Alternate Realities

Over the last six years I've come to believe that a significant portion of this country has decided they would rather ignore issues, or deny that problems exist or invent problems that don't exist to justify or believe whatever they want.

Sadly enough the tools exist to stir up enough stuff that even what is rock solid can be called into question and enough of a crowd can be whipped up to do even more damage to institutions that are already hard pressed to provide a common experience.

My older sister said I should "keep my own counsel" or translated "keep my plans or opinions to myself". To me it meant mind your own business which doesn't always work.

And religiously I think work is a good thing, I think living within your means is a good thing and trying to be kind is a trait we should all work on.  At this point it doesn't seem to matter whether the Grand Canyon was created by God or Nature or the result of Science.

Three weeks a celebration of life, a notice in the obituaries, a visit  to Van Orsdels to say goodbye and hey it's great to see you, a phone call telling me a friend an co-worker has died, a note from a friend saying her Mom had died and a trip to an airport for another celebration of life.

And then a TV friend/character gets killed off.  And streaming means something different and the same this morning.