Yesterday we participated in the No Kings demonstration in Golden Valley. On the way we were speculating as to how many people would show up, given that the main event was downtown. I said maybe a hundred, then I revised it to 400, saying that might be a little high. There were thousands. Lining Highway 55 and Winnetka all the way down to the McDonalds, three blocks. It was great to be part of it. I would have liked to have seen more young people, the crowd was mostly old white folks. I’ve been told that a resistance movement will succeed if it get three percent of the populations demonstrating. Estimates for the country were 5-7 million out on the streets. So we have three to five million more to turn out. Power to the people.
Monthly Archives: October 2025
Working
It’s a bright sunny fall day. My shoulder is feeling a lot better and Becky seems to be a lot better.
Yesterday I worked on rebuilding my portfolio site to bring it up to Squarespace 7.1 standards and also build a gallery that doesn’t quote prices.
I’ll continue with the website today, do a little painting and work on my shoulder.
I’ve started monitoring my glucose levels again. That which gets measured gets managed. That’s an aphorism that I heard back in my Yellow Pages days, but I couldn’t think of the last word. Grok to the rescue.
Starting to Feel Like Fall
Several days of cool rainy weather has put me in a fall kind of mood. It’s my favorite season, but not this part. I like the part with clear blue skies and crisp clean air, cool but not cold. And them of course there’s the brilliant display of colors. People travel all over the state to see the colors, but in New Hope with all of it’s mature hardwoods, we simply have to step outside. If you live in the Twin Cities you’re living in a hardwood forest.
Went to PT yesterday, I seem to be making progress. At this point I could live with the condition of my shoulder. It isn’t too painful, doesn’t disrupt my sleep and I can pretty much do anything with I need to do. Probably will never pitch in the majors though.
Today I’m going to work on building a new website for my art. I’ll be using Squarespace again. It’s so seamless, not having to worry about updating plugin or which version of PHP I’m using or any of that technical stuff that I used to be able to stay on top of, but don’t really care to mess with anymore. I’m doing it for a couple of reasons. One is that they have an new version and it’s not easy to just convert a site to the new version, 7.1. The other is that I don’t want to show prices or sell directly online. I haven’t had much success with that anyway and it’s kind of a pain in the ass to deal with. Plus I don’t want to show my prices on the site, since they might change over time, and even have different rates for different markets. A friend who sells through a gallery in Texas and Saudi Arabia charges higher rates than he does in the Twin Cities.
Sunny Day
Not much shoulder pain, foot better.
Post some paintings
Order art supplies
Watching: House of Guinness
Scatterbrain
Just finished a series of 4 paintings.
Have some tendonitis or something going on in my left foot. Maybe it’s just sympathetic with Becky’s foot. Shoulder seems to be slowly getting better.
Minnesota finally has recreational cannabis dispensaries and one of them is just over on 42nd Ave. Walking distance. I got my medical card, which is going to save me a lot of money on taxes. I should have gotten it a long time ago, I would have been able to get what I need without thinking about getting to Chicago. I was certainly eligible! The med card thing is kind of a scam, I think almost anyone could qualify, especially old folks like me. Who doesn’t have chronic pain?
My ADHD is raging recently. I’m incredibly scattered.