Haha, I know. That was so nuts. I really was waiting for someone to come around the corner and tell me it was a joke when the gardener started yelling at me to be respectful of all things 🤣 And I’m so glad this left you feeling hopeful after feeling those other things. I adore you ❤️
My husband and I talk about this getting away with blatant lies thing often and we always come to the conclusion that someone would lock us up. Ally please don't call your local TV station for a news conference in your backyard to announce that you ARE President now. I am pretty sure you would be jailed and they would take your laptop and phone and then where would that leave the rest of us. We would have to protest outside the jail and then we would be shot or jailed as well and well we know where all this fascism leads. Can someone please wake up the entire country? We have got to VOTE this nightmare away.
Obviously if I decided to announce my presidency I’d have to do it from Four Seasons Total Landscaping, Mary! I already have the t-shirt so it’s a no-brainer 🤣 But I’d hate for all of us to end up in jail, so we’ll just keep it on the down low for now ;) Huge hugs. If I were president we’d start with the biggest pro-DEI parade this country has ever seen, and the first party favor would be universal healthcare 🥳
Oh my gosh, you can absolutely join this love-fest, Janey! You made my night ☺️🥰 And I know, isn’t that the best? *Is it funny?* I feel like that supersedes all the other gates. Pretty much. Especially now! Hugs and love, thanks for being here ❤️
I feel like we are living in a world full of Fernandos, and not the cool revolutionary Fernando that Abba sang about either. But then I read your words and remind myself to be kind, but not to Kristi or Pam. Never them.
Agreed, somehow these Fernandos seem to be popping up everywhere, and sometimes they’re named Frank lol. We just keep on keeping on. And yes, with the Kristis and Pams, my feeling at this point is honesty is the best form of kindness I have left for them. But Dinas? Well, they can have all the cookies and baby goats in my heart ❤️
Gah. Maybe Frank is just the anglicized version of Fernando?? I’m going to have to send our friend a holiday card this year. We like BFFS now. Please look after the baby goats, I don’t think they would travel well ;-).
Forgot to tell you he sent me a private message I declined to accept lol. He sure is persistent for someone who hates feminists 🤣 I shall hold the baby goats in my heart for you.
Thanks for a great piece of writing. I love where you went with it. I’m constantly shocked by how badly some people behave. The rapist in the WH gives them permission with his every outrage. Turns out the deadly toxins have been there all along under a shallow layer of soil. I guess it’s up to us to neutralize them.
Thank you for being here, Julie! It’s true, he has really unleashed the worst in the people who support him and it is devastating to see how many of them there are. Some days I don’t know what to do with how sad it makes me, but other days it inspires me to get a little louder. And sometimes I just want to grab my dog and go look at the stars, or hug my kids harder, or wish I could meet every single one of you somewhere under the trees near a creek. We shall persist. ❤️
I think we should all just go for the gold at this point, Karen. Who’s gonna stop you? No reason we can’t join in the batshit insanity, as long as we aim it toward some hilarity, that’s where I’m at. Have an excellent weekend, Madam President!!
Once again Ally 👏🏻 you've done it. Absolutely gorgeous piece of writing. The truth contained inside is absolutely sickening and you've again conveyed all the thoughts in my mind and on my heart ❤️
Oh Cassi, I’m glad this resonated and sad for all of us that this is the crazy and unfathomable chapter we are living through. But there are so many of us who feel this way and that gives me a lot of hope on the days when things feel dark. I am sending you so much love. Thank you for being here, huge hugs 💕💕💕
Ally, your ability to weave stories together is inspiring to me. You touch on all the things that make me yell and scream and cry. That ending is the part I have been forgetting about lately, the love fest as someone else said. Let’s not forget about that.
Thank you so much, Sarelle. The microcosm/macrocosm thing has always fascinated me and probably always will. It gives me hope I guess. And the love fest is everything, but I forget some days too. So we shall remind each other ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks so much for being here, I appreciate you!
What a great lesson to share, Ally. Speak only what is true, kind and necessary. That last one can sometimes be the most challenging! I’m glad Gloria came through in the end. Good grief.
