Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania that we each inhabit.
Welcomings will be posted at the start of each week (usually Saturday night with a Sunday date). To find the posts, just bookmark this link and Voila! (which is Moose for “I found everyone!!”).
The format is simple: each day, the first moose to arrive on-line will post a comment welcoming the new day and complaining (or bragging!) about their weather. Or mentioning an interesting or thought provoking news item. Or simply checking in.
So … what’s going on in your part of Moosylvania?
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Good “morning”, Motley Meese! The week begins …
Morning low of 68 degrees in the Desert Southwest 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 79. Mostly cloudy skies and rain is in the forecast.
Have a great day, all y’alls!!
Sunday Meese. Not so cold here this morning.
Puerto Rico
Good morning. Had a good day yesterday, exercise and cooking, and people liked the music diary at the orange place. Today: church and more cooking. Sleeping in tomorrow before I go to the dermatologist.
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It’s 64 heading for 84 and sunny at the moment. Yesterday we generated 9.16 KWHs and the m-t-d at 99.58 is on track and gained a smidge.
Wretched night and slept in a bit – not a lot because the cats insist on being fed & Cloud needs his meds – but some. Too many boxes stacked all over the place to vacuum today. Hopefully by next weekend. I’ll take the dustmop around later. Maybe.
Today’s a very bad anniversary for Indigenous peoples in general. It’s also a very bad personal anniversary for Aji. Her beloved eldest sister was murdered on this date. I don’t remember the year, 30+ years ago I think, but it’s still very painful for her, a very bad day.
Nothing good going on that I know of politically or environmentally. I’m already doing everything I can for both. Hoping/dreaming of a better world where there’s no need for folks to ask for help for food or shelter. But that world isn’t here. So I’d best get to boosting those asks. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good morning, 54 and raining in Bellingham today. Ron is staffing the Land Trust booth at the annual Mushroom Show so he is a happy man. I’ll be in my sewing room this afternoon and if I can clear the stacks of mending and ironing I may start a new project. Best wishes to all.
Good Sunday afternoon, Moosekind. Have been too busy all day to check in before now. it’s 63 F. in Ashburn, overcast. and occasionally, extremely windy. We had rain before dawn, but none since. (Cue chorus of, “Why don’tcha pay ME to lie about the weather?”)
The nurse came this morning. We found out that Dearly is receiving Acute Care, and yes, Kaiser is paying for it. What a relief! One supposes that this is cheaper for them than keeping him in a hospital. Certainly, he’s more cheerful here at home than he would be in the hospital. They stop by every day to check his meds, vital stats, and bla bla bla.
I am weary to the bone, my big black shiner is turning yellow but hasn’t disappeared. I found a black eye patch with a skull and crossbones on it, will just wear that if I have to leave our apartment. Acute Care will continue until October 25th. We have to visit Dearly’s primary physician tomorrow afternoon. I never have the time or mojo to go to the gym nowadays.
Another, that was a nice diary you had last night, but I wasn’t sure what you meant by “transitions.”
Had a nice text chat with Darling Niece in California this afternoon. They’re moving to a new apartment farther down the same street, but this one is bigger, has a large patio, and an extra room that Beloved Nephew can use as an office. I miss her terribly. M’daughter is having a vacation in South Carolina. Why? Well, I suppose it’s warmer than Lenox, MA.
Okay, that’s enough from me. Wishing you all a good evening.
Good morning. Was watching the local news while I get ready for my appointment, but all of them now have the orange goon addressing the Knesset. Sigh. I have 2 books loaded on my kindle, water bottle is good and chilled and I know from last time that they have snacks at the office because people are there for hours. So that’s my day all sorted.
Monday Meese. Will rain all day here in Kingston
Puerto Rico
Good morning, meeses! Monday, Indigenous Peoples’ Day …
It is 68 degrees in Tucson 🌵 and still muggiernhell. It is raining right now and will be for the better part of the morning. Normally I am happy to have rain but we sprung a small leak in the living room ceiling yesterday so we have a bucket and hopes that we can get the maintenance guys here early to find and fix it without making a huge mess. In any event, everyone else, including Mother Earth, can enjoy the downpour – I will enjoy it when it occurs only outside. Roof repairs in Southern Arizona are neglected because it does not rain really hard very often and a failed roof is the only thing that seems to get building owners attention. :(
Is anyone shocked that the first wave of federal Reduction In Force firings has targeted people who are essential and that they are begging them to come back to work? The Project 2025 people do not think any government workers are necessary which is always going to lead to the worst way ever to test whether a job is essential – fire the person then see who is harmed and then decide if you care. This is when the red states governors will realize what blue states have been telling them for years – 80% of federal government resources are going to red states and government shutdowns and job cuts might please their MAGAt king but will hurt their constituents. Likely they won’t care.
I have a bunch of little projects to organize this morning and some “sorry I didn’t get to your project” emails to send. I spent most of the weekend nervously watching sporting events and napping. My MLB team, the Brewers, did make it to the National League Championship series but getting them there – with wishes and hopes – was exhausting! :)
See all y’all later!