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Passed all my DMV tests at 100%, no errors. But the ID photo of me, despite my lengthy elaborate makeup this morning, resembles a corpse. Maybe a ghost corpse. But I'm good to go for another 4 years and can crash into as many buildings as I want. Yah! 👻 💀 🚙

Yesterday was my birthday. My sister found this old photo of my dad holding me in a backyard. It's one of 2 old photos I have of him in relative health. I was 11 when he passed. Handsome guy. 💖

“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.”
Alice Walker, "The Color Purple"

In a weird birthday phone call to me, my ex-husband who was an abusive, alcoholic, adulterous and cruel spouse during our 16-year marriage, spoke of his life. He remarried to an heiress with family compounds all over the nation. His life expanded with travel, a winter villa in Mexico, fine dining, events, a summer home in Canada, the best of everything. My life contracted and got far smaller, and my jobs were horrible while I attempted to make ends meet. It seemed as if he was rewarded for his bad behavior.

He revealed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
I said, “I’m so sorry” realizing that he’ll forget all his lush adventures as they fade away. But some inner voice in me thought, “Welp, there it finally is, karma." I feel sorry for our adult son who must witness the slow disappearance of his father. 😐

Today I purchased a hanging pot of some fuchsia germaniums from Germania at my local Ace Hardware because I am a cheapskate and they were only 15 clams. Hung them in front of my home on a shepherd hook plant do-hickey. Nice splash of color at the front porch.🩷

Just want to get this information sorted clearly. We're compensating January 6 rioters for rioting and storming the capital? I watched that event on live TV and was traumatized. Can I file a claim for emotional distress? 🤔

Tonight I watched a couple of episodes of "This is a Gardening Show" starring Zach Galifianakis. It's streaming on #Netflix and is funny, educational and endearing. Refreshing to watch a show about growing and foraging foods instead of all of the dark, menacing stuff consuming the news cycles. Shortish episodes, lots of green exteriors, knowledgeable gardeners and kind of a psyche cleanse. Recommend. 📺 #Series

Off to the local DMV today for a renewed license and photo. Have to take an eye exam and refresher written exam because geezers my age keep driving into buildings. Lathered on a bunch of make-up because I'm so pale, the photo will reveal that I look like a walking ghost. But who cares? Ghosts need to run errands too. 👻 🚙

I have horrible luck when calling for information Typically, I wait on hold for 45 minutes and then get disconnected.

Today, I called the state's DMV office expecting the same. But within 5 minutes a REAL HUMAN responded to my query about renewing my driver's license. I have to take an eye exam and the written test because I'm a billion years old. But Martha, the REAL HUMAN gave me some tips on the best time and what to study. We're both confident that I will pass and I think I've just experienced a DMV miracle. Huzzah! ✨

A village board meeting for June 2 in a nearby Lake County community was cancelled. Residents are very concerned about a huge T5 data center planned on former farmland. The town approved it a few years back, before anyone knew how nasty data centers were as neighbors. I'm with the disgruntled residents. 🤔

You know you're a card carrying geezer when your body parts can predict the weather. We're expecting heavy thunderstorms tonight, the kind that are deep red and pink on the weather radar app. But my big toe went into weather alert mode this afternoon because I have a Magic Bunion! 🦶 🪄 ✨

How cool is this "I voted" sticker? It was made by a school kid in Lake County, IL in a competition. Has a Keith Haring vibe. Oh yeah, I voted in our primaries this morning.

Just saw my first honey bee in my fuchsia germaniums from Germania. Pollinators at work! 🐝

As foretold by my Magic Bunion, we are now under a tornado 🌪️ watch. The weather service could hire a few of us for more accurate forecasting. 🌧️ ⚡

This morning in the Chicago Sun Times I read about new and pop-up bagel shops taking on big bagel. BIG BAGEL ⁉️❓ ❓ 🥯

Because my little 3 year old, curly raven hair neighbor girl was using her bubble making toy there are glorious soapy orbs flying around the neighborhood. She inspired me to order a #LouMalnati pizza from their local take out store. Be the bubble, we're just not here that long. 🫧 🍕

A pretty relevant article for half the population from the June 2026 issue of "The Atlantic".

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/06/conservative-masculinism-misogyny/686939/

The press needs to celebrate and emulate Zolan Kanno-Youngs, the young New York Times reporter who held his ground and queried the president about the Geneva Convention and war crimes yesterday. We need more of Zolan's courage and determination in the US. ✨

The tornado sirens went off 🌪️ and my television blinked off. It's a deluge of water and lightning. This year, Illinois has had 54 (fifty four) tornadoes, more than any other state in the nation. It's only April. The 2nd tornado warning went off and will expire at 11 PM. My sister who lives a bit south and west of me in the same county just texted me that her sirens went off too. Have to give it to the Midwest, the seasonal changes are very dramatic. Thanks again to my Magic Bunion for accurately predicting tonight's mayhem. My phone is charged and a flood warning is in effect now. 💦

Very locally ~ Today I swapped out all the heavy winter bedding for the summer weight bedding on my queen sized bed. Washed, dried, folded and stored it all and made a lighter weight summer time bed. I put on over a half mile of steps running around that bed a zillion times. 🛏️

When the weather forecast is for sunny and warm but the ominous dark clouds whisper "psyche!" 👀 🌧️

From Die Zeit ~ Artist is Ben Wiseman.

The Chicago Bears are ( allegedly) moving to Hammond, Indiana and heads are exploding state wide. It's a football zombie apocalypse and I'm gonna make popcorn. 🐻 🏈 🧟‍♂️ 🍿

RE: @oswaldosrm@hachyderm.io

This is spectacular. The robot chases wild boars back into the woods. It doesn't shoot them or threaten them, he just runs them off. Edward 💖

Why do we have a House Ethics Committee that applies only to members of Congress and not the other thieves and career criminals running the nation? I am perplexed. ⁉️

Very locally ~ Today I saw a large, fuzzy gray squirrel munching on what looked like a buckeye previously buried in the side yard. Buckeyes are native to the state. It was a pretty good find because usually, squirrels only locate about 20% of their autumn buried stash, according to squirrelologists. 🌰

RE: @RadicalKindness@mindly.social

Oh hey, a late night goblin posting inane garbage on the inter-webs. Guess Natalie Harp, mid 30s, Liberty U grad spends her nights in AI slop, among other things. Big ick. 🤢

Lots of lightning and warm sky tears falling tonight. They will continue to fall, boom and flash all night. But I made a nice dinner, got all my steps done and then some, cleaned the kitchen and put it all away and watched a few episodes of Steve Carell in the goofy and funny "Rooster" on #HBOMax . Good day.🌟