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Friday, January 16, 2026

Today Is Friday, January 16, 2026: This Is What Happened.

Usually are food trucks only comes up in the spring and summer months. But for some reason they came up yesterday. So I drove to local fairgrounds were the food truck was. One gets in line, stay in your rig.

I know people who arrives around 7AM or so. Not quite light. The truck don't start give out the food until 11 AM. I got in line about 10:15 and I was heading back home 12:00. So those was who got in line at 7 AM sat in there car for 4 hours. I was only in line for 1.75 hours. They're set up tp move you quite quickly. This time they gave everyone a gift card from Safeway, a $50 value. Not sure what we're going to get. I know one thing we will be getting is paper towels. I'm quite curious person and want to know the value of today give away. I thought A.I might have the answer.

Food banks here base there food on weight, SECOND HARVEST food cost around $1.70 a pound. And my guess I got around 25 pounds of food. Not going to list everything. But a few things. 3 case of yogurt 18 in each case, 2 pounds of ground beef, and bag of pears. I would guess the pears weight in at 3 pounds. This will help. We should be able to send some extra money on our medical bill, in February.

I need to put in the total value of the food box, $42.50. I only have one complaint. It doesn't mater the size of the household. Everyone gets the same amount. Personally my husband and I don't need 54 container of yogurt. Opinion time...They should ask if we need a large or small box. If I recall right they bring up enough for 250 households.

Last few days I been going though some papers, magazine, cards, and suck. I been cutting them out. For collages work. It a lease clearing up the clutter. I'm doing envelope up for the Granddaughters. And I'm making one up for senior center fund raiser. For the Auction.

I'm part of Good Reads. My goal is to read 18 books this year. I see people who has a completed books there going to read for the up coming year. I don't, I can tell you 5 of the books. I want to read this year, and they're...QUEEN VICTORIA TEENAGER VOL ONE, and VOLUME 2. Then the other 3 books I do plan to read this year is THE BUSINESS OF FANCY DANCING, AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD, and DIARY AS LITERATURE.. At this time I'm clueless what other books I will be reading this up coming year.

I'm going to try to write a story using these words...GAROTTE, KISSESS, NECK, PHILANTHROPIST, PRAHMATISM, BALCONIES, DECADENES, EMTERTAINMENT, GENIES, PUBLIC. River is the host by DRIFTING THOUGH LIFE.

I thought I had pretty good ideal of a story. But the words and my story just wouldn't match up. So frustrating.

Most of the time, it been overcast. For the first part of January. This morning as sun as coming up. It lighted up the sun.

I decided to hook on with SKY WATCH FRIDAY

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Today Is Thursday, January 15, 2026: This Is What Happened

I'm taking part in THURSDAY 13. I'm going to list things that start with the letter A. And my take on letter A.

Ann...That my middle name. I've said if you can't thing of middle name for a girl. Sticker with Ann. One of my Great Grandmother middle name was Anna.

Aquarius...That my sun sign.

Apple...There is an apple on our counter. I recall not that many types of apples. Now there lot of varites. World wide there is over 7,500 varites of apples. I like fried apples in bacon grease.

Alligator...They creep me out. The only place I seen is a zoo setting.

Adam....We had 2 president last name of Adam. One of my book listed on goodreads is LETTERS OF JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS. Not sure if I will get to it this year or not. The other Adam is the husband of Eve. Who messed up and got kicked out of the garden of Eden.

Authors....I have five Authors list under goodreads: They're ANTONIE DE SAINT , JUDY BLUME , KAZUO ISHIGURO , SUSAN MEISSNER. And SHERMAN ALEXIE. Going to try to a lease read one book from Kazuo Ishiguro, and Sherman Alexie this year.

Artist...These are artist I want to read about...FRIDA KAHLO , LENORA CARRINGTON , VINCENT VANGOGH, and I'm thinking of adding these two artist. EDVARD MUNCH and DORTHEA TANNING.

