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@newsguyusa@flipboard.social During its initial enthusiasm, did DOGE remove ‘treason’ from all dictionaries and law books?

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#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Friday, September 4 🍁

1. Two massive spruce trees, about 100 yards away, fill the long-distance view from my couch spot. I watched the screeching juvenile scrub jays spend their morning diving from the trees’ tip-tops almost 180° straight down, over & over again — amazing!
2. Super-quiet day with few interruptions — just me, an audio book & a new Procreate challenge. 😬
3. …and buttered popcorn for brunch! 🍿

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social First, use superglue to effect a charming smile and insert marbles into eye sockets.

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #bloomscrolling #photography Wednesday, July 29🌺

1. Peaceful, quiet, sunny days with few interruptions and a limited to-do list.
2. Caught up with all seasons’ podcasts from Fr. Jim Martin on the Jesuit ‘America Media’ channel. He is a skilled interviewer & had some remarkable guests. Looking forward to new content soon.
3. Oleander seeds look like dust bunnies & disperse wantonly in early spring, growing EVERYWHERE. This one (below) just bloomed in a pot of holly & is peeking, voyeuresque, through my bedroom window. 😳

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social I like the part where EVERYBODY gets the benefit from taxes that EVERYBODY pays.

@violenteastcoastcity@mastodon.social Can’t you just speak into your cuff like they do in movies? 😆 (Boosted your toot for more serious replies)

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Well done, you! 👏👏👏👏👏

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Even if 99.99% of We the Peeps wanted him gone, (I think) the tiny fraction remaining would insist on following legal convention and not boot out his butt, at least until 2028… …unless you want to invoke the forbidden “R” word…😱

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social To reach100% we’d have to include SCOTUS, Congress (House/Senate), the Cabinet, all of 47’s administration, “his” military, the twisted media, all of the Billionaire Boyz and other oligarchs — and that small percent comprises the real weight of power.

@darkuncle@infosec.exchange#Haiga #haiku #zen #digitalart

@KevinHuigens@genealysis.social Happy Birthday! 🥳🎉🎊🎁🎈🍨🎂 Happy Birthday! 🥳🎉🎊🎁🎈🍨🎂

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social This is EXACTLY the reason my feeder remains unfilled and I feed the birds with seed scattered on the ground!

@PrinceOfDenmark@mas.to Sending positive juju to your family. 💙

@violenteastcoastcity@mastodon.social Boomers were the solution, not the problem. Blame Boomers’ parents & grandparents. Boomers were very young adults in the early 60’s.

@LFpete@mas.to Welcome to Fedi’s corner of gratitude! 🥳

@tbortels@infosec.exchange @darkuncle@infosec.exchange Thanks! Appreciate your info (new to me).

@PrinceOfDenmark@mas.to LOVE THE ART! 🩷

@petes_bread_eqn_xls@mastodo.neoliber.al YES! 😇

@darkuncle@infosec.exchange SO true! Rocks bend, fold & flow, blossoms open & droop in their own time, mountains are growing, continents collapsing, galaxies expanding, species dying — and we perceive none of it with our human senses.

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Thursday, Sep 10 🍁

1. Holy Cow, it was hot today but our blessed delta breeze is back in order & cooling things off.
2. I finally took needed pics, posted on NextDoor & in ten minutes gave away ALL my analog oil painting stuff — easels, paints, canvasses, brushes, everything.
3. Had groceries delivered & ate ice cream for dinner. (Because at this age, who cares?)
4. Bonus: Watched the 9/11 Memorial Mass from St. Patrick’s in Manhattan, which was lovely. Deep & sincere sympathies tomorrow for all affected. 🙏

