This week was watching all the angry hornets fly out of the nest! I was as shocked as any one as the events at the Capital unfolded. It will take time to quiet the buzzing...I believe the nest was kicked one too many times and the swarm that’s been building for awhile was unleashed. I have friends who have been glued to their TVs... I chose not to take that route for my own sanity...when you are shown something a number of times the theory goes you will be desensitized.... I think in this instance too much “information” has created a state of “over-sensitized” for both those inside and outside the nest...one side spilling out and attacking, and the other watching in disbelief with a sadness that left many depressed and unable to sleep. First amendment rights are one thing, and a glorious part of our tradition, but when you hear someone answer “my President told me to”, you’ve got to wonder where it went wrong...
January 23, 2021
I escaped this week and it felt great. This picture is only about 30 minutes of relaxation while watching children, but still, to be out of the house, in nature, with family, it was amazing! I broke all the rules - hugs, snuggles with a baby who is passed from person to person and slobbers over everyone, going into houses, eating together, etc. Frankly, I don't care. Right now at least. I hope and pray that I am able to stay healthy and that all of my family is too. It was risky but necessary - my mother had emergency surgery and I needed to be there. Thank God, she is healing and fine. And I would do it again to be there for her. I had missed her so much. Going there felt great, and coming home again felt much better. I don't feel as trapped, as desperate. And when I do start to go stir crazy again, now I have this beautiful picture to remind me that there is still nature and family not too far away.
August 11, 2020