Monday Stuff on the Way to Other Stuff: Up and On

      I would love to tell you we're doing wonderful things...well, maybe fixing the sink leak, picking up a heavy box of roof screws (to fasten down the roof) and printing out reports is exciting. The Brick took Friday and Saturday off to go play mandolin with a good friend in the Springs; I stayed home to type. (And meet a couple of good friends who came to visit, while scouting for the upcoming hunting season.)

     Making progress, albeit not as quickly as we hoped, is still progress.

      It's still hot during the day, but cools down to chillness at night. We got some rain, but Daughter #2 and Son #1 had snow falling in Nederland. (So did a bunch of ski areas!) Fall is definitely starting to creep in. 

Meanwhile:

Texas beat Michigan 31-12 on Saturday.  I don't want to talk about it. Colorado's Buffs didn't do much better. 

Thousands of Christians are being attacked in Nigeria -- simply because of their faith. Did you know this??

Colorized photos of the Titanic and its passengers.

Turns out that six 'right-wing influencers' were actually working for a Russian company promoting disinformation. Oh boy.

The world's oldest existing gardens. 

The best of Mrs. ah-Wiggins and Mr. Tudball:

Inmates training dogs?  This program seems like a real winner.

Silver Roman coins -- 27 of them -- discovered on an Italian island after a heavy rain.

And in Scotland, a 1000-year-old Pictish era ring is discovered at the site of an old fort. Cool!

Now we know what Anna Delvey's up to -- she's Dancing With the Stars. I hope she gets booted out pronto. Apparently I'm not the only one who wonders why .

Starliner made it back to Earth -- seemingly flawlessly. But it might have cooked the astronauts inside, if they'd taken it. 

The final days of the submarine USS Thresher.

WWII legends that drove the Nazis crazy. 

20 Depression Era dishes:

More wartime recipes to try.  (Thanks, My Vintage Lifestyle)

G-Dragon is selling a bunch of his personal stuff. Including this coat, which he wore on tour. (Pharrell's auction company is helping.)

Sort of a Crazy-quilted look here...except it's fur.

Did CNN always support Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate? The answer is NO. And some of the same problems they mentioned back in 2019, when she was running for president back then (remember??),  are still issues you must consider today.

      Again, please note:  This clip is a CNN report from 2019. Sound familiar?

A trip on the Orient Express -- at $32,000 a night. Was it worth it?

How to make your own liquid 'dry magic eraser.'

A Van Dyck Rubens portrait resurfaces -- 45 years after it was stolen!

Where is Octomom now?  I've been wondering...

He disappeared during a snowstorm in Texas -- and was found in Massachusetts two years later. How did this cat make the trip?

Animals' surprising responses:

A Continental dollar coin -- found in the bottom of a toffee tin in England!

And finally -- Jennifer Garner's reading nook in her 'farmhouse'-type home. I love, love, love this spot.

Have a good week.

"Americans are fighters. We’re tough, resourceful and creative, and if we have the chance to fight on a level playing field, where everyone pays a fair share and everyone has a real shot, then no one – no one can stop us."

                         --Elizabeth Warren