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44th President

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I am trying to be inspired by all my friends’ outpourings of excitement and hope of the past day. But I think after 8 years of disappointment and being disturbed by the news all the time, my hope organ is malfunctioning. I still know half the country didn’t vote for our president, and it’s not […]

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Phew.

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I had a post-election hangover this morning. Not from drinking, although I did feel celebratory. I was just so wound up & emotional. I’d wept, like alot of people. I woke up with a migraine of democracy. I dreamed about old… friends and a weird old haunted house. And decided to call in sick the […]

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Votin’ Day!

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Jack and I went together this morning to vote. My work is pretty permissive about time and he works from home so often, it was nice to be able to go with him and hang in line. I thought that I would ensure short lines by waiting until mid-day but I was very wrong. The […]

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