This is the Week it Was... 10-24-2026 - Who let the Dogs Out?!!! Another Fine Mess I've Gotten Into...

 

Soooo, even though I'd already explained that my weeks are M-F, it seems that may not be true if something happens on Saturday! In this case, last Saturday! Especially when it affects most of the next week... Sigh...

Folks, I just have to play it truthful... So, first I have a mother coon who unfortunately lives under my house, so I wanted to add a pic? Right...

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Folks, you either gotta laugh or cry... Seriously, THIS is what the race is all about???!!!

"Ain't No Country Folk Not Know what I Meant, right?"

Yikes!

In any event, I have a coon who happens to be pregnant who lives on my property... As most folks will know, even if you just have seen them on certain TV commercials, that they can use their paws just like people... During the night, she had opened the door to my Mudroom. 

Anyway, the door was open when I routinely opened it to take out the food for my outside cats... However, with the door open... here's what happened:

Yeah, one of the reasons I had the room created was to prevent that from happening. but the coon had changed all that when she wanted to eat...anything that she could find... She's even crawled up and over the room, probably before she was pregnant...

Right then I should have stopped... my phone was on charge rather than in my pocket as I normally have it to go outside... But the cats had already ran into the house, so I thought I could get the pan out to the approximate 10 or so cats that turn up to eat--plus the coon... BTW she had just come back after leaving for the summer, finding a mate, and now was back home, I guess, at least for the winter... I had one coon caged and moved far away from my home...but there is always another one following its nose to cat food--actually any food will be Ok, right?

I wonder if AI has assimilated The Urban Dictionary...LOL... I'm not even sure it is in existence any more...wonder how AI deals with words that are used contrary to their formal definition? Like Dope! meaning something to be great??? Or Not... For people like me who need meanings to words, not guesses...

Reminds me of a time when a link was placed within my blogger data entry page.... The mistakes made were extraordinary... You see, human have a habit of using people names for pets, especially in fictional books... This example won't be the exact one, but here's what happened... Say, one of my cats was named Ricky after my nephew, sorta like to honor our friendship... Well, imagine that when the link was made by AI, it went to, say, Ricky Ricardo, the actor and threw that name in instead of just Ricky... This was one of my first encounters in dealing with a programmer who had no idea what the book I had just read said, but expected to use MY Review to show his brilliance of a simple search/link which had absolutely no meaning in the review... Always remember, it's not AI that is the issue. It's the creators who think their money gives them power that We The People actually own...

But I digress...

About that time, the coon came strolling around the open door and saw me... I fell...hard... Fortunately I fell against the door jam and slid to the concrete... and sat there...

"Well, God, Here's another mess I've gotten myself into... Gonna need help for this...

As I'm looking back, now as I share, I remember that I didn't have the time to sing my prayer as I stepped down before the cats started coming at me...

So of course, the cats were now eating having their food, the coon looked around and our eyes met, she grabbed some of the dry food, but eyes the wet... (she came back later...) and got closer since we were "eye to eye" at that point, not so frightening to her, I guess...

All those signs related to AFib were happening, so I sat until I was calmer, took deep breaths... then I try the infamous buttwalk I always attempt when I fall... Now, interestingly, an AI search brings it up only as an exercise to improve that part that is mentioned...LOL 

For me, who fell about 30 years ago out walking for exercise, LOL and have not been able to put weight on my knees since then, it is the only option I can consider to move once flat on the ground... So I tried that, got turned around, and discovered my arms are not strong enough to even lift myself up the first low step... That also necessitated that I open a screen door before the next step into the cabin...which would require me to move forward to even allow the door to open... Yea, another sigh and thinking what a mess... My only option... try to yell to neighbors--new neighbors across the road catty-corner to my right I'd never met... Further on, I did know them, but it was maybe too far for them to hear... But I tried anyway...

Help! Help! 

One dog answered! Ok...now I knew how to get to my neighbors! Call their dogs out! And I started calling Help! Help! Help! 

Soon dogs across the neighborhood were barking... but my voice was weakening and breaking...

I stopped; the dogs stopped barking...

Gathered strength... Help! I cried, it seemed like 100 times or more... Who Knows... Well the dogs did and they were soon all barking again... 

And I heard a door open... Help! 

