10/22 

Two days ago I shipped-off four paintings to a community arts center. The whole process has been a bit harrowing for me. There was staff change that I knew nothing about and ended up sending emails to someone who was no longer there. Even after learning the new person’s name there were long silences to messages I had sent. 

On normal Sundays Hazel and I have coffee and breakfast at a local cafe and read the NYT (me) or whatever is at hand (Hazel.) 

This morning I was reading how the EPA, https://nyti.ms/2gWKS5G , has been taken over by the same people and corporations it is suppose to regulate. It is frightening to think that the EPA is now allowing companies to sell and use materials and chemicals that have been linked to diseases and conditions some of which are deadly. The pro industry people are simply squelching debate and telling scientists, who know better, what to write in terms of policy. In some cases it would appear Scott Pruitt, Nancy Beck and their henchmen are ignoring and abusing laws passed by Congress.


In Spain Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has decided that the Spanish government will take over Catalan’s government and police in a bid to stop the independence movement in that region. My guess is that this move could very well backfire with the secessionists stiffening in opposition and causing some Catalans who are on the fence to join the secessionists.

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