August Happiness Challenge -- Day 1

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Each day in August,  post something that makes *you* happy. Pretty simple. And, it doesn't even have to be every day if you don't want it to be. It's a great way to remind ourselves that there are positive things going on in our lives, our communities, and the world.

Leave your link in the comments and I'll check out your happiness post. It helps if your August Happiness Challenge posts are marked with an icon. Just something that means "happy" to you. 

 

Today's happiness -- Turning the page. The new month begins on a Monday! Doesn't that feel new and hopeful? Since I do my laundry on Sunday evening, it means I started the first day of the new week/new month by drying off after my morning shower with with fresh, clean towels. August 1 kicks off TCM's Summer Under the Stars, where a different actor is spotlighted each day, and today it's ELVIS! (Elvis on Tour is on as I write this.) Plus, I got to literally turn the page on my kitchen calendar and now I'll be gazed upon by Jelly, a rescue kitty adopted with his brother cat, Jiminy, through the PAWS animal shelter.

 

There is no bottom

 The two latest stories I heard about Donald Trump.

1) He thinks it's a veritable laff riot that Joe Biden remains sick, and is using this as an opportunity to reinforce racist stereotypes and reiterate The Big Lie.

2) His dog whistle comments about Britney Griner are stomach churning. The woman won two Olympic Gold medals and had cannabis oil.  If she weren't a member of two MAGA punching bag communities (black and LGBTQ) would he dismiss her as "potentially spoiled" and "loaded up with drugs?" Of course not. This is the President who stood behind the seal of his office and wished Ghislane Maxwell luck when she was in jail. Of course, Ms. Maxwell is rich, white, conventionally pretty, and partied with Donald and Melania. And this gives him a chance to side with Putin. Again. I think when he sleeps, he dreams that Putin is Butch Cassidy and he's The Sundance Kid. 

What a dark, ugly man this is. So proud of his darkness and ugliness that he doesn't even try to hide it.

Does he lead half the country, or reflect it?

The very fact of Donald Trump makes me sad, and I wish he would just do us all a favor and go away. I think that's the only way we will heal.