Hey.... been traveling back to the States and was catching up in life things not politics... Hope all are well ? Pic is of Duncan, my 1st pet I got as a "grownup" when I moved to VT and college... This was almost half a century ago !!😱 Hope everyone staying semi-sane these days.

Because he was such a great speaker and person and stood up for his country and constituents...he will definitely be missed. .https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/us/politics/elijah-cummings-death-illness.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

And THEN... there was this..... guess the solution is not to be born black ? God, we are awful people sometimes.... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/us/fort-worth-texas-shooting-jefferson.html

Well, this is par for the course ... apparently one can't be outside one's house being black... https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/10/09/chester-township-family-says-they-were-arrested-for-loitering-while-standing-outside-of-their-home/

They are beautiful.... saw this on one of my flights back and forth .... very chill kitty...

Read It and Weep...I did.... had to stop eating ... Must up my donation to the White Helmet and SAM groups...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/world/middleeast/russia-bombing-syrian-hospitals.html

So...what I was trying to post was ...I was down at the river this morning doing some work on my (water) pump house to get it ready for winter... listening to music and looking at this... I just started to weep, thinking about what was going on at that moment around the world, esp in northern Syria... I sometimes forget how fortunate / lucky I truly am..... good night !

hhhhmmm.... this seemed to work...never mind !

help help ! I just upgraded to pro to try and support the site and now can not post ! Telling me access denied...... 401

@Minholkin ... love your profilepic...is it from Little Prince or is it Bloom County and Opus the penguin, wishing for wings that work for Christmas ?

Just an intro here... I'm pretty done with FB, too easily put for me to be put into Twitter jail...looking for a different platform. American citizen who closed on a house in BC Canada the day before donnie's Inauguration . Finding it hard to stay sane in today's world. I'm slow to learn new platforms... but hope to see others here. Thanks !