DEMONS AT WORK

I had a hysterectomy in 2001.  Fibroids.  Very common.  I was so relieved to have the surgery and have the "monthlies" behind me, especially the last few years of...well, no one needs to hear the details, but let me tell you, it was not fun. 

The thing is, I had no idea at the time why I developed that affliction, nor did my doc.  Unlucky?  

No!  There IS a reason, revealed recently by a doctor (yes, she has a medical degree, but as in all professions, someone has to graduate last in their class, I guess) who shared that "DNA from space aliens is infused with medicine" and  that dreaming of having sex with a demon ("astral sex") can result in all manner of awful results including infertility, FIBROIDS, miscarriage, and sexually transmitted diseases.  See?  At long last, an explanation.  

I don't specifically recall having a dream about having sex with a demon, but you know how it is: sometimes you don't recall every dream, especially those of such mundane subject matter.

This doctor joined a group of similarly white-coated "frontline health care providers" on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court (why there?) the other day to proclaim that there is a cure for Covid 19 -- hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug continuously touted by the current president, his supporters, FOX News, and this woman and her cronies who say masks are unnecessary because this drug is the cure.  This flies in the face of science and leading immunologists who have studied this drug, all of whom say it does nothing to cure Covid, and in many cases causes heart issues and even death.  But what do they know?  

The current president had watched the Tea Party Patriot Pro-Trump re-election-sponsored gathering at the Supreme Court and declared, 

"I don't know which country she comes from (Nigeria actually), but she said that she's had tremendous success with hundreds of different patients.  And I thought her voice was an important voice, but I know nothing about her."  This is a typical endorsement of questionable and even disproven information which is so often promoted by this president.  I laughed.  But many take his words as gospel.  Sigh.

So this is where we are in the national discourse on Covid.  At least the majority of citizens seem to give credence to the leading expert on this virus, Dr. Anthony Fauci, judging by his "trustworthy" poll numbers, but that just annoyed the current president, who regularly derides Fauci. This week the current president's resentment spilled over into a whining moment in a press conference where he said he doesn't understand why Fauci is more popular than he is.  

Moving on.  I believe my summer garden has also had astral sex with demons resulting in seeds spilled into the earth that were less than robust.  I'm dealing with a disappointing gardening season.  I planted cucumber seeds three times and none germinated.  The beets are small, the beans paltry; even the zucchini is struggling.  It's a little sad.  I had high hopes.  On the other hand,  we got some good peas, the raspberries are plentiful to a fault: my freezer is full of gallon bags of berries.  And...ta!da! my tomatoes are prolific!  It's really hard to grow tomatoes in this climate so even a couple that ripen for me is cause for celebration.  Most tomato gardeners here make a career of their care and and coaxing to full fruit.  As usual, I plant and mostly ignore, although I did help them along with some "hand pollinating" as I like to call it.  (Am I the demon or the angel?)  Anyway,  we are eating fresh tomatoes daily and there are many more to come.  

So, the Summer of the Covid moves on, with the dance of the ridiculous and the sublime in full swing.  

I had a Facebook memory post pop up today of four years ago, showing a video of me on the night of the Democratic Convention when I had a party of family and friends here to watch Hillary accept the nomination of her party -- the first woman to do so.  I recall crying with joy....never suspecting what was ahead for us all.  

Demons, indeed.

At least, that's the view from here...©

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