Soooo, how have you been?

It’s been a while since I blogged here or anywhere else. I haven’t even been maintaining my private journal. I haven’t really been able to write at all. But, since the world is going to hell again, and the TikTok ban is supposed to take effect in a few days, I thought I’d try to resurrect a place where I can get my feelings out.

Looks like my last published post was from 2019, and, well, a lot of things have happened since then. One of biggest being that I left a place I’d lived for over 20 years, where my closest friend and my daughter and her husband still live, to take a promotion and moved to Carson City, NV, about 30 mins away from South Lake Tahoe. I’ve been here about 18 months now, and it’s a very different environment from Sacramento. (Another being the death of my Mom, but I am still processing that).

I’m still getting used to things here. I’ve been a bit isolated, and this time of year, I’m a bit on the depressed side. But I’ve been trying to get past that and do some more productive things.

I originally intended this blog to be about uplifting, spiritual, witchy, personal development stuff. But with the things that are happening in the world, I’m going to need a place to rant about politics. I had another blog that was using my legal name, but I’m going to need something with a tiny bit of anonymity. Be prepared for political rants.

On the Political Compass, I usually end up firmly in the 3rd quadrant: left-leaning libertarian (that’s a small ‘l’ libertarian, not a Libertarian!) Meaning: financially we should as a society be able to take care of the poor and vulnerable without sacrificing too much in the way of personal freedom. Stay out of people’s bedrooms. Treat people with kindness and respect (Religious instruction is for your place of worship or your home, not the publicly funded schools. Black Lives Matter. Stop Asian Hate. Your identity is valid (LGBTQIA+ supported).

Ideally, I’d be downright communist,  but I have a much more practical side, putting me somewhere closer to Democratic Socialist. Registered Democrat, voted for Harris in the most recent election.

I am a disabled veteran, so watching the Hedgepeth confirmation hearing this week was……not good. I have never really liked Joni Ernst, but I am still very disappointed in her decision to support him. She knows exactly what kind of bro he is, She has dealt with them.  For her to support him is an insult to all her veteran sisters. Duckworth was amazing, as she always is.

Anyway,  I’ve never been good about being consistent here,  but I like what Heather Cox Richardson and Amy Siskand did during the last Trump administration,  with the Letters from an American and the List. I would like to try something similar (though it will never be daily), showcasing some of the impact of this crazy time we’re somehow living through.