Margaret Atwood & that Handmaid’s Tale

Canadian author Margaret Atwood published her classic Dystopian novel in 1985. I think I read it when I was pregnant with our daughter, Megan, around 1989. I was horrified as I read it in a couple of days and comforted myself by believing now that someone had written this terrifying novel, it would never happen in real life.

Now, 40 years after it was published, the book stands out as an example of an author who saw the future, the world where we now find ourselves. Except this version we’re living is worse than anything Atwood envisioned.

Atwood captured the sexism, the idea of women as tools for men to use however they want, women as  slaves to male patriarchy in all its disgusting nuances.But she didn’t capture the utter chaos and cruelty of what happens when a democracy is turned inside out by an administration that has no idea what the hell it’s doing or why. It’s as if a bunch of wild, untamed, uncivilized human beings have been unleashed on the country and the world.

While they’re cackling away in  D.C., congratulating themselves on how well they’ve cut waste in the U.S. government – how many thousands of federal workers have been fired to date? – children worldwide who depended on USAID are starving, dying. The elderly and disabled are getting robbed blind. Schools and universities are losing critical funding for students, scientists, research. That’s just the surface of things.

Hurricane season begins on June 1. But with NOAA on the cutting block, many of its workers fired, who is going to track the storms this season? Trump, with his sharpie pen? With the CDC shrinking and RFK Jr. in charge of health & human services,  measles are spreading, kids are dying from too much vitamin A and cod liver oil that the man with ZERO medical experience is  advocating.

The stock market is tanking. Books are being banned. The Department of Education has been obliterated. This points to one of their goals: make the population stupid so they’ll believe anything we tell them.

So here we are, well beyond the Dystopia that Margaret Atwood wrote about. Yet, there are still people who are applauding for Trump.

A retired attorney: Trump’s intentions are good.

A retired physician: He won’t touch Social Security. We paid into it.

A brainwashed neighbor, after being told that ICE was in the neighborhood, trying to round up Mexican immigrants who work in the equestrian industry: Trump’s doing great.

A Jewish woman I’ve known for 50 years told me she was voting for trump and when I pointed out that he hates Jews, Latinos, people of color, women, anyone who isn’t a white guy, her response was: it’s the border.

“Have you been to the border?” I asked her.

“Well, no, but on Fox News…”

And right then, I knew that nothing I said would change her mind. Right then, I knew tht 50 years had been swept away.

 

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And how was YOUR Mercury Retro?

Well, , the retro is done.

I had a lot of computer glitches.

I jotted down the wrong date for Nigel’s appointment with the vet and ended up waiting quite a while while he paced and became increasingly agitated about being there at all.

I had terrible ups and downs about what orange man and his nutty cronies are doing to democracy. I’ve cheered every time I read or heard about a judge blocking some stupid order he issued. I raged when I read about ICE grabbing people off the street, students with visas.

I kept thinking about people I know who voted for this monster. Any regrets yet?Probably not. I’m sure Fox news is assuring you everything is just fine, this is all part of orange man’s genius plan to make America great again.

I wonder about the commercial pilot who, during trump’s first administration,  called me evil  for hoping he would be indicted. Is he pleased that so many FAA air traffic controllers have been fired? Are he and his wife pleased that when they walk into Publix, prices are higher than the last time they shopped? Or are they still cheering this guy and driving out to Palm Beach Airport to breathlessly watching trump’s plane land?

No telling. We no longer speak.

But hey, on April 7, Mercury turned  direct in water sign  Pisces. Two days before that happened, we went to  a Hands Off! protest – peaceful, uplifting, 1000-2000 people. Maybe that portends something positive lies ahead!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Baptist de Pape: Manifestation Perfected

Join Trish and Rob for a conversation with…

Baptist de Pape is a llawyer, author, and filmmaker. Called to investigate the incredible power of the heart, he went on a quest around the world, interviewing many of the foremost thinkers of our time, culminating in the renowned film and book The Power of the Heart. His new book, Manifestation Perfected, looks at the lives of three of the most essential personalities in manifesting—Oprah Winfrey, J. K. Rowling, and Anita Moorjani. The book offers a series of six steps that anyone can adopt to become the master creator of their life and happiness. Baptist lives in Belgium.

https://www.thepoweroftheheart.com

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The Hands Off Protest in West Palm Beach

This protest was terrific. There were 500-700 people, no trumpies anywhere and it was so peaceful that the six cops who were there left after awhile.

This sign pretty much says it all!

 

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HANDS OFF PROTESTS

MY SIGN FOR THE HANDS OFF PROTEST ON SATURDAY.

 

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Updated Book

The Secrets of Spirit Communication was bought by Llewellyn in 2018, went out of print this year, so we’ve updated and added new material in order to publish on Amazon. But we needed a new cover and this is the one Megan did. I love it! I had asked her for the hummingbirds because of an experience I had shortly after my sister, Mary, died.

Thank you, Megger!

The book will go up after 4/7, when Mercury will be direct Finally.

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HANDS OFF PROTESTS

 

On Saturday, April 5, HANDS OFF is mobilizing all over the country for protests against trump and musk and what they are doing to the government and to this country, to we, the people. Find a protest near you. Go to the site and click on the map in your area to find out where the protests are.

The clickable map.

 

 

 

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Trish MacGregor: Star Power for April 2025

Join Trish for the April 2025 astrological forecast!

You tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0syq6gZDW6k

The written version is at the top of the page, the April star power.

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Social Security Stuff @ the Dog Park

 

Today at the dog park a retired doctor stopped to talk with a group of us. His dog occasionally stops in at our bench area to get water.

“You think social security is going to get cancelled?” I asked him.

“No, it’s all talk. They can’t do away with social security.”

The news says otherwise, but I didn’t point that out. “I sure hope you’re right.”

“It’s our money that was deducted for years from our paychecks. They have to make good on these checks.” He shook his head. “They won’t shut it down. Now going to happen.”

“Well, we’ll see” I said. “And I’ll call you on it if they cancel. & they’ll have a revolution on their hands if they do.”

He laughed. “They sure will.”

I hope the doctor’s right. But we’ll see. After all, Musk called social security a Ponzi scheme.

 

 

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The Fourth Turning – & other stuff

Dr Russell Razzaque is a British Jungian psychiatrist.  His YouTube channel is a fascinating collection of short videos with specific themes. This one is about cycles in history that occur every 20 to 80  years.

One of my favorites is the below, about how trump is making us ill and what we can do about it.

Here’s another of my favorites- and a question I have always asked myself of the guy who is so unfamiliar with the bible that he held it upside down. Remember that?

So for any anti-trumpers out there, treat yourself to some of Dr. Razzaque’s videos. youtube

 

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