November 3, 2020. Sheltering at Home Week 34
I voted. Yea! Not only that, my ballot has been received, according to California’s official ballot tracking site.
I voted, and I’m pretty sure you did, too — or you will have by the time the day is out. You and I and tens of millions of other Americans.
According to TheGuadian.com, as many as 150 million Americans might vote this year. That’s an impressive 65% of eligible voters.
Democracy Lives
Democracy and the rule of law are alive and well in the U.S. of A. Right?
I’m counting on it.
After Donald Trump’s win in the 2016 presidential election, I put a good face on it and wrote a piece called “I Decided to Stop Bad-Mouthing Donald Trump. But Will I?”
In an earlier piece about Trump, I fretted that all “he wanted, deep down, was not my vote. What he wanted was my attention.”
And he got it. For four years, that man had my attention.
Let Us Tend Our Garden
Let’s hope that after today’s election, I can reclaim the part of my brain that Donald Trump has colonized these four, miserable, sleep-deprived years.
What will I do with my freed-up time and mental energy? I’ll think about things like infrastructure, jobs and global warming. I’ll write another check to the Alameda County Community Food Bank. I’ll plant primroses.
Yesterday, when they declared Biden as the winner, was a glorious day. I was elated the entire day. Thank you to everyone who participated this year in our democratic process!
Also, your hair looks great! Love the color and the style.
Election results still sinking in for me. The one enduring positive of this election season is how many people got out there and voted… As for that hair, it has a mind of it’s own. All my life I’ve opted for hair styles that I could control. This one — it does something different every day.