HUZZAH! If I was near pandas, that’s what I’d be doing on Monday, instead of just drawing them. A little bear told me that I might be visiting the Pandiego pandas soon! Tell Chuie and Xinger I’m coming (and with their Aunties Mollie, Cami, and Frances too.)
I definitely will! I needed to find something more uplifting than being home and depressed. And nothing happier than seeing pandas in person. It actually involves quite a bit of travel as I live in NYC but should be worth it. Hope you get to see them and the DC ones as well very soon. Thanks for your cartoons, they are really pandastic.
At least the Pandiego pandas are in my time zone. I probably won’t get to see the DC pandas (Binky Li! and QB!) till fall. I really hate east coast summer weather, and there is always so much to do here in my garden and forest from March through September. (I have a forest! I think I need to give it a name!) Actually there is a lot to do out there now, and it is the aggressive kind of gardening that allows one to get their bad thoughts out. Just in case I have any, you know? I love winter gardening in the NW because it stays done for at least a little while, while everything you do in spring and summer needs to be done again the minute you turn your back on it.
Honestly? one minute I think I'm okay, and the next I feel like I'm drowning in despair. The worst is being sucked back in the the vortex of F45 news. I'm trying to cut out as much as I can, but even a little makes my blood boil. Imagine someone who is so outraged by a soft spoken, short statured, kind, Episcopal Bishop who makes a plea for compassion and mercy in her sermon, that was part of the inaugural circus. He called her every terrible name in his ever more limited bag of insults.
Oops...I'm spiraling again.
The short story is I live in a liberal part of a mostly liberal state. I am safe. I have the privilege of turning everything off for a few hours or a few days. The longer story? I guess time will tell.
I heard about the bishop. What she did was incredibly brave, but the response disgusting. It’s hard to switch off but I’m glad you’re able to at times and that you’re safe. Here in Australia today it’s ’Australia Day’ – celebrated on the day the colonisers raised their flag and invaded. Aboriginal Australians have been calling to change the date for years, but that idea falls on deaf ears, and those wanting to keep the date seem to be growing in number recently. It’s all so angering. But my family will head to an event where we celebrate the survival of Aboriginal Australia despite the attempts to wipe us out. It’s a hard day, but one where I’m glad we can surround ourselves with our people. I suppose what I’m getting at is that I think I understand in some ways how you feel. Sending much love!
I'm so sorry to hear about your cat. I was devastated when my 20-yr-old kitty died a few years ago, so I understand what you're going through."Fotus" made me chuckle though.
Even though it was 8 years ago, I still miss her terribly. Things being what they are right now, I am not able to “re-up” as it were. Keeping her in the ‘toons comforts me, keeping her voice and slightly supercilious voice in my head.
Thank you! I feel like this is a rerun - a BAD one! I’ll be reading your panda books and watching the DC pandas to get me through AGAIN hopefully. Thanks for the panda humor🐼❤️🐾
It IS a rerun and it IS a bad one! I’m so glad the pandas help, even a little bit. I just made a cup of spicy, sweet tea with half & half. Life is too short for skim milk. Thanks for checking in!
I'm going to see Wicked movie for 2nd time..fabulous "Dancing Through Life" scene! Even the film's terrifying flying monkeys are better than this inauguration.
I want to see this! I think referring to FOTUS’s cabinet & hangers on as “flying monkeys” is quite appropriate, movie version, notwithstanding. I still find the original version quite scary.
I will be visiting Pandiego and spending this horrible day with the one thing that brings me joy
HUZZAH! If I was near pandas, that’s what I’d be doing on Monday, instead of just drawing them. A little bear told me that I might be visiting the Pandiego pandas soon! Tell Chuie and Xinger I’m coming (and with their Aunties Mollie, Cami, and Frances too.)
I definitely will! I needed to find something more uplifting than being home and depressed. And nothing happier than seeing pandas in person. It actually involves quite a bit of travel as I live in NYC but should be worth it. Hope you get to see them and the DC ones as well very soon. Thanks for your cartoons, they are really pandastic.
At least the Pandiego pandas are in my time zone. I probably won’t get to see the DC pandas (Binky Li! and QB!) till fall. I really hate east coast summer weather, and there is always so much to do here in my garden and forest from March through September. (I have a forest! I think I need to give it a name!) Actually there is a lot to do out there now, and it is the aggressive kind of gardening that allows one to get their bad thoughts out. Just in case I have any, you know? I love winter gardening in the NW because it stays done for at least a little while, while everything you do in spring and summer needs to be done again the minute you turn your back on it.
I hope you're doing okay, Anne! <3
Honestly? one minute I think I'm okay, and the next I feel like I'm drowning in despair. The worst is being sucked back in the the vortex of F45 news. I'm trying to cut out as much as I can, but even a little makes my blood boil. Imagine someone who is so outraged by a soft spoken, short statured, kind, Episcopal Bishop who makes a plea for compassion and mercy in her sermon, that was part of the inaugural circus. He called her every terrible name in his ever more limited bag of insults.
Oops...I'm spiraling again.
The short story is I live in a liberal part of a mostly liberal state. I am safe. I have the privilege of turning everything off for a few hours or a few days. The longer story? I guess time will tell.
I heard about the bishop. What she did was incredibly brave, but the response disgusting. It’s hard to switch off but I’m glad you’re able to at times and that you’re safe. Here in Australia today it’s ’Australia Day’ – celebrated on the day the colonisers raised their flag and invaded. Aboriginal Australians have been calling to change the date for years, but that idea falls on deaf ears, and those wanting to keep the date seem to be growing in number recently. It’s all so angering. But my family will head to an event where we celebrate the survival of Aboriginal Australia despite the attempts to wipe us out. It’s a hard day, but one where I’m glad we can surround ourselves with our people. I suppose what I’m getting at is that I think I understand in some ways how you feel. Sending much love!
There is no place where we are safe from the will of the oppressors, is there? Sending love to you and your family.
Thanks, Anne ❤️❤️❤️
I'm so sorry to hear about your cat. I was devastated when my 20-yr-old kitty died a few years ago, so I understand what you're going through."Fotus" made me chuckle though.
Even though it was 8 years ago, I still miss her terribly. Things being what they are right now, I am not able to “re-up” as it were. Keeping her in the ‘toons comforts me, keeping her voice and slightly supercilious voice in my head.
Thank you! I feel like this is a rerun - a BAD one! I’ll be reading your panda books and watching the DC pandas to get me through AGAIN hopefully. Thanks for the panda humor🐼❤️🐾
It IS a rerun and it IS a bad one! I’m so glad the pandas help, even a little bit. I just made a cup of spicy, sweet tea with half & half. Life is too short for skim milk. Thanks for checking in!
I'm going to see Wicked movie for 2nd time..fabulous "Dancing Through Life" scene! Even the film's terrifying flying monkeys are better than this inauguration.
I want to see this! I think referring to FOTUS’s cabinet & hangers on as “flying monkeys” is quite appropriate, movie version, notwithstanding. I still find the original version quite scary.