You can't write if you can't relate. Trade the cash for the beef for the body for the hate. And my time is a piece of wax falling on a termite. That's choking on the splinters.

Dump truck won again. Gross. Just gross. 

So much hate. 

It is so sad that people do not want to have a female president. Someone said to me that they thought her voice was annoying. Really? She seems like a bitch. Really? 

So a straight (rich) white man who has said horrible things about women, disabled people, and many different ethnic groups. He is the better choice?

Hated on veterans. Vowed revenge on people who have "wronged" him. He is the better choice?

These are totally acceptable things because the other candidate has an unappealing voice. 

A friend wrote something that I appreciated on a social media post this morning asking how people who consider themselves Christian can vote for dump truck. I would like to extend that to people who have a vagina. 

It is your right (for now) to vote. 

As an educator I am nervous about the dismantling of the department of education. As a parent I am concerned for my daughter's rights. As a bird watcher I am worried about the environment. As a person I am anxious about the fate of humanity.

Though I am feeling hopeless at the moment, I believe I will get my optimism back.

But it will probably take awhile.