D Selby Designs

Wow, all the news looks bad, but I have this to say about that: I feel pretty smug about not having a retirement fund! This is the grasshopper and the ant, in reverse. Look, folks. There will always be commerce. Even before the flood, there was commerce. And when the ark beached, Noah made beer. I think that’s how John McCain is funding his campaign. Thanks, Cindy.

Anyway, my point–and I do have one–is that we will go on. Thanks, Celine. Our U.S. perspective-problem is this: the majority of Americans don’t travel beyond Florida or California, so we think we’re it. We are insular, navel-studying gimme-gimme consumers who can’t imagine a world where new cars don’t show up in our driveways on a regular basis.

I’m not looking forward to a repeat of the 1930’s ( wasn’t there; I hear about it every day from Mom), but do we really need a world where Paris Hilton is a somebody? A world where gals carry logo purses bought on credit, but have no money to put in them? Volunteer. Pick up some litter. Read a book. Walk.

Chill.

My navel-studying has put me back into Patternmaker, designing needlework for the past couple of days. Not that I’ll post any of it, ’cause in the time it takes me to toggle from backstitch to full stitch, somebody will have scanned it, charted it, and posted it in a chat room. Not that I’m bitter about the demise of my former career.

I’m still cruise director on HMS Dementia. Mom sat out in the sunshine for about three hours today. I’d glance out and feel a little guilty, but she was happy, the cat appreciated her company, and I was toggling between backstitch and full stitch.

If you didn’t see SNL last night, look for it on the internet. Their financial expert had me rolling on the floor!

FIX IT!

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