Simply Moments

 Trump said what...???

Yesterday I cast my vote.  In Oregon, we've been doing mail-in ballots for years, so for us, it's a familiar, simple and easy process.  However, with all the misinformation, voter suppression and outright lies about mail fraud, I wanted to hand-deliver my ballot...just to be on the safe side. We parked at the courthouse and even with the drop box right outside, I had already planned to go in and use the hall slot outside the County Clerk's office, but as I started to walk up the courthouse steps, the clerk and a fellow employee came out with large plastic mail tubs and began to empty the overflowing ballot box.  Woo hoo!!  Perfect timing.   When I gave the clerk our ballots, she asked if we'd signed the back of the envelopes and even after I said yes, she still checked.  I thanked her for the diligence. She said everyone's vote was important, especially this election; I agreed wholeheartedly and we bumped elbows and smiled--though when wearing a mask the only way to

Yesterday I wrote a lengthy post about the insanity of Trump, rising numbers of COVID, and the disastrous state of America right now, among other things.  I got interrupted before I could publish it, then got too busy and forgot to come back and finish. Deleted. It's just I'm so tired of all the craziness and lies and sheer, utter crap, constantly fighting off feelings of no hope, no relief, no cure for what ails not only my country, but the world in general. There seems to be no end in sight, or a better outcome other than imminent doom. However. I opened my email this morning, expecting nothing more than the usual nightmares, feeling the same despair I've had for months now, hearing the same rhetoric, reading more Bedlam blather...on and on. Instead. My sister sent me a picture of Finn , now almost 3 months old.  I laughed, my heart lifted a bit, and I had one of those "universe provides" moments.  Just when I needed it most, I was able to step away from the pr