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today’s the day.

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my spirit animal
Last year, five animal candidates vied for the much sought-after title of Mayor of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. This important election decided the Zoo’s first Mayor, the highest-ranking animal official who showcased the important role of animal ambassadors. One of the five candidates, (and my favorite), who made it past the primary rounds to the general election was:

Peaches the Nigerian dwarf goat. Peaches is the mother of two sets of triplets and a set of twins. She has raised all the kids on her own, demonstrating her can-do spirit. She’s quiet and friendly unless she needs to assert herself and is rarely in a baaaaad mood.

P.S. Wiggles the Chinchilla got the most votes and won by a hair. 

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“not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.”

-keith ellison

 

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 credit: lisa clair, hamlet hub

the 6th of january. and then, the 7th.

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It was

a horrible day in washington that i’ll never forget.

 a wonderful day in georgia that i’ll never forget.

and now

at last

in the light and the dark

of the very early morning

of the very next day

our new president and vice president

have finally been confirmed

and I’ll never forget how light won over dark.

cards.

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full deck of cards found on election day

did the player win, lose, or draw?

 

 

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“life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”

robert louis stevenson

dare.

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“yesterday I dared to struggle. today I dare to win.”

-bernadette devlin

 

i’m proud of my country – it dared to do both.

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today, as i walked downtown,

the kerrytown bells played ‘the star spangled banner’

cars honked

church bells rang

farmers at the market chattered

drummer drummed

people cheered, cried, laughed

fireworks shot off in yards

the air was light and it was electric.

 

 

 

 

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image credit: pinterest

waiting.

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waiting.

(not me, but a local who has a similar style)

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“patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.”

-joyce meyer

counting.

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and the counting continues…..

 

 

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“there’ll be time enough for counting when the dealing’s done.”

-kenny rogers

 

“tell the children the truth.” – bob marley

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“today’s mighty oak is just yesterday’s nut, that held its ground.”

-david icke

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vote.

 

 

 

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image credit: courier news

debate night.

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(asking for a friend)

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New Yorker Magazine, Detroit Public Television

50.

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50 days to get your vote in. 

mail, walk, run, scooter, car, bike, parasail, swim, boat, bus, fly, hoverboard, taxi, uber….

find a way.

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“in matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems,

for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same. “

-albert einstein

veep.

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kamala harris, in the beginning

 

“A patriot is not someone who condones the conduct of our country whatever it does.

It is someone who fights every day for the ideals of the country, whatever it takes.”

– Kamala Harris – The Truths We Hold: An American Journey/2019

 

 

 

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photo credit: la times, courtesy of kamala harris