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Oh Just Another Monday

My Big Win For The Day? Homemade Sourdough Bagels! WOOT! Tis my first time. I’m a very proud sourdough mama. Last night when I DID NOT WANT TO…

Read & Resist

Tomorrow will be a shameful day – But some reasons for reassurance – Robert Reich We will come to the aid of our communities. We will protect the…

Snowy Days Ahead

Otherwise known as Hell Freezing Over? Real life. We came home from work today with about a foot of snow in the driveway, meanwhile in the City –…

It’s not fun to stay at the —

I’m just perpetually sad and will never understand. Village People to perform at multiple Trump inauguration events, band says – Lead singer Victor Willis said he hopes the band’s…

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In The News I alternate between rage, despair and numb. I’m finding myself just profoundly sad. Our days are numbered. Nothing makes sense. Our country is literally on…

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In The News – 1/6/2025 Letters from an American – January 6, 2025: “Democracy stood in the sense that its norms were honored today as they were not…

It’s been a week…

My oh my. It’s been forever since I’ve had to <and more importantly been physically able to> put in 10 hour workdays. Lots going on. Huge grant report…

All Things 12/6/2022

I have not been paying attention to the news for the last week. And then I see this. How is this real life? How is this person still…

All Things 11/19/2022

Saturday in the Snow—um, not snowy Springville – led us into the village to pick up my paycheck (since I was called off yesterday) and then to Chinese…

All Things 11/15/2022

Attempting to read the news but the great internet cookie machine is 100% inside my head and heart with these ads. Sadly, I’m not pissed. I’m in a…

All Things 10/25/2022

Concord Democratic Committee’s Soup-er Fall Event I’ll be volunteering/attending this event. (Along with bringing various soups to share!) COME JOIN ME! GET TICKETS HERE! We’re getting together to…

All Things 10/21/2022

“Good Morning!” Me – “Morning it is!” The weather this weekend is going to be ridiculously amazing. Of course, I’m working this weekend – the morning shift. Which…

All Things 10/17/2022

Coffee Before Talkie. Yep, it’s a Monday. Or really any day ending in a Y. Not chatty – here are a few good tweets instead. ALWAYS a 27….

All Things 10/7/2022

Header image by Gemma Correll. Friday. The day that the working 9-5, M-F people look forward to – but not when you work weekends.  3 EARLY morning shifts…

All Things 10/5/2022

ONE WEEK! I’ve blogged every day for a week – only how many more days until it’s a “habit” again? What’s exciting and new? Well – let’s see…

All Things 10/1/2022

Yesterday, all my coffee felt so far away… but now today is Saturday, a different day, my body is fully caffinate* *not a real word, but it rhymes?…

Just Another No Arrest Monday

Bonkers. Absolutely bonkers. Flushing archives down the toilet. Moving boxes of classified documents to the home office. Calling a legal search a raid and rallying the sheep up…

The Darkest Day

The Darkest Day THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, ELIMINATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION.https://t.co/ZNYRs3QnpJ — SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 24, 2022 I just can’t. That’s the…

despondent

I’m a bit scared of how despondent I’ve become… In these moments I’m thankful for people with hope and energy and rage and resilience – fighting for change….

Numb.

I have friends in this neighborhood. I work in this neighborhood. I have been at this TOPS more times than I can count. Numb. Ten dead in alleged…

All Things All The Feels

How does one process <all the information> happening in the world right now? When I’m not hibernating and alone in my little space – I’m insanely irritable, sad,…

New Mask!

New Mask! Viruses. Aren’t. Political. I didn’t go looking for this mask, it found me. No really, somehow when searching Etsy for something it came up and I…

Endtimes

Dear Spell Check, I’m pretty certain endtimes is a word. Get with 2020. Pandemically Yours, All Things Jennifer P.S. And in case you need proof, here are a…

RBG

Sandra Day O’Connor was my hero as a young impressionable, nerdy political girl. In college I studied Constitutional Law right as RBG joined the court. In law school…

Day #91 – Cautiously Optimistic

Dear God. After the last week, I have to say I’m feeling a  WEE BIT Cautiously Optimistic that things are going to turn around. I have no problem…

Day #90 – Brutal

The last 24 hours have just been brutal. And I can’t even imagine what the next 72 hours are going to be like after this past week. I…

Day #89 – Statements

I am a profoundly better human being for being a part of the staff at the Foundry and a board member of Inclusive Theater of WNY. The Foundry…