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #birds Tuesday, Aug 4 🥀

1. Big, fat, round, firm, juicy, succulent, balloon-like red grapes with cottage cheese.
2. Our delta breeze has returned, temps are down, maybe no A/C today. 😬
3. Lulled into pure relaxation by two of our neighborhood’s Swainson’s hawks circling & soaring on the thermals this morning. Next time around, I want wings!
4. Bonus: This season’s Northern Royal #albatross chick is trying out his wings, preparing to fledge in 5-6 weeks. You can just feel the wind calling to his deepest instincts in this video. (lady Hawk YouTube channel)

https://youtu.be/i54mP2nblUs?si=c4qpQFouClaqElJf

(Alt text: a large, white/black, almost full-grown albatross chick stands on the edge of a grassy plateau overlooking an estuary, exercising his huge wings and letting a stiff breeze hold him aloft for a second or two as he flaps & jumps. We can feel his sense of longing to lift into his future of thousand-mile sea voyages as he struggles to learn balance, control & coordination.)

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social “Supposedly” the destruction was part of normal maintenance, per the agency that did it.

@billgoats@bitbang.social Hilarious swimmerwoman! Thanks for posting!

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social “Frozen ass moose fucker” is classic! 🤣🤣🤣

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Monday, Aug 3 🥀

1. Chatty grandson came to visit last night & brought ice cream.
2. Had ice cream for lunch & a carb-coma nap. 😬
3. I’m breaking all our water restriction rules and running a backyard sprinkler for the birds. It’s 103° out and I’m pretty sure they’re hot.

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social I’ve been astonished that in these days of every sleazy, unsavory, freaky sexual revelation ferreted out by nosy media NO ONE has found definitive dead/alive status of one of the most prominent of America’s Elite 100 Senators. (British mystery TV could have solved this in the opening five minutes. Veraaaaaa!📢)

@gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green WE ARE SO STUPID!!!!

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #poetry Saturday, July 25🌺

1. Another breezy, sunny, peaceful patio morning with tea and a good book.
2. Brunch was leftover sourdough flatbread vegetarian pizza AND popcorn with Cajun seasoning. 😬
3. No chores & no interruptions gave me time & space for a summer poem (below).

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Too true!

@Jgbird@mas.to The word among hummingbirds is, “Try your best to pose for this dude!”

@newsguyusa@flipboard.social Because $2.50 isn’t enough to pay for ONE MEXICAN TOMATO. 🤬

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Friday, Sep 18🍁 — catching up

1. Housecleaner on vacation, gardener AWOL, no deliveries, no visits, few texts & only 2 phone calls all week. A perfect island of solitude when space opens up & I feel free.
2. While creating a family history for grandkids from genealogy records & old photos, I discovered a surprising fact I’d missed previously: I’m first-generation American on my dad’s side & tenth generation American on my mom’s. (Dad fibbed, 🤣)
3. Made the best dinner I can’t wait to make again: Cajun-spiced ground beef patty in the air fryer, topped with a goopy fried egg. OMG!
4. Bonus. This season’s NZ albatross has fledged, the recently bereaved Big Bear Valley male eagle likely has a new mate, and there’s a humpback whale in the Sacramento River delta!

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social AMEN & AWOMEN!

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social LOL!

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Sunday, Aug 16 🥀

1. Stress-free, fun, gossipy visit with Vagabond son & DIL, which included presents from their recent trip to France & Germany.
2. Fave veggie sourdough pizza lunch on the patio with them and “my” nearby hummingbird.
3. Finished catching up on all episodes of an excellent podcast (Fr. Jim Martin on America Media). There are some remarkably intelligent & interesting people in the world!

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social 😳

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Saturday, Aug 8 🥀

1. After 15 years on Reddit, I deleted my account today. They’re going full-on AI in multiple ways, and there’s no “redeeming value” to posts anymore. Buh-bye!
2. Lovely patio nap today.
3. Most of my yard looks like the end o’ summer, but there are scads of new blooms on the oleanders. Unpredictability seems to be a hallmark of #ClimateCrisis.
4. Bonus: Rosemary potatoes in the air fryer and an omelet for dinner (if I ever get off this couch & go cook.)

