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Glen Hirose

Joan Ruggles (Young)

Three J's and a Robert had a really lovely brunch in Washington on Sunday. Robert had to leave but here's the rest of us.

Joanie Bender (Grosfeld)

Joan, thanks for posting our picture. We were all so happy to have a meet up! .The J's and one R do need to see each other in person sometimes! Much Love, Joanie

Robert Happy Happy Birthday! Glen's cake for you looks delicious!!!

Jack Mallory

Lookin' good, guys! 

Robert Hall

Jack Mallory

The army reaches out to the old and stoned. War must not be going well. 


 

Joanie Bender (Grosfeld)

Yes Jack, at the rate they are going they could try to get boomers but it won't work.  Love, Joanie.  I'm at a No Kings Rally today in Silver Spring , Md❤️❤️❤️

Jack Mallory

 No Kings outside Minneapolis today!

With a neighbor, Navy vet like John. Well, a little bit like John. 
 

Deb

I'd have thought this was over the top, but since Trump's crack about Mueller's death anything seems like fair play. 
 

Joanie Bender (Grosfeld)

Great Pictures Jack..Thanks for sending those...Love, Joanie    Here I am with Michelle Hochman Schuster and her daughter Emily.  I figured out how to post a picture on the forum somehow. In my sign that you can't see all of, I put Trumps crown attached to a helium balloon so it would fly away. He says "I lost my crown." Love to all, Joanie

Jack Mallory

Looking good, Joanie!

Nancy Webster (Emery)

Happy Vietnam Veterans Day.  thanks for your service

For the 411

On No Kings Day.....there were many many  "No King" protesters who demonstrated throughout DE especiallty in Rehoboth Beach. Also  every Sat morning many hardy  sincere people protest on Ocean Highway outside Lewes and Rehoboth  . Bless them .

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Joanie Bender (Grosfeld)

Nancy so good to hear abput the active protest community in the Rehoboth area and on No Kings Day.  I think the overall large and growing resistence movement is making a difference.  We are all in this together to save our Democracy. Thanks for your post.  Love, Joanie❤️

Stephen Hatchett

Even in little old, laid back Medford OR (where we are now), pop 86,000, thousands turned out -- 5 deep, along 1.5 miles of  wide sidewalk (you don't need more pictures).  Among so many others I liked the sign, "Flip us off if you voted for a pedophile!"  Participating in such a rally was, and still is, a much needed lift. I got a bunch of stuff in my eyes as we all sang "We Shall Overcome". 

Joanie Bender (Grosfeld)

Stephen, that sounds so moving...thanks for sharing your experiences that day...Its wonderful that we and so many others were able to be a part of this great

resistence movement for Democracy. Love, Joanie

Jack Mallory

Thanks to you folks who were out there Saturday!

Our resistance to all forms of Nori's "gentle squeeze" must continue. The NYT reports that on the first day of the attack on Iran we seem to have bombed more than just that little girls' elementary school.

". . . At least 21 people were killed in the strikes, according to Iran’s state news agency, IRNA. While that figure has not been independently verified, photos and videos posted online by local media outlets show scenes from a mass funeral the next day, March 1. An additional hundred people were injured, said Mr. Iravani, Iran’s representative to the U.N.

"Some of the casualties were volleyball players who were training inside the hall when the missile struck, according to Mr. Iravani, and eyewitnesses cited by U.S.-based online media outlet Drop Site News.

"Tasnim, a semiofficial Iranian news agency, published the names of the 21 people it said were killed. An Iran-based journalist, Negin Bagheri, wrote about two of the victims: Helma Ahmadizadeh, a 10-year-old fourth-grader, and Elham Zaeri, a fifth-grader, both of whom were at volleyball practice when the missile struck. Khabar-e Jonoub, an Iranian newspaper, reported on the death of a sports coach identified as Mahmoud Najafi . . ."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/world/middeeast/us-precision-strike-missile-iran-lamerd.html smid=nytcore-ios-share

Jay Shackford

Best sign from "No Kings" protest: "Grab 'em by the mid-terms." We had a good turnout in Fairfax City, VA -- bigger and better than the previous two protests. 

Jack Mallory

Out behind the house, as Spring begins. 


 

Joanie Bender (Grosfeld)

Jay, love that sign you just posted. It looks like we will grab them by the midterms.  ( just have to keep away the election tamperers) 

Jack, thanks for the nature shots  they are beautiful and we need those nature photos to help handle all the stress of what's going on   In the midst of the war, Trump  continues to focus on his ballroom and pens and outdoor gold toilets. Love to all, Joanie❤️  

Jack Mallory

But back to another corner of reality . . . One reason I'm a 3rd generation New Yorker subscriber. 

Joan Ruggles (Young)

Here's my sign with my TACO shirt. There were so many wordy signs that were impossible to decipher from the cars driving by. But what do you expect from thoughtful people? Thank you all who turned out to assert our rights as American citizens!

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The New Yorker cover is perfect!

Joanie Bender (Grosfeld)

Jack.  Great cartoon and Joan, love your sign. It does sum it all up with just one sentence. Love, Joanie❤️
 

Glen Hirose

Joanie,

I remember you saying that April was the month of your painting exhibition at the Rockville Mansion. Do you have a schedule of when you will be there in person?

Joanie Bender (Grosfeld)

Glen thank you for asking. The art show is the weekend only of April 25 and 26 at the Yellow Barn Studio in Glen Echo, Md..7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, Md...the hours during the day for the 25th and 26th are 12-5pm but the gallery remains open on April 25 from 5-8pm for the artists reception. It would be wonderful to see you and any of your family who can come including your darling granddaughter Lili...Hope to see you then Glen...Love, Joanie  

Jack Mallory

Great sign, great pic Joan!

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More from the backyard:

Muskrat Suzie, or Muskrat Sam

I asked Mr. and Mrs. Mallard for a comment on the current administration.

Jack Mallory

Déjà vu all over again. A war with unclear objectives and strategies. Trillion dollar demand for “defense” spending, with consequent cuts in spending on health, education, and other social needs. Calls to “bomb them back to the stone age.” The first American MIA, or POW.

I’m sure this will end just as well as that excursion in Southeast Asia some of us remember. Why, 50 years from now, after hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded, soldiers and non-combatants, we might be buying Iran-made shirts at Costco. VICTORY!

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But Wood Ducks behind the house . . .