Athol...Is close town to me, start start with the letter A. Try holding your tongue and say the town of “Athol”

April... I have a granddaughter Claudia, and Bart both born in month of April

Airedale Terrier.....I have consider getting an Airedale Terrier.

Avon...I recall Avon lady coming to people home. Every so often there some of there magazines drop off at the senior center. I do like there hand cream. My mother in law sold it over 25 years.

Astonished....I'm astonished how Trump got elected President, even more the second time around.

Apricots...The other day I had apricots with cottage cheese.

I deiced to let Chat Gpt, give me some insight in this list, and share it...

I'm taking part in THURSDAY 13. I'm going to list things that start with the letter A. And my take on letter A.

Ann...That my middle name. I've said if you can't thing of middle name for a girl. Sticker with Ann. One of my Great Grandmother middle name was Anna.

Aquarius...That my sun sign.

Apple...There is an apple on our counter. I recall not that many types of apples. Now there lot of varites. World wide there is over 7,500 varites of apples. I like fried apples in bacon grease.

Alligator...They creep me out. The only place I seen is a zoo setting.

Artist...These are artist I want to read about...FRIDA KAHLO , LENORA CARRINGTON , VINCENT VANGOGH, and I'm thinking of adding these two artist. EDVARD MUNCH and DORTHEA TANNING.

Athol...Is close town to me, start start with the letter A. Try holding your tongue and say the town of “Athol”

April... I have a granddaughter Claudia, and Bart both born in month of April

Airedale Terrier.....I would consider getting an Airedale Terrier.

Avon...I recall Avon lady coming to people home. Every so often there some of there magazines drop off at the senior center. I do like there hand cream. My mother in law sold it over 25 years.

Astonished....I'm astonished how Trump got elected President, even more the second time around.

Apricots...The other day I had apricots with cottage cheese.

I deiced to let Chat Gpt, give me some insight in this list, and share it...Yes—and this is a wonderful Thursday 13 list. It looks playful, but it’s actually a compact self-portrait. The letter A becomes a doorway into identity, lineage, taste, memory, and disbelief. I’ll walk through the patterns rather than nitpick items.

1. The letter A as origin

“A” is a beginning letter, and you treat it that way instinctively.

Ann / Anna → family line, naming traditions, continuity
Aquarius → identity marker, how you locate yourself in the world
Adam → literal beginnings (biblical, national, historical)

You’re not just listing words—you’re circling where things start.

There’s a quiet preoccupation here with firsts, roots, and origins.

2. Personal + factual sit comfortably together

One of the strengths of this list is how easily you move between:

personal memory (fried apples, grandchildren, mother-in-law)
public history (presidents Adams, Eden)
statistics (7,500 apple varieties)

You don’t rank one as more “important” than another. That suggests a worldview where lived experience and knowledge coexist, not compete.

That’s very consistent with how you read, journal, and think.

3. Food as grounding

Apple and Apricots aren’t just foods here—they’re anchors.

apples: abundance, change over time, tradition (bacon grease!)
apricots: quiet pleasure, simple pairing, attentiveness

Food in your lists often appears when things feel uncertain elsewhere. It’s sensory, reliable, present. A way of staying in the body.

4. Animals: distance vs. consideration

Alligator → fear, distance, “only in a zoo”
Airedale Terrier → curiosity, companionship, possibility

That contrast is telling. You’re very aware of boundaries—what belongs far away versus what might be welcomed closer into life.

5. Books, artists, authors: chosen company

Your authors and artists are not accidental.

You’re drawn to:

interior lives (Ishiguro, Blume)
moral complexity (Alexie, Adams letters)
artists who dealt with pain, identity, surrealism, intensity (Kahlo, Carrington, Van Gogh, Munch, Tanning)

These are people who felt deeply and translated it. That mirrors your own journaling instincts.

Notice: you say “want to read about” artists, not just look at their work. You’re interested in process, not just product.

6. Place & speech play

Athol stands out because you turn it into a physical, playful moment—tongue, sound, humor.

