General Discussion, Monday, June 1, 2026

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Stella

Day FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT of Presidential recovery.

Tall ship Manitou, Traverse City, MI

 

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  1. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    June 1, 2026 at 2:12 am

    Stellars….

    This greeting image reminds me of wallpapered and colorfully decorated homes of the 1950s….

    Have a beautifully colorful Monday!

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  2. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    June 1, 2026 at 4:07 am

    This is such a great feeling #aviation 

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  3. texan59's avatar texan59 says:
    June 1, 2026 at 5:47 am

    Good mornin’, and happy Monday! Another week of adventures begins. While this is not a large pot, I think it’s kind of funky and I’m feelin’ it. Keep your head on a swivel and carpe’ your coffee.

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  4. Reflection's avatar Reflection says:
    June 1, 2026 at 6:22 am

    Good Morning, Lucille,

    What bright and joyful posts to start the summer season.

    The video gives new meaning to “Daddy’s Home!” Such joy.

    Good morning, Tex,

    Thank you for the coffee.

    I once owned a vintage toaster that resembled that coffee pot. It browned the bread evenly. It also auto-lowered the bread and raised it when done. It was a beauty that worked for years after I acquired it.

    And since I have missed so many who come later in the morning:

    “Good Morning All”, including our gracious hostess, who makes these postings possible.

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    • WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
      June 1, 2026 at 10:42 am

      Mornin’ Reflection!

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    • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
      June 1, 2026 at 11:43 am

      We had one of those toasters, too. It browned the toast evenly and we loved that it lowered and raised it. We always had the toaster and if something went wrong with it, my dad could fix it. I think they had it until they died. I have never had a toaster that worked as well since.

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    • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
      June 1, 2026 at 3:04 pm

      Good morning, Reflection! Homecoming is a joy! I watched THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIIVES again yesterday. Remarkable how it holds up so well in representing the men and women who lived through World War II and the return to civilian life for those who were away from home for so many years.

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  5. czarina33's avatar czarina33 says:
    June 1, 2026 at 8:38 am

    National Say Something Nice Day – I’m glad ya’all are my friends!

    National Game Show Day – watched these all morning in the summers as a kid

    National Olive Day – love them!

    National Nail Polish Day – took to wearing it all the time about 4 years ago. Pink only.

    National Go Barefoot Day – I do this all the time

    National Pen Pal Day – had two from England Shan I was in High school

    National Heimlich Maneuver Day

    National Hazelnut Cake Day

    Community Health Improvement Week

    National CPR and AED Awareness Week

    Bed Bugs’ Awareness Week

    National Safety Month

    Men’s Health Month

    National PTSD Awareness Month

    World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day – as caused by narcissists

    Global Day of Parents

    World Reef Awareness Day

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  6. Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
    June 1, 2026 at 10:23 am

    Good morning Lucille, T, Wee, czarina, Stella, aus, Reflection, and all who drop by later. Appreciate the pictures, coffee, smiles, lists of the day, and especially the discussions.

    I found this to contribute on X. I’m going to see how many I can read, or re-read, on this list for the summer. I’m pretty sure most, if not all, can be found free online, or checked out online or in person at your local library.

    Have you guys read any that stand out in memory? So far, my favorite is The Chosen, by Chaim Potok. I read The Brothers Karamzov during Lent, and the depth and length of it was quite challenging. I needed it, because I’ve been too complacent in my reading. However, I think some shorter stuff will be welcome during the summer months.

    I liked the Potok book listed, and a number of his other books, because they were great books, but books I enjoyed while reading them. I had to read a lot of books in jr. high ( we didn’t call it middle school back then), high school, and especially in college that were really great literature but I hated them. All, every single one of those miserable English female writers. Madame Bovary by Flaubert. I don’t remember the name of the novel by Upton Sinclair. Didn’t like it. But there were so very many more that I really appreciated and lots of them I loved.

    As a young adult, I read a lot of great American authors that weren’t emphasized enough in school. I think that maybe there was bias back then, and some teachers felt European authors were better. I fell in love with Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, my favorite was James Fenimore Cooper, of course Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, and so many enjoyable others.

    I hope to find some new favorites this summer, and, bonus, I won’t spend all summer on one or two books I may or may not like. Hope someone will also enjoy this list.

    I can’t edit out the pic below, and sorry the list made itself a paragraph rather than an easy to read vertical list.

    @quotesdaily100

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    Short Novels Worth Reading on Your Travels: 1. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (55 pages) 2. The Pearl by John Steinbeck (90 pages) 3. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (130 pages) 4. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (96 pages) 5. On the Shortness of Life by Seneca (80 pages) 6. The Art of War by Sun Tzu (68 pages) 7. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (96 pages) 8. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (119 pages) 9. Night by Elie Wiesel (120 pages) 10. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (120 pages) 11. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (112 pages) 12. Animal Farm by George Orwell (112 pages) 13. The Stranger by Albert Camus (123 pages) 14. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by R.L. Stevenson (141 pages) 15. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (152 pages) 16. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (159 pages) 17. Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote (160 pages) 18. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells (160 pages) 19. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (165 pages) 20. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (180 pages) 21. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (196 pages) 22. Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger (201 pages) 23. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (206 pages) 24. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (208 pages) 25. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (216 pages) 26. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (224 pages) 27. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (224 pages) 28. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (254 pages) 29. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (256 pages) 30. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (258 pages) 31. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (286 pages) 32. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (287 pages) 33. The Chosen by Chaim Potok (284 pages) 34. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (195 pages) 35. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (246 pages

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    • WeeWeed's avatar WeeWeed says:
      June 1, 2026 at 10:47 am

      Mornin’ Menage! I remember several of them – and not fondly. Several more sound good!

