relief

I want to write more than I've done recently. Here's a start.

I was pessimistic about young Josh Harder's chances on election night and for a couple of days thereafter. But I was wrong. I had forgotten about the mail ballots. It was a relief, though, that Dems flipped the House, unambiguously, that night. And now the Senate doesn't look as bad as it did.

So, assuming we make it to January, things will seem less hopeless. More rancor, once the Dems start investigating, and possibly some division in the Dem ranks -- here's hoping they hold together. Meantime, Trump is escalating, always. It's exhausting and demoralizing.

I'm hunkered down today. The sky is yellow with smoke from the fires. It's distressing to think about all the damage being done to homes and lives.