Yup. Like these ones

The likes of you and I, privileged, literate and globally connected, probably could not find a big enough rock if we tried. But the majority of Africans lack these advantages. This is how they live…each day a struggle for survival. They are vulnerable to exploiters promising work overseas.

Name is from Rhaglan in Wales…the sleeve was designed for this lordling after he lost his arm in battle.

Looking forward to the moment when this guy discovers Hogbreath’s tattoo

The name Palantir tells you all you need to know. In LOTR, a set of seeing stones connected in such a way that a user who is powerful enough can control what other lesser beings will see and believe. Do not trust anything that appears there!

He’s gorgeous! Looks like our Skibby…a rescue who turned out to be a Norwegian Forest cross and yes, a bit of a chaos merchant but devoted to my husband. That would be the man who said, “no more cats”!! I hope he brings you so much joy and comfort. He loves a box.

Addo Elephant Park, late December. A cooling, soothing mud bath. Seize the year, friends - day by day, waterhole by waterhole. For all the darkness of this world there is yet good to be found, sometimes in unexpected places.

💯 though Trump would adore Sun City, the place is right up his tacky alley

Oddly looking like an Igor…comes with extra fingers.

Yoh!! I have been waiting for this news all year. Reminds me of this stunt from 2009. (Check my alt text for explanation)

With that bent back he’s sitting like a monkey. And he’s the one doing the grooming.

This is who they need

The spirit of Ukraine only grows stronger while Russia is running on fumes now. Slava Ukraini! Heroiam Slava!

For Shakespeare’s take on getting through it: Tyrant by Stephen Greenblatt.

This is Topazu, a senior cat who rules our household with a velvet paw. She does normally have legs

It is a very bad idea to underestimate Zulus. They were the first indigenous group to inflict a military defeat on a better armed colonial power and thereby rattle an Empire. They shared Ukraine’s genius for nasty surprises.

Meanwhile in Ukraine…it’s going quite smoothly considering war and some unfriendly weather events like drought and hail. Overtaking Russia as major supplier to India…go Ukraine!

Presumably drones made here?

Currently, S is for “Save our giraffe”! How horrible to drag them from tropical Limpopo to miserable freezing Russia. And to prison in a zoo? Raafies in Limpopo are wild and free! The only publicly owned giraffes in that Province live in Polokwane Municipal Game Reserve which is +3000 hectares.

The most fascinating creatures ever written into British history. But what really was their terrifying power? And what of the real King who feared women and dreamed of witches?

I wrote this for my country some years ago. Posting now for yours, acknowledging the deep trauma caused by soulless narcissists who know no justice, empathy or humility.

It’s interesting that Kara-Murza is making such claims. But his friend spoke to POW’s in Ukraine, how ready are they to admit the truth about themselves? Meanwhile he’s going with a racist discourse against Asiatic Russians. The monsters of Bucha were based in Pskov, near Estonia. Not Asians!

Heartbroken for Sumy and Ukraine today. Your light still shines in the darkness! I continue to pray for Ukraine, knowing that only a just peace will suffice. Ukraine’s innocent people cannot be sacrificed indefinitely, the reckoning must come for Putin. Let him live in fear.

I love the penguin memes but let’s not forget small countries like Lesotho. No penguins there - just sheep and goats - but this trade war devastates poor nations just as USAID is taken from them. Penguins can survive (in the Southern ocean) but many people can’t survive Trump.

Denver, Colorado

This was posted from Denver