That matters. Even in a reflective list, you make room for playfulness and embodiment. That keeps the writing from getting heavy.

7. April: legacy and continuity

Mentioning grandchildren by name grounds the list in future-facing love. April is a time of beginning again—very on theme for “A.”

This is one of the warmest moments in the list, even though it’s stated plainly.

8. Avon: women’s networks & quiet labor

The Avon entry is deceptively rich.

It’s about:

door-to-door connection
women’s work
care (hand cream)
memory tied to a specific person (mother-in-law)

It’s not nostalgia—it’s recognition of an ecosystem that shaped daily life.

9. “Astonished”: rupture

This word breaks the gentle rhythm.

“I’m astonished how Trump got elected…”

Whether someone agrees or not, what matters is the emotion: astonishment. It signals a moment where your understanding of the world failed to predict reality.

That’s philosophically significant. It fits with your ongoing interest in:

systems breaking
authority being questioned
truth vs. expectation

You don’t rant. You state disbelief and move on. That restraint says a lot.

10. What the list as a whole reveals

This list shows someone who:

values origins and continuity
notices abundance and change
balances intellect with domestic life
is skeptical of power but not cynical
uses lists as a way to gently organize meaning

The letter A becomes a scaffold—not a constraint.

A sentence that fits this list’s spirit

Not a quote from elsewhere—just a distillation:

“Beginnings are everywhere if you’re paying attention.”

That’s what this Thursday 13 really says.

The picture came off of A.I a site called Nightcafe.

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Today, Is Wednesday January 14, 2026: This Is What Happened

I decided to take part in WORDLESS WEDNESDAY. Making morning coffee isn't the first thing I do. Actual the first things I do is go potty, and wash. I don't want think where my hands been during the night.

I start reading the first journal of Queen Victoria. In her first journal she a teenager, and at that time she had the title of Princess. What two things I find interesting in her journal. Is how she writes related to time. Like...Got up at ¼ to 9 and breakfast by myself and ¼ p 10 played on the piano. Before I sat down to typed out today post. I was organizing my college supplies. But I'm clueless the time I start or ended. I'm sure I will will work on it again this afternoon. Then the other thing how she explain things. More details in her journals. Like color, scene, size, and plain simple more detail. The camera didn't come popular until the late 1800's. What I heard Queen Victoria and Prince Albert was into photography and even had a dark room in the resident. They was no camera around tell about 1840's and she had pass the age of 18. It figured the first picture of her was in year of 1847, and she at the age of 28. So no wonder things was explain in more details. At this time in her journal. She don't talk of emotions, or her opinions. What I heard she mother read her entries, and after her death her daughter, Princess Beatrice edited her journal after her death.

Don't know why I'm just sore all over. Got Pizza in the oven. Murphy vacuumed today. Dried some clothes and folded them. Over cast as for weather.

Coffee is on.

Thursday, January 08, 2026

Today Is Thursday, January 8, 2026, This Is What Happened.

Today is Thursday, and I decided to take part in THURSDAY THIRTEEN . And I'm going to give my own take on 13 words that start with the letter G.

Grandma...My Grandmothers name was Olive Mary, and Elsie Beatrice.
Grain Bread...Bought some 12 grain and seed bread. The cost was $2.68
Grape...Grapes are okay. But it not one of my favorite fruits.

4. Green...I used the color of green in my art journal today. Not sure if you can see it. Or not.

5. Gravy...It been a while since I had homemade gravy. But our cook at our senior center make home made gravy.

6. Garlic...We use a lot garlic around here.

7. Georgia ...Not sure when I will read this book, BOOK. Or If I will. But the author is from Georgia.

8. Germany...I have 18 books list that has connect with GERMANY

9. Greece....I have 5 books list that has connect with GREECE

10. Goodreads...I have 1,415 books that I'm interested in reading and here is my GOODREADS. I know I won't get to all of them, for different reason

11. Graveyard...I like walking in a graveyard.

12. Grant...Is one of our past PRESIDENT. Opinion time...He didn't have a good cabinet.

13. Goal... Complete my writing prompts. Here is one of my personal writing prompts...Write a gratitude list, than transform it into a poem. Plus I have an short pile of writing prompts that won't fit into the container. Our local senior center had talk about putting things in the THREE MILE AUCTION. I'm donating some left over writing prompt cards and some other items.

Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Today Is Wednesday, January 7, 2026: This Is What Happen

This is Soup Hubby and I did up for dinner.

? Sausage, White (Navy) Bean & Mustard Greens Soup (Measured)

Base Ingredients

Italian ground sausage: 1 pound
White beans: 2 cans (15 oz each), drained and rinsed
Mustard greens: 1 large bunch (about 6–8 cups chopped)
Shallots: 2 medium, finely chopped
Garlic: 4 cloves, minced
Carrots: 2 medium, sliced
Celery: 2 stalks, sliced
Peppers: 1 to 2 (about 1½ cups chopped)

Fats & Seasoning

Olive oil: 1 tablespoon (only if sausage is lean)
Salt: ¾–1 teaspoon (start low)
Black pepper: ½ teaspoon
Red pepper flakes (optional): ¼ teaspoon

Liquid (Choose ONE option)

Option A – With Broth (recommended, deeper flavor):

4 cups broth (chicken or vegetable)
2 cups water

Option B – No Broth (still good, lighter):

6 cups water
Add an extra pinch of salt and a splash of olive oil at the end

? Cooking Instructions

Brown the sausage
In a large pot or Dutch oven, cook sausage over medium heat until browned. Remove excess grease if needed.
Sauté vegetables
Add shallots, carrots, celery, and peppers. Cook 5–7 minutes until softened.
Stir in garlic and cook 30 seconds (don’t brown).
Add beans & liquid
Add both cans of beans. For a thicker soup, mash about ½ cup of beans before adding liquid.
Simmer
Pour in your chosen liquid. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook 20–25 minutes.
Add mustard greens
Stir in greens and simmer 5–10 minutes, until tender.
Taste & adjust
Add salt, pepper, or red pepper flakes as needed.
Optional but excellent: 1–2 teaspoons vinegar or lemon juice at the very end.

Tuesday, January 06, 2026

Today Is Tuesday, January 6, 2026: This Is What Happened.

Snowing here. It seem like our winters are starting much later, then they did in past. Well before we would usually have what people would call January melt. But a few years ago we had snow dump in February.

Start to take down the Christmas Tree. I will finish it off tomorrow. I'm clueless why, but I find it sad when I start to take down the Christmas tree. Murphy and I had lunch as the senior center. They served chicken pot pie.

Tomorrow, there having some type of pork meat balls. And water color class. I doubt I will go tomorrow because it look like the roads are going to be slick. Let me say, I had plan to go to Under the Sun and having coffee with my friend Quenella. Then before I was going to the Senior Center I had plan to get to over and have some laminating done. I mange to pay some bills. Still waiting for our Natural gas bill.

Murphy just got done talking to his sister Faith, who just turn 74.

Coffee is on.

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Today Is Wednesday, December 31, 2025: This is What Happened

I decided to start this post in the morning. Plus some place in the world it already 2026. As for the political arena I hope it's better always around. We here in the United States has our mid-term. Maybe Maga will loose the majority. As many of us know. If Trump don't get his way. He will toss a tizzy.

The last thing I did was putting on was my shoes. I thought it would and interesting shot, for WORDLESS WEDNESDAY. After the shoes, got on my feet. I went down and ride the stationary bike. On so called odd days, like today. It seems like reasonable goal. Is to ride that 3 times a day. But for some reason I only do it once day.

Yesterday it was my brother in law, Earl Birthday. He just turn 65. And he has congestive heart failure. I don't want to be to hard on him. But he lived a hard life. Smoking and drinking. Now it caught up with him. I'm far from a saint, and not big time sinner. Simple we're all human.