Consider this...my cats and coon ate since they knew me and didn't understand Help!

So I though maybe I'm sounding too much like a dog... So I switched to Come! Come! Come... And a handsome young man I'd never seen before, soon came around my door, followed by a lovely female, who works with animals and who immediately started checking my head for blood, checking my back...and then cushioned my back against her, while He called an ambulance and gathered an afghan from my porch and wrapped me in it--shivering from cold after sitting on concrete for maybe a half hour--that seemed like forever...

One of their dogs had come along and I talked to him--maybe he went back and shared that their barking had saved me! But Cali stayed with me as the two EMTs came and took over... Fortunately I had a walker with a seat and they managed to talk me into sitting--my emotions had been lost by then, crying, fear, and yet hope... I would be alright...

But that wasn't to be the end... Then the issue of whether to take me to the hospital came up. They had already checked my vitals and they were ok at that point... So the debate began--Me not wanting to go and the EMTs not sure... 

Oh, No, here comes PTSD, I thought... I then explained what had occurred when I walked into the emergency room recently... Told them I started getting letters about why/how I came to be there... The female EMT grew incensed... and I explained what had occurred... She promised to speak up and give them a good smack if that was continued...

On the other hand, I knew I had to do something, so I am looking right now to obtain an emergency necklace to wear around my neck... and I also expected my groundskeeper to come (possibly, which he did). So Cali stayed with me and then Steve came... We were settling down at that point...

Cali immediately got my question: Do you read?! Ok, folks, I don't get a chance to actually talk about books... She mentioned a book title which I didn't recognize and she explained she had become interested in learning more about the Holocaust... So she helped me remember  Anne Frank as one of my first reads, but certainly not the last one...Talked about my blog, etc., No, she's not Jewish so of course, we moved on to what was happening in today's world...I was able to talk with somebody new and test my own personal thoughts... We agreed, but of course, it has now become so blatant that it is hard to not make a decision one way or another, right? I hope you have!

Vote!

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Ok, I've now researching this issue... A Scofield Reference Bible

So far, I have been unable to "find" the video I watched on tv, which started in the middle of the speaker so I had no identification to use to find it... Then I found on that search two other shorts that referred to this, now they are not on my watched list...

Why?

Basically what I've learned so far is that in 1948, just after WWII, this Bible version became very popular... Consider this, prior to that time, the commentary which was added by Scotfield had changed the meaning of most of what was, perhaps, the King James Version... You know, the one who gave us Jesus, as the Son of God...

Jesus, who told us to forget about the rules... 

Not to pray as the Pharisees...

Yet

Now, through this book and through indoctrination of children,

Jesus is not predominantly our Savior...

That nothing will occur until the "favored" people (of ancient times) were once again in control...

Thus the war now going on where Palentians are being destroyed...???

Perhaps, it explains why the financial backers now placing billions on elections trying to eliminate democracy (freedom promised by the Son of God)???

Why suddenly there is a christian nationalist group who uses violence to remove all those who do not agree with what the majority of those given free will by God, are rejecting our constitution??? And More???

I don't know the answer. Bits and pieces are being spouted, even by Tucker Carlson who I admit I don't trust, given his earlier Fox News actions...

Do not misconstrue what I am saying... My role is research and trying to connect these bits and pieces that are happening right now, with no real explanation... I BELIEVE this is NOT from God... 

That is my primary goal... God created all people...

Why then, has there been wars every since Christ, His Son died for US

His Children?

Each of us has dealt with our own thoughts about what we believe. I believe that is why God gave us Free Will... It is UP to US to decide.

It is never free will if you are afraid to worship as you have chosen... And yet, wars, invariably have been started based upon prejudice...or the simple desire for power, using religion as a tool... We have all seen the results in country after country, where entire groups have faced being destroyed on the whims of a single leader...

Yet, the majority of God's children seek Peace...

Is the Scofield bible just one example of being indoctrinated to believe something else other than what you personally feel and believe?

Our Beliefs are just that - OURS

God gave us the right to choose...

The only way you can choose if somebody doesn't work to remove our God-given right to choose?

In 1848 Scofield included his opinions in a KJV version...and inserted Jewish faith into Christianity...

Is Christian Nationalism merely another Scotfield book but financed now by $billions from people who continue to pay more attention to the Old Testament laws versus the New Testament guidance to Love our Neighbors?

