It’s sunny and chilly here in Chicago, on a day that feels like an early March day should. And yet there is another layer, an ominous layer.
You know.
But before we delve into the not so great, if that’s where we’re headed, an enormous thank you to KevinC for the coffees! I’m so glad you enjoyed my story, that one certainly flexed the old writing muscles. I truly appreciate your support!
And Monday.
As some of you know, on Friday I asked for word prompts and whoooooo boy did you all deliver. If I added up all the $10 words I could have booked a cruise to…somewhere. Probably not anywhere far, but somewhere.
It’s here if you want to read it.
It was a nice little diversion, but now we’ve been thrown right back into reality and it is rough. Not sure where the world is going rough.
Here we stand, the past an endless classroom of cautionary tales, and yet somehow, somehow, we happily run back to grab the worst of them to live them again.
Why?
I have no idea. My visions of the future were war-free.
At this moment, as I sit here trying to will the cursor a little further down the page, I wish I had answers. I wish I had inspiring things to say, motivating things to say.
Comforting things to say.
But I haven’t. Hopefully you understand where we are, you don’t need me to say it aloud.
Because I really don’t want to say it aloud. As though forming the words and putting them on the page would make it true.
If I had that kind of power, this world would look a whole lot different, though I guess. See above.
Instead I will contact my members of Congress. Again. Even though they are doing all they can do. If you have republican members of Congress, please contact them. Tell them what you think of a war–and everyone is calling it a war–not declared by Congress, who has the only power to do so.
Otherwise, make sure you have your necessities, because we cannot be certain what will come next.
Have as great a Monday as is possible under the circumstances. I hope there is better news tomorrow.
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