Ok. Here we go.
New Year, New Blog. Why you ask?
I don’t know. Maybe because I’m tired.
I'm tired of the way social media is manipulating us. I’m tired of the way social media and now, it seems, even some of the reliable “main stream” media are taking a right turn. I'm tired of politics and politicians gaslighting us.
I'm anxious about the future of our country. And I don't mean anxious in a "happy to be here, looking forward to it" kind of way. I mean anxious in a nervous, worried, scared kind of way. I do not want some pious, righteous white man telling me I must live a pious, righteous white Evangelical way of life.
I don't want any billionaire telling me what I should and shouldn't see or what I can say or not say, share or not share. (Although those guard rails seem to have gone by the wayside anyway.) I also don't want to swim in the cesspool of hate and evil and cruelty and ignorance that is so abundant on some (most?) platforms and venues.
Years ago friends jokingly called me Pollyanna; which means "a person who is constantly optimistic and chooses to focus on positive aspects rather than negative aspects." It's not always a compliment... Trust me I'm not Pollyanna every day (just ask my husband). I have down days, cranky days, blue days, frustrating days. But for the most part, since we have a choice how to view the world and approach each day, I try to find the positive.
So obviously I need a little escape from today's world - and omg - what is about to come in the next couple of years.
I will (try to anyway...) choose joy, choose light, choose the whimsical, choose the adorable, choose fun, choose compassion, choose love.
So come walk with me.
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