Light is back
Okay, it's strange enough timing that the light burned out in my mom's hallway when I'm sending out missives about government surveillance. But now she tells me today she went into the hallway mid-day and found the light suddenly back on. In other words, though she tried repeatedly, she couldn't turn it on last night, but after a 10-hour siesta, the light has decided to work again.

Just to give you an idea of how these things escalate my mother's fears (she knows about my harassment, but refused to believe me for nearly 3 years), my mother starts telling me a similar thing had happened awhile ago with the bathroom light, too. (Not her bathroom, but the main one, which she seldom uses.) She then jokingly remarks that it made her think there were 'ghosts playing tricks' on her. (all right, she's not as crazy or superstitious as she may sound.)

The fact is I've been at her place when some of these electrical *glitches* have happened -- eg, two power outages, where everything went off for about ten minutes, then suddenly came back on; also needing to reset the fusebox because appliances in the kitchen wouldn't work; and other strange incidents.

All of these 'mishaps' have happened within the past 8 months.

Lights Out
Stairway light has burned out. My mother has to get to her room in total darkness.

My surveillers would, of course, know that my mother has nightmares regularly. I'm not asking you to believe the possibilities right now -- just TAKE NOTE.

Many other things...
Trying to keep up and post all the incidents is a challenge.

Here's a quick summary of the past few weeks:

The car has been found unlocked, even though my mother is positive she locked it.

Her car battery went dead the day she had to go see the doctor for a physical.

(Car was towed; was told headlights had been left on. But she told me, 'It's strange because I came home at dusk last night, and I don't recall using the headlights.' The car's automatic (daytime) headlights go off when the ignition is turned off. )

My mother's new garden plants keep disappearing. This has happened several times -- each time after I've written one of my missives about either surveillance or 9-11.

The remote control for the TV set stopped working for no reason at all. Hadn't been dropped or anything. My mother tried changing the batteries, etc.

Just a week before this, the chair my mother sits in to watch TV inexplicably collapses and breaks, when she sat in it. (yeah, okay, it's a plastic lawnchair, but very sturdy, well-made, and apparently quite comfortable.) My mother has repeatedly said that watching TV is her de-stresser.

I should point out that whenever either my mother or I say something positive about something, it breaks or otherwise goes out of commission. This extends to bigger things, as well -- not just trivial domestic concerns.

THESE INCIDENTS HAPPEN IN TANDEM WITH STUFF THAT I AM DOING AND/OR WRITING ABOUT.

How would that be possible? Only if they have a sizable -- and growing -- network of people. By watching me for so long, and seeing how many jobs I went through, PLUS working for several personnel agencies, it would become quite evident that they could, in fact, recruit widely and diversely.

[As I'm editing this post -- Sept. 6th, 1:50AM -- my apartment buzzer just sounded.]

I am on a group list that includes organizers and presenters of the first two phases of the Citizens' Inquiry into 9-11, and also participate in various other activist listservs.