for “President” Trump as he and his enablers have promised to reign victorious no matter what the election results are, leaving us free to vote for a Dead Kennedy*, a Kennedy with a dead bug in his head, some Kristi Noem type or even the guys who’ve been keeping the government running, rebuilding alliances abroad and the economy here at home while simultaneously underwriting horrendous genocide in the Near East [just so they’re not accused of “anti-

Semitism”**]. Anyway none of this will matter after November as the Trumplican Maggots have sworn they’ll seize power and tear it all down no matter what [why wait?].  Just watch the fuckers.  With that in mind my week began with an early morning trip to V-town for vascular

ultrasound which determined circulation was normal all the way down to my toes followed by dog walking, Safeway, a very spendy California fill-up for the Tundra and a very lengthy wait

at Big O while Linda was being sold a new set of tires for her Mini. Late that afternoon I exchanged the Taco for the ’45 at the aforementioned to have its electrical drain sorted [which ultimately proved beyond their capabilities].  Meanwhile Bryan was here on a round of Bay Area visits [his mother in SF, cousin Tyler in Santa Clara rehab temporarily due to a traumatic brain injury, and ourselves] including dinner with us at Lucca Tuesday…a good visit though he still doesn’t know when his reassignment will come through and to what.

Wednesday Monday’s routine repeated, this time for an EKG to determine that

all was well with the heart, back to Beni in time for a bright morning walk with dogs, a Lebanese

lunch generously brought over from San Rafael by our dear friend Mary while spring’s greens

began yellowing into Fire Season as the weather warms and as it does I’m counting down,

down…towards The Country Life.  What could go wrong, right?

*I do believe Jello Biafra ran for president once but I might be wrong, right? Wavy Gravy definitely put Nobody forward at one point – “Because Nobody’s Perfect” – and the alternatives certainly aren’t, ever.

**Now that they’re proposing to withold “offensive” weapons [but not the others, “Iron Domicile” etc.] the “semites” are all hysterically waving their little blue and white flags and screaming the US supports terrorism; it’s a lose lose all the way down.