Or the weather thread or the gardening thread… 
I know we had some dry days up in north GA, with some red flag fire threat days.
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One of the few truly forward-thinking, genuinely popular and apparently climate-friendly pieces of legislation of the last years.
So of course the conservatives want to get rid of it
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This kind of attitude even gives me the impression that conservatives don’t like it when someone wins something, even if they don’t lose anything. Getting a better life is something immoral to them.
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I am writing this from the one and only park bench in all of Chicago.
And it just started raining. Now it stopped.
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with a little editing, you’ve got the makings of a nice haiku there.
Chicago park bench
i find but one as rain begins.
and rain no longer.
still needs work.
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I went out looking for a sticker proclaiming “Chicago” this afternoon.
Due to the tariffs that we all knew were coming, I made many purchases earlier this year that I had been putting off for a while. One of those things was a metal suitcase. For a long time I have admired metal suitcases that get scratched and dented due to use, and have stickers on them commemorating those travels.
Now that I have been moved out of my mother’s old house, I will have to carry more clothes and personal items when traveling. So everything indicated that the time was right.
I have passed through Chi-Town many times over the years. I thought, now that I’m spending a day there, I might as well spend some time getting a sticker stating I have been to Chicago. I have earned that right.
I hoped to get one from the Art Institute of Chicago gift shop. I assume they have a gift shop. All self respecting museums do. I will get around to viewing their exhibits when I have more time.
But, it is Tuesday, and the museum is closed on Tuesday. What kind of museum is closed on Tuesday?
So I began my return walk back to my hotel, tired and hungry, and stickerless.
I passed what used to be the Carson, Pirie, Scott Building. The store currently using some of that space might have what I was looking for. But I didn’t what a sticker from Target on my suitcase.
Then I saw Macy’s. They might have what I wanted. And I used to work at Macy’s, so the sticker would be extra meaningful.
Knowing Macy’s as well as I do, I j ew to head for the basement. Finding the down escalator was the hard part. There I found they have a book store. I knew I was getting close. And it was there that I found my sticker. The last one of its type in the combined children’s/travel section. It’s not too big and not too small, and features the Hancock Center under a script “Chicago.” Why it features the Hancock Center, I don’t know, but it looks good.
The guy behind the register was definitely a book nerd. I apologized for only buying a sticker. I told him I was traveling. He was OK with that. They had a lot of “Kamala is Brat” and “Proud Democrat” pins by the register for sale.
By the way, the Chicago Macy’s looks better than the Herald Square one.
I joyfully exited the building on North Wabash Avenue. I held the door for someone else, then proceeded north up the sidewalk and saw, looming in the distance, 401 North Wabash Avenue with an enormous TRUMP on the side. I honestly nearly threw up.
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From my recollection, the Picasso Museum in Paris.
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Amateurs!
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