We (my colleague and I) are about to find out how strong the old-boy Italian network is as regards our boss.

I’m assuming it’s Teflon, but o do love to be surprised. Surprise me, Universe.

Starting a mid-decade redistricting war only to end up with -1 seats is the same fine strategic genius and subtle grasp of game theory that brough us the Strait of Hormuz.

Virginia Senate Majority Leader Louise Lucas saying "Can you lock the fuck in"

At some point I need this tile in my life—some house, some wall. I’m thinking bottom half of a bathroom wall with a copper freestanding tub in front of it, maybe a plaster above.

*Somebody is a Benedict Arnold who abandoned his mother the second dad walked through the door.

I won’t name names but it rhymes with “Messy Flames.”

i love how income and wealth will not help anyone escape an oversharing mama. tina did not have to tell us what she and matthew were doing down to the nile.

Go on then, Virginia.

a woman is holding a piece of pizza in her hand and the word shut is behind her . ALT: a woman is holding a piece of pizza in her hand and the word shut is behind her .

Tucker who? Saying what now?

Dammit, it was RIGHT THERE for all of us to take. 🤣

a woman is sitting on a plane wearing sunglasses and saying `` help me , i 'm poor . '' ALT: a woman is sitting on a plane wearing sunglasses and saying `` help me , i 'm poor . ''

I just went and picked up Jamie’s 60th BDay gift.

🤣

Low-key currently obsessed with Noah Kahan and “The Great Divide,” it’s on repeat.

Noah is easily one of my fave new artists of the past 5 years, that kid can write. 🥰

There is 100% room for it all. I think many readers are like me: I balance an escape book by following it with non-fiction, and so on. My problem is it’s been nothing but non-fiction the past year, I lost my balance.

And I can’t wait to see what you put out next. 😊

Everything I read is so serious or serious
and historical or serious and political. I was telling my friend this and she recommended this book for fun and charming, exactly what I’m craving right now.

Diving in.

I think before you build an Arc de Triomphe you should be able to identify at least un (1) triomphe

J, my current husband, does not cook at all, LOL, but he orders well and knows exactly my taste. 🥰

O.M.G. Risotto was perfection (took my time, as you should) and the chicken thighs were incredible.

I thank my late husband every time I branch off & want to cook something outside of the norm, he was a true chef and taught me so much, especially a lack of fear—in his Czech accent, “JUST DO EET!”

OMG, you know it, it is bringing the zen—wine, my goofy indie music, the sounds of cooking—complete zen.

DAMMIT!

Doing that girls’ trip to Florence, a few days in Munich, then on to Plzen and then Prague in late September to early October.

Doing VRBO the whole time, will have room if you want to join, invitation stands. 😘

I am taking the rest of the night off of unpacking and I’ve just opened the wine.

It is happening: I haven’t made risotto in 20+ years.

Making Parmesan Reggiano risotto and garlic Parmesan chicken thighs.

Oh, no. Dammit.

What was the summer plan?

Those are stunning.

It will never stop pissing me off how much trump is going to walk away from this presidency as a “real” billionaire in a way he never was before, and it is going to be solely because of the public office

Saturday morning mood.

Here’s is the problem with characterizing J6 as viewpoint discrimination: it is not. It was an attempt to overturn a lawful election. We have been here as scholars and we have a choice for history: we cannot rewrite public memory to excuse violent anti-democratic acts.

You should come visit, lady—I’ve got an amazing bourbon bar. 🤣

If you’re in the mood for violent TV and you like “Mobland,” you should check out “This City is Ours.”

So. Flippin’. Good.

Of course there is, but J will not go for that right now, we just dropped a fortune in flooring! 🤣

That skinny deck walkway to the bigger deck is right behind our teeny, galley-style master bath—I’d take that real estate, happily, to expand our room, if we decide this is our forever home.

LOL! Ours is about to missing one…

We’re livin’ on the edge, C.

LOL! It seems like the least damage will come from notching the dumb wood—doesn’t affect the integrity of the post, but I’ll have to replace one/both eventually. So. Dumb.