Lots Of Different Things

[poliphilo]

Frost. Temperature well below freezing. Horses grouped round the butts asking for something to be done about the ice- and I went to do it only Julia got there first.

By which time the man who empties the septic tank once a year was already parked up and pumping away. And the dustmen had been and gone. Lots of coming and going- because we also had a delivery from Sainsbury's to sort out. Plus Ailz's mother rang, plus my daughter rang.  Matthew had brought Julia over in their pick-up and went away again with a box load of my old archaeology magazines which they'll be passing to a friend who is studying the subject at university.

Alice says she's been dreaming about having conversations with me and her grandmother- though she forgets what was said. She's also started painting her own Tarot cards.

It's rare in the life we lead for so much to happen all at once...

I stayed up a little later than usual last night because there'd been rumours that some important Trump-deflating news would be coming in. I suppose they meant the defamation lawsuit that Summer Zervos is posting against him. Too early to say whether this is a big thing or business as usual. Probably the latter. After all, his people voted for Trump in spite of knowing about the pussy-grabbing and (to be even-handed) Bill Clinton's people went on supporting him in spite of the Lewinski affair and the accusations of rape.

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[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Still silly mild here for all the forecasting!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's actually rather a nice day- cold and crisp with the sun shining.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

I'm wishing for some of that!

[tagryn]

"Both parties are now all in on supporting sexual harassment as long as it’s done by powerful people with the right political affiliations." - via https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo/status/785471600992792576

(although it can be easy to forget that the Millennials weren't around for the Lewinsky scandal, so for a lot of younger people I suspect Bill C. is known more for being Hillary's husband than anything else...)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, I suppose so.

I tend to forget just how much time has passed since the Clinton presidency. For me- with a memory that reaches back to the Eisenhower era- it's recent history.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

When I woke up this morning to a light dusting of snow and -5c I made a cup of hot coffee and then took a bucket of hot water down to the hens - clearly not awake enough to remember that I culled them a few months ago!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The weather forecast this evening said we'd be down to minus 7 tomorrow. Brrrr.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

My house has literally no insulation and I heat it with fires in the sitting room and/or kitchen... So it's really not unusual for the sitting room to be 15C when I get up in the morning (and since I don't heat my bedroom that is often closer to 5 or 10C in the morning...), but isn't that what thermal underwear was designed for? Thermal undies and Viking blood!