When you think about it, it started in Boston, but it quickly spread to New York, Philadelphia, down to Virginia and Yorktown.
Even at the beginning, events conspired to unite the different parts of this country.
In my lifetime, we had Joseph McCarthy, and before that there was Father Coughlin, Henry Ford and George Lincoln Rockwell. There was George Wallace and there was the Ku Klux Klan. So Donald Trump simply fits into a long list of scoundrels, imbeciles and haters. None of them have brought the country down, although they did stain the fabric.
But here we delight in things which have nothing much to do with politics.
My friend, neighbor and co conspirator sent along this picture of an "immigrant" she noted outside her getaway in Maine.
On my bicycle ride most mornings, I pass by this mailbox, which I like simply because it is whimsy in wood, very New Hampshire.
There are things up here which seem untouched by the lunacy in Washington, D.C.
We're doing okay. We will persevere. Which is not to say we will win.
Even at the beginning, events conspired to unite the different parts of this country.
In my lifetime, we had Joseph McCarthy, and before that there was Father Coughlin, Henry Ford and George Lincoln Rockwell. There was George Wallace and there was the Ku Klux Klan. So Donald Trump simply fits into a long list of scoundrels, imbeciles and haters. None of them have brought the country down, although they did stain the fabric.
But here we delight in things which have nothing much to do with politics.
My friend, neighbor and co conspirator sent along this picture of an "immigrant" she noted outside her getaway in Maine.
On my bicycle ride most mornings, I pass by this mailbox, which I like simply because it is whimsy in wood, very New Hampshire.
Phantom,
ReplyDeleteCome now, let's think more optimistically. We'll persevere and as Jon Stewart said so eloquently on Colbert last week-"We'll prevail"...Well we can certainly try damn hard anyway...
Maud
Is that you, the middle face, (3rd from the left)?
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