She still loves you even though she doesn't recognize you.

mom, that can be tough.

Somehow, scrolling down, I got just a peek at the top picture, a little horizontal slice with just a bit of the circle and other figure and said to myself 'Miro". This is bewildering as I have no formal art education or training at any level and not that much museum and book time. I find myself wondering if that one is so famous that even I know it, or if it is perhaps "so Miro" that it signaled me or what. With that already setting my mind up for it, I think I actually already knew the second, from somewhere, and the rest had to be more of the same, after all. Now I wonder if it is Miro, and if he and maybe a few others are so uniquely special that they just leap out at you like some of Garcia's solos.

Well, today is farmers' market, rounding out another week and we switch cooking duties tomorrow and therefore shopping duties today. Inside the huge cycles of seasons, there are these little ones that have more reality than such things as what month it is. Weekends come and we wait almost anxiously for Monday, because that's when the majority go back to work and the kids go off to school and the town quasi-empties and errands become much less of a hassle again. Weekends mean that we must be out and about early in order to retreat and hole up when the crowds hit the streets, stores, and pavement. Big cycles and little ones and even epicycles maybe - enjoy your fall as it leads towards winter. Here, in this locale, it is muted, though next week we'll spend a few days at a nearby lake which might have more color, new to us as a campground and only birded it once, so can't visualize habitat.

Have a great one.

for mom and smiley
The mother never forgets
the son in the room.
She looks left and right,
but sees straight ahead.
The son feels slighted, but
fear not, she's still there.
Keep cool in your head, for
she envelops you near her
even when you think she
has gone far from home.

Have a thoughtful and restful day, folks.

there have been lots of people that have wanted to privatize the national parks for years, but now they have their man in place and it just might happen.

Trump advisory council recommends expanding private business in national parks

A Trump administration advisory panel is recommending an ambitious plan to give private businesses greater access to national parks, according to a memorandum written by an advisory council for the Department of the Interior.

Some price increases could also in the works for park visitors under the plan.

Drafters of the plan say it amounts to little more than a much-needed modernization of aging infrastructure, and that the goal is to make national parks accessible to a younger, more diverse audience. Critics, on the other hand, see corporate influence at work.

There are 419 national parks in the United States, from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska. All are overseen by the National Park Service, which is part of the Interior Department. That department is headed by David Bernhardt, a former Republican operative and corporate lobbyist who has made no secret of his desire to increase the presence of private enterprise in national parks.

Private businesses — including concessionaires and tour guides — already operate in many national parks, but Bernhardt and a number of his deputies have argued that the parks have $12 billion in deferred maintenance, and that such funds are much more easily found from outside the federal government than within.

Now that plan seems to be rapidly taking shape, despite opposition from conservationists who say it amounts to nothing more than a corporate giveaway. They argue that the Trump administration has exaggerated the need to raise funds in order to justify the sale and lease of public lands outside the national park system, as well as favorable terms for concessionaires inside the parks. Some of the nation’s biggest concessionnaires, such as Delaware North, are headed by significant donors to Trump and the Republican Party.

Then make and EFFING donation to the parks you f'ckwad!!! But no... you want to get your greedy hands on another thing that is for the use of all of us and could actually price seeing national parks out of the budgets of millions of Americans who keep falling further behind. It was bad enough when some private company took over the Awhanee in Yosemite. And the other companies that took over reservations and stores inside the parks.

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A video satirizing Ellen DeGeneres' defense of her friendship with former US President George W. Bush by superimposing her over Iraq War imagery has gone viral after DeGeneres' team got it booted off Twitter over copyright infringement.

A huge powerful monster typhoon is hitting Japan this weekend. This was the color of the sky just before it hit.

駅からでたら、そこは魔界だった pic.twitter.com/x8blDBthOu

— しう忙多坊 (@Desu_unknown) October 11, 2019

There is an article on thruthdig by Robert Sheer that made my skin scrawl up. It is about an American villain with the name of Roy Cohn.
The American Villain Who Gave US Donald Trump.

There is also an article about him in the Atlantic.
The Mafia Style in American Politics - Roy Cohn connects the McCarthy era to the age of Trump across more than half a century.

In addition Sheer points to a new movie and documentary about him, whose trailer gets you the taste.
[video:https://youtu.be/lTrHL7Vo_SQ]

Cohn is not a household name. That might change once more people watch the bone-chilling documentary “Where’s My Roy Cohn?” Its director, Matt Tyrnauer, spoke with Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer on the latest installment of “Scheer Intelligence.”

I just found that too interesting to not mention it here.

I am calling for all the alligators under the command of mon general Alligator Ed to chase and bite the heads off from those villains. (It's beyond my bedtime here, so I had end this comment with a silly note)

positive vibes - hope your therapy sessions are successful/productive. I know that your Mom's health decline is very sad, but, hopefully, it'll serve to make the memories of her better days even more cherished.

Good luck to son, DIL, and, Jackson regarding their move. (Lived in metro DC area right over Key Bridge--Rosslyn--prior to Civil Service career.) Enjoyed it thoroughly--except for driving!

Thank you for the lovely poetry, visuals, and videos. Mr M has succeeded in extracting a promise from me to get a few more pressing matters taken care of, before resuming a heavy blogging schedule, so, will be scare for a bit. (Still negotiating the 'terms.' ) Anyhoo, hope you keep us posted regarding the status of your therapy, how Mom and Son are faring, etc.

Truly dread selecting Part D plans for 2020. The Aetna/CVS merger has had a very detrimental effect on Part D plan offerings--in Region 12, anyway. Plan costs don't appear to have changed, drastically. Once I've completed the process, I'll pass along any info that I've gleaned, regarding the benefits--including drug tier pricing, formularies, pharmacy networks, etc.

Take good care of yourself.

Everyone have a nice rest-of-your-weekend!

Mollie

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.
~~Gilda Radner, Comedienne

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
~~Cicero

The obstacle is the path.
~~Zen Proverb