Author Archives: Susanna J. Sturgis
July License Plate Report
As Julys go, this was a good one. Hell, as 2023 goes, July was a good month: four new sightings met the bar set by April and equaled the total for May and June: Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Michigan. See … Continue reading
June License Plate Report
As promised: Here’s the June report, with the West Coast finally complete: Washington state and Oregon are finally blue — as they are in political life too, thank heavens. Our year-to-date total now stands at 38. In June, my T-Shirt … Continue reading
May License Plate Report
No, your calendar doesn’t lie — we’re closing in on the end of July and I’m just now getting around to posting the May license plate report. June will follow shortly, and I promise July will be more or less … Continue reading
April License Plate Report
Yes, you read the title right: The calendar says May 27, but this is the April license plate report. And no, you didn’t miss the March license plate report, because there wasn’t one. I didn’t spot any new plates in … Continue reading
February License Plate Report
Sorry for very late posting — contrary to the usual, February seemed very long but March so far has been flying by, probably because I’ve been busy work- and otherwise. All in all, it was a very good February in … Continue reading
January 2023 License Plate Report
Spotting half the states in January is pretty good and not unusual, but will you take a look at the map, specifically at #8 and #10? OMG. #8 is Mississippi and #10 is North Dakota, the eternally elusive, the Holy … Continue reading
2022 License Plate Report
Three states were still missing when the clock ran out on 2022, but it’s a great year when not only Alaska and Hawaii are on the map but so are South and North Dakota. NB: There was no November report … Continue reading
A Fantasy for Greg Abbott
So it seems that Texas governor Greg Abbott, following what seems to be a well-worn page in the MAGA playbook, sent several busloads of migrants to Washington, D.C., and had them dumped in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence. … Continue reading
Where the Money Goes
The end of the year fast approaches, with the arrival of 1099s and tax time soon to follow. I am a bit ahead of my usual: I have almost finished inputting my credit card transactions into Quicken. This is proving … Continue reading
Giving Thanks
I like the idea of Thanksgiving — a day for counting one’s blessings, giving thanks, and hanging out with friends and family. Reality is more problematic, as reality invariably is. Notice how, in the run-up to the holiday, news outlets … Continue reading
From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 