This morning, I wrote to a lovely LJ friend about her UK interests. I wandered a bit, and lost myself in the weeds of international relations. Since my pitch to her got lengthy, I decided to move that part here ( Read more... )

I did some errands and got my annual glaucoma (cheered up by a new doc named Claire, who is definitely easy on the eyes) check-up, then home for lunch and made short work of the newspaper ( Read more... )

I know it's gonna be hard to top the preceding Ttumpsky piece, but we're moving on to -- RECIPES ( Read more... )

So, yeah, I'm watching a little TV, here in central eastern FL -- and Rachel Maddow is on, saying that the main newspaper of Orlando (80 miles from here), the Sentinal, has gone on record NOT endorsing Donald J.Trumpsky in 2020 ( Read more... )

We've all heard about what billionaire George Soros has done in Eastern Europe (especially in his native Hungary) to promote democracy and liberal ideas ( Read more... )

So, Friday the 22nd: the fateful day for Special Counsel Mueller to deliver results of his 2-year look at Trumpsky's collusion with Putin and Russia. Alas, by the Justice Department's arcane rules governing such investigations, only AG Barr has the actual report for now ( Read more... )

I'm delighted that so many old friends read my piece three weeks ago, AND commented so kindly on it ( Read more... )

My apologies to one and all for not posting in the last three weeks. The Mid-term elections yesterday kind of overwhelmed me, and -- suddenly -- they were past ( Read more... )

Just saw this delectable girl over on Tumblr, reblogged it there -- and then decided you lovely readers might enjoy a little Thursday-morning action! http://ultradevi.tumblr.com/post/148770875972/wait-a-minute-if-shes-so-turned-on-as- ( Read more... )

Whew! This Saturday evening brings to a close our holiday season here in Washington. We had another couple here for dinner and a little bridge (oh, and -- of no small consequence -- watching on TV the town's NFL team beat the Philly Eagles to get themselves into the division playoffs). For our friends and us (we go back almost 30 years) the evening ( Read more... )