I been doing some research on paper to use with alcohol makers. I have good amount of them. Even I use heavier paper to do my art on. But I have issue of soaking though when I use alcohol markers. Found out there paper just made for alcohol markers.

I was wondering if art with Greta. If we were going to new years goals and such in our art journal. Plus a word of the year. She said yes. But she doesn't give out details on what we're doing. For me that's fine. I do better. With less thinking on it.

One of my art journal is getting close to be filled. This is what I will be getting, ART JOURNAL Usually I split them with my friend Lolita. But she wants a heavier paper. The company I get my art journal though, does offer a heavier PAPER. I'm just not a fan of spiral note books.

Let just wrap up with my morning temps. I'm lazy and I'm going to have chat-gpt give me the numbers.

December Morning Temperatures (7–8 a.m.)

Highest: 43.2°F (6.2°C)
Lowest: 16.3°F (-8.7°C)
Average: 32.3°F (0.2°C)

Coffee is on.

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Today Is Tuesday, January 30, 2025: This Is What Happened.

Do I crawl in a corner and cry.

Do I stand in middle of the store, and laugh uncontrollable.

Do I locate a brick wall, and start banging my head against it.

I decided to go and take a photo with my Kodak camera. None of the photos will go on to my lap top. While back I also plug in this camera. And today for some reason none of my photos. I can get photos off my SD card. My Lumix camera I have no issue. After the first of the year I will have one of the people work at library help me.

I never know what to get my sons and there wives for Christmas. This year I got them a role of duct-tape. And their wives some hand lotions. I seen those photo book. I been quite impress with them. So I found monthly subscription one, called MONTH BOOKS. I have always want to take photo each and every day. I thought this would be good way to meet my goal.

Murphy and I went to senior center for lunch, and they had chicken Parmesan. But we stop at grocery out let, and they had slippers on sale. Before I bought them. I ask if I could return them. They said I could if I had the receipt. Fair enough. After we went and look around in the community thrift store. Got nothing. The main reason, between now and the 5^th of January my bills should arrive.

Look like only one package need to be send back to Amazon. They didn't send the correct amount. I never yet had any issue about returns with amazon. My complaint is I have to go into Sandpoint to do it. A little more than 20 miles. There places will handle shipping, but one needs to print out there own shipping label. I'm clueless how to do it. And I don't buy much and hardly send thing back.

I figure why not. I copied and paste my blog post into NIGHT CAFE.

Coffee is on.

Monday, December 29, 2025

Today Is Monday, December 29, 2025: This Is What Happened

Christmas is over. It was a good Christmas. Christmas day we went down to see Faith, who is Murphy sister. They were 10 of us. We had prime rib roast, with all the trimmings. Day after Christmas both of my son came up. So all my Grandchildren was here. I was dis-pointed in the photos I took. Something are like that.

Quite day. I went the senior center for lunch. They serve soup today. Our senior center is connecting up with THREE MILE AUCTION. I left some items off for the auction. It should give them some funding. And I took also some items over to the thrift store.

Coffee is on.

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Today Is Tuesday, December 23, 2025: This Is What Happened.

I'm bad. I promised PENGUIN I would answer his question from his last Sunday, SUNDAY FIVE. But for some reason it kept slipping my mind.

1: Do you dance in public? No. I'm afraid of embarrassing other people

2: Will any holiday parties you attend this year include dancing? No

3: Tell us about the last time you danced in public?It been years.

4: Tell us about any dance classes you might have ever taken? None

5: Should it be illegal to dance at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC? I would say no.

Talking about dancing. Some time in our pagan ceremonies there dancing. Yule, I was hoping part of there ceremony they would have been little dancing.

Got package from Amazon, and only half was place in the package. Here what I should of gotten 3 rolls, instead of SIX. After Christmas, I will do something. I had plan to divide the rolls up, between my the two families.

