The state of my mind as of January 2020.
Mount Shasta, as seen from the parking lot behind where ShopKo used to be.
When people ask me, “What are you doing now that you're sort of retired?”, I tell them, “I sing and play music for old people”.
Funny thing is those ‘old people’ I sing and play for, look like me when I’m looking in a mirror. I don't think any of them feels like they’re an old person when they are feeling happy. I know I don’t.
That would be me playing one of my Kit-Casters
Maybe I will feel old when it’s all over?
Speaking of, “all over”,..My oldest brother David, who has lived with Alzheimer's and dementia for more than 20 years now, will be checking out of this joint, soon.
My other brother, Jerry, called to say our oldest brother was given Last Rights twice. So he's been given a first Last Rights and a last, Last Rights? I guess he has doubled the chances of maybe going to heaven?
Mount Lassen, as seen from where I live at the Tree House Senior Apartments
Now, there is an interesting concept; Heaven.
Has anybody actually contemplated spending eternity trapped with people that you don't really like? Nobody in their right mind would want to be stuck in a crowd of pious evangelists. (I have read that those religious crackpots are supporting the blithering fool who lurks and waders around in the White House.) They all watch Fox news, with religious fervor!
The full moon last week as seen with a little imagination
Obviously people who watch Fox have lost their minds. That's what those programs are designed to accomplish. They take viewers minds and there's nothing you or I can do about it.
If one of these people that they control is your dad, your son, your sibling, your wife or your husband, you're stuck. They no longer operate with reason and logic. They are angry, panicked and afraid that Democrats are coming to take away their guns and give black people equal rights.
I don't know how the hell anyone would fall for this, but MAGA people believe all the shit they hear on talk radio and other right wing media.
Robins decorate bare tree at the Tree House
2020. Who knew we’d live this long? I never thought I’d make it to 2025. I expected my expiration date to come up years ago. It did, and yet I am still here. (song)
So that's some stuff that's on my mind right now. By the way, if you watched the debate CNN put on the other night, you're probably extremely disappointed with moderators asking the same old right-wing gotcha questions. Foolish me tuned in to find out what the candidates have to say about climate change, inequality and how to dismantle the American military/industrial complex that became the scourge of planet earth.
Streaming Clouds over the Tree House
If we don't do something about burning oil and fossil fuels, we may as well just give it up. By 2025 it'll be too late. That’s why millions of kids are marching in the streets. We keep living our lifestyle that is destroying the planet and kids are telling us that they are the ones that have to live with our legacy of a lifeless, ruined planet.
On that happy note I like to wrap this up. Thanks for reading.
