public holiday and doom for the state

Tomorrow is a public holiday, and then on Tuesday, NSW goes the way of any Republican-led US state.

Our state Premier resigned on Friday over a matter of corruption. ( state politics )

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Otherwise, here, have a bunch of links:

October 1st, Heather Cox Richardson talks about the USA a year ago

The Cross And The Machine: a story about the loss of faith and finding it again, about coming back to beginnings.

the illusion of choice in our food: Pantsuit Politics did an episode about how the supply chain is screwed, and I haven't yet listened to it and I need to. This is particularly relevant in Australia, because we are truly at the arse end of the world and everything takes ages to get here. (Hey, I've been waiting 20 years for friends to come visit me...)

Against Kids' Sports: the commodification of what should be leisure and fun. Symptom of a broader sickness in western society, but amplified in the US.

How 9/11 led to Trump.

in more upbeat news

I planted out EVERYTHING. Okay, not EVERYTHING but quite a lot of things. And...I'm starting to run out of space. This isn't unusual, mind you. But this year the whole thing about planting a lot of food and having a lot of space? Is important.

Giving away/swapping a bunch of seedlings out to various people through the neighbourhood and beyond. At least one wants to have a chat over the fence for five minutes! It's good to make connections in the area.

I am hoping for some small potatoes by Christmas. And I need to do something about the sweet potato that's growing everywhere but not actually producing roots.

Oh, and the stone fruit is starting to ripen. Noice. There's gonna be a bit of canning this year, I think.