Joni Tamalonis

I missed Caturday. So here is Clara on SundayCatFunday.

Down Bad

Brutal and so unnecessary.

Happy International Women's Day!
(I wish it was happier...But, keep going.)

You, too!

a woman in overalls is standing in front of a machine that has the letter o written on it ALT: a woman in overalls is standing in front of a machine that has the letter o written on it

Sorry. Not Sorry. : )

Book cover, The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint Exupery

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20/20

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Book cover of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

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19/20

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Book jacket: When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron

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18/20

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People see what you're doing here, Mark. A major Ick and a minor Unfollow. (Yay, capitalism! Let's give the end users bad information as long as we are lining someone's pockets! FFS.)

Not if the information shared is incorrect!

50% of that is good advice (the books). I am not sure what AI you are using. But, it garners so much incorrect information, it's frightening.

that was short lived.

Book jacket: Seamus Heaney Selected Poems 1966-1987

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17/20

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I absolutely love this idea.

Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo review – a wryly comic coming-of-age This novel about a young woman growing up in a dysfunctional family in Rome is a gleeful dance between truth and fiction

Reading this now. It's a nice escape and very well written.

Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo

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Book jacket The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama

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16/20

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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests,” President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, January 6, 1941

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

Autobiography of a Face book cover. Author Lucy Grealy.

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15/20

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I saw them here in Louisville last year, with Dale on drums. It was fantastic. I was able to remind Jeff that the band slept on my floor when they came through Seattle in 1987.

Love Redd Kross! (for 40 years!) Be sure to report back.

Book cover of The Bird Artist by Howard Norman

I got a day behind...

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14/20

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Egg prices are surging, gas prices are up, and planes are crashing on a near-daily basis.

And this is what the White House is focused on.

ABA It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform. Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity. We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few. But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong. It is also contrary to the rule of law. The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair. We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.

Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

Book cover for Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp

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13/20

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Book cover of The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

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12/20

Lovely. Speaking of lovely...what a joy to find a darling heart in my mailbox. Thank you. I love it! 💖

Siamese cat kitten looking over dining room table from nose up.

Clara. Always watching...

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