Sunday, September 22, 2024

Sunday morning coming down

Actually it's Sunday afternoon, still coming down. The sun is shining, my laundry is done (not folded), and my rudimentary Sunday morning  straightening up is done. I was invited to join a friend to watch a screening of The Hobbit this afternoon. When I looked up from the article I was reading it was 1:10, so fine. I'll look for it on Netflix or Amazon Prime or somewhere if I get very interested. Or listen on audio. Wonderful weaving companion.

Weaving is sidetracked, probably for the rest of the week. Thread is on order, but not yet shipped. Then the thread must go on the loom, tied on, pulled through...you know the drill by now. I'll be busy enough when it all begins, but for now, stalled.

Having little else to do, I'm still knee deep in the coming election, and the big fool says to push on (apologies to Pete Seeger). The article I was reading is in the Washington Post. "In rural Wisconsin a tangle of facts and fears over far away refugees." Probably a paywall, but if you can get it, good reading.

It's about a town hall meeting in Baraboo, Wisconsin, the winter home of the Barnum circus. Probably the former home. I don't remember. I did a show in Baraboo once, and I remember the crowd closely resembling the attendance of this town hall. It also referenced our Springfield, Ohio problem. 

The debate of interest concerned a non binding resolution to aid refugee settlement. Debate was vigorous in spite of the outcome being non binding. The Board of Supervisors voted to table without a vote, indefinitely. Neither the conservatives or the liberals were happy. I predict that county will go for Trump in November. It is fear mongering at its finest.

Our Portage County sheriff who recommended collecting addresses of Harris/Walz signs has his post relieved of responsibility for safeguarding ballots when early voting begins. With any luck he'll be relieved of his job come November.

I stumbled on a wonderful YouTube post last night, before going to bed, and stayed up late to watch it. It's by Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under Clinton, and called 10 Worst Things about the Trump Presidency.  Totally worth the watch. Great to pass along.

And, in other news, such a week at home. On Monday morning, in the very a.m., a text from Beth. Her precious Subaru totaled. She is unhurt save bruising from airbags. She said every airbag in the car engaged.


She was on a country road and hit a deer. Beth says the car and the airbags saved her. And of course, she's looking for a new car, another Subaru, standard shift. Before the loaner rental insurance runs out.

In our old family litany of things happen in threes, Beth told me that Shelly was on her way home in the dark and hit an unmarked road construction open pothole. She lost a tire. "Thank goodness they all are brand new and I bought accident insurance!"

But wait, that's only two. Caroline, at college in Minneapolis, fell and hurt her shin. She iced it overnight, and her mother sent her to Urgent Care the next day. Broken fibula. When I broke my tibia several years ago, it was spliced together with a long shaft and I was on my back in rehab for a month. Caroline is in a walking cast. Young bones and young body!

Rose and I went for fall shots yesterday. I signed up for Covid, flu and RSV. It turned out I could not have the RSV vaccination. I had it last year and it has not been approved for annual use. Save the sore injection site, I am very well today. No Covid shot after effect at all.

And in hope of not having my thumbnail picture be a wrecked car, here's a picture of a mandevilla from only a couple of years ago.



31 comments:

  1. Glad all your family members are okay after each of their bad luck incidents!

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  2. I am also glad your family is ok. And love the mandevilla. Your election news (and one of your candidates) scares me . Big time.

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  3. Wow! Glad everyone is mostly okay. The Hobbit is something to sit and watch. Not good at all just to listen to. The trilogy of movies are visually spectacular. You and kitty should watch it together. The Hobbits have big hairy feet, but they're so cute, so kitty will understand. Linda in Kansas

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  4. Glad everyone is okay, Joanne. That looks like a serious encounter with a deer from the look of the car!

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  5. Thank goodness the most serious injury was a broken leg.

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  6. So sorry about Beth's Subaru. Glad she wasn't hurt. My daughter has done that twice in Texas. Hope the 'comes in three's' is over. How is kitty these days?

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  7. Exciting time in your family. I'm glad everyone emerged reasonably okay.

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  8. cars made out of plastic these days, any boo boo totals it. I'm glad Beth wasn't hurt. Jade totaled her jeep spinning out on an oil spill the highway people failed to deal with or put up warning signs.

