Feeling apocalyptic

With the new president's appointments to cabinet positions and to the Supreme Court.  Feelings of hopelessness are creeping.  All the rights that minorities and women have fought for could be erased with a single stroke of a pen.  Further the abomination of excluding damaged souls because they are not of the religion you like is tantamount to the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during WWII.  I fear we are traveling down the same path.  The democratic opposition is powerless to stand up to this tyrant and his cohorts.  The two party system is not working when one of the parties controls everything, which is the case now.

However retirement is going okay working to keep the money straight and spending much time with the grandchildren. They are a constant source of joy in my life.  I worry about their future in the America we are developing.  My kids, my spouse and me will be fine.  All the changes will affect these little people.  I know, too much politics.  Reading the paper and watching the news on TV or on the internet is like a car crash you cannot take you eyes off of.  I need to remove myself from media in general.  I do not know what a regular citizen can do.

We are taking Shannon out to dinner tonight, having not seen her since the Florida adventure.  We will be happy to see her.  She has very simple, straightforward needs.  Give food she likes a walk outdoors in her wheelchair, some conversation, music and a movie and she is happy.  We are so pleased with the home she is in.  They treat her like a daughter, with care and kindness.

Made eggplant casserole for dinner tonight (dessert with Shannon). I need to get back into cooking, have got pretty lazy not planning enough.

Going to Cape May NJ for a family get together over the weekend.  I will be good to see our friends and sister and brother in law.  One of my favorite guys named Nunnzio  and his wife Donna will be there now that he's feeling better.  Back in the eighties, for me and much earlier for him we worked for the same trucking company.  He has lots of stories to tell and is always entertaining.

Mighty cold this morning, about 19 degrees.  That's Michigan in February
all for now