There were protests all across the country. I am proud that our little desert community of Palm Desert, Cathedral City and Palm Springs did their part. There is a larger demonstration schedule for 4 pm in Palm Springs at a park. These pictures were from this morning along Palm Canyon, HWY 111.
If we can’t unite as neighbors, how can we possibly unite as a country? If we can’t unite within our own families and circle of friends we can’t move forward as a nation.
What does this mean? It doesn’t mean that we agree on everything. It doesn’t mean that we accept everything either. It means we find things we can agree on and put those things into action.
It’s a tall order, this idea called common ground. It’s simple yet extremely hard to accomplish. Emotions, fears, financial issues, trusting and past experience hold us back.
We need to listen to each other and not just think of a rebuttal. We need to hear what people tell us and understand why they have those opinions. If you don’t know and understand what your differences are you can’t possibly change them or come up with agreeable solutions.
We need to do this at home, in our neighborhoods, and our environments at work, and our communities. We cannot live in isolation and expect things to happen.
I know it sounds good on paper and getting out there and exposing ourselves is exhausting and scary. But if we don’t, if we remain complacent, we lose control of our future and fear wins.
Apparently this elect day is affecting me more than I thought. I just spent 2 hours scrubbing the kitchen floor using a toothbrush brush.
It’s like a scene from Mommie Dearest. One good thing, before the end of the day my house is going to be sparkling. Then I will go to the election party and have some well deserved sparkling wine.
As much as I would like to avoid politics, the past two week have put it front and center. First was the DNC and now the RNC. The worst part of all of this is that it has filled primetime TV with no escape. Our son came to visit on Saturday and we thought we could escape with a little Disney Plus. Guess what we watched, “Hamilton”.
It’s an award winning play about politics. More specifically about the founding of our nation. The entire thing is sung/rapped and danced to a hip hop beat. It is 2 hours and 45 minutes long! The convention coverages was limited to one hour a night. All I can say is I am glad I saw it for free. Not your typical Disney fare I might add. I only recognized one of the 46 numbers, “It’s quite uptown”. And that is thanks to Kelly Clarkson’s version on the radio.
I was interested in the story and if it were not for captions I probably would not have understood anything. There were obvious parallels to what is happening in government today. The in-fighting, the sex scandals, the dueling. Well, we don’t allow dueling anymore. Maybe we should bring it back?
I thought it was interesting that the “loser” of the Presidential race became the Vice President. Can you image Trump with Clinton as his VP? I am sure this is something I once knew in High School. I took Advanced Placement History. Is history even taught anymore? Now that I approach my 60th year those are distant memories. Which reminds me of another musical that had one good song, “Cats”. Yikes I am old.
So we muddled through “Hamilton”. My son was almost insistent that we should see it. His wife seemed to enjoy it, although she left the room a lot to take care of the baby. At the end we find out he really didn’t like it. I guess misery loves company.
To be honest, it was pretty good, as those type of shows go. I was probably too tired to truly appreciate the genius behind it. Although I did dream about revolutionary war and the “Schuyler Sisters”. Poor Angelica never satisfied, gave Alexander up to her sister Eliza. And Peggy, what was her purpose? I guess the choreography called for 3 dancers.
And so it seems that we are again at a turning point in American History. This election will bring about change. We are hopeful that it will be for the good.
“I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh, just like a river, I’ve been running ever since
It’s been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change’s gonna come, oh , yes it will”
–Sam Cook
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