Well, the Tories were tossed out on their ears. That’s good. The reform scum are surging in their place. That’s bad. The US did, in fact, against all reason take that swerve into crazyland and 45 is now 47 and wouldn’t we all be happier if he was 86’d? What a country. There’s just too damn many people on this earth who are dumber than dogshit, mad about it, and willing to make it everyone’s problem. It’s a crying shame when somehow they stumble into power.
We’ve got a new berner pup, Ms. Athena. She’s sixty pounds of adorable in a ten pound sack, has the attitude of a hundred firecrackers, and for some reason also answers to Teapot. Your guess is as good as mine on that front.
Kirsti and the boys remain much the same. All of us older, none of us that much wiser. ;) I take that back, I have been encouraged by occasional sparks of reason and maturity from both boys, however fleeting in their completely adorable tween bodies. (Kirsti of course remains brilliant and breathtaking and wise and kind and funny and creative; I married so far out of my league you’d need a space telescope to see it.)
In closing I’d like to note that immigration is hard and expensive. We are *incredibly privileged* as immigrants go and it’s still quite an undertaking. My sympathy for those making a go of it in the US is all the stronger.