The world seems recently like a giant dumpster fire.
I was watching an fb video of some young folks having fun in New Zealand and one of them lamented having to go home to the dumpster fire that is the US. I thought, "Is that how young people think of the US now?"
Wars, corruption, lies, greed.......
I try to ignore it all. What else can I do?
My neighbors, red or blue, are my neighbors and I like them. The people I meet who need help with cats, they're just people to me who need help with cats. I don't care what their politics, religion, race, skin color, bank accounts are.
We're all trying to survive the toxicity of the dumpster fire.
Hawaii is flooded. Nebraska is on fire. The weather is going nuts. Meteorites are falling. Ha! Bombs are falling. An article yesterday said social security will be bankrupt in six years. What a dumpster fire it is. Instead of working together to solve problems, find solutions like adults, our lawmakers just lash out and blame each the other side and the president goes off to bomb another country. Life goes on and hopefully the fire will go out on its own or it will get doused magically and a rainbow will appear over the earth. Yes I'm a dreamer, an optimist.
My brother and his wife stopped in Corvallis yesterday evening and invited me to come join them for dinner. This made my heart flutter. Off I went. Had a great time visiting with them. They were on their way to the Portland area.
I delivered my second drop trap to an 80 plus year old in town two days ago. My other drop trap remains at the trailer park. The 80 something yr. old ran into someone from the trailer park in the pet food section of a store and lamented to the trailer park person she needed to get the cats she fed fixed but hadn't found a way to do it yet. So the trailer park woman gave her my number and she called me. I made appointments at the Corvallis private surgery clinic, for Wednesday. She's now feeding the four cats under the drop trap and in a live trap. Hope we can catch the four Tuesday.
I'm an old lady, a cat trapper. I love cats, books, campfires, mountain lakes, dark nights, stars.
We exist on a thin crust atop a large rock in space. Our lives depend on a fragile layer of atmosphere hanging around this rock. Let's not think too much of ourselves. We better be careful.
I'm trying to read/listen enough to keep on top of current events, but only the headlines. Diving any deeper would just depress me.
ReplyDeleteseems like most news stories are made to get clicks, with wilder headlines than the story is in reality.
DeleteI've never seen a dumpster fire.
ReplyDeleteYOu are missing out on life.
DeleteThe American dream has soured for so many.
ReplyDeleteThat was nice for you to catch up with your brother and his wife.
Good luck for Tuesday.
It was nice to see them. Hopefully will have tomorrow catwise.
DeleteGlad that maybe someone is going to do their part for the cats in their vicinity.
ReplyDeleteIts nice when people are so anxious to get theirs fixed and breath easy after.
DeleteI have hope because yesterday I saw examples of everyday people doing kind and important things for other people, including me.
ReplyDeleteWard is me Live and Learn.
DeleteI thought maybe, since you are the Cleavers.
DeleteI try to keep on top of things happening but no so involved I never want to get out of bed ever again. We need to be informed so that next time there is an election people are not stupid enough to vote for a pedophile and rapist. I have heard so many people say they didn't know.. how? It was well known information.. he was crude in his first term, insulted women and the disabled.. how did you not know? I don't care who my neighbor is either. Sorry for the rant.. it builds up and then I need to let it out somewhere.
ReplyDeleteAh don't worry about a rant. We all to rant now and then. What seems absurd is the blowing up back and forth of a rather crucial resource. It's like a farce movie or something. Why would countries, including us, do that? Seems stupid. We need that oil. Its a finite resource. Ok, my own rant, will shut it down now and I'll go back to cat catching. I may dream nights of a surgical solution to war, if you get my drift, the one we use on cats, and that saves the poor boys from their aggression. Might cut down on the my missile's bigger than yours thing going on. Just kidding.
DeleteI must admit I find it fun watching Hollywood elites' heads explode. lol Best wishes, my dear.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what you mean, I don't keep track of celebrities, but they're always up in arms over something. Sure are lots of them with addiction issues of various kinds. Too much money or too much fame, like the big name athletes, does seem to explode brains at high rate. Too much power too.
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