New Hobby

Trying to learn something new.
How to Crochet for Absolute Beginners.

We shall see how it goes.

Not Nice

With the appointment of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, I am newly outraged. I do not have the energy or the patience to explain in detail all the reasons why. Suffice it to say, things are very Wrong in this country right now.

Fortunately, the First Amendment is currently still alive and well, and the right to protest remains intact. I have markers and posterboard, sneakers and a willingness to raise my voice. It is the very least I can do.

Elections are coming.

We shall see what transpires in the next few months, years. I am close to despair, yet I still hope that things can be better.

Today's earworm: Not Ready To Make Nice  (Dixie Chicks.)

Vote

After a very discouraging day of Politics, I found this on Facebook. And it is just right.

I FOUND THE LIZARD

Wait

Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways -- and you feel more and more anxious until your loved one arrives. But by then, you don't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection.
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Four O'Clock

But even so, every now and then I would feel a violent stab of loneliness. The very water I drink, the very air I breathe, would feel like long, sharp needles. The pages of a book in my hands would take on the threatening metallic gleam of razor blades. I could hear the roots of loneliness creeping through me when the world was hushed at four o'clock in the morning. 
― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Safe Place

Below is one of my favorite internet pictures of all time.

Oh, to be able to tuck myself into such a safe place right now. That would be magnificent.