  

My response on this vid below...

Hi, I'm using this video, which is well done, on my blog today, 10/24/26... I became interested in this when I came upon a researcher who was on TV, which led to two shorts which referred to the short statements re the Bible... The date used by the researcher was 1948, which would have been right after WWII, when Hitler went after the Jews... It felt right to pursue this given that, right now, there is a war going on, with U.S. involvement in support of the Jewish nation, or rather the Prime Minister, who, like ours, were both facing legal action and chose to support wars instead... What I know is that, when the evangelical church supported Trump, we followers of Jesus were shocked and confused... I've been writing on this angle every since on Book Readers Heaven... I recommend you do not drop your research... Too much is going on with religion right in the middle to ignore this theory at this time...just my personal opinion, of course, which is the name of one of my blogs...

Is this all a waste of time? As it relates to the election. For many, that answer of YES makes sense... I can understand that and support those priorities for the next election... At the same time, however, if this has any basis--that the references now included in the Scofield Bible, which, in essence, NEGATES, in my opinion, that Jesus's Life was to be spread around the world and not be ignored for the original plan of historical Jewish people... Then I ask, purely for logic, WHY?

Recall that I have noted that a book which presents the author's opinion, that If we accept Jesus as our Savior, then the New Testament is all we need and the Old Testament is not an active, but an archival historical reference book... So.... consider this... why have we never gone beyond the original history? Are the religions now being used to fight wars against freedom, mostly based upon religion/difference of people based upon their faith ever been valid reason for murder...? To me, it is logical that, just as God provided the 10 Commandments, which have never been fully followed by any of us, then, it makes sense to have the Great I AM, watch His children--all of them--and make it simpler for us... Hey! Love Your Neighbor! And if you do that, no rules are needed... After all, I gave My Son for All of You...

Yet, right now, within the United States, people are dying on the streets based upon nothing about Love, but about power, greed, prejudice and bias...

Just stop and spend some time to clear your mind and think about all the wars: Crusades, WWII, U.S./Iran/Israel, Ukraine/Russia and so many other hot spots... ALL started by somebody who wanted their religion to be the correct and only one... Seriously folks, does that even make common sense, since each of us have our own opinions/freedom plus needs based upon each day's latest catastrophe caused by leaders who claim they know what we need and not what we want/believe?

Is this your opinion? I just picked this video as popped up as relevant...

You decide where you are...

I am merely connecting it as a counter-balance of today's reality...

I am Disturbed enough to Keep Connecting...

Gabby

Lauralyn Keller Presents The Doctor's Convenient Marriage: Second Chances of the High Country - Book 3

...dance in the rain?” “Why not?” She pushed away and began twirling again. “It’s fun. We need some fun in our lives, don’t we?”

Father’s eyes sparked, and his face became dangerously calm. “Careful.” As if his threats ever deterred her. “Or what? You’ll block me from becoming a physician? It seems you’ve already decided on that.” She planted her palms on his desk, leaning forward with a sneer. “You can’t cow me the way you do your clients. Unlike them, I see you for who you are. A calculating, manipulative man who cares nothing for others, who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.” She straightened, burning rage pulsing through her. “You won’t win. I’ll find a way to fulfill my dream. Count on it.” Pushing back his chair, her father rose slowly, gaze locked on hers. “I’ve had enough of your rebellion. You had your time in medical school. That part of your life is now over. No doctor in Boston will take you on. I’ve made sure of that.” A surge of heat exploded in Tori’s stomach. She slammed a hand on his desk. “How dare you!” “I dare more.” Father’s lips curved in a cruel smile. “As of now, you’re cut off from family funds...

Harrison’s gaze went back to the church doors. The organ swelled into the wedding march made popular by England’s Queen Victoria when her granddaughter married a few decades ago. His lips twisted with the irony. How appropriate as he prepared to marry his own Victoria. She’d probably spear him with words if he dared call her his to her face. Smothering a smile, he waited for his bride to appear. Then she did, on her father’s arm, and Harrison lost the ability to breathe properly.

Tori stuffed the questions down. She had a job to do, as did he. Ever since Mr. Tolson spread word that she’d fixed him up right—and that the rumors about her were wrong—people seemed more inclined to trust her. She’d only heard a couple protests about her gender over the last week. Things were finally looking up. Now if she could just sleep through the night. Thunder boomed in the distance, making her jump. She stared out the apartment window and watched rain pour down in sheets. It looked cool and refreshing. The early-August heat vanished with the storm. An impulse seized her. Tori bit her lip. The longer she watched the rain, the more she wanted to be in it, let it wash away her cares and worries. Why not? She crept down the stairs to the infirmary. Harrison sat at their desk, working on a list of necessary supplies. She slipped out the back door without alerting him to her presence. Rain pounded her skin, soaking her hair and clothes in a matter of seconds. She laughed, spreading her arms wide and twirling in the cool torrent of water. When she stopped, she closed her eyes and lifted her face to the sky, letting rain pour in rivulets down her cheeks.

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It was the time when high society and white men ruled homes, businesses, and even their families like an owner of slaves was known to do... Victoria, as our main character, had already seen her older sister escape from their home and had moved west, out of easy reach of her parents. But Victoria, a redhead that had obtained the fiery nature of her ancestors had watched as her sister left. But her goals were more lofty then just escape... She wanted to become a doctor. A woman who knew she would be alone in the professional field of doctors which was, of course, all white men who had become doctors as an accepted field for sons of high society rich families who were those who felt they were superior in their lives, especially about keeping women in their place...

Perhaps this is a tired, older than history story who we've known about forever it seems. But, Lauralyn Keller zapped the history lesson when she created her characters of the new generation living or moving into higher society... And some of them watched what was happening, and decided that was not what was wanted to have happen in their lives!

Victoria was quick to move from the name of a Queen, to go by Tori, at least to her friends... She of course, would have had the aggravation of men also studying medicine creating the atmosphere most women have experienced working in an environment where men and women work together. No matter what period in history, that type of man will be there...

And, of course, the "unique" method by which marriages were made in High Society continued... As soon as Victoria was a graduate--and got that out of her system--she was inundated with her parents working to match her to another rich family who would, of course, merge businesses in order to become richer and richer...  Well, of course, an also normal event happened, one of the "suitors" was assured that he would be in the top running for her hand, and since she was a beautiful woman, he naturally was willing... Not to wait... Of course, sharing what had happened was kept to herself, but she vowed that she would never marry such a man!

But at the same time, her father had also made it clear to all doctors in the rich part of town that they would NOT allow her to take the required residency in any of their offices! Or else face her father's wrath...

Funny to learn that, like today, we are fully aware that not all men dream of power and money... And Victoria had found a small clinic where she met a doctor who was happy to have her assistance. They had worked together for quite some time. Enough for Harrison to realize just how skilled Victoria was in presenting her medical knowledge to help his patients... They had become somewhat friendly as co-workers are prone to do, while they realized that a professional environment had been established and expected at all times...

And then something happened in both of the lives of Harrison, the lead doctor in the clinic... and Victoria, the doctor who was helping him with no salary... Harrison had learned of a major inheritance from an aunt which would allow him to fulfill his dream of building a hospital out west where it was most needed.... Victoria's father had given her a deadline--get married or get out with no financial support...

Of course, Victoria's situation was the most dire... And so one day, she proposed a business proposal to Harrison. She would become his wife... If he agreed to settle in Harmony Springs, where her sister and family had settled...

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BTW, I'm sorry that I couldn't find suitable music selections from the 1800s, but it's the sentiment that I wanted to share for this delightful family drama... As you might realize, Tori had grown so withdrawn that she didn't really trust anybody, including Harrison. After all, she had only known him as a co-worker. What would he be like as a husband? Would he think he owned her like her father and suitors had portrayed throughout her life? Especially, when her mother seemed to not have any love for her own daughters... What was this strange thing called being "husband and wife?"

I so enjoyed the time spent in Harmony Springs. Tori was now near her sister. She felt more secure; she would continue to address her marriage as a business arrangement--a marriage of convenience... 

Until Harrison realized that he cared enough and decided to court his wife, after getting suggestions from the man who had won Tori's sister's hand in a loving marriage... In fact, her sister also initiated some girl talk with her younger sister about just how wonderful it could be...

So they slowly began getting to know each other--in separate bedrooms...

