The blog deities have been really uncooperative of late.

After being blocked from editing the previous posting, I just had to leave it as-is. Even going back later to make corrections has proved fruitless.

So let's see now if I'll have any better luck with this posting. I don't want to have to bid "farewell," "adios," "auf wiedersehen," to all my faithful readers around the world, but that still may happen, perhaps even rather suddenly and without any warning.

We'll still try to keep on going here now as long possble, just taking our chances.

Yet if readers should find no postings for two consecutive weeks, that might indicate that the blog is finally gone forever. Postings seem to do better with fewer images, but that's no fun. Some readers in my own family only look at the photos.

Whoa! Jon has brought me a whole lot of food here. Is he trying help me put on weight?

My daughter Steph who monitors our finances from faraway Hawaii says my son and I are spending too much now, especially on prepared food, like that just seen above, so we need to start cooking more at home.

We brought my late son Andrew's gravestone and the girl statue here from DC.

Although our days now are still mild, rather cool nights are prompting the leaves to change color. Here at the edge of our property, the leaves are already starting to turn while the dog appears there in the foreground.

My daughter monitoring my finances, says I've been spending too much money. My son and I are being frugal, but maybe not frugal enough. We mostly just buy food, but do need to stop buying so much prepared food. It's convenient, but we can cook!

I looked up Buy Nothing, and found a local group, along with this information:

What is the proper etiquette for Buy Nothing?

In Buy Nothing, Givers are always, always in charge of their giving. There is NO first come, first served rule,

But I'm not sure how joining Buy Nothing might help us save even more or what we might even have to offer. We are already trying to do our best.

Back in DC, my former home, residents are expressing fierce opposition to Trump and his policies.

Wash. Post, Thousands march in D.C. against Trump’s law enforcement takeover

While every president and every elected official has opponents, Donald Trump has had more than any others in my experience. Now at age 87 myself, I've met many office holders and candidates in various countries while serving as an election and human rights observer. I've even had a chance to chat one-on-one with some, but I've never observed anyone quite as capable of arousing opposition as Mr. Trump. His declarations and actions seem deliberately designed to be outrageous and to arouse strong

pushback. He appears to relish making people really angry and upset, then he completely ignores any objections by adopting a position almost everyone opposes. That may make him feel really powerful, like a dictator or king, now imposing his own will on others despite their own pushback and fierce resistance.

According to Google:

Throughout his political career, Trump has frequently linked his administration's economic policies to stock market gains and other signs of wealth.

Wealth or at least economic wellbeing is what Mr. Trump had promised us voters, but Trump's

deportations and tariffs have not delivered the robust economy he had predicted.

Instead, his measures are actually having a significant negative effect. Job growth has slowed, the national debt is rising, inflation is on the increase, and a trade war looms or is already underway. Yet, the president has not undertaken any corrective action.

Wash. Post, Immigration raid on Hyundai plant tests U.S.-South Korea relations

Officials held an emergency meeting to discuss how to respond to the mass raid on the Georgia plant where they say at least 300 Koreans were arrested.

South Korea is an important US ally--so did Trump really need to pick this fight? He's already battling the rest of the world on so many other fronts. Is he winning any battle on any front now?

Wash. Post, South Korea announces deal to repatriate workers detained in Hyundai raid

ABC News, Raid on upstate New York food manufacturer leads to dozens of detentions

Wash. Post, Judge halts Trump officials from ending special status for Venezuelans, Haitians

Legal aid group sues to preemptively block US from deporting a dozen Honduran children

Wash. Post, Israel backs off talk of annexing West Bank after UAE warning

It looks like Mr. Trump has been losing most of his battles.

As the daughter of architects, I've now been observing what's happening to an almost 100-year-old house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright's son (named Lloyd), which is up for sale in Glendale, California. It looks like quite a unique place, especially for its time. The asking price is more than $3 million, but I suspect that in this slowing economy, the house may actually sell for less.