The Lair of the Emerald Serpent

Today began like any other day.


Being Friday - it’s weeds day when I volunteer with a native plant nursery and then spend the afternoon on a coffee crawl.
Today’s plans were going to be a little different due to the full moon
I love moon watching and had planned a little picnic on the south shore looking over to the city. I had some bread, cheese, dips and things and the only item missing was the bottle of wine
But it had been raining in the morning so there was still a question of the weather clearing up in time to even see the big fat yellow critter

While pottering around in the nursery I was listening to podcasts as usual. I make a list of them specially for Fridays. First cab off the rank was the 4th episode of “America. If you’re listening” Normally I grab this one when it comes out on Mondays but figured that since it was about the special relationship with Saudi Arabia, today would be the most appropriate day to listen
I thought the murder of Khashoggi was bad enough and was only too familiar with the appalling excuses offered by the White House after the event. I also knew that Mohammed Bone Saw had creepy Kushner in his pocket. But the time line of how trump turned from endless bitching about KSA to being best friends for ever was truly nauseating

Then I had lined up a couple episodes of Gaslit Nation - the commentary on this week’s shit show along with “Donald Trump is a Ponzi Scheme”
But ten minutes in, the broadcast kept stopping and after restarting it every few minutes, I finally got pissed off and gave up listening. It was just too frustrating.

So that was when I paid more attention to the radio that was on in the background. Around 12.30 or so on a commercial music radio station aimed at 30 somethings ( I think) I caught some mention of the White House and Coronavirus. My ears pricked up and I asked some of the other people if they heard what was said. No luck there
So I made a point of paying special attention at 1pm for the official news bulletin

( The Audacity of Hope )