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These days, it\u2019s challenging to keep up with the unfolding horror show of this administration. & when I\u2019ve tried, I just end up depressed. So recently, I focus on writing, my comfort zone, and remind myself to stay focused in the moment.<\/p>\n
At the dog park where we take Nigel every afternoon, that now, in the moment, means relentless humidity, temps in the 90s, and a battle with mosquitos. BUT. No hurricanes & because it\u2019s summer, the traffic around here is much lighter. Most of the time when I leave the neighborhood, the road in both directions is empty of cars. During the season, traffic in both directions consists of a steady stream of cars. And the dog park is empty except a small group of us who find the best spot in the shade, where\u2019s there\u2019s sometimes a breeze.<\/p>\n
Nigel chases frisbees and balls at a leisurely pace, Abby and Orla play, & occasionally other panting dogs show up for a drink of water from the communal bowl we keep filled.<\/p>\n
Recently, I learned that the county\/state is going to rename part of Southern Boulevard that leads, eventually, to AIA along the beach and Mar a Lago. Yes, they\u2019re going to rename it after trump – a convicted felon, grifter, pathological liar, narcissist etc etc etc. I\u2019ll continue to call it Southern Boulevard just as I continue to call the gulf off Florida\u2019s western coast the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n
Recently, Florida representative Maxwell Frost described his “sanitized tour” of the internment camp in the Everglades and I realized we no longer live in the U.S.<\/p>\n
So on nights like this, at the end of a long, hot day, I anticipate a future where the republican party either grows a spine or ceases to exist and we get to visit Megan in Washington state and enter her world with the spectacular whales.<\/p>\n
And we find a new protest where we can carry signs and exercise our first amendment rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
These days, it\u2019s challenging to keep up with the unfolding horror show of this administration. & when I\u2019ve tried, I just end up depressed. So recently, I focus on writing, my comfort zone, and remind myself to stay focused … Continue reading