I Went On A Winter Walk In My Wheelchair

 

Cosumnes River Wetlands Walk

Galt, California

January 15th, 2025

 

 

“At this season of the year, darkness

 is a more insistent thing than cold.

 The days are short as any dream.” 

 
~E.B. White

 

  Essays of E.B. White

 

I am slowly finding the beauty of winter. I will never be a winter person, my arthritis and scoliosis won't allow it, but I forgot how interesting shadows can be. I can see more birds because the leaves have all fallen from the trees, although I will post tomorrow about a truly beautiful leaf I found on the Consumes River Wetlands Walk. Winter brings new sounds from the sky. I am up to 69 birds in the file for 2025. That's roughly half of what I go all last year, and I will probably add more tomorrow, when I go to Monterey! I am looking forward to real life for a while. I will be back to posting about politics at some point, but for now, there is winter in the real world.

 

 

 

And Your Point?

 

“Legal plunder has two roots: One of them,

 as I have said before, is in human greed; 

the other is in false philanthropy.” 

 
~Frédéric Bastiat,

  The Law

 

This happened 10 days ago, and today he becomes president. It doesn't matter, I have given up. I have no more shits to give. If America is this damn stupid, why the actual fuck should I try to change their mind? How dare I! Today, rather than face his disgusting inauguration, I am off to find some new birds for the file, and afterwards enjoy a lovely dinner out with my husband. In other words, I am not going to give him the power I did the last time around. I am going to enjoy my life as much as possible. Oh, I am sure I will vent my anxieties from time to time, but for the most part, I am choosing to be happy!

 

I am really going to try to be a whole person.

 

Sigh. God I miss, Dylan.