I’m detaching from the political scenario—not because I don’t care but because I do care.
We watched VP Harris’s interview on CNN. Her address got almost lost, bobbing up and down amidst so many ads it was annoying. I know that I will vote and for whom. I can get all the info I need from newspapers, from general news from the public television we watch nightly, and from people in this retirement community whose politics shows on their faces and in their behavior, or if not, in their excesses of commentary or their avoidance thereof.
Political “debates” are silly, because they are not debates over issues, but simply political sales pitches thrown back and forth.
Both candidates have been clear about their own values, and plans. I admit I have noticed former President Trump wobbling and stumbling over words and focus. Could he perhaps be too old for this job?
Watching a TV astronaut drama last night, I saw a cosmic view of the Universe.Yes, I knew it was an image for the show, and yes, my heart sang the hymn we sang as children.
LORD OF ALL TO THEE WE RAISE
THIS OUR HYMN OF GRATEFUL PRAISE.
I vote for good cartoons, laughter among friends, family, all guests, invited and uninvited, my own ongoing talks with the God who listens without a lot of palaver.
Presence. Breathing. Hope without fear.
