Kathy V.

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Saturday was like a street party, so much fun.

@fedex I am surprised he could read our address to deliver the package, he sure did not read the sign.

Urbana, Illinois on Saturday

Tuning out and having fun with mushrooms, well images of them anyway.

Our local protest covered by Illinois Public Media.

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„Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained.“ Dazu ein Bild von Fabian Schmidt.

Dass man Araber inhaftiert, ohne Gerichtsverfahren festhält und foltert, gehört ja zur Normalität. Dass man dasselbe aber mit einem weißen deutschen Ingenieur namens Fabian macht, ist ein Skandal. Damit schaufeln sich die USA ihr eigenes Grab.

Felt good to DO SOMETHING. Protest against unresponsive Mary Miller of Illinois.

YouTube video by Erik van Straten Malvina Reynolds - we don't need the man -

Happy International Women’s Day.

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Meant to say “watched”. It seemed appropriate to watch something about public health care and caring about others while the putrid MAGAt bile was spilling out of the dumpster fire.

It’s helping, certainly it is redirecting my mind to a different place while I am doing it. With the tsunami of sludge coming from Muskovite, Putin, and their puppet president, it does not last the day long.

I watch Call the Midwife.

Keeping calm with art therapy, or attempting to.

I sent one anyway, spitting into the wind I know.

It is always a joy to knit a sweater that fits.

Pattern: Soft Chains by Hinterm Stein
Yarn: Miss Babs Killington in Pewter

I made a tree

Learning to use watercolors as part of my escape from the news onslaught self-care routine.

I made a tree.

Great cartoon in a funny not funny sort of way.

It is so deeply upsetting, but it is such a torrent of ugliness. When will it be a bridge to far for Congress?

My mom can no longer knit but she enjoys seeing what I am working on and I talk to her about the techniques I am using. I am sure she will love hearing about how you did the cables and the yarn that you used.

She probably misses the feel of yarn in her hands, this will be so appreciated.

How the world sees us.

Trump’s true enemy isn’t China or Russia but liberal democracy The new Cold War between Europe and America

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Busey Bank made our active checking account’s online login dormant. Called them to get it fixed and, after verifying credentials, they would not reinstate my login to our joint account without my husband getting on the phone and giving them permission to allow me access. What is this, the fifties?

Does ICE know about all these Canadians in my yard?

Lou Auger on Substack I'm with Bernie on this one!

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Post a schedule of Martin Luther King Day events and I will be interested.

Facing a few COLD days of another polar event, I was trying to think of something to say other than “colder than a [sorceress’s breast].”

How about colder than a summer in San Francisco? (not really COLD though)

Colder than an oligarch’s heart?

Colder than a for-profit HMO’s approval process?

I have the advent box too and was so happy when, after finding two tiny skeins that I had no idea what to do with, that there was such a cute pattern to go with them. I look forward to making this hat too. Welcome to the addictive world of stranded knitting.

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January 10, 2025 Today the Department of Labor released the final jobs report of Joe Biden’s presidency.

When it comes to the economy and recovery, clearly half of the country did not get this message; now we are nineteen days to economic chaos (with the expectation of inexpensive eggs).

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