Proof of life

Checking Bluesky this morning may have been a mistake :(  Oh joy, the US Supreme Court is worse than I thought. Argh.

That said, I did slightly assist Jesse in attacking blackberries behind some roses; I used a rake to hold rose canes out of the way while he went back to the blackberry canes growing next to the house. Also as usual, on Monday I did some treadmill time with Marketplace podcasts from last week.

Treadmill is usually MWF. Baby steps for now, but working on getting heart, lungs, and muscles to all cooperate.

Books finished recently: 

• Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac. 1930s mystery set in London. Twisty and interesting.
• No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America by Symone D Sanders. Published in 2020, part memoir and part how-to of a political operative and communications professional.
• Death Comes At The End by Agatha Christie. Christie's only book set in the past (ancient Eygpt) and with a non-European cast. Agatha created this book at the urging of an Eygptologist friend of hers, and it's based in part of real letters from the time. It's a bit slow going but I did enjoy it.
• They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall. It's an updated And Then There Were None, all the way to the end.
• State Tectonics by Malka Older, the third in her Centenal Cycle. (Read Infomacracy first, then Null States)

I have now weakened enough to turn on MSNBC. Hi Rachel.