Thursday Thirteen

1. The best line of President Biden's speech last night, for me, was "What do you think, deer wear Kevlar?" The sudden image that brought to mind was priceless.

2. The local Republicans have their firehouse primary on Saturday. I expect it to be a clusterfuck, but because there is no Democrat running for office, my husband and I are planning to vote in this primary. I've never voted in a "firehouse primary" so this will be a new experience.

3. The trees are nearly leafed out, which is a good thing because the pollen count is as high as a sinus infection on a giant.

4. My husband is sitting beside me. He picks up the binoculars. He thought he saw something, but it was nothing.

5. How many things in life turn out to be nothing when we think they are something?

6. We have mild cloud cover today with a chance of rain later. Hopefully it will wash the pollen out of the air.

7. Seems like we have much more wind these days than we did when I was a child.

8. The month is almost over. Four months of the year gone, and I feel unaccomplished. However, I would tell anyone else that simply living through these trying times is doing the best you can, so I shall tell myself the same.

9. Last night's speech from President Biden was long and at times tedious, but at least it wasn't dystopian and apocalyptical. I like dystopian literature but I'm not so fond of it in real life.

10. I don't know if I am looking forward to a return of in-store grocery shopping or not. It's rather nice to have someone load my groceries. But I have not had a loaf of bread that wasn't smashed in a year.

11. Smashed bread eats as well as un-smashed bread, but it makes a lopsided sandwich sometimes.

12. January 6 was a turning point for me. It should have been for a lot of people, but some seem to be sweeping it into a history pile of distortion. I know what I saw.

13. This Thursday 13 has been a meandering one, like a stream that can't find the right path down the gully. Not overflowing it's banks, mind you, more like, a spring that's been dripping from the hillside and now the water needs a path to roam.

Thursday Thirteen is played by lots of people; there is a list here if you want to read other Thursday Thirteens and/or play along. I've been playing for a while and this is my 704thd time to do a list of 13 on a Thursday. Or so sayth the Blogger counter, anyway.