Michaelann's tie dye experiment

Monday, August 05, 2024

This video is of my attempt to learn to make tie dye shirts & tank tops.

Monday, July 15, 2024

I've been researching & trying out various new social media sites, as I have found Facebook to be much quieter than usual. I haven't had a lot of luck yet, many of these sites are difficult to use. 

Happiness.com has been interesting, check it out if you want. Let me know what you think.

                                                               www.happiness.com

I would caution the use of MeWe, it's fairly unmoderated. www.mewe.com

I tried out BlueSky, on the suggestion of a friend. I'm still trying to figure it out. Why are so many of these new sites, so difficult to figure out?

https://bsky.app/profile/michaelannd.bsky.social

Monday, July 08, 2024

I made this video with all the photographs that I took yesterday at Bellingham's Pride parade, with an audio file of my own design.

Sunday, July 07, 2024 

I attended my very 1st Pride parade today, while visiting my husband in Bellingham. I had some technical issues with my I-pad mini, the video recorder kept crashing. So I used a video editing program to join the 5 videos into a single video.

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Let's talk about politics. 

I've been planning this post for a couple of months now, and I am finally ready with part 1. I'm starting with US  politics, I'll be making a post on BC & Canadian politics in a few weeks. You may wonder why I am concerned about & interested in American politics, me being Canadian. Well, the US is our closest neighbour & one of our biggest trading partners. Also, my paternal grandfather was born in Minnesota, immigrating to Canada when he was a young man. So I do have family in the US & my husband is American. 

And can anyone tell me why these brilliant guys didn't do a song for Trump? If they did, I haven't been able to find it yet. 

UPDATE: Due to some recent health issues, I did not do a political post before the BC election. But we got lucky & the NDP won, although as one journalist called it, it was spandex-tight.

Here's a few news articles, on the upcoming US election:

Bill Maher spoke directly to undecided voters, or as he calls them, “the Christmas Eve shoppers of politics,” on the latest episode of Real Time.

 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bill-maher-message-undecided-voters-2024-election-1236052169/#recipient_hashed=b9bf0fcf3338ef00b44f48cd7d72dbc91ba48dc66c7efa2a335a20b499defcea&recipient_salt=596f52ee968de155d7d04ff58dbd08cb17e66c6a40420b15623286bd129195fb&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_content=563321_11-01-2024&utm_term=12079944

Jimmy KImmel: “Most elections are about policy. This one is not. This is about sanity and security and democracy.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/jimmy-kimmel-makes-plea-republicans-election-trump-1236048674/#recipient_hashed=b9bf0fcf3338ef00b44f48cd7d72dbc91ba48dc66c7efa2a335a20b499defcea&recipient_salt=596f52ee968de155d7d04ff58dbd08cb17e66c6a40420b15623286bd129195fb&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_content=562352_10-29-2024&utm_term=12079944

Cher speaks out in support of Kamala Harris.  https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/10/cher-posts-rousing-endorsement-for-kamala-harris-she-is-fighting-for-all-of-us/

Jennifer Lopez speaks about Trump's racist comments about Puerto Rico  https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/01/politics/jennifer-lopez-kamala-harris-latino-voters/index.html?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc

Friday, May 31st, 2024

Wow, it's been a busy news day.

Serial killer Robert Picton has died, after being attacked in a Quebec prison: https://globalnews.ca/news/10537744/serial-killer-robert-pickton-dead/

Chad Daybell has been found guilty of killing his 1st wife & his 2 step children: https://globalnews.ca/news/10535105/chad-daybell-guilty-murder-lori-vallow-daybell/

2 Ontario cases solved by modern genetic DNA testing: https://globalnews.ca/news/10333474/sentencing-sutherland-toronto-women-killed-1983/

https://globalnews.ca/news/10502821/murder-ontario-woman-solved-25-years-dna-advancements-police/

And a surprise plea change in the murder case of Naomi Onotera:  https://globalnews.ca/news/10537322/bc-man-pleads-guilty-death-dismemberment-wife-naomi-onotera-langley-bc/

And the BC Government is expanding the program to help low income people get free air conditioners: https://www.langleyadvancetimes.com/news/bc-expands-program-to-provide-air-conditioners-with-additional-20m-7368543  https://www.langleyadvancetimes.com/news/bc-expands-program-to-provide-air-conditioners-with-additional-20m-7368543

Thursday, May 02, 2024

I've been working on some new ideas to expand my online presence. But I realize now that I could use some public input. So I am asking my YouTube subscribers, my blog subscribers & my Facebook friends (along with several other social media sites) to help me out with suggestions.