Had lots of plans for this year, but all changed when my Mom went into hospital and Dad’s dementia reached it’s peak. Eleven months later, my mother has passed and my father is in memory care. It was an abrupt end to a extraordinarily long life for them and we’re all still managing the change, but grateful for so many good family times. This will be my first winter in AZ in seven years without them close, so am sure it will feel surreal. I miss them both.
And so, what’s next? Watching the US be dismantled by fascist theocratic tech billionaires changes things, and as the worst assault on democracy & freedom in my adult life, makes me want to stay in country and defend it. My Mom was heart-broken when a rapist pedophile felon was elected in November, and for her and most of us, the ‘murikkkan dream was dead. Time to make something new and build on the ashes of this failed state.
Back to my bicycling, petanque and hiking community, finding like-minded souls and helping make a better future for our kids and others.
Oh, and FUCK NAZIS.