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  9. OH my goodness. I am glad both of them in the accidents are okay. And it is crazy about young bones. I did a job on my humerus, (displaced spiral fracture) and was rewarded with metal rods and pins, months of recovery and rehab. One grandson broke his arm skiing, another fell off a playground climber. Both were just casted and were completely healed in six weeks! Thinking about you poor people down in besieged Portage County. No one wants to become a dog whistle. And your sheriff - - - jeeesh.

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  10. So happy about your family being unhurt apart from the tibia but she is recovering well.
    XO
    WWW

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  11. I'm glad everyone is okay. I hope that sheriff is fired!

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  12. Glad everyone is okay. Back in the fifties you could tow that car to a friend who "knew a bit about fixin' stuff and get that front end rebuilt, cars were tougher back then, these days they just write them off.

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  13. Hari OM
    I join the chorus of relief for minimal accident effects upon your family. The tension in the world just now - including coming from your impending elections - is palpable. YAM xx

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  14. When our car was totalled, they did not give us very much time with a rental to make a new purchase. And you don't get the value back that it is to you, so you'll probably go in debt even if you owned the previous car.

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  15. I associate Baraboo, WI with the International Crane Foundation - a far cry from bigotry and evil deeds. Glad to hear that the family is not seriously harmed.

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  16. Hope your family has no more accidents! and glad that they are safe and recovering.

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  17. Things do seem to happen in threes.
    Hitting a deer can tear up a car for sure. And the deer generally gets pretty deaded, too.
    I honestly have no idea how the race can be close. Are people really that stupid? We say, "Well, it's a cult," as if that explains it but is it? Have people really become that deeply invested in a madman? Owen was telling me that they were visiting some of his father's relatives and all they did, day and night, was watch Fox news. They fell asleep watching it. It's just so horrible.

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  18. Thankfully, RSV isn't an annual shot because it kicked my butt last year. I've had the latest Covid and yesterday the flu vaccine. So far, so good besides a sore arm. Hitting a deer can be so dangerous; I'm glad she's OK; the car obviously took the brunt of it. :(

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  19. 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' is a great song by Kris Kristofferson, as you know. Good choice for a title.

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  20. True enough, things happen in threes. I'm glad everybody is okay.
    Finding and buying another car will be the next challenge.

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  21. Well I have covid and Tim has covid. I can't wait to see OUR third thing.

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  22. Thank you for sharing the link to the excellent Robert Reich video. I shared it on Facebook and on my blog, just in case anyone has forgotten how awful trump was the first time around. A lot of people seem to have amnesia where trump is concerned.

    Love,
    Janie

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  23. Glad to read your loved ones escaped major injury in road accidents and I like that karma has stomped on that sheriff.

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  24. Glad to read that Beth is OK.
    I was just in a more rural part of Calif., a place called Merced, and saw a few MAGA placards placed in yards. It made me feel a bit queasy, to be honest. There was one yard that made me feel hopeful, however. It was KITTED OUT in Harris/Walz signage and banners, anti-drumpf signage and there was even one anti Project 2025 sign up in a window. I hope her neighbors are paying attention.

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  25. Wow, that's the sort of thing we don't have to worry about in Northern Ireland, running smack into a deer and totalling the car. No deer in these parts. Lucky her insurance is still in force.

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  26. It sounds like you’re having a mixed Sunday, balancing some downtime with thoughts about the upcoming election. Watching The Hobbit sounds like a nice way to relax, and it’s great you have weaving to look forward to once your thread arrives!

    The political climate can certainly be a lot to handle, especially with such vigorous discussions happening. It’s always interesting to see how local communities respond to issues like refugee resettlement. I hope your friend’s recovery from the car accident goes smoothly; it’s fortunate she wasn’t seriously hurt!

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  27. Your title seems so ironic given the passing of Kris Kristofferson.

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  28. Thanks for the connection to the post article. It is sad how easily frightened we are of each other particularly if the other doesn't share skin color. It isn't new, as pointed out in the article refugees were rejected from Europe in the 30s and 40s.

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  29. Glad to hear everyone is OK, Joanne. Hope the thread arrives soon and love the picture of the mandevilla. Take care.

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  30. Hi Joanne, just stopping by to catch up and say hello. The fear mongering is real! Glad everyone in your family is okay.

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  31. Thank goodness Beth is OK. Wow! That is really scary. I'm glad to know the shots were OK. We'll be getting our COVID/flu shots soon. We're holding off because we have a trip coming up in April and want the vaccines to still be strong enough to fight whatever germs are on the plane and areas we'll be visiting.

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