No Kings 3.0

I didn't get any pictures or videos this time, as I only drove by after stopping at the local Ace Hardware on the way to pick up a friend. I honked as I passed them. Once again the protest was in front of the  local Safeway. And again, the former Kmart lot was packed was cars, the most it's gotten since the last protest, which occurred last October when Spirit Halloween was set up in the building. And as about as many as there were at the first protest last June.

I went looking for pictures on a Facebook group for what's happening in my town but can't seem to find any. Some friends posted pictures on their feeds, mostly coming from protests in nearby counties. Here are some I got:

Click here and here to see pictures and videos of the last two protests. 

And today, I found this protest picture on Facebook.

Been off for a While

Over the last few days I was having computer issues. I won't to go into the details, but will say that technology can be daunting. But I'm glad to be back. Now I can catch up on drafting my A to Z posts. I've started scheduling some of them, even though I still have some to draft. I'm just a little stuck on some letters.

And the hot weather in my area has continued. It's barely the start of spring, but it's already feeling like summer. 

Hot Weather!

It's only March, and barely the start of spring. Yet in my neck of the woods, it's been hot this past week! Quite unusual for this time of year. 

This is a historic heatwave. Feeling more like summer now. The hotter is gets, the more tired I get! It's been hard to do some things these past few days, like cooking. And except for drafting A to Z posts, I haven't done much writing this week. I get sleepy from reading sometimes, but now I can blame the weather more right now!

Our group at work took a field trip on Wednesday to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was not quite as hot over there as it was in my town. We were inside most of the time, but sat by the beach nearby for lunch, in a shade area. We even stopped  at some of the stores nearby on Cannery Row. A lot of walking and I came home exhausted, but it was a great trip! It was good way to get away from the heat in our town.

More on the A to Z Theme This Year

I have begun drafting my posts for the A to Z Blogging Challenge next month. The official sign-ups begin next week. As I said in my theme reveal post, it will be a book-cover scavenger hunt. 

In the past, I have had trouble with linking services (see here), so I have decided to allow links to books in the comments. Other general rules:

1. You cannot post the same cover that is in my post, and cannot use the same cover for more then one letter.
2. Since comments are moderated, you will not know (in most instances) what cover others are going to post, so do not worry about possibly posting the same book as another person.
3. The number of the item on the cover does not matter. If the item of the day is in the plural, the cover may have one or more than one of that item.
4. The link may be from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites. Just mentioning the tile in the comments will also be acceptable.
5. Even if you do not want to the join the scavenger hunt, you are still welcome to comment on the posts in general.
6. Commenting and/or participating is open to all, not just those joining the A to Z Blogging Challenge.

Also read this.

Good luck to all, whatever you decide to do.

13 Phone Cartoons

Colleen at The Thursday 13 holds a weekly blogging prompt where bloggers make a list of 13 things on Thursdays. The topic is for you to choose. The blog host doesn't have any official graphics to display on the Thursday 13 posts, so I decided to whip one up myself. 🙂  

After seeing this post on Mikra's blog today, I got this idea for the topic for today. Also, I just got a new phone, my first iPone. It's not a current one, but it was good deal and will work for the time being. Some of these are old and some are new to me. This first one I took from the link above.

Need Ideas on How to Link for the Scavenger Hunt

As I said, my theme will be a book-cover scavenger hunt, sort of an interactive theme. One thing I have to work out is how participants will share links. I've tried using Linkys in the past for my reading challenges, but after some time, something went wrong. I don't recall what that was. So since then I have had people sign up in the comments to join my reading challenges. I'm not sure how this will work with the scavenger hunt, however. I'm going to allow links to a cover, such as on Amazon, Goodreads or other sites. I myself still don't know how to use HTML links in comments. I don't know about signing up again for linkys--I don't remember which one I even used, but it says the Blenza ones are free to begin with (have to pay for an upgrade). and I don't know what else, if anything I will ever use the linking widgets for. I'll be trying to work this out.

A to Z Blogging 2026 Theme Reveal

The theme reveals have begun this week. 

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This year, I am going to try something a little different. The topic is going to be a book cover scavenger hunt. For each letter, I will choose a different item and will post a book cover with the said item. I'm giving readers an option to find another book cover with that same item. Otherwise, just comment on the post in general. 

Here's how it's going to work: If the word of the day is "fruit," I will post a book with fruit on the cover. Commenters have the option of posting another cover (not the same one that I post) with fruit. These are just examples, you will not know the cover scavenger hunt item until each day. It's kind of an interactive theme this year, but you are welcome just to comment if you don't want to post a cover. Also, you do not have to be an A to Z participant to comment and/or participate in the scavenger hunt portion. Note: the same cover can only be used once throughout the challenge. And don't worry about duplicating another person's post, since you're not going to know in most cases (comments are moderated). You just can't use the same one as mine. You'll know that one, since it will already be on the post.

I got this idea from having joined so many reading challenges that ask for something on the cover. One of them is even all about finding things on the covers. See this post from yesterday.

I'm looking forward to seeing other theme reveals this week. The annual round of alphabet fun is around the corner.