Just a post this week because I've been trying to write weekly...

[a_natural_beauty]

Not much to write this week. I'm starting up again on my comic Promised Memories again. Now I'm on chapter 19 finally! Then chapter 20 and I'll be done with part 2 of my story! I'm thinking of making it a total of 5 parts? Maybe up to 100 chapters... that feels like a-lot but already it's been 18 chapters which is a good accomplishment. It feels nice to work on it again.

The weather here has been pretty crummy. Wet, stormy, windy and cold. Climate change is a thing! I've gotten a bit of gardening done but not much. I need to learn what this one ground cover plant is that I have on my hill. I got it years ago from a patient I took care of when I did home health care. It's been growing nicely along with my lilac bushes I'm planting and hoping to have spread-out so I don't have to mow. Earlier this week I got my mower stuck several times on my hill and it was annoying. So the sooner I don't have to mow the better.

My house has sort of become a mess - not too horrible... but enough that I'm over it. But it's hard - I have moved a-lot of my hobbies and projects to the living room to keep an eye on Wiley since we've been keeping him closed off to just a few rooms in the house - mainly just the living room. It'll be nice when I can get my office together and set back up the way I wanted/needed. I have several books I want to organize better on my book shelves.

Bits and pieces of the news has stressed me out enough to remind me why I hate the news and that it's good to avoid it mostly. I do hear bits of NPR in the mornings and afternoons to and from work. Thinking about the damage he has been causing in this country and the world reminds me of a migraine that doesn't seem to go away. It just lingers. I wonder how many of his supporters still support him after the things he has done in the last several months.

Comments

[cornerofmadness]

good luck with the comic (and reading up the house)

[a_natural_beauty]

Thank you! I appreciate it! :)

[jasonderoga86]

First off, congratulations on your accomplishments with Promised Memories! Every chapter you complete is worthy of celebration as you add them to what you've already completed... and WOW, 100 chapters? Now THAT'S commitment! 😀

I hear you on climate change, over here in California the weather is already showing signs of going back to summer-level heat. I'm worried about it, because last year's summer was so hot that I recall almost fainting twice -- or at least, that's what it felt like. I think the cumulative grief from the people I lost that same year also had a part to play in my feeling extremely fatigued. One thing is for sure -- it was a scary experience.

As for the news, yeah -- DEFINITELY avoid the news. At this point most news sources are confirming to the right wing narrative now; I recently learned that Joe Biden had been diagnosed with prostate cancer -- one of my uncles passed away from prostate cancer last December, so the news hits personal for me. But to also learn that CNN's Jake Tapper just released a book revealing the so-called "Biden cover up" just days before the diagnosis... it proves that mainstream news media has been compromised. Not one of those networks is brave enough to report on the obvious mental depravity of The Other Guy because they think he's good for keeping paranoid and glued to their sets, which means big $$$. Americans are angry that their lives are being turned inside out and nobody's standing up for them, and the powers-that-be are willfully ignoring them. News reporting won't solve their problems -- it'll keep them paralyzed. But the silence over the REAL mentally deprived Other Guy's uncaring and sadistic plundering of the country is damning.

Joe Biden had a saying: "Silence is complicity." And now the news media is starting to choose that same silence out of fear of retribution. It's not worth anyone's time anymore.

[a_natural_beauty]

Thank you! And thank you for reading it! I just need to work on figuring out Global Comix easier. That site is still rather difficult for me and right now I am having trouble logging back in and uploading the new pages.

I'm sorry to hear about your weather. :( That's stressful to say the least. I guess I shouldn't complain about the cold and the rain then, eh? I fear things aren't going to get any easier.

Yes, I've learned that news too. It's very sad. I can't stand the news media as a whole. The ones I truly like are NPR and PBS but even those get me depressed at times.

[soricel]

yay for getting back to working on your comic! i've fallen behind on reading it, but i look forward to catching up. :)

and yeah, i have a hard time with messiness, or little disruptions in my living/working space. hope you get back to a comfy set-up soon.

[a_natural_beauty]

Thank you so much! :) Whenever you are able to get the time... There's no rush.

Yes, I'm glad you understand. Little by little I am tackling these projects! >=)

[matt_zimmer]

Looking forward to more Promised Memories.

[a_natural_beauty]

Thank you. I just got done telling Nana that I was having trouble with logging in again. I'm going to try to work on that more and get it sorted out. For some reason I have been having a harder time learning the ways of Global Comix than I do other sites and apps.

[flirtable]

What's Promised Memories about? I would love to take a gander at it, if that's okay with you. I love comic/graphic novels of all kinds.

The weather where I am at in Minnesota, USA is odd as well. I do believe that climate change is real. (Where do you live?)

Who is Wiley? And I am starting to hate to have a messy place of any kind, so I feel you.

I only watch the news every day to know what's going on. I can get hyped up, but for some reason or another I know to let it go. If it affects me, then I will take note. If not, I try to roll it off my shoulders the best I can.

And the damage the orange clown has done to our country and the world is asinine. That's all I will say.

[pianogurl330]

That's awesome about writing your comic! Go you!

The weather is like that here too! Ugh the news has been stressing me too lately and I want to be informed but at the same I try to avoid it too.