A couple of months ago, I cleaned out the fridge and discovered a vibrant blue-green and white mold on some spaghetti sauce. Obviously, this container got shoved to the back of the fridge and wasn’t seen for a while. The mold against the red sauce makes for a striking and artistic contrast. If you look at a closeup of the mold, you can see that it has a fuzzy, almost cottony texture. …
We are zooming through the month of May, and I’ve written nary a word on Without Obligation. Time to rectify that. The title of today’s post, “The Impossible Corner,” sounds like it could be describing the constant existential threats U.S. democracy is facing at the hands of Donald Trump, his sycophantic enablers, and the billionaire monopolists. While I could shout at length about all of these topics (like Trump’s outright theft of $1.776 billion from…
Recently, Hubby and I watched a couple of entertaining movies on Netflix – The Thursday Murder Club and Moving On. The Thursday Murder Club stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie as residents in a very nice assisted living facility in England who try to solve cold cases. When a development company threatens to shut down the facility and kick everyone out, they protest and someone is murdered in their midst. Then…