Mourning President Carter, a good and decent man whose long post-presidency life set an unparalleled example of good works and selflessness.
Mourning those who died at the hands of the insurrectionists of January 6, four years ago.
Mourning the rise of the oligarchy and angry men in every walk of life.
Mourning the considerable peril our country faces in the four years ahead of us, as a vindictive and profoundly ignorant little man seeks retribution for slights--real or imagined and hustles to pay off the billionaires who have put him in office.
Mourning my loss of faith in my fellow citizens . . . and those friends I thought I knew . . .
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Mourning the tough times brought on to he rest of us, by the sexually predacious criminal.
I have never felt so sad and hopeless about our country and the future of our democracy.
Vicky, you express my thoughts so well.
We certainly have lost so much. And those of us who anticipate the losses to come, the challenges to be met, and the sense that we may not survive - we are faced with the rinse and repeat of what happened before, as well as the new inevitable culmination of the direction and out of control speed of the self-driving lunatics.
and the shock of a sibling who supports the incoming
It would be easy to fall into despair. But I resolve to look for the good and beauty around me and to continue--as long as Blogger and Facebook allow-- to speak out.
Thank you for this post.
Well put. I leave for California on Saturday, not coming home isn't completely off the table...
Oh, that was me, BTW, new phone didn't have me logged in correctly.
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