Sandy's Space --: A Completed Project, Books and More

Friday, March 20, 2026

A Completed Project, Books and More

Red Stone Afghan is now complete, being blocked and drying here. I used some tan, some black, and some red to bring the squares to size and crocheted them together with both red and black. Pleased with how it turned out.

Here's the before but oriented differently.

A meme, but not a funny one.

Some protest signs I like. The 2nd one I really LOVE!

Remember when you were kids and were taught the policeman was your friend.......boy have things turned upside down and ugly.

Fredrik Backman's "My Friends" comes highly recommended though it was not at all what I expected. Dysfunction on steroids, maddening, sad. Friends being more important to young boys then their families. Growing up is hard. The art tie in piece was sorta weird in my opinion. But, saying all that, I did enjoy the book...you find yourself rooting these kids on.

The MAGA Diaries by Tina Nguyen was very disappointing. I thought it might be helpful, that maybe it would help explain the cult a bit, but I didn't feel like it did. She's hardcore MAGA, see's the light I guess, but doesn't really do much about it, IMHO.

The Presidents and the People by Corey Brettschneider was an excellent read. On one hand it gives you hope because John Adams, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Woodrow Wilson, and Richard Nixon were all Presidents who did some pretty aweful things, things that were shady......things that put The Constitution in harms way, and we got through it...I guess that gives one hope.........but, all of them together don't hold a candle to how despicable The Orange Convicted FELON, Pedophile currently in power is. John Adams had a war against the press and prosecuted his critics...sound familiar? James Buchanan Colluded with the Supreme Court (so yet another time in history when our court was severely in the wrong....history does repeat itself. Andrew Johnson a terrible White Supremacist who committed violence against his critics..........just like trump. Woodrow Wilson pushed Jim Crow until it was the norm........going backward from President Grant. Richard M. Nixon........well, like trump thought he had all consuming powers and could do whatever he wanted without any input from Congress. Not to mention the crime that was committed. An interesting read given what we're currently living through.