This Tuesday's Out and About - Sami Perry and Mike Bell from Spokane Indivisible talking about the Republican dismantling of your healthcare.

I usually post the notice for who is going to be on the show the morning of the show, but this show is one I wanted to let you know about right now. 

Everyone is familiar with the No Kings Protests. But did you know that the people who organize those protests here in Spokane have a full schedule of almost daily events to help defeat the fascism which has stolen our nation? 

The organization is called Spokane Indivisible. They’ve been around since Trump’s first term, back when all that has now happened to our nation was just a hypothetical. You’ve seen their work over I-90 with some great signage and a lot of other events too. They are building up a force of tens of thousands of people in our region who will hold the criminal Trump and his lackeys accountable. 

Sami Perry and Mike Bell from Spokane Indivisible will be on the show Tuesday, December 9. We are going to be talking about what our congressman - Michael Baumgartner, his fellow cult members and their leader Donald Trump are going to do to your healthcare starting next year. We live in Washington where our state government has not surrendered to Traitor Trump. It has done all it could to keep people insured, but we are soon going to be hurt bigly by this clown and his worshippers. 

Mike Bell was the CPA for many rural hospitals so he knows how devastating Baumgartner's cuts are going to be. Tune in to hear their presentation on what is in store for our region and what you can do about it. That’s Tuesday, December 9 at 4 pm. Listen to KYRS - 88.1 or 92.3 fm. You can also livestream the show from KYRS.org. Thanks! 

Haiku Friday December 5 2025

 

Haiku Friday December 5 2025

On Windchime Wednesday,

The tubes play a pleasant tune:

Soothing, comforting.

Max Q

Now fewer than nine 

By four o’clock sun has set

Monochrome tableau 

Rikosan

Damn, another cold

My wife, disgusted with my

Expectorations

Bill

My old rapper names -

“Low T”  - then “No T” - Now I’m -

"Panoply Polyps" 

Maeve

"Suboptimal Prep - Corn." Oil on canvas. 2021.

Today's Out and About - No Kings highlights and a little music!

My back has been ouchy this last week, a collateral victim of Sarah's chemotherapy, an accident which may have banned me forever from sitting by her side while she undergoes hours of these ordeals. So, I didn't book a guest in case I was too laid-up to ask questions that would have only been pain med maniacal mutterings. But, I am feeling pretty good right now. So, I am going to play some interview highlights from the KYRS live broadcast of the No Kings rally. I will intersperse these tidbits with some fun holiday music. Sort of sounds like traditional holiday fare for this show. 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Haiku Friday Novmber 28 2025

Oh my god, so good

That’s the best I’ve ever had

Lying through her teeth

Bill

His breath in my face

God, will he ever be done

Suddenly flaccid

Bill

By light in darkness 

First snowflake in spider’s web

Nothing is resolved

 Rikosan

Struck down in my prime?

No, I’m well beyond expired. 

The date, not the life.

Maeve

Haiku Friday - November 21, 2025

 

It’s a streaky game:

You’re riding high in April

And shot down in May. 

Max Q

Standing in the rain:

Dry under my umbrella,

Waiting for my love. 

Max Q 

Left behind, so sad

Its owner, who's on the train

Looks frantically.

Bill

How do you defame

Something like a piece of shit 

Posing as the king

Rikosan

A rotten mouthful

Hell swallows trashy cultists

and their dear leader

Maeve

Bill's photo: 

Yesterday's Out and About - Spokane's Trans Day of Remembrance

Yesterday on Out and About I talked with Matt Danielson - Executive Director of Spokane Pride and Colton Gerard - organizer of Spokane’s Trans Day of Remembrance. We had a great talk about the Trans Day of Remembrance event scheduled for this Saturday at the Central Library. The event starts at two, but you will want to come early because there will be a large resource fair, as well. If you are trans, you love someone who is trans or are just curious about how to be an ally to the Fascists' number one enemy, please come on down! More info on the event is here https://tractionpnw.org/event/transgender-day-of-remembrance-spokane/.

If you missed yesterday’s show and want to have a listen, here is a link - 

https://archive.kyrs.org/mp3/kyrs_251118_160000b.mp3

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve 

Today's Out and About - The Transgender Day of Remembrance in Spokane - this Saturday

Today on Out and About I will be talking with Matt Danielson - Executive Director of Spokane Pride and Colton Gerard - organizer of Spokane’s Trans Day of Remembrance. I am looking forward to hearing the details of this Saturday’s event and hearing why this event is important not only to LGBTQ folks, but also to anyone who is opposed to the fascism our nation now finds itself stuck in. 

A reminder that there is also a TDOR event in Coeur d'Alene this Thursday 

Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve