Detroit

[DetroitOtherday]

Hello?

And here is a Twitter feed for when you need a laugh. It's right up your alley - ironic humour plus animals!

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Hey Lang! Lovely to see you too!

I guess inside you don't notice, but I barely see a squirrel at the moment. It's kinda lonely without the wildlife hopping around

Roll on spring! Baseball, bunnies, loud squirrels and good weather! It's a good way up that mountain yet. I kinda hope I make it through.

Ive resisted posting on Twitter besides vaguely irritated musings on my favorite baseball team, so remain unbanned.

I'm reading a great book on the women's baseball league. Really facinating stuff. I'ld love to coach a women's team.

I really don't see myself as brave. Stubborn i'ld accept. Self protective. But I deeply care about my fellow sisters. To read Maya's case was denied broke my heart. Just more evidence of the war on women. Class war on the poor.

I can't do anything to actually help fight this and for that I'm sorry. I've said my piece to those in power. Ive taken being screamed at and berated and told I have to find ways round my PTSD. I'ld rather camp.

I'm trying to hold my head up.

I’m over the bloody moon to hear from you lovely! I’m only sorry and sad that it has to be so difficult for you.

I’m not surprised you feel a bit lonely, I think I would too. Thankfully, there’s always someone in this nest of vipers to talk to (an aside, I do not wish actual vipers on you )

Good to hear from you!

I think American robins are a completely different species to European ones, and afaik the British ones are the friendliest. They're territorial with other robins but seem to live and let live with the other birds - very partial to mealworms whereas most of my other little birds (finches and tits) prefer seed.

Lovely to hear from you Detroit. Stay safe.

Different littler robins! British wildlife seems so much more gentle. I see snakes in summer, too cold right now for em.
Bastard robins here scare off every other bird.

Missed you all!! I promise to try and behave.

I really need to keep my head down until spring, then ill head somewhere I might be able to make a play for fixing things, including the dang leg.

I've good equipment, and am trying to power through. As long as I can stay quiet, and don't draw attention, I reckon I can continue to enjoy my freedom from Mr Charming .

Yay!!!! Detroit returns. Great to have you back among the MN vipers sweetheart.

It's touching that you are all glad to see me too!

It's not raining. Which is wonderful.

But...a bad storm is on the way in tonight, high winds, flood warnings. I hope it comes to nothing.

(Sends good weather vibes)

It's so lovely to hear from you, Detroit. I've been wondering about you in this cold weather. You really are indomitable, making light of what sounds like considerable discomfort.

Shame about the robins. Ours are really attractive little things. Confident and friendly too. They hang out with you when you garden, only feet away, watching for any worms you might uncover.

I find myself drawn to moose. They look so unlikely. Do you have any nearby?

Oh Detroit, thank god you're still here! Lovely to hear from you, sorry to hear about the bad stuff. It's not stopped blood raining where I am - heartily sick of it, but I'm at home. Love to you, and Season's Greeting, or I think you say Happy Holidays over there? Raising a glass to you I think of you often x

Since I cannot live within the patriarchy, I figure I have to opt out of society. There's no place for me within the world of men who hold the power.

Im having one of my better days. Some days the sadness eats me up. Some days I can't play the guitar or write my diary. Even Joni makes me cry. Some dude on the radio said she was dead this morning then played Heart doing the most awful version of River. Bad joke I guess. Not funny. Joni thank goodness seems to be fine.

Dry weather makes me giddy. I also had some good food, so feel better.

I figure I might have to make a bigger campfire, and pull over a few logs considering the latest assaults on women, their jobs, spaces and rights. Mebbe a few more blankets. Lovely to see you here too, Oldstyle dearling!

I didn't expect to be missed. So what's been happening while I've been wandering? I saw promising things with Harry the owl. But this latest ruling doesn't look good for my English sisters. Poor Maya!

Zebra! Yeah, snow was too much, so headed down to the rain. Happy Christmas to you too. I'm trying to stare down the season and not let it drag me into the mire.

Prawn, I like moose too. Crazy animals. They will stand on train tracks and take on oncoming trains. Absolutely local there are elk, but not moose, though the moose aren't far off. Elk are plenty exciting enough, gotta give em space and not crowd them. Plenty of idiots get charged by elk protecting their babies. Men might want to take held. Hah.

Kitten...the rain just started. Please God, don't let it be as bad as it's reckoned to be! I'm on high wind watch. If it's bad I can head into a solid bathroom building. I figure they are exaggerating the risks, they usually do.

Badger, I missed ya too! I'm trying to just survive this winter.

Errol, ill make an effort to find out what the tiny birds that live under the brush are. They are very friendly. I've not seen anything too exciting. I miss seeing eagles and falcons. I sometimes see a turkey vulture and tell em there's nothing for em. They are very creepy.

Cunty, or should I call you snark, thank you for saying hello..

Sorry if I missed anyone! I absolutely appreciate the warm hello..

Oh Lang, I enjoyed the Twitter thread. That horse had me laughing. I swear she shook her head before she kicked that toy foal.

Thanks for the warm hello. I missed my viper friends!

Welcome back Detroit, so good to hear you are ok. A lot of people on here care about you, stay as warm and dry as you can and stay safe.

Hey bluejay. Im not doing too bad, just in the middle of a nasty storm. I really appreciate the kindness.

I love blue Jays, real clowns. They kept me amused throughout the summer. I saw one peck at an inflatable boat. He knew exactly what he was doing.

Of course you were missed! Your posts are so evocative, Detroit.

Hope you’re nice and dry somewhere and well-cocooned. I would really love to come and see some of the wildlife around you, I so enjoy hearing about it all in your posts I do wish you could be looking at it from a safe place of your own, but I’ll continue to hope you get there one day. Hope the storm passes soon

Small drips, high winds. It's blowing real good. Not too much flying debris at the moment, a few scary moments.

And it's not even January.

Maybe if I ever get myself and life fixed ill run women and children only camping retreats.

I swear I saw a pair of eyes belonging to a very large creature out there when I went to use the bathroom. You get this ancient feeling something might be following you. Stop. Catch the fliker of eyes. Made my flesh crawl. Totally creeped out. There are cougar around. Bears are sleeping I presume. Probably a deer.

I get very nervous that Mr charming will find me, forgive my skittishness.
Underestimating threat seems like a sure path to misery or worse. Every time I read about another domestic violence death I feel physically sick.

I figure this might well end up being life for what's left of it. But at least I'm free.

Lang...that's nice of you. I'm pretty much convinced of my worthless trashiness.

Still at least it's a bit punk. I try convince myself there's a bit of the old Detroit left. The one with a brain, that played some cool guitar and wrote. That had dreams. I figure I'm too old and broken to be who I should have been. But at least i enjoy a bit of life now, however sad it is.

I once went to a party in a barn, quite a few years back. The boys plugged in their guitars and amps. I went off, came back with MY smoke to share and snacks, and song books...and my guitar

I was thanked...and dismissed. Oh thanks DD, yeah leave that there. I won't keep him too late

I could play every bit as well as them.

I left them to it and fumed quietly. Nowadays ild unplug the amp and sit on it until they behaved

I let the boys Wipeout their way to surfy nerdiness, and sulked. I'm very disappointed in my old self

I need a feminist punk band. I wish I didn't feel half damn dead. No energy. Heck, I probably couldn't even find suitability gc band members.

No sleep in this weather. It's a bit alarming.

The one with a brain, that played some cool guitar and wrote. That had dreams.

She comes across loud and clear in everything you post here. That's why we love you! Here, have some Sister Tharpe.

I'm reading Billie holiday's biography. The sheer weight of her womanhood and the abuses piled on her astounds me. I love Sister Rose Tharpe, highly underrated. I'm a huge Libby cotten fan. If Hendrix had a spiritual grandma it's Libby and her picking.

I was listening to big thief earlier, she is pretty cool. She has some good songs.

Its heartening that at least some of me made it to audible level. I greatly enjoy the company. Must stay out of political discussion. I hate politics and not up to robust discussions. Not really up to robust anything.

A three or so inch wide branch detatched in the rain from up high in a tall tree and like a spear embedded itself about 6 inches into the forest floor in an empty campsite. It was so well embedded it looked planted.

All I could say was woah.

Bad rain and flood warnings.

Today I'm not so cheery. Yesterday was a nightmare, one thing and another I didn't manage to cook anything. Just basic things take so much time living this way. A shower is half my day. Bathroom trips are expeditions, and im not unknown to get lost. Weather like this is not bearable. And it's Christmas. And I've a drip by my head which I need to fix.

Fucking men and their needs and feelings and violence and demands. I do my best not to be bitter but that takes energy and Im tired out and hurting.

Whinging ain't gonna make it better. Just a down day. It had better not flood.

Crossing everything for no floods, Detroit.

Oh love. I’m sorry. Sending so much love to you today. We’re here, don’t be lonely, have a good whinge

Roads are too bad. I decided to tough it out. Hopefully it will ease off and I can get southerer.

I keep expecting a sodden coyote to come try and shelter with me. A brace of half drowned squirrels. At least a stray cat. I found chocolate and everything.

Suprised uneaten chocolate is a blessing.