HOME!!!!

thank you for wishing me a good trip
Your magic worked!
The trip was long, with two stops, but nothing bad happened
In fact, before we left South Africa, they set up some tables and thoroughly checked every bag and our pockets and our shoes with little swab pieces of paper that they tested with machines just to make sure nothing bad happened

Samuel was thrilled
Karen was thrilled
My crow was thrilled

I have two snowdrops and several crocuses. These are in the park but I trust that, given the right growing conditions, I will one day have large mounds of snowdrops in my yard too. 

Ukraine hit hit the location of an anti-aircraft missile system.


Russia has a TOS-1A “thermostatic rocket launcher” which I don’t even want to tell you what it does. On Valentine’s Day Ukraine blew it up. Happy Valentine’s Day!!!! They also got 30 armored vehicles.


Ukrainian soldiers are already in Germany training on the Leopard tanks they will soon get. “Leopard tanks like a Mercedes.” 


The communications team at the Kremlin keeps using the same people in their different staged appearances. Sometimes they are dressed as soldiers, then fishermen, then churchgoers. 


Their messaging is full of hope. It is better to die in the war than from a car accident, alcoholism, or cancer. This is why everyone is so happy to continue living in Russia. Your options are just so good. 


You remember that the mother’s group was mad that Putin was going to meet with a bunch of mothers but not with them? They were just pro-Kremlin activists or relatives of officials. 


Brittany Griner is returning to the WNBA, signing again with the Phoenix Mercury. She spent her entire career with them except for, you know, 2022.