According to WordPress, I’ve already answered today’s daily prompt, so I guess I’ve lapped myself. I’ve been posting regularly for about a year now. Here was my answer from last time this prompt came up:
Regarding Joe Biden, I’m getting more and more fearful that he’s just totally going to F*** us all by not dropping out. This article by Mark Leibovich is pretty harsh, but I tend to agree.
“It is now obvious that Biden has in no way internalized the disaster toward which he is defiantly ambling—or, more to the point, toward which he is leading his party and his country (and, for that matter, NATO, Ukraine, thousands of as-yet-not-deported immigrants, and unprosecuted Trump “enemies”). He seems fully indifferent to any consideration beyond his own withered pride and raging ego.”
I’m trying not to care about politics as much, because it’s just so damn depressing right now. I’m spending a lot of time trying chicken salad recipes and rearranging furniture. I’m trying to take heart in the fact that I (and most everyone I love) live in Massachusetts and perhaps we will be relatively insulated from Trump 2.0, but I know in my heart that nobody will escape it.

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I feel exactly the same way. Biden has been a good president, but age has taken its toll. Another Trump presidency is a terrifying prospect. Cooking and rearranging furniture sound like a sane response.
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Thanks for your support Laurie! It’s good to know we’re not alone in our despairing feelings. Sending support to you and yours in Maine. 💌
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” I’m spending a lot of time trying chicken salad recipes and rearranging furniture.” Made me smile:)
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Thanks for commenting friend! 😄
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I think I’ll take a page out of your playbook. Chicken salad recipes sound delicious!
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Cooking as distraction isn’t the worst way to deal with this I guess…there’s really nothing else we can do 🤷♀️
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