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Sunday, Aug 2 🥀

1. Our heat wave has arrived, but with ceiling fans & judicious window/door management, my house stays cool without A/C until mid-afternoon. Blue skies & sunny days are worth the few HOT days.
2. Tomorrow is my eldest granddaughter’s 27th birthday — the year she’ll finish her veterinary medicine degree. She’s gorgeous, brainy, and so much fun! (She’s also in NC so I’m missing the cake!)
3. Long email from an Internet-only friend I’ve known for at least 15 years. She travels to Ireland annually to study Gaelic & catch up with her Clan, and she writes about Holy Wells…very interesting woman.

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Sunday, Aug 23 🥀

1. Dinner visit with chatty grandson last night, whose conversation skills outweigh & outlast mine by 300%. I’ve embargoed his (GOP) politics, but apparently anything/anyone before 2015 is fair game. 😖
2. Very weird, haunting dreams in restless sleep, but realized it’s just the week of the stupid full/fool moon so it will pass. (We humans are 60-75% water…the tide doth riseth.)
3. Back to my normal hermitic life this week; YEA!

@ProPublica@newsie.social How about, SEAT BELTS IN SCHOOL BUSES?

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social 😳🩷

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Wednesday, Sept 9 🍁

1. Local granddaughter and her partner are bringing dinner tonight, yay.
2. They have asked for our family’s history & I’ve been steeped in musty nostalgia for days, digitizing ancient photos & devising a journal/memoir. Very tedious work, but I do love creating artsy graphics. 🖌️👩‍🎨
3. Summer has returned & with it “my” teenaged scrub jays which are screeching SO LOUDLY I’ve had to shut doors & windows. I’m hoping my memory is correct & they’ll disperse to other neighborhoods soon — otherwise they may become appetizers.

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Sunday, September 6 🍁

1. Chatty grandson visited last night, bringing poppyseed muffins from his other grandma. Yum.
2. Binged a lot of Season 1 of “For All Mankind.”
3. Scheduled appointment for 3 vaccines on the same day as a hairdresser appt. Big day for Cyn the Recluse!

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Gads! 😱

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Thursday, Sep 3 🍁

1. Eldest granddaughter passed (with a ridiculously high score) her North American Boards in veterinary medicine. She’ll be finished in May unless she opts for further specialty training; she’s only been in school 22 years, lol.
2. #porchsitting today displayed waves of fluffy sky fractals, dolphins, a Bichon, a turtle & a Shitzu. The final wave was cloud cover heralding (maybe) rain. ☂️
3. To avoid doomscrolling from real-life doom, I’ve cut back on Mastodon in favor of audio books, podcasts & Procreate art. (Unsure yet if it’s helping. 2026 is setting some grim records in so many areas.) Always happy to read this section of Fedi!

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Thursday, July 23🌺

1. Had a lot on my “to do list before the housecleaner comes” so I drank real coffee and OMG I FELT GOOD TODAY! Got everything done, including spraying floor tile grout with bleach, which both asphyxiated me & wrecked my unused muscles — but the floor is sparkle clean!
2. Filling the hummingbird feeder yesterday when a glorious ruby-red dragonfly sat on a nearby leaf. As serial killers go, they’re stunning. (95% kill rate, more than most earthly predators!)
3. I may get flooded this coming El Niño winter, but this has been the nicest summer I can remember, even if the blooming shrubs & trees are out of sync.

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #PopeLeoXIV #Paris Friday, Sept 25 🍁

1. Great Greek dinner & fun evening with my g’daughter, her partner & my co-grandmother last night.
2. I’m within shouting distance of completing this abbreviated family history project (from 1636-1955). I’m stopping at 8th grade as no one gets to see my high school, college & 1970’s secrets. 🤣
3. Watched a lot of the Pope’s first busy day in 💗Paris — France seems VERY enthusiastic for Leo XIV!

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings Tuesday, Sept 22🍁

1. Delightfully sunny Equinox Day with chilly mornings & evenings, the backyard jays have mostly shut up, and I had four hummingbirds in a crape myrtle tree without combat.
2. Met the challenge of accurately sorting out Polish immigrants’ names & dates for this family history project.
3. I’ve found genuine respite from doomscrolling by limiting daily time to a couple of brief sessions, AND a lovely online friend surprised me with a generous gift. 🥳