This essay was so good. I got to the end and realized your reminders about not letting our hearts get angry and bitter were the same as those of the fantastic writer I got hooked on from Yogis Anonymous. I am dealing with this on a personal level as well as with all the other shit going on in the world. I cried but as always,felt stronger!
Oh Ann, thank you. It has all reached such wild heights of the unfathomable and there are days I feel so sad or outraged or overwhelmed, but I refuse to let these people rob us of hope and kindness and determination. We just have to continue clearing and forging a better path ahead and moving in that direction and “being the change we want to see.” I have faith that sanity and compassion will prevail eventually. This mayhem and cruelty is not sustainable and no one is winning but the billionaires. I don’t know how they can call this winning to be clear, but I guess I will never understand that worldview. Anyway, I am glad this helped and I am sending you so much love!❤️
This was such a compelling and spot on read! And I’m glad Gloria paid for the removal and YES, how is he not embarrassed??! He’s created such a mess, an unnecessary mess and then has the nerve to ask for help? It’s insane. Literally.
Thanks so much, Andrea, and I’m glad she paid, too. My mom used to say “no good deed goes unpunished” which was not one of my favorite phrases of hers. I really rejected (and reject) that idea, but if Gloria had not paid I would have felt like an idiot for being so accommodating about her project along the way.
And I have no clue how he is not horrified and mortified, except I don’t think he possesses the moral and ethical fiber to feel those emotions. I guess if he did he’d be a different person and we wouldn’t be in this mess. If only! But it’s not forever. I keep reminding myself. It just feels that way 😳 Hugs and love to you!! Thanks for being here x
I love that saying No good deed goes unpunished. Always seemed so fitting on so many levels. Happy to be here! And crossing my fingers the nightmare regime is gone sooner rather than later. We can do hard things! 😊
Hahaha. Yes, clearly that would solve everything! And you know, I used to be so polite when I was a kid and when I was growing up, and now I guess I’m making up for lost time 🤣💀
Oh god. I just cant understand or make sense. Thank you for breaking it all down. It has to be a phase. Surely. What do we do. The people who just deny and gaslight and turn it all around are doing so much harm.
It really does feel like we are living in a giant simulation and one day we’re going to wake up and a gargantuan Rod Serling is going to peek his giant head over the lip of the fishbowl and tell us we’ve been in the Twilight Zone. Or something. Because how can this be real? How can this many people see this awful man and think, *Yes, him. He’s the one for me.*
But we will get through this. We will. And hopefully at some point soon there will be an opportunity to start again. We need a huge reset. Clearly! Hugs and love to you. I have been thinking of you ❤️🩹
I’m so glad Gloria took the sane path in the end, though I’d be mortified if my neighbor had to go through all that on my behalf. She let you figure it all out and find someone to take the branches away?Yeesh. As for this war that gets more heartbreaking, confounding, and expensive every day, I just don’t get the folks still supporting this deranged malignant narcissist. These are hard times for keeping hopeful, but I so appreciate how your posts always find a way.
Yeah, I’d be mortified, too, but she’s kind of a quirky bird. It takes all kinds haha.
And this war and this insane president with his utterly unhinged Easter message. I saw it and thought it had to be fake. Even for him it was off the hook nuts. So I dunno, Rob. Every time I think things can’t get crazier, they do. I just don’t think it’s sustainable. I feel like it’s going to implode. He’s losing it. And I don’t know why, but I think we’re going to be okay. I’m worried about the food supply and a million other things, but somehow I think we’re going to be okay. Hugs to you and the fam🤍
Dear god. Your dumbass neighbor. This made me feel angry, and then sad, and then hopeful. The truth does that. And love.
Haha, I know. That was so nuts. I really was waiting for someone to come around the corner and tell me it was a joke when the gardener started yelling at me to be respectful of all things 🤣 And I’m so glad this left you feeling hopeful after feeling those other things. I adore you ❤️
You always do that. Lay out the atrocities then give us hope. It’s a gift. And I adore YOU.
My husband and I talk about this getting away with blatant lies thing often and we always come to the conclusion that someone would lock us up. Ally please don't call your local TV station for a news conference in your backyard to announce that you ARE President now. I am pretty sure you would be jailed and they would take your laptop and phone and then where would that leave the rest of us. We would have to protest outside the jail and then we would be shot or jailed as well and well we know where all this fascism leads. Can someone please wake up the entire country? We have got to VOTE this nightmare away.
