The things I was going to do on Wednesday:

> Laundry
> Break down boxes for recycling
> Clean inside of microwave
> Organize photos into folders on iPhone
> Post an article on my blog

The things I actually got done on Wednesday:

> Posted an article on my blog

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Blame it on my dreams. They’re always weird, but Tuesday night’s were so peculiar, and so detailed in their clarity, that I spent the better part of yesterday trying to analyze them.

Or blame it on the fact that the daily news was, as usual, so depressing and so repetitive that I just didn’t feel like facing it.

So I’m going to turn in early (it’s slightly after midnight Thursday, which is early for me), see what my dream world has in store for me tonight, and hope for a happy headline or two when I wake up.

But before I do, just a quick update on my favorite subject: the U.S.-Russia-Ukraine situation.

Following yesterday’s meeting between White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, issued a statement today saying that the Russians “expressed their desire to meet with President Trump, and the President is open to meeting with both President Putin and President Zelenskyy.” [RFE/RL, August 6, 2025.]

Trump’s plan is to meet with Putin as early as next week at an as-yet-unspecified location, and to schedule a three-way meeting — for himself, Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky — thereafter.

Yeah . . . good luck with that one. Putin has thus far refused to meet with Zelensky, because doing so would be tantamount to acknowledging Zelensky’s legitimacy as president.

And John Hardie, Deputy Director of the Russia Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, issued this caution:

“We’ve kind of seen this movie before where Trump will threaten economic punishment if a deal isn’t made by a certain deadline, and then the Russians kind of offer some empty promise or meaningless talks, and the can gets kicked down the road. I would hope that is not going to be the case here.” [Id.]

Well, if it does turn out to be the case — again — then I know whose can I’d like to see kicked down the road. (Don’t ask.)

But we’ll see what happens in the next few days. In the meantime, good night (or good morning), and pleasant dreams.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
8/7/25