Just love how everything you do comes out in such a straight, clear shot equally from brain and heart. You have a very special talent. The Steal Penny was genius. This site is one of my lifelines. Like yourself and many others, my life has undergone dramatic change since the non-election.
Nothing seems the same at all.
I even cancelled my 22-year running subscription to Time magazine after one last straw article broke my readership back. I spend hours every day on the internet, scouring it for every shred of alternative progressive news and investigative journalism, and to my delight, have found a great deal of it to be had. Far from feeling detached, I feel more connected than ever to the energy that is going in the same direction. But in some ways I have never been more mentally and emotionally engaged on concerns and priorities outside my personal world of family and work. A sense of urgency and purpose has taken root, and the sobering call to rise from a slumber and to stand up for the fight to shape the future of this country as well as this planet has become impossible to ignore.