Obviously if I decided to announce my presidency I’d have to do it from Four Seasons Total Landscaping, Mary! I already have the t-shirt so it’s a no-brainer 🤣 But I’d hate for all of us to end up in jail, so we’ll just keep it on the down low for now ;) Huge hugs. If I were president we’d start with the biggest pro-DEI parade this country has ever seen, and the first party favor would be universal healthcare 🥳
I have a 4 Seasons Landscaping t shirt too!
Truth be told, I have a few different versions because that event makes me laugh to this day. All I have to do is think about it. Comedy gold.
Thank you for always saying the thing when no one else will say the thing. I'm glad you're here <3
I’m so glad you’re here, too, friend. Glad doesn’t even begin to cover it!!
Can I join this love-fest please?
What a piece of writing, though! I love the way you relate what is happening to you to the bigger picture in a true and clear way.
And I love 'Is it funny?' 🤣
Oh my gosh, you can absolutely join this love-fest, Janey! You made my night ☺️🥰 And I know, isn’t that the best? *Is it funny?* I feel like that supersedes all the other gates. Pretty much. Especially now! Hugs and love, thanks for being here ❤️
Agreed. Ally has this fantastic way of weaving her tapestry into relevant current events. She has a gift - AN ART! 🥰
(I loved the baby goats!)
Oh gosh thank you so much, Judy! You all made my night and my morning 🥹🙏🏼🐐🐐🐐 I appreciate you! Xo
I feel like we are living in a world full of Fernandos, and not the cool revolutionary Fernando that Abba sang about either. But then I read your words and remind myself to be kind, but not to Kristi or Pam. Never them.
Agreed, somehow these Fernandos seem to be popping up everywhere, and sometimes they’re named Frank lol. We just keep on keeping on. And yes, with the Kristis and Pams, my feeling at this point is honesty is the best form of kindness I have left for them. But Dinas? Well, they can have all the cookies and baby goats in my heart ❤️
Gah. Maybe Frank is just the anglicized version of Fernando?? I’m going to have to send our friend a holiday card this year. We like BFFS now. Please look after the baby goats, I don’t think they would travel well ;-).
Forgot to tell you he sent me a private message I declined to accept lol. He sure is persistent for someone who hates feminists 🤣 I shall hold the baby goats in my heart for you.
Thanks for a great piece of writing. I love where you went with it. I’m constantly shocked by how badly some people behave. The rapist in the WH gives them permission with his every outrage. Turns out the deadly toxins have been there all along under a shallow layer of soil. I guess it’s up to us to neutralize them.
Thank you for being here, Julie! It’s true, he has really unleashed the worst in the people who support him and it is devastating to see how many of them there are. Some days I don’t know what to do with how sad it makes me, but other days it inspires me to get a little louder. And sometimes I just want to grab my dog and go look at the stars, or hug my kids harder, or wish I could meet every single one of you somewhere under the trees near a creek. We shall persist. ❤️
I would vote for you for president.
Oh Alice, I adore you!
I think I may start telling people, "I'm the President."
I think we should all just go for the gold at this point, Karen. Who’s gonna stop you? No reason we can’t join in the batshit insanity, as long as we aim it toward some hilarity, that’s where I’m at. Have an excellent weekend, Madam President!!
Will you be my second in command?
Anytime! It’s not fun if it isn’t a group project.
Once again Ally 👏🏻 you've done it. Absolutely gorgeous piece of writing. The truth contained inside is absolutely sickening and you've again conveyed all the thoughts in my mind and on my heart ❤️
Oh Cassi, I’m glad this resonated and sad for all of us that this is the crazy and unfathomable chapter we are living through. But there are so many of us who feel this way and that gives me a lot of hope on the days when things feel dark. I am sending you so much love. Thank you for being here, huge hugs 💕💕💕
Ally, your ability to weave stories together is inspiring to me. You touch on all the things that make me yell and scream and cry. That ending is the part I have been forgetting about lately, the love fest as someone else said. Let’s not forget about that.
