I am endlessly jealous of people in California who can just walk outside and pick an avocado from their own magical avocado tree.

Growing up in Florida we had a magical mango tree in our backyard that produced incredibly flavorful fruit by the bushel. More than we could eat, really.

... I might have been a bit more excited about the appearnt ceasefire if it weren't for the non stop "get ready to get to shelter" emergency messages we were starting to get over an hour ago, at 5:11am local time (these are the pre siren notices).

I returned the cat back to the carrier twice by now and I think he'll might murder me if he gets a chance.

I returned the cat back to the carrier twice by now and I think he'll might murder me if he gets a chance.

Unexpected source of casualty!

Where was I reading that series of short stories about a time traveling baseball player? Possibly a whole team. It was time travel, I’m almost sure. Definitely baseball.

Hang in there cats with unusually bad stuff happening in your environments. And humans.

Quick summary of this morning in Jerusalem as brought to us by Home Front Command emergency messages (tweet's in Hebrew but the picture is in English): [link]

In the midst of this heat wave my son hasn't had power for 2 days now and the estimated time for fixing isn't until midnight tonight, which seems to be a time that keeps getting pushed back. Big storms in his area have about 16,000 still in outage. At this point his food is gone. He of course ignored my suggestion that he take his food to my place up there, or at least box it up and put it in the walk-in coolers at the deli where she works. Too late now.

I have to go back to reading my news. At my sister's house and the broadcast news this morning is all Trump being pissed off because the parties won't do what he says.

Of course reading the news summarizes that there is another hidden site in Iran that hasn't been destroyed, stores of weapons materials in unknown locations, and the attacks can't stop until complete destruction and regime change happens.

My local news has our esteemed governor revamping the condo building regulations that were put in place after the big collapse a couple years ago, because they are costing the residents too much money. Your building, which was built with crap materials, is crumbling and is going to cost a fortune to fix, but Desantis has your back and will remove the safety regulations.

Also, Florida's solution to securing migrants is to build “Alligator Alcatraz”, tent cities in the Everglades because the threats from wildlife will keep them from escaping.

I know it is an old sentiment, but my need to stay informed is in direct conflict with my need for sanity.

Can verify that this variant of COVID is stabbing soar throat pain.

Do not like.

Oh yuck, msbelle. That sounds awful.

Shir, it is impressive that the author of the text stream can keep a sense of humor despite the extreme frustration and uncertainty.

Also, Florida's solution to securing migrants is to build “Alligator Alcatraz”, tent cities in the Everglades because the threats from wildlife will keep them from escaping.

What the fuck, Florida.

Not a genuine question. Just...of course. This is the stupidest timeline.

I am endlessly jealous of people in California who can just walk outside and pick an avocado from their own magical avocado tree.

I was out in Napa for a wedding once and there were fig bushes everywhere and I just kept eating them. Like, dust them off on my shirt and om nom nom. Sun warmed perfectly ripe figs, magnificent. We're waiting for our table at a restaurant and I've started my appetizer. I was, like, forty.

Getting an extra day sitting at the cabin while I wait for FedEx to bring me the car keys that my sister accidentally took home with her this morning.

That's a good sister!