This Saturday, I’ll be in Wildwood, Missouri for Celebrate Wildwood with a table full of books to sell. If you’re near the St Louis area and you like books and crafts, there’s lots to see. Plus, there’s great food and live music. But also, books. 📚 Come find me!

Twelve more brown grocery bags donated to Goodwill today, filled with table linens, curtains, bedding, and more of mom’s clothes. I need to go through my own clothes again and winnow down by at least half.

@DCliffo Thank you!

@arthurpendragon Thank you so much! 😊

@Christmas_Snow Thank you! I cannot wait until this phase is complete, letting go of the past, so we can focus on what comes next. On the future.

Hopefully, things will keep moving forward smoothly toward the future we both envision.

And it gets us in the right frame of mind to let go and put the house on the market in the spring. Everything feels like it’s taking forever, but at the same time it’s happening so fast. I’ve owned this house for 20 years. Longer than anyplace else I’ve ever lived. My parents lived her with me for the last 8. Moving is an enormous decision. Letting go of everything we own is even bigger. Moving to a different country is a ton of work. But we are both certain it’s the right decision. —>

Whew. Prepping to sell everything we own in a big estate sale is so daunting. I’ve put my organizational skills to the test, breaking the work into chunks to make it less overwhelming, but the emotional work is just as hard. The auctioneer comes on the 27th for an assessment. We’ll be ready. I’m not sure how much we will make from all this effort, but having the house emptied of all but bare bones means I can clean, repair, repaint every room easily. —>

@singlemaltgirl Yes! Although I’ve not met a Jane Austen I didn’t love.

@singlemaltgirl Pride and Prejudice

@DavidSalo

@artemis How can anyone be undecided at this point? I do not get it.

@artemis Honestly, this is how it feels from the inside too.

Even my 83 year old mother is a Swiftie. Vance has no concept of the influence of cat ladies.

@CrankyGrandma He doesn’t care about his actual name any more than he cares about pronouncing Kamala’s name right.

Trump came out more scorched than Anakin Skywalker drowning in lava.

Omg, Tim Walz’s face!!!