Thank you so much, Sarelle. The microcosm/macrocosm thing has always fascinated me and probably always will. It gives me hope I guess. And the love fest is everything, but I forget some days too. So we shall remind each other ❤️❤️❤️ Thanks so much for being here, I appreciate you!
What a great lesson to share, Ally. Speak only what is true, kind and necessary. That last one can sometimes be the most challenging! I’m glad Gloria came through in the end. Good grief.
Good grief indeed, and yes, Gloria and I worked it out. My god that Fernando lol. And yay for the funny gate. Hugs and love xo
This essay was so good. I got to the end and realized your reminders about not letting our hearts get angry and bitter were the same as those of the fantastic writer I got hooked on from Yogis Anonymous. I am dealing with this on a personal level as well as with all the other shit going on in the world. I cried but as always,felt stronger!
Thank you!
Oh Ann, thank you. It has all reached such wild heights of the unfathomable and there are days I feel so sad or outraged or overwhelmed, but I refuse to let these people rob us of hope and kindness and determination. We just have to continue clearing and forging a better path ahead and moving in that direction and “being the change we want to see.” I have faith that sanity and compassion will prevail eventually. This mayhem and cruelty is not sustainable and no one is winning but the billionaires. I don’t know how they can call this winning to be clear, but I guess I will never understand that worldview. Anyway, I am glad this helped and I am sending you so much love!❤️
This was such a compelling and spot on read! And I’m glad Gloria paid for the removal and YES, how is he not embarrassed??! He’s created such a mess, an unnecessary mess and then has the nerve to ask for help? It’s insane. Literally.
Thanks so much, Andrea, and I’m glad she paid, too. My mom used to say “no good deed goes unpunished” which was not one of my favorite phrases of hers. I really rejected (and reject) that idea, but if Gloria had not paid I would have felt like an idiot for being so accommodating about her project along the way.
And I have no clue how he is not horrified and mortified, except I don’t think he possesses the moral and ethical fiber to feel those emotions. I guess if he did he’d be a different person and we wouldn’t be in this mess. If only! But it’s not forever. I keep reminding myself. It just feels that way 😳 Hugs and love to you!! Thanks for being here x
I love that saying No good deed goes unpunished. Always seemed so fitting on so many levels. Happy to be here! And crossing my fingers the nightmare regime is gone sooner rather than later. We can do hard things! 😊
I still think if we women smiled more, all of these bad things could be avoided.
How’s that for lying? Thanks for always saying the true things. We need more inconvenient prophets. 🤍
Hahaha. Yes, clearly that would solve everything! And you know, I used to be so polite when I was a kid and when I was growing up, and now I guess I’m making up for lost time 🤣💀
Oh god. I just cant understand or make sense. Thank you for breaking it all down. It has to be a phase. Surely. What do we do. The people who just deny and gaslight and turn it all around are doing so much harm.
It really does feel like we are living in a giant simulation and one day we’re going to wake up and a gargantuan Rod Serling is going to peek his giant head over the lip of the fishbowl and tell us we’ve been in the Twilight Zone. Or something. Because how can this be real? How can this many people see this awful man and think, *Yes, him. He’s the one for me.*
But we will get through this. We will. And hopefully at some point soon there will be an opportunity to start again. We need a huge reset. Clearly! Hugs and love to you. I have been thinking of you ❤️🩹
I’m so glad Gloria took the sane path in the end, though I’d be mortified if my neighbor had to go through all that on my behalf. She let you figure it all out and find someone to take the branches away?Yeesh. As for this war that gets more heartbreaking, confounding, and expensive every day, I just don’t get the folks still supporting this deranged malignant narcissist. These are hard times for keeping hopeful, but I so appreciate how your posts always find a way.
Yeah, I’d be mortified, too, but she’s kind of a quirky bird. It takes all kinds haha.
And this war and this insane president with his utterly unhinged Easter message. I saw it and thought it had to be fake. Even for him it was off the hook nuts. So I dunno, Rob. Every time I think things can’t get crazier, they do. I just don’t think it’s sustainable. I feel like it’s going to implode. He’s losing it. And I don’t know why, but I think we’re going to be okay. I’m worried about the food supply and a million other things, but somehow I think we’re going to be okay. Hugs to you and the fam🤍