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      • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
        June 1, 2026 at 11:04 am

        I think they made us read a number of things someone else decided was great literature. Some were just stupid and miserable.

        Reading really great books at a young age helped me become addicted to reading. I read and re-read Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn so many times when I was really young. A good storyteller can be so important for a kid.

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    • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
      June 1, 2026 at 12:16 pm

      The first books I remember really liking were, The Princess and Curdie and The Princess and the Goblins. The story seemed romantic, to a 9 yr old, and very scary.

      Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, and all the books like this.

      Heidi

      All of Zane Grays’s books, which I read many, many, many times

      All of Louis Lamours’ books, which I read many times

      Of course, I read all the classics that were required in school, liked some of them, but never read them again.

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      • Menagerie's avatar Menagerie says:
        June 1, 2026 at 2:35 pm

        I loved Heidi too. Read it several times. Also, Around the World in 80 Days. Jungle Book, and I got very into Greek and Roman mythology around late jr. high years.

        I read some Zane Gray but liked L’Amour better. Read a number of the Hardy Boys books when I was in elementary school too. I think one of the most influential authors for me, as well as making me love to read, was a local author named Christine Noble Govan. She was quite successful with children’s mystery books. The fact that these books were set in locations I’d visited or were nearby intrigued me. I developed an interest in mysteries, and I still love them.

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    • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
      June 1, 2026 at 3:38 pm

      Good day to you, Menagerie! Besides reading short novels, my days can often be spent thinking of the independennt book stores of my youth and what fun it was to spend hours going through them.

      My favorite book stores in Hollywood, downtown Los Angeles, and Santa Monica, CA have long since been closed but I still have some of the bookmarks they handed out with each purchase.

      The Pickwick Book Shop on Hollywood Boulevard was the one I visited most. It was where I bought every Lord Peter Wimsey novel by Dorothy L. Sayers.

      Here’s to lovely memories!

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      • auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
        June 1, 2026 at 6:36 pm

        How cute.

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        • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
          June 1, 2026 at 7:45 pm

          You can’t tell much in the photo above, but the store was huge and the aisles were tight trying to get through the mountains of books. It was that way on the 2nd floor, too. As I recall, though, they did have fairly large windows; so there was plenty of light.

          Here’s a photo of the exterior up above the store sign…

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    • Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
      June 1, 2026 at 3:53 pm

      Amazingly, this article just popped up my emails. Look and see if there are any that appeal to you….

      “20 New Books We Can’t Wait To Read This Summer”

      Summer reading is upon us!

      By Kait Hanson – Published on May 22, 2026

      https://www.southernliving.com/new-books-summer-2026-11949494

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    • texan59's avatar texan59 says:
      June 1, 2026 at 8:19 pm

      Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, IIRC.

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  7. Stella's avatar Stella says:
    June 1, 2026 at 10:52 am

    Good morning! Another beautiful day today. I think, though, that we could use some rain soon.

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  8. Stella's avatar Stella says:
    June 1, 2026 at 11:46 am

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  9. auscitizenmom's avatar auscitizenmom says:
    June 1, 2026 at 11:50 am

    Good Mornin’ All. It rained all weekend and there are puddles out there still. It is overcast, 50*, and rain is forecast for the whole day. There are still flood warnings out for the whole county. I’m not concerned because I think my place is from 100 ft to 500 ft above the water.

    Hope you all have good weather and enjoy the day.

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  10. Stella's avatar Stella says:
    June 1, 2026 at 12:06 pm

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  11. Stella's avatar Stella says:
    June 1, 2026 at 12:43 pm

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  12. Stella's avatar Stella says:
    June 1, 2026 at 2:20 pm

    This is adorable!

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  13. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    June 1, 2026 at 5:04 pm

    Iran COLLAPSES as Regime Leader ASSASSINATED and President RESIGNS!!!

    Dr. Steve Turley – June 1, 2026

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  14. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    June 1, 2026 at 5:22 pm

    Love Joe Kenda….

    Legendary homicide hunter Joe Kenda speaks with Nate Eaton at CrimeCon 2026

    Posted June 1, 2026 – East Idaho News

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  15. Lucille's avatar Lucille says:
    June 1, 2026 at 5:34 pm

    Democrats Seethe As 70-Year-Old ‘Election Denier’ Tina Peters Set Free From Colorado Prison

    By Bob Hoge  | 1:40 PM on June 01, 2026

    Tina Peters is free.

    The 70-year-old former Colorado elections clerk was released Monday following Gov. Jared Polis’ May commutation of her nine-year sentence on felony charges for her role in breaching the county’s election voting systems and equipment in 2021. She was concerned that there were irregularities in the 2020 presidential election, where Joe Biden received a mind-bending 81 million votes despite campaigning mostly from his basement.

    https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/01/democrats-seethe-as-70-year-old-election-denier-tina-peters-set-free-from-colorado-prison-n2202928

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