Dreadful. But not unexpected….

This New York Times Article about “ Oiligarks”is just a bribe too far….

NYT Article 

HERE https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/us/politics/kushner-witkoff-russia-oil-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share 

Blogger World

 I have loved doing this…my blog….. and sharing knitting and other things in life with a few groups of people who had similar interests.  It’s only recently that it’s been a slog, trying to figure out what the “HEY!” happened to the simple paths that one could take to get to an online koffee klatch of treasured people who brightened one’s life. 

Also…  Blogs became like a wild little beasts that bit hard!  

I hope to keep up the weekly memes,  and share beauty…this was supposed to be my beauty blog. lol… 

Instead the world went full on mad, and it’s hard to ignore it.  The meanest and greediest of leaders of big countries … on and on.  

I will ignore them again rather than give them a minute’s notice.  Knitting for charity helps a lot and ignoring the tug of war political Gargon classes.  Let’s make fun of them!!  They are truly just ……………er 🫏🕳️s! 

presently ................

I cannot answer comments or LEAVE a comment.  I'm going to blame it all on A.I.  

Wordless Wednesday Shhhhhh... Accidental Art

Oooopsy Daisey!

 

Dang.  I've mastered complex patterns but just making a decent machine winding of a skein seems to have escaped my processing abilities.  The one in the back of the right has been burped with a sort of bad result.  Soooo, then I wound it anyway, and quickly it dropped into full on knotting mode.  

Music Monday... This is interesting and very sweet.

100 year Old Flute Player at a nursing home plays his instrument with a small group who came to play for the residents.  

I'm sorry I can't just do this the old way but this IS worth seeing, trust me.  

Tap the link.  

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Sunday Komeeks

 

Saturday9. "Don't Take Your Love From Me". by Doris Day

 

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Don't Take Your Love from Me

 

 

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here are today's questions!

Saturday 9: Don't Take Your Love from Me (1956)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song, Doris Day sings about what happens when you take a petal from a rose. When did you last get or give flowers as a gift?  On my Birthday Last year. 

 

2) This song is about a woman who fears losing her love. What's the most recent thing you lost? (Hopefully it's not as consequential as a great love. It could be as small or unimportant as the back of one of your pierced earrings.) 

 My Sanity?  Bahahaha! 

3) Doris was known as The All-American Girl Next Door. Who lives next door to you? 

My Neighbors. None of which, happily, have a big, yappy dog.  

I love dogs to bits, but an Alsatian shepherd which barked long and loudly used to live there. It was an ordeal! 

Their other German Shepard was a wonderful guy. He once, jumped a six foot fence and ran right at me across the street when there were fireworks. He leaned on me, trembling.  He was HUGE.  I real loved that one.

4) As a young girl, Doris Day was passionate about dance. She recalled that concentrating on her lessons helped distract her from the pain and embarrassment of her parents' divorce. When you want to escape from what's troubling you, what do you do?  I pray about it. And then I meditate.  (That's after a few stiff drinks that haven't worked.)  KIDDING!  I can't drink (my meds and drink don't mix)  or sometimes I would!

5) The maitre d' at one of Doris' favorite restaurants wanted to ask her out. Knowing how she loved her dogs, he impressed her by handing her a bag of meat scraps and bones to take home. They began dating and, in 1976, he became her last husband. What's the best way to your heart? 

 Show me a picture of a needy child. 

Because of my dad, we were very poor.  I would have loved to have a mentor.  The door to the local church had been slammed shut by my paternal unit. He didn't want anyone close to me.

6) Over her long career, Doris received Golden Globe and Grammy Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was also inducted into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, honored for being one of the most celebrated women to have been born there. Name a famous person born in your home state.  Because my paternal unit was away fighting in France, I was not born in my parent's apartment in California, but was born on my grandparent's farm in Ohio, so I'll pick her, too.   

 

7) She was frank about her financial difficulties, yet some people are uncomfortable discussing money. Are you one of those people?  No. I can talk about money ... or the lack of it... all day if I have to. lol

8) In 1956, when Doris released this song, The Wizard of Oz was shown on network TV for the first time. What movie have you seen multiple times?   "One Enchanted April" and "Princess Bride" are tied for that honor.  They are both really great movies.  I watch them whenever I've a mind to.  

9) Random question: Would you rather have a chef or a chauffeur?  A chauffeur. 

 

Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!

 

Freak Out Friday!!!

I haven't been following the news lately but  HOLY CRIMINY!  Unfortunately the stuff followed ME!  

Gotterdamurung!  Trump doesn't like freedom of the press?  

What a red blooded American Prez we have. 

Doesn't support freedom of the Press?  His stacked Supreme Court slapped his hands?  

This should be Writ Large, just like John Hancock's Signature on the Declaration of Independence!

Post Script.

No, they just gave him back his eraser.  So long America!   

The Cost of Engorged Greed.......

 An entire family is buried here... All...  Heart Breaking. Over twenty people