Thinking about reading, especially enjoyable on my Kindle, I reacquired a complete Austen, and now I've added a complete Dickens.
I'm not really worried about running out of things to do, what with the knitting and stitching and other fiber adventures.
And the occasional musical interlude, like this one, through which I stumbled rustily.
For them as wants to know, today I'm wearing the little jacket I hand stitched from homewoven fabric Joanne gave me.
It's soft and friendly, very nice to wear, and I think of the weaver every time I put it on.
In other planning, my ballot arrived. The joy of being able to vote for a woman for President.
And our county literally sends every election on request including the little known Fire District. All counties don't do this.
I'm showing you my lineup so you can see, in the blue column, the lovely racial and gender intersections in my region.
I'm undyingly proud of being part of the group of activists who made mail-in universal in NJ, who got ballot cure -- the ability to correct a mistake without voiding the vote -- and drop boxes, to work around the USPS. Yay us. Or rather yay Winn Khung, grassroots leader.
I admire your efforts with cards, and thank you comrade for voting correctly.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It was Winn who made it possible for people like me to join in the effort from home.
DeleteAll of Dickens!?!? Have fun!
ReplyDeleteIt might be a long winter!
DeleteGreat work on voting rights, Boud! Well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Immigrants get the job done.
DeleteYou are one of those immigrants who have made this country a much better place. Thank you. You don't take anything for granted the way we native born people so often do.
ReplyDeleteLove the picture of you. I see Joanne right there with you!
Nice words thank you. Immigrants have a sense of obligation to the adopted country, particularly white immigrants who notice they're benefiting from whiteness. It's the least I can do. I feel as if I have to give value. Also, immigrants by definition are people with the initiative to move in order to improve their lives. That initiative doesn't go away once they've unpacked.
DeleteJoanne is so generous. she sent me a little pull over top left over from her clothes making days that I admired everytime she posted a picture of it. I wear it over a long sleeve shirt in the winter.
ReplyDeleteShe's lovely, yes, I'm so glad I got to know her through blogging.
DeleteImmigrants are often engaged in working toward a better future in their adopted land. You are a force, Boud.
ReplyDeleteThank you, it's what we're spozed to do.
DeleteYou seem to be getting set up for the winter.
ReplyDeleteThat's the plan. Just need to get the snow fence on the back forty.
DeleteYay you and those like you... although no one is truly like you. I LOVE that happy photo! I downloaded the complete works of Dickens in the last 10 years. I got through them a lot faster than I anticipated. I had already read most. Had never read the Pickwick Papers and it was the only one I didn’t enjoy. I still feel like there’s something wrong with me. Maybe I should give it another try.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nice words. I think you've given Dickens his fair share of attention! On to Trollope!! I have him on the Kindle too.
DeleteIt's unbelievable that Trump's name is still on the ballot form. And that the Republican party put it there.
ReplyDeleteYou look lovely and warm and happy in your new jacket.
I'm pleased with the jacket. It's friendly. Unlike tfg..
DeleteYou look very happy.
ReplyDeleteI haven't received a mail in ballot in years. I check online to find I've been purged from the Vermont voter registration list. I know I missed the last 2 local elections. Evidently, in Vermont if you don't vote in 2 general elections, your voter registration is purged, gone, off the voter list. That is extreme. I believe unless you moved away or die, your voter registration should remain. Decades of voting, I miss 2 elections and get purged feels to me fishy.
I re-registered online.
I'm glad you reregistered. I never miss an election, don't think I ever have.
DeleteCurious to know what 'nomination by petition' means...could you explain further?
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be interesting here to see if mail-in ballots will be more of a thing when our election happens (whenever it happens....it's up in the air right now).
In order to have your name on the ballot you need a certain number of voter signatures in a petition supporting your candidacy. In this case no-one tried, so it will be write in vote. In view of recent fire district shenanigans, I'm not surprised.
DeleteHow do you get your name on the ballot in Canada?
Very cool on the jacket.
ReplyDeleteI love wearing it.
DeleteThat jacket looks so nice. I don't remember if it was linen or hemp.
ReplyDeleteOur ballots go out next week.
It was a scrap piece of the cotton fabric you weave for towels. I love it.
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