric M. Smith’s office told Real Raw News, occurred in Chantilly, Virginia, a mile south of Dulles International Airport, where Mayorkas deboarded a commercial flight from Dubai. U.S. Marines possessing Mayorkas’ itinerary intercepted his chauffeured limousine on U.S. Route 50 as Mayorkas, the driver, and a bodyguard traveled from the airport to Alexandria. […]”
I love this!! Patti Hansen (Keith’s wife) took this photo of Keith on their recent trip aboard the Orient Express!!! (And just FYI — it has always been a dream of mine to travel on the Orient Express, gang. And preferably not the no-frills version!)
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played 2 explosive shows in Dublin while I was gone. Tonight they play Birmingham (buy tickets here),
Sunday night, November 17th, the Wild God Tour of Europe & the UK ends in Paris!! But the show is sold out.
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And our Daily Feature!!
What Would Keith Richards Do?
Our random selection comes once again from Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations, and the topic is EMPIRE. And it is typical explosive Keith!!
In regards to why the British Government didn’t offer him a knighthood, Keith replied:
“They know what I would’ve said…they knew I’d tell them where they could put it.”
I’m guessing that you will remember these resounding words if ever you don’t get a British knighthood, so take heart, gang. You’re in good company!
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And that is it for today!!
I have back-to-back doubles again this weekend, but they don’t start super early, so I will probably still be able to post to the blog in the morning.
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, gang!!
For some reason, this song is how I feel about NYC now — as if it were a person, a living thing. In a way, it is!! I played it on my phone yesterday morning, alone in my hotel room, packed and getting ready to go back to the airport, and it actually left a tear streaming out of my eye…
So here’s to the wee bonny gal I was, 44 years ago today!!!
From 1967, the folk classic by Peter, Paul & Mary, “Leaving On A Jet Plane” (written by John Denver). Enjoy, gang.
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