It was Tori who once again was challenged by the men who refused to have a female doctor help them... While at the same time, the women who were bearing children, it seemed, as a routine event, said they would feel more comfortable with a woman to help them through those months, often of severe pain during those early years...

I was impressed also with how Keller chose to bring faith into the book. At that time, of course, it was assumed that everybody believed in God. Religion was merely a constant part of one's life... No questions or concerns of confusion. Each individual, when appropriately involved, merely started talking to God about a given situation... One of which was a major disaster in Harrison's life... When the criminals learned that there was large sums of money in the local bank... And even some of those men were following a greedy leader who happened to be an older brother...

Scary scenes of child birth in those early years, confusion and fear in agreeing to marry another individual with whom no personal relationship existed... and more to keep your attention... But, the most excitingly sweet and funny parts were when a man and a woman were courting each other, after they'd legally married the other 'til death do they part... Romance lovers? Enjoy! History buffs of American history-made for you... Family small-time drama with wonderful characters... You'll find it all in Lauralyn Keller's The Doctor's Convenient Marriage! And sit back and enjoy...

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Such sharp turns of circumstances in a short time had Harrison’s feet rooted to the ground. The mix of emotions he’d experienced in the last week were more than he’d felt over his entire life. From utter fear to despair to hope…and now joy.

“I don’t know if I want to offer forgiveness,” she muttered. “They don’t deserve it.” “Mercy is undeserved grace.” “You sound like a preacher.”

“I take things one day at a time. That’s all we can do. Each day, I give the children what I can. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like enough. But I love them with all my heart. I do my best and leave the rest in God’s hands.”

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Manny Moreno Reports Directly From California: Ice Now In Indigenous Homes Areas - Where Most Citizens Live

 

S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched a surge of immigration enforcement operations across California’s Central Valley, leading to over 100 to 200 arrests of farmworkers and community members. 

Key Details of the Central Valley ICE Operations

 • Timeline & Scope: 

The surge began in early October 2026, affecting cities and rural areas including Fresno, Madera, Selma, Reedley, Mendota, Kerman, and Bakersfield. 

• Impact on Communities: 

Local leaders, school districts, and community groups report dropped school attendance, closed businesses, and widespread fear among undocumented and immigrant families. 

• Legal and Access Concerns: 

Immigration attorneys and advocates from the UFW Foundation report that detainees have faced delayed or blocked access to legal counsel, difficulties locating individuals in the ICE detainee locator database, and rapid transfers to other facilities—some as far away as Texas. • Official Response: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE spokespersons have declined to discuss specific operational details, stating that federal law enforcement carries out nationwide immigration laws daily.

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I can use some good thoughts sent for me. I'm not mean to anyone. Just trying to live humbly and to give back. But need help to do that. It's an ongoing need and process to get anything done.

Have a blessed day with much healing.

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FENCE

There's a fence--

With missing boards--

That wraps around

This village

Dividing us from

THEM living on

The other side

Living the American Dream

In modern homes

Two car garages

Pretty lawns in front

Where kids play

Outside

On the streets

Where dogs

Are walked leashed

On clean sidewalks

Where homes

Aren't cluttered with

Cars on blocks and debris

On my side

I can only

IMAGINE

The American Dream

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DOING WHAT THEY GOT TO DO

Four a.m.

The village silence is broken by

Pickup doors slamming

Engines warming up

Mexican neighbors talking

Mariachis on the radio

Heading to work

To jobs that don't

Pay much

But they do

What they

Got to do

A wife

And children

In school

The ticket to what they believe

Will break the shackles

Of their poverty

Dreamers

The rent

Utilities

Food

Gas and the

Unexpected too

Each month takes all their pay

Minimum wage

Is not the way

To pull yourself

Up by the bootstraps

I live alone and

Barely make it

Social Security

Bare necessities

Sometimes I don't

Sometimes I panic

A childhood memory

Southes my wounded

Soul on a rainy night.

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Good day...

I woke up when the sun was rising, drank some water, and sent my voice out to give thanks, and for others, and for our world.
Because I choose to.

Are your elders and seniors being helped when they need it? Or do you only help to get noticed and admired? Or not at all?

If you're trying to be a leader of your people, then start by being a good person.

Have a blessed day with much healing

The sound of the first drum beat came from the heart.

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All I want to know is when does somebody stop this insanity?!

Gabby