Tuesday, January 6, 2026

THIS THAT AND THE OTHER THING

This song is by Chris Guest, son of Kay at Georgia Girl With An English Heart.

Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,

When I found out the felon in the White House had kidnapped Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, my first thought was, Now that we know it's okay to go into another country to steal their leader and  imprison him and his wife, will someone please kidnap our fascist and maybe take Melanie, too? Canada? Pretty please with sugar on it?

I nominate Debra (She Who Seeks) and HRH. They're an unbeatable team. Debra, it's not that difficult to find Mar-a-Lago. Stroll in while he's having one of his shindigs. He's the pudgy guy with weird hair, an ill-fitting suit with too-long red tie, cankles, and bruises on his hands. He won't see you coming because he'll be sound asleep. 

Take or leave Melanie. I don't care. He doesn't either. She might like to go back to Slovenia. She's the one who doesn't like children and can't speak English. According to him, she has her panties steamed. Announcing that turns him on, although doing anything about it is a thing of the past.

Make sure you keep him in solitary confinement. *PEDOPHILE ALERT* 

And that's not funny in the least.

I'm undecorating the Christmas tree the same way I decorated it. I walk by it; I take off an oranament. At this rate, it might be down by Easter.

I don't think I told you about my neighbor, Scott. I'm surrounded by men. On one side in the yellow house is Andrew, a very nice young man. I thought he was in his 20s. He told me he's 40! On the other side in the white brick house is Henry. Henry is pleasant, but I don't see much of him. Behind Henry's house is a white garage with an apartment above it. Scott and his daughter live in the apartment.

Scott is soooooo nice. He fusses about me –– if he sees me working in the yard and he thinks it's too hot, he tells me I need to get inside. He gave me some clippers because he heard me using my chainsaw (I think he's worried I'll cut off my arm or leg or head; I still use the chainsaw but the clippers come in handy). 

Scott had company on Christmas Day, when we had lovely, warm weather. Princess and I went for a walk and saw some of his guests. I'm sure he's a great host.

Early in the evening. we heard a knock on the door and his raspy voice called out IT'S SCOTT! He brought me loads of food: Lasagna (the best I've ever had) and garlic bread, a seafood boil, and excellent barbecued chicken. I feasted for days. 

I have wonderful neighbors, but Scott goes above and beyond. He always says to tell him if I need anything, and so does Bob, a musician who lives across the street with his lovely wife Annette, a teacher. 

Carol took me out to lunch Sunday when she got home from church. I should have taken a picture of her. She looked beautiful in a lavender skirt suit. Carol doesn't wear a skirt or dress without a slip and hose. She's a traditionalist and she sticks with the way she was raised. Carol does not wear a girdle, although she thinks some women could use them!

I'm grateful to be considered family. 

And speaking of family, Favorite Young Man and K sent me what K described as a "box of hugs" for Christmas: A beautiful shaw I wrap myself in on chilly days, a nice mug and hot cocoa mix, cozy socks, and many other goodies. 

I was in a bad mood when I started writing this post, and now I feel better. The US is headed for even bigger trouble, I'm sure, with the felon threatening Mexico and still yapping about wanting Greenland. We'll see what happens with his Venezuela fiasco. I'll watch it play out and we'll protest and we'll still call it the Kennedy Center and his name will be removed and occasionally, the Supreme Court rules against him. If he puts in marble armrests, they'll end up being removed and so will he.

They can kill ya, but they can't eat ya.

Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug



Friday, January 2, 2026

SOMEONE TURNED HER BACK ON OUR NEW YEAR'S EVE MOVIE

Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,

Princess and I watched Wicked: For Good on New Year's Eve. Princess is quite particular about her television choices. 

She was interested in the movie at first, resting and watching from a spot on the floor close to where I was sitting.

I'm sorry the photos aren't all that good. We didn't have a lot
of light. Princess is camera shy, so I have to grab a shot
of her with my phone when I get the chance. 

I never know why Princess likes a movie or TV series. She refuses to tell me, but she clearly found For Good appealing –– for a while.

She usually sits on my lap to watch TV, but this time she moved closer to the TV.

Yes, that's her head sticking out of her blue
hoodie, right in from of the TV.



But then the magic ended with one sentence. Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) said, Animals can't be trusted.


I finished watching the movie while Princess very pointedly ignored it. I did hear her whisper, That's a mighty big load of boolshit somebody had to shovel.

Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug




Wednesday, December 31, 2025

GOODBYE 2025

 Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,

Goodbye, 2025.

I'm glad to see you go.

You've been a real shit show.

What was up is now down.

The fat fascist felon's nose is always brown

from being stuck up the ass of a Russian

when he should be helping a Zelenskyy.

DOGE 

USAID dismantled

ICE 

No due process

Alligator Auschwitz 

Attack boats

Let's start a war and lie about it!

Kilmar Abrego Garcia still under fire.

My list could go on and on.

For now I'm done.

I'm a cynical optimist. I'm afraid of 2026, yet I remain hopeful that somehow, some way, the US will pull through the coming year with our democracy intact, in spite of 🐙 and his hold over the Supreme Court. His approval ratings sink with each passing month. His name will be removed from the Kennedy Center. Those stupid plaques in the White House with his moronic descriptions of the presidents will be removed. The East Wing will be rebuilt and there will be no ballroom. 

