I'm 26% into Emma Mieko Candon's The Archive Undying. I would be further, but I had lost my headphones and it took me a while to get some new ones from Menards. I can listen to it out loud, as it were, but Mason is often home during the day these days. He plugs in for his stuff, I plug in for mine. It's what we do. 

Am I enjoying it? It is very weird, but also extremely compelling, so yes. Basically, right now, it's a 100% my cup of tea. It is, however, 18 hours long. So, I may have to take a break from it and listen to System Collapse by Martha Wells, since that just popped up as available--and her books just don't become available very often!

Otherwise, I'm feeling kind of crappy on this rainy day. 

Don't get me wrong, I love the rain. I REALLY love that it's currently 63 F/ 17 C. Talk about my kind of weather. I would live full time somewhere where it never got warmer than this, if I could. I'm not sure there's anywhere on the planet that fits that bill anymore, however. 

Which is part of what I'm feeling crappy about. It's all existential dread. Like, I woke up this morning to an article in our local paper about how St. Paul is considering another property tax hike. And, I love social services! But, we are starting to get priced out of a house we have owned since 1995. The worst part is that things are only going to get worse as states and cities struggle to make up the deficit due to the lack of Federal funds. The stuff I actually WANT my Federal taxes to go to.  I don't want to pay for war or ICE deportations, FFS. I want  foreign exchange students in colleges, lunch programs for pulbic schools, a social safety net for all, and housing for the homeless. All that "woke" shit. 

Trying to fight it feels so hopeless. We don't have the votes in Congress to stop him. The Supreme Court has checkout. There are no checks or balances. It all feels very fucked. 

So, I skipped my PT session for today. I'm not writing at my writing Zoom. I'm just going to make a yummy lunch for Mason and myself, write letters to friends, and try to re-center as the world feels like it's spinnning off its axis. 

I did at least have a really fun session of my Thirsty Sword Lesbians campaign last night. That's something. I need more things like that right now. What are you doing that's good and fun? Reading anything worthwhile? Got any fun plans? Any good news at all that you'd care to share?