I am puzzled as to why my Blogger dashboard suddenly is showing a much high number of hits per post than I've been used to. There are still only a few comments per post, but instead of the number of 'engagements' hovering around a hundred, now some posts are hitting above 400.
I wonder if perhaps Blogger has changed their algorithm or what? Or are a myriad of FBI agents perusing my ramblings? Have any of my blogger friends noticed something similar?
To my congressmen:
What makes a country great? Is it a president who weaponizes the FBI to seek revenge on anyone who disagrees with him? Is it an administration that builds concentration camps and uses masked thugs to round up suspects--usually people of color? Is it a party that openly seeks to rig elections via gerrymandering?
Or is it a regime that seeks to rewrite history, censor books and museums, and control education as the Soviet Union did? My eighth grade civics teacher called it propaganda. Or is it this same regime sending armed troops against its citizens--another ploy also used by the Russians.
Are we great because Mr. Trump openly embraces Putin while disrespecting Zelensky? Does the regime's embrace of Fox celebrities and questionable "authorities" while rejecting people with actual knowledge and experience strengthen our country?
The GOP once railed against the government overreach. Now it backs a despot who strong-arms corporations into making over a percentage of assets to the government.
Are we great yet? While Trump golfs and redecorates, and Vance vacations--all at taxpayer expense, the national debt grows, social services are cut, and, thanks to tariffs and workers detained by ICE, the price of everything has increased.
Have you abandoned any pretense of checks and balances? So much winning is destroying our country and people like you are to blame.
Your increasingly disgusted constituent who hasn't forgotten the Epstein Files.
As an Appalachian author, I was asked some time ago if I would blurb this book, set in Appalachia and, after reading a digital ARC (advance reading copy,) happily did so. Now the book is published and I was sent a copy--so I read it again.
It's a very good read with an admirably tough female protagonist (former military special investigator turned PI Annie Gore) and a very twisty plot. And a creepy folk tale that differs from teller to teller. Even though I'd read the book some months ago, I still found surprises.
Is this the beginning of a series? I hope so. There are still some unanswered questions . . .
Ready for the first day of Third Grade. Josie's second grade teacher has moved up too and Josie is happy she'll have Ms. Fox again. And a lot of her friends are in the same room.
While she was waiting for time to go, Josie drew a really nice macaw--one of her favorite birds.
After watching the Orange Guy roll out the red carpet and clap like a fan boy at the arrival of another criminal, then deflate like a used condom when he failed to achieve his goal of an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine (there goes that Nobel Peace Prize,) I thought of a useful portmanteau word to describe his abject truckling to a brutal dictator and his crumpling under pressure.
May I present . . . TRUMPLE-- to give in to authority, lick authority's boots, and whimper "Please Sir, may I have some more?"
But, hey, he's got an invite to visit Vlad. Be a shame if the Trumpler fell out of a window . . . that happens a lot over there.
