Day of Mourning

Sing with me...


This is not a good day for our country or for our family. And to my readers and friends who do not live in the US, I apologize. I apologize for the many ways that your lives will be harder because of the government some US citizens elected. It seems that just over half our country is so racist, misogynistic, transphobic, and homophobic that they would rather vote for a grifter and rapist then a highly educated, experienced, and competent Black woman. I cannot make it make sense. 

I'm also annoyed because I had to buy this shirt again this afternoon.


I had one from 2016 through 2020, but I optimistically have away away after Biden's inauguration. Who knew I should have just kept it?

Finally, I took this photo this morning as I was not entirely successfully mucking the dry lot in the frigid weather.


It's a poopsickle! And if that doesn't sum up the next four years, I don't know what does. 

[I don't normally need to do this because I get so few comments, but I will be deleting comments that tell me what I know to be untrue. My blog, my rules. If you don't like being called racist and homophobic then don't vote for a person who holds those values. I'm not playing. However if I know you personally and you are not hiding behind anonymous comments, I am always happy to meet somewhere and have a civil discussion because I would really and truly love to know how you can support this criminal and his oligarch circle.]

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Patty Mueller said…
I wore black today as a sign of mourning, because that sums up how I feel. Mourning the loss of civility and decency in our president and leaders. Mourning what could have been if we were not a nation so tied to our racist history that we are unwilling to entertain the thought of a Black woman as our leader. Poopsickle indeed!
1/20/2025 8:35 PM
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