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After watching Tuba Christmas last Saturday night at the Gem Theater and Tennesse playing Ohio State in football, I thought of the tuba player “doting the I” in their band:

Indivisibe

The painful 30,000-foot reality we see clearly in the results is that we simply were not able to convince enough people that the threat posed by Trump to democracy, to abortion, and to all our rights and freedoms outweighed their frustration with the status quo.

What this means for our next steps. Let's be real: Trump won a narrow victory in the swing states. It feels shattering because we hoped to see a national rejection; instead, he made gains. But this win is not a mandate, and it’s not a durable coalition. Sure, Trump has his die-hard MAGA base, animated by white grievance politics and Christian nationalism. But his win relied on peeling off people who are frustrated and alienated, not pro-fascist or pro-Project 2025, and on voters staying home. 

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Winter Solstice was the 21st of this month:

The winter solstice time is no longer celebrated as it once was, with the understanding that this is a period of descent and rest, of going within our homes, within ourselves and taking in all that we have been through, all that has passed in this full year which is coming to a close... like nature and the animal kingdom around us, this time of hibernation is so necessary for our tired limbs, our burdened minds.

...the natural tug to go inwards as nearly all creatures are doing is strong and the weather so bitter that people are left feeling that winter is hard, because for those of us without burning fires and big festive families, it can be lonely and isolating. Whereas in actual fact winter is kind, it points us in its quiet soft way towards our inner self, towards this annual time of peace and reflection, embracing the darkness and forgiving, accepting, and loving embracing goodbye the past year.

"Winter takes away the distractions, the buzz, and presents us with the perfect time to rest and withdraw into a womb-like love, bringing fire & light to our hearth".

.. and then, just around the corner the new year will begin again, and like a seed planted deep in the earth, we will all rise with renewed energy once again to dance in the sunlight

Life is a gift

a Happy winter to you all...

~author unknown

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