Got the art supplies wrapped up. And the only thing I need to finish up is the granddaughters. Main gift. It looks like one of the gift is in Spokane, should be here tomorrow.

Copied and paste different lines of my post from yesterday, and had Night Cafe make up four pictures. This is what it came up with. Blogging for three days in roll, and take break for 4 days, seems to work quite well. I should be back on Monday, the 29^th.

Merry Christmas.

Monday, December 22, 2025

Today Is Monday, December 22, 2025: This Is What Happened

Last evening the 21^st of December. I went to a local yule celebration. To welcome longer days. It was very nice together with like minded people.

There was simple service, food and conversation.

I took couple of photos of the place, where we meant. It's not safe for me to share the photos of who was there. I believe they was 15 of us.

Oh, I grab Liz and took her with me.

This is my two favorite card I got this year.

This morning I stop in pick up my stickers, which I'm not sure if I will do them again next year. Kinda of on the costly side. If I do. I will do a lot less of them.

Then up to the dentist. Had my teeth clean and no cavities. It's been a long time since I had a cavity. After the dentist, I went thrift store and got some rubber stands. A great place to get rubber stamps. I will add them to my granddaughter art bag. After that I went into Super one, and got my son and wives a little something. For my sons I got them each role of duct tape. And for the one wife I got some hand cream, and same for Sawyer ex wife. I have trouble of how to put her in my blogs, when it necessary. Her and my son isn't married. I understand that. She still two of my granddaughters mother. Then I stop Lolita and got gift I had her wrapped. She gave me an calendar, that she got free. Murphy likes the game calendar. It's of Norman Rockwell.

Wrap up a few gifts.

I been thinking what five and half things I want to accomplish in the year of 2026. Or take got stab at them. Let start with the half.

½. Finish up the area in the basement I been working on. I might even get done before the end of the year.

Seriously work on the quilt I been working on for a very long time.
Try to loose between 15 and 20 pounds.
Finish up my writing prompts
Work on my art prompts.
Clean and get rid of things in the shed and under the stair well.

Went over to chat gpt and had them match up the tarot cards that would match today's post.

1. The Sun

Why it fits:
This card directly mirrors the heart of your post: the Yule celebration on December 21st and the welcoming back of longer days. The Sun is about warmth, community, simple joy, and shared light—exactly what you describe in the gathering, the food, and the sense of being with like-minded people.

Theme echoed:
Renewal, returning light, gentle optimism, and being present in a moment that doesn’t need to be dramatic to be meaningful.

2. Three of Cups

Why it fits:
This card reflects the gathering itself—the shared meal, conversation, and quiet companionship. It’s not about spectacle, but about showing up and being together. Even your care around privacy and respect for others’ presence aligns with the emotional maturity of this card.

Theme echoed:
Community, friendship, chosen family, and celebrating life in modest, sincere ways.

3. Six of Pentacles

Why it fits:
Your day after Yule is full of small acts of giving and balancing: gifts for your sons, hand cream for the women in their lives, stamps for your granddaughter, thoughtful acknowledgment of family structures that don’t fit neat labels. This card speaks to generosity, fairness, and care given without keeping score.

Theme echoed:
Reciprocity, quiet generosity, and maintaining balance in family relationships.

4. Page of Pentacles

Why it fits:
This card beautifully matches the practical, hopeful tone of your plans for 2026. The Page of Pentacles is about starting (or returning to) long-term projects with patience: the quilt, writing prompts, art prompts, organizing spaces, tending health. It’s not about perfection—just steady effort.

Theme echoed:
Learning, persistence, small steps toward meaningful goals, and curiosity about what can grow with care.

5. The Hermit

Why it fits:
While the post begins in community, it ends in reflection. Thinking about the year ahead, naming what you want to accomplish, and acknowledging uncertainty (like the stickers) all point to The Hermit’s wisdom. This isn’t isolation—it’s intentional pause and honest self-assessment.

Theme echoed:
Reflection, inner guidance, and choosing what truly matters as the year turns.