There will be no 🟧. He will be nothing but a painful memory. Maybelline Vance will disappear into oblivion with Erika Kirk.

We can look forward to many great events –– mid-term elections and doing everything we can to put Democrats in power in the House and the Senate, the next presidential election and a good, solid Democrat in the White House who will fight for the rights of all people, no matter the color of their skin or their sexual orientation.

In the coming year, we will continue to point out the lies and to protest the bullshit, and even more important, to promote good, to promote love.

I love you all, my dear, bloggy friends. In fact, I celebrated a blogaversary a few days ago. I wrote my first blog post during December, 2009. I've been blogging for 16 years. Some years I've blogged a lot, and others, not so much. I always appreciate your support and friendship.

You've been there for me to celebrate the addition of dogs to my little family and helped me when I've mourned deaths. You were great when times were rough with Favorite Young Man. The high point of 2025 for me is having him back in my life, along with meeting his beloved, K. I adore her. She said she think of me as her mother-in-law, so I claim her as my daughter-in-law.

It's turned chilly in Florida, so tonight Princess and I will be in our jammies watching Wicked: For Good and cursing a bit when the fireworks get too loud. That Princess has quite the potty mouth.

Happy 2026!

Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug


One last Christmas picture –– I don't think I showed you the tablecloth I embroidered.
This is the only selfie I have ever taken. The bed behind me is a mess because Princess jumps in and out of it all day. You might notice I don't have a top to my head. It's because I took it off, set it down somewhere, and then couldn't find it again. My hair is pulled back in a braid because I haven't gotten it cut in about a year and a half. It's as if I have COVID hair all over again, but now I have NO MONEY hair! 🤣

Friday, December 26, 2025

INSIDE CECOT

 In case you haven't seen it yet . . . 


Wednesday, December 24, 2025

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CAROL?

 Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,

I could provide an obvious answer to this question, such as O Holy Night, but I prefer the unusual. So I'm going with the hippopotamus.


Happy Christmas Eve from Princess and Me!

Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug











This has nothing to do with Christmas, but it makes me laugh my ass off:

Monday, December 22, 2025

REMEMBERING PENELOPE BEFORE KISSMAS

 Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,

It's our first Christmas without Penelope. She was a funny girl with a lot of complaints, many of them about me. If I left the house I was gone for years. I shouldn't work at my stupid job. I thwarted her attempt to travel to France using the steps she found under the deck. 


Penelope was critical. She called Franklin the village idiot (to be fair, he intentionally misprounced her name as Penlapee, which drove her mad). Until she and Princess became best friends, Penelope didn't like the German girl who might have been adopted to replace her.

But Penelope loved Kissmas, so we'll look back at one of her pre-Kissmas posts.

Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug


It's me it's me it's me. It's Penelope. Wait till you see what I have!

Mom Mom told Santa Paws that it's cold and he brought me an early present. It's a new sweater!!!!!

It has the body of a penguin on my back and then my head sticks out of the opening so it looks like I'm a penguin. Mom Mom said I'm the most adorable penguin in the world. Human Brother called me Peneloguin. Then he said I'm CUTE! I wonder if being cute will make me fly like the reindeer on the TV.


I bet I'll fly the next time Human Brother says I'm cute. I almost flew in the backyard already because I ran fast fast fast in a big circle around the yard WHILE I WAS WEARING MY NEW SWEATER!

I'm a happy penguin. Happy happy happy.

Would you like to see a picture of me as a penguin? You know penguins are cute.

Wait a minute. You should see a penguin first because you might not have ever seen a penguin.


See? Penguins like art. I bet I'll get invited to an art museum now that I'm Peneloguin.

Okay. Here's a picture of me that Mom Mom took after I got tired and needed a rest from running in circles around the yard.

Wow. I am cute. I'm sure I'll fly soon.

I thought of something else. This isn't the way I write. I'd better write the way I usually write or you might think I'm Franklin.

Hello. It is I, Penelope. 

No, Peneloguin! I don't care about writing the way I usually do. Let's have fun and fly!

Bye! See you soon! I know Santa Paws will bring more presents for me on Kissmas and I hope every present will be new clothes for me to wear because I'm CUTE!

Saturday, December 20, 2025

ROYAL CHINWAG: GRAMMA GRAMMA GRAMMA

 HI HI HI  I am Princeeeeesss I am Princeeeeesss Gramma came to see me me me me me because I am Princeeeeeesss.

I love Gramma so much. She went away for a long time months and months and months because it was too hot where we live. When it's too hot she goes to live in her other house. When it gets cold and it snows at the other house she comes back to where we live. She doesn't live with us but she visits me BECAUSE SHE LOVES ME SHE LOVES ME SHE LOVES ME YES SHE LOVES MEEEE PRINCEEEEEEESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

Mommy tried to take a picture of me with Gramma. It didn't work because I'm too wiggly.


I get too excited to hold still. I'm only four years old.

Mommy made a video of me with Gramma instead. I am the star of the show. It's the Princeeeeeeeessss Show.


Thanks for visiting me and coming to see The Princeeeeeessss Show! 

Bye Bye Merry Christmas! I'm a good dog! Santa will come to see me!