I Guarantee This Will Make You Cry...

...but it should also inspire you to LIVE while you can.

Is Anyone There?

I've been blogging for years (nearly 20!), although I've been less active during some of those years. At times, I've blogged with others (Right We Are!, Liberty's Torch).

But I've been noticing lately that a substantial chunk of the blogging world has quietly just - vanished.

The ones that stayed were:

• Group blogs - Instapundit, Townhall, Liberty's Torch. It helps to be able to take time off without worrying about losing readers.
• Transitioners - from blogs to podcasts and videos. Some stayed with their original blog, others transitioned to YouTube, Rumble, or Spotify.
• Authors and other Creators - their blog was always considered to be their 'side job'. They used their blogs to promote their other work (which got them PAID).
• Linkers - very little original content, mostly annotated links to other sites. Yes, most of us have some of our posts fitting this description, but some became like Lucianne, which mostly provides links to others.

So, is it worth my keeping up with this blog? I'm not sure, and will take some time over the next few months to think about it.

Missing the Obvious

Somehow, in this Breathless Love-the-City Piece from the Style section, the NYT has missed the obvious answer to the question:

Why are New Yorkers eating earlier now?

The NYT blames:

• Work from home enthusiasts eager to put a marker in the end of their work day
• Covid curfews that lead restaurants to close earlier
• Lack of grateful workers to serve their betters
• Prioritizing sleep over a social life
• And, my personal favorite excuse, 'rejection of corporate hegemony'.

So what reasons could there be that haven't been explored?

How about the desire to get back home, and behind a locked set of doors, before the 'Youths' hit the streets and raise havoc?

Nah. COULDN'T be that the sophisticated, urbane city-dwellers are avoiding contact with the - uh, more VIBRANT residents of the city, could it?

Silly me for even suggesting it.

Wonderful to Feel Better

After a LONG time of feeling sub-par, I'm nearly back to very good. The 'water pills' helped a lot. The doctor and I never did manage to nail down why I was retaining buckets of water for so long, but, once I did one cycle of meds, I was back to normal functioning.

So, I can bend my knees and ankles without pain, walk more than short distances, and generally function like someone without medical issues.

That's done a LOT to bring back my normally sunny disposition. Even a nasty cold last week barely dented my high spirits.

I've finished almost all of the re-certifications with the carriers and ACA Marketplace. I've started contacting people about updating their medical info, and getting ready to do a check on their plans, to make sure they are in the best possible plan for the coming year.

I'm walking more, and with little difficulty; I'm even managing stairs more easily. So, Win-Win.

SS, DD

If you're not sure of the meaning of today's post title, here is a link.

I still check into the news each day. Why, I'm beginning to wonder. It's an endless recap of the latest Attempt to Force the Peasants into Compliance with Endless Directives from Poorly Educated "Elites".

Here's the attempt that spurred me to blog yet again - the Thomas More Society has filed a complaint with the MI Board of Elections, for outsourcing the voter roll cleanup to Leftists.

Amazingly, the Leftist-controlled entity, ERIC (Election Registration Information Center), is considered an Independent and Impartial organization, dedicated to the noble task of making sure that citizens with the legal ability to vote are the only ones on the rolls.

I know, I know. We've heard it all before. Like Charlie Brown believing Lucy will hold the football for him, despite their history.

That's not what's meant by Keep the Faith.

Leftist Fight Against Reality

Leftists are on a - dare I say it? - CRUSADE Against Reality:

• They will Transform the Climate!
• They will Transform Genders!
• They will Transform the Economy!
• They will Transform Education!
• They will Transform the Culture!
• They will Transform the Way the Sexes Act and Interact!
• They will Transform Capitalism!
• They will Transform the Family!
• They will Transform the Church!
• They will Transform Work!
• They will Transform Childrearing!
• They will Transform International Relations!
• They will Transform Publishing, the Arts, and Music!
• They will Transform the Office!
• They will Transform the Home!
• They will Transform the Human Body!

So. How's that working for them? (To paraphrase Dr. Phil).

Do you see ANY aspect in that above list that has SUCCESSFULLY changed?

Me, neither.

That list, and my response to it, was created in answer to Bookwormroom's post of yesterday.

I like what she wrote. She used the situation of farmers, and how they exemplify the impossibility of the Leftist Philosophy. The cycles of weather, crops, the local ecosystem, and the skill of the farmer - and just plain luck - determine the harvest.

Not Central Planning.

Not Eco-Warriors.

Not Government.

Not Prayers to Gaia.

Experience, and the willingness to work.

Leftists want to change human existence; they envision the possibility of human beings deliberately setting a goal, and using the State to enforce the changes that would (in their view) be necessary to make that goal a reality.

When the goal is not reached, Leftists take that as a challenge, and make more rules, regulations, and laws to bend reality to their will.

When that doesn't work, and they finally accept that their solution will not work - with THAT group of people - why, they simply eliminate the human roadblock, and bring in more compliant people.

Again and again.

Leftism and Statism lead to genocide - with the 'intelligentsia', the Kulaks, the 'wreckers', the 'political enemies', the Jews, the peasants, the Uyghurs, the American native-born Whites, the Deplorables - all must be destroyed.

Nature, and Natural Law are the enemies. Human Nature, in the case of most people caring more about the well-being of their own biological families than strangers, is the enemy. Sexual Dimorphism, and the natural difference between the sexes, is the enemy.

Natural differences between people are declared to be the result of "systemic racism", and, therefore, the enemy.

Every facet of Human Life that will not bend to The Will of the Leftist People must be opposed, and, if not defeated, destroyed.

Taking Time for Me

I've been pushing myself to keep going (even though flat surfaces attracted me like a magnet), through a cold and accompanying asthma attack. I had a time constraint on finishing my prep for AEP (Annual Enrollment Period for Medicare). Fortunately, I managed to do so with my top 4 providers, and with the Marketplace, too (that's (Un)Affordable Care Act for the rest of you).

So, I was able to check into QSO Today's Virtual Conference, and learn how to build a kit for some ham radio components. I already have a transceiver (just have to get my husband to bring it up on the next trip).

I had a stellar time, and am looking forward to reviewing the video created, and finishing my new little toy. I got stalled with the project when we started winding a toroid, and my hands kept cramping. That, and my vision started getting too blurry to continue at that time. I put in drops, and will get back to it after a little down time.

There were other sessions, too - Setting up a long-distance antenna in a small space (even if you are burdened with an HOA, which I am not) was particularly interesting. We're on a lunch break for now.

That conference had been around for a while, but really took off when COVID hit. I'd attended before, but the numbers really soared when they were the only get-together in town. It's only $10 for the 2-day conference, which to me is a bargain.

I'm going to be checking into the conference tomorrow, as well. The NOARS (Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society) has a meeting the next day. so I'll be refreshed and ready to tackle AEP prep after that.

What do any of you do for fun?