Mid-Holiday and Alerts and Hellos

I hope you all are having a warm and wonderful Holiday Season. Be aware once more of copycats to the home-invasion Incursion which also included wartime participants and support being attacked in other manners at home and in public. This time around, it is officially Incursion II, and don't be surprised or offended, though, if the soldiery reactivated is laughing at the ironies while they are pulled in to urban defense. Double check your tamper-proof seals and such again so that you can avoid copy-cats of the glue and other forms of attacks upon your homes and persons, once again.

An especially trying time may be happening for the families who are searching for their old records to get up to date on urban training. Do, though, help by keeping extra-confidential the numbers and photos and other records involved. The identity-theft hacking is really quite the trouble for the soldiers and their families at the moment, so I hope you'll help with this matter. Do be careful about not confusing identities, and stay calm through the challenges this holiday. For example, you don't want to confuse me with, say, the artwork client whose business card I posted on the blog, Katherine, just because you read the name on the same day, or such. She is non-military entirely and is typical of the types of errors of confusing identities between people who may seem similar in age, appearance, birthdate, name, or acquainted with same people. I am of course military and involved in the Arts and Fashion and similar, plus the urban-preparedness discussed on the blog. I hope you'll be aware of this common error to not make as it is not tolerated by the Military, at all ...

I mention this also because of the identity-theft scams being caught in the act, again, thanks to the diligence of the many. The difficulties can be minimized, if not avoided. Do check in correctly at any of the military installations which are now abundant if you are from a military family and on-the-road or have a difficulty to be immediately handled; you'll recall that the military installations are now at all the cafes (if you find one that isn't, let us know), and the bar-restaurants and bars. They are officially thanked for willing cooperation, which is symbiotic to help their businesses.

The impostors in identity-theft scams have gone so far as to impersonate those with executive-orders again to supposedly call-up military units for traps. The militaries in Germany and Israel have been most sadly affected, and the cooperation of the general public is requested at this time as we and you and others sort it out. The travelling mis-contacted and often overly trusting personnel are being resituated, and can check-in at the military installations for their redirecting, housing, and other logistics. Remember that the way to verify an executive order is through official channels, the real phone numbers and of course the police departments or sheriff's offices will have them up on their computers, or similar; and, yes, there is proper verification method for days when the computers are down. It is as simple as checking a personal identification card or driver's license, but comes with real-time action, so that the mis-directed soldiers do not have to worry about being waylaid again in part or in whole. As I discussed on media before, this is a very serious matter and not for bedroom seduction paradigms or agendas for those who don't hold actual executive orders.

Be watchful of your holiday mail, as even the soldiers are having a harder time than before receiving their mail on time and in recurring fashion. This runs true, of course, for even most normal years.

The international bout of normalizing depression identified by the USMC has good ways of being dealt with and the awareness that the Holiday Season comes along with a particular brand of it is something to remind of, as needed. The ability to do the appropriate action to take care of your own mental health levels is something to self-assess, although usually awareness is enough. The recommendation by the Military is to do something from your childhood that you would enjoy as an adult, creative or otherwise, not childishly, but remembering that you practiced being an adult or interacting with adults. The head of the USMC is trying something from ten-years old; I'm trying one from my 4 year-old artistic times when I learned about shadow-colors. The ability to pull together from your own personal experiences is a good tool, and it is not about having or not having a supportive childhood experience, but rather using your own innate personal experience in the present.

Black Friday was actually a surprisingly enjoyable experience for me, and it was because I went with an agenda, not to over-spend, but to do something on my task-list. And, to people-watch, a regular and elite past-time in Paris, still, according to the sociologist reports coming in for consolidation. Don't be afraid to discuss inanities, or frivolities, as this is the sugar plum fairy season, after all.

The Follow-Along has gone well in that it has received a good review from strangers and friends, alike, and if you are interested in sharing in the participation, this is what I'm doing. For those who enjoyed An English Murder, the Death at Dartmoor by Robin Paige is what is going to be next that I'll start this afternoon. Another alternative to those of you who objected already to a Victorian setting is Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs which is one I ran out of time to complete reading before and hope to finish this holiday.

For the knitters, or color-interested, the sunny yellow scarf is about half-way completed. To those with the great ideas suggested as to how to do something sugar plum fairy in orientation for the holidays. Truly noteworthy creativity from you, and thanks.

I will try to blog again in a week, to the day, and so I hope to see you on December 8th.

Sartorially yours,
K.-Marie