Lois Wickstrom

‘The world needs to know what happened to my baby’: inside devastating new police-body-cam film The Perfect Neighbor Composed almost entirely of footage filmed by police, The Perfect Neighbor is a harrowing documentary about a black woman shot by her white neighbour in Florida. The director reveals how she made it

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

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My booklife review of Children of the Wandering House gave me all 10's except punctuation. I used Grammarly. What program do they use?

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Going back to college, I've become a slower reader. I'm only taking one class, and I can't keep up with the reading.

For many, a 'natural death' may be preferable to enduring CPR Despite its reputation as a lifesaver, for the elderly and medically frail, CPR may cause more harm than good. It's why many doctors opt not to receive it themselves.

www.npr.org/sections/hea...

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Being logical got me there. It took a while.

Every American should read this judge’s stirring rebuke to Trump | Austin Sarat The court’s opinion in a case on immigrants’ right to free speech is a powerful lesson in civics

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I just posted two more books in the Kingdom of Mir series to Ingramspark. They will be out next March. That will give me time to do publicity.

The haunted comeback can

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Heard a talk last night by Edda L Fields-Black, author if Combee. She reinacted parts if the Freedom Seekers escape, including getting stuck on a sandbar and running through a rice paddy.

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While carrying my fiberglass shofar to the park last night, a woman asked if it was a snake.

Judge issues blistering opinion against Trump policy to deport pro-Palestinian students Judge rules non-citizens have the same free speech rights as US citizens under the first amendment

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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My homework this week is to read slave narratives, written by the slaves themselves.

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At meditation group, we were talking about pronouns. A member suggested using we/us, since we are all one.

A 160-year-old campaign against civil rights heads to the supreme court Louisiana v Callais could roll back what remains of the Voting Rights Act, putting the future of America’s multiracial democracy at stake

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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We are getting solar panels today. Yay for future electric bills of zero.

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I'm not sure how memory is different from fairytale.

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I finally found a story in which listening to the oracle is a good thing: Sandjata

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I made three comeback cans yesterday. Some took longer than others, but all work on the same principles. Like wordle.

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It's time to go down to the river and enjoy the wildlife.

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Happy New Year. May we have the strength to do the right things.

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My meditation last night was about not finding joy in other people's pain.

Trump Is Getting Closer to Having an ‘Infinite Money Pit’ If the president takes over the Federal Reserve, he will have extraordinary power to reward his friends and destroy his enemies.

Donnie and the Fed. Here's the Atlantic's take: www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

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So many letters not in today's word.

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Today I'm going to try to make a gluten free vegan apple cake. Cooking for potluck has become a learning experience.

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I try to live by the model "I can cope" but coping implies I can act or decide. Politics has me stumped.

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My mother never thought a visit to a doctor was complete without a shot. She would love RFK's new recommendations for four shots instead of one or two.

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Had an interesting time in class yesterday, arguing about the meaning of a poem with other students.

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The campus bookstore is out of time machines, and our teacher just posted an assignment due yesterday.

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I saw a study in which parents said they would feel more guilty if their child had a bad reaction to a vaccine than if they died of a vaccine preventable disease.