My paternal grandmother died of equine encephalitis in 1947 in Saskatchewan which had an outbreak that year. She was a midwife and often visited rural homes.

😂 You speak for many of us.

What I especially loved about your ‘harvest’ photo was the use of a coin as a size comparison. I’ve recently upgraded my comparison tool from the coin I used for my Italian peppers photo to a wooden clothespin.

YES! Please consider that ONE DAY might not be enough. Let's follow this expert, if we can:

The original of my 5th "Golden Leaves" painting sold to a good home in Dublin, but Art Prints of it are available here: www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/...

Residents of Texas who experienced the 2021 ice storm can attest to being traumatized by that event. Every cold snap since, local meteorologists emphasize that “this is not like 2021” because the chat feeds reflect high anxiety.

Trump’s choice for Ambassador to the Vatican is a critic of Pope Francis. Even that position had to have an antagonistic bent.

I’m glad to read of others having this semi-conscious sense of food insecurity despite never going without (note: my parents were wartime parents). Once, before leaving my car at an auto shop, I stopped to buy hotdogs & buns in case it wasn’t ready when they said it would be. I had food at home. 🤷‍♀️

I think you and I should agree right here that it's going to be called the Magic Carpet fallacy and just publicize it on that basis. Because public discourse in this country needs a name for it.