My mother was a farm wife and a prodigious canner. She canned fruit and vegetables from the garden, even occasionally meat. But the best thing that she canned, in my opinion, was blackberry jam. Even as I type those words my mouth waters! Of course, before she could make that jam, somebody had to pick the blackberries. And that somebody was quite often named Dorothy. I think Seamus Heaney might have spent some time among the briars plucking those delicious black fruits as well, so he would have known that "Once off the bush the fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour." They don't keep; you have to get that jam made in a hurry! Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one, a glossy purple clot Among others, red, green, hard as a knot. You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet Like thickened wine: summer's blood was in it Leaving stains upon the tongue and lust ...
To the first photo, we (sadly) may need to add The United States Constitution, the way we are going. And also the penny, which ceased production today, but that's minor compared to everything else happening.
ReplyDeleteSadly, I fear you are correct.
DeleteI’m watching from very far away and am appalled. At the mayhem and sadness created.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed appalling and, of course, it affects the rest of the world in addition to our country.
DeleteIt’s enough to make you weep.
ReplyDeleteIndeed it is.
DeleteI know the situation is very far from amusing but the second cartoon really made me chuckle. What a buffoon he is.
ReplyDeleteI do not disagree.
DeleteIt's depressing!! I told my husband at the start of 2024 that if Trump was elected for a second term, I'd love to move to another country to avoid the dismantling of our democracy. Unfortunately, we are not of retirement age and do not have access to retirement accounts for a few years, nor access to Medicare quite yet. So, are working until them to keep funding our retirement accounts, savings, etc.
ReplyDeleteLet us hope that by the time you are ready to retire the situation will have changed for the better and we can see some light at the end of the tunnel.
DeleteThe cartoonists these days are really putting things into perspective well ... they need to be front and center.
ReplyDeleteThey have a gift for helping us to make sense of it all.
DeleteIt helps me to find humor in the blackness around me, even if it is dark humor.
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