I’ve been missing in action on my blog over the past few weeks. We were dealing with Operation Metro Surge, the ICE siege in the Twin Cities metro, which has been all-consuming, but I was also checking out new web hosting services. My renewal with InMotion Hosting is coming due in April. I’ve been with them since 2018 and have been noticing more downtime for my blog. It would become inaccessible for several minutes randomly…
During Donald Trump’s first term as president, his supporters, MAGA (Make America Great Again) Republicans, started calling pro-democracy folks “snowflakes.” They thought they were being clever. “Har, har, snowflakes are so fragile! They melt with a little heat. Lol!” True, snow melts with heat, as it has been doing these past few days in Minnesota. It’s the middle of February and we’ve got temps in the high 50 degrees Fahrenheit, about 30 to 40 degrees…
I did a LOT of sewing in 2025, all of it clothing. After gaining weight with menopause, I needed to rebuild most of my wardrobe. Not only did I replace all my pants, I made several jumpsuits and dresses. My favorite pattern company at the moment is Style Arc out of Australia. The patterns are classics and the size 8 fits me well without any adjustments. The two Style Arc dress patterns I made were…