Pretty sure this is NOT what I voted for…
If you have the temerity to cast your eyes back to this post from November of 2023, I have the temerity to be consistent about my panic! I remember headlines like these…
I seem to remember a promise not to do any more “world policing” in the middle east…you don’t suppose we were lied to, do you???
It does seem to suggest a shift — from suggestive, high-temperature rhetoric designed to rattle nerves and dominate headlines, to something more bounded, more lawyerly, and more carefully delimited once the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Russia and Iran was actually signed in Moscow on January 17, 2025. Why that happened is open to interpretation. Maybe it was the campaign-season media climate, where every ominous phrase gets amplified into prophecy. Maybe it was deliberate strategic ambiguity, useful while tensions were high and details were still fluid. Or maybe it was simply the eternal gap between a politician’s headline-friendly flourish and the dry, limiting fine print of a real treaty. Whatever the reason, the public record seems to support a definite softening of tone, even if it does not fully explain the motive behind it.
So I’m just sure that WW III is not on our doorstep!
Well, regardless, it seems like this is a good time to spend a lot of time in the basement…the deep, blast-resistant concrete basement…yeah! So crank up some good music and let’s HUNKERDOWN!
And hey, the basement is where all my cool stuff is! So everything is ok…right?
I think we are all just trying to get by the best we can. I’ve been throwing myself into various low-cost projects around the house, almost to the point of obsession. Your plans for the expansion sound great and with good access. I know reaching to the center of the table has always been a challenge. Lighting will be a huge improvement. I don’t know how I worked on Harrisonburg before the LED lights I put up. Now I can see what I’m doing! Also, the new lamp in the corner is beautiful and I love the light it casts on the walls. Another outstanding decor choice!
LoL thx! Always great to get a compliment of my “decor choices.” I admit it: I’m still a big lamp queen!