I don't know how anyone can blog every day. I know I tried it in December but I chose an easy topic to address day after day: Christmas ornaments & decorations. I could write more than one of those a day and schedule them for posting.
I can't live on this computer - there's just too much else requiring my attention.
Exercising at least 4x a week is one of those things. If I'm going to do it I must get to it in the morning. Afternoon is much too late.
My exercise routine includes this one.
2 miles - 30 minutes.
Homeschooling Granddaughter #1 once a week, usually Thursdays, is another time commitment.
Yesterday was a lighter day for me because she had a standardized math test to do on line. It's still required my being present and dealing with the laptop when it froze up. A call to testing center brought her back on line to complete the test.
Next week I have Granddaughters #3 & #4 here all week from Buffalo. Sunday we drive to Utica to meet up then return home. We repeat that the following Sunday.
I'll be lucky to even turn on my computer while they are here.
I know I've been resorting to reposting The Contrarian articles and below is a portion of today's:
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) has found his voice and his moment in his reelection campaign. In a recent rip-roaring speech, he clobbered the Trump regime for its economic blunders, moral rot, and increasing inability to hide either from the American people.
His most memorable line hit the regime’s connections to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and the wider lack of accountability from rich, powerful men. “Now, you remember we were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. Do you remember that? But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich,” he said. “It is the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class, ruling our country. They are the elites they pretend to hate.” The powerful analogy to Epstein goes beyond the subset of men who had direct dealings with him. It points to the billionaire class that plunders the economy, compromises institutions (e.g., news outlets), and supports a cruel, racist autocrat.
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Ossoff continued ticking off Trump’s domestic outrages. “So, prices are up, jobs are going away, Medicaid and school lunches are slashed, nursing homes are getting defunded. If you’re Steve Bannon and your pitch was Trump for the forgotten man and woman, how do you sell any of this?” Instead of fighting for average Americans, Trump is “literally closing rural clinics and hospitals to cut taxes for George Soros and Elon Musk,” Ossoff observed.
His forcefully delineated Trump’s racism, sickness, and corruption:
On ICE he thundered: “Why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?” (Though Ossoff has been a strong critic of Trump’s draconian and illegal immigration raids, he did not dismiss voters’ legitimate concerns about a secure border. “The American people demand and deserve secure borders,” Ossoff said last month. “The American people also believe every human being should be treated with dignity and respect.”)
But I'm not going to keep this up or at least not post the articles in entirety. For the rest of this article go to The Contrarian here.
I haven't even set up my Books Read for 2026. Maybe I'll skip it this year.
Any way you'll be seeing less of me for while. If I'm able to I'll try to stop by your blogs.
Sometimes I take a day off just because it feels right.
ReplyDeleteMy days of caring for and ferrying grandchildren are long past! But my goodness, we did a lot of it back then...to Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, when my dons were in the military, and then when one settled in Virginia and his first daughter was here with his ex wife. We once had a grandson with us for almost a year. Busy times! Now they're all in their 20s and 30s and scattered to the winds!
ReplyDeleteI try to blog every day. It's my online journal. Not necessarily exciting stuff, but it makes me write.
Understand completely, you are very busy. Like Granny Sue I use this blog as my journal and for family and friends to keep up with what we have been doing. There may come a time when I will cut back but that's not here yet. Usually in the evenings when we both settle down, hubs with his reading on one sofa, and me with my blogging on the other, I set to making my daily posts. Sometimes I can get ahead of things and have several days already logged in, and then I can add to them with up-to-date snippets as each day goes by. I hope you can get a routine going pop in every now and again. I will miss you but as I said, I understand perfectly. Happy Valentine's Day!
ReplyDelete...have a blast next week!
ReplyDeleteI've been blogging daily for many years, however busy I was, because I need to share what's happening with online friends, teaching anything I've learned, supporting readers in their lives, too. But then I used to be a freelancer writing short form features no matter what, and writing and editing a blog his not a time consuming activity. Half an hour will do it, because I save bits of ideas all the time to use at will.
ReplyDeleteThat said, it's not for everyone, and we'll happily read whatever you can do!