Fear may be the currency of MAGA, but it is most certainly the currency of anyone left of them, right now. The emails and texts I am (was - I'm blocking every fear-monger out there) getting screaming about "WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO ON DAY ONE SO WE NEED $$$$ NOW!" has been over-the-top hyperbole covered in a creamy topping of caricature and chopped over-exaggeration. You're afraid - give us money. You're now even more afraid - give us more.
Yes, as a legally-for-now married, elderly gay couple, we have made sure out legal documents are in order. Our advance directives are filed with our healthcare providers, insurance papers are in order. All of them are things that every person should be doing regularly, regardless of politics.
I am not turning a blind eye to anything - my eyes are wide open. And I am definitely not going to live my life worrying that every aspect of my life is under a microscope - because it already is. There are something like 85 million security cameras in the US - including more than 1/3 of the population with Ring-type camera doorbells.
And NYC Mayor Adams wants businesses to tell customers to remove their masks before entering... "Gee, sorry you're suffering from a life-threatening immunocompromised disease. Our facial recognition software trumps your illness."
We're on not very Candid Camera everywhere we go. Thank you, Patriot Act. I keep hearing we shouldn't voluntarily accede to government demands. Too late. We did that in October, 2001.
I cannot "what-if" my life. I cannot control their actions - but I CAN control mine. And that starts with not letting the unknown consume my life.
What I *am* going to consume are some cookies. I'm only a week out from the hip replacement, so standing and baking isn't exactly a part of the recovery process, but on the 22nd, we'll be going to my sister's for the annual cookie baking and exchange.
First, THE COOKIES LOOK SPECTACULAR!!! And more importantly, I'm glad you're on the mend. I agree with you about the Patriot Act -- and I think we actually discussed our disgust with it back then. (Hell, I agree with EVERYTHING you wrote!) Eric Adams is looking at changing parties to the GOP.
Our mother got us into musicals. Indeed, she had bought the tickets for King & I for Rita and me. She was walking on Broadway, saw a long line of people in front of one of the theatres, got on the back of the line and asked what it was for. (As a survivor of WW II when long lines meant access to a scarce commodity, she couldn't pass by a line without inquiry.)When she was told they were selling tickets for a Rogers & Hammerstein new musical and remembering how the first play on Broadway that Rita and I saw together was South Pacific which we loved, she bought us 2 balcony tickets. What a gift. We saw it with the original cast and I can still visualize some of the scenes. I especially loved Gertrude Lawrence, Doretta Morrow and, of course, Yul Brunner.
Well, yesterday when you stated you were going to write about fear today, I said to myself, “Don’t read it!” I didn’t listen to that advice. Excellent! You hit so many nails on the head.
No matter what, we must persist! Fear is the enemy we must do battle with. Thank you!
Thank you for your kind words. We MUST overcome fear - because it is the ultimate "stopper" in our ability to move forward and do everything we need to do.
Today's Substack really lighten the mood and was most welcome, especially the FDR memoriam and the closing video (from one of my favorite Broadway shows; when I saw it on stage as the opening number of King and I, all the day's stress and woes disappeared).
Your brother loved musicals. His wife detested musicals. Your brother told me that when I was an infant, he put me in bunting and took me to My Fair Lady, telling his wife "If there are going to be two women in my life, one of them will love musicals." He and I saw ALL the musicals. Whistle happy, unc.
Fear may be the currency of MAGA, but it is most certainly the currency of anyone left of them, right now. The emails and texts I am (was - I'm blocking every fear-monger out there) getting screaming about "WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO ON DAY ONE SO WE NEED $$$$ NOW!" has been over-the-top hyperbole covered in a creamy topping of caricature and chopped over-exaggeration. You're afraid - give us money. You're now even more afraid - give us more.
Yes, as a legally-for-now married, elderly gay couple, we have made sure out legal documents are in order. Our advance directives are filed with our healthcare providers, insurance papers are in order. All of them are things that every person should be doing regularly, regardless of politics.
I am not turning a blind eye to anything - my eyes are wide open. And I am definitely not going to live my life worrying that every aspect of my life is under a microscope - because it already is. There are something like 85 million security cameras in the US - including more than 1/3 of the population with Ring-type camera doorbells.
And NYC Mayor Adams wants businesses to tell customers to remove their masks before entering... "Gee, sorry you're suffering from a life-threatening immunocompromised disease. Our facial recognition software trumps your illness."
We're on not very Candid Camera everywhere we go. Thank you, Patriot Act. I keep hearing we shouldn't voluntarily accede to government demands. Too late. We did that in October, 2001.
I cannot "what-if" my life. I cannot control their actions - but I CAN control mine. And that starts with not letting the unknown consume my life.
What I *am* going to consume are some cookies. I'm only a week out from the hip replacement, so standing and baking isn't exactly a part of the recovery process, but on the 22nd, we'll be going to my sister's for the annual cookie baking and exchange.
We'll be making:
https://tjrecipes.com/flour-power/cookies/pizzicati-italian-pinch-cookies/
and
https://tjrecipes.com/flour-power/cookies/shortbread/
Wish you were here to partake in the goodies!!
♥
First, THE COOKIES LOOK SPECTACULAR!!! And more importantly, I'm glad you're on the mend. I agree with you about the Patriot Act -- and I think we actually discussed our disgust with it back then. (Hell, I agree with EVERYTHING you wrote!) Eric Adams is looking at changing parties to the GOP.
Our mother got us into musicals. Indeed, she had bought the tickets for King & I for Rita and me. She was walking on Broadway, saw a long line of people in front of one of the theatres, got on the back of the line and asked what it was for. (As a survivor of WW II when long lines meant access to a scarce commodity, she couldn't pass by a line without inquiry.)When she was told they were selling tickets for a Rogers & Hammerstein new musical and remembering how the first play on Broadway that Rita and I saw together was South Pacific which we loved, she bought us 2 balcony tickets. What a gift. We saw it with the original cast and I can still visualize some of the scenes. I especially loved Gertrude Lawrence, Doretta Morrow and, of course, Yul Brunner.
Your memory makes me happy.
Well, yesterday when you stated you were going to write about fear today, I said to myself, “Don’t read it!” I didn’t listen to that advice. Excellent! You hit so many nails on the head.
No matter what, we must persist! Fear is the enemy we must do battle with. Thank you!
Thank you for your kind words. We MUST overcome fear - because it is the ultimate "stopper" in our ability to move forward and do everything we need to do.
Today's Substack really lighten the mood and was most welcome, especially the FDR memoriam and the closing video (from one of my favorite Broadway shows; when I saw it on stage as the opening number of King and I, all the day's stress and woes disappeared).
Your brother loved musicals. His wife detested musicals. Your brother told me that when I was an infant, he put me in bunting and took me to My Fair Lady, telling his wife "If there are going to be two women in my life, one of them will love musicals." He and I saw ALL the musicals. Whistle happy, unc.