(humor: The little old lady is a typical clown-world new england democrat and ha

(humor: The little old lady is a typical clown-world new england democrat and hates trump. So I get to hear a fist-shaking rant from all 5’2″ of her roly-poly octogenarian frame wrapped in some old-person print-pajamas with my coffee in the morning as she watches the news. To make it tolerable I wind her up with GSRRM, and tell her she’s just jealous that she doesn’t wake up with his arms around her in the morning, with his warm belly keeping her warm. Evokes shudders on a regular basis. )

(For newbs, despite the desire to return to europe, I take care of my frail elderly mother, who is ‘all there’ but otherwise falling apart at the seams and can barely walk across the room even on continuous oxygen. The fact that she’s ‘all there’ and a self righteous democrat means she’s an entertaining toy to wind up and mess with. And it’s not that she doesn’t understand the game. She does. And she loves it. …. Humans are the most entertaining pets. 😉 )