The sun did come up on Wednesday the day I wrote this post.
Today.
Today I was going to publish a post about good reads for Winter.
That will have to wait for another day.
Today I continue to feel stunned by the election results.
Today I looked back to what I wrote in November 2016 when I felt shocked by that election news:
"I watched as my watercolor teacher painted a derelict shack. She said, "This is hard." Something she always says when she paints. I said back to her, "Especially today. I couldn't sleep last night." My friend next to me nodded in agreement, and then the rest of the members of the class chimed in with the same news. Some were full of hope, most of us felt shocked. I thought in our tiredness how we all let our vulnerability show. We came together whichever side we put ourselves on, and offered tentative healing words. One man in his 80s, said, "I've seen worse."
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Today I realize that as an artist and a writer, I can continue to write and make art of the small things in life. I can write about sailing a boat as a beginner, about animals that have wandered across my path, about being a vagabond for a year, and how moving to a city has changed my life. I can continue to write about people I consider dear friends, family, and colleagues.
Tomorrow I am going to continue to support libraries and reproductive freedom and preserving the natural world.
Today I can make some good soup and pick up a book and a blanket and immerse myself in a story in the shelter of our apartment.
Today I can read the newsletters that give me hope.
Rebecca Solnit: https://x.com/RebeccaSolnit/status/1854179269003637000
KE Garland: https://kwoted.wordpress.com/2024/11/06/the-day-trump-was-re-elected/
Pics and Posts: https://iamchandralynn.com/2024/11/06/grieve-survive-resist-love/
Literally Letty: https://golfoklahoma.org/literally-letty-the-golf-gypsy-will-rogers-and-clint-eastwood/
Americans of Conscience: https://americansofconscience.com/11-08-2024/#goodnews
Reasons To Be Cheerful: https://mailchi.mp/reasonstobecheerful.world/the-indian-state-that-went-100-organic-5372315?e=d492e63da7
And I will ask myself the question that Reasons To Be Cheerful asked of its readers:
What will you continue to do to make this a better world?
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