I plan to share some of the amazing vacation food we enjoyed on our visit to Canada. When we returned, we had our thirtieth anniversary and the end of summer through Labor Day and there was food fun throughout!
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SPOILERS FOR LOUISE PENNY’S ARMAND GAMACHE BOOK SERIES
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The end of summer has brought on several inspirationals including some exciting places to visit and collect pins from as well as a Kamala/Walz lawn flag in my neighborhood which made me slightly giddy! Our yard sign should be coming next week. Our neighbor had one that I really loved so I ordered the same one.
A few of the pins already belonged to me but a few are new from the trip, from the places we visited and a couple from my family from their day at Fan Expo Canada.
What are some of the things that inspired, and continue to inspire you this summer, and as summer comes to a close?
This quote is from the eleventh book in Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, The Nature of the Beast.
The story itself centers on a play written by a serial killer, and Armand questions the appropriateness of performing a play written by someone with questionable to no morals in addition to his heinous actions. This is something that I sometimes struggle with, in the past, currently, and imparting my feelings to my children while letting them make their own decisions on the subject.
Armand and Reine-Marie seem to disagree in the quote below.
What do you think? How would you or how have you separated the art from the artist? Have you had to do this? Have you dropped someone or something completely because of that internal, moral struggle?
Think deeply and then write your thoughts.
“Should the creation be judged by its creator? Does it matter?”
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““So it has nothing to do with Fleming and his crimes?” asked Reine-Marie. “Nothing to do with him as a man?” “It has everything to do with him,” said Armand, his voice clipped, strained. They looked at him. Never had they heard him come even close to being upset with his wife. “If John Fleming created it, it’s grotesque. It can’t help but be. Maybe not obviously so, but he’s in every word, every action of the characters. The creator and the created are one.””
What do we get with Tim Walz?
The choice of Walz is a win-win for the country and for Minnesota.
Today we should know who VP Harris chooses as her running mate. All the names put forward as being on the short list are all excellent candidates. They all have virtually the same positions on every subject: reproductive rights, gun control, rule of law, Supreme Court reform, and the war on Israel.
We will be lucky to have any one of them.
But first, we need to get them elected on November 5th!
Before you go on vacation.
Before school starts.
Before Election Day comes and goes.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO SAVE DEMOCRACY BY GETTING OUT THE VOTE FOR KAMALA HARRIS AND HER VICE PRESIDENT AND THE REST OF HER PROSPECTIVE ADMINISTRATION?!
I’m not as annoyed when I see Halloween stuff in stores this early. Especially in the heat, I’m happy to be reminded that the cool weather will be arriving soon. At least, I hope so.
I’m also not a big fan of skulls. I know they’re popular at Halloween as well as Dias de Los Muertos, and my daughter loves them. She has a couple of skull designs on her hairdressing tools.
However, while I don’t want this table accessory I was taken by it and of course needed to add it to my picture collection.
Early Happy Halloween.
Griffins and Ginger Snaps 