I am CuTRis

I've pulled out most of the plants in my garden. But the kale, has never looked better.

I just watched the press conference of the parents of Minnesotan Alex Pretti, who was murdered by ICE agents 9 months ago. They are asking for justice and for evidence to be shared. This evidence is being withheld by the United States Department of Justice. Our federal government is not sharing evidence with local law enforcement--whether it's from the Epstein files, or from atrocities committed by federal agents. I know there are people who think this is okay, because they see those being persecuted as foreigners. What they don't see, is that the President of the United States is making deals with and taking orders from foreigners, such as the leaders of Russia and Israel. We now live in "that country," where people can be murdered in the street or "disappeared," and sent away to prisons that are sometimes in foreign countries. This should terrify every United States citizen. This is not what the United States is supposed to be. Everyone needs to get out an...

Shafer, Minnesota

Shafer, Minnesota

Mini Melons that grew in our garden from the composted soil.

I'm waiting for my son to get out of school and I checked my email. The state of Minnesota sent me one that says I'm not qualified to maintain and troubleshoot their conference rooms. Usually I just ignore and delete, but this time I told them I did not want to argue, but that is exactly what I did for the Minnesota Historical Society--along with working on their VoIP phones. And for that, I worked directly with the State of Minnesota IT department.

Republicans in Minnesota are up in arms about fraud that has gone on for years. Trump grossly inflated the numbers, and they're repeating it and pointing at Democrats. Yet, they are totally blind to the fraud Trump and family are involved in, and the cost to Americans as prices rise and his wars rage on. Let's build a ballroom and sell off some national parkland...

There have been 3 shootings, one made national news, in the last 2 days in the Twin Cities area. And I used to work in a place in Minneapolis where horrible stuff happened and it never made the news. So, now I want the idiot who said that if guns kill people, then spoons make people fat--to tell me that one again. I realize this person is scared of the world and has to carry a gun everywhere, but for gods sake, think of the children who have been killed because you're afraid that you might lose your gun, and that's not even going to happen.

I noticed the American Water Lotus were blooming in a nearby lake that we canoe and go fishing in. So, today we went to see them. We also did a little fishing, and my wife caught a nice sunfish that we released. The two swans that we saw in late June were still there. They don't appear to have ever tried to hatch the eggs we saw strewn about on the island. I still think that perhaps they are a young pair, not yet ready to raise a family. We also saw Water-lilies. But it was the Lotus that were spectacular at this time of the year.