insurrection, civil servant trauma, stormy weather, labyrinth

09 Oct, 2025

yesterday i was grateful for lunch with holly at poor people's pub...

today i am looking forward to stormy weather...

don't know why there's no sun up in the sky, stormy weather...

clouds are everywhere, literal and metaphorical... when i first got out here we watched a movie that featured both sides now, by joni mitchell... then the song was in the cafe soundtrack every morning... clouds can be magical... clouds can be threatening... clouds can be sad, clouds can have silver linings...

as i listen to the wind howling around the cottage and read heather cox richardson, there is eerie concordance between the two...

russell vought is threatening not to provide back pay to civil service employees when they return to work...

heather cox richardson

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved. Marc Caputo of Axios broke the story of the new OMB memo this morning. Caputo pointed out that in 2019, during the last government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed a law designed to make it clear that furloughed workers would get paid. Caputo notes that the OMB’s new reading of the law is “a major departure from the administration’s own guidance issued…last month.”

after coffee i drive to the labyrinth and walk it as mindfully as i was able... i entered feeling pretty anxious... i exited feeling calmer and more grounded...

heather cox richardson

Miller has been pushing the idea that those opposed to the administration are engaged in “insurrection” against the United States, and reporters are increasingly questioning Trump about whether he would invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act. That law permits a president to override the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act that forbids the government from using federal troops against U.S. citizens to enforce the law. Trump’s advisors prevented him from invoking the Insurrection Act in his first term, but he seems open to the idea again, falsely suggesting that Democratic cities are, as he described Portland, Oregon, “War ravaged.”

i am contemplating new headphones... bose headphones

i enjoyed this givenchy vision of femininity...

At Givenchy, Sarah Burton Strips Back the Female Vocabulary of Dress

For Givenchy Spring/Summer 2026, Sarah Burton dismantled tailoring, reshaping femininity through craft and ease