Election Aftermath: It’s been ten days since the 2024 election. And it’s hard to avoid its aftermath. There are lots of analyses out there. I try not to read any of them. It is what it is, as they say.
So, I’m just doing the best I can to live in the present. Sadie sits on my lap as I keyboard and browse the web, do my daily routines and business. I walk her four times a day on the paths and sidewalks in our subdivision. I look for the young deer that sleep sometimes on a grassy hill. It’s the time of year where leaves swirl as they fall and accumulate or are blown in the wind. It’s a transient season with leaves going from green to shades of red, orange, yellow, then brown. On some paths, the they are like colored confetti that fade from day to day.
There are delicious smells of Indian cuisine being prepared that I can enjoy on my walks. I know which houses use dryer sheets for their laundry. And the daily routine of passing various-age groups on corners waiting for and boarding school buses. It’s a neighborhood where we know each other, where I can stop and have conversations during my walks.
It’s a dog-friendly place. I probably know more of the dogs’ names than their owners. Sadie engages with those we meet in one of three ways: tail-wagging, jumping around; totally ignoring; or barking ferociously and wanting to eat them. With rare exceptions, I trust her assessment. She has her moments like the rest of us.
Lucky for me there is a foundation and safe place with family. We all have a deep and abiding love for one another that we express in many different ways.
So, it’s day-by-day